I won't write it, but I can show if off here for anyone who wants to pick it up for their own!

Blueblood: Was Once A Man
Where did the Prince come from? Earth, of course! Blueblood was actually a human who appeared in Equestria and was turned into a pony (you know, like you do). He was taken in by Celestia and taught how to handle his new body. Once he could walk withouth tripping, he was introduced to society as her "nephew," which was left unquestioned since it was CELESTIA; it's hard enough to question royalty, let alone divinity.

Blueblood actually adjusted quite well to pony life. Polite, outgoing, friendly... just not romantic. See, he has no problems with being friends with ponies, but deep down, he still thinks like a human and has issues with seeing them romantically. When he sees a mare with love in their eyes, he tends to... overreact. Not intentionally! He just gets nervous and starts acting without thinking.

I'd like to imagine that in previous Galas, he would panic more obviously. Probably make an excuse about having to walk his toaster, and then run screaming from the room; the mare just thinking "How charmingly eccentric!"

Ooh, got one of my own to add here!

Zecora: Royal Vizier:
I don't remember where I posted the intro, but something happens to make living in Zecora's hut either impossible or extremely uncomfortable and she's offered a free stay for a few days at a Canterlot hotel doing some kind of "Look-we-welcome-everyone-without-discrimination" publicity thing. She takes issue with the minotaur metal band practicing just across the hall from her room.

Out in town to clear her head, she overhears ponies talking, one of them says something she takes issue with, so she dispenses a bit of wisdom on the matter. The pony that Zecora replied to was attempting to act as a royal vizier to the other pony, Blueblood, who had been descending into madness for some time now trying to keep up with Twilight Sparkle. For years she'd outdone him at every turn, and while he won't allow himself to despise her for it, lest he become the next villain, he may or may not be suffering psychotic delusions as he hears once again how amazing Celestia's protege is in comparison to himself, whom the solar diarch just doesn't seem to have the time of day for. That Tirek business was the last straw.

So he went looking for somepony to help guide him to being as great a ruler, or something, as Twilight seems to be. Hearing Zecora's impeccable delivery of Celestia-like wisdom, he'd offer her the title and accommodations in the palace. She'd probably accept more for the latter than the former, seeing it more as a deal to let her live somewhere more pleasant while her hut is un-[REDACTED]-ified.

And I have no idea where it would go from there.

Blueblood, Blueblood & Blueblood: Blood brothers
Blueblood is actually a series of identical brothers! Like, completely identical. Same cutie marks and everything. It actually freaks out ponies when they find out about it.

For the most part, the Bluebloods try to keep it a secret, and use it to appear like the most efficient pony in all of Canterlot. He holds 17 meetings a day and 20 a night! He may not remember your name if you bump into him on the street, but he’ll get back to you on that! And then he does!

During the Gala, they decided to see how many could show up without anyone figuring it out. They thought they’d pull tricks like leaving to get some punch only for another Blueblood to be just around the corner already holding punch, or leaving from one door and coming in immediately from the other side of the room.

What they didn’t count on was all of them having just one little faux pas with Rarity each. Individually, nothing too bad... but all together, and thinking they were the same pony… whoops!

Why does Celestia allow this? Why not say anything? Because she thinks it’s funny.

Also, they have one almost-identical brother. You may have seen him at the Equestria Games?

Lunablood
Blueblood is Luna in disguise! The real Blueblood has three crowns for a cutie mark, and was attending to royal business abroad. Celestia suggested that in order to ease Luna back into current Canterlot society, she disguise herself as Blueblood and mingle at the Gala. (in fact, Celestia does it herself sometimes; that’s where the confusion about crowns vs the gold & silver star started)

Luna tries her best, but is...
A) unused to socialising at all
B) unused to pretending to be a stallion
C) unsure how Blueblood, specifically, is supposed to act
D) still has her old battle-reflexes (hence the cake-shield)

Sadly, for Blueblood, this isn't the first time there's been a disaster with his name on it.

A new twist on an old plot
Blueblood was blowing Rarity off intentionally, because he already had a marefriend. One he was waiting to meet, in fact. One that he was going to propose to, no less!

