Chapter XIV: Blueblood
"Hey, what does the word ‘rabble’ mean?"
"I don't think this is the best time for you to learn new words, madam."
"Oh just tell me its definition already, Silver."
"I'll tell you later, for now I sug—"
"Citrine, tell me what rabble means or I won't be so nice to any of you recruits for tomorrow's training," I ordered, pointing a hoof at her, causing her to let out a squeak.
Citrine tried to answer me, but could only let out a bit of nervous nonsense till Dusty piped up, "It means a mob, madam. In a rude way..."
This caused me to turn my head towards this stallion that insulted all of us, who was talking to Celestia after she distanced herself from our group to speak to him. "Okay, I don't like him," I finally said after a few moments of silence.
"Madam, while his choice of words are poor, I must inform you that the stallion speaking to Princess Celestia is Prince Blueblood, her nephew," Golden Sword said.
"Do you think I honestly care about the relation this 'prince' has with Princess Celestia? Did you forgot that I wanted to hit her face earlier?" I countered with a raised eyebrow.
"Well, I was assuming that it must be some kind of jo—"
"Not a joke."
"You can't be serious about intending to harming the pri—"
"Already threw a chair at her face," I declared, receiving the mute silence from everypony around me. "Yeah... so nopony is safe from my temper." Before anypony could gather themselves to respond, the two members of royalty returned to our little group of gaping mouths.
While Princess Celestia was giving my recruits a curious look, Blueblood cantered toward me as he said, "My apologies Dame Aether, I wasn't aware of your status; nor that of the ponies accompanying you in their future role in the defense of Equestria."
Tilting my head, I was speculating on just what those two were talking about as I replied, "Umm... apologies accepted, I guess?"
For a moment, I saw part of his cheek tensing before Celestia asked, "Aether, while I understand your desire to return to Ponyville to continue the training of your recruits, I would like it if you and your recruits were to accompany Prince Blueblood and I for some lunch? I believe we have much to discuss."
I was about to open my mouth when my stomach decided to betray me with arumbling of its hunger. With most of the ponies casting me an amused look; with the exception of Dusty, who was had a vague look on her face as a bit of drool slipped out of her mouth, I gave out a huff. "Fine, we can stay for lunch, but I demand that I have chocolate cake for dessert."
"I have no objections to that," Celestia courtly replied.
Lunch was looking to be an interesting one, if only to judge by how everypony is reacting to having lunch with the princess. With Celestia seated at the head of the table, Blueblood and I flanked her sides while Golden Sword was seated next to Blueblood with Silver Shield to my left. As for the rest of the recruits, they took their own seats, though Dusty was a sight to see with so much food piled on her plate. Though I was still surprised at Blueblood's sudden politeness, there was still something off with him to me that I couldn't figure out. There was something to the tone of his voice, as well as something wrong with his eyes.
"So, I have heard that Twilight is teach you how to teleport. Has the spell been troublesome for you?" Celestia asked as she sipped her tea.
"Spectacularly... awkward. I may have a knack for magic, but teleporting... is quite a problem for me," I solemnly replied as I munched on some lettuce. Celestia simply hummed her acknowledgement, to which I assumed she drifted off to think on something.
"Dame Aether, there is something of which I am curious. What was the cause for your particular... selection for your initial military force?" Blueblood asked.
"Huh? What do you mean by that?" I replied, cocking an eyebrow at him.
"Well, wouldn't there be other ponies more... qualified?" he asked, his eyes darting in the direction of Dusty, where he briefly flashed his disgust at her somewhat dirty appearance.
"Can't say if there are others... everypony here are the volunteers that have chosen to stay after my first set of training exercises. At least those tough enough to make the cut though," I replied, only for him to nod with a strange look in his eye. There goes that eye thing again, but there's something familiar about it... I just can't remember what it is. "I have to ask though, what did you mean by more qualified ponies?"
"Well, wouldn't you search for ponies more like yourself?"
"I don't think that is possible," I dryly said before I tilted my head with curiosity. "Just what did Princess Celestia tell you about me?"
My question shook Celestia out of her thoughts, but before she could respond, Blueblood answered, "Why, she told me that you were instrumental in preventing a horrible tragedy from occurring to our fair nation. That despite your age, you have shown a valued insight into unknown matters that no pony has ever dealt with before, hence why you are part of a new specialized branch in the Equestrian military."
"You don't say..." I simply replied, my eyes drifting to Celestia as she averted her own eyes away from anypony. "I have to ask then, do you believe in aliens?"
"Aliens? I have never heard of this 'alien' thing before, would you care to explain?"
"I... that is tough to expla—"
"Aether, I do not mean to interrupt, but there are some things I would like to make sure you are informed of, concerning your duties. Though this is something that must be kept secret from most ponies. Blueblood, my nephew, would you be a dear and entertain the rest of our guests?" Celestia interrupted.
"As you wish Aunty," Blueblood answered, glancing at my recruits before a slight shiver passed through his body.
"Wait, what is goi—" I tried to say before I was suddenly whisked away via Celestia's magic.
