//------------------------------// // Chapter 58 – A Spa of a Night // Story: Griffon of Canterlot // by Electuroo //------------------------------// Griffon of Canterlot Chapter 58 – A Spa of a Night Gilda, Cadance walked in followed by Gale closing the door behind him, they stood inside a circular room with a booth window divide, a door covered by curtains and three couches alongside potted plants either side of each of them, Gilda took a good look around at the colour scheme of the room including the large mat in the middle of the room. “What is up with all this different shades of pink? It as if you dweebs are screaming to say spas are just for the girlish types.” Gilda spoke her mind of disgust to the waiting slash appointment room. “Urg... Can we get this-ark!” She got knocked off her paws and talons by Twilight ploughing into her, she end up lying on her back with hind legs in the air and lion tail bent down with the brush part over her beak. Gilda blows her tail out of the line of sight to see upside down Spike closing the door behind him, in front of her was a dazed purple unicorn. “Urg... What did I hit?” Twilight rubbed her head with a hoof. Gilda rolled over getting up on all fours. “Me, Purple!” Twilight got up gasping in surprise. “Gilda!? I thought Cadance was only here, I had-” Gilda put her talon against the muzzle. “Purple you just cleared Candy.” Twilight turn to Cadance pushing Gilda's talon away with her hoof. “Cadance!” “Twilight it good to see you again, it a real surprise!” They hugged. “Shall we?” Twilight nods. Before the griffons and spa ponies they witnessed something that many of them didn't expect or even wanted to see two grown mares do. “Sunshine, sunshine, ladybugs awake, clap your hooves and do a little shake!” “For the love of all things, never never do that again in front of me! That is the most lamest, embarrassing and stupidest thing I ever seen!” Gilda said with disbelief. “If I ever come up with something to do with Gale it going to be something awesome, amazing and nothing that dorky!” Gale nods rapidly in agreement. “Yes yes, no like that.” “Well it our greet and we keeping it Gilda.” Cadance turn to the adult griffon. “Whatever Candy, just save it for when I am not looking or able to hear it next time, something that dweebish will be stuck in my head for hours!” Gilda responded. Twilight raise a eye. “Candy?” Cadance giggled. “It a nickname Gilda gave me, like the name Purple.” She turn to Twilight. Twilight groans. “Urg... Yeah...” Spike walked up to them. “Why are you and Gale here Gilda?” Gilda rolled her eyes. “I lost a bet to Candy and this is my due, one stupid spa session.” She then walk up to Twilight till she was only a inch away from muzzle to beak. “You dare speak of this to Dash and I will bury you Purple.” She poke the end of Twilight's muzzle. Twilight twitch her muzzle rubbing it with a hoof. “Okay, me and Spike won't speak of this to Rainbow or any of my friends, I doubt Rainbow Dash would believe us anyway.” “Good!” Gilda turn to Cadance. “Let's get this stupid spa session done and dusted.” Spike turn to Gale. “Are you here because your curious about spas?” Gale nods. “Your going to like it, I came with Twilight just last week!” Gale nods again. Two earth ponies that look like twins but opposite coat and mane colours to each other, one blue coat with pink mane wearing a white head band and the other pink coat with blue mane. “Velcome to Ponyville Day Spa Princess Cadance, I am Aloe Vera and this is my sister Lotus Blossom, Ve got your appointment for and erm... It said plus one, but there three extras.” Aloe said look at the clip board. “Oh my cousin Prince Gale wanted to tag along last minute, also I was Twilight's formal foalsitting, so would it be okay to add them to the session?” Cadance explained and asked to allow them through. Lotus Blossom the blue coat, pink mane one speaks up. “I believe we can Princess, the luxurious full treatment correct?” “Correct.” Cadance confirmed. Gilda groans. “Let me guess... That means the works, steaming, claw massage to body massage, mud baths and whatever else is on a long list of lame girlish stuff.” Gilda did a few air quotes with her two claws on each talon. “You don't have to do it if you don't-” Aloe gets cut off by Gilda. “Nah a bet a bet, if I don't go along with this, it be a bad example of sportsmanship when you lose a stupid bet.” Twilight put a hoof on her side. “We'll do this together.” “Purple, I trust you and Spike to a certain degree, we not friends but liked, get your hoof off me.” Gilda said without facing to Twilight, she quickly remove the hoof. “Let's get this over with.” Aloe put a hoof out to the curtain covered door. “Please follow me.” She walks through followed by Gilda, Gale and Spike. Twilight