He'd been engaged in a lengthy correspondence with her, sending her multiple letters a week. They'd been looking for a chance to finally, finally meet face to face and neither of them could believe it when she managed to get a ticket to the Grand Galloping Gala.

They arranged to meet out in the garden. He hadn't told her, but he'd fallen in love with her through their letters. He fully intended to, in the words of the bard, "pitch woo most tender" and at the stroke of midnight, propose to her on bended knee.

Instead, he bumped into Rarity, and couldn't shake her for the entire evening.

Why, oh why, couldn't she have left him to search for his dear, sweet Ms. Belle of Ponyville?

(I figure most of the confusion comes from coquettishness on Rarity's part in not revealing her first name, not having any photos she felt were good enough to send him, and a misunderstanding about "white coat with purple mane" vs "white mane with purple coat")

The fallout is that although Blueblood was able to learn the truth and apologize after the fact, their relationship never truly recovered. Hence Rarity not slugging him during Sweet & Elite, but not trying to romance him either.

Blueblood: Free at last!
Blueblood actually hates politics and wants nothing to do with it. However, the Blueblood line has always been there to support the throne, and they never waver in their duty. That being said, Blueblood couldn't be happier these days.

He was originally being prepared as the "Back-up Back-up Really Worst Case Scenario Back-up Plan" in the event that the Elements of Harmony AND Celestia failed to stop Nightmare Moon, and she seized total control of Equestria. The plan was for him to play the part of the grovelling sycophant, and as her adviser try to mitigate the her more dangerous decrees. (Oh, Dark Mistress, I am still enraptured by your eternal night, but some of the other ponies have started getting nostalgic for the day... maybe you could bring the sun up for a bit, to remind us all how hot and bright and unpleasant it really is? 8-10 hours should get the point across...)

Acting under the assumption that if she lost that it would just be business as usual, he was pleasantly surprised when Luna was cured and Celestia could start sharing her workload.

Then, he was going to help Cadence ease into ruling the Crystal Empire, having more experience with the hooves-on aspects of leadership, by being her Grand Vizier (back in school, while Cadence was taking foal-sitting jobs, Blueblood was in Model UN)... but with her marriage to the Captain of the Royal Guard, he knew that Shining Armor could handle that.

Then, Twilight ascended, and took over even more of Celestia’s duties. By this point, there’s nearly nothing left for him to do. Cadence has got PR stuff down, Twilight’s on top of paperwork, and Luna can help with the heavy lifting that only experienced alicorns can handle.

Blueblood can finally take a vacation! (without feeling like he’s abandoning his Auntie)

Blueblood: Her Little Brother, Best Friend Forever.

A series of one shots, focused on the lives of Cadance and Blueblood, siblings. (Neglects IDE canon, like "Daring Don't")

While the Sparkle family siblings never had a single fight, growing up a little brother to royalty is hard... especially if that royalty is Princess Mi Amore Cadenza.

Still, though disagreements are had, they will always love each other.

3317798 I like this! Another!

I'm sure I saw this idea before somewhere, but as I can't seem to find it again, here's to posting it in the thread it probably most belongs, for now.

A Long-kept Secret

Blueblood has been hiding something all his life, and with recent events it's become harder and harder to ignore what the voice in the back of his head has been telling him since he was a colt.

"It makes no difference whatsoever, why do you hide it at all?"

But Mother and Father were very insistant that the truth never be uncovered, that their son take his shameful failing as one of their bloodline to the grave, or rather, to the cremation chamber so as to erase any evidence of it forever.

They became stars last week, within a day of eachother.

He was sad to see them gone, certainly, the only thing he ever held against them was the thing now held to his head with magical adhesive. But they, the only ones who knew, were dead now, and deep down he knew the Blueblood family, their, HIS, supposed mystic lineage, didn't matter.

Princess Twilight's existance was proof of that. He'd waited long enough. Gently pushing open the door to the last pony from which it was thought possible to keep a secret, he called out to her. "Auntie?"

Celestia looked up from the week's tax reports with a smile. "Yes, Nephew?"