"This is not yet the time, Dame Aether. We must attend to these matters immediately," Celestia replied as she carried me out of the dining room. Once outside, she gently lowered me to the floor, casting a spell on the door once I had a moment to balance myself. "Aether, I'm sorry for my interruption, but there is something we need to speak of in regards to my nephew," she said as she turned her attention back to me.
Looking at the glowing door, I figured it was some kind of silence spell that was placed upon it. "Okay... so... what's the issue with your nephew, and why didn't you tell him everything?" I asked as I gave Celestia a bit of a hard look.
Celestia sighed,"Blueblood means well when he applies himself, but he often doesn't think his way through things thoroughly. As to prevent an issue, I chose to inform him pieces of the truth that would put you and your squad in a better light for him. It's just a matter of making this experience with him more pleasant for both parties."
Scrunching my muzzle as I thought about Celestia's explanation, my eyes brightened as something finally dawned on me. Now I know what's wrong with his eyes, they were the eyes of an empty-headed fool! This realization caused me to narrow my eyes at Celestia as I replied, "So... basically Blueblood is an idiot."
"Aether! Don't insu—"
"Blah, blah, don't care. His eyes had a look of the stupid fool, though it took me a while since I hadn't seen those kind of eyes since my former life. Anyways I get your point, I'll play nice with him to avoid hurting his simple feelings," I nonchalantly said, waving my hoof around the entire time I was talking. "Let's just get back in there, I want to get to my cake so we can get this lunch over with."
Turning around before Celestia could say a thing, I opened the door, which canceled out her silence spell as I caught the end of some conversation that was going on. "—your commander to be a unicorn, for no other pony from the other tribes would be able to lead as effectively as a unicorn could."
Looking at the scene, I saw some of my recruits were obviously miffed at whatever Blueblood was saying to them, but what I caught was enough for me to simply just stand there, staring at the prince with shocked eyes that slowly turned into ones filled with rage. Blueblood then noticed that Celestia and I had returned, turning his head to greet us only for the sight of my fury to stop him in his tracks.
"Princess Celestia, my recruits and I are leaving now," I grunted, as I opened the door wider. "Everyone, say your thanks to the princess and head out, I want to be back in Ponyville as soon as possible."
"Dame Aether, why are you leaving so soon? And what has caused you to be so angry?" Blueblood asked with a look of confusion on his face.
Taking a deep breath, I said through my teeth, "Before I answer that, can you repeat to me what you were telling my recruits moments earlier?"
"I was only saying that unicorns are the best natural leaders out of all the tri—" was all Blueblood manage to get out before a chair engulfed in a silver aura smashed into the back of his head, knocking him out cold.
My actions of course caused everypony to gape at me as usual with the exception of Celestia staring at the scene with shrunken pupils. "Stop staring and get moving now everypony!" I yelled, causing all of them to scramble and run for the door else risk facing my wrath. Turning to Celestia, I said, "I don't care what you think about what I have done. Just fix those ideas that your idiotic nephew has or next time I meet him I'll smash a table on him instead!" I then stormed out of the room, snapping my tail in anger.
It was when I was finally sitting down on the train as it was heading to Ponyville that I was able to calm down somewhat from the lunch incident. During the entire time, none of the recruits said a thing, just following behind me in fear that I might smash something on their heads for the slightest annoyance.
"Madam, are you alright?" Silver finally dared to ask, noticing that my mood was finally lightening up. Though, I only gave him a grunt, causing him to pursue his concerns. "Madam, your recent... outburst... has me worried. I never saw you that angry before."
"What, do you expect me to react kindly to a pony who's a... err..." I finally replied, as I tried figure out how to explain racism to these ponies.
"I think the word you may be looking for tribalist? Is that why you're so mad?"
"Pretty much. Don't know how it is like here, but from where I come from, most high end aliens are rather... 'tribalists'. Few species on top, many species on the bottom dying out. Blueblood's kind of thinking is the sort that can lead to a similar fate, when he should realize that in the end, all ponies should be treated the same with no regards to what... tribe they are from," I answered before turning my attention to one of the train car's windows. Though, from the corner of my eye, I saw that some of my recruits were looking at me differently. Hmm... guess they like having somepony in charge that doesn't think in such a narrow minded way.
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Aether . . . the master of chairfu.
So Twilight get's the book, while Celestia and Blueblood get the chair. Has she hit Luna with anything yet?
Ok, we now know her Berser Button!
6317935 I think Luna is the only one to not piss her off yet.
I just had a vision of how Aether is invited to the ball by a noblepony and she came at it with her own supply of chairs bought at a nearby store
Can't say Blublood didn't get what he deserved. Although Aether's borderline callous approach to politics might mean she needs a PR officer to handle those kinds of things.
ok that's it, next time she eat with celestia no chairs will be near
6317960 I bet Celestia had the throne bolted to the ground... Or will be after this.
6317935 Nothing... Yet.
Should allow Aether to do some cleansing of Canterlot.
