Chapter 8

Another day was slowly rising for the world of Equestria, the sun slowly rose in the east as it's gleaming rays began to light up the mountain city of Canterlot, with it's golden rays it gleamed off all the building's and filled the streets with light. As the sun rised, It finally began to shine upon the castle of Canterlot, where the royal sisters lived and ruled, the sun's rays reflected of the golden roofs of the castle while princess Celestia herself was raising the sun from a balcony on the top tower. Inside however, princess Luna was enjoying a quiet and peaceful time with a bundle of joy now curled up in her arms.

Inside the bedroom of princess Luna, little Danny was sleeping peacefully for the first time in a long time as he smiled, he then felt the warm rays of the sun peek through the large painted windows and hit his face as his eyes squinted at the blinding light. He slowly stirred as his eyes blinked open and was suddenly met with the smiling and sleeping face of Luna who was holding him while he appeared to be snuggling with her. He yawned as he looked at Luna before slowly and quietly rising from the bed.

He then suddenly began to hold Luna's fore arm and snuggle with it, it felt as if he was being held in his mother's arms, only it was much softer, and this pony wasn't his mother, but it still felt like her. He laid back down for a moment to enjoy the loving embrace he was in before slowly crawling out from under Luna's arms.

He slowly crawled through the massive bed until he finally managed to sneak his way out from under the covers and back onto the hard marble floor, he looked around the room and could see on a bundle of midnight blue clothes on a small night stand. He let out a sigh and walked over to the clothes, he then took them and quickly looked back to see if Luna was still sleeping, with the ghost clear he quickly changed into new clothes before opening the door and slowly walking out of the room.

As he slowly made it out of the room, he looked down the hallway that was currently sparkling with the golden gleaming rays of the sun rise, he felt a bit taken away by the beautiful sight as he began to walk the hall way. Just as he was about to explore however, he heard some pony clearing their throat and spun around to see two guards standing watch outside Luna's room, one of them appeared to be clearing his throat before suddenly standing back up at attention and watching the boy.

"Um...hi..."Danny weakly said.

"Um... Hello, uh... Wonderful morning we have here,"One guard said with confusion.

"Is the princess of the night still resting?"The other guard asked.

"Yes... Do you by any chance know where the bathroom is? I kind of forgot,"Danny replied.

"Oh... Well...uh, of course, just down two sections of halls and too your left young one,"The first guard directed.

"Oh... Okay then, thanks..."Danny said before turning around to leave.

He then began his slow walk down the massive hall way and gazed upon the lit up areas that were sparkling and gleaming like the stars in the night, he felt himself being taken as he wondered to one of the smaller windows and could see the city that was before the castle. The sun had really illuminated the city, Danny could see the silhouettes of hundreds of ponies in the distance emerging from their homes and slowly going to work or admiring the new day.

Danny let out a sigh before shaking his head at them, he admits that this new day was very beautiful and magical, but for some reason he preferred the shiny moon light of the nights, the night always filled him with hope and a sense of calm in himself. He finally manage to flash a small smile as he looked at all the unicorns, Pegasus and Earth ponies that were hard at work.

Finally after a few more minutes of staring out the window, Danny slowly backed away from the window and let out a deep breathe before strolling down the hall way once more. The walk felt endless to Danny as he slowly made his way through the hall, he even decided to whistle while he walk, what felt like hours was really minutes for Danny as he finally came to a corner.

As he rounded the corner, he then suddenly bumped into none other than Blue Blood who was currently wearing a white robe with golden sleeves and collar. Danny felt the force of his bump knock him to the ground, but he had managed to recover and stand up only to be looked down by the spoiled prince.

"What in the name of Equestria are you doing out here without an escort, aunty can't just go around allowing PETS to roam around the castle,"Blue Blood said in a very annoyed tone.

"I'm not a pet, and I was just going to the bathroom,"Danny said with a bit of a growl.

"Well YOU are going to have to wait until I'm done in the royal bath, I'm still thinking of cleaning it just in case you got your filth all over it,"Blue Blood insulted as he then began walking away.

