I am Jude

{Rainbow Dash}

I doubled over in laughter when Princess Celestia asked me for advice on how to get Eli to like her.

"What is so funny about that princess? I know he's in a relationship with Prince Milo. But um, you think maybe he wouldn't mind adding another pony in the mix?" Princess Celestia said.

I snorted. At this point I was trying really hard to compose myself so I could answer Princess Celestia's question. "I'm sorry princess, but you see um, Eli's gay so he's not interested in anyone of the opposite sex. So I doubt he would be interested in you."

"Really? A guy like Prince Eli, not liking somepony of the opposite sex?" Princess Celestia said, clearly puzzled by this.

"You know how I only dated mares before I got taken by the machine?" I said.

Princess Celestia nodded. "Yes."

"Well, that's how it is with Eli," I explained.

Princess Celestia stared up at the ceiling thoughtfully, "He only likes stallions huh?"

Judging by the look on her face, Princess Celestia was thinking about some sort of spell to change that. Every time I've come across something like that, it doesn't work. If Eli's only interested in men, then there's no way someone can change that. "Uh, Princess Celestia, if you're thinking about a spell to change Eli's preference, that's not going to work. Trust me, I've seen plenty of ponies of the royal family try to do that and it never ends well."

Princess Celestia chuckled, "I know that princess, that's not what I'm thinking about."

I gave Princess Celestia a skeptical look. "Uh, what are you talking about princess?"

"I was thinking, since Star Swirl the Bearded was rescued from the machine, maybe I could ask him to create a spell to change my gender?" Princess Celestia asked.

I paused. "Excuse me princess? Are you saying you want to be a stallion just to be with Eli? Have you fallen that hard for him?"

Princess Celestia blushed and looked away. "Actually, I fell for him the moment I saw him. He just looks so strong to me. Which makes sense because he had to fight agents of the Sixth all the time. You know me, I like strong stallions! What do you call his species again?"

"He's a human and since he's a male it's common practice to call a male human a man," I said, "For females of the same species, it's common practice to call them women."

"Oh," Princess Celestia said, "So I should probably ask to be turned into a human man then."

"Are you sure you want to do that Princess Celestia?" Loyalty said, "To me, Star Swirls is kind of an idiot. Especially when he created us, he wrote a spell that could mix up our connections before he wrote a spell to change us back. Which allowed Magic to play a prank on us and the end result was Twilight becoming an Alicorn and well, you know the rest."

"I actually agree with Loyalty on this one, and I hardly ever agree with it," Magic said, "I mean what if Star Swirl writes you a spell to change you into a male human and doesn't write a spell to change you back into an Alicorn mare? You'd be stuck as a male human for the rest of your life and that might be for all eternity!"

"You know Magic and Loyalty have a point," I said.

Princess Celestia looked thoughtful again. "Well, if it means I get to spend eternity with a guy like Prince Eli, I wouldn't mind it at all."

My jaw dropped, at this point I was thinking if Princess Celestia hit her head on something.

She smiled at me. "No, I haven't hit my head on anything princess. Now, if you could, can you tell me everything about what these male humans are like? I mean, seeing that you're married to one and all."

"Are you sure about this? I mean are you really sure about this?" I asked.

Princess Celestia nodded, "Uh-huh, I'm sure.

Even though I strongly discouraged Princess Celestia from going through with her idea, she decided she wanted to do it anyway. Since she told me this information in private, there's no way I'm going to tell her personal business to anyone, I'm not sure if I'm going to tell this to Oliver either.

* * *

{Princess Celestia}

After a while of talking to Princess Rainbow Dash about how male humans are, I decided to talk to Star Swirl and see if he could make a spell for me that would change me into a male human. I also asked him to make the spell so that I wouldn't say my real name when I was transformed into a human. Seeing this would be an interesting way to do some research on what I wanted to become, he agreed to do the spell for me. Princess Rainbow Dash helped gather some clothes for me to wear when I would become human.

Princess Rainbow Dash decided it would be best to do the spell in my room at the castle. I thought that was a good idea too.

"Again," said Princess Rainbow Dash, "are you sure you want to do this?"

I nodded. "Yup! I do! If it means being with Prince Eli, I'll do anything for him!"

"Wow, a princess willing to be changed into something else just to be with the one she loves," Princess Rainbow Dash said, "That's actually pretty cute."

I chuckled. "Yeah it is. I mean, when I saw Prince Eli I could sense his power and how strong he is. Not to mention he's pretty cute too."

Princess Rainbow Dash laughed. I felt my face starting to turn red, so I turned around so Princess Rainbow Dash couldn't see. She finally stopped laughing. "Okay, since you insist, let's get this started."

