Blueblood walked along the moon lit pathway, whistling as he headed for the gardens that permeated Canterlot castle. He had a particular bounce in his step this night; for this was the night he was finally going to ask Lady Twilight to marry him. He remembered when he had first seen Twilight when he was not but a colt, peering over the edge of her crib as their parents had negotiated the terms of their betrothal. She had been awake at the time, and the moment she had seen him she had smiled, reaching up to him with the biggest grin he had ever seen. He had picked her up at that point, and as he lifted her out of the crib she had playfully tapped his nose with her hoof, giggling as she did so.

It was in that moment that he knew where his destiny would take him, and what he needed to be. Years after that day he had joined the royal guard, even in the wake of his parent’s death and his adoption by the princess he was steadfast in his goal, intending to become a knight so that he could stand proudly by his betrotheds side. He had asked for special privileges and had received none in kind, and after many grueling years of training he had come out a royal guard and a master tactician, having earned his cutie mark due to his exceptional military tactics and command ability under pressure.

During his time in the guard he had received many letters from Twilight, who he had learned had become Celestia’s personal student during his years of training. He had been so excited for her, telling her in his letters how proud he was of her and how he thought nopony deserved the honor more.

Now he was back, his term of service having ended a month ago. He was a tad bit worried though, for Twilights letters had become a little more scattered of late, coming less and less frequent as time went on, but it didn’t really matter now though, for he was sure she still loved him.

But as he reached the center of the garden he began hearing the sounds of giggling, and started sneaking over to the hedge, his ears listening for the tiniest trace of sound.

“Love stop, remember were waiting for Blueblood to show up.”

Bluebloods heart stopped at that, for the voice he had just heard was that of his Twilight. And she had just said honey to somepony that wasn’t him. He was about to step around the hedge when he heard another voice, a voice that rooted him to the spot.

“Sorry my love, your ears are just so delectable.”

Blueblood stood there, disbelief running through him as his mind recognized the voice of his step mother Princess Celestia. She had called his betrothed love, and Twilight had called her love as well. He shook his head, turning away and running back to the palace, leaving nothing but a trail of tears in his wake.

* * *

Celestia sat in her chambers, felling restless due to the lack of a certain somepony in her bed. She blamed it on the honey moon, for during that time she had gotten so used to waking up with Twilight by her side, having her their constantly that now her absence was almost torturous. But they had to keep their relationship a secret, otherwise the ensuing scandal could possibly pull them apart, and that was the last thing Celestia wanted. So it was with heavy hearts that they had returned to sleeping in separate rooms, but that didn’t stop them from the occasional sleepover.

Celestia was brought out of her musings by a knocking at her door, “enter” she said, getting up when she saw it was her adopted son Blueblood walking in, still clad in his royal guard armor. She ran over to him, wrapping him up in a hug before pulling back to get a good look at him. “My you have grown; you look nothing like that little colt I led to guard’s camp all those years ago. Come sit, I want to hear everything.”

She walked away and sat down by a nearby table, turning and motioning for him to sit. “If you don’t mind Princess, I would prefer to stand.”

“Blueblood pleas, you don’t need to stand on formality in my presence, were family.”

“I am afraid I will have to stand on formality this time Princess, I have things to talk with you about.”

Celestia looked confused, but motioned for him to speak, wondering if it was anything she could help with.

“I want to know what you were doing in the gardens with Twilight last night.”

Celestia froze, staring in disbelief at what Blueblood had just said. “Wha…what are you…?”

“Don’t you dare patronize me mother,” said Blueblood, glaring at the solar monarch. “You have already betrayed me; I don’t need you lying to me as well, now what were you doing with my Twilight last night?”

“…I was waiting with her for you to meet us, so that we could inform you that we had become lovers.”

Blueblood’s glare grew darker as he looked at her, “You WHAT!” he yelled, his form shaking as he looked at the pony he trusted beyond anything. “How…how could you do this…why would you do this to me, your own family?”

