Birds chirping, the warm touch of the sun and a soft and comfortable blanket.

Those were the first feelings that came to his mind as he started to move. Feeling the sun, he already knew what it was: sunrise.
“Wake up...”

A voice that seemed familiar sounded on his head, making his eyes to go widely open. Suddenly, he saw his surroundings.

The room in which he was like a wooden box. Everything seemed rustic and simple, like if he were in a rural zone. Almost immediately, a window came into sight. Getting up from his bed, he gazed through it, seeing a field covered by trees which had apples clinging to them. Almost instantly, he guessed that he was in some kind of apple farm.
“The hell? How did I get here?” He asked to himself in disbelief, as the memories of the past day still clung to his head.

Suddenly, the door of the room crashed open, revealing an orange mare who glared daggers at him.
“Wut in tarnation are ya doin’? Ya should be supposed to be working out there half an hour ago!”

He just blinked a couple times as he looked at the orange mare.
“The hell is going on?”
“So? Are ya gonna stay there watchin’ me, or are ya gonna get to work?” The mare asked to him, still looking at him rather angry.

He just stood in there, trying to find a logical sense to this. Seeing as nothing of it made sense, he opted to try to find some answers.
“... I’m sorry, but… who are you?”

The mare looked at him still with a harsh look. However, she chuckled at few times as she softened her sight slightly.
“Ya got yer head hit again, didn’t ya?”
“Umm… Yeah, I think.” The mare chuckled as she walked calmly at his side.
“You, mah good fella, are in Sweet Apple Acres, where the best apples are harvested in all the whole wide world of Equestria. Mah name is Applejack.” The mare said, stretching her hand in a polite greeting.
“Glad to… umm… re-meet you, Applejack?” He said as he greeted her the same way. Suddenly, a question came to his mind. “Umm… Miss Applejack?”
“Yeah, partner?”
“You said that I should be working at this moment?”
“Yeah, ya should.”
“... Ugh!” He groaned in annoyance as he turned to the bed, where some clothes laid. “Sorry, I’ll be down there in a minute. Let me get dressed.”
“Ah’ll be waiting fer ya.”

After exactly a minute, he got out as fast as he could. Though something seemed wrong on all of that matter, he just got in mind that he was needed for something. And burn in the hell if he didn’t do his job.

As he got out of the room, a bright blue flash showed in the room, showing a blue mare with a very confused look.
“What was that?” She asked to herself, confused as to what happened.

She had configured that dream so it showed Blueblood’s most feared fear. To lose everything he had and start again from the very bottom. She was aware of it because once, she detected somepony having nightmares, leading her to find her nephew’s nightmares. Seeing as it was nothing too bad, she opted to leave it like that.

However, this new Blueblood had a totally different reaction of what she expected. She expected him to start shouting and thrashing everything in there.

As the princess paced around in the dream room, trying to figure out what happened, something caught her attention: a small clock sitting next to the bed.
“What is this?”

She picked the clock to inspect it, suddenly realizing something: She didn’t put it in the dream. Often, many small things, like trees on the distance, a rock in a nearby place, a picture in the wall and things like those made it into the dreams via subconscious, commonly gotten out of rememberings and thoughts.

However, seeing as she was too tired at that moment, she decided to leave it like that. She was very tired, after all.

As for the clock, she had seen many strange things in dreams. One of those was some kind of flying machine being planned by an earth pony. Therefore, technological advances weren’t all that weird in the dream realm.

Finally in her bed, she closed her eyes, allowing sleep to take her. However, his reactions still lingered on her head for a while, making her to wonder if he really changed so suddenly.

As the next day passed through, her new hobby became watching him closely, looking for any sign of acting, only to show that he was the same jerk he had been before.

However, those thoughts were put aside as he walked toward them, seemingly thinking about something.
“Uh… excuse me?”
“Yes, Blueblood?” Celestia asked as the prince caught her attention.
“Sorry to interrupt you, but… there has been something in my head lately… and...”
“What is passing through your head?”
“... Well… last night, I had this strange dream, in which I was working in some fields with some mare named Applejack...”
“Oh, so you already met her?” The prince gave her a curious look, wondering what she meant.
“What do you mean with that? She’s real?”
“Of course she is. She’s one of Twilight sparkle’s special friends.”
“...” The prince just stared funnily at her, thinking about what she said. For Luna, she turned to look at her sister, who was giving her the death stare, signal that she would get a harsh lecture later.

Fortunately for her, the prince shrugged as he went back to the former question.
“... Well… anyways. About this dream...” The prince was about to speak when Celestia lifted a hand, interrupting him.
“If you have doubts about dreams, you better talk with Luna here, who happens to get in and control dreams.”
“Uhh… No, actually, I wanted to- She controls what!?”
“She controls dreams. That’s the way she transforms nightmares into pleasant dreams. Isn’t that right, Luna?” Celestia said as she turned toward Luna, who was getting deeper into the book she was reading. Seeing as she was in a corner, opted to just answer shortly.
“... Yes.” The prince just stared at her in confusion, thinking about the implications of the last phrase. However, he had other things on his head.
“... Anyways… As I was saying, I had this dream in which I was working in some apple fields with this Applejack mare… However, when I woke up this morning, I realized something...”
“And what was it, Blueblood?”
“... What do I do?” Both princesses looked at him funnily, trying to comprehend what he meant. “What I’m saying is… What do I work on? In fact, Do I even have a job?”

