//------------------------------// // Forgiveness over a slice of cake // Story: Princess Celestia's son // by 103AKC //------------------------------// “I HATE YOU I HATE YOU I HATE YOU”, Blue Tune repeated as he entered his room and slammed the door behind him. Upon entering, he noticed the stack of homework assignments his mom had issued him over the summer. With rage and hate, he approached his desk and with one leg, he shoved all of the assignments off of the desktop, leaving them flying all over the room before landing on the floor in a mess. Afterwards, he pulled out the chair from below the desk, taking a seat, and laid his head down on the desktop. “I hate you, I hate you, I hate you”, he repeated once more while slamming his forehoof on the desktop. After some time, he stopped, and just sat there, head down, thinking about what he just did. He felt horrible. Blue Tune knew better that to have yelled at his own mom like that, but what could he do. “I’m 16 years old, I shouldn't have to have a guard by my side when I’m outside the castle.”, he thought to himself. “At the same time, I’m 16, I’m no longer a kid.”, he thought, countering his first thought, “Which means I shouldn't be treated like one either.” “Yet, I’m the prince. So, in a way, I should be setting an example.” “Then again, for a prince, I don’t exactly have any freedom.” Blue Tune’s inside argument continued for a few minutes, but eventually ended with a draw. With a sign, Blue Tune managed to lift himself from the desk and trotted to his bed, where he collapsed right on the spot where he lied on before, with his rear hooves dangling from the side of the bed. After a few lazy attempts, he was able to right himself on the bed, lying his head on the pillow, and spreading his legs all over the be... BUMP. "OW!!!" It took a few second for Blue Tune to process what he just heard, and when the realization had hit him... "Oh my gosh, Rose!" Blue Tune said as he crawled to the other side of the bed, where a pink and red scaled, sleepy baby dragon lied on the floor, rubbing her sore back. "Rose, are you ok?" Blue Tune said as he lit his horn and levitated Rose onto the bed. "....I....I'm ok"the baby dragon replied sleepy, "I....I'm sorry for sleeping on your bed master, I...I know I shouldn't have" Despite what had recently happened, Blue Tune couldn't help but crack a smile at Rose's response. "hey, its alright, don't worry about it." He answered back, relived once he saw the baby dragon smile as well, "and what did I tell you, call me Blue Tune, there's no need to be calling me 'Master'." As soon as she heard that, Rose's smile faded, and she started to panic, "oh dear, I'm sorry mast....no, Blue Tune, I'm sorry, I....I didn't mean to disrespect you mas...no, I mean master, I mean Blue Tune, I'm so sor...". Before Rose could continue, Blue Tune pulled the baby dragon into a hug to stop her. Once he did, Rose stopped her rambling, and stayed silent. afterwards, he wrapped his wings around her, embracing her in a warm passionate hug. After a few minutes, Rose finally managed to speak in a soft, yet nervous voice, "I.....I'm sorry Blue Tune, I truly didn't mean any disrespect. Please forgive me". Blue Tune stroked the sore part of Rose's back, trying his best to calm down the baby dragon. "I forgive you, Rose" the young alicorn said in a calm voice. Blue Tune couldn't blame Rose, she was a baby dragon after all. Besides, everypony in the castle knew that Rose had a tendency to freak out when she made a mistake, especially since she was Blue Tune's assistant. No, in her mind, she was an assistant, but to Blue Tune, she was like a little sister. A little sister who always looked up to her older brother. A little sister who always found a way to make her older brother smile. After a long moment of silence, they ended their embrace. Rose sat down on the bed sheets, face-to-face with the young prince, and said, "Um, m..Blue Tune, if you don't mind me asking, where did you go?". “Oh, well...after I asked you to go down to the archives to get any info on Nightmare moon, I kinda went down to the situation room to order Shining Armor to launch an attack” Blue Tune responded, a hint of embarrassment in his voice. Rose responded with a nod of her head, and asked, even though she already knew the answer, “so how did it go?” “not so good, but on the plus side, he didn’t kick me out.” At that comment, Rose could only face palm. “Well...on the plus side, it all went ok. The sun is up, Nightmare Moon has been defeated, and your mom should be back home anytime soon.”