Prince Blueblood stormed out of the castle, slamming his hooves hard against the ground with each step. How can Aunt Tia be so naïve?! She knows how dangerous those creatures can be, yet she wants to bring one in, and make him apart of our family. Well I won’t stand for it. If Aunt Tia or Luna won’t do anything to get rid of that little abomination, then I will. He shook his head in frustration, looking down at the ground as he trotted onward.
Not paying attention to where he was trotting, Blueblood ended up bumping into some pony. “Hey… watch out where you’re going!” He exclaimed as he looked up to see the Elements of Harmony standing before him. “Oh it’s you six. Why are you doing here?” He sneered as he looked at them.
“Charming as ever, huh Blueblood darling?” Rarity asked as she quirked her brows curiously. She let out a sigh “Anyway dear, we are here to meet the new little guest Princess Celestia and Princess Luna would like to introduce us to.”
“Yeah, yeah! I’m going to throw the little guy a ‘Welcome to Equestia’ party! There is going to be cakes, games, cookies, punch…” She was cut off by Applejack as she placed a hoof on her mouth.
“Simmer down sugarcube. There will be plenty of time for parties once we get to meet the little feller.” She chuckled at the pink pony’s excitement.
Pinkie stuck her tongue out at the cowpony “You’re just a party pooper pony Applejack.” She giggled, and proceeded to bounce around randomly, receiving light-hearted laughing from her friends.
Blueblood shook his head frustratingly “Ah, good….then maybe you can talk to my naïve aunt about sending that foul creature back where he belongs.” He let out an annoyed huff.
“Whoa there Bluey, whose got your tail all in a bind?” Rainbow asked with a quirked eyebrow as she hovered in the air. “Besides, it might be cool to see the little guy. I’ve never seen a human before.”
“And you should learn some respect for your aunt. She is one of the princesses of Equestria, and I am sure her and Princess Luna have a good real good explanation of bringing this human child to our land.” Twilight gave Blueblood a stern glare.
“First off,” he gave an icy glare at Rainbow “My name is Prince Blueblood. You all don’t know what this creature could bring to Equestria, and to all of us pony kind. Aunt Celestia researched about humans before, but she feels some are harmless such as that little runt in there.” He motioned toward the castle with his head.
“Well, I believe we will be able to handle this ‘dangerous’ and ‘foul’ creature like you oh so like to call him darling.” Rarity chuckled at him, flicking her mane. “Now if you would excuse us, we have some business to attend to.” She trotted past Blueblood “Good day to you Sir.”
The others followed in tow leaving Blueblood with a shocked, yet frustrated look on his face. He shook his head, huffed, and turned to trot away.
Rarity let out a deep sigh “I swear I honestly don’t understand what I saw in that arrogant ruffian for a prince.” Applejack and Rainbow snickered to one another as they all entered into the palace.
As the Elements of Harmony entered, they witnessed the royal sisters standing atop the stairs. Luna held her wing closely to her chest instead folded at her side, earning a curious look from the girls. When they approached in the center of the palace room, they bowed their heads.
“Hello Princess Celestia and Princess Luna,” they all greeted in unison.
The princesses bowed their heads in return. Celestia smiled warmly at them “Greetings my little ponies. We are honored that you were able to attend this momentous occasion.”
“Of course Princess Celestia, but where is this human that spoke of in your letter?” Twilight asked as her and the others gave a look of curiosity toward the royal sisters.
Celestia looked at Luna for a second, and then back at the elements. “Before we introduce you all to him, just to warn you, he is still shaken up after meeting my rude, disrespectful stallion of a nephew, Prince Blueblood.”
Rarity sighed heavily “Oh…well we ran into him outside, and he seemed pretty upset about the fact that you would bring a human into Equestria. To be quite honest, I don’t’ see why, because I bet he is a precious little darling, and I will be honored to create an outfit for him.” She gave a bright smile.
Celestia and Luna smiled warmly at each other, and then Luna turned to look down at the small child hidden under her wing, clinging to her foreleg, still scared from Prince Blueblood’s visit. She leaned her head down, nuzzling his head. “Shh…it’s okay little one. We have some friends who would like to meet you, okay?”
He looked up at her and gave her a light nod.
Luna smiled down at him softly, and then lifted her head to look at the others. “My dear friends, Tia and I would like to introduce you all to our new member of our family, Timmy.” She smiled warmly at them and very carefully lifted her wing to reveal the small timid child.
Timmy shook nervously as he carefully turned his head which was nestled into Luna’s foreleg, and looked at the six other ponies. He kept his arms wrapped around Luna’s foreleg as she stroked at his back with her wing. He shakily lifted a hand and waved at them “Hi there,” he spoke ever so softly that they were barely able to hear him.
Luna smiled softly, leaning her head down to nuzzle at the top of his head. “It’s okay little one, they aren’t going to hurt you. Come meet them.” She carefully levitated the little boy onto her back as her and Celestia trotted down the stairs.
As they got down to the bottom of the stairs, Luna gently levitated Timmy off her back, and allowed him to stand up against her foreleg. She gently lifted it and placed it his shoulders “Little one, I would like for you to meet mine and Tia’s friends, the Elements of Harmony.” She used her other foreleg to motion towards the six.
“Hello Timmy.” They greeted the small child altogether. None of them wanted to say anything about him looking dirty. Applejack was the first one to trot up to him.
