//------------------------------// // Chapter 2 // Story: A Celestial Surrogate // by Blueprint_ //------------------------------// Chapter 2: I sat and watched as some of the ponies looked at me with curiosity and some looked at the princess in utter disbelief. "He should be thrown out" One older pegasus yelled A older golden maned unicorn looked me over. "He is just a colt, he should be taken to the orphanage" The golden maned unicorn said I began to worry again and to refuge against the princesses wing. The sudden sound of a gavel made me jump as a unicorn with a very curly and long mane that flowed down past his shoulders and horned rim glasses looked down at me from his podium infront of the princess. "I will have order in the royal court!" He shouted "As per Equestrian rule I suggest that this colt be taken to an orphanage until proper parents are found; what says the princess? For this colt is too young to be tried for trespassing on royal grounds" "No" Said Celestias' quiet regal voice "Princess, Do you have an objection? If so speak of it now" Said the judge Celestia sat quietly again thinking then rose and unfurled her wings and looked down at the judge. "By the powers I, Princess Celestia, uphold I will adopt Blueprint as my own child" She spoke softly and matter of factly; the judge cowered and backed away slowly. "Yes princess, then hear by the power invested in me I rule that the princess herself now has sole custody of the orphan Blueprint, we will have The Doctor sent to make sure everything is sound" he said and the gavel struck the mahogony plate signalling that the court deemed it legal. A collective gasp went through the crowd as she looked over them all. One pony ran out of the room wearing a hat that said reporter on a paper tag in the band; he looked panicked. I looked up at the princess who was smiling down at me before she looked back at the court. "I wish to not be disturbed for the rest of the day" She spoke softly and rose out of her chair "Come along Blueprint, It's time to eat" I nodded and stood up since I had taken to laying against the soft feathers of her wing. We walked around the halls until we stopped, Celestia seemed beside herself with joy breaking into a trot occasionally forcing me to gallop to catch up. She also seemed to have a glow about herself as she greeted the guards to the dining hall with a cheery attitude. As we entered I spotted a navy blue mare sitting at the grand marble table who was sipping tea. She rose as she spotted Celestia. "Good morning sister" she said with a smile "I hear you had quite the morning in the governing hall" Celestia nodded "Yes I did, it was quite eventful. Are you hungry? I see you havent started breakfast without me" "I'm quited starved actually, Ive been waiting on you to eat" the navy blue mare said Celestia looked down at me and put a hoof on my flank and pushed me forward "Luna, this is Blueprint. Your new nephew. I adopted him this morning" I looked up at luna and smiled the best I could. She looked down at me and smiled "Well aren't you just so cute!" Luna yelled picking me up in her hooves I was shocked and i felt my pupils shrink and I froze not because i was scared but because i was unsure, this was something new. "Luna, be careful I dont want you to scare him" Celestia chuckled Luna set me down gently in a chair and sat down next to me while Celestia sat down across from us. "Dont worry big sister, I wont scare him too much" Luna jabbed I used my magic to pick up a spoon and moved it around so i could see my reflection. Charcol gray coat, Sapphire blue eyes, Black flat mane with strands of silver in it. I'm not very special looking like some of the guards or some of the other ponies ive seen in the court room. After boredom of observing myself I observed the aura of magic i created, sapphire blue like my eyes. I felt a hoof on my shoulder startling me that caused me to drop my spoon and clatter on the floor "I'm sorry" I said and watched as Lunas' aura of magic picked it up and set it back on the table. They both smiled at me and Celestia was first to speak "It is alright my dear, no harm done." Suddenly luna clopped her hooves together as the meal arrived and looked over at me "We are going to have so much fun today!" Unbenounced to me was the fact that Princess Luna was quite the prankster around canterlot. "Luna" Celestia said softly "Yes big sister?" "The Doctor must perform an examination on Blueprint before we can do too much" Celestia smiled "But you are more than welcome after his examination to play" We finished our breakfast in silence after the meal however I trotted along next to Celestia back up to her royal chambers. I had no more run ins with the guards or rather really anyone. "Tia?" I asked midstep "Yes little one?" "Luna is very nice to me" I said "Yes she is, She is your aunt you know." I nodded and trotted into the royal chambers when i spotted a brown stallion with a darker brown mane with an hourglass on his flank. He spoke with an odd accent that i couldnt place. "Goodmorning Princess Celestia" He said bowing slightly "Goodmorning Doctor" She said and bowed her head forward in return "Is this the colt i have heard so much about from the guards and the report i read from the governing room?" The stallion spoke with haste as if hyper active or excitement. I nodded and sat in the middle of the floor looking up with him with piqued interest, he was not like the other ponies I had encountered and he had some weird object in his mouth that glowed at one end. The object hummed and whirred, it was fascinating! "What are you a doctor of?" I questioned "Time, Space, Quantam Physics, Health, Dentistry, Mechanics, Travel" He kept going on his voice getting quieter "If your a doctor of all that then what is your title?" I asked "The Doctor" He replied matter of factly "Why just "The Doctor?" I pondered "Because if I put everything that i provide in my name would be so winded it would take me ten minutes to get through it and not many ponies understand that the space time continium is really just a jumble of things and not an actual line" The Doctor stated. As I was getting an evaluation we talked for quite some time while Celestia watched idily from her sun chair by the window. "Ahem" The Doctor coughed Celestia looked over "Yes Doctor?" "Blueprint here seems to be just fine and in perfect health" He smiled as he spoke "That is wonderful, though i had expected he would be" She said softly with a bob of her head "Well, it is nice to meet you Blueprint but i must be off, you know all of that timey whimey stuff to take care of!" He shouted and sped off out the door galloping down the halls "I never will truely understand that stallion" Celestia laughed "Tia? Where does he live in the castle?" I pondered "He has his own wing next to the observatory" She answered The search and the adventure had begun!