Plot Bunny Theater: Blue Apples · 11:44pm Jul 12th, 2023
Inspired by this amazing fic:
https://www.fimfiction.net/story/467693/1/noblesse-applige/hidden-depths-at-great-heights
What if Blueblood and Applejack were foalhood friends? Like so?
Some years ago...
Cadance was taking a break from foalsitting Twilight Sparkle to mind a few noble foals. Most of them were fairly well behaved around her in the royal gardens-A few were already attempting to suck up to her, just as their parents would.
She turned a corner in the hedge maze, and saw three foals, dressed to the nines, confronting a burnt orange Earth filly with freckles and nice, if simple, clothing.
"Whoever heard of Ponyville?" Sneered the tallest unicorn, "you mudponies should go back where you came from!"
Cadance was just about to intervene, anger burning through her... When a bench slammed into all three ponies and sent them flying into the hedge. She and the orange filly looked in shock over at the young Prince Blueblood, whose horn was burning with magical energy as his eyes burned in fury.
"If I ever hear you lot say another bad thing about Lady Ponyville again, I'll do worse!" Blueblood declared, trotting over to stand next to the Orange Filly as the three unicorn bullies groaned.
The orange filly, rather than stutter or swoon over the young prince... Smacked him in the back of his head and nearly bowled him over.
"Idiot! What in tarnation are you thinkin'?!" The filly demanded in a thick country accent. "Ah could handle 'em all jest fine!"
Blueblood stood up, wincing, but defiant.
"If you hit them, their families can cause problems for yours," he said, "if I hit them... Well..."
He puffed up his chest.
"It's just a Prince of Equestria protecting his friend."
The orange filly flushed a bit.
"Yer an idiot, Larry," she huffed.
"D-Don't call me that!" Blueblood protested, his own cheeks turning red... Just before the same bench smacked him in the face and he went down.
"YOU LOWDOWN VARMINTS!" The Orange filly roared at the three unicorn bullies. "YOU'D HIT YER PRINCE WHEN HE AIN'T WATCHING?!"
"Some prince! He goes down like a chump!" The lead unicorn shouted, before galloping with her cronies as fast as they could out of the maze. The Lady Ponyville knelt over him, checking him over. He groaned.
"Owww..."
"Dropped yer guard, didn't ya Larry?" The Lady Ponyville chuckled.
"Yeah..."
"Gotta not do that."
"Maybe I'll do better if you stopped calling me that. My full name IS Polaris Blueblood. What's wrong with that?"
Lady Ponyville snorted.
"Are you gonna stop callin' me 'Lady Ponyville'?"
"... No."
"Well then, we're at an impasse," the filly said, her country accent becoming soft and refined. "Now come along-Let's get you to the nurse so you don't have to explain to your aunt how you got a black eye."
"I could just say you gave it to me," Blueblood muttered, as Lady Ponyville helped him to his hooves.
"And have your family declare a blood feud against mine?" Lady Ponyville asked with a laugh.
"If that's all it would take, we're have been in a blood feud from the day we met," Blueblood mumbled, as Lady Ponyville guided him out. Cadance hid herself with an illusion spell, watching the two little nobles as they trotted away.
"Heh. You asked for that one," Lady Ponyville said.
Blueblood smiled softly.
"I suppose I did at that..."
Cadance covered her mouth with her hooves. It was all she could do to cover up her squee.
So cute!
This idea sounds great to me. Hope to read more soon.
Excellent bit for an excellent fic!
They ARE cute.
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This IS cute.
Huh. Well, it'd probably result in Blueblood being considerably less of prat*... which feels like more of a divergence than half the AU fics on this site, but still, neat idea.
*As portrayed on the show, that is, shorn of any extended media or headcanon reinterpretation.
Well, it’s always nice to see a Blueblood who’s not just superficial or a dyed-in-the-wool asshat, and the premise of them both being technically nobles even if the Apple family doesn’t bother to lord their title over their neighbors works with canon. I’d read it.
Always happy to see my stuff inspire others. And yes, this would be delightful. (Thinking about it, I can only imagine Pear Butter's reaction when she realized she was marrying into nobility...)
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You could always write a sequel. Rarity perhaps tries matchmaking, as she thinks AJ and Blueblood belong together (and to assuage her broken heart) and it leads to shenanigans and disaster.
Fits within everyone's character, somehow. The Apple family were appointed land by the Crown itself, after all.
10/10 would read
Also, it got me to re-read Noblesse Applige. And that ain't bad.