Aversion awoke to find that he was laying in Luna's bed. Sitting up, he noticed that his body appeared to be back to normal. He felt quite achy, though, since his bone ligaments had been stretched fairly far.

"Oh, Avey! You're up!" Luna said, sitting off to one side of the bed.

"Ah... hi, Lulu." Aversion responded.

The earth pony sat up, standing to stretch his legs.

"So... did you fix me while I was asleep or something?" Aversion asked.

Luna shook her head. "No. By the time I made it back to the hall after scolding Blueblood, informing Celestia of his misconduct, and confining him to his quarters, I saw that your body had already aired itself out. You were asleep on the floor, and I was going to wake you up, but..."

She looked to the floor with a faint smile and dreamy look in her eyes.

"...you just look so cute when you sleep, and I didn't want to disturb you. So, I levitated you into my bed, and left you alone to wake when you were ready."

As Aversion was stretching... he happened to feel something very subtle about the way he could bend his joints. Luna did not notice right away, as she appeared quite deep in thought.

"Blueblood has really proven to be quite the nuisance, for both of us." Luna said. "I believe he just doesn't see potential consequences for his actions."

"Well, yeah, it wasn't really nice of him to trick me into drinking that strange potion... but, it did have its perks!" Aversion said.

"Oh?" Luna asked, tilting her head. "Like what?"

Aversion swung his hind legs back, jolted his abdominal region upward, and latched onto his backward-facing hind legs with his forelegs.

"Look how flexible it made me!" he said.

Luna was astonished by the pose. It looked like something only a highly-experienced gymnast could do. But Aversion didn't stop here; he stood back up, and did a full-on forward-backward split of his hind legs with ease.

"I couldn't even do this before, and now it doesn't even hurt!" Aversion said, ecstatically.

It seemed that, when he was inflated, all of Aversion's soft tissues had been stretched out... well, save for his brain, and other organs in his skull. Now, he possessed far greater flexibility... almost to superpony levels.

"Hahah... I'm double-jointed now!" Aversion said in awe at his new anatomical capabilities.

"Regardless, Blueblood will be punished for his repeated harassment of you. Nopony, not even monarchs, are above the law." Luna said.

"Yeah, I'd say he deserves it." Aversion said. "He really needs to keep his nose out of other ponies' business."

"I honestly don't understand why he has to be so mean to you, Avey..." Luna said.

With that, the alicorn made her way to the door.

"Well, I'm going to go check on how the preliminary drawups of the hearing are proceeding with the Royal Court." Luna said. "Sorry to leave you again, Avey."

"It's okay!" Aversion said. "Just take your time. Do what you need to do."

Luna smiled at him just before she left the room.

A little while later, after Luna managed to get Blueblood's hearing on a set date, she made her way back up to her quarters, where she entered and saw Aversion out on the balcony, leaning against the rail.

"Hmmm?" Luna hummed.

Quietly, she made her way over to the door outside, opening it slightly. She heard her coltfriend let out a sigh.

"...Why does there have to be somepony actively trying to separate me from a mare who has finally made me happy?" Aversion said.

He hung his head down, just before he drew a breath, and began to sing...

Aversion looked up at the night sky, his eyes gleaming by the starlight and moonlight. The backing vocals were manifesting seemingly from nowhere, as was the music itself, but given that ponies tended to break into musical numbers in Equestria... neither Luna nor Aversion were unsettled by it. It was pretty much normal.

Luna's jaw dropped at how remarkable his voice sounded. It was very clear, low, and very harmonious. He may have been the best singer she ever listened to.

Aversion's mane and tail blew in the light breeze that passed the spire of the castle, making the stallion look very majestic in the dim, blue light of the moon, and even more so with his beautiful singing. Tears filled Luna's eyes while she had a very warm smile on her face, listening to Aversion singing his heart out.

Aversion fixed his gaze on the moon, all the while reminded how isolated Luna must have been during her thousand-year exile... something he experienced on a social level throughout his life.

