As the guard enters with Peanut Butter and Moon Dust in tow enter the palace an argument going on near by between a white blonde maned Unicorn and Celestia.
"I told you Auntie Celestia that... that.... THING is nothing but trouble, he should have been placed in an orphanage as soon as he set hoof in here." The unicorn says.
"You do not call your cousin a thing Blueblood, he part of this family as much as you are." Celestia says.
BlueBlood cannot find anything else to say in his hot headed state and storms off furious out of the main hallway. With him gone Celestia turns to Peanut Butter with the same face of anger as she uses her magic to lift Peanut Butter off the floor and into the air.
"Was the other one with him?" Celestia asks.
"Yes and the young prince wasn't going to let him go, shall I take him to the medical wing?" The guard asks.
"Please do he looks like he can use medical attention, as for this one I'll take care of personally." Celestia says giving Peanut Butter a stern look.
Peanut Butter looks down and away from Celestia. Celestia walks into her throne room where Luna awaits next to her throne with Peanut Butter levitating next to Celestia before she sits on her throne and places Peanut Butter in front of them.
The room stays silent for a couple minutes until Luna speaks.
"Peanut Butter why did you run away from school?" Luna asks.
Peanut Butter remains silent with his head down avoiding eye contact with his own mother and aunt. The room falls silent again as a guard enters the throne room with a letter.
"Princess Luna we just received a letter for you concerning the young prince." The guard says before giving her the letter.
After the guard leaves Luna uses her magic to open the letter and reads it.
Dear Princess Luna,
I write this as part of your conditions with Peanut Butter being at my school and I regret to inform you that with his actions through out the day as well as him running away. After a discussion with the teacher and staff we decided that we cannot accommodate his needs. According to the teacher he was assigned with Peanut Butter daydreamed through out the day which disrupted the education of the class for the day and before his leave he isolated himself from the other foals multiple times while he was observed. Attached is something he drew during class and thought it would be of interest to you. Please do not bring him in tomorrow. I hope you understand the reasoning behind this.
Sincerely,
Principal Chalk Dust
She looks at the picture and gasps a little placing her hoof to her mouth in shock. She looks at him again with a concerned look on her face.
"Luna you have to be firm with him." Celestia says.
"I know, but read this." Luna says as she gives Celestia the letter.
Celestia takes the letter and reads it. After a minute the stern look from her face fades away as well.
"Can you tell us why you ran away?" Celestia asks calmly.
Peanut Butter tries to hide under his front hooves and starts whimpering. Luna looks down and taps her hoof on her head before looking back at him.
"Were the lessons boring?" Luna asks.
He nods with tears in his eyes.
"Well school isn't fun sweetheart, did the other foals bother you?" Luna asks again.
He shakes his head no.
"Did you not want to be around other foals?" Luna asks.
He shakes his head again.
"You don't want to be around a lot of foals don't you?" Luna asks.
He nods.
Luna looks at the picture again. She looks at Peanut Butter with a worried look on her face.
"You, want a little sibling to have around don't you?" Luna asks.
He nods again.
"Even though your actions at school are understandable, running away is not the right way to deal with things, you will still be punished for it." Luna says.
"I think we should check on our guest in the medical wing." Celestia says.
Luna looks at Celestia with a confused look on her face.
"What guest dear sister?" Luna asks.
"Peanut Butter didn't come here alone, the foal he brought over looked very malnourished, so I had him taken to the medical wing to have looked at, I’m having guards check the local orphanages to see if he was in one of them or was a run away." Celestia says.
"I see, we must be on our way then, we will discuss your punishment later, you are to stay here until we return, do I make myself clear?" Luna asks.
Peanut Butter stays silent and nods before looking away as Celestia and Luna go to the medical wing.
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Celestia and Luna reach the medical wing of the castle and are greeted by one of the nurses in front of the medical wing at a desk.
"Hello princesses. The foal is right this way." The nurse says before leading them to Moon Dust.
"What is the foal's condition?" Luna asks.
"Better than expected. But not by much I'm afraid. He's quite malnourished and his coat and mane are a mess and filthy to boot. It took a lot of convincing to get him to trust us to even examine him." The nurse says before stopping at a door.
