The Last Bloodcrest

“P-Princess Celestia a-and Princess Twilight?I-it’s an h-honor!” Hades and Star exclaimed before bowing.

“Raise your heads you two” Princess Celestia chuckled before her expression lowered. “Besides, I have a reason for calling Hades here”

“A-and what would that be?” Hades hesitantly asked.

“Well once word had gotten out that you were gonna start attending Canterlot Prep, the school board called a meeting that included me and well…” Princess Celestia replied before starting to explain the situation.

“Princess Celestia, with all respect. Why are you letting these dangerous ‘Demi-humans’ like vampires join your schools, especially that one duo vampire?” A board member exclaimed.

“I agree with Chancellor Neighsay, I don’t want those ‘things’ anywhere near my daughter!” Another board member added.

“I hear what you’re saying Chancellor Neighsay and Spoiled Rich, but they have just as much of a right to an education as the rest of us, besides they haven’t done anything bad yet” Princess Celestia replied. “Even if they did do something bad, evercreature deserves a second chance”

“That maybe but that one vampire, Handies or whatever his name is, broke another student’s arm at his previous school. Is that really someone you want attending your school?” Chancellor Neighsay retorted in anger.

“If we may interject here, that kid’s name is Hades and what he did was in defense of his sister who was also defending her brother, while he shouldn’t have broken that kid’s arm we probably would've done the same thing. Another board member by the name of Princess Luna responded.

The one board member who had been quiet through the entire discussion, Filthy Rich had finally spoken up, not with a statement but with a proposition. “What if instead of kicking Hades out, how about we have him join the student council so they can monitor him?”

“Honey, what brought that on?” Spoiled Rich asked her husband.

“Well years ago his mother, Savvy Eve, had helped me out in a legal case and when I met her she had both her daughter and Hades with her. And even though I haven’t seen her kids in years, the last time I saw him, Hades seemed like a good kid” Filthy Rich explained.

“I-I guess that’s fine” Chancellor Neighsay mumbled in reluctant agreement.

Spoiled Rich also reluctantly agreed to the proposition. “But if anything happens to Diamond Tiara it will be on you!”

With that the meeting was dismissed.

“So you see, the school board has put me in a tough position. Either a, kick you out, or b, have you join the student council to ‘ensure the safety of the other students’ and all that nonsense” Princess Celestia explained before sighing.

“Well if that’s the case then I guess I have no choice but to join” Hades replied after a pause.

“E-excuse me princess, b-but if m-may I also join the student council as well?” Star asked.

“I don’t see why not, is that okay with you Twilight?” Princess Celestia asked the student council president.

“Yea I don’t mind but, may we have a bigger room please? It’s getting kinda cramped in here” Twilight replied.

“Sure thing I’ll have it ready by lunch, so come by my office during break and I’ll show you to the new office, I’ll also have her announce the location around the third-fourth class” Princess Celestia explained. “Now head to class, all of you!”

“Yes HeadMistress” The nine students replied before heading out of the room and to their classes which had yet to start. “I’m glad that went over well but Hades didn’t look like anything I imagined him to look like, but I can’t help but be reminded of King Lucifer Bloodcrest and his daughter”

“How are you holding up?” Star asked her brother as they walked to their homeroom.

“What do you mean?” Hades asked in response.

“Well I know you didn't want to stand out or join anything like that” Star replied.

“Oh, yea I guess I’m doing okay” Hades meekly replied.

“O-okay,” Star responded whilst thinking. “I hate it when he doesn’t tell me anything”

After a quiet walk the two reached their homeroom class but were told by the teacher to wait outside until the second bell rang.

“Okay, you two can come in!” The homeroom teacher told the siblings. “You can sit in any of the available seats.

“Alright” Hades and Star replied before spotting two open seats in the back and sitting down.

After that needed to be done during homeroom, the bell rang and a teacher exchanged places with the homeroom teacher.

Once the first set of classes were over Twilight approached the main office causing the school secretary to look up from what she was doing.

“Ah, Miss Twilight, Princess Celestia can see you now!” The school secretary explained before gesturing for the young lady to go on in.

“Okay thank you Ms Inkwell!” Twilight replied before entering the main office and knocking on Princess Celestia’s door.

“Come in!” Princess Celestia called from the other side of the door.

“Hello Headmistress, I’m ready!” Twilight exclaimed after entering the office.

“Okay” Princess Celestia replied. “I went over the layout of the three buildings but unfortunately none of the unoccupied rooms seemed big enough…” She trailed off.

“Oh. I see,” Twilight responded, feeling her heart drop.

“But don’t worry I figured out a solution. You see, there’s an old building at the top right corner of the campus that is surrounded by trees. It was an old faculty building but became abandoned about a hundred years ago, give or take” Princess Celestia started to explain before handing Twilight a set of keys. “Now it’s yours to use as the new student council building. But before it can be opened, place this sticker rune on the front door and it’ll renovate/refurbish the building!”

“Okay thank you, but weren’t you gonna show me the building?” Twilight questioned.

“Well you see, I may or may not have underestimated the amount of paperwork I have. Sorry” Princess Celestia apologised. “But if you need anything else don’t hesitate to ask, just let it be within reason of coarse”

“O-oh no it’s okay!” Twilight replied before accepting taking the rune and waving at Princess Celestia as she left.

“You can come out now” Princess Celestia exclaimed after a deep sigh.

“Ah heck, I guess I’m losing my touch” Smokey replied with a chuckle as his invisibility spell faded. “Long time no see.”

“Yea it has been a long time, but can I ask you something?”

“Sure, what is it?” Smokey replied after sitting in one of the leather chairs that stood in front of the Princess’ desk.

“You’ve watched over Hades for his entire life right, then surely you must know why he looks the way he does?” Princess Celestia asked with a bit of concern in her voice.

“Oh, well that can be traced back to an incident in both his and Star’s childhood” Smokey explained.

“R-really, what happened?” Princess Celestia pressed.