Princess Rainbow Dash laid the clothes she got for me on the bed. I charged my horn up and did the spell just as Star Swirl taught me. A moment later I felt myself standing on two feet. I couldn't stand up for very long because I wasn't used to doing this yet. I sat down on the bed and took out the scroll that Star Swirl had written the spell on for me. Oh crap! I forgot to add the natural body function part of the spell. I should've done that first, dang it!

I looked up to see Princess Rainbow Dash tilting her head, looking at me with concern. "Are you okay princess?"

"Uh, well um," I said with a nervous laugh, "it seems I forgot a part of the spell before I transformed."

"What part?" Princess Rainbow Dash asked. "You think maybe I can help?"

I nodded. "Yeah I need your help."

I showed the scroll to her and pointed at the part I forgot to do. She nodded and charged up her horn. A moment later, I stood up and was able to walk naturally. Okay, this is much better!

"Okay now," said Princess Rainbow Dash, "let's get you dressed and have you decided on a human name for yourself?"

I smiled. "Yup! I've decided on Michael!"

Princess Rainbow Dash raised an eyebrow. "You do realize you chose a name with the same letter of the first name as Eli's boyfriend?"

I laughed, "I didn't realize that. Oh well, does it matter? I mean, there's lots of ponies that share the same letter of the first name."

Princess Rainbow Dash shrugged. "You have a point, yeah you're right, it doesn't matter. I do like the fact that somehow, Star Swirl was able to give you a male voice too. Because you know, your original voice would definitely give you away."

I looked at the clothes sitting on the bed confused. "Exactly how do I put those on?"

Princess Rainbow Dash said, "Now this is new, I know I'm going to have to teach Color Rain to dress herself in the future. I didn't think I would have to help a grown adult princess get dressed, okay let's start with the underwear and the socks because that's what you put on first. That's always what humans put on first. Or at least it's that way for Oliver."

Princess Rainbow Dash instructed me on how to get dressed as a human. She had me undress and get dressed myself, a couple of times until I got the process down. She wanted to make sure I knew how to get dressed as a human, because if I slept with Eli, more than likely the clothes would come off and he would look at me strangely if I didn't know how to put them back on again.

"Well," said Princess Rainbow Dash, "that's all I can teach you for the time being. You'll just have to figure out the rest of being a human on your own. See you around Michael."

Princess Rainbow Dash exited the room first and I followed soon after. My first part of my mission was to find Prince Eli and figure out a way to sweep him off his feet.

* * *

{Eli}

I walked down the hallway with Jude talking about nothing in particular. I made sure that I didn't think about Logan possessing him while we talked. I guess I dropped the ball on that a little bit because I looked over to see Jude rolling his eyes. "Get it through your head Eli, Logan's...Not...Real!"

"Okay, okay!" I said putting my hands up to calm Jude down. "Don't get angry on me. Bunny-Na's not here to help stop you from going on a demon rampage."

Jude paused and laughed when I said that, "Demon rampage huh? Is that what everyone calls it when I get angry?"

I nodded. "Yup, because that's exactly what it looks like."

Jude thought the idea of him getting angry and people calling it a demon rampage when he does funny because he was laughing so hard he couldn't breathe.

I breathed a sigh of relief that I was able to keep him from getting angry this time. When Jude saw this, he laughed even harder.

"Yeah," I said with a nervous laugh, "funny. Anyway, are you going to start training with Oliver again?"

Jude nodded. "Yeah dad said, he wants to start training again soon. Thankfully, the medicine Zecora gives me keeps me from randomly teleporting out of nowhere. So I teleport only when needed. So far so good on that. Of course dad says, he'll stop the training if my wounds act up. Hopefully, I'll get control of my magic sooner or later. My stupid crown isn't really helping with that like it's supposed to. Discord has it for the time being cause he seems to think he can strengthen the magic Princess Celestia put on it."

The fact that even Discord was willing to help Jude, brought me even more comfort. That's when I heard a little quiet voice behind me. I how I was able to pick up on the voice I have no idea. Jude smiled. "Someone wants to say to you Eli."

"Uh, huh?" I said. Listened for the voice again just to make sure I wasn't hearing things.

Jude laughed, "No, you're not hearing things Eli, just turn around."

"Um, hi Prince Eli," I heard someone squeak.

"Aww, that's cute!" Jude teased, "Looks like you have a fan!"

"Excuse me?" I tilted my head.

"H-h-hi, Prince Eli," I heard someone squeak again.

"Oh Eli," Jude said, "You might want to turn around and say hi."