He gathered his courage, years of frustration with the whole fascode making it easier than he'd have dreamed. "I have something to tell you, something to ask, really."

She tilted her head inquisitively, hoping whatever it was would divert her attention from the paperwork for at least a few minutes.

He held up a muscular forehoof, inspecting it as though for dust. "I'm much stronger than I look, Auntie."

She nodded once, waiting for the rest.

He frowned a little. "Strength isn't really a unicorn trait, is it?"

The solar diarch -or was it triarch now? Quaduarch? Headaches.- laughed softly. "There's no reason healthy exercise can't lead to good physical stature, Nephew." She smiled somewhat wryly. "I think quite a few of your fellow elite could stand to follow your example."

That got a little smile out of him, but he quickly suppressed it, eyes flickering to his "horn" once. "I'm afraid it's not quite as it may seem." He looked her in the eye. "Auntie, have you ever seen me cast a spell? Even once?"

Her calm grin slowly became a slightly slack jaw, eyes widening in shock as the answer to a question she'd never pondered crept up in her mind.
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This is going on Celestia not being all-knowing as is sometimes suspected, yet often proven false, and having so little time for Blueblood a thing like his tribe goes unnoticed.

3327489 That's interesting.

SO...

The Blueblood Factor (or "The Royal Vacation Time")

After the Gala disaster and the following rampage of Discord, Vladimir Blueblood just KNEW he needed to get out of Canterlot for a while. He just knew it.

His beloved Aunty had always recommended Ponyville, right? A bit rustic and plebian, but he'd give it a shot.

Basically, this is a lazy-idea, Blueblood through Seasons 2-4, there as a bit of an audience surrogate and getting into his own misadventures, separate from the Mane Six, and sometimes intertwining.

We actually did look at this somewhat beforehoof, thinking too much on it.

"Prince" Blueblood: What's In A Name?
As we've seen with Cadence and Twilight, being a Princess in Equestria has nothing to do with heritage or history. Why should being a Prince be any different?

No colt is BORN a prince. Through certain conditions or trials (I leave it to the discretion of the author to decide what, specifically) a stallion may claim the title of Prince.

In many ways, Blueblood is actually very similar to Rarity: he came from a family of no great importance, but dreamt of joining the ranks of high society, of being one of the "important ponies" and dedicated himself to becoming the sort of pony who could be accepted by the upper crust. Posture, looks, the way he speaks, the way he moves... none of it came naturally or easily to the young colt. Even today, having achieved his dream and become a Prince, it still doesn't.

When Blueblood forgets himself, he starts slipping back into the behaviors of his roots; this is most obvious when he has the fritter. He hears Rarity order the fritters. He opens his eyes and sees the fritters. He doesn't hesitate to pick one up and take a huge bite of it. It's only when he tastes it for a few seconds does it hit home that it reminds him of home. He panics and spits it out because he's worried about breaking his carefully constructed persona of high class.

Unlike Rarity though, Blueblood is a little too dedicated to keeping up appearances, and is actually pretty lonely in his role as Prince. Some days, he just wishes he could go back to the small town he grew up in and run a shop where he could practice his real passion and skills, and hang out with his friends.

Blueblood: A Small Part of Something Larger
"Auntie?"

"Yes, Blueblood?"

"I hate myself, you know."

"Mm-hm." Celestia didn't even look up from her paperwork. The prince was sprawled on the chaise lounge in her office, and decided to forge ahead.

"I despise what I am, and if it were in any way possible I would change myself in an instant. I'm shallow, elitist, self-absorbed, conniving, licentious, cowardly... and there's a very small part of me that always thinks that everypony else is inferior to me. Ugh! In this day and age, I actually have tribalist leanings." Celestia actually peered over her reading glasses at that. "I'm not saying we should kill all the pegasi or anything, but there's a definite part of me that looks down on them and everyone else."

Celestia mulled over that revelation as she reviewed another petition.

"Some days I think about trying to kill myself."

"You'll never do that, Blueblood."

"No, I won't. I'm too cowardly and feckless for that. And you'd never let me, I know. And it wouldn’t work."

