I can be your hero

"Try flapping your wings. Start slow but pick up the pace as you go.” said Doctor Flex as he demonstrated it with his own wings.

Blueblood and Professor Night Light, along with the rest of the medical team, were in the physiotherapy department to watch Butter Jelly's progress on flying. After the operation, she had to undergo physiotherapy to help her gain the functional abilities of her wings. Slowly but surely she made some improvements.

"You can do it, sweetie.” said Butter Jelly's father, Ace Flier.

"We believe in you.” said her mother, Darling June supportively.

"Me too!” exclaimed Blueblood as he smiled at her. He turned to look at the other doctors who all had big smiles on their face. He then turned his gaze towards Butter Jelly. "We all do. Go on."

With one look at her parents and the doctors, she closed her eyes and slowly flapped her wings. Keeping in mind to what Doctor Flex had said, she flapped her wings faster and faster. Suddenly, she felt her hooves leaving the floor. She also heard somepony gasping. She opened her eyes and to her delight, she was hovering three feet above the floor.

"I did it! I did it! I did it! Mom, Dad look at me!”

"Good Job, sweetie.” some tears escaped from Darling June's eyes as she spoke.

Doctor Flex cleared his throat to get Butter Jelly's attention.”Now, Butter Jelly please fly towards me.” The doctor stood not far from her.

She took a deep breathe and inched her body forward as she flapped her wings. She gradually moved a little from the place she was last hovering. Butter Jelly had to admit it wasn't easy but she didn't let it stop her. She flapped her wings hard like she had never flapped them before and slowly but surely she reached in front of Doctor Flex.

The doctors, especially Blueblood, clapped tremendously at her accomplishment. The operation went without complication and all the doctors involved couldn't be more happier.

The filly landed on the floor. She took some time to catch her breathe before running into her parents hooves."I did it! I really did it! I can fly now. I'm so happy."

"We're so proud of you Butter Jelly. Congratulations!” said Ace Flier proudly.

Butter Jelly turned around to face the doctors who had bright smiles on their face."I'm so, so happy that I can fly now. Thank you for curing me doctors."All the doctors chuckled. Each of them had the feeling of happiness they usually get when seeing a patient happy.

Butter Jelly whispered something into Darling June's ear. Her mother nodded and turned to Professor Night Light. "When will Butter Jelly be discharged?"asked Darling June.

"We still need to run some more tests on her. If there are no more complications, she can be discharged tomorrow. “ said Professor Night Light.

Butter Jelly jumped joyfully. Her parents and the doctors chuckled at her antics.

"Looks like somepony can't wait to get out of the hospital.” teased Blueblood.

"No offense, but the hospital food is gross. Yuck!” she made a disgusted face as she remembered what she had for breakfast."I can't wait to taste some real food once I get discharged.” The adults chuckled at her smart remarks.

Doctor Blueblood exited his office. After ending a day's worth of work, he couldn't wait to go home and rest. After walking along the corridors for a few minutes, he heard his father in law calling his name. He turned around and went towards him.

"You called me."

“Yes. How about we celebrate our success tonight by going to the Hay and Oat house? My treat."

"Thank you, but I think I'll have dinner with Twilight tonight."

“Blueblood, I think Twilight will allow you to have a celebratory dinner with a couple of friends.Don't tell me your afraid of your wife."

Blueblood chuckled."It's just that this is the first time I'm eating dinner with Twilight in her castle for the first time. I didn't get a chance the last few days because I was on the night shift. I just want to spend some time with her more."

Night Light nodded understandingly.”Well, if you must. How is Twilight adjusting to the marriage?"

Blueblood's face froze.He couldn't tell the truth.Twilight would kill him if he did."Well...she is slowly accepting it. She talks to me more.”

He lied. Of course he did. The truth is Twilight barely spoke to him. To say that she accepted him as her husband would be an outstretched believe.

"That's good.” Blueblood breathed a sigh of relief. He's wasn’t a very good lier.

