I am Jude

{Eli}

I felt a lot of relief that the monster Logan was finally out of Jude. Now I can rest easy knowing that Jude can finally control his magic once his magic gets used to not having Logan inside of him. I would sit at Jude's beside as much as I possibly could casting the healing spell on him to help him recover. Sometimes I would hold him and have him sit on my lap like I used to before I found out he was possessed.

For some reason, I guess Jude's sensitive to light at the moment because he refuses to open his eyes. One night I was holding Jude and he moaned, "Eli?"

"Yes, Jude?" I said.

"When is this going to stop?" Jude asked.

"I don't know Jude," I replied.

"If it's going to take as long as it did with trying to get my magic under control," said Jude, "just go ahead and kill me now please."

"Nope," I said. "Not going to happen. Just like I wouldn't kill you when your magic was out of control, I'm not going to kill you."

"Oh, okay…" Jude said.

I cast the healing spell on Jude again and that seemed to help calm down whatever pain he might be feeling at the moment. I smiled because the last time I looked at his injuries that he had gotten from Logan are healed now.

"Well, at least I don't have to hear you feeling sorry for me in your thoughts anymore Eli," Jude mumbled.

I chuckled, "Yeah, no kidding. I'm glad you can at least control that. Why won't you open your eyes right now?"

"Because it hurts to at the moment and I don't know why," Jude said.

"Oh. I thought the healing spell would help with that. It's supposed to help you out with whatever pain you're in," I said.

"Yeah well it's not helping my eyesight right now." Jude said.

I sensed Jude was getting ready to start puking his guts out so I grabbed a bucket that I had ready just in case this happens. I gave it to Jude and he threw up in it. I cast the healing spell to help him stop throwing up. Unfortunately, it took a while for him to stop.

I frowned. "This isn't good. I think I'll have to ask Rainbow Dash to ask Zecora to make something to help with the nausea. Because obviously, the healing spell isn't helping."

Jude groaned. "No kidding."

I just sat there holding Jude until eventually he fell asleep on his own.

* * *

{Jude}

Finally, I was able to open my eyes without any pain. It took me at least a couple of months to get to that point. I looked over and saw Ivy smiling at me.

"Well now," said Ivy, "it's about time you opened your eyes! It's been a while since I've seen those pretty green eyes of yours."

I smiled. "Yeah, it feels good to finally be able to open my eyes again. I could do without throwing up a lot though."

"I know," Ivy said. "Zecora's working on something for that. Although you've had a hard time just eating anything in general. Are you going to try and eat something today?"

"I don't know," I said. "I guess I could give it a try."

"Okay then," Ivy said, "here's a small tray of food over here."

I looked over at the food and smiled. It was the same type of food that Gilda introduced me to when I first arrived at Equestria. The tray had applesauce and some orange juice to go with it. "It's funny because this is the same type of food Gilda started us out on when we first got here."

Ivy chuckled. "Yeah. Once again this is Gilda's idea. She figured we should start you out on something small because you're having a hard time with this."

"Okay." I said. Once I took a bite of applesauce I instantly regretted it. I grabbed a bucket that was nearby and threw up in it.

Ivy sighed. "I figured that might happen. Don't worry, you'll get back to normal. I know you will."

"Yeah, I'm not so sure about that, it took me two months just to get to the point where I could open up my eyes again," I said.

"Oh and one more thing," said Ivy, "Noah finally got Logan back to the Tree of Wisdom."

I paused. "Okay what happened to him?"

"Well, Odar decided to kill Logan after all," Ivy said. She looked away because she knows how I feel about things like that. "Odar's going after Logan's wife next for helping me escape from his eternal punishment. With that being said, what are you going to do about, you know who?"

I sighed. "I really don't want to step forward and accuse Lexi of anything, because if she dies-"

Ivy shook her head. "No Jude, if Lexi dies it will be her own fault. True, you might have pressed the button but you didn't kill them. What were the crimes that those people committed that they were executed for?"

I sighed, "All 50 of them, they were executed for using their positions of authority to commit murder. They weren't Firewalls, they were high ranking officials that worked for the Mainframe. I didn't want to kill any of the agents that worked for the Sixth either. That's why I put the Copper on the lowest setting possible. To stun them and give them a fake death. That always satisfied AI.

"Then Fluttershy had be killed because she committed murder before she broke her necklace that had her element of harmony in it. That's the same reason Applejack had to be killed. I still feel guilty for all of those Agents that got killed because of the Copper and I've heard in Eli's thought that the guilt weighs on him just as much as it does with me."

"Oh." Ivy said. "I didn't know that. I'm-"

"No," I said. "Please don't say I'm sorry. I guess I have no choice then."

"What do you mean?" Ivy asked, "You always have a choice Jude. You can choose not to ever accuse Lexi of a crime. The only problem with that is, I'm not sure everyone agrees with that choice. Lexi's on lockdown at the moment and there's actually been several assignation attempts done on her. So even if you don't choose to accuse her of her crime, it's very possible that someone will take matters into their own hands."

