Old Friends
The sun was setting. It touched the horizon, painting the sky around it orange. Ponyville's inhabitants were packing their things up and return to their home. Meanwhile, in the local library inside a tree, a certain lavender alicorn was busy reading.
Twilight Sparkle turned a page while she absorbed every written word on the book. She jumped when a doorbell was heard on her front door. Who could arrive at her library at this late time at night, Twilight wondered as she trotted to the door. A tired frown on her face, eyes closed and mouth open ready to scold and remind the visitor that the library has been officially closed for the day five minutes ago, she opened the door.
“Look, I am really sorry to tell you this, but the library is-”
“Closed even for old friends like me?” said a voice. A regal-sounding voice.
Twilight opened her eyes to see somepony she had not spoken to since her BBBFF and Cadence's wedding, although even during that time it was very brief. Prince Vladimir Blueblood stood at the door, wearing a small genuine smile reserved only to his family members and very close friends. “Hello Twilight. It has been long since we have properly spoken at each other,” said Blueblood softly. Twilight stared at her third oldest friend, her mouth looking like it had gotten loose from its hinges and couldn't close. The prince's eyebrow rose and he coughed. That got her attention and closed her mouth once she realised that she was gaping.
“So, I can guess that now is a bad time to visit you so I will find the nearest hotel to sleep in so until then I will try visit you again tomorrow morning,” said Blueblood, ears sagging slightly as he turned tail to leave the library's doorstep. A hoof on his withers stopped his leave and he turned around to see Twilight looking at him with a small friendly smile of her own.
“Of course you are welcome here now, Vladimir. All of my friends are welcome in my home at any time,” assured Twilight, hoof back on the floor and stepping aside. Blueblood went inside, his head moving to look at the inside of the library.
“Hmm, quite a quaint little place to live for a princess, especially one who grew up in a city like Canterlot,” the prince said bemusedly. It was then that he noticed someone missing. “Twilight, I seem to remember you having a pet dragon living with you. Where is it?” A sharp pain came to the back of his head. He turned around to see his oldest friend looking at him angrily and a hoof ready to smack him again.
“First of all, Blueblood, Spike is not my pet! He is my number one assistant who helps me a lot in all cases. And second of all, he is staying with one of my friends for the night. I'm sure you remember a mare named Rarity, don't you?” scolded Twilight.
Blueblood ceased rubbing his head as he recalled somepony named Rarity. “I think I do remember her. I seem to also remember her being a social climbing gold-digger at the Gala. But I didn't know she was your friend at the time and so I treated her like how I treat other gold-digging mares. That was one of my many blunders and I tried to make amends with her though.”
Twilight smirked at that. “Yes, one of your many blunders. Just like that time when you-”
“WE SHALL NOT SPEAK OF THE BOOGEYMARE INCIDENT AGAIN!” yelled Blueblood, eyes wide and face reddening with embarrassment.
Twilight giggled at her friend's embarrassment to that one foalhood incident. “Oh come on, it wasn't that bad. You have to admit that it was funny at the time.”
“I do not know how you find us screaming and crying for my aunt, sister and your brother because we saw an oversized stuffed toy in one closet funny rather than embarrassing,” said Blueblood, his face still red.
“Don't forget, it also involved the Palace Guards.”
“Don't remind me, please!” the prince pleaded, face becoming redder and his front hoof covering his eyes. Twilight laughed harder at Blueblood's discomfort, which made the prince frown at her. “Oh, you are laughing, aren't you? How about you remember that first time I kissed you.”
Twilight blushed at the memory. She looked at Blueblood to see him satisfied at her embarrassment, but still blushing. Finally, she opened her mouth to talk. “Actually, yes I do still remember that time when you kissed me for the first time. It happened like this…”
***
Twelve years ago.
It was a beautiful evening in Canterlot. In the Twilight Residence were two foals, one a unicorn filly native to the Residence named Twilight Sparkle and the other a unicorn colt visiting his friend with his BSBFF (Big Sister Best Friend Forever) named Vladimir Blueblood. His sister was foalsitting his friend and brought him along so they could play with each other while she did whatever big sisters do.