She noticed that the little colt only came up to her chest. She sat down on her haunches and tipped her hat toward Timmy. “Howdy there little feller, my name is Applejack, and Ah am the Element of Honesty. Ah can tell when some pony is lying, but also telling the truth.” She looked down with a soft grin. “Ah also run Sweet Apple Acres, the local apple farm in Ponyville. Maybe someday ya can come and visit. Ah promise ya will love the apples, and ya will get to meet the rest of my family.”
Timmy looked up at her with a soft smile, and gave a light nod. “It’s nice to meet you Miss Applejack.”
She tipped her hat to him again before trotted back over to the group. A beaming smile crept across Pinkie Pie’s face as she was the next one to bounce up to the small child. This caused him to shake a little bit, but Luna comforted him by rubbing along his back gently with a hoof.
Pinkie stopped bouncing and sat on her haunches. “Hey there little guy! My name is Pinkie Pie, and I am the Element of Laughter. Pinkie is the name, laughing is my game.’ She giggles place a hoof to chest in salute, earning herself a light giggle from Timmy. “See there you little cutie, I enjoy making others laugh too.” She gave him a big smile and reached her hooves out to him, gently tickling his sides causing him to giggle more.
The small child giggled happily “It’s nice to meet you Miss Pinkie.” He gave her a big smile.
She returned the smile, scooping him into her forelegs, and brought him in for a big, yet soft hug. “Aw…. It’s nice to meet you too little guy!” The others d’awwed at the two and let out a giggle themselves as Pinkie let Timmy down. “Hey, you know what cutie? I’m going to be back in a little while, I’m going to go make you something special, so don’t go anywhere.” She used her hoof to playfully rub at his nose, and then turned to bounce off out of the dining hall.
Rainbow Dash face hoofed herself as she lowered to the floor next. She smirked down at Timmy, reaching a hoof up to rub at his head gently. “Hey there little dude. My name is Rainbow Dash and I’m the Element of Loyalty. Whenever you need a helping hoof, or if you feel as if you are alone, I will be there to keep you company. I never abandon my friends.” She saluted the little boy with a hoof. “I’m also the best flyer in all of Equestria.”
“It’s nice to meet you Miss Rainbow.” He looked up at her with a soft smile as she rubbed at his head again be hovering up into the air, and returning to the others. He looked to see one of them hiding behind her mane as she carefully trotted up to him.
“Um… hello there little one, my name is…Fluttershy.” She gave him a light smile.
“Hi Miss Fluttershy, it’s good to meet you.” He looked at her curiously, wondering why she was shy around him.
She smiled at his politeness and used a hoof to brush her mane out of her face. “It’s a pleasure to meet you as well Timmy. I am the Element of Kindness, and I help take care of all creatures both big and small. Maybe one day if you come and visit Ponyville, I can show you my animal sanctuary.” She blushed, giving him a nod, and trotted over to the others.
As Twilight started trotted toward the little boy she thought oh, I can’t possibly do any experimentation or studying on this precious little child. Especially with him being in poor conditions. She was smiling warmly on the outside at the child, but frowning on the inside.
She approached Timmy, sitting on her haunches, and reached out a hoof to gently rub up and down one of his arms. “Hello Timmy, it’s an honor to meet you. My name is Twilight Sparkle, and I am the Element of Magic. I live in the Golden Oaks Library in Ponyville where I also work at, letting ponies come, and check out whatever books they would like to read. Maybe when you come to visit, you can borrow any book you like, okay sweetheart?”
He looked up at her and nodded “Yes Miss Twilight. It’s good to meet you too, and thank you.” He gave her a soft smile as she returned it, and trotted over to the girls.
Rarity was the last one to trot up to him, giving him a big, warm smile. “Well, well, well, aren’t you just a cute little darling.” She lifted a hoof up to carefully rub at his cheek. “My name is Rarity Belle, but you can just call me Rarity, and I am the Element of Generosity. I will be more than honored to create you an outfit for you to wear.” She looked up at Princess Luna “Princess Luna, if a lady may ask, would it be okay if you two could come with me so I could take his measurements?”
Luna nodded “Of course my friend. “ She looked over at Celestia who gave her a nod, and she turned to the others. “My dear friends and Elements of Harmony thank you all so much for coming to meet this precious little child, and being good to him. I shall leave you for now so Rarity can get to working on Timmy’s outfit. You shall stay here and Tia will inform you more.” She gave them a warm smile and carefully levitated the child onto her back.
Timmy smiled softly and waved at the other elements as him, Luna, and Rarity exited the dining hall.
Outside of the castle, Prince Blueblood was pacing back and forth with a scowl etched on his face.With the Elements of Harmony on that little abomination’s side, Equestria will welcome him into our home with opened hooves. I’ve got to figure out a way to get rid of that little nuisance. He looked up from pacing to see the guards.
A sly smirk crept across his face as he trotted up to them. “Hey you two, how would you like to earn your keep? All you have to do is a simple task for me.”
One of the guards spoke up “Sorry your prince, but we only take orders from the royal sisters.”
Blueblood huffed, but his smirk grew wider. “I can make it worth your while. Come here for a second.” He motioned for both of them to come closer so he could whisper something to them.
After a couple of minutes the guards looked seriously at each other before turning back to Blueblood and nodding. “We will do it your prince.”
He smiled meticulously “Good, good. Now you two get back to work and I shall return later with your payment.” He let out a lowly chuckle and turn to trot off.
That was easier than I thought. It looks like the little human won’t be able to enjoy his stay in Equestria any longer. Not after what I have planned for him.