Trash of the Royal Castle

by Netap

Chapter 33: License to Prince 1

"Neigh York City, One of the largest cities in the world, Isn't that amazing?"

Starlight nodded her head as she carried Blueblood's bags in her magic, Her sunglasses resting in the front pockets of her black suit.

"But Is it really one of the largest cities?" Blueblood asked her as he looked at the towering buildings of concrete and glass.
"What if the Kirin already built a bigger city? Or the Diamond Dogs? The Minotaur? It's because of these Questions that I need to pass this test," He quickly turned to look at her.

"Once I have my degree in Nautical Science, The Blueblood Foundation trading company will be running in no time!" He smiled widely at her, excitement rolling off his face as he stared into her eye.
"With the company up and running, the Yak-Pony railways will be built lickety-split! And do you know what that means?"

Starlight rolled her eyes and asked, "What does that mean?"

"Well, I'm glad you asked my dear Starlight Glimmer," Blueblood said as he put on a voice, "It would mean that my name will be on everything, from the railways to the trades when somebody thinks of a Prince, they'll think of me!" He smiled widely and spread his front legs out as he stood up on his back legs.

"And then what?" She asked the prince.

"And then?" He repeated as he stood down on all fours, "Then I'll probably go to the spa or something, I haven't planned that far ahead," He told her simply before turning his back on her and marching onward to the EEA's Manehatten branch building.

And as the two walked down the street, Starlight swore she could hear Blueblood whisper something along the lines of "Scrooge McDuck's vault of gold," Before giggling to himself.

She decided not to question it.

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"Chancellor Neighsay, it is so good to see you!" Starlight put on a nice smile on her face as her boss and friend went ahead and greeted the head of the Equestrian Education Association.

"It is as always a pleasure to see you too, Your Highness," Neighsay said before nodding his head deeply at the prince, almost imitating a bow.

"Let us not waste any more time out of your very busy day, Let us start this test as soon as we can so that you may return to more important work," Blueblood told him and walked into the building behind the Chancellor, Causing him to quickly turn and follow after him, leading him to the location where he will be taking his test.

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And as Prince Blueblood took the first portion of his Nautical Science exam, overseen by the Head of the EEA,
Somewhere In the Canterlot Castle Gardens, a certain statue shook.

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"And that was the written Portion, Now if you would please follow me and not run ahead," Neighsay said after the Prince turned in his papers after two hours.

The trio of ponies walked out of the EEA building and into the nearby Hooflyn River, where a medium-sized boat was already set up for the next test.

"Look at her," Blueblood whistled as he stared at the boat floating in the water in front of him, big enough to fit comfortably fifty people without getting crowded, built like a yacht with several stories connected by a staircase at the sides, It's hull painted a dull grey but lined with vibrant Yellow, almost like a giant hawk on water.

It wasn't an amazing boat, And he has definitely seen better back on Earth, But he knew to appreciate what he saw.

"This is your next test," Neighsay said and with those five words, he managed to get the Prince's full attention.

"You will be taking act as the 'captain' of this ship, Where you will need to sail it to a designated point we have marked on a map inside," Neighsay told the prince, "I will be accompanying you in order to grade you as you go along,"

"If all things go well, You will have your degree by next week," The Chancellor told him, and Blueblood started shaking in excitement.

And so, The trio of Unicorn's boarded the boat and got into positions.

Blueblood at the cockpit, Neighsay watching him from behind the door, And Starlight hanging back, taking this chance to relax.

And as soon as Blueblood closed the door to the cockpit and turned on the lights,
The sky started to rain brown.

And Manehatten was flooded with Chocolate Milk.

Author's Note:

Short chapter this time, sorry!

Blueblood is taking his test!
Starlight is actually doing her job!
Neighsay is here!
And Discord has escaped!
...
Wait... Discord Escaped?!

Thanks for reading :)

Comments

[Gordon_Freemane]

Poor Blueblood, so looking forward to his test and then Discord.

[Storm Shine]

Well, time to prove his mettle as captain in a storm of chaos!

These chocolatey seas give no quarter, sail ye well or drown a delicious death! Yarrgh!

[TwistedSpring]

He's gonna get so many kudos using the boat to rescue stranded ponies from the milk flood.

[Poparakelis]

And Manehatten was flooded with Chocolate Milk.

I'm sure these two things have no relation

[kaiser0kolovos]

Oh cool, Blueblood gets to earn his license through a trial by fire (or in this case a chocolate river). Hope that Neighsay isn't too traumatized by the end of this to approve Blue's license.

Poor Starlight, you're never truly safe from an interesting time.

[Killjoy1221]

If discord didn't interfere, I bet this would've happened.

[TheAbsoluteRadiance]

Discord? at this time? With how chaotic blueblood is Discord will soon have a new favorite friend.

[Netap]

11636820
I can't believe they would kill off Chancellor Neighsay like that

[Wise2Fox]

Meh.... i perfer regular milk.... *gets blasted in milk* ... DAM IT DISCORD!!!!

[DatGuy1st]

And as Prince Blueblood took the first portion of his Nautical Science exam, overseen by the Head of the EEA, Somewhere In the Canterlot Castle Gardens, a certain statue shook.

I wonder how Discord react when he meets a certain someone

And Manehatten was flooded with Chocolate Milk.

If he failed the exam because of the Chocolate Milk, Blueblood will rip Discord a new one. A verbal lashing that will last for the ages!

[paladinwolf]

<Sings>
Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale,
A tale of a fateful trip
That started from this pony port
Aboard this tiny ship.
source: https://www.lyricsondemand.com/tvthemes/gilligansislandlyrics.html
y.yarn.co/02291fd6-630b-4522-9f2f-b97b6b8b958f_text.gif

I think that sums up where this could go...