“Blueblood I…”

“TELL ME!”

“Because I love her,” said Celestia, looking mortified as she said it.

Blueblood just stared at her in disbelief, “Love…that is why you betrayed me, because you loved her.”

“Blueblood you know as well as I do how the heart works and I am sorry this happened to you, but I cannot help what happened between me and my wife.”

The moment the words left her mouth she knew she had said the wrong thing, for the look that came over his face was one of pure hatred. “Your wife, you mean you got married to her, without my permission!”

“We do not need your dam permission to do anything!” yelled Celesta, startling even herself due to her raised voice. She quickly got up, heading over to the door before turning back to Blueblood. “I am sorry Blueblood, but we will have to discuss this another time when are both more level headed, for now I have court to attend to.”

She then left the room, leaving Blueblood behind with nothing but his own thoughts.

* * *

Twilight sighed as she finished reading the little note Celestia had sent her, shaking her head out of sad resignation. She had known Blueblood would not react well to the new, he never did when it came to things he felt were rightfully his, and sadly he included her in that category. Even when she had tried to distance herself after she and Celestia had gotten together, he had become all the more clingy, his letters coming in more frequent and sound more and more like outright proposals.

She jumped when she heard her door open with a slam and turned, but then was sent flying as a hoof bashed her across the face, sending her skidding across the floor. She tried to yell for help, but was soon stopped as a magical aura wrapped around both her neck and horn, suppressing her magic and holding her to the floor as a form moved to stand above her.

“No squeaking from you my little whore," said a voice above her, one she realized was Blueblood. “We can’t have you calling anyone now can we, especially not her. She may think she’s taken you, but she doesn’t understand that…”

Blueblood then cried out as Twilight shattered his right back leg with her hoof. She hadn’t been listening to a thing he had been saying; instead she had been focusing on one of the tricks her student had taught her in exchange for the sex lessons, and had quickly tapped into her small pool of earth pony magic to deliver a devastating kick to Blueblood’s leg.

But to Twilight’s dismay Blueblood's magic did not falter, and next thing she felt was the stab of a dagger as Blueblood drove one into her left foreleg, causing her mouth to open in a silent scream. “Forgot I was in the guard didn’t you whore, well just for that…”

He never finished, as he was suddenly blasted off Twilight by a golden burst of light, sending him crashing into a nearby bookshelf and causing it to collapse as something laded beside her. Twilight turned to look, but when her eyes caught sight of it she could only stare in awe at the being standing beside her.

Celestia had landed beside her, surrounding them both in a spiraling ring of flames as her mane crackled with solar fire, her eyes looking like two suns as she glared in the direction she had blasted Blueblood. “Can you teleport my love?” she asked, her voice carrying an echo that both awed and frightened Twilight, who quickly nodded. “Then go and lock yourself in my chambers, I shall handle things here.”

Twilight teleported away, then Celestia started walking forward as Blueblood emerged from the rubble, his horn glowing as he started forming a rapier in front of him. “I’ll not have you steal her from me sun witch!”

Celestia found herself surprised by how he was glaring at her, for most ponies including her own guard cowered when she started exposing the other side of her power. “He truly must be in love with her, if he is willing to face me with half my power exposed.” She opened her mouth to speak, but just as she was about to she was cut off by him slamming into her, sending them both through the window and out into the palace grounds below.

Author's Note

And the next chapter is out as promised, and boy are things going to get rougher in the next chapter, and expect surprise in it as well. Anyways guys I hope you enjoyed, and if you have any questions or comments, please feel free to drop them on by.

P.S. (contains spoilers)
if any of you guys have read Truth Behind Harmony before this and have read the chapter where Blueblood remembers this scene, let me explain why the two scenes seem so different. Blueblood twisted the memory over the years, conjuring up the delusion that he was nothing but a victim due to these events.