"Any news on where he came from?" Celestia asks.
"We relayed all we could to the guards and haven't heard back yet. He won't talk to us so we don't have a name." The nurse says.
Celestia's horn lights up as the handle on the door glows yellow from her magic and twists it downwards before the door gently opens. The princesses and nurse enter and see the dark blue pegasus colt staring back at them before trying to hide from them. Luna takes a couple steps towards Moon Dust trying to get a better look at him. He jumps towards the doctor's desk and hides behind the chair screaming in fear.
"I won't hurt you little one, you're safe here." Luna says softly.
Luna tries again to get closer only to be met with the same result with Moon Dust going in the opposite direction. Luna notices this and lays down on the floor of the room and places her head on her hooves. Celestia gives Luna a puzzled look from Luna's actions. But remains silent.
A couple minutes later Moon Dust peeks his head out from his hiding place behind the examination table. Luna stays still not moving. Moon Dust is careful as he slowly creeps closer to Luna. He gets closer and looks around her with the occasional poke with his hoof. After a few laps around Luna poking her every once in a while he mimics Luna's position in front of her. Luna opens her eyes and sees Moon Dust imitating her.
"See, I said I wasn't going to hurt you, can you tell me your name?" Luna asks.
"M-Moon Dust, who you?" Moon Dust asks.
"Nice to meet you Moon Dust, you have such a pretty name, my name is Luna." Luna says.
Moon Dust blushes as Celestia and the nurse have their mouths open as they watch Luna and Moon Dust.
"Do you have a home Moon Dust?" Luna asks.
"No." Moon Dust says.
"Where are your parents?" Luna asks.
"I dunno." Moon Dust says as his expression changes from happy to distressed.
Luna notices this and crawls slowly to Moon Dust before taking him into her embrace by wrapping her hooves around him. Moon Dust smiles and makes himself at home in her embrace.
"Well we now have a name so the search will be easier hopefully." Celestia says.
"Indeed." Luna says.
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Meanwhile in the throne room Peanut Butter hasn't moved from his spot since Luna and Celestia left and is silent. The doors are heard opening as the sound of hoof steps are heard. Peanut Butter turns his head and sees BlueBlood enter the room with a look of disgust on his face.
"I was looking for Auntie Celestia, but looks like all I found is an abomination in here." BlueBlood says.
"What do you want Blueblood?" Peanut Butter asks scowling at Blueblood.
Blueblood comes closer to Peanut Butter circling around him like a shark that is about to attack his prey.
"Now look here you thing, I don't know what Auntie Luna sees in you, but I will not stand for it do you hear me?, you are nothing but a worm, no, even less than that, you will never ever take the throne, nor do you deserve to be in this family." Blueblood says in a sneering disdainful tone in his voice.
He gets up onto his hooves and looks Blueblood in the eye as tears well up at the bottom of his eyes as he grits his teeth and stares at him.
"Oh did I hurt your feelings?, I'm surprised something like you could have those, you are nothing, you will never be anything, you're better off running away." Blue blood says.
Peanut Butter snarls as he jumps towards him quickly and manages to catch Blue Blood off guard as he lands his hoof to Blue Blood's eye with a hard hit causing Blueblood to lose balance. Peanut Butter jumps on top of him and continues to punch Blue Blood before Blue Blood's horn starts to glow and lift up Peanut Butter and slams him against the near by wall.
"How dare you attack me vermin, just for that I'll make sure Auntie Luna gets rid of you, do you hear me?!" Blue Blood says while still using his magic to retain Peanut Butter.
Peanut Butter struggles to break free as a large gust of wind blows and creates a cyclone around Blueblood.
A few seconds later Blueblood is heard gasping and wheezing as his horn flickers out causing the magic holding Peanut Butter as he gets out and charges towards Blueblood and manages to land a hit harder than the last time to Blue Blood's muzzle and knocks Blueblood back again and hits his horn causing it to crack from the angle of the fall. BlueBlood shouts in pain as Peanut Butter is on top of him again continuing his assault. Guards enter the throne room and try to separate the two with their magic as another strong gust of wind blows through the hall, blowing back the guards as Peanut Butter continues his assault.
