The Lonely Prince

Blueblood led his wife to their private bathroom and helped her clean off their shared misadventure. Twilight seemed sullen about the whole thing and Blueblood seemed unsure as to how to lift her spirits.

He rubbed her flanks with soap, working to get her clean, when he asked her a sudden question.

“Have you ever experienced anything this humiliating in your life before today?”

Twilight paused and considered the question at face value. “Well… my dad walked in on me while I was taking a shower once… but I was behind a shower curtain, so he didn’t actually see anything. I don’t think anything can be more embarrassing than having the ruling Princess of all of Equestria walk in on you having sex…”

He kissed her neck, hoping to lighten the mood. “That’s true… but it could have been worse, dearest.”

She kissed him back and looked curious. “Worse how, beloved?”

Blueblood covered her face in soft kisses, slowly lifting her spirits. “Dearest… we are married… but imagine for a moment if I hadn’t taken your rebuke so harshly that I hadn’t kept my distance while redoubling my efforts in my studies to impress you when we were foals and I had instead simply pursued your hoof and we had continued to grow closer and closer back then. Imagine for a moment… Aunty walking in on us having sex when we were… 14 or so. Barely special someponies… not even publicly dating. I think that would have been magical… but so much worse for us mentally and emotionally… and maybe physically. Aunty would have killed me, I’m nearly certain.”

A horrified expression crossed Twilight’s face before she burst out laughing, tears of mirth rolling down her face.

“Yes beloved… I guess that would have been worse. But I also regret not having that time with you. I would kill to have been caught with you in Celestia’s bed.”

He chuckled and kissed her again. “Oh, naughty. We still have a lot to catch up on, but we have time. Let’s get the party over with so we can explain the birds and the bees to Velvet and then maybe have another round of lovemaking… in the bedroom this time, hmm?”

Twilight giggled and agreed. “How do we explain this to Velvet? She’s still very young.”

Blueblood rubbed the back of his neck. “She’s smart… maybe it won’t be that hard.”

* * *

Dressed in formal wear, Twilight and Blueblood arrived at the party a standard 15 minutes late to establish the effect of being ‘fashionably late,’ which was common amongst top tier nobles.

Down on the main dance floor, Princess Twilight Velvet and Duke Night Light was talking to Princess Velvet Dawn. They were dressed up as fancy as their titles.

Twilight whispered to Blueblood. ‘I wasn’t expecting my parents to be here. Despite the titles you gave them 6 years ago, they don’t make a lot of public appearances and even fewer private ones.’

Blueblood whispered back. ‘They make as many appearances as necessary. Too many public or private appearances would diminish the importance of the appearances. However… this party must be more important than just me graduating from university and you finishing your residency. Let’s just play nice and mingle. It’ll be over soon.’

Twilight mingled with the other guests and managed to make small talk while Blueblood did the same. They finally worked around to Twilight’s parents and Velvet Dawn jumped into her mother’s hooves to nuzzle her.

Night Light smiled. “It’s nice to be able to share this special moment with you. I can’t wait for Princess Celestia to arrive.”

Blueblood smiled back. “It doesn’t feel that special. Ponies finish university every year… and the work I help my wife with will help a lot of ponies. We are hoping for some results soon.”

Night Light and Twilight Velvet shared a look. “You weren’t told?”

Twilight shifted Velvet in her hoofs and shook her head. “Told what?”

Celestia picked that moment to enter the room with great fanfare and everypony cheered the arrival of their ruler until called to settle down. Celestia’s smile filled the room as Luna joined her at her side. Twilight put Velvet down so they could both pay attention.

“Fillies and Gentlecolts. Welcome to this formal graduation party and banquet. This party commemorates the completion of Princess Twilight Sparkle’s residency, marking her as an official doctor specializing in mares’ health and the graduation of Prince Blueblood from university in his pursuit of medical knowledge to support his wife’s goals. Their love for each other and for their subjects should be an inspiration to all ponies. I trust that by now you’ve tucked in to a decent amount of food and alcohol, so now is the time for a bold announcement.”

Celestia looked directly at Twilight and Blueblood before continuing.

Velvet Dawn stage whispered to her mother. “Why is Aunty looking at us funny?”

Twilight gulped and whispered to Blueblood. ‘I’m not going to like this, am I?’

He whispered back. ‘I don’t think that either of us are going to like this…’

Celestia continued. “I know that this will come as a shock to everypony, but Princess Luna and I have decided to retire. I have ruled for too long and I feel like Equestria is stagnating under my status quo. Plus… I’d like to spend more time with my sister to make up for 1,000 years of lost time. With no direct heirs of our own… I ask the Princess of Unicornia to come forth. Princess Twilight Velvet…. I call upon you to name the successor of Equestria, as is your right… what say you?”

The crowd whispered frantically while the Princess of Unicornia, Princess Twilight Velvet elegantly walked up the stairs and stepped forward to Celestia’s podium, wearing a stunning gown and a simple diamond tiara. She struck a pose and spoke loudly to the crowd.

“Beloved Princess. Only an Alicorn can replace an Alicorn, therefore I have the honor of naming my daughter, Princess of Friendship, Princess Twilight Sparkle as heir and ruler of Equestria. May she guide us with a firm hoof, but with the love and friendship to help us grow.”

