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Shatters of a Reflection Chapter 8: Blood-Ties
"And hello to you too Mi Amore Cadenza. How is my Fiancée doing?"
I froze up as the words played over and over my head.
"How is my Fiancée doing? Fiancée doing?"
I looked at the colt before me,'Was he really Cadance's Fiancé?' I looked over at her and she just glared at him, was it true?
Inside of me I felt betrayed in a way. This entire time I was her best friend and she never once told me that she was engaged to another colt.
"SHE LIED TO US! SHE'S NOT OUR FRIEND!"
I heard this voice inside me scream out to me but and it left this throbbing pain in my head.
"Jay? Are you alright?" Cadance asked me as I opened my eyes and looked at her.
She was giving me this concerned look but I looked at the colt who just gave me a snort as she lifted his head up as if he was trying to belittle me.
"Did you not hear me creature?" He suddenly said to me as he flipped his mane back, "I swear when I heard the rumors of my Aunty finding a strange creature and had the audacity to bring it into the Castle but I believed it to nothing short of a rumor. But to my surprise I not only find out the rumor is true but also that said creature not only thought it was better than myself for not showing up to my returning ceremony." He said with a bit of anger in his voice.
But I was quickly pushed aside as Cadance stood in front of me.
"Blue Blood, have you no shame!" She shouted at him but he simply smirked as he walked back towards the stairs and slowly ascended back up where he stopped right in front of the throne.
"I believe that the title is now, Prince Blue Blood. I am after all the nephew of the Princess now." He said looking back at me.
The look in his eyes bled out that he wanted me make sure his status was burned into my head.
'He's just like the rest of them. He thinks I'm nothing as they do.' I felt my anger growing more and more.
"You're not the only one of royalty here Blue Blood." Cadance said, and once more I was surprised since she never once used her royal status for anything. And when I mean anything I mean it. Yet here she threw it out at Blue Blood.
But then a laugh echoed in the hall and immediately I saw the smirk on his face grow bigger.
"But you forget," He paused and looked at Cadance before he raised his head high, "I am the only one of us that is blood Royalty." He said which meant one thing.
For the longest time I knew from what Celestia had told me that Cadance wasn't related to her by blood. She said that her families blood line ended a long time ago. But that didn't stop her from adopting others into her family like she did once with Cadance.
Yet, here this colt claimed he was the blood relative of hers.
"That's a lie." I said making my voice known.
He looked at me and his smirk was replaced with a scowl that I had yet to see in anypony's face since I had been here.
"You dare!" He shouted as his magic lashed out clearing aiming at me.
But as I was about to using my powers to take his, Cadance stood fast and repelled the magic but even I knew she was strong but not as strong as others. Her powers relied more one love than magic if that made any sense.
But like I thought she held onto the magic for a moment before she was overpowered and thrown back some but I caught her body before she could get hurt.
"Bastard." I muttered out as I skid across the marble floors before I stopped and kneeled down checking Cadance to make sure she wasn't hurt.
She opened her eyes and saw I was looking at her, "Are you hurt Cadance?" I asked her and she was silent for a moment before she shook her head.
"Hmpt, that was a foolish thing to do Cadance. To think you could actually fight against my magic. Pathetic." He said as he slowly lowered himself onto Celestia's throne.
That did it for me.
I put Cadance down as I felt my anger finally reaching its boiling point.
"Jay don't!" I heard Cadance shout but I was already walking towards Blue Blood who raised an eyebrow to my advancing.
"Oh, so you think you can fair better than her? Don't make me laugh!" He shouted as he concentrated his magic in front of him as he sent a ball of pure magic ready to hurt me.
How sadly mistaken he was.
As the ball of magic closed in on me, I just stood my ground and felt this electricity running through my hand as I lifted it into the path of the magic and just as it was about to hit me. It froze mid-air before it slowly began to break into little small balls of light that flowed into my hand.
The look on his face when he saw me do that was priceless.
"That was bitter." I said glaring at him. That was something I learned I could do, depending on what I was taking my magic from I was able to feel its aura and this one was nothing but bitterness.
"How! How were you able to do that!" He shouted at me but I just smirked at him.
"Wouldn't you like to know?" I said as I let the magic I just absorbed flow through my body and in a matter of seconds I left weightless I pushed off the ground and in a burst of magic I teleported from my spot to right next to Blue Blood who only glanced at me before he was hurled off the throne and slammed into the ground before.
"Argh! How dare you! You filthy bug! Just who do you think you are laying a hoof on me!" He shouted as he picked himself up.
I just glared at him, "I don't care who you are our who your related too!" I saw him flinch slightly, "But you hurt your Fiancée who is my best friends. And I won't be taking that type of shit!" I shouted as I unconsciously let loss a bit of magic out of my eyes giving me this menacing look.
"What are you?" He said as the sudden look of fear took him over.
"Me, I'm nobody." I said as the doors shot open to show a not so happy Unicorn standing there with several guards.
"Knight Ranger." I muttered under my breath as he entered the Cambers with a not so happy so happy look on his face. He walked over towards the front steps of the stair way noting that Cadance was still on the floor and that Blue Blood who had a 'You're going to get it now' look on his face.