I turned around to see a man that looked like he was about my age. He was dressed in such a way that made me think he was a nobleman. Considering there's humans in Equestria now, this didn't surprise me. He had big brown eyes and blonde hair. We stood there in an award silence for a bit.

"Um...Hi?" I said.

Jude started laughing pretty hard.

"What about this is funny Jude?" I said.

Jude composed himself, "I've never seen someone so nervous to meet you before. Was Milo that nervous when met the famous Firewall Eli?"

"Uh no," I said, "he was actually pretty excited to meet me."

Jude snorted. "Wow Eli, I wonder if he'll want your autograph?"

"Me? What if he wants your autograph?" I said. "Mr. Famous Lord Jude of AI!"

"Yeah, I doubt he knows about me, so yeah no," Jude said.

"Um, guys I'm trying to say hi to Prince Eli," The man said.

"O...Kay," I said. "Hi, what's your name?"

"My name's Michael," Michael said. He smiled and then he paused when he looked. "Did you say Lord Jude of AI?"

"It's a long story," I said, "But Jude here, isn't Lord Jude anymore. He's the son of Princess Rainbow Dash, who is the current ruler of Equestria."

"Oh yeah, I know about you," Michael said to Jude, "You're Prince Jude! Wow, I'd never thought I'd get to meet Princess Rainbow Dash's son! I've heard a lot about you Prince Jude."

Michael paused again, tilting his head.

Jude raised an eyebrow. "What?"

"I'm just wondering, where's your crown Prince Jude?" Michael asked.

Jude groaned, "I'm not wearing that stupid thing at the moment! It's being worked on and to tell the truth, I don't want it back!"

Michael gasped. "How can royalty not want to wear a crown, you should wear it because it-"

"Shows people they need to respect me as royalty?" Jude snapped. "I'm tired of having a title added to my name. I'd rather just be known as Jude thank you very much!"

"Yeah you're differently Rainbow Dash's son alright Jude!" I heard Oliver say. When Michael turned around and saw Oliver, he turned around and bowed to him.

Oliver groaned, "I'm still not used to that. You can look me in the eye now."

"Sorry Prince Oliver," said Michael, "but I don't understand why someone of royalty doesn't want to wear their crown."

"It's a long story," Oliver said. He paused. "Uh, who are you?"

"Oh, uh, my name's Michael," Michael said.

"You see, if Jude over decides he doesn't want to do something, there's no stopping him from doing it. He's a hard one to try and reason with, because he's just as stubborn as his mother is," Oliver said.

Jude rolled his eyes. Oliver returned the favor. I smiled when I saw Michael giving Jude a look of admiration.

From the look on Jude's face I could tell he heard Michael's thoughts. What Michael was thinking must've made Jude uncomfortable.

"Jude, it's time for your training," Oliver said, "I'm teleporting to the training area and I'll see you there."

A small portal opened up behind Oliver and he was gone in a second.

"Well Michael," said Jude with a nervous laugh, "thanks for the compliment but I gotta go."
Jude did the same thing Oliver did. A small portal opened up behind him and he was gone in a second.

* * *

Once Jude and Oliver left I tried to hold in my laughter at Michael's confused expression.

"Uh, Prince Eli, I didn't say anything to Prince Jude, how could he respond to my thoughts?" Michael asked.

"Part of Jude's powers is that he can hear people's thoughts around him. So that's probably what happened," I explained.

"Huh, interesting, you know part of my magic is being able to sense how strong other people's magic is. I thought your magic was strong when I sensed it, but it seems Prince Jude's magic is even stronger!" Michael said.

I chuckled, "Wow, no wonder why Jude was uncomfortable, maybe I should ask you to be around him more often just torture him."

"Why would Prince Jude be uncomfortable with someone admiring him?" Michael said.

"Not that he's uncomfortable with it," I said, "he just doesn't want it anymore."

"Oh I see," Michael said. "I wonder…"

I could tell by the look on Michael's face that he was plotting something. Mostly because it's the same look Milo gets when he's up to something.

"What ya thinking about?" I said.

"Prince Jude needs to understand that he's going to get admiration wherever he goes," Michael said, "There's gotta be a way to get him to accept that."

"Yeah, I don't think that's going to be possible any time soon," I said.

Michael stared up at the ceiling thoughtfully. "Well then, I'm going to try my hardest to make him do just that. He's going to accept that he's a part of the Royal Family and people are going to admire him if I got something to say about it."

I didn't bother to try and hide my laughter as I saw Michael walk away. The look on his face said everything. I would wish him luck on whatever he was planning but I don't think his plan will succeed.