A Princess's Sadness

by FellFour

Chapter 5 (Edited)

Twilight and I woke up early to catch the morning train to Canterlot. We wanted to get there as soon as possible. I wanted to do it to get it out of the way and apologize to Luna face-to-face.

The train arrived and we got on with the luggage that I brought with me, because I was probably going to be staying there for a while. Of course, we sat together and Twilight didn’t really get as much sleep as I originally thought, so I let her take an hour nap. It was going to be a long train ride to Canterlot because it usually takes about three hours to get there on the train.

While she was sleeping and cuddling me; I began thinking about a few things.

I really hope that it works out between us. I don’t want to break her heart, because she’s too special to me. I love her. I can’t possibly screw this up.
What’s Shining Armor going to talk to me about? I hope it doesn’t lead to a physical altercation. I don’t want to hurt him. I doubt that will happen. He seems pretty mature, so I think it should go just fine.

Now Cadence, I don’t know what she’s going to be talking to me about. Maybe she wants me to share my thoughts about Twilight. Maybe she wants to give me some more advice on love. I mean, I already know enough, so it shouldn’t be that difficult, for me anyway.

My thoughts were interrupted by Twilight yawning and opening her beautiful eyes. She looks up at me and smiles.

“Hey Danny.”

“Hey Twi. Did you have a good nap?” I asked.

“Yes I did. I love taking naps.” Twilight said, kissing me on the lips. “I love you, Danny.”

“I love you too, Twily.” I said, pecking her on the nose. She giggled and went to lie back down. She wrapped her arms around me and continued to cuddle with me. She closed her eyes and moaned blissfully.

“…Do you think that it will go well with me and Shining.” I asked, nervous.

“Don’t worry, honey. He won’t beat you up or anything.”

“What about Cadence? Do you know what she wants to talk to me about?”

“I actually don’t. She said she’ll tell me after you two are done talking. I’m not worried, though. I’m sure it’ll go smoothly.” Twilight said, yawning and falling back to sleep.

“…Okay then.” I said, relieved.

My eyes were beginning to get heavy and I slowly began to fall asleep myself. We only had two more hours to go until we got to Canterlot.

“Danny. Wake up, sweetie. We’re here!”

I open my eyes and yawned. I look out the window and I see the Princesses waiting for us outside. Celestia gave me a stern look and I knew that she wanted to talk to me. Luna had a sad expression on her face, which made me feel guilty because of the letter that I sent to her.

“Come on, Danny. You too, Rarity!” Twilight called out.

My eyes widened. I turn around slowly and I indeed saw Rarity. Twilight went outside and so did Rarity, but she brushed her tail on my you-know-what and winked at me lustfully. I sighed, a tiny-bit agitated.

This isn’t going to go well.

“Daniel?” Twilight called.

“Oh, um, coming!”

I ran over to Twilight and that’s when I was blocked off by the guards. I gave a confused look at Celestia.

“It’s for protection. Blueblood will riding with us.” Celestia said.

“What? Why is he here?” I asked, angry.

“He wanted to tag along, plus he wanted to talk to you. He’s over in his cart. The guards will escort you there. I’m sorry I have to do this to you, Daniel.” Celestia said, guilty.

“No, it’s alright. It’s understandable.” I said.

“Now, Daniel. I don’t want you fighting with Blueblood at all. I mean it.” Celestia said with a serious tone.

“I won’t.” I said, with a smile.

I was not looking forward to the ride with Blueblood, which is a bad idea all together because it may end up with me beating his ass again. The guards pushed me into the cart and that’s when I saw Blueblood on the other side. He...surprisingly looked calm.

We just stared at each other, neither of us knew what to say. So...I started talking.

"...Hey, listen, Blueblood...I'm really sorry that-"

"No, I should be the one that's sorry." Blueblood began. "I shouldn't have said those words. I shouldn't have pushed you that far. I knew you were angry and I knew I would get you angrier, but I didn't expect that. You definitely caught me by surprise. I deserved every bit of that beating. After you left, my aunt gave me a nice scolding and she really opened my eyes this time. I'm...I'm an asshole and...what I did to Rarity...I don't think I'll ever get her forgiveness. In fact, I don't think I'll ever forgive myself. I treated her so badly and...I was such a coward. I'm still a big coward, but...that's just the way I am. I've never liked to fight, both verbally and physically. So...I'm sorry. You shouldn't be sorry at all. It's my fault."

...Did that really just happen? I was stunned. I've never seen Blueblood like that...ever. Okay, you know how in the show, Blueblood was being just...a spoiled little shit? I think, right here, he just...changed. I never thought in my life that I would be able to see that, but I just witnessed it.

