I am Jude

{Jude}

This is not happening! I'm dreaming! Yup totally dreaming! I thought. Yup some weirdo dressed as someone from a fantasy novel is standing in front of me. Yeah I'm dreaming.

"I know what this looks like Prince Jude," said Discord, "but no, you're not dreaming."

Just then, Eli reached over and slapped me. "Ow! Seriously Eli?"

"Yup, not dreaming," said Eli. "I have no idea who this guy or the birds that are with him are."

The man standing behind Discord looked like a guy from a fantasy novel and tv show that we have here in Equestria. The guy was dressed in armor that of a warrior from his waist up. He wore black pants and he wore sandals on his feet. He also had a silver helmet on his head with a horn on each side of it. There were two birds sitting on each of the guys shoulders. One of the birds was a Raven and the other bird was a Crow.

"My name is Noah," the guy said, "and the two birds sitting on my shoulders are Raven and Crow."

"Seriously? A Raven named Raven and a Crow named Crow," I said. "Wow, very original."

I looked at Eli and rolled my eyes, "Wow Eli, I think you paid an actor to come visit me? How nice."

"Uh, I'm not an actor, Prince Jude," Noah said. "I was sent here to look for Logan. I found who he's picked for his vessel and-"

I rolled my eyes again, "Seriously Eli? You paid an actor for the Logan joke? And got Discord in on it? Okay this is getting ridiculous! It's getting on my nerves!"

The whole joke that a demon god that lived in the Tree of Wisdom named Logan is inside of me is exactly why I was raped by Lexi. I had told her no several times before it happened. The girl just wouldn't take no for an answer. She knew that I would never lay a hand on a woman even if it was in self-defense. She also knew that I wasn't going to cast any magic on her because my magic is out of control and I didn't plan on hurting anyone anytime soon.

There's no way I'm coming forward and accusing Lexi of a crime because I don't feel like becoming The Boy Prince Jude. Things are bad enough as it is. So for the moment, the only way I can defend myself against Lexi is to get angry enough to go on a demon rampage. Right now, I get angry every time I look at her.

Of course, I can't keep what happened from Ivy so she found out about it and she was horrified and angry by it. But Equestrian law states unless the victim comes forward and charges someone of a crime, nothing can be done about it. Ivy often urges me now to do that and I refuse. Although Ivy says no one will think less of me because of it at the moment, I don't feel like dealing with it. I have specifically told Ivy not to say a word to anyone about it. I also knew for a fact that Lexi could possibly get the death penalty for assaulting a person of royalty especially the ruler of Equestria's son. There's no way I'm letting someone else get killed because of me.

But now Ivy, Eli, Milo and Celestia, who is often transformed as Michael around me, have given Lexi strict orders to never go near me or enter my room ever again. That is fine by me. Although sometimes Lexi will slip past the guards outside my room and try the same thing again. When I see her do that, I go on a demon rampage just to get her out of my room. So oftentimes when Ivy, Eli and Milo aren't around to do what I view as babysitting, Celestia volunteers to help watch me and protect me from Lexi. Honestly, I think they're going overboard on protecting me but sure okay.

Somehow when Eli and Milo found out about what happened to me, news spread around the castle about it and everyone was more pissed off at Lexi than me. Everyone around the castle now is out for Lexi's blood at the moment. Now, Oliver and Rainbow Dash are also urging me to come forward and say something about it. They also put Lexi under the 'Tell me the Truth' spell and she confessed to it. Until I say something, the only thing they can do to Lexi is put her in a dungeon but the maximum time for that is a week.

As I looked at Noah in disbelief I said, "Yeah Eli, you really outdid yourself on this. Round of applause!"

"I'm not a-" Noah was getting ready to insist. He paused when he saw Eli give him a look.

Eli gave a nervous laugh, "Oh yeah, I would stop but this is way too much torturing you. Uh, I would like to speak to my 'actor' outside so I can pay him."

Noah raised an eyebrow. "Huh?"

Eli nodded. "Yup, I need to speak to you outside. A nice touch with the birds by the way. You and your birds please go outside and talk to me before Jude gets angry again. Uh, Discord? Can you stay with Jude for me? You know, we shouldn't take any more chances of Lexi popping up again okay?"