The two young ponies were sitting next to each other, Twilight was fully absorbed to a large book about Ordinary-Level Magical Theory while Blueblood just sat with her. The young prince looked away from his friend and pondered anxiously whether she would still be his friend or if she would like him more if he would do what he was about to do. He gulped, and turned to look back at Twilight. He shuffled closer to his crush. He always liked the filly. Her studious nature and intelligence made him smile, and her being a shy filly always made want to hug her. He didn't think, his lips touched the furry cheek of his crush and kissed. He now noticed that his face felt hot.
“Bluey?” squeaked a timid sound of his friend. A flash sounded and he realised that he still had his lips touching Twilight's heavily blushing cheek. He looked up and saw his sister holding a camera with a photo coming out. She was smiling with adore.
“Aww, that was so adorable of you, Bluey! I can't wait to show this to Shining Armour and maybe even Aunty Tia,” giggled Cadence.
The two young lovebirds' pupils shrank and began chasing the still giggling teen while pleading her not to show the photograph to Shining Armour and Princess Celestia.
***
Present Day.
Both Twilight and Blueblood sat on the library floor blushing at the memory, undecided whether to treat the memory with laughter or dismay. Blueblood decided both. “Aunty Tia still has that photograph my sister took in her album. After Grandmother returned from her lunar imprisonment, she showed Gran that photograph. I have to be the first stallion since her return to see my grandmother, the Princess Luna herself, scream at me with adoration and calling me cute while giving me a crushing hug,” Blueblood said grimly.
Twilight looked at the prince curiously. “I was just meaning to ask, you said that Luna is your great-great-great-grandmother. What was her reaction upon seeing you and Cadence the first time?”
Blueblood winced in pain at the memory. “Well…”
***
Two years ago.
“OUR VERY OWN TWO GRANDFOALS! AND ADORABLE ONES TOO! WE ARE VERY PLEASED TO BE THY GRANDMOTHER!”, Luna bellowed happily with a very loud voice.
Blueblood, ears ringing and crushed to death with Cadence by his own grandmother, looked at his sister and choked, “And you said… I don't... know my... strength.”
Cadence, face becoming more purple, looked at her little brother and choked back, “I… know!”
***
Present Day.
“... If it was not for my dearest aunt’s intervention, I would have died of suffocation,” Blueblood said, still feeling the crushing pain from his grandmother’s abnormally strong hug.
Twilight winced at the thought of being crushed by the hug of an alicorn. The library was quiet for a few minutes and the current occupants thought of another subject to talk about. Then Twilight thought of something. “Bluey, do you remember when we both were in a relationship during our teenage years?”
Blueblood looked back at Twilight, smiling as he remembered. “Yes, I do remember our time in relationship. If I will be honest with myself, I have to say that time was my best time in my life. There were no stalking mares out there to try taking my heart to climb higher socially. There was only you,” he said, flashing his ‘romantic prince’ smile before it wiped out with a cushion thrown at his face by Twilight.
“Don’t start being so romantic now, Bluey. And there were still fillies stalking you that time. There were Moondancer and Minuette fighting to have you as their coltfriend, remember?”
***
Six years ago.
The school bell signalling the end of the last lesson for the day rang and out of Celestia’s School for Gifted Unicorns came the students, all ranging from school-aged foals, teenagers and young adults. One of the teenaged students was a purple unicorn. Fifteen years of age, she came out of the school building with the book of Advanced-level History of Equus in front of her face. Right next to her came a blond colt of the same age, escorting his cute fillyfriend to his Aunt Tia for their private lessons together.
Meanwhile, two fillies slightly older than the young couple were watching them bitterly, both of them feeling seething envy towards that purple insufferable know-it-all. All they could think of was that princess-wannabe was stealing their prince and future husband. “I can’t believe that Prince Blueblood is only looking at that nopony. She has to have cast a mind-control on him at some point,” lamented Minuette as she picked a flower and started pulling off its petals one by one.
Her friend, Moondancer, snorted angrily and said, “I know what to do to split them up. Follow me.”
Meanwhile, both Twilight and Blueblood were walking towards the palace, chatting about what they learned in history. “I’m telling you, Bluey, Ambition Impériale was not short. In fact, he was taller than average for his day. The ‘short Ambition’ myth was an Equestrian propaganda against the said Prench emperor during the Ambitionic Wars,” argued Twilight hotly.