"Why are you such a jerk?!"Danny suddenly called out, stopping the prince in his tracks.

"Excuse me...? What did you just call me...?!"Blue Blood questioned in a threatening tone as he spun around and glared at Danny.

He then began to walk towards Danny, his hooves stomped with each step he took, his teeth were gritting as a snort left his nose, he never had felt so insulted in his life especially by a young child. Danny felt his heart beginning to beat excessively, but he held his own and maintained a glare of his own as Blue Blood got right in his face and they were eye to eye with each other.

"Would you like to repeat your question to me again...?"Blue Blood growled as he waited for an answer.

"I'm not afraid of you, I asked why you are being such a jerk?"Danny asked without breaking eye contact.

Suddenly Danny felt a pressure on his chest as he was then shoved to the ground by the angry prince, he landed on his back hard but was in no way badly harm as he sat up to glare at the prince as he towered over the boy.

"I am a prince of Equestria and the nephew of princess Celestia and princess Luna! I can behave however I see fit, and let just warn you now that if you ever call me a name that is not my own again, I will make you regret it...!"Blue Blood yelled as Danny slowly got back up and stared at the ground in deep anger."Do we understand each other you worthless LITTLE whelp?"

"Stop... Calling me... LITTLE!"Danny suddenly shouted.

Blue Blood was taken back a bit by the boys sudden shout and did not noticed as Danny suddenly walked up to the stallion and kicked him right in the shin of his back right leg. Blue Blood let out a painful yipe as his leg began to hurt and dropped to his flank while he held his leg in pain. Blue Blood growled as he slowly got up and tried to walk off the pain, he was looking at Danny who look shocked himself that he actually did that and even felt a bit scared.

"Why...you...ignorant, LITTLE CHILD!"Blue Blood shouted as he raised a hoof to Danny.

With a viscous swing of his right hoof, he smacked Danny across the face and knocked him back down to the ground, Danny let out a yelp of pain as he whimpered and grabbed his cheek in pain, he suddenly began to feel like he was back with his dad and tried to ignore the pain. He held back the urge to cry and began breathing heavily as he sat there on the floor to collect his thoughts while Blue Blood was now the one who was surprised that he did that. Danny slowly looked up at Blue Blood and then looked away as if he was staring right at his father and quickly looked away in fear, but it was then that some pony had let there appearance be known.

"BLUE BLOOD...!"Screamed a familiar voice.

Blue Blood quickly turned his head and quickly widened his eyes with fear as he saw none other than Celestia racing towards them, she looked more angry than any pony has ever seen her before and it was making him nervous. It became obvious that she saw the little issue him and Danny were in and he knew this was going to end bad for him.

"Aunty I swear I didn't mean that! The little imp kicked me in the shin, you saw that right?!"Blue Blood said frantically as Celestia stopped right at Danny's side.

"Danny...? Are you alright?!"Celestia asked as she slowly lifted the child up with her head.

"I... Ow... I didn't mean to, I'm sorry..."Danny said while still holding his face in pain.

"It's alright, let me just take you to the bathroom so we can do something about that cheek okay...?"Celestia said fearfully.

"O-Okay..."Danny said before suddenly hugging Celestia's leg.

"And you...! You can wait for a bath! And you can wait till Luna hears about this! How dare you strike an innocent child!"Celestia suddenly yelled to Blue Blood.

"But aunt Celestia, he kicked me!"Blue Blood argued back.

"Only because you pushed him and talked down to him...! You were doing exactly what his father did to him!"Celestia scolded while she scooped the boy up into her arms.

"But... But I..."Blue Blood stuttered.

"BUT NOTHING...! We took him away from there so he could live somewhere he could feel safe and happy, the last thing he needs is some pony abusing him just like he was back in his World!"Celestia scolded as she looked down at the scared prince."You just wait till Luna hears about this, there will be great punishment for what you just did here!"

"I... Yes aunty..."Blue Blood said as he slowly and shamefully walked away.