Discord nodded. "Sure I'll stay with him. I agree, that piece of trash Lexi shouldn't be allowed anywhere near Prince Jude ever again."

With that, Eli left the room with his 'actor' Noah and his birds to go talk with Eli.

* * *

{Eli}

Once Noah and I left Jude's room I took them to my room to try and figure out what was going on.

I sat down on a chair near my desk and motioned for Noah to pull up a chair and sit next to me.

I took a deep breath and let it out, "Okay, let's start from the beginning by telling me exactly who you are again."

"My name is Noah," Noah said. "But before I say anything else, why does Discord view Lexi has Sex Monster Lexi and why did he call her a piece of trash?"

I sighed and looked away. "Because Lexi raped Jude and it's all my fault."

Noah's eyes went wide. "Prince Jude was raped by her? Why do you think it's your fault?"

"Because me, Ivy and Milo gave Lexi the idea that sex keeps Jude calm which most of the time it does," I explained. "But we should've told her that if Jude doesn't want sex then don't push it. It seems that me, Ivy and Milo forgot about that. We only want what's best for Jude because of that demon god named Logan possessing Jude. We figured the calmer Jude is the better. We couldn't quite figure out any other way to keep Jude calm. Then Michael came along and was able to figure things out and help in other ways. In releasing our mistakes, Ivy, Milo and I have apologized to Jude for that stupid idea we had in our heads. Since then we've made amends with Jude. Except for Lexi, she refuses to accept that she committed a crime against Jude even though we have a full confession from her and not to mention we have evidence of it too.

"Jude refuses to step forward and say anything about it. He fears Lexi will be killed if she's found guilty. Which is a very real possibility and he's been traumatized enough because of what happened back at AI. To explain what AI was, that's a story for another day. The point of the matter is it happened and it's my fault."

Noah put a hand on my shoulder and shook his head, "No Prince Eli, it's not your fault. Unless you actively participated in it, and I can tell from your demeanor that you didn't so it's not your fault. You may have given Lexi the idea but she's the one that committed the crime."

I shrugged. "I guess so." I didn't want to talk about what happened with Jude anymore so I changed the subject. "So exactly what are you doing here? And why do you need to talk to me so badly?"

"Well," said Noah, "I'm a son of the one who rules over the gods at my home, the Tree of Wisdom. His name is Odar, and I was sent to bring Logan back to the Tree of Wisdom so he can be put back underneath his eternal punishment. Logan's committed several crimes against the gods that live at the Tree of Wisdom those, crimes include murder and rape. One of the crimes that Logan committed I was a victim of it.

"The reason I need to talk to you so badly is because Discord said I would need the help of your magic to get Logan out of Prince Jude. Although since Logan has picked a vessel that already has magic, it's very possible that Logan could die and Odar did say that Logan's death might just benefit the gods and everyone else."

Upon hearing this I decided I should probably tell Noah what AI was and what my job was there as well as what Jude's job was there as ruler of AI Lord Jude.

Noah actually smiled when he heard what type of ruler Jude was. "The fact that Prince Jude didn't want to kill anyone and just give them a fake death is remarkable. It's unfortunate that people did get killed but that was part of the job. My father Odar also had to kill people before. To me, no one should be found guilty for doing their job. Doing a job is different than committing a crime you do realize that do you?"

I sighed. "Yeah I do, but Jude doesn't seem to think that way. He guilt trips himself for the executions he had to carry out. Then there's the stupid Mothers of the Mainframe that taunted him and held nothing but contempt for him. Their official title for Jude was The Boy Lord Jude. I guess Jude's afraid of becoming The Boy Prince Jude here. But that's far from the truth. Everyone loves and respects Jude here and not because he's the son of royalty. If anything, everyone around the castle is out Lexi's blood because of what she did to Jude."

"Oh I see," Noah said. "There's got to be some way we can get Prince Jude to see he's not viewed as a child around here. Maybe I can help with that once we deal with Logan."

"I don't know," I said. "But I wonder, is there a chance that Jude will be able to control his magic once Logan's out of him?"

