I am Jude

{Princess Celestia}

I decided to speak to Princess Rainbow Dash about why Prince Jude doesn't want respect as the son of royalty. Once I got Princess Dash's attention, she motioned for me to follow her down the hallway as we walked while I was in pony form. She sighed and told me a sad story about what happened to Prince Jude so far.

"Back when the Machine was still running, Jude actually ruled over it," Princess Rainbow Dash said, "His title was Lord Jude. One would think that his co-workers would respect him as such. But no, they didn't, they had nothing but contempt for him and they had no problem showing it too. His co-workers official title for him was, The Boy Lord Jude. Now, he's in Equestria and the son of royalty, his biggest fear is actually disrespect more than anything. He's afraid of being looked down on because he's the son of royalty. He doesn't want to be looked at as The Boy Prince Jude. I guess that's understandable because of what happened in the Machine. But what he doesn't realize is no one thinks of him that way. From what I've heard, the talk around the castle is nothing but respect for Jude.

"And now that he has his injuries he doesn't want to be treated like a child. I can understand that too. What Jude doesn't seem to realize is that he has people that care for him. His dad Oliver, his wife Ivy, Eli and Milo. I would say Eli and I are related but that's not the case because we were never related to begin with. But in any case I still view them as family. Of course Eli and Milo viewed Jude as something more than family."

That last statement took me by surprise, "Um, Prince Eli and Prince Milo view Prince Jude as more than family?"

Princess Rainbow Dash chuckled, "Well they want an actual relationship with Jude and from the looks of it they got it now."

I thought about when I first came across Prince Jude the other night. He's actually more handsome than Prince Eli in a way. But even still I'm after Prince Eli for the time being. Also sensed he's more powerful than Prince Eli. I thought how Twilight had the same problem when it came down to accepting her crown acknowledging that she was a princess of Equestria.

"You know something Princess Rainbow Dash?" I said.

"What?" Princess Rainbow Dash said.

"Twilight had the same issue when she became an Alicorn. She didn't want to accept her crown at first either," I answered, "I kept telling her to accept it, but what made things worse was that she hadn't found her calling as to what she was supposed to do as princess. When she found her calling, that's when she accepted her crown finally. I wonder if the same thing has to happen with Prince Jude? What about Prince Eli, Prince Milo and Princesses Ivy? Have they already found their calling?"

Princess Rainbow Dash nodded. "Eli has found his calling as the Prince of the night, and he takes his job very seriously, a little too seriously. Just when he was a Firewall for the Machine. Milo has found his calling in helping couples deal with their issues, also taking care of the sun, making sure it's positioned just right during the day. Ivy has found her calling as a protector, she is now Captain of the Royal Guards in place of Shining Armor because once Ivy found her calling, Shining Armor decided to retire. And of course, there's Oliver who has found his calling as the Prince of Kindness because he's the element of kindness's bearer now. However, Jude has yet to find his calling."

At that moment, I thought that's exactly how I could get Prince Jude to accept his position as the son of royalty. I was going to help him find his calling as a Prince of Equestria. There was also one little bit of information that I wanted to know about from Princess Rainbow Dash. When I sensed Prince Jude's power, I also sensed there was another power inside of him.

Princess Rainbow Dash smiled at me. "Of course my calling is the Princess of Loyalty. I've always felt the strange need to be loyal to people and ponies alike. If they're my friend or family for that matter, I feel the need to be loyal to them. However, I can tell that you have something else you want to talk to me about, am I correct?"

I nodded. "Yeah, when I first sensed Prince Jude's power, I sensed there was another entity inside of him. Do you Know anything about this?"

Princess Rainbow Dash sighed, "Yes, I do. There's a demon god named Logan, that lived in a place called the Tree of Wisdom that's possessing Jude. Jude doesn't believe what's happening to him which actually is a good thing because then that'll give Eli some more time to build up enough magic to pull Logan out. Another thing that could happen is since a god has chosen a vessel that has magic Jude could push Logan out all by himself. I don't know what's going to happen, but I'm not losing my son if I got something to say about it!"

I nodded in agreement, "Yup I totally agree! It's no wonder why Prince Eli was so worried about Prince Jude when I saw him at the library a couple of days ago! I'm going to help you pull that monster out of Prince Jude, and I'm also going to help Prince Jude find his calling as Prince of Equestria, then he'll accept his crown and his rightful place as a member of the royal family!"

"Whatever you do Princess Celestia," said Princess Rainbow Dash, "don't even think about Logan around Jude or say anything about that to him, got it?"

"Uh-huh, okay sure," I said, "But getting Prince Jude to find his calling, my number one priority! Trust me, with me helping him to do that, he'll find his calling just like when I helped Twilight find hers!"

Princess Rainbow Dash snorted. "Sure yeah, good luck with that! Jude can be a little bit stubborn when he doesn't want to accept things. Even the simple things right down to resting because of his injuries."

All of sudden, I heard a loud roar coming from down the hallway. Princess Rainbow Dash did a facehoof and groaned.

"What, what is it?" I asked.

Princess Rainbow Dash groaned, "That would be Jude going on another demon rampage!"

I blinked. "Uh… Huh?"

Princess Rainbow Dash turned to one of the guards that had been following us. "Guards!"

"Yes ma'am?" The guard said.

"Contact Princess Ivy and tell her to bring Bunny-Na," instructed Princess Rainbow Dash, "She'll know exactly what to do."

"Yes your highness!" The guard said.

I titled my head. "Uh, Bunny-Na? What's that all about?"

