//------------------------------// // Chapter Seventeen // Story: Dream Come True // by APoeticHeart //------------------------------// Night fell upon the land as Princess Luna looked up at the star-filled sky and slowly began to raise her moon. Joined by her friends, they decided to begin their search of Equestria’s forests in the area of the Whitetail Woods. As she looked up at her moon, a single tear rolled down Luna’s cheek as she was deeply concerned for her little prince. Twilight noticed this along with the others and placed a hoof on her shoulder “Don’t worry princess, we’ll find Timmy and bring Blueblood to justice once and for all.” She gave Luna a reassuring smile while others gave a nod. “Twi’s right sugarcube. Ah for one can’t wait to get my trusty lasso tied around that no good varmint and teach him a lesson or two.” Applejack curved her lips in a scowl. “That’s right!” Rainbow Dash hovered in the air and threw a foreleg in the air “That jerk will pay for taking the little guy again, but this time he will pay for good!” She smirked proudly. “I honestly can’t understand what I saw in that pathetic excuse for a stallion.” Rarity huffed and fluffed up her mane “And to be so cruel to such a precious little darling such as Timmy, I would love to give him a thrashing of a lifetime!” A grin of sly mischievousness crept across her muzzle. Pinkie Pie randomly pulled out her party cannon “And I’m ready to blast that mean meanie pants away so he won’t touch a cute little hair on the sweet little cupcake ever again!” “You see princess, you have all of us with you and Timmy will be rescued.” Twilight rubbed at Luna’s shoulder. Luna released a sigh of softness and sniffled, giving each of the girls a warm smile “Thank you my dear friends. I trust in all of you and I know that we’ll find my little prince. And for that lowly nephew of mine, his punishment will be severe for abducting my son once again.” She took in a deep breath to calm herself and exhaled “Now let’s go find my boy!” With a firm nod, the girls followed Luna s they entered into the forest. Deep within the Whitetail Woods, Trixie lit up the path she was trotting along with her magic. She turned toward the little boy on her back “Are you okay back there little one? You aren’t cold or scared are you?” She gave Timmy a soft smile and nuzzled at his cheek. He shook his head and replied softly “No Miss Trixie, but thank you for taking me back to my momma. Are you sure Mister Blueblood won’t come after us though?” He had a look of nervousness on his face. “Ha… my dear child, the Great and Powerful Trixie can promise you that Sir Blueblood won’t know how escape from those bindings, because I tied his hooves up in knots that are impossible to escape.” She couldn’t help but laugh at her success in restraining the former prince “And also, Trixie always knew having a magic restraint band would come in handy for some reason.” She gave a blushing smile to the child. He let out a small giggle and reached out to giver her a hug around her neck. This surprised Trixie, but she couldn’t help but smile warmly at the gesture. She reached up to pat at the hands around her neck Aw… such a sweet little child to hug Trixie. Maybe when we find his mother, Trixie will ask if I can be like his foalsitter. Trixie wouldn’t mind being this little one’s caretaker when the princess is busy with her royal duties. That is if she and the other will allow Trixie to do so. As they ventured further into the woods, Princess Luna and the others could see a faint, light blue glow up ahead of them. Twilight squinched her eyes to get a better view and once she did, she gasped “Girls, princess, if I’m not mistaking that is the color of Trixie’s magic.” She gives a concentrated stare at the approaching light. The others squinched their eyes to focus as well as Luna started to trot ahead “Come my friends, let’s see if Twilight’s assumption is correct.” They followed behind the princess as her, Twilight, and Rarity lit up their horns as well. Trixie could see the three faint glowing lights up ahead approaching her “Hmm.. Trixie thinks we found some others out here little one.” She turned to look at him with a soft smile “Let’s go see if they can help us get out of these woods, what do you say?’ He simply responded with a nod. When the four sets of glowing auras closed in on each other, Twilight could definitely tell that it was Trixie and riding on her back was Timmy. Once Timmy saw the taller of the three, he beamed with happiness “MOMMA!” He cried out and Trixie stopped trotting. With a smile on her face, she leaned down to let climb off her back. Luna gasped at the excited cry of the little boy and smiled brightly “My little prince!” She galloped ahead and as soon as he was in close distance of her, she scooped him up in her forelegs, and pulled him into a big, warm hug. She nuzzled at his cheeks and forehead “Oh Timmy, I was so worried about you!” She allowed a few tears to roll down her cheeks. He started to cry himself as he wrapped his arms around her neck “I missed you Momma! I was so scared I won’t see you again!” He buried his face into her shoulder and sobbed softly. Luna gently rubbed up and down his back with a hoof “Shh… it’s okay my little prince, Momma’s here now and I won’t let that foul nephew of mine harm you ever again, I promise.” She laid her head close to his and nuzzled him with her cheek. Trixie watched on at the reunion between mother and son with a warm smile along with the others. Twilight noticed this and trotted over to her “Trixie. it’s been a long time.” She rubbed at the back of her neck awkwardly. “Yes it has Twilight Sparkle and Twilight Sparkle’s friends.” She looked at the others who gave a nod to her “Trixie just has been traveling through Whitetail Woods when I ran into the little one and… may Trixie say the distasteful stallion formerly known as Prince Blueblood.” She groaned at the thought of him. “Well sugarcube, where is the low down good for nothing scoundrel at? It’s high time that he pays for his crime.” Applejack sneered and her brows arched in frustration. “Do not fret Honest Applejack, Trixie has the varmint as you called him nice and snugged inside my caravan. Trixie made sure he is unable to escape.” A smirk of pride crept