A shooting star streaked across the sky, and Aversion had his eyes fixed on it the entire time it was visible. Luna herself felt like she was in a dream, listening to the soothing voice of Aversion as he continued to sing.

Aversion took a final breath, and turned to head back inside... when he caught sight of Luna sitting at the door.

"Oh!" he uttered. "H-how long were you sitting there?"

Luna opened the door. "...For the entirety of the song."

Aversion shuffled his hooves nervously. "Yeah, I was just... y'know... practicing..."

Luna pulled the young stallion into a deep hug, closing her eyes and rubbing the back of his head with her hoof.

"...You have the voice of an angel, Avey." Luna said.

"Really?" Aversion asked. "C'mon, I'm not that good..."

"That's not true, Avey!" Luna said. "In the thousand-plus years I have lived in Equestria... I daresay you may be the best singer I have ever had the blessing of listening to!"

Aversion yawned. "Well, with everything that has happened today... I just needed to let it all out, and now, to let myself recupe..."

"Indeed," Luna said, "let us get our much-needed sleep, shall we?"

They both climbed into Luna's bed, the Princess holding her friend close as they were both slowly drifting off.

"You've had a rough day, my sweet little prince..." Luna said quietly. "...and you deserve a good night's rest."

Aversion could not help but smile as Luna held him. Before too long, they were both sound asleep.

A few days later, Princess Celestia, Princess Luna, Aversion, the Mane Six, many high-ranking ponies of the Canterlot Council, and several upper-class civilian ponies were all present for Blueblood's hearing.

A magic-suppression band had been placed around the base of the Blueblood's horn; they were a special type of metal band that, when placed on a Unicorn's horn, effectively stops them from using magic. The wearer cannot remove the band by any means of their own; only the magic of another Unicorn could do so... but only if they know the particular incantation that the band was set with.

These bands were, however, desperately difficult to create, requiring months of precise focus and attention by the crafter, and even the smallest mistake could render it useless. Because of this, less than one-hundred exist, all in possession of the Royal Council of Canterlot... and they were only reserved for use on either highly-dangerous Unicorn criminals, or in Blueblood's case, those who would go all out to resist arrest.

Blueblood had been escorted by the Royal Guard into the Court Chamber, where he sat in the defendant's seat, on the defense's side of the room, opposite to where Aversion and Luna were sitting, on the prosecution's side. Aversion sat in the plaintiff's chair, while Luna volunteered to represent Aversion.

"You will remain seated unless asked to stand." the Guard informed Blueblood.

Luna glared at her nephew. "Proper behavior on your part will prevent this hearing from turning into an actual trial."

Blueblood begrudgingly narrowed his eyes, glancing around everypony in the room. They were all not too happy to see their Prince that day, after hearing the rumors get out that he harassed Aversion repeatedly, harboring a petty grudge against him. Even Twilight Sparkle and the Mane Six were giving him the hairy eyeball.

"All rise for Her Highness, Princess Celestia." a Royal Justice spoke.

Everypony in the Court Chamber stood as Celestia entered, taking the middle chair of the Justices' stands, around the other Justices.

"Be seated." Celestia spoke, and everypony complied.

"The hearing is in session: The Ponies vs. Prince Blueblood." another Justice said.

"Now," Celestia spoke. "you, Prince Blueblood, stand accused of conspiracy to torment a civilian of Equestria whom Princess Luna has taken a special liking to, and that you have attempted to—"

SLLLLLUUUUURRRRRP!

Blueblood was sipping out of his glass of water quite loudly, near his microphone. However, he wasn't drawing a lot of water at a time... it seemed like he was just trying to make noise. In fact, he just wanted to stall the hearing, since he felt like he did not deserve it.

"Need water..." Luna said to him. "...okay."

After a little bit, Blueblood set the glass down.

Celestia continued: "So, as I was saying, Blueblood, you need to answer for your—"

SLLLLLUUUUURRRRRP!

Blueblood had picked up the glass again, and started making the same slurping sound again, remaining still but darting his eyes around. Everyone in the Court Chamber was losing their patience.

