//------------------------------// // Chapter VI: A Protective and Loving Cousin (Part 1) // Story: The Young Prince of Equestria // by GoebelTron //------------------------------// Back at the castle, Bowen was about to get his snack, which was a handful of 3 chocolate chip cookies from the cookie jar, but as he got back down carefully without hurting himself, he was suddenly levitated up by Blueblood’s magic with an angry look on his face, and then he took the cookies away from him. “BLUEBOOD! GIMME BACK MY COOKIES NOW!” Bowen said to his cousin while he squirmed his arms for them. Blueblood then smirked, “And why I should give it to you? I saw them first, and my dear ape-like cousin, do you think that it’s right to ask it like that? Poor meddlesome creature, always forgetting your manners....” “NO! I SAW THEM FIRST! YOU STOLE THEM FROM ME!” Bowen shouted. “Well, I thought that sharing the cookies with you would be a lost of time, having in mind that you eat like a farm animal and you always make a horrible mess on the table, leaving crumbs everywhere, so I had taken all for myself to prevent that. Plus, I won’t tolerate a meddlesome little thief like you stealing from the palace.” “Bowen, Bluebood, please stop arguing. You two shouldn’t be insulting just for something like this,” Cadance said, trying to make peace between them, but they didn’t pay any attention and continued screaming to each other. “I didn’t steal them! I just wanted my cookies! Now give them back!” Bowen shouted, as Blueblood dropped him. “HEY! THAT HURT!” “Emmmm…no, I’m not sorry for that, because it’s true for one thing, you’re just an meddlesome little animal and have no class,” Blueblood said, as he then walked away with the cookies for himself. After that, Bowen stood up from the ground and ran to Blueblood with an angry face. He kicked his right foreleg and stomped on his left hoof very hard, as the unicorn prince kneeled down in pain, and then Bowen climbed onto Blueblood’s neck and wrapped his arms and legs over Blueblood’s neck and then tugged his ears and mane forcefully. “Agh! Agh!” “BOWEN!” Cadance shouted angrily, making him turn his head to look at his alicorn cousin confused. “Bowen, stop! That’s enough, you’re hurting him!” “But…but….it’s not fair! He’s always doing whatever he wants! And either mom never does anything to punish him!” Bowen complained with his arms and legs were still on Blueblood’s neck, as he then punched his face with either hand. "That doesn’t mean that you can just grab his neck and strangulate him!” Cadance said moving to where Bowen and Bluebood were, and then broke it up by yanking them apart with her magic. Bowen then lowered his head in shame while hugging one of his big pink alicorn cousin’s legs. Blueblood breathed slowly regaining his consciousness, and then glared to Cadance, and then to Bowen. “You…. you aren’t royalty…… you are a barbaric little…” Blueblood looked at Bowen with sternly bitterness. Bowen suddenly shedded more tears, until Cadance stomped her hooves in front of the little boy, before he hid underneath her and sat down between both the hooves of her hind legs and hugged one of them, and then hugged her tail before he began to cry, thinking about what he did was wrong. “That’s enough, Blueblood,” she said. “And scaring little kids? Is that what you’ve been taught?” “You call this thing…?!” Blueblood was cut off by Cadance. “DON’T YOU DARE START IT OFF!” Cadance said. Blueblood then grunted, and then walked away with anger. Cadance then turned around, sat down and brought Bowen over for a hug against her chest as she draped her wings over him. “Bowen, what you did was very, very bad. It’s not nice to hit somepony who’s being mean to you,” Cadance said to the little human child as she unamused. “I… I’m sorry, Cadie. I promise I’ll never do that again,” Bowen looked up to Cadance’s beautiful eyes with a sad face. Cadance sighed and rubbed his hair with her hoof. “It’s okay, Bowen. You don’t need to get mad with Blueblood for something like that. You can just tell me or your mom about it and we’ll take care of it, okay?” Bowen wiped out his tears of sadness and smiled first, and then leaned against her barrel. “What’s wrong now, sweetheart?” Cadance asked, stroking his cheek tenderly with her hoof. “He stole my cookies on purpose,” Bowen said. “Oh! You mean these cookies?” Cadance asked, with a smile on her face holding the cookies in her magic, until she gave them to her favorite cousin. “Thank you, Cadie,” Bowen said cutely. “Aww… you’re welcome, my cute little angelic rascal of a cousin,” Cadance cooed while rubbing his head with her hoof. “Cadie! Stop it!” Bowen said, “Oh, but it fits so well with your cute face, your cute little tummy, and your beautiful green eyes!” Bowen blushed heavily on his face, and looked away of his pink alicorn cousin. “Oh, Cadie…” Both Cadance and Bowen hugged strongly like if they were brother and sister, then Cadance released her cousin and looked him directly at the eyes. “Bowen, it doesn’t matter what that spoiled and shameless Bluebood says or does to you, you are part of our family, and we will always love you no matter what. Remember that, okay?” “Thanks, Cadie” Bowen was now happy after hearing that and nearly forgotten his arguing with Blueblood, as Cadance hugged him one more time, before she got up. “Well, I have to leave you now,” Cadance said, while moving towards the door. “Where are you going?” “I have to take care of a filly who’s around your age. I promised to her parents that I would look after that filly all morning,” Cadance replied, before leaving him. “Will you be here when you come back?” Bowen asked, hugging her hind leg one more time. “Of course. You know I wouldn’t abandon you,” Cadance said, pressing his nose gently with her hoof. “Okay, I’ll see you later,” Bowen said. “Bye-bye, Bowen. Oh, and if you don’t mind. Do me a small favor and don’t get into anymore trouble, okay? Just for me,” Cadance asked, as she blow kissed and waved her hoof, and left the room. “I’ll try,” Bowen said. He then left the dining room later and moved hall to hall, passing through servants and guards, until he reached the gardens outside of the castle with his plushies.