Noah nodded. "Yup, I've seen it happen plenty of times myself. When a god choses a vessel that has magic and causes it to go out of control, once that god is out of their vessel, the vessel will be able to control their magic."

Knowing this information comforted me. I was more determined than ever to get Logan out of Jude, and then move on and work on putting everything in the past behind us.

* * *

{Princess Celestia}

After I had found out about what that servant girl Lexi did to Jude, I felt the need to protect him not just physically, but psychologically as well. One day after Lexi caused Jude to go on another demon rampage, I was lying in bed next to Jude. I had him on his stomach and was giving him a back massage while being transformed as Michael. True I could do it while being in my normal form. But I felt it was better doing it with hands instead of hooves.

I frowned when I found a tender spot on Jude's back that was a tell tale sign of a rape victim. It was a magic signature left by Lexi's magic that was forced and unwanted. I had a feeling that Ivy, Eli and Eli's partner Milo probably already picked up on that and that they say they have evidence against Lexi.

Even though Equestrian Law does state that the victim has to come forward and accuse someone of a crime, the very same law also says that if there is evidence of foul play without the victim coming forward about it, then Lexi still could be charged with a crime that way. Princess Rainbow Dash and Prince Oliver most certainly want to charge Lexi with a crime badly, but they chose to abide by Jude's wishes not doing that. Honestly, I think Jude's being way too nice about this. If someone's committed a crime against you then you charge them with it so justice can be served to those that deserve it.

The main reason why Twilight lost the throne is because she was charged with several crimes against Equestria and she was found guilty of them. That's the only way you can make a ruler step down. To add to her list of crimes she attacked Princess Rainbow Dash after Princess Rainbow Dash had woken up in the hospital and claimed Prince Oliver and Finn were trying to kill her when I saw the whole thing.

I stopped giving Jude the back massage and Jude rolled over and sat up. I pulled Jude into my arms because I could tell he just wanted to be held at the moment.

"Thank you Michael," Jude said.

"For what?" I said.

"For knowing exactly what to say and do with me," Jude replied. "It's almost like you hear my thoughts or something like that."

"I can't hear your thoughts Jude," I said. "But I can tell by the way someone's acting, what they need. That's part of my magic actually."

"Huh," said Jude, "interesting."

I nodded. Jude reached up and started to kiss my neck. I had to admit every time Jude made decisions of his own free will like this, it made me love him even more. I also talked to Eli about how I was feeling about the sex with him and we were able to work out a comprise. Eli seemed to be turned on by the idea of me fighting back and taking the lead on sex when I felt like I wanted to do that. I was also in love with Eli just as much as I was in love with Jude.

Even though Jude was kissing my neck at the moment, I could tell that he was not wanting sex at all today. Which was fine, right now it's best to let Jude make that choice especially with what that piece of trash Lexi did to him.

That piece of trash Lexi, I thought, how dare she assault a person of royalty! Eli feels it's all his fault but it's not. Eli might have given Lexi the idea but Lexi did not have to go as far as she did with Jude. I'm surprised there's not an angry mob outside her bedroom door wanting to hang her for this.

I was snapped out of my angry thoughts about Lexi when Jude bit my neck.

"Ow! What was that for Jude?" I asked.

"I wish people would stop thinking about that," Jude growled. "True I'm a victim but I refuse to be seen as such."

"But she raped you Jude!" I said, "And there's evidence of it too. Now everyone knows about it and they want justice for you. The sooner you say something about it, the sooner justice will be served. The longer you hold off on it, the more angry people will become and more than likely someone will take the law into their own hands!"

"Well, if that happens then Lexi's death won't be my fault," Jude said. "If I step forward and accuse Lexi of a crime and she's killed because of being found guilty, then it would be my fault."

I shook my head. "No it will be Lexi's fault if she gets killed. That's why the laws of Equestria are the way they are Jude. If someone commits a crime then they should be held responsible for their actions."

Jude sighed, "I guess so, but for right now, I just want to be held okay?"

I nodded. "Sure, I can do that."

So that's what I did. I just sat there, holding Jude in my arms because to me what Jude needed the most right now was someone to comfort him and love him.