[Mr Swanky Hat]

And Manehatten was flooded with Chocolate Milk.

better that then molasses at least

[PrincePegacornV]

11636980
Um, we'll skip the Bob Denver bit, okay? You might want to insert Fleur de Lis into the movie star role, however. I'm sure she'd do wonderful in that act...

Ha, ha, just a stupid joke that is obviously dating me...

[paladinwolf]

11637072
You and I both brother

[Chrome Masquerade]

"But Is it really one of the largest cities?" Blueblood asked her as he looked at the towering buildings of concrete and glass. "What if the Kirin already built a bigger city? Or the Diamond Dogs? The Minotaur? It's because of these Questions that I need to pass this test," He quickly turned to look at her.

I am going to take a quote from

EGilded Sister

• MLP: FiM
• Drama
• Slice of Life

A young girl who never got a chance to live is gifted that chance in the form of a new body, life, and brother. How will this old soul take to her strange world?

• Human
• Celestia
• Prince Blueblood
• OC
• Other

Kind of Brony · 127k words  ·  2,703  45 · 26k views

“I’ve accompanied her majesty to the lands of the gryphons, minotaurs, and have even visited the underground capital of the diamond dogs, and none of their people could sling spells around like us unicorns. But you know they had something else in common that more than made up for that: ingenuity.

“Most of them can’t do nearly half the things we ponies can with magic, and yet, it’s a fact that the bulk of the military tactics used by the Wonderbolts are taken right out of gryphon history. No one can deny that when it comes to industry, minotaurs are decades ahead of Equestria. The deepest, oldest mines in the world belong to diamond dogs and their smelting techniques are so complex and produce such pure metals that Equestria’s willing to let them extend mines into our lands just to get our hooves on the stuff.”

[LovingPonies]

This is... very good. Structurally, it reminds me a bit of That Time I Reincarnated as a Pony, minus some of the mistakes that story made. The draconequus love interest tie in definitely doesn't hurt that comparison.

And generally just likable character portrayals. I usually dislike stories that do the "play by play of the show, but with my OC in the middle of it all" trope, but you've been handling it well so far. Putting your human in an established character who has reason to interact in the situations you've outlined has gone a long way in suspension of disbelief, I'd say.

Anyways, great work. Hope to see more of this.

[Lord_01010000]

Since no one's put it yet....

[Chrome Masquerade]

Methinks this chapter could use some punctuation checkIng.

[Mister-H]

Sailing the chocolate sea!

[Alondro]

The sky started to rain brown.

And Manehatten was flooded with Chocolate Milk.

Huh... right after my injection of politics into Discord's statue... uhmmmmm.... *points to random background pony* He did it! *Alondro runs away to avoid responsibility!*

[Alondro]

11637197 Yeahhhh, except all of that is fanon. We NEVER see the Diamond Dogs at all after a single episode, and NONE of them were particularly intelligent or demonstrated that there was anything more to their species besides what was shown. The griffins HAD a strong civilization, which they themselves destroyed via their selfishness. We don't know if minotaurs are even numerous enough to possess a nation of their own.

The ONLY other nation that appears to be large, sophisticated, and wealthy from what we are given in the show's canon is Saddle Arabia. And the hippogrifs to a lesser extent, as they have one major city, though it's clearly much smaller than several pony cities we've seen.

[Prince Jules Moonshade]

Intriguing story, hope to see more soon!

[Chrome Masquerade]

11638509
Fair enough.

[ThunderBasilisk]

God chocolate rain sounds messy and delicious. Cant wait for the next chapter.

[tsaukpaetra]

If it don't make sense, it don't make dollars!

[AimlessPone]

DIscord: I'm going to fuck with that rich boy playing sailor, lets see how you like this.
Lt.DanBlueBlood: YOU CALL THIS A STORM. C'MON YOU SON OF A BITCH I'M RIGHT HERE!
Discord: What.
Blueblood: IT'S TIME FOR A SHOWDOWN! YOU AND ME! I'M RIGHT HERE, COME AND GET ME!
Discord: Huh I think I now have a new favorite person, which is weird because I've never had a favorite anything before.
*Storm Intensifies*
Blueblood: HIT ME HARDER DISCORD DADDY!
Discord: ...Huh. I'm now concerned about my chastity, another first. What fun!
Blueblood: FROM HELLS HEART I STAB AT THEE, WITH MY LAST BREATH I SPIT ON THEE!
Neighsayer(s): *Incoherent screaming*
NecklaceWaifuCosmos: H̶͈̙̅͗͠á̷̗̞̂̅̕H̸̥͍̟̍̐̇͝a̷͇̯̤̯̋ḩ̵́À̷̯͎ḩ̵͕̊͑̚À̵̇͝ͅh̵̖̜͋Ä̵͕͛h̶̼̯͖̞͐̾A̶͇̺͖͝ḧ̵͔̓̌a̶͈̣̲͂̀̚

*One Technicolor Friendship Cannon Latter*
Blueblood: Sorry I got a bit carried away, does this mean I need to retake the test?
Neighsay: NO. CELESTIA NO. NEVER AGAIN...Ahh I mean. NO my prince, you handled yourself so.... well. Yes, so well that we're giving you a ah. LIFETIME permit! Don't worry we saw...*Shudders*...we saw more than enough for one lifetime. In fact i'm retiring, I think ill go into traditional schooling, i've had enough sailing for a lifetime.

[f0st3r21]

You boarded the ship, Blue. Exam started. Can’t back out now.

[Pinklestia]

Oh look is Cosmos ex!

[Black--Soul]

So not just me released Discord early in their story
Magnificent chaos

[Black--Soul]

11642069
Absolutely priceless !!!