Celestia sighed and put aside the papers for a moment. "Blueblood, what is it you want?"

Blueblood threw a hoof into the air. “I don’t know!” He let his hoof drop to cover his face with a sigh. “I don't know. I’m just tired of being me. Spiteful, unbearable me. At least I’m not so selfish as to ask that you take me back.”

Blueblood felt a wing drape over him and Celestia nuzzle his neck. “I need you, Blueblood, you know that. I couldn’t be the princess they deserve without you.”

Blueblood started to sniffle and tear up. He’d always been prone to mood swings… or perhaps it was just being more open about his emotions. “I know, Auntie, I do, it’s just… after a thousand years, it’s so hard to be all the things you can never allow yourself to be! After Nightmare Moon, you had to be perfect for your little ponies, pure and flawless… but even an alicorn can’t just wish their flaws away. You had to put them somewhere.

“Knowing that I’m literally a pony-shaped bundle of all your vices and neuroses… even with all of your vanity and none of your ability for self-reflection, it’s gotten hard to ignore.” A long, shuddering sigh shook the prince. “I’m old, I’m tired, and I have no redeeming qualities, Auntie. And I don’t know what to do about it. I don’t know what I CAN do about it."

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I've seen a few stories where Celestia and Luna are able to split themselves into multiple bodies or create duplicates or whatever. The conceit here is that Celestia created a spare body and dumped all her negative aspects into it so that she could be the Perfectly Pure Princess she's supposed to be... and that body was Blueblood.

And so, for the past 1000 years, there's been a very flawed prince running around the palace, but he can be forgiven because it's not like he's supposed to be a paragon of equine virtues, right? Not like a princess.

Maybe after 1000 years, even a bundle of flaws can become of a better pony.
Or maybe Celestia has to face her issues and reintegrate them (would Blueblood welcome the release? or run away to keep being his own pony?)

3329881 ... We need to theorize on this one more. *blink*

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It could be why Celestia never when into Nightmare-mode; she shunted all her negativity into a vessel that was too weak to do anything about it.

It could be that Blueblood's not ALL bad; what were vices at the time may be socially acceptable now, or simply that what would be normal in a regular pony is unacceptable for a Princess.

It could be a great bit of bonding between Celestia and Twilight!
T: Grr! Princess Celestia, how do you put up with all this bureaucratic horse-apples?
C: Oh, I just bottle it all up and turn it into a separate pony so I never have to deal with it!
T: ... that cannot be a healthy way of dealing with your problems.

.... that one might lead into Celestia slowly reabsorbing some of her flaws and becoming a more rounded Pony, or maybe just concentrating them less - instead of everything in one body, she splits them among several. Blueblood becomes less bad, and gets some siblings!

3330090 I'm up for taking in the vices, with the moral dilemma Celestia must feel because while he started out as no more than a husk, a homonculus of her bitterness, rage, and sorrow, he gradually became something more... To be healthy, to take in her vices, is to be whole, but as of this point, it is to also rob somepony else of his life.

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Hmm... I can see a couple of ways to have them reintegrate and still be considered a happy ending.

Version 1: Happily Ever After
Blueblood's grown enough as a pony that after Celestia takes back her flaws, there's enough him left over to continue existing. He'd be free to change, to live his own life; no longer magically locked into the vice-ridden viceroy he was before.

Version 2: Happily Brief While After
Reintegration WILL kill Blueblood. But! Since dumping 1000 years of repressed flaws and vices back into Celestia all in one shot would be bad (not good for her mind AND she would seem like a totally different pony to the folks around her, causing alarm and rumors of changelings), they decide to take it slowly. Say, about the length of a pony's natural life-span.

Celestia will slowly grow accustomed to all the feelings she's been denying for the past millennium, and learn how to deal with them in a mature, healthy way.

Blueblood will stop being the eternal 20-something, vapid playcolt and will appear to start aging and grow more mature.

And one day, decades later, Blueblood will quietly disappear and Celestia will hold a closed-casket funeral for him, praising his service & sacrifices for the crown.