"...'Kay, how about ya just chug the water?" Rainbow Dash said.

Blueblood did not listen and kept making the annoying sound. Twilight scowled.

"Seriously, you'd better cut it off!" she said.

Now, it sounded like Blueblood was doing something different than slurping, since he had drawn a full breath...

"Are you blowing bubbles?" Pinkie asked.

"BLUEBLOOD!" Celestia thundered. "If you do not cease and desist this impudence, I will spank you in front of the entire Royal Court!"

Reluctantly and begrudgingly, Blueblood lowered the glass of water back to the table.

"Okay..." Aversion said. "...so, you good?"

Letting out an annoyed exhale through his nose... Blueblood nodded once.

"I swear, this child has been nothing but a hindrance to the Royal Protocol of Equestria, always trying to do whatever he can to get his way!" an older Justice spoke.

Celestia continued. "Now, Blueblood... do you deny any of the charges with which you have been placed under?"

Blueblood rasped. "If anything, I am glad to be the one punishing the lowlife! It's not his place to be in the regal city of Canterlot!"

"Harassing and bullying somepony, regardless of their rank or status, is absolutely unacceptable!" Luna said.

"So, you plead guilty?" Celestia said.

Blueblood scowled. "I plead that the peasant Aversion be guilty of destroying our traditions!"

"Mind your tone, defendant!" a Justice said. "Or you will be held in contempt of Royal Court!"

"Let the record show that the defendant is defiantly continuing to display his distaste for Aversion of Ponyville!" Luna announced.

"The sentence to be handed down..." Celestia said, narrowing her eyes at Blueblood. "...temporary suspension of royal status, and forced community service, exclusively for the plaintiff!"

Blueblood's eyes went wide as his jaw dropped. "WHAT!? Community service!? For a PEASANT!?"

"I would advise you to stop addressing the plaintiff as a 'peasant,' defendant..." one of the Justices warned.

"Auntie..." Blueblood begged. "...you can't DO THIS TO ME!"

"...Watch me." Celestia said sternly. "You will serve Mr. Aversion for the course of one month, doing anything he requests of you. And you will not use magic; that magic-suppression band on your horn is going to be staying there for a while. You will use good old-fashioned hunch-grease to do your tasks!"

"...But I'm not a lowly earth pony!" Blueblood argued.

Celestia narrowed her eyes in fury. "...You keep this up, and your horn will be removed completely, along with the follicle! Then you will be an earth pony!"

Blueblood, for once, went silent, lowering his gaze to the floor, and slouching forward.

"Those in favor of this motion..." a Royal Court official spoke.

A majority of the ponies, including the Mane Six, Starlight Glimmer, Spike, Luna, Celestia, and Aversion raised their hooves (or hand, in Spike's case).

"Those in opposition..." the official said.

Very few ponies in the chamber raised their hooves.

"Very well, the motion carries." Celestia said, hitting her hoof like a gavel against the sound block. "This hearing is now adjourned!"

After the hearing, Aversion decided to go for a walk through Canterlot, trying to process everything that had transpired.

"Well... this has been quite the ride." he said to himself.

As he walked along a path on the outskirts of the city, he looked over the great, big kingdom from the vantage point of Canterlot. It truly was a massive world he lived in... and this only made him wonder what everypony else would think if they knew he was in a romantic relationship with one of the two Princesses of Equestria, if Prince Blueblood did not see him as worthy of it.

Aversion wondered if Blueblood was a unique case, given his upbringing, or if everypony would hate him for it, and see it as nothing more than favoritism.

"I just wish I knew what to do about all of this..." he said.

Walking a little further, Aversion caught sight of a blue unicorn stallion with a gray mane and tail, as well as a paintbrush cutie mark, looking out over the massive landscape of Equestria's open space surrounding Canterlot Mountain. He glanced over at Aversion as he was passing by.

"Hey," the unicorn said. "you alright?"

Aversion stopped. "What?"

