//------------------------------// // Celestia's Declaration // Story: The Prince And The Princess // by TheFanficFanPony //------------------------------// "Prince Blueblood!" The voice of Princess Celestia echoed throughout Canterlot Castle, carrying through the many halls and into the quarters of Prince Blueblood. He looked up from his mirror and groaned. The prince did not like to be interrupted, especially in the middle of one of his meticulous grooming sessions. However, his better judgement told him to go see what his aunt wanted, and he got up with a sigh. He trotted into his aunt's throne room, and Celestia looked at him, her face stone cold. "We have a lot to talk about." she said sternly, and Blueblood's eyes widened in shock. "Wh-why?" he gasped, putting a hoof to his chest in surprise. "I am a perfect gentlepony." "That is debatable." Celestia muttered under her breath, then cleared her throat. "You remember the Grand Galloping Gala a few years back?" "Indeed." Blueblood nodded, although he wasn't quite sure where Celestia was going with this whole thing. "You treated Ms. Rarity absolutely horrible that night." Celestia said sternly, earning a confused look from the prince. "As well as acted quite rude to Ms. Applejack. As far as manners go, you had the absolute worst of anypony at the Gala that year." "I have no idea what you're talking about." Blueblood said, a confused look on his face. "I did what was best for me! After all, I am royalty, and she was a commoner. I was doing her a favor for simply allowing her to be in my presence." Celestia gave an exasperated sigh. "Blueblood, you have shown that you have no idea how to be a good friend." "What?!?" Blueblood shouted, looking annoyedly at his aunt. "You must be delusional! I am the picture of perfection! I will not-" "SILENCE!" Celestia shouted in anger, her voice so loud it caused a few birds to fly away in fright. "Tomorrow, you will be leaving to live in the town of Ponyville with Princess Twilight Sparkle for a month. I hope you can learn something there." "Ugh!" Blueblood snorted in frustration, stomping his way back to his quarters. What did I do wrong, he thought as he sat on his bed, looking at himself in the mirror. Now that he was thinking about it, though, it seemed there was some truth to his aunt's words. Not many ponies seemed to want to be around him ever since that night. He had always noticed a spark of disdain in the eyes of the ponies he talked to, and most of his dates did seem to end in disaster. But he knew that it was their fault. Right? He recalled what his aunt had said, about living with a Princess in some backwater town for a month or something. He didn't quite understand what made this particular pony so special. Celestia had chosen this 'Twilight Sparkle' for her personal student, and had become a princess about a year ago. As far as he knew, she wasn't as great as him. Surely she must have been chosen because of her regalness and elegance. Yes, Blueblood nodded to himself, that must be it. Later that night, Celestia came into her nephew's room as he looked at her angrily. "What do you want?" he snapped. Celestia sighed, looking at her nephew with concern. "You're leaving tomorrow, you know." she said, "I hope you will behave well." "Of course! When do I not?" Blueblood laughed, causing Celestia to sigh in annoyance. "I'll have to pack my-" "There is no need for that." Celestia cut him off, and he looked at her in surprise. "You will live in the castle of the princess, and she has many guest rooms. You will also be wearing a simple blue scarf to fit in better with the ponies of the town." she added, levitating a large, dirty blue neckercheif in front of her, and he looked at it with disgust. "You want me to wear that?" Blueblood asked nervously, as Celestia levitated it over to him. He backed away from it a bit, as it it were a tarantula. "Yes." Celestia nodded without flinching. "You have to." Blueblood sighed at this trivial detail, but he relented and put on the scarf, although he kept squealing and making annoyed noises as he did so. He looked at himself in the mirror, now wearing the scarf instead of his usual suit and bow tie, and made a face of disgust. Celestia looked at him. This was going to be one long month for Princess Twilight. Twilight Sparkle levitated her book in front of her, placing her bookmark into it and laying it on her nightstand. She had just started reading Daring Do and the Eternal Flower, and she yawned as she sat on the edge of her bed. As she was about to hit the hay for the night, she heard a loud burp from downstairs, followed by a bright flash of light. "Spike!" Twilight called to her assistant as she trotted down the stairs. "What did the Princess send?" "It's a letter!" Spike answered as she came down the stair, and she levitated the letter in front of her. "Mind telling me what it says?" he asked, and Twilight cleared her throat and began to read. Dear Princess Twilight Sparkle, This letter is to inform you of an important event. For the next month, my nephew, Prince Blueblood, will be staying in your castle with you and Spike. This is to help him be better educated in friendship, and who better to teach him than the Princess of Friendship herself? You know very well why, after all, you were at the Gala a few years back. You have many guest rooms in your castle, if I am not mistaken, so he may stay in one of those. Please make sure that he behaves himself. He will not be coming with any luggage, so make sure you have a bed and any things he may need in him bedroom. Spike needs to come to Canterlot as well, as there is something going on here that he may find interesting. I hope this isn't too soon. He is coming tomorrow on the train. Your mentor, Princess Celestia Twilight Sparkle let out a little shriek in surprise, then growled. "Spike, go prepare a guest room, and then get your things together to go to Canterlot. I need to go to sleep." Spike nodded curtly, running off to his room excitedly. He knew what the princess had meant when she said that he might find something interesting there; it was DragonCon! A gathering of all of the dragons in Equestria to talk about any and all things dragon! He was exited to see Mina, his friend from Dragon Town who owned a comic shop, again. Twilight trotted up to her room and reread the letter. Then, she reread it again. She shook her head. Then, she read it again. No, she wasn't imagining it. Princess Celestia had asked her to have Blueblood live with her! Twilight didn't know how to react. On one hoof, it showed that Celestia had more trust in her student to fulfill her duty as the Princess of Friendship. But it was Prince Blueblood. He wasn't exactly the most charming prince out there; Rarity had made sure that Twilight knew that. And even recently, she had heard barely anything about the prince. From what Celestia had written, it seemed that he had not changed at all. Twilight heard a rumble from Spike's bedroom, and she knew that he was probably trying to stuff as many comics in his suitcase as he could. She laughed a little, and then used her magic to roll the scroll back up and place it on her nightstand. She turned her light off, and lay staring up at the crystal ceiling. She didn't know whether she was looking forward to this month or not, but she knew it was going to be a very interesting one.