3330817 Either way is quite heartwarming. I CAN'T DECIDE!

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Say, do you have any interest in running with the idea? I've found a group dedicated to sharing ideas that would otherwise go unused, and I was thinking of adding this there if you didn't want to claim it.

3334879 Go ahead and add it there...

I will admit, I've clung too long to my IDW-violating headcanon of him and Cadance being literally brother and sister AND Luna's biological so-many-grand-foals. XD

Weird, dark-ish idea in my head that's definitely not my cup of tea, but might be fun for someone, someday.

A Forked, Silver Tongue

His special talent is always knowing just what to say, as indicated by his cutie mark being a compass, intuition and very crafty word choice guiding conversation like a master navigator. Mainly to tick ponies off.

Yes, his special talent is making ponies angry, knowing just what to say to get under their fur and cause lasting emotional harm, be it by enraging them through belittling their faults in a way they can't argue against, jabbing an insecurity he picked up from their body language, re-opening old wounds to throw them into depression, etc.

Rarity was covered in cake, her coat, mane, and outfit a sticky mess. What does he say? "Stay back, I just had myself groomed!" 'I'm clean and you're not, hahaha!'? Rarity hates a mess, especially on her person, and he was practically rubbing it in, perhaps not even meaning to.

Why would somepony have such a mean talent, the thing that makes them special a thing that makes others cry? It would make a certain amount of sense if evil were in the blood, and this is the closest thing I can think of to a valid case for him being descended from Sombra. (Causing negative emotions in ponies, the sort Sombra would feed on had he not gotten a taste of a taste of Cadence's martial law?)

For his behavior, maybe he feels bad about making others feel bad, maybe he revels in his power over them, maybe something in between, feeling terrible after but just not able to stop himself?

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*Shiver* Just needed to get that out of my system.

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I've seen a variation on that, actually. The Schadenfreude series. The main character is a pony with the talent of knowing just what to do to drive someone nuts, and he's assigned to be Blueblood's butler.

It's mostly an excuse to harass Blueblood, and the pony really enjoys being a dick, but... yeah.

As for Blueblood having the talent... I could actually see there being a use for it, politically. In any serious negotiation, there needs to be something you can offer as a reward and something you can use as a threat; carrot and stick, you know?

Celestia's the carrot... Blueblood's the stick. "Play nice with me, or I'll make Blueblood the negotiator!" And then after three days of him refusing to even use the embassy because the colors clash with his mane... well, friendship & harmony sound a lot more appealing.

3317798 alternately on the one I'm replying to, Blue could end up feeling useless, without purpose, BECAUSE he's no longer needed.

Prince Blueblood: Secret Soldier

A simple premise of Blueblood having an incognito persona as a soldier, but unlike so many other cliches I've seen, he still keeps it to himself throughout the story. Not only that... Kingdom Hearts cross-over.

Every night since her return, Princess Luna has noticed something amiss... She could gaze through all the dreams of all the inhabitants of Equestria... accept this single, solitary pony. Her nephew's mind is locked from her, for when she views it, there either bright, blinding light, or smothering, vast darkness.

Just what is he hiding from even her sister?

I didn't know whether to put it in the relationship thread or here. Forgive me if my choice ended up being wrong! Here goes:
We all know Princess Twilight has a little crush on a particular Pegasus guard, don't we? Yes, good 'ole Flash Sentry. But she would never admit it openly like that, oh no! No, she's just biding her time until the moment is exactly right!

Unfortunately, somepony else decided to take a shot at the flyboy.

Oh no, what is Princess Twilight to do now?! She can't just go and break them up!
No matter how much it hurts to watch them hanging out together. And snuggling. In public. While giggling. And kissing.
... Enough is enough. She needs allies! But where to find them? None of her other friends is going to go along with this plan. They all want Rarity to be happy, and honestly, Twilight would like that too, but she just can't stand seeing her Flash Sentry in the arms of another!
But who? Who could have an interest in breaking this happy couple up? Who would want to push Rarity into being single again, perhaps to make his own move? Who could be callous enough?

"Make no mistake, Sparkle. I am only doing this for Miss Rarity, not to do you a favour!"
"So am I, prince!"