Night Light put his hoof on Bluebood's shoulder. “Blueblood,I  know it's hard for Twilight to accept you. You have to be patient with

her. Once day I'm sure that she will love you as much as you love her."

Blueblood looked at his father in law surprised. "How did you know?"

Night Light chuckled "For a stallion who's favorite restaurant is the Hay and Oat house, declining to go just to spend time with his wife means that you really love her.” Blueblood smiled. His father in law was right.

Although, he loves The Hay and Oat house's Ratatouille, he loves Twilight even more.

"Thank you, prof-"

"You don't need when me that when it's just us. Just call me Night or dad.” interrupted Night Light.

"Thank you..... Night.” Said Blueblood akwardly.He found it awkward calling his boss 'dad'. "I think I should be going. I need to catch the next express train to Ponyville."

"Well off with you then. Goodbye. Send Twilight my love."

"Will do. Goodbye.” With that Blueblood walked away from Night Light and hurried to the train station.

Blueblood walked along the streets of Ponyville on a calm night. Luna's moon glowed slightly orange that night. Not many ponies were out that night. They must be having dinner with their families.He glanced at his watch.It showed the time seven thirty.

"Too late."He sighed.

Twilight must have already started dinner. After the wedding, they had agreed to live at her castle. Because of that circumstance, he had to go to work in Canterlot using the speed train.The speed train was actually a normal steam train that uses coals which are magically enhanced to increase the speed of the train but sometimes they don't work as efficiently as it promised.The usual one hour trip could sometime take two hours or more.

Finally, he arrived at the castle. He reached for the keys in his satchel and opened the door. He then hurried off to the dining room, not wanting to keep Twilight waiting. He arrived at the dining room which was more modest than the grand dinning hall which was use for important ceremonies. He saw that the food was still untouched. Twilight looked sternly at him while Spike looked hungry.

He smiled sheepishly. “Sorry I'm late.The train took a longer time than I expected."

“Never mind. Just sit. We're starving.” said Twilight.

Blueblood quickly took a seat next to Twilight on a round table which had Twilight's cutie mark painted on it.They all sat in awkward silence as they ate Spike's spaghetti.

"So,what did all of you do today?” said Blueblood, trying to break the ice.

“Well, I sorted the books in the library, helped Twilight test some spells and send some letters to Princess Celestia.” replied Spike.

“Okay. How about you, Twilight."

Twilight's eyes left her plate and stared right at Blueblood quite intimidatingly. "I read books on Starswirl the Bearded’s studies on the amniomorphic spell. Experiment with gravity spells. Debating on the use of magic in medicine. Visited my friends. The usual. What about you?”

"I..I worked. Performed surgery.” Blueblood's face suddenly lit up.”Oh, something very fantastic happened at work today."

"Hmm."

"The operation me and my team did to cure the first flightless pony was a success.” said Blueblood Proudly.

Twilight's stare at Blueblood became softer and filled with interest. “Really. That's wonderful. If I may ask, how did you fix the problem? I wanted to ask my dad but because of the wedding it slipped my mind."

"Well the most common reason why some pegasi have the inability to fly is because there are no flight feathers in their wings.The reason for this is because of a chrom-"

"Chromosome glitch in the genetic coding. Am I right?” interrupted Twilight with a slight joy in her tone.

Blueblood was shocked. This was the first time since her father's party that she was interested in a conversation with him. This was his chance to connect with Twilight. He couldn't mess this up.

Blueblood nodded. “Yes. Yes you are. Anyway, to overcome the problems, we creates flight feathers. The operation was quite simple actually, we only need to remove the other feathers and replace them with the flight feathers."

"Why do you need to create artificial feathers? You can just ask some pegasi to donate."

“Well, a pegasus feather is like a hoofprint. No other pegasus or alicorn in your case have the same type.What we did was we take a small piece of tissue from one of the feathers, grow up a bunch of normal cells and manipulate them so it becomes a flight feather."