Blueblood deadpanned. “I was only telling you what Auntie Tia had told me. She lived through the Ambitionic Wars,” he said. Twilight knocked her head to the nearest wall.
“Duh, that’s because Princess Celestia and Ambition Impériale were mortal enemies! Of course she would tell you that myth, she made it herself!” Twilight replied. As Blueblood opened his mouth to argue back, he noticed two older fillies approaching.
“Oh, look Minuette! Looks like Twilight Sparkle is about to doubting the wisdom of our princess and siding with the princess’ enemy! That is, what, treason!” exclaimed Moondancer as she circled the young couple.
“What are you talking about?” Twilight asked suspiciously.
“You don’t want to stay with a traitor, Prince Blueblood. How about you stay with the both of us?” Minuette asked with half-lidded eyes.
Blueblood stared at the strange fillies, wondering what they are on about. “Why would I want to break up with Twilight?” he asked dubiously.
Moondancer stopped in front of him and kissed him on his muzzle. “She’s not the sort for you to hang around. I mean, how can you? She’s not even sociable, only caring about books and studies. You should hang out with us, Bluey.” A spell shot at Moondancer and threw her to the ground. Taken by surprise, she looked around and saw Twilight with her horn lit and a very angry look at her face.
“First of, I don’t only care about books. Second of all, questioning history written by victors is not treason here in Equestria. And third of all, NOPONY KISSES MY COLTFRIEND AND CALL HIM BLUEY BUT ME!” Twilight screamed and she charged towards her nemesis.
Blueblood looked on as the three fillies competing for is relationship began fighting and insulting each other. He began to feel relieved as he saw a group of guards running towards them to break the catfight.
***
Present Day.
“... And I still remember the disappointed look on Celestia’s face as she lectured me on not to start a fight in the streets,” Twilight concluded as she remembered Celestia angrily shouting at her for ‘savagely fighting publicly like an Everfree Forest wild mare’ as Celestia called it.
Blueblood was amused as he remembered. “The battered look and black-eye that fight gave you actually made me want to stay in a relationship with you. You were clearly stronger than anypony gave credit for.”
“Are you saying that I’m no longer strong to you?” Twilight said in a mock insulted tone.
Blueblood’s ears sagged as he looked at her sheepishly. “Er, n-no! That is not what I meant!”
Twilight laughed at that and Blueblood joined in the laughter. As they stopped laughing, Twilight finally looked at the window outside and to her surprise saw that it was already dark. “Oh my, look at the time! Vladimir, do you have a place to stay for tonight?”
Blueblood was also surprised when he saw the moon nearing its zenith. And as he thought about it, he found out that he still did not have a place to stay for the night. “Er… no I don’t,” he said sheepishly.
Twilight blushed as she thought of a solution. “You don’t suppose you would… stay here for the night, wouldn’t you Bluey?” she asked timidly while scuffing her hoof. “Also, without Spike, it gets lonely in my room. Would you sleep in my bed tonight?” In her mind she thought that Fluttershy felt how she was feeling now most of the time.
Blueblood felt unsure about the suggestion. “I-if you don’t mind, my Twilight.”
The two lovebirds climbed to Twilight’s bedroom and climbed on her bed. At some point, they started hugging each other and began to kiss. That night was like a dream, they barely remembered what happened during that night when they woke up the next day, old friends in a relationship again.
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This was great story. I would love another chapter. To see them get back together and tell there friends. That would be very nice.
4299287 Maybe if I get another inspiration.
And happy that you enjoyed it.
awwwwwwwwww so cute
4299310 The only interference with a relationship is that now, because their older siblings married each other, they couldn't legally marry. They are in-laws.
4299453 I doubt that it'll be considered insest though. And even then, my headcanon has polygamy as legal in Equestria as herds with the maximum of 3 mares per stallion, so Blueblood can marry more than Twilight.
4299432 What did you like most about it?
4299561 ... Gilda.
A small genuine what?
Now THAT I would like to read. No one has ever wrote that with them just being friends.
D'aaaaw. I would love to see a picture/drawing of that.