3353395 Eh... I am still not a fan of RarityXBlueblood... It is a plot idea with potential, though.

See other threads, please? We need more BlueWhinny! XD

3353446 Do note how these two are blushing at one another^^
"My word, what is that monster of a tome?!"
"Tsun Dere's Art of War in Love."
"That sounds stupid."
"Your face is stupid!"

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"Your horn is stupid!"

"Your eyes!"

"Your nose!"

"You lips!"

Wanna make out?!"

"YES!"

Blueblood: Not so free after all!
Something has happened to the Princess! Er, Princesses. All of them. Yes, all of them.

Celestia, Luna, Cadance, even Sparkle have all disappeared, and not a single pony knows where or why. The rules of succession are quite clear though, and someone has to be on the throne.

Enter Prince Blueblood.

Maybe he's actually a good politician; maybe not. The real thrust of the story is him being terrified and doing everything in his power to track down the Princesses and get at least one of them back to take his place. He's more eager to find them than even Shining Armor is. Why?

Let's review: Nightmare Moon, Discord, Chrysalis, Sombra, Tirek. Practically once a year, some unimaginably powerful figure from ancient legend shows up and picks a fight with the resident Pony in Charge. (it was pretty bad when it was just Celestia - the Summer Sun Celebration actually started off as a "the nation didn't get wiped out this year!" party)

So as much fun as it might be telling the nobles how to act, bossing around the Royal Guard and lowering taxes on his favorite brand of styling gel, Blueblood is keenly aware that if the Princesses aren't found soon, he'll have to be the one to face down the Smooze or whatever is coming next.

Should've seen that coming

Blueblood's an alicorn.

The jacket that he wears just blends in with his coat really well which is why no one realizes it's covering up his wings.

That's all I've got.

3373966 I like it. XD

Spike's Royal Caretaker

Being the student of Celestia, Twilight Sparkle, from youth, found herself divided heavily between her studies and taking care of the newly-hatched dragon her magic had brought forth into this world.

Celestia felt it best that, with some guidance at first, Prince Blueblood, approximately the same age as her student, was to be taught responsibility... and so, when assignments and so forth called for intense work, little Spikey-Wikey was to be sent to the royal pain himself.

At first, the duo were filled with mutual disgust, but as time went on... the Prince of Unicorns began questioning himself, caring deeply for Spike as more than a caretaker, even joining in assistance in the library, overthinking his situation with Twilight Sparkle and assuming that the poor fellow was little more than a slave.

It was then that the arrogant stallion made a petition behind his beloved Aunt's back and transferred legal care to himself, twenty-four-seven. Spike was not his child or slave... the little, handsome violet and green dragon was his friend.

"Blue... you're smothering me!" the violet reptile complained as he began to push away, his limbs wriggling frantically. The chubby little fellow kept trying to to get out of the slumbering Prince's teddy-bear-grip, chuckling involuntarily as he felt the side of the stallion's face nuzzle against his belly.

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... why no responses to my idea?

3422552

I haven't had anything to add here in quite a while, I'm not the idea police.

Insert joke about Tyrantlestia and thought police here.

3422580 *angry-hiss at tyrant joke, followed by coughs*

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I'm generally a quiet dude most of the time anyway, and I've been distracted lately. *shrugs*

That being said, I think the SpikeXBlueblood one is kinda cute.

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I agree. And I can actually see that scenario with Twilight being too busy/focused on her studies to take much good care of Spike. Princess Celestia was supposed to be Spike's primary caretaker, but she's busy with running Equestria and teaching Twilight, leaving little time for Spike himself. Somehow, Blueblood gets to take care of Spike.

And then it's revealed that the reason Blueblood acted that way to Rarity at the gala was because of jealousy. Spike and him exchange letters and the dragon has detailed his infatuation with Rarity in length and Blueblood just doesn't understand what Spike sees in a mare who doesn't give him the attention he deserves. And then it's a love triangle???

...I kind of want to see this.

3423486 I kinda do, too, so long as characters remain in-character and are not distorted into monstrosities of OoC-ness.

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I actually see it as an emotional powederkeg.

