The following morning arrived and Princess Luna and Princess Celestia were sitting down to breakfast, well supper for Luna after finishing their royal duties. Flash Sentry came running into the dining hall. When he got there he was winded and said, "Your Majesties, I don't know how to tell you this but your nephew is missing."
Celestia looked up. Her jaw dropped open and she asked, "Which one?"
Flash replied, "It is Prince Blueblood. The last time he was seen was around ten o'clock last night at the Gala. What do you wish for us to do?"
Luna yawned, "It's up to you big sister. You're the one who is closer to him."
Celestia replied, "Well I want you guys to look for him. Search all of Canterlot if you have to. Search every last house until he is found. I know he isn't the friendliest pony but still, he is part of my, i mean our family."
Flash said, "Yes your Majesty, we will do our best." Flash headed out to the courtyard and told the royal guard what the princess had said.
Celestia gave Luna an odd look and asked, "Luna, you do know that he is your nephew too don't you? Aren't you even the slightest bit concerned about where he is?"
Luna replied, "You know what big sister? He is just a royal pain. He probably got rejected by one of the mares at the Gala last night and is hiding bawling his eyes out. Now if you will excuse me, I'm going to try to get some sleep. Being up all night is tiring."
Luna headed to bed and Celestia sighed. She was worried about her nephew yet at the same time she was disgusted by the fact that Luna didn't even seem to care.
An hour had passed when moaning was heard coming from the dungeon. Gray Wings, captain of the Lunar Royal Guard heard this and ran into the throne room to alert Celestia. He said, "Your Majesty, we must wake Luna up to investigate moaning noises in the dungeon."
Celestia replied, "I don't know if that is such a good idea. You know how mad she gets when she is woken up, but I will go wake her."
Celestia headed to Luna's bedroom. She walked up to her and said, "Little sister, get up. We have something strange going on that we need you to check out."
Luna growled, "Big sister, can't you just go check it out? Can't you see I'm trying to sleep?"
Celestia replied, "There are moaning noises down in the dungeon and it is part of your royal duties to go check on things like that."
Luna got up and shouted, "FINE! THIS BETTER BE IMPORTANT OR I'M NOT GOING TO BE VERY HAPPY!"
Luna, Celestia, Gray Wings and Flash Sentry headed down into the dungeon. As they headed towards the back the moaning was getting louder. Finally they got to the back cell and saw Blueblood impaled on a spear. Celestia began to cry but Luna began to laugh hysterically. She was laughing so hard she began to cry.
Celestia shouted, "Little sister, how could you laugh at something like this. Yes I know he isn't exactly your favorite nephew but still, he is family. I don't care who it is, I wouldn't wish this on my own worst enemy."
Luna and Gray Wings headed into the cell to further asses what they are seeing. Luna takes a closer look and begins to laugh harder. She laughed, "Oh look, and his horn has been bitten off and shoved up his nose! And look on the floor, some blood has dripped and the stain looks like a smiley face! This is far too funny! Don't you think Gray Wings?"
Gray Wings started laughing hysterically as well and said, "You bet it is your Majesty! This is one of those moments where you wish you had a camera!"
Luna laughed, "Well we will have to take pictures for the criminal investigation. Go get my camera, this one will need a ton of pictures taken!"
Celestia cried, "Luna, is he still alive or is he gone?"
Blueblood continued to moan, not as loudly but still, he drew breath. Luna replied, "Well big sister he is still making noises now isn't he so I would assume he is still alive!"
Gray Wings returned with Luna's camera and began to take pictures. Luna ordered, "Be sure and take at least 10 of him on the spear. We need each one to be from different angles, then we can take him off of the spear."
Gray Wings took all the pictures Luna desired and then Celestia proceeded to levitate him off of the spear. During the process of lifting him off she slipped and dropped him a bit, causing the spear to go straight through his heart. He let out one final scream before drawing his last breath. This caused Celestia to cry harder.
Celestia cried, "Curse whoever did this, curse them!"
Flash Sentry said, "Well you did drop him in the process of removing him from the spear, so whoever did this isn't directly responsible for his death."
Celestia shouted, "I don't care. I will find who did this and make sure they are charged with first degree murder. Whoever did this had the intent to kill him!"
Gray Wings asked, "Wouldn't that make the worst they could be charged with be attempted first degree murder?"
Celestia knew that her botching removing him from the spear made that the worst she could pursue. She finished removing him from the spear and took his body to the morgue to be prepared for burial. Celestia ran up to her bedroom, covered herself up entirely with her blankets and started sobbing louder and louder.
Flash Sentry followed her and said, "Your Majesty, it isn't your fault that he died while you were removing him from the spear. That could have happened to anypony."
Celestia peeked her head out from under her covers and said, "Flash, I feel like it is all my fault. I lost my concentration for just one second and that caused me to lose hold of him."
Flash replied, "Don't worry your Majesty, we will conduct an investigation and we will find who did this."
Celestia said, "Thank you Flash, I know you will."
In the throne room Luna is sitting in the throne room with Gray Wings. Luna is very tired, so tired that she is nodding off every now and then. Finally when she is a bit awake Gray Wings asked, "Your Majesty, who do you think might have done this?"
Luna growled, "I don't know and personally I don't care. Hopefully they will just find someone, bring them before me in court so I can acquit them. If Celestia were gone I would find whoever did it and give them a medal for ridding the royal family of an embarrassment. I'm going back to lay down for a while. I have a long night ahead of me. Unless the city is under siege, don't wake me up!"
Gray Wings stood guard at Luna's door to make sure nopony woke her up. Celestia approached Luna's door but was stopped by Gray Wings. Celestia asked, "Gray Wings, can I talk to my sister?"
Gray Wings replied, "Your Majesty, Luna ordered me to not wake her unless the city was under siege. Can't it wait until it is time for her to wake up?"
Celestia stormed off towards the throne room. She wanted so badly to talk to her sister and ask her why she doesn't even care about the death of Blueblood but knew that she had better wait.