The crowd cheered while Twilight tried to hide behind Blueblood. She was less embarrassed than she was scared. She didn’t want this level of responsibility and it would horribly hinder her research.

Blueblood pushed her towards the podium. ‘You don’t have to accept but you must speak. Follow your heart and I will follow you.’

Princess Twilight Sparkle addressed the crowd nervously. “I was not expecting this honor and I feel like I have no choice but to accept. However, I cannot do this alone. Just as Princess Celestia had her sister to help her rule, I need my husband. I would like to name my husband, Prince Blueblood, as my co-ruler and after he passes… I expect that my daughter, Princess Velvet Dawn will step up to be my co-ruler. Do you… nobles of Canterlot, accept me, my husband and my daughter as your lawful rulers?”

The roar of approval was deafening.

A tear leaked down Twilight’s face as the world as she knew it had changed. It wasn’t a happy tear but was rather a tear of regret… regret that she would be forced to break her promises to her husband. The rulers of Equestria would have a hard time justifying surrogate mares to bear foals for the royal family and her research would come to a standstill.

Twilight Sparkle and Blueblood left the party early with Velvet Dawn while the rest of the nobles continued to drink toast after toast to the new rulers of Equestria.

* * *

Twilight and Blueblood sagged in their favorite chairs in the common room, trying and failing to process the reality of being the rulers of Equestria very soon.

Meanwhile, Velvet Dawn was bouncing around the room. “Yay! I get to co-rule Equestria! Ice Cream for everypony!”

Twilight giggled. “You don’t get to rule until you are of age, and you still have a lot to learn.”

Velvet stopped her antics and looked back at her mother. “Like what?”

Blueblood cleared his throat. “Sweetheart… Have you heard of the birds and the bees?”

Velvet looked at him and grinned. “You mean sex? Yeah… I know all about it.”

Shocked expressions rippled over Twilight’s and Blueblood’s faces.

Twilight nearly shouted. “Who told you!?”

Velvet shrugged. “Uncle Spike has magazines. They explained a lot, but the pictures were weird. Aunty Sweetie Belle might could have foals with Uncle Spike with the correct spell or potion though. I can’t wait to have more cousins.”

Twilight looked on the verge of passing out, so Blueblood asked the next question.

“If that is the case, Sweetheart… and you know what sex is… then why did you tell Aunty that I was hurting your mother?”

Velvet lowered her face. “I didn’t see what you were doing… I could only hear it. Aunty Luna explained later that sex can sound like violence once I described what I heard. Aunty Luna also explained that it’s bad to falsely accuse ponies of a crime. I wanted to apologize but I didn’t want to do it at the party. And now we all have more responsibility. I guess I’m going to get more homework now?”

Twilight giggled, half in relief and half in a release of tension that her brilliant daughter was worried about more homework at magic kindergarten than she was about anything else that had happened recently.

“Don’t worry too much about extra homework. We will have lots of years to get you trained up and you won’t be my co-ruler until your father retires unless I can find a suitable place for you to practice ruling from. Maybe I’ll make you Princess of Ponyville and let you rule a small territory from the Castle of Friendship. But for now… it’s bedtime.”

Velvet kissed both her mother and father good night and went to sleep. Once her door was closed Blueblood sagged deeper into his chair.

“I don’t know if this was the best night ever or the worst night ever. I never expected to rule Equestria.”

Twilight nodded solemnly. “I don’t know either. I’ve seen how hard Aunty works… how am I supposed to fix my health problems now?”

Blueblood got up and stretched. “One day at a time. You’re going to have to trust Starlight more to carry out experiments that you set up. I’ll also take as much of the burden of rule from you as I legally can, but I can’t save you from all of it. We have each other… I promise.”

Twilight got up and kissed him. “You owe me a rut.”

Blueblood grinned. “Shall we retire to our bedroom?”

Twilight shook her head. “I got a better idea…”

* * *

Princess Celestia returned to her quarters after a long party. She didn’t begrudge Twilight or Blueblood leaving early since the announcement was sprung upon them with no warning, but she knew that Twilight would turn her down without the party and an audience forcing her to say yes. Her niece-in-law was nothing if not predictable.

Closing the door behind her, she heard a curious sound coming from the bed chamber part of her room. She walked in and then froze, shocked still.

Blueblood and Twilight were in her bed, lost in the passion of lovemaking. He was pumping into Twilight with a frenzy while Twilight’s eyes rolled into the back of her head, lost of all coherent thought. The smell of sex was just as thick in her room now as it was in Twilight’s lab earlier in the day.

Well… maybe not completely predictable…

Celestia spread her wings, half in shock and half in arousal. “What the buck are you doing in my bed!?”

Twilight collapsed into the giant oversized bed, clearly finished.

She cleared her throat. “Just breaking it in. You don’t mind, do you, Aunty?”

Celestia shook her head with a huff. “Fine! You can have it. I’m sleeping with Luna tonight.”

When the door closed, Twilight teleported them both back to their own room. She kissed her husband lovingly and giggled.

“Worth it.”

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