Remember, Spike's worst fear is being sent away by Twilight. I'd wager forcefully being taken away ranges only barely below that. If Blue uses his influence to go behind his auntie's considerable back, he's going to end up with a lot of upset folks:
Twilight and her friends, who'll see it as a near-abuction;
Princess Celestia, for obvious reasons;
and even Spike himself, who'll be terribly confused and hurt.

And Blueblood will be confused and hurt in turn, since (from his view) he did his only true friend a huge favour, but he's angry with him for it.

3423739 True enough. True enough...

BUT SUCH POTENTIAL!! *shakes Derpsby frantically*

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"But... but..." Blueblood promptly turned away from the enraged baby dragon, his enraged Aunt and sister-in-law, tears in his eyes as he galloped out of the room.

It would be moments later that Blueblood would be in his own bedchambers, sobbing into a pillow and ruining the expensive silk used for the pillow-casing.

Why? Why did Spike hate him? He... he only wanted what was best for the dragon, only for Spike to start being treated as he deserved instead of as a slave...

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"It wasn't supposed to be like this..."

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Hmm... you know, with only a slight tweak, this can go from a high-stakes, emotionally fraught tragedy to a pretty funny door-slamming farce.

Instead of Blueblood going behind everyone's back and essentially stealing (or as he calls it, "rescuing") Spike, it's all a misunderstanding! Just one big comedy of errors! Blueblood thinks he's made his feelings for Spike clear and his desire to adopt him, but Twilight thinks he's just offered to babysit, Celestia thought he was adopting someone else, and Spike... hm, Spike could either be oblivious about everything, and accidentally be leading Blueblood on all the time, or Spike could know exactly what's going on but has decided to let things play out for the weekend, since it's funny hearing about Twilight's panic attacks.

Bonus laughs if Spike reveals in the final act that he'll be legally recognized as an adult in a week anyway, and could do whatever he wants regardless of who his legal guardian is. Shaggy dog story!

3425047 Hm...

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"Spike, you... like me, don't you?"

"Of course, Blueblood! Ever since Shining Armor became captain of the guard, it seems like you're the only pony I can talk to."

Blueblood's eyes lit up. He likes me!

Spike nodded. Twilight just doesn't get hoofball, and Celestia is a die hard Detrots fan. Bleh.

"Spiiiike!" Blueblood burst into the room, gasping for breath, mane askew, eyes darting everywhere.

Spike peered over the top of the comic he'd been reading; on the Twilight Scale of panic attacks, this looked to only be a 2.8. "What't the matter-oof!"

Blueblood clutched the dragon to his chest and ran his hoof through his crest. "Oh, I just heard the most dreadful thing, Spike! I bumped into Twilight and Celestia, and they were absolutely frantic! They said you'd been kidnapped, and were organizing the guard to start searching for you! The Wonderbolts! Discord!"

Spike blinked in surprise. "Whoa. I wonder what gave them that idea? I mean, I've just been reading in your library all morning."

"I don't know, but I intend to find out." Blueblood gave Spike another squeeze. "I know you can take care of yourself, but promise me you won't talk to any strange ponies while I'm gone. Please?"

Next up is the door-slamming section of our farce...
"Hm... I could go for some lunch. I'll just leave Blueblood a note." [note is caught in a breeze and falls under a couch] [slam!]
"Spike? I just left him in the library! GASP! He's gone!"
"Quick, they couldn't have gotten far!" [slam!]
"Hm... this could use more mustard. Back to the kitchen!" [slam!]
"I heard something in here! Look, a note!"
"Gone to feed. Don't worry, it won't take long."
"Oh my god, they're going to EAT SPIKE! We have to hurry!" [slam!]
"Mm, that was a good sandwich... I could still go for a little more, though. Ooh, I know! An apple!" [slam!]
"Okay, I've figured out how to modify the Mail Spell we use to summon Spike instead of some parchment. Stand back!" [Spike appears in a burst of flame, covered in flour with a whole apple in his mouth]
"Augh!"
"Ahh!"
"Eek!" [Blueblood faints]