. Before Blue Tune could even try to hide it, Rose caught the slightest look of emptiness on his face at the mention of his mom. “Blue Tune, is everything ok?” she asked, concerned for her friend. Blue Tune could only look down before replying, “my mom got home a few minutes ago, but it wasn’t your average happy welcoming…” ******** “Ok Celestia, you can do it. All you have to do is go in, offer the sweet treat, ask for forgiveness, and it’ll be all over. I just hope Blue Tune can forgive me” Princess Celestia thought to herself, going over the plan she made up a few minutes ago, two silver plates and two forks in her golden telekinetic grasp. The contents on one plate was a slice of double chocolate chip cake, Celestia’s favorite, and on the other plate was a slice of red velvet cake, Blue Tune’s favorite. As she approached the door leading to Blue Tune’s room, she could hear chatter coming from the other side. “...but don’t you think it was all your fault” a voice from within the room spoke, which Celestia could recognize as Rose. “Don’t take it the wrong way, even I can see that you were only trying to do what you thought was the right thing.”. “Look, I understand that what I was doing was wrong” a second voice spoke easily recognizable as Blue Tune’s, “but…” A few seconds of silence rang, then Rose spoke, “Just think about it for a minute. First off, you are correct, Princess Celestia does have to understand that you are growing up.”. Princess Celestia pondered at that thought before she was cut off by Rose speaking again, “Yet, at the same time, you have to understand that you also need to change.” “I know, I know. I need to stop acting like a foal also.” “it’s not that you act like a foal, it’s that you need to understand that there are some things that you can’t do, & can’t be done.” “.......what are you trying to say?” “What Rose is trying to say is, even though I may seem to be treating you like a foal, it is only for the purpose of protecting you from harm” Princess Celestia said as she entered the room, closing the door behind her, looking towards a shocked pony & baby dragon. After a moment of silence, Blue Tune was the first to recover, “wait a minute, so your telling me that protecting me means standing right beside my bedroom door, listening to what I am saying, therefore intruding into my privacy &.....”Blue Tune stopped for a second, smelling the air, “....is that Red Velvet cake i smell?” Celestia, using her magic, presented the piece of cake & the fork in front of him. “Why yes, it is. Would you like some?” Celestia asks the young Alicorn, holding his fork in her telekinetic grasp, and gesturing for him to take the plate. Without another word, Blue Tune took the plate and silverware in his hooves, and started to eat the cake. A smile started to form on his face as he ate, forgetting about all of the troubles that plagued him. Celestia could only smile happily as she saw her son eating his slice of cake with joy. She soon remembered about her slice of cake that still floated in her telekinetic grasp. She began walking up to the side of the bed, and onced she arrived, she pulled herself up to sit next to the young Alicorn. Before she could even bring herself to take a bite, Celestia looked at Blue Tune, and spoke in a calm voice, “Blue Tune….I’m sorry.” Blue Tune stopped eating his cake, but couldn’t bring himself to face his mom. A few minutes passed as both ponies stood silenced. Celestia was about to say something, but Blue Tune finally managed to speak, “...why are you apologizing? I understand that I messed up. I should have listened to you when you told me to stay in the castle, to not cause trouble, and I never should have said….whatever I said. Yet, I didn’t. So I don’t see why you are apologizing, since I should be the one apologizing.” “Because, Blue Tune, even though you disobeyed me, you are correct. Even I said some things, which I regret saying…..” Celestia said, “Yet, even though things were said, I just hope that we can look past this, and forgive each other.” Before Blue Tune could answer, a soft knock came from the door, a filly’s voice could be heard from the other side, “TIA!!!!, I’m here. What is it you wanted to show me?”