"You'll see," Princess Rainbow Dash said.

Princess Rainbow Dash ran down the hallway to where the sound of the roar was coming from. I followed suit. What I saw when we got to where the roar was coming from, I looked in horror to see Prince Jude's eyes had turned red just like a demon's eyes are. Prince Oliver had Prince Jude tied down and he looked like a caged animal that was in rage.

"Jude calm down," Princess Rainbow Dash said gently.

"No!" Prince Jude roared, "I'm sick and tired of my out of control magic acting this way! I have three injuries because of it and I don't want anymore! Just kill me already!"

Princess Rainbow Dash sighed, "No Jude, that's not going to happen. We're going to get your magic under control okay?"

"That's what people have been telling me for a year now!" Prince Jude roared.

Then what happened next was just plain weird. Princess Ivy came into the room with a bunny in her arms. She put the bunny down. The strange thing was I heard a voice inside my head say, Well, hello, I don't know who you are, but you seem like a friendly face. My name is Bunny-Na. I can talk to you in a moment and ask for your name. But I need to calm Jude down first.

I looked to see that the bunny was smiling at me. He nodded his head. I thought Okay then, I've lost my mind.

No, you haven't lost your mind, even though I'm a bunny, I'm going to assume that it was the bunny who called himself Bunny-Na thinking I'm a bunny and I can communicate by thought. Now I have to go help out Jude okay?

Bunny-Na hopped over to Prince Jude and sat on his lap. He rubbed his cheek up against Prince Jude's chest and Prince Jude calmed down just like that. His eyes turned from red to green.

Wow, I thought there's never a dull moment in this castle ever since Princess Rainbow Dash took the throne as ruler of Equestria. First her daughter Princess Color Rain can communicate by thought moments after she was born and now a bunny can do it too.

Prince Jude snorted. "Yeah I know Princess Celestia, this whole family's weird!"

"Hey!" Princess Rainbow Dash, Prince Oliver and Princess Ivy said, because they were the only other people in the room besides me and Prince Jude.

"Prince Jude," I said, "why won't you accept your crown as prince of Equestria?"

"Because I don't want that stupid thing!" Prince Jude growled. "Too bad I can't throw it in the trash because if I did that would be breaking the law. I'm wearing it, see?"

I paused, startled that Prince Jude wasn't wearing his crown on his head like a normal prince would, but he was wearing it, clipped to his belt. Even though I saw that the crown was secure on his belt, I still didn't feel right about it not being in his head.

Prince Jude rolled his eyes. "Yeah, I know that I'm supposed to wear that stupid thing on my head. In case you didn't notice, I'm not normal. That's because I'm Rainbow Dash's son and she's not normal either!"

"Hey! Seriously Jude?" Princess Rainbow Dash growled.

I tried so hard not to laugh at the fact that Prince Jude wanted to make sure that I knew Princess Rainbow Dash wasn't normal. Of course, I already knew that from the very start. She set the bar pretty hard and excelled at everything she does. That's why my sister and I look up to her, even though we were the former rulers of Equestria. Even though my sister and I had the strongest power, that of an Alicorn, Rainbow Dash excelled at everything, and I could sense she actually had more power than an Alicorn and that was before she became one.

Prince Jude smiled and looked at Princess Rainbow Dash. "I didn't realize mom had the power of an Alicorn before she became one Princess Celestia!"

Princess Rainbow Dash gave me a puzzled look. "Say what now?"

I chuckled, "Oh Princess Rainbow Dash, Loyalty was able to record how strong your power was ever since you did your first sonic rainboom when you were connected to it. Normally, I can sense how strong a pony's power is on my own. Your power was limitless and when Loyalty showed me how strong your power was, I was shocked by it. It's no wonder why Loyalty called dibs on you for its connection."

"Yeah," said Princess Rainbow Dash, "I still can't believe all of the elements of harmony wanted me to be their connection. Then Loyalty told me about the prank Magic did for Twilight to become an Alicorn, it told me something to the effect of, just think about it Rainbow Dash if I had played the prank, you would've become an Alicorn too! Yeah I didn't realize it was foreshadowing the future. Good job, Loyalty!"

Prince Oliver snorted. "Well you did sulk because Spitfire didn't beat you in a race during her six-day training."

My jaw dropped upon hearing that. "Wow."

Prince Oliver nodded. "Yup, and Spitfire can confirm it too!"

I laughed because from what I heard about the 'Gilda line' as Princess Rainbow Dash puts it, the last part of the line said she was the definition of the word 'awesome.' That last part of the 'Gilda line' couldn't be more correct. Of course, I forgot that Jude can hear people's thoughts around him. I wondered if he could turn that ability off, but I doubted it because his magic is out of control.

"Yeah no, I can't turn that part of my magic off and you're right I think it is because my magic is out of control," Prince Jude said.

With that being said, I did not envy Prince Jude's situation, especially since… Oh wait, shit- I can't think about that. Nope! I'm not thinking about it.

"Yeah please don't Princess Celestia," Prince Jude said, "Because I know for a fact, he's not real!"

"Okay, okay," I said, "I'm not thinking about it! Nope, it's not in my head!"

But one thing I did think about was the fact that I'm going to help Prince Jude find his calling and then, maybe then he'll accept his crown and his rightful title as a Prince of Equestria.

Prince Jude laughed, "Oh that's sweet Princess Celestia, but I doubt that's going to happen."

"I think it will, if the rest of your family has already found theirs, you will find yours too," I said.

At that moment, I didn't care what Prince Jude said. He's going to find his calling and I'm going to help him do so.