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Luna, Celestia and Moon Dust who is on Luna's back make their way back to the throne room while they hear the echos of the doors from the throne room as screaming and yelling follow. They pick up the pace until they see a beaten up Blueblood with a black eye, cuts and his cracked horn.
"What happened?" Celestia asks in a shocked voice.
"Why don't you ask the monster that attacked me like the animal it is?" BlueBlood says.
"Young Peanut Butter got into a fight with Blueblood, as you see this is the result." The guard escorting Blue Blood says.
"What did you say to him Blueblood?" Celestia asks.
"I didn't say anything to him. He attacked me for no reason." Blueblood says.
"You're lying, he hasn't had a violent bone in his body until now, but I'll deal with you myself at a later time, Luna please take Moon Dust else where, I'll let a guard let you know when it's okay to come to the throne room or I will come to your chambers myself." Celestia says.
"But Peanut Butter is my responsibility, I should handle him myself." Luna says.
"Please Luna don't argue with me right now, we'll talk about this later." Celestia says in a stern and concerned voice.
Luna sighs and nods before teleporting to her chambers to give Moon Dust a bath as she waits. Celestia makes her way to the throne room as wind pushes her back slightly and sees Peanut Butter pinned down by three guards and sees he is still struggling to get up snarling, looking up at her as she withstands the tornado force winds. Celestia's horn glows as she gets closer to Peanut Butter.
"Hold him still." Celestia says.
"We're trying your highness, but he is putting up a really good fight." One of the guards say in a strained voice.
Celestia taps her horn to Peanut Butter’s forehead as a flash of light fills the room followed my a loud scream from Peanut Butter before the light fades away and Peanut Butter lays on the floor knocked out and the winds stopped. She looks over him and sees a few cuts of his own and his coat rustled up.
"I'm so sorry nephew, please forgive me." Celestia says before levitating him on to her back and bringing him to Luna.
Meanwhile Luna is in the bathroom giving Moon Dust a well needed bath. With the tub full of bubbles Luna cleans up Moon Dust while he plays with the bubbles. A bubble lands on his muzzle which makes him giggle. Luna smiles and giggles at this sight. She wonders what could have happened to such a sweet foal and who his parents were and where they are. After washing Moon Dust clean of soap left in his mane and coat she levitates him out of the tub and wraps him up in a towel. Just as she places him on her back a loud scream is heard. A chill went down her spine. She knows that voice from anywhere. It came from Peanut Butter. She tucks her wings on top of Moon Dust before opening the door with her magic. As she opens the door Celestia stands in front of her with Peanut Butter on her back knocked out an beaten up. Luna stands in shock.
"What did you do to him sister?" Luna asks with a bit of anger in her voice.
"I had to use a knock out spell. I'm sorry Luna it was the only way. He was resisting the suppression spells from my guards, he was a danger to himself and others." Celestia says.
Moon Dust sees Peanut Butter passed out on Celestia's back and whimpers. Luna notices this and turns her head back and nuzzles him before turning her head back to Celestia.
"What exactly happened there?" Luna asks.
"It's apparent that BlueBlood must have said something to make him angry, but I never thought he could put up such a fight against three of my guards and still be able to fight their magic combined, I've heard bat ponies can have a temper, though this is never expected." Celestia says.
Hoofsteps are heard as both princesses turn their heads and see it's Lunar Shine with a look of shock seeing Peanut Butter on Celestia's back. He picks up the pace of his steps until he reaches Celestia and regains his composure.
"I'll take him off your hooves Princess Celestia, as for a bat pony's temper yes it can get bad, but to go up against three guards and still manage to just stand is something unheard of." Lunar explains.
"Is that so?" Celestia asks.
“Yes.”
Celestia places Peanut Butter on Lunar Shine's back.
"Hopefully this is a one time incident, that still doesn’t explain the sudden wind though." Celestia says.
"Agreed. I'll stay by him and talk to him when he wakes up, Princess Celestia, as for wind, what do you mean?" Lunar asks.
“There were extremely strong winds when he was riled up, they came out of no where.”
“Odd, I never heard of such things.”
"I'll go with you to catch you up on what happened, along to discuss about the little one on my back." Luna says while motioning her head to Moon Dust.