Both princesses turned to each other, surprised that he brought up that topic so quickly. In past, somepony would barely mention the word “Work”, and the prince would be already uncomfortable, if not having the same reactions than those of a foal.
“Whatever do you ask that for?” Luna asked, authentically surprised and confused.
“Well… Let’s be honest. Someo… I mean, somepony must work in order to gain the daily bread, don’t they?” The princesses nodded. “Then, even if I’m a prince, there must be something I do, right? Like, a work of sorts?”

The two princesses started to think about it, thinking deeply about it. However, as seconds transformed into minutes, the prince understood that his former self wasn’t that of a big worker. Finally, Celestia sighed as she realized that she didn’t know what her nephew was into.
“I’m sorry to say this, but… I think you really didn’t have an specific job.”

The prince just nodded, while huffing loudly as he turned around to leave. Meanwhile, Luna turned to her sister, only to find her with a face which made her blood freeze.

Several hours later, when the night fell and Celestia’s lectures finally stopped, Luna was able to finally be free. Once again, she soared the skies above Equestria, transforming terrible nightmares into pleasant dreams.

As she flew over Ponyville, she noticed that not many ponies were having nightmares. Therefore, the task had been completed swiftly. She started to consider about leaving it like that and go to sleep.

However, she also remembered why she was so alert when she was in Ponyville. Once more, she got again to the prince’s room, who was sleeping deeply. At first, it looked like he was having a nice dream, but after a few moments, he started to breath fast and shakingly. Using her magic, she once again entered into the prince’s mind.

Once again, she found herself into one of the prince’s dreams. However, that one was different. She found herself in ponyville. However, it seemed empty. As she walked around, she suddenly heard a shout. A female shout.

Even as it was a dream, she couldn’t help but run toward the source of the shout. As she ran through the city, she found where the shout came from. In front of her, laid a naked mare, panting. She had her eyes rolled to the top of her head and her tongue lolling out of her mouth. From her pussy, a white liquid leaked steadily, signs of something terrible that had just happened.

As she started to turn around, a voice spoke in another part of the city.
“YOU LIKE THAT, HUH!? YOU LIKE BEING TREATED LIKE A WHORE!?”

As she started to fly toward the source of the voice, the whole place started to fall apart, giving her the signal that the dream was about to end. Just before she was dragged out of the dream, she caught a glimpse of what seemed like the prince bucking a mare, who had a panicked face.

The prince gasped as he sat up, breathing shakingly as he tried to get calmed. As he took a hand to his eyes to rub off the sleep from them. However, he stopped as he noted another presence on the room.

Glancing past the couch in which he slept, he saw two blue eyes that he knew far too well, for they had been watching him the entire day. However, he saw something else in them: confusion.

Groaning, he sat on the couch, facing away from her.
“... Any specific reason for you to be in my room?” He said as gently as he could.

Luna stared at him with only more confusion filling her. Suddenly, she remembered what Redheart said the last day about he being a different one. A pony more gentle and kind. And as she pondered more about it, she saw Redheart was right. The nightmares he would usually be terrified of were mere dreams, but his past actions brought him nightmares. And there was Redheart, who as angry at how they treated him first.

Meanwhile, the prince was trying to shake off the sleep from his mind, trying to stay awake for the princess. If she was in there, then that would mean that she needed something. However, just as he started to get up, he heard a few sobs.

Turning around, he saw the princess sobbing as she hugged herself, facing away from him. She stood like that until he stepped behind her.
“Hey. You okay?”

Luna turned to him, tears still filling her eyes as he saw the prince’s concerned expression. It hurt her more to see him like that, prove that he really changed.
“... I’m sorry.”

The prince didn’t have any time to react as he found himself embraced by the blue princess. As he started to wonder about her reaction, he suddenly remembered what Celestia told him about her ability to see dreams and change them. His dream came back to him as he found out the reasons of her crying.

Not to blame her for not seeing it before, for his former self seemed to be a jerk of global proportions. Therefore, he just saw an option.

Luna kept sobbing on his shoulder as she felt his two arms hugging her back. Lifting her head from his shoulder, she saw him smiling warmly. She didn’t say a thing as she noted that the prince was as tall as her, allowing her to look directly at his eyes.

Suddenly, the both of them realized what they were doing and got separated with a slight blush. An awkward silence filled the room as they tried to find anything to say. Finally, the prince turned to her.
“So… are you better?”

Luna chuckled as she turned to him, smiling.
“Much better. Thank you, dear nephew.”

With that, she turned around and left, while the prince returned to his bed.

Celestia woke up a couple minutes before the sunrise, preparing to start the day. As she started to walk downstairs, she saw her sister, who seemed tired but happy. However, during the last couple days, it was nearly impossible to see her like that.

Another thing that she noted was that the prince was already awake, and he was talking with princess Luna rather comfortably. They were talking about the stars and how the moon worked. The prince had one of the most confused faces as Luna chuckled to herself.

Celestia smiled warmly as she pondered about something. Suddenly, she started to think about the “job” thing. Smiling, she started to walk toward them. Noticing her, Luna greeted her with a smile.
“Good morning, dear sister.”
“Good morning, princess.”
“Good morning to both of you, too. Blueblood?”
“Yes?”
“I think it’s time to talk about the job you wanted.” The prince eyes’ opened widely as he stood up, giving her his full attention. “I see you ready.”
“Ready for what?” The prince asked confused. Celestia merely grinned as she looked through the window toward the mountain in the distance.
“To return to Canterlot and learn how to be a prince.”

Author's Note

Four times.
FOUR TIMES I HAD TO REWRITE THIS FREAKIN CHAPTER BECAUSE I DIDN'T LIKE HOW IT SEEMED!!
But huh, anyways. It's ready.