“Incredible. Who knows? With this technology we can even create clones of ourself without magic. Who found out the method to create the flight feathers anyway?”

Blueblood blushed. "It was me."

“Oh, it was you. Well, congratulations then."

"Thank you but the credit is not all mine. Your father planned out the surgery. He figured out how to place the feathers on the wings."

Twilight chuckled."Remind me to congratulate him.” she smiled at him and he smiled at her back.Shenoticed Blueblood's bright blue eyes sparkled. It was dreamy. Wait.

What was she doing? Suddenly, she shook her head and returned to her serious face. "Are you finished with that? I’m going to clean up.” said Twilight coldly.

Blueblood's smile fell. “Oh, sure.” Twilight lifted all of the empty plates with her magic and went to kitchen connecting to the dining room.

Spike got out from his seat and went to Blueblood. He gently pat his shoulders. "Too bad, bro.You almost had her."

Blueblood woke up the next morning at 8 o'clock.He didn't have to work that day so he took his time in the bathroom. As he stepped out of the bathroom heard his stomach grumbling. So, he dried himself and made haste to the dining room.

When he arrived at the dining room, he saw the table already set up with breakfast dishes of all sorts. Spike was already tucking in some hay bacon.

"Good morning, Spike.” He looked around to find Twilight but to no avail. "Twilight's not up yet?"

"She said to me last night she had to go to Canterlot to do some important princess stuff."

“Oh, she didn't tell me.” Blublood sighed and turned away from Spike.The dragon looked at the prince sympathetically."Things aren't going well with you and Twilight, is it?"

Blueblood faced Spike. "She barely talks to me."

“Oh, come on. She talked to you a whole lot during dinner."

Blueblood scoffed."Yes but that only reason she was talking to me was because she was interested in my work. I really love her Spike. Ever since I was small."

"I know. Who agrees to marry a girl he just met right away without no hesitation and I saw the way you look at her. Believe me, I know that look."

"But Twilight doesn't feel the same way."Again,he frowned.

Spike face suddenly lit up and he snapped his fingers as if he had an eureka moment. ”Hey,I have a great idea. Why not I help you to make Twilight fall in love with you?” The stallion looked at him bewildered. "I'm  the best choice to help you. I’ve known Twilight for a long time, I almost know everything about and not to mention I'm a suave dragon.” Spike strike a dashing pose as he said the last sentence.

Blueblood looked skeptical. "No offense, Spike but you're not exactly been successful in your romantic endeavors with Rarity."

Spike glared and pointed a finger at him. “Hey, it's a work-in-progress.” His face turned red with embarrassment. "You .... know about that, huh."

Blueblood raised an eyebrow. "But still Blueblood you gotta give me a chance. I'm your best shot at getting Twilight to ever fall in love with you. What do you have to lose?”

“Twilight. My marriage.” said Blueblood bluntly.

"C'mon Blueblood. I'm you helping you as a.....friend.What'd ya say.” He extended his arm.

Blueblood thought for a moment.Finally, he decided why not. He can't possibly make Twilight fall in love with him on his own. He needed the help. Any help. With a smile, the prince extended his hoof and shook shook the baby dragon's hand firmly.

“Good. We have a lot to work on .” Suddenly, a grumbling sound came from their stomachs. "After...we finish our breakfast.” Spike and Blueblood quickly digged in on their breakfast.

Twilight Sparkle stood in front of the big oak tree as she waited for her love. Usually, the Canterlot nobility, strolling around the park would bow or wave to her. This time they did not. Of course,it was because she didn't look like Princess Twilight, as the color of her mane and coat had changed thanks to the illusion spell.Her mane was  now sky blue and her coat was bright red.

Suddenly, she felt somepony lay a muzzle on her shoulder. She jumped. "Miss me, Twi?” But that voice reassured Twilight that it wasn't just anypony who did that. It was Flash Sentry. He moved his head to face Twilight and kissed her on the cheek.