I would love to see a drawing of that too.
Damn Twilight!
I loved this story. I like good Blueblood stories. Have a fav and a like.
Very fun. I love this:
With how Rarity came onto him, this is not unbelievable.
What is, however, is Twilight having a boyfriend early on in life. It's kind of established that she didn't have any friends besides Spike and Shining.
Still, this was cute, and I always love better characterization for Blueblood.
4299685 I thought I wrote that 'smile' next to 'genuine'. I guess I was thinking too forward.
Glad you enjoyed it, I have to admit, the part of Blueblood's first kiss was very enjoyable to write. It was always in my head that I also drew it.
If only I had a personal scanner...
4299691 Thank you.
And, yeah, even to me, the author, find that slightly teeny bit unbelievable. But I always enjoyed a good Bluelight relationship, and I always like to imagine them being on good terms with each other in their foalhood.
Happy that you enjoyed it!
4299575 the part when they cuddled
Adorable.
4299453
I think that made depend on Equestrian law. Two siblings taking spouses that are siblings has happened. I believe that the children from the marriages would be called "double first cousins" in relation to each other. I don't think it is terribly common, but it is not necessarily illegal, at least under local laws.
4301348 aw... Oh well :D. Still shall remain a shipper of him with Gilda, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, or Maud Pie.
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Nevermind that Royalty tended to pull off some truly weird marriage arrangements on a regular basis!
Aw, that was sweet^^ Luna unga Cady and Blue, eh?:
4302115 Yes, but only Luna is the old-fashioned one.
You know, I'm starting to suspect that I'm getting those downvotes either because this story is a little rushed, I didn't make Blueblood a flat arsehole character, or because of BlueLight shipping.
4304766
Some more editing would be good, but that does not mean you have to downvote a story. I see a lot of potential here, and I hope I get to see it improve and grow.
I love BlueLight shipping!!
fc07.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2013/078/0/c/just_possibilities____by_invisibleguy_ponyman-d5y4cku.jpg
Here now write a sequel involving this somehow
4540515 Maybe I will, maybe I won't. We'll see.
4540861 do not tease me I am one violent fanboy when I need to be th00.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/f/2013/012/0/0/a_new_dawn_by_thenightmaredragon-d5r8t8e.jpg very violent some might say ferocious (but if you do write sequel with or without twila I dont really care about the foal I would still be very happy :b bluelight ftw way better than flashlight)
A decent story.
The history between B.B and Twilight is rather adorable and I do feel the better for reading it.
However, the pacing could be better and the story seems a tad rushed, especially the conclusion.
The points in history between them are very sweet and its a pity they were not elaborated upon.
But otherwise, an enjoyable read.
4649545 I know. One day I might... no, should, try to fix it. Everytime I reread it, it feels a bit... 'bleh!' to me.
But I am very happy that you still enjoyed it.
Very bucking few BlueLight stories. We need more. Both in quality and quantity. Your story is rather decent but it isn't exactly great and I didn't really expected it to. Hard to write a good BlueLight when there are not many sources and experience from both other and self. So, keep up the good work and add a few more to fimfic.
4656037 Thank you for your kind words. I'm still trying to see what to add to make it better.
This has been something that's been nagging at me for a long time. Twilight had to have know Blue for a while, years at least. If she had studied under Celestia, she must have gotten to know him, somewhat. I just hate how we have a simple minded clod of a pony and no reason as to why he acts the way he does.
5443622 My headcanon is that he usually acts that way in public to ward off gold-diggers or anyone who want to befriend him just to climb the social ladder. And he thought Rarity as such pony in the Gala.
5443987
Wasn't she? That pretty much described her intentions.
okay, that wasn't bad, but I would like to know what made them break up in the first place.
I kind of want another chapter where twilight find out she pregnant.......
Very well written, and believable romance. Still, It's really weird to think of Twilight and Blueblood together, even if it is an AU.
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It actually is a bit of a crackship. Though at that time, I wanted to do something different for Blueblood instead of having him being a manure. Though now maybe I'll just have them as foalhood friends instead of being in a relationship.
I wouldn't mind for a sequel for this!
good story :)
wouldn't mind a squele..
but really cute.