"Care to explain why is it that I would find three sources of magic clashing in the Royal chambers?" He said glaring his eye at me.
Cadance was about to answer him but Blue Blood beat her to it.
"That hairless ape attacked me when I was just talking with the Princess. I demand that it be taken to the dungeon this instant!" He shouted but I just grinned which didn't go unnoticed by him, "We'll see who has a smile on their face when your locked away where you'll never see the light of day again!"
And once more I couldn't help but smile only this time I chuckled a bit, "I'd like to see that happen." I saw Knight's body tremble a bit. I knew ever since our first encounter he never liked me. And even more after out second.
"Captain! Take him to the dungeon!" Blue Blood shouted but the thing was, no pony moved to take me. Not even Knight as much as he wanted too.
"Prince Blue Blood, I'm afraid that order cannot be followed through." Knight said as a scowl appeared on his face.
Prince Blue Blood for one wasn't happy to hear that.
"What do you mean you cannot do it! I am the prince and I demand that that; that creature be locked be locked away!" He shouted louder than before.
"Prince Blue Blood, I think it best if you control yourself and stop this immediately." A new pony said voicing their opinion.
But not seeing who it was Blue Blood turned around, "And pray tell just who you think you are telling me what to-" He cut off his sentence when he saw who it was.
There in all her majesty stood Celestia who had Cadance by her side and Twilight who was hiding behind her leg. And she didn't look assumed.
"Care to finish that sentence Blue Blood?" Celestia asked him but he just looked as if he was at a loss for words. That and his jaw was wide open.
"Aun-Aunty! I didn't see you there." He said to her in a stuttering mess.
She only smiled at him and nodded her head, "I am aware of this Blue Blood."
He looked at her before looking back at me, "Aunty! I demand that this mongrel be taken to the dungeon this instant for assaulting me!" He cried out, but once again I just smiled at him as a chuckle broke out.
"Grrr, stop laughing at me you filthy beast!" He shouted loud this but he was stopped when Celestia stood in front of him.
"I will ask that you not speak out in such a tone to my child." She said glancing back to me.
"What do you mean Aunty?" He asked her confused by what she meant.
That's when Cadance walked up to her side and spoke up, "That would mean that Jay is not to be harmed and is to be treated as like any other pony."
"But I am of royal blood! And it is nothing more than a simple beast!" Blue Blood said pointing at me.
"That may be so but he is under my protection and regardless of our blood relation I would think it best for you to stop this outrage this instant Blue Blood. Captain Knight." She said taking the attention away from us for the moment.
"Yes, your majesty." He answered her immediately.
"I believe that Blue Blood has done enough for today and I would ask that you escort him to his chambers to retire for the night." She said and Knight bowed and beckoned Blue Blood to follow him.
That didn't go without him glaring at me for a moment before he gave in and left with the Captain and his guards.
I sighed in relief that it was all over but than Celestia turned towards me and gave the look I knew all too well.
"Jake." She started, "Care to explain to me what happened here?"
"Um, well you see… first off… no that's not right… before you showed up…" I really didn't know where to begin.
"Wanna help me here?" I said looking at Cadance who just smiled at me.
"Aunty, I wanted Jake to go out with me and we took Twilight along with us. Aunty, it wasn't Jakes fault, I just didn't want to be here when he showed up." She said but I noticed as she went on her tone changed as she went on.
"And when we came back we were told that it was you that wanted to see us in the chambers but instead of you it was him and when we started to talk to him he called Cadance his-!" I started but I was cut off by Cadance speaking up rather quickly.
"He insulted Jake and then he used his magic on the both of us. I stepped in to stop him but he over powered me and Jake drained him of his magic before you should up." Cadance said rather quickly.
"I can understand that, but I would have liked it if you both were there along-side me when he first arrived, but I will let it slide this time." Celestia said as Twilight gave a yawn and leaned against my leg.
This caused us to laugh a bit, "It would seem that it is past some pony's bedtime."
She glanced at me and I nodded as I leaned down and picked up Twilight who leaned into my chest as I held her like a baby in my arms.
"Goodnight Aunty." Cadance said as she began to walk, she waiting at the doorway for me from the looks of it.
"I guess we'll take her to bed now." I felt a wing wrap around me and I saw it was Celestia who embraced me gently.
"Jake, please don't think badly of Blue Blood, he may seem difficult at times but he is still my great; great, many great nephew. And I would like for my son to get along with my nephew if possible." She said lean down and kissing my head.
I just blushed a bit still embarrassed about her doing things like this.
"I'll try… Mom." I said as I walked away from her and met Cadance at the door and we left to our rooms to retire for the night.
But I had this gut feeling things were going to head south very soon.
-Tbc
-Hey everypony. I just want to apologize for the very short chapter and the lateness of it. But as it goes, this first encounter with Blue Blood is only the beginning of the bigger plot that is going to grow.
But for now, let's just enjoy the peaceful moments, Next time on Shatters of a Reflection: "Jake first encounter with Blue Blood wasn't one he was expecting and at the same time it begs the question of just why it is that Cadance doesn't like him. Next time, "Memories."