“Terribly." She replied. Her face turned serious.

" When I first read your letter, I had decided no to go but I couldn't stop thinking about it. I always kept imagining you waiting for me and the disappointment you'll experience when I wouldn't be there. That disappointment would make you think I don't care about you which would led you to…." Flash shushed her and put a hoof on her mouth.

"The important thing is you're here.” Flash smiled and they both lean over for a nuzzle.

Flash pulled back from the nuzzle.”So, how's your ... marriage?”He spat out the last word.

Twilight groaned."Horrible.Bluebloods's a nice guy and everything but he's so boring. He barely talks to me and when he does he's all panicky and nervous. Another thing is, he's always working. He wants the marriage to work but I don't see him making any effort.” She sighed.

Flash cupped her muzzle. "You don't want the marriage to last, right?” Twilight nodded vigorously. “Then, let's end your marriage.” he said darkly.

"How?"

"I'll..I mean we'll think of something. With your beautiful mind, it’ll be easy.” She blushed at his compliment. "And with my...abilities we will surely prevail. What do you say Twilight, are you with me? For our love."

Twilight frowned. She still wasn't convinced. "I want to Flash but..my dad."

"Don't worry about him. He'll get use to the idea that you belong with me. Trust me, Twilight."

Without a second thought, Twilight leaned against him which Flash responded by wrapping his wings around her body. "I'll do it, Flash. For our love."

Flash grinned deviously. His irises flashed green. He chuckled slightly, not wanting Twilight to hear it. His plan was starting to take place.

The sound of scissors snipping was heared in the bathroom as Spike cut a little bit of Blueblood's golden mane. The prince was seated on the ground facing a mirror whereas Spike was standing on top of a stool. Blueblood looked uneasy as the baby dragon cut away his mane swiftly.

“Spike, are sure you know what you're doing?”

He huffed. "For the last time, Blue. I know what I'm doing. Everypony can cut hair.”

”But not everypony can do it properly.” mumbled Blueblood. “Why do I need to cut my hair? It was perfect.”

He stopped snipping his hair and scoffed. "By perfect you mean totally outdated. Long manes was so last year. According to an article in Neighlon written by Hoity Toity, intelligent mares like Twilight prefer stallions with short hair and neat hairstyles to match with their studious nature."

Blueblood turned his head towards raised his eyebrow."You've been spending too much time with Rarity, haven't you?"

"Yes and that's lesson number one. Always make time for Twilight so you can get to know her better."

Blueblood nodded as a sign of understanding."Got it, Spike."

“Good. Now, can you please stand straight?” Blueblood gave a chuckle and quickly did as he told.

Blueblood gulped as Spike reached forward to grab a shaver but he resisted to stop him as he learnt to have some faith in him. He looked at the mirror, so far his mane was much shorter and it didn't fell on his shoulders. It looked good.

Spike turned on the razor and moved it towards his neck but just before he could shave the remaining hair,Pinkie Pie appeared next to him.

"HI SPIKE!” she said loudly.

“Gahhh!” The baby dragon jumped and in doing so accidentally shave the top part of Blueblood's mane. Spike could only bite his talons as he saw the dreadful mistake that he made.

Blueblood who was still unaware of his shaved mane turned to Pinkie Pie who was jumping up and down like an excited little foal. "That was a very surprising entrance, Pinkie."

Pinkie couldn't help but chuckle as she saw his mane. "Your mane…it's..." She giggled again.

“What?” said Blueblood, confused. He tried to look at the mirror but Spike quickly got on the counter and blocked the mirror.

"There's nothing to see here."

Blueblood raised his eyebrow. “Spike. Get out of the way."

But just before Spike could rebel,the sound of hooves clapping made Blueblood turned around. As soon as he turned around he received bewildered faces from the mane 5 excluding Rainbow Dash who bursted into laughter the second he saw him.