across her muzzle. “Darling, although I may not agree with your tactics as those actions performed against us the last two times, I got to admit the brute certainly deserves it.” Rarity let out a huff. Luna hugged Timmy for a little bit more before releasing him from her embrace. She looked down at him “Dear, you stay with Twilight and the others while Momma goes to take care of some business, okay?” She kissed his forehead. He looked up at her and nodded “Okay Momma, just be careful. Don’t let Mister Blueblood hurt you.” He gave a worried smile as he walked over to join the others. Luna nodded firmly “Don’t worry my little prince, your momma will be fine.” She gave him a wink “Oh Timmy, you might want to close your ears.” He nodded and placed his hands over his ears as she cleared her throat “Guards of the night!” The echo of the royal canterlot voice rang throughout the forest. Soon there were two bat pony guards that flew down to the ground carrying a carriage behind them. As soon as they landed safely on the ground they bowed their heads “Yes your highness?” They spoke collectively. She gave them I nod “I need you two to follow me.” They nodded, but she turned to Trixie “Dear Trixie, would you be so kind to lead the way toward where you have my nephew hidden?” The show mare nodded “Of course your highness.” She gave a warm smile before trotting ahead, followed by Luna and her guards. Inside the caravan, Blueblood was starting to stir in his sleep, but found that he couldn’t move either his forelegs nor hindlegs. His eyes shot open and he then felt something in his mouth “Mmmph!” He struggled in his bindings only to just wriggle like a fish out of water. He kept wriggling until he fell off the cot he was sleeping on and landing on the wooden floor with a thud “Mph!” He snarled with the gag in his mouth and tried to light his horn up, but couldn’t feel any magic flowing through him. He lifted his eyes to look up at his horn, only to find a magic restraining band around his horn and he simply grunted. Suddenly the door to the caravan opened with the dark blue aura of Luna enveloping it. The princess peered into see the former prince on the floor wiggling around helplessly and couldn’t help but let out a laugh. A look of dread suddenly spread across Blueblood’s face as he felt himself being lifted in Luna’s magic. The princess arched her brows in anger “Blueblood, Tia and I gave you the opportunity to change your ways by trying to give you a second chance at a new life. Yes we stripped you of your royalty, but you could’ve lived peacefully as a citizen of Canterlot, but I see that you’ve chosen to continue your rotten ways.” She shook her head disapprovingly as she undid the gag in his mouth. He panted heavily as he looked at her “Listen Aunt Luna, I’m sorry… I’ll change… I…” “ENOUGH!” Boomed Luna’s royal canterlot voice as she stomped her hoof forcefully to the ground. Her lips pursed with anger “Blueblood, for your continuation of trying to hurt not only my sister, myself, but especially my son, I hereby sentence you to time in the dungeons that are below Canterlot Castle.” Blueblood shook nervously at the judgment and asked with a nervous swallow “Dungeon?! But for how long Aunt Luna?” He gave a nervous smile. Luna smirked “For as long I feel you deserve my poor excuse for a nephew.” She levitated the tied up stallion into the carriage and looked at her guards “Guards, take him to the castle and make sure you lock the dungeon doors nice and tight.” She gave them a firm nod. They returned the nod “Yes your highness.” They flapped their wings and flew off into the night sky with Blueblood continuing to wiggle helplessly in the carriage. As Luna returned to her son and the others, she saw that Trixie was entertaining them with some of her magic tricks. A warm smile crept across her muzzle at the sight “And that little one is how the Great and Powerful Trixie is able to turn a cup of regular water into fruit punch. Enjoy child.” Trixie giggled and levitated a small metal cup over to Timmy for him to drink. Timmy clapped his hands together as he grabbed at the cup and drank at it “Mm… Miss Trixie it really does taste like punch, thank you!” He beamed happily as he drank at it. The others just smiled warmly at the child. “Well, well, well, it looks like my little prince is enjoying himself.” Luna trotted up and stroked his head gently with a hoof. He looked up at her with a big smile as he drank at his punch “Momma, are you okay? Mister Blueblood didn’t hurt you, did he?” She shook her head “Of course not dear. In fact I can assure you that he won’t be messing with you anymore.” She gave him a kiss his forehead and looked at the others “Now let’s go home shall we?” The others nodded and she turned to look at Trixie “Dear Trixie, if a princess may ask, how would you feel about living at the castle? I’m sure my little prince would love to you have you as his royal foalsitter.” She smiled down at her son. Trixie gasped lightly “You mean you wouldn’t mind Trixie living with you your highness?” Luna softly shook her head “Well, Trixie would be more than honored to be the little one’s foalsitter.” She smiled warmly and then ruffled at the child’s hair “Would you be okay with that Timmy?” Timmy looked at both mares happily “Oh Momma I would like that. Miss Trixie is a fun foalsitter!” He beamed as he hugged at Trixie’s foreleg and she returned the hug. “Hey, what about us?!” Rainbow threw her forelegs up in the air but she was nudged by Applejack. “Simmer down sugarcube, Ah;m sure he thinks we are fun, just let the little feller enjoy a new pony in his life.” She chuckled. Rainbow shrugged “I guess you’re right.” The others shared a laugh as they began trotting away from the Whitetail Woods. Luna leaned down to let Timmy climb onto her back “Let’s go home my little prince.” She smiled at him and nuzzled at his cheek “Momma loves you Timmy!” He wrapped his little arms around her neck and laid his head on the back of her shoulder “I love you too Momma!” Luna smiled as she trotted with the other back toward Canterlot. Now maybe my little prince and I can start having a life together without my dastardly nephew’s interference. First, I got to see about him enrolling him in school so he can have a good education.