Lunar looks at the foal on Luna's back. Moon Dust hides from him making Lunar chuckle a bit before they go to Peanut Butter's room. As they walk Celestia watches them with a concerned look on her face. She stands in the hall for a couple more minutes before she returns to her throne room.
The walk to Peanut Butter's room is quiet with only the sound of hoof steps against the floor of the castle. Luna has a distressed look on her face as she looks at Peanut Butter. They reach the door to his bedroom as Luna uses her magic to open it letting Lunar Shine in and helps him set Peanut Butter on his bed.
Luna and Lunar lay down on the floor at the other side of the room next to each other as Moon Dust is placed in between them. Moon Dust curls up close to Luna as soon as he sees Lunar next to her. Luna rubs the colt's back gently.
"So who's this little guy?" Lunar Shine asks curiously.
"This little stallion is Moon Dust, Peanut Butter found him when he ran off from school we don't know where or who his parents are, but until then he'll be with us,” Luna answers before turning her head to Peanut Butter.
“But on the subject of Peanut Butter, between his escape and what was reported to me, the school doesn't want him back, honestly I don't know what to do, that was the only one close to the castle,”
She sighs and looks at Lunar.
“But if I take up on Twilight's offer either I'd have to send him to Ponyville by himself or we all go together, he doesn't want to be around a lot of foals and he kept day dreaming, along with what your sister has told me I'm worried about him." Luna explains.
Lunar stays silent for a couple of minutes processing what Luna has told him.
"Maybe taking Princess Twilight's suggestion isn't a bad idea, obviously he's no ordinary foal, maybe she can help him." Lunar says as he offers a hoof to Moon Dust.
Moon Dust peeks out from Luna's coat seeing Lunar's hoof in front of him. He looks up at Luna to see her smiling at him.
"Don't worry little one, he won't hurt you." Luna says to Moon Dust.
Moon Dust extends his hoof and taps Lunar's hoof before pulling back his hoof. Lunar keeps his hoof out towards him. Moon Dust taps Lunar's hoof again before crawly slowly to him. Luna smiles at this.
"Let me guess if he's an orphan you want to adopt him huh?" Lunar asks as Moon Dust gets close to him.
"Yes, Peanut Butter has hinted that he would like a younger sibling to play with and it may help him as well, also it looks like Moon Dust is making himself right at home." Luna says.
"Well he is cute, but do you think you can handle two foals?" Lunar asks in a monotone voice.
Luna looks down towards the floor.
After about ten minutes she looks at Lunar Shine and nods.
"Yes I feel like I could do it, but let's hear back from the guards first before we make that choice." Luna says.
After an hour of talking between Luna and Lunar Shine there is a knock on the door. Luna uses her magic to open the door to reveal Celestia standing in front of the doorway.
"Luna, it's time for your duties." Celestia says.
Luna nods and looks at Lunar who nods as well. Just then Ocean Shine enters the room. She looks confused as she sees Peanut Butter sleeping on the bed and a trembling foal in Luna's embrace.
"Ocean Shine, we need you to stay here and keep an eye on Peanut Butter. He's, had a bit of a rough day." Luna says while putting Moon Dust on her back.
"Understood your majesty." Ocean says.
Luna gets up and leaves with Moon Dust. As Ocean Shine looks at her brother Lunar Shine with a concerned look before he explains what happened. As he explained what Luna told him Ocean's expressions on her face changed from concern to shock. After Lunar explains what happened during the day he gets up and hugs Ocean Shine before leaving the room for guard duty. Ocean Shine sets her saddle bags down and takes out a book to read while she waits.
Peanut Butter wakes up a few hours later and finds himself in his room on his bed. Ocean Shine is passed out in the corner with a book at her hooves. The door slightly cracked open as Peanut Butter stretches and sneaks out of the room as quietly as he can. He enters the hallway and sneaks around to find a window that he can open. As he walks he listens for hoofsteps to make sure no pony was following him. After a couple minutes he finds a window and quietly walks towards it. He unlatches the window and cracks it open. He looks behind him before jumping out the window spreading his wings and gliding his way away from the castle in the winter night and towards the Everfree Forest.