"...However, I'm still pissed at you." Blueblood said suddenly.

"And you want to throw one punch onto me, right?"

"...Yeah." Blueblood said, chuckling nervously.

I gave him a look, but I smiled and said it was okay. Blueblood then gave me a hard blow to the face and man did it hurt. Now I know what it's like to be punched by a hoof. Let me clear when I say this, you don't want to know how badly it hurts. He broke my nose, but I didn't get mad at him. I was just kind of surprised. I knew it would hurt, but I didn't expect it to hurt THAT badly.

"Oh gosh, are you alright?"

"...Yeah. I'll be fine. Man, that hurt. I know you didn't punch me that hard, but holy shit I never want to be punched in the face by a hoof ever again!" I said, laughing.
Blueblood joined in on the laugh. For the rest of the way, we talked like there was no tomorrow. Blueblood is actually pretty funny. Jesus, I never would've thought that I would say this, but...he's cool.

I told Blueblood what got me so upset. Blueblood understood. He said that it wasn't my fault at all. Twilight started it. I asked why she would do that and he said he didn't know. She was a mare. Mares do that sometimes. It's just like women on my planet, so it wasn't anything new to me. I couldn't help but agree with him, though. He was right. Twilight did start this whole thing. But I can't bash her for something so stupid. It just feels rude to talk this way about her. But I can't help but do so. It still confuses me as to why she reacted that way.

"Danny! We're he- OH MY GOSH, WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR NOSE?!" Twilight screamed.

Tia and Lulu came rushing in and immediately gave an angry look at Blueblood.

"Ladies, it's okay. I let him do that. It was just to get even. We're cool, now. He admitted that he was wrong and he apologized. It's alright."

Tia and Lulu stared at me and then at Blueblood again in shock. Tia then smiled and a tear ran down her eye.

"I never thought I would see the day. I'm proud of you, nephew. But don't think your punishment isn't over. It's only the beginning."

"I understand." Blueblood said, then grunting.

We step out and then I saw him; Shining Armour. Twilight rushed him and gave him a big hug. After they chatted for a bit, he then made eye contact with me and boy he was not happy.

"Let us get to the castle before you two chat, hm? We don't want a fight here in public." Celestia said.

If you think the chat with him was fun. It wasn't...at all.

We arrive at the castle and it was just as I remembered it. The guards saw me and gave me a defensive look. I gave them a gesture that I was alright. They sighed and continued doing what they were doing. We then get to the throne room.
"
We'll leave you two alone to talk. Good luck, Danny. You're gonna need it." Twilight said, leaving with the Princesses.

The door shuts and now...it was only me and Shining. He then started to pace a bit.

"...I don't know what to say. I honestly don't." Shining began. "Do you know how bad of a wreck she was three weeks ago? She wouldn't stop crying and we had to keep giving her water because we worried that she would become too dehydrated. So, I'm going to ask this once and I expect an answer. What in the name is Celestia happened that made her come to us in such grief?!"

"She was already a complete wreck when I got to the castle! I was over there because I wanted to visit her, but when I heard Celestia say that she's been up in her room for god knows how long, I became worried instantly. Shining, she was such a wreck. Her hair was a complete mess and her book were everywhere; UNORGANIZED! There were tissues every where on the floor and Twilight was sobbing so badly. I got her to calm down a bit and she told that she didn't want this. She didn't want to be a Princess. All she wants is to be with her friends. She never asked for this at all. I mean, she's honored, believe me she is, but she still wants to be a normal unicorn that wants to be with her friends. This new responsibility has really put a lot more weight on her shoulders."

"It got to the point where it was starting to affect her personality. She's not the same Twilight that I knew when I first met her. She changed a lot. It's not my fault that event happened. She started it. I was just trying to be her friend and just started going off on me. I couldn't take it anymore and I left. Blueblood and I got into a huge fight, that resulted in me beating the utter living shit out of him and me going back to Ponyville. Now, here I am, talking to you, pouring my heart out and telling you everything that happened. Is there more that you want to say or are we done?!" I yelled.

"..."

Shining was silent for a long time. I waited patiently for his response and...

"...Yeah...we're done. I just wanted to know what happened and...I got more than I wanted. Thanks...really." Shining said, leaving.

"...I didn't go too far, did I?" I asked, worried.

"No, you didn't. I'm not mad at you. You told me everything and that's all I wanted to hear. You didn't hurt my feelings or anything like that. I'm just glad that I now know what happened. Thank you."

Shining then left me alone in the throne room. After a while of just standing there in silence, I felt a great pressure being lifted from my body. But I knew this wasn't over. There was more that had to be done and I knew who I had to talk to next.