It was a normal, quiet day in Ponyville. Twilight Sparkle was cleaning up her home after Pinkie Pie threw Fluttershy a surprise birthday party the night before. Even with Twilight's magic, it took a while to straighten everything up. Spike was curled up in his bed, fawning over his picture of rarity; sighing every now and again. Twilight rolled her eyes and smiled as she looked over at the smitten baby dragon.
"Hey cassanova, you know you can help me. Most of this mess is from you anyway."
"It wasn't my fault. Derpy was the one who bumped into me and made me drop my cake." He rebutted. Spike soon got up and started to sweep up the confetti, which was scattered all over the floor, but not before giving his Rarity picture a quick kiss. A few seconds later, Spike burped and received a letter from Princess Celestiea. Spike dropped the broom and read the letter.
"My dearest student, Twilight, I am afraid to bring some troubling news." Spike stopped for a moment, him and Twilight both exchanged worried looks. Twilight walked over to Spike and read over his shoulder. Spike continued on.
"My nephew, Prince Blueblood, has passed away early this morning after being ill for several days. I have invited you, Spike, and your friends to attend his memorial service tomorrow in Canterlot. Sincerely yours, Princess Celestiea." Twilight was at a loss for words for a few seconds.
"Oh, poor princess. She must be devastated." She said with a sullen look. "Well, I guess we should go tell the girls." Twilight lowered her body and Spike hopped on.
The two galloped around town, spreading the news to their friends. Rarity took the news the worst. She held onto Twilight and Spike, sobbing uncontrollably. It took her a few minutes to console herself before they left.
The next morning, the girls all met up at the train station to go to Canterlot. They all wore black shawls to show their respects. Rarity went all out and showed up all in black with a widower vial. Nopony talked much on the train ride into Canterlot; they would exchange a few sad glances from time to time. Rarity could be heard sniffling and blowing her nose. Spike stood by her side and comforted her as best as he could.
The train came to a screeching halt and the girls walked off, with Spike on Twilight's back. The whole kingdom was in mourning for the fallen prince. Everypony in town attended his funeral and his memorial service. Kind words were spoken, several tears were shed, and Apple Jack and Rainbow Dash held Rarity back as she almost tried to jump into the grave as the coffin was being lowered into the ground.
Twilight and the others all gave their condolences to Princess Celestia. Rarity had finally stopped her crying and was now trying to clean off her makeup that had run down her face. The train ride back into Ponyville was just as quiet as the first train ride into Canterlot.