Rarity gasped. “Blueblood, take a look at your coiffure. It's simply disastrous.” she said with dramatic poses.

Blueblood immediately turned to the mirror but to his annoyance Spike was still guarding it. He pushed out of the way and looked at his mane. He gasped. "Oh dear. Oh dear. Oh dear.” The top part of his mane was shaved completely. He glared at Spike. "You said,you knew what you were doing."

"Well..if Pinkie Pie hadn't surprised me I wouldn't have accidentally shaved your mane.” Spike pointed his talon towards Pinkie Pie.

“Oops,sorry." She smiled sheepishly.

Blueblood groaned and facehoofed. "How am I going to make Twilight fall in love with me now?”

"Come again, Blue?” asked Applejack.

“Well, as you all know Twilight detested the idea of me as her husband. She said our marriage won't last. So, I thought that if can make her fall in love with me, she'll change her mind and our marriage can last because I really want it to last. He pointed to the bald patch. "And the haircut was for me to see more appealing to Twilight."

"And you asked Spike, who is a guy, to help you win over Twilight who is a mare?" said Rainbow Dash.

“Hey. For your information I volunteered to help him.” said Spike, annoyed at Rainbow Dash's statement.

"No offense, Spike but…" She moved in closer to his ear. "But..your not exactly the one to speak about relationships."

The baby dragon huffed and cross his shoulders. "Why does everypony keep rubbing it in?” he muttered.

"Why are all of you here, anyway?” asked Blueblood.

“Oh, we almost forgot. We're all planning to go to to the spa today with Twilight. Where is she?” said Fluttershy softly.

“Oh, she left this morning to attend to some princess duties."

“Oh." said the mane 5. Although, a little bit sad they understood that that Twilight as a princess needs to sometimes sacrifice her quality time with her friends.

“So, what are we going to do know?” said Rainbow Dash.

"I don't about you girls but I am going to fix that stallion's mane.” Rarity grabbed Blueblood's hoof and dragged him over to the mirror.

"And..viola! Perfection!” said Rarity as he finished combing Blueblood's mane. She put the comb on the sink counter among the many

hairstyling equipment.

"Look at the mirror, you look simply fabulous."

Blueblood looked at the mirror and gasped. All his doubts about a new hairstyle was dismissed when he saw himself looking very handsome. His mane was side parted and shorter, lining along his muzzle. No longer was his mane curly but straight, although he still had some soft waves in his mane. He liked it. He was satisfied.

“Woah. I look amazing.” He touched the part of his mane that was once bald. "It still amazes me how you can fix the bald patch."

“Well, nothing a little magic can't fix. It was fortunate that Spike found that spell book.” said Rarity as she lit her magical aurora. She glanced back to her friends waiting in the dressing room with bored expressions. “Well, let's go to our friends shall we? Let’s not keep them waiting."

Rarity and Blueblood made their way to the dressing room. Their friends were laying around doing nothing in particular. They all gasped as they laid eyes on Blueblood. He looked really different and even Rainbow Dash thought that he looks better than he was with his old mane.

Spike was the first to speak. “Woah. You really did a good job, Rarity."

"Thank you, Spike. Although manestyling is not my expertise but you never now what you're capable of.” the designer explained with a proud face.

"You look really good, Blueblood.” complimented Fluttershy. The chorus of compliments to Blueblood's new mane continued and Blueblood blushed at every single one of them.

"The best part of your new mane is it helps you look more like a stallion.” exclaimed Rainbow Dash.

Blueblood was slightly taken aback. His joyful face turned sour at that comment.” My old mane didn't make me look like a girl, did it?”

"You betcha. It also makes you look a teensy weensy bit like a snob.” said Pinkie pie. All of them except Blueblood nodded in agreement.

Spike nudged the slightly annoyed prince. "Told you so."

Blueblood huffed which was followed by a chuckled. He rubbed the back of his head. "Alright,it was a bit girlish. Thank you Rarity for making me look like a stallion."