"You just look a little... lost." the unicorn said.

I guess you could say that." Aversion said.

"So, what's your story?" the unicorn asked, turning around to face the earth pony.

Aversion narrowed his eyes. "Why should I tell you? I don't even know who you are."

"Hey, I get it." the unicorn said. "I used to believe that keeping everything bottled up would allow it to dissipate over time... but I eventually learned that talking to others and asking for help will yield much better results for overcoming your problems."

Aversion sighed. "Well... I've been caught up in a bit of a... situation."

He was not going to tell the unicorn exactly what it was, since he was worried about how he would react, but regardless, he felt like he needed guidance from another.

"There is somepony who I want to be with... and she makes me really happy, just as I make her happy as well. But... it also makes me feel... scared. I'm worried that everypony will ridicule me think I am some sort of leper. She is of great status, and I am not... I just don't want to be hated, and I also want to stay with her..."

"You know..." the unicorn spoke. "...I actually have been in the same boat as you. When it comes to your needs, you need to do what makes you, happy. When you do things for others that make them happy, but not you, how does that feel?"

Aversion lowered his head slightly. "...Pretty unfair."

"Exactly!" the unicorn said. "So you have to remember that you have to worry about you. You are the most important pony in your life. If you are happy, and it does not harm anypony, I think those around you will support you, especially if you want to be with a mare who cares about you!"

"I never thought of it like that before." Aversion said.

"Yeah. Don't be a doormat; live your life the way you want to." the unicorn said.

"Thanks." Aversion said. "You know, if you've been in my place before... I think we could get along just fine! You ever want to... meet up again, sometime?"

"I'd love to!" the unicorn said. "I tell you, locking yourself up in a big, empty house, doing nothing but work on art projects all day... it really leaves you feeling isolated. Nice to have a little interaction from time to time, right?"

"Yeah, totally." Aversion said. "My name is Aversion, by the way. I'm visiting from Ponyville."

"Ponyville, huh?" the unicorn said. "How neat! Maybe you've met my wife? She lives down there so she can spend time with her friends."

"Maybe I have... who is she?" Aversion asked.

"Her name is Lyra Heartstrings. She's a mint-green unicorn with a lyre cutie mark." the unicorn said.

"Lyra Heartstring..." Aversion said, pondering. "...yeah, I've met her a few times at the cafe I work at. She's definitely one of the nicer customers I've served, and has never been negative toward me."

"Yeah, she's one of the nicest mares you could ever meet!" the unicorn said.

"Also... who are you, by the way?" Aversion asked.

"You can just call me 'Abstraction'." the unicorn said.

"Abstraction... I feel like I've heard that name before." Aversion said, just before his eyes widened. "Wait, there's no way... you're the Abstraction? The famous freelance artist on the Ponynet?"

"That I am!" Abstraction said.

"Oh, wow! It's great to actually meet you!" Aversion said.

"Yep," Abstraction said. "and maybe we'll meet up again another time."

"Yeah! Speaking of which, I should probably get going." Aversion said. "Anyway, thanks for the advice!"

"Anytime!" Abstraction said as the earth pony was walking away.

With that, Aversion began to make his way back to Canterlot Castle. Knowing that all that truly matter to him in the end was pursuing his own happiness really revamped his confidence.

Blueblood paced around in the prison cell. He was truly pissed off. Stripped of his nobility... being forced to do manual labor... and for a commoner of no noble status... and without the ability to use magic...

"This is some supreme horseshit!" the former Prince uttered. "Equestria has become SO corrupt...!"

"Hey! Be silent!" a prison guard said, pounding on the bars.

Blueblood gave up. Usually, he always looked for ways to get out of his situation... but this time, there was no way out. If he tried anything, his situation would get even worse. He laid on the shabby bed, staring up at the ceiling, his anger boiling inside of him.

How will I be able to get out of here? He wondered.

Author's Note

Sorry about the awkward way Aversion's singing scene is written: the rules of FIMFiction prohibit me from displaying the copyrighted lyrics.