With that business done, she quickly turned to Danny who was still grunting in pain and quickly took off towards the royal bathroom, she quickly made it to the bathroom and passed some guards before bursting into the room. She quickly looked around before magically pulling out a tall stool and sitting Danny in it by the bathroom sink, she then made some silky cloths appear and quickly turned on the sink.

She checked back with Danny who was slowly parting his hand from his face, and turned back to turn on the sink and run the clothes under it. Celestia quickly got the cloths wet and cold before turning off the sink and turning the cloths towards Danny.

"Here... This will help with the pain..."Celestia said in the most gentle voice she could utter.

Danny gave her a weak nod before letting her gently place the cloth to his cheek and held it there, Danny placed his hand on her hoof and tried to smile as he felt the cool and wet cloth against his burning and throbbing cheek. After a few minutes, he felt the pain starting to fade and managed to give Celestia a small smile before he felt the cloth leave his cheek that now had a small red mark forming on it.

"I'm sorry I kicked him, he... Kept being so mean, I... Don't understand why he acts like that,"Danny said with his head held low.

"To be honest Danny... I don't know either, but he will not be getting away with this,"Celestia said while she wet the cloth again.

"It's nothing really, I'm use to being hit, It's really not that big of a deal,"Danny said solemnly.

Celestia felt herself become stricken with shock as she cringed at the thought of a child thinking that getting hit was not a big deal to them, the things his father must have done to him have really gotten to him, and it was breaking Celestia's heart secretly. She gulped as she surprised Danny by gently placing her hooves on his shoulders and looking at him straight in the eyes.

"Danny... You should not be getting hit at all, hurting a child is wrong, and it should have never happened to you, I want you to know that, and I want you to know that you will never be harmed here,"Celestia said in a very worried tone.

"I...okay then, do... Do you really mean that?"Danny asked.

"Of course I do Danny, you are such a precious child, nothing bad should ever happen to you..."Celestia said as she wrapped her wings around Danny and gave him a big hug.

Danny felt himself press up against Celestia's warm chest fur and suddenly couldn't help but want to hug her back as he reached out and held her in a loving embrace. He felt so comfortable and so very reassured as he felt Celestia give him a small nuzzle against his cheek, it had been so long since he felt this kind of love before. He couldn't help but smile as if he could cry, but it wasn't long before they were interrupted by frantic hooves that stopped right in the front of the bathroom. They both turned and saw a very scared Luna panting as she looked around the room before seeing Danny in Celestia's arms.

"Oh my gosh Danny!"Luna exclaimed as she quickly rushed to them and was next to hold Danny."Oh my gosh I heard a commotion out there and I learned that Tia was carrying you to the bathroom! Are you okay?!"

"I'm...fine Luna, It doesn't hurt any more,"Danny said as his cheek them became visible to Luna.

"Oh my gosh...! Did that spoiled brat strike you?! How dare that little..."Luna started before Celestia interrupted.

"It's alright Luna, Blue Blood will face serious punishment, but for now I was going to come to take Danny to the library to meet with Twilight and Rarity,"Celestia said as a smile grew on her face.

"I wanna take him, I won't let any pony or anything ever touch him in such a matter ever again,"Luna said holding Danny close.

"Very well, Danny...? Would you like to go with Luna to the library?"Celestia asked the boy.

"Yes please..."Danny said before turning to Luna and giving her a warm smile before hugging her as well.

"Then let us be off then Danny..."Luna said softly as she levitated Danny onto her back."Do take good care of Blue Blood sister."

"Oh believe me, I will take good care of Blue Blood,"Celestia said with a sly smile.

Luna then smiled back at her and gave Celestia a nod before turning around and slowly departing with Danny safely on her back as they made their departure for the library. On the way out, Danny turned and gave Celestia a small wave good by as they disappeared out of sight. Celestia gave a small wave to them as well and waited for them to disappear, once the coast was clear, Celestia let out a sigh as she then teleported away to deal with her spoiled nephew Next Chapter: Ch: 9 Estimated time remaining: 3 Hours, 37 Minutes