It's kind of neat to realize that racism was at the root of most of Aether's own traumas, and the overwhelming majority of her fear for her new homeworld as a whole. I foresee her not only taking zero shit from Canterlot supremacists, but also shaking up some interspecies diplomacy.
yay
Am I the only one who thinks that Aether's cutie mark should be a chair?
why wait till next time or use a table?, do it as soon as possible with something heavy like a hammer, an anvil or Princess Celestia
I'm all for Blueblood getting the chair, but someone really needs to point out to Aether that she needs a setting other than “raging bitch” to fall back to—otherwise she'll be the very anti-harmonious influence that she's angry at Celestia for exposing Equestria to.
6317983 you have any idea how many chairs it would take
6317923 Eh, Lyra's Chairfu is better
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I don't think its at a point others may feel they need to correct, yet.
So far she's only gone that far (off the top of my head) for three things and none of them light in the least. The first was Diamond Tiara jabbing at the wound that was her parents and then physically striking Aether. The second was finding out Celestia nearly broke the dimensional barrier and have possibly weakened them permanently which can lead to Equus suffering like Aether has, all for a booty call. And now for some blatant racism. I think we'd all like to chair a blatant racist.
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That would be the most hellish job ever.
*Ringing phone*
"Aether has to go to Canterlot? Better get those 'Sorry About the Chair' cards ready, in bulk this time."
Does she always have to hit someone? So far that appears to be her only emotional response to anger and while it can be used sometimes your using it in every single occasion and it's making aether rather unrelatable
Looks like Davenport is going to be branching out.
After all, when Twilights buying all those quills,a nd Aether is crushing her enemies with sofas, theres going to be quite the profit in a company that sells those products.
Yeah thank 4 the updates
oh I loved the chair part blue blood is like 
and i love the consistent shocks to the recruits they like 
and Aether is 
i'm like 
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I think Luna might actually fight back. XD
6318055 She uses books for those less deserving of her rage.
Poor chairs... Aether is going to be know, Dame Aether of the Chair Thrower house at this rate. She need to use other things.
hay blueblood hay hay blueblood WHAT?!?! chair CRUSH!!!!!!
if u don't get look at this
http://a.images.blip.tv/AnnoyingOrange-poster_image645.jpg
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I think she would love that tittle.
Disappear. This chair is an eyesore. This chair. This chair. This chair. This chair. This chair. This chair. This chair. This chair. This chair. This chair. This chair. This chair. This chair. This chair. This chair. This chair. This chair. This chair. This chair. This chair. This chair. This chair. This chair. This chair. This chair. This chair. This chair. This chair. This chair. This chair. This chair. This chair. This chair. This chair. This chair. This chair. This chair. This chair. This chair. This chair. This chair. This chair. This chair. THIS CHAIR!
~Aether, 2015 (apocryphal)
blueblood is a jerk. a big racist jerk. with no manners.
6318158 I would love it if that became her title, all delegates will fear her
I can not believe I forgot about this
6318509 Don't show it to Aether she might take it to heart to use boot and chairs
6318118 Do you know that if prison wasn't a thing a lot people would be suffering from a major headache in the form of wood swords and sticks or a hammer
6318158 I can see it now, generations down in aether's line, descendants of the noble chair thrower line xD. A respected and intelligent house as long as you are not stupid or around chairs In their presence lol
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Dame Aether "Chair Thrower" Aura.
Known for throwing chairs. Alot.
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6318814 Bwhaha that is brilliant xD. You could say her family would be a hittin force of intellectual growth lolol
HA! got what he deserved
stayclassy
You know, many times I don't like it when they show Blueblood as a total prick. Seriously, in a few stories I have read Blueblood's arrogance was explained by him having... mental problems.
Another thing, everyone judges Blueblood for how he was acting towards Rarity. Well, Rarity was being a Gold-Digging whore, the only reason she wanted to marry Blueblood was because she wanted to become nobility, I bet Blueblood acted that way on purpose and did all that to her because he already knew she only wanted him for his status.
I can only think of that lady from Shrek
"The chair! Give 'em the chair!" *smash*
6318468 No no She's going to be known as Dame Aether Of the flipped table
6318158 Well, she did say she would use a table next time. Something to look forward to!
Hahahaha, oooooh Aether, you're so funny XD With your chair throwing shit.
HA! Awesome job, awesome job!
Blueblood, you're such a dick!
6318158 That is the best title 8'D heehehehehee
6319177 you might like the story 'Where is My Love?' And its prequel. It explains a good reason why Blueblood seemed to take every opportunity to be a jerk
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Thanks! I'll be sure to give it a look
Aether+chair(or any object for the matter)+royalty=*Whack*
6319883 you are close the proper equation is Aether + hard solid object + stupidity = PAIN most times a concussion
6319915 You are absolutely correct. How could I miscalculate the equation? I love your improve equation.
I'm starting to see a pattern here. This is the third story I've read that has Blueblood written in this way. If this was normal Blueblood, I wouldn't have a problem with what Aether did to him, but since you're using this type of Blueblood I got to say that I think you had Aether go too far here.
6317935 I vote Luna gets a shrubbery. It worked for Monty Python, right?