"My pleasure, Blueblood.” Her mind suddenly remembered the purpose for getting a new manestyle. She put her hoof up. “Girls. Meeeting. Now."

The mane 5 immediately huddled up leaving the stallion and drake confused.

Rarity cleared her throat. "I suggest we help Twilight  fall in love with Blueblood .Should we do it?"

Her friends had mixed expressions.They were shocked Rarity would even suggest that idea given her history with him.

"Why should we?” questioned Rainbow Dash breaking the silence.

"Because he's a good pony.You can't deny that.You see the way how he treats everypony especially Twilight.Twilight deserves somepony who genuinely cares for her and where else do you think she is going to find a stallion who would swoon for her like that?” whispered Rarity.

Rainbow Dash took in Rarity's words carefully. She had a good point. “But what about Twilight? Isn’t it unfair to her?  Her heart's already broken enough after breaking up with that Flash Sentry guy. "

"She won't see it at first but in time with our help she will definitely fall in love with Blueblood.Are you with me.” Rarity put her hoof out.

Fluttershy put her hoof in."I am.” said Fluttershy softly.

Applejack put her hoof in. "Me too. We're doing this for Twilight's sake. She of all ponies deserves a happy marriage with a nice stallion."

"Count me in.” said Pinkie Pie excitedly as she put her hoof in.

The four friends turned to look at Rainbow Dash who was still deciding. Finally, she decided to help Blueblood. “Oh, alright.” She put her hoof in to which the mane 5 cheered to.

“Excellent." said Rarity. They all turned and walked towards Blueblood and Spike who were waiting anxiously.

“So, what were you all ..... talking about?” questioned Blueblood.

Rarity cleared her throat. She looked back to her friends who nodded in return. "We were deciding whether or not to help you with your

little...quest and we decided to help you."

"You would really do that?” said Blueblood, delighted. His face was written with surprise.

"You darn tootin, Blue.” said Applejack.

Blueblood grinned. He took Rarity's hoof and shook it vigorously. "Thank you. Thank you."

Rarity noticed Spike who had his arms crossed with a displeased expression on his face.”Oh, don't worry Spikey-wikey. You'll have a part to play too."

“Oh, alright.” he said, grumbling a little bit but managed to put on a smile.

“But...." The firm voice of Rainbow Dash cut off Blueblood's joy.” You have to promise to never ever hurt Twilight or take advantage of her in any way. "Rainbow stood more closer to Blueblood. Her wings were open to look more intimidating. "Got it."

"I Pinkie Promise.” But he saw Pinkie Pie shooting a glare. The pink pony quickly went over to him.

"This calls for more than a Pinkie Promise. A Pinkie Oath. Raise your hoof."

Blueblood quickly did as he was told. Pinkie Pie cleared her voice.” Repeat after me. I, Prince Blueblood Alistair Emir promise to be a thoughtful, considerate and a compassionate husband to Princess Twilight Sparkle."

"I, Prince Blueblood Alistair Emir promise to be a thoughtful, considerate and a compassionate husband to Princess Twilight Sparkle.” recited Blueblood.

"I promise to never hurt in any way both physically or mentally.” said Applejack.

"I promise to never hurt in any way both physically or mentally."

Rarity chimed in. "I will listen to every advice given by her friends in order to win her heart whether I like it or not."

"I will listen to every advice given by her friends in order to win her heart wether I like it.....or not. What?"

“Focus!” chided Pinkie Pie. Blueblood shrugged it off and remained focused on the Oath.

"And if I ever do hurt her I will accept whatever punishment that is given to me.” said Rainbow Dash.

"And if I ever do hurt her I will accept whatever punishment that is given to me."

"This is my oath and I promise to uphold this oath.” aid Pinkie Pie.

"This is my oath and I promise to uphold this oath.” He put down his hoof and looked at Spike and the mane 5 even Rainbow Dash smiling at him as if they had given him their blessing.