"Oh," I said. "I'll think about it okay?"

Ivy nodded. I looked over at the tray of food and grimaced at the thought of taking another bite of it any time soon. When Ivy saw my look of disgust at the tray of food sitting in front of me, she went into a fit of uncontrollable laughter.

"What is so funny about this Ivy?" I asked.

Ivy composed herself, "Oh nothing Jude I just find it funny with that look you're giving your food."

I looked at the food again and gagged at it. "Yeah I don't think I feel like eating anytime soon."

Ivy snorted. "Yeah I can see that."

I sighed when I looked over and saw my crown sitting on the dresser.

"So, are you gonna start accepting your crown now?" Ivy asked.

I sighed again, "I guess I should now that my magic will be more controllable. No reason why I shouldn't now right? I can't run away from the fact that I'm the son of royalty now can I?"

"Well no, and you should know that everyone loves and respects you here," Ivy said. "They want to see you happy more than anything else."

I really didn't want to admit that Ivy was right and of course she heard my thoughts and started laughing.

"Seriously Jude," Ivy said, "just accept the fact that you're a Prince of Equestria now. For what it's worth, Celestia's right."

"Right about what?" I said.

"You are the Prince of Love, you want nothing more than for everyone to get along and be happy with each other," Ivy said. "Now that your magic will be under control once you recover, I think you should also start thinking about how you're going to use your magic."

I nodded. "Yeah, I think I should try to get out of bed now."

"You sure about that?" Ivy said.

I nodded. "Yeah, I'm sure. If I can't do it, I can't do it."

I stood up as slow as I possibly could. Once I got used to standing for a moment, I walked over to the dresser and picked up my crown. I don't know why I felt nervous about putting on my crown when I wasn't nervous when I had my coronation ceremony. I took a deep breath and put my crown on. There was a mirror that was next to the dresser. I went over to it and smiled when I saw myself in it.

Ivy came up behind me and put her arms around my waist. "You know that crown looks good on you Jude."

I chuckled, "Yeah it does. At least I don't have to wear a cape anymore."

Ivy laughed. "No kidding, too bad Rainbow Dash doesn't have to wear one with her formal attire."

"Yeah." I said. "So, I'm the Prince of Love huh?"

Ivy nodded. "Yup. You're the Prince of Love."

The more I thought about it, the more I began to finally accept it.

* * *

During the next couple of months I finally recovered enough to resume a normal life. There was excitement all throughout the castle when everyone saw that I was wearing my crown on my head and not clipped to my belt like I did before. I was even interviewed about it and there was a news article done on it. Of course, along with the interview came the hard question of whether or not I was finally going to step forward and accuse Lexi of raping me. I was still trying to figure out if I would do that so I dodged the question.

One day I was walking around the castle with Ivy and Celestia just talking about nothing in particular when Rainbow Dash came around the corner. She smiled when she saw me.

"Hey mom," I said.

"Hey Jude," said Rainbow Dash, "I love the fact that you're wearing your crown on your head now and not clipped to your belt."

I smiled and nodded. "Uh-huh."

"So have you figured out what you're going to do when you start developing your spells?" Rainbow Dash asked.

I thought about it, Ivy and I had talked about it too. I decided since I'm the Prince of Love now and my pet name is Sex God, that I was going to work as a Sex therapist helping couples with their issues regarding that. I know it surprised me that even though Equestria for the most part is about getting along with each other, I guess couples and even herds have trouble with their sex lives. From what I know of, it seems to happen the most when couples are trying to have children. There was no way I was about to tell Rainbow Dash that.

Eli, Milo, Ivy, and Celestia know about what I'm going to do but Oliver and Rainbow Dash don't know just yet. I'm not about to tell my parents about that anytime soon. I figured they should find out from others what I'm doing with my magic. I'm not helping my parents out with their sex lives either. That would be very awkward if I did.

"Uh, I haven't figured that out yet," I lied. I looked over to see that Celestia and Ivy were trying to keep a straight face because they knew I was lying.

Rainbow Dash noticed the looks on Ivy and Celestia's faces and tilted her head. "What's so funny you two?"

Ivy shook her head and lied, "It's nothing Rainbow Dash."

Celestia kept the lie going. "Yeah it's nothing at all Princess Rainbow Dash."

Rainbow Dash gave us a look. "Riiiight. Anyway, it's good to see you wearing your crown Jude."

Rainbow Dash looked at the clock and groaned, "I got to go do the second part of Day Court. Why does it have to be so boring?"

Celestia laughed, "Yeah I feel you one that. Day Court is the most boring part of the job. Especially having to listen to those snobby high society ponies complain about everything!"

Rainbow Dash nodded. "Yup, I've never seen so many ponies with their snouts stuck in the air until I became the Ruler of Equestria."

"No kidding," said Celestia, "that's why Day Court is so bad and boring."

Rainbow Dash laughed as she walked away.