After the changelings were recognized as citizens, princesses began making a small series of conferences to eliminate doubts about the strange shapeshifters, however, the vast majority of Canterlot still did not believe that the insectoid ponies had changed their ways, and after a couple of incidents with the nobility, finally Queen-princess Twilight Sparkle decided to leave the capital city for the land offered by the crown in the wild Everfree.
they would have liked however to leave quietly.
"STOP!" Blueblood shouted, pointing to the row of changelings behind the carriage where Crysalis and Twilight were "I demand retribution for all that these beasts have done to all citizens of Canterlot's lineage.
Blueblood, despite being a pain in the ass, could never get away with Celestia and Luna presiding over peace talks and public events, however, at this time, the changelings were apparently leaving the city unarmed, and the pompous Foal thought it was the ideal time to solve the grievances that he and the rest of Canterlot Elite had suffered from the shapeshifters' hooves, also the irascible noble had gathered a lot of Canterlot's elite to deal with the menace of the Changelings themselves.
That was, until the changelings actually looked towards the mob, and promptly they fall into the street, laughing and hitting the cobblestones with their hooves, in his haste, the idiot prince could only gather a lot of old stallions, and besides Blueblood master crafted rapier, they had answered with haste, bringing the first thing they could find to try to repel the "invaders" so the mob was armed with brooms, sticks, and mostly teapot, but nothing else, then, to everypony's surprise, Twilight Sparkle herself came down from the chariot, making slow steps, going forwards to the impertinent pony and his ragtag team.
"My little ponies, what is happening here," Twilight asked, looking forwards to the crowd, one of her ears twitchin
"We do not need a patchwork princess to drive these invaders out of our beloved city," Blueblood said, without even noticing the thick vein throbbing in the former librarian's forehead, "so, princess pet, if you were so kind of ... "what he was going to say was lost, when a furious Twilight Sparkle simply raised his hoof and hit him with such a blow, that she sent him flying back at least a couple of blocks, hitting the body against a stand of fruits at the end of the street.
"First of all, Blueblood, I am not a patchwork princess, I have taken under my protection these changelings, as an endangered species in the world, second, I may not have been the best choice to ascend and have the honor of being a princess, but at least I have enough decorum to not go behind the backs of my peers, undermining a peace that cost a lot of sacrifice, and third "Twilight's voice rumbling through the city," no one would says that I am a pet, I am my own mare, and Celestia will keep you if I hear something like it again "Twilight finished, letting part of the Arcanum wrap around her, changing her appearance, her coat became white, and her mane, affected by magic around her, she immediately acquired the appearance of fire, the eyes of the mare, now scarlet, were nailed to the prince's excuse, challenging him.
However, after the princess's harsh reprimand for Blueblood, the prince simply got up, straightened his torn jacket, picked up his rapier, simply approached Twilight, however, before he could continue, several changelings began to close ranks, possibly intimidated by the weapon that the stallion carried, in a couple of steps, he simply dropped the rapier, rode through all the shapeshifters, broke the rows and being a meter or less from Twilight Sparkle, lifting the head he proceeded to spit at the princess.
"I will never recognize such a patetic mare to surrender as a noble, I, Narcis Blueblood, challenge you to duel Lady Twilight Sparkle, about the rights you have right now as a noble, if I win, your life belongs to me."
'This will stop her,' thought the stallion, 'nopony knows this tradition, and she has nothing to do since the last files with the protocol on noble duels were lost about four hundred years ago according to my grandparents'
At that precise moment, Celestia and Luna arrived, however, a sepulchral silence arose, only broken by a tremulous voice.
"I, Twilight Anbura Sparkle, I accept the challenge, If I win, Your life belongs to me"