put a hoof to Cadance. “It really good to see you again Cadance but...” Cadance could see the tension. “It about how Gilda speaks to others right?” Twilight nods. “This is her way of venting, she annoyed and feeling trapped at the moment because of my terms of victory, I choose this because I think she really needs it to loosen up a bit.” Cadance turn to the curtain walking to it with Lotus taking the lead, Twilight following. “I think it good thing you two came too, even it a surprise.” “How so?” Twilight asked “Spike and Gale can enjoy the spa, shall stories and be what young are, while we and Gilda can catch up and share our own tales of the last month or so since Aunt Luna's return.” Cadance answered. Twilight eyes shift back and forwards. “That a pretty good idea, Gilda relaxing and we talking could maybe stop her from calling me Purple.” Twilight's hope in that was dashed by what Cadance said next. “That as likely as Gilda stop calling me Candy and calling your brother Blue Hooves.” “What is it with her and these weird nicknames?” “Maybe you could ask her.” Twilight shook her head. “I don't think I would, one thing I learned from being around Pinkie Pie some ponies or in this case griffons have to be accepted of who they are, not what you can try to understand, not everything is clear cut as one could want.” “Wise words indeed, one thing you have to ask though.” “What's that?” “Ask her for Aunt Celestia's nickname.” Twilight suddenly felt tense by Cadance's words. The two ponies came to a set of screens with robes on them, standing near the door to the steam room were Gale, Gilda and Spike wearing white robes. “Urg... Why in the name of Grover I have to wear this lame thing?” Aloe responds as Twilight and Cadance put theirs on behind the screens. “The Luxurious Treatment sessions vill have steaming in the steam room, followed by mud face mask with cucumbers placed over your eyes, vhile you relax ve be filing the horns and hooves of the ponies and griffons ve sand the scales of your forelegs and talons.” Gilda blinked a few times. “Hold on, you ponies know how-” Gilda look at the robe that she had on. “Glinda...” She mutters. “You know what I don't want to even know.” Gilda instantly covers herself with a dismissive action. “Of course ve do and as I vas saying, afterwards there a body massage followed by a mud bath, lastly a vash over followed by a hot tub bubble massage of hooves, talons and paws.” Aloe went through the last of the session list. “I think that is perfect.” Gale listen to everything that was said and now very much lost. “It be relaxing.” Spike put his arm around the back of the neck of Gale leading him to the steam room. Twilight made a quill and scroll appear. “This is-” Gilda glares. “Erm... I can go without note taking.” She made them vanish. “Shall we?” Twilight open the door for Gilda and she walks in and Twilight sighs in relief. “She can be scary.” “She a griffon, scary comes easy.” Cadance said walking into the steam room. “But she got a soft side, trust me you will see it.” Twilight had a sceptic look before following her into the steam room. After entering the large round room, Gale and Spike sat to the right side of the room while Gilda, Twilight and Cadance sat on the other side, in the middle is a bunch of coal with steam coming out of it with a large pipe above it with what look like a large shower nuzzle to Gale, he watch some hot water splash down on the coal and steam vents out of it. “How things been in Canterlot Gilda?” Twilight asked feeling the warmth of the steam wash over her. Gilda thought for a moment of the last few weeks. “Not as boring I thought it be, specially the way things been going.” Cadance joins in. “Indeed, the cute way you and Gale excitingly watched Twilight and her friends deal with that dragon.” Twilight gasped. “Y-you saw that!? I didn't see you there!” Gilda rolled her eyes. “It in Cadance's little sanctuary tower, there some telescope that got see through one sided walls that you can use that thing to see miles away.” “It has a magical zoom, it was built a long time ago during heighten tensions between our kingdom and others.” Cadance filled in the missing pieces. “Also I can include what happened during the weekend with Gale while you won't there Gilda.” “That good with me, question is...” She turn to Twilight. “Is this another Trollestia stunt not filling Purple in and letting us do it?” Twilight screeched. “What did you call Princess Celestia!?” Cadance laughed at Twilight's reaction. Gilda rolled her eyes with a wave of the talon dismissing Twilight's reaction. “Please Purple... That dweeb is the ultimate troll, next time she come down for a...” She does air quotes. “Official visit.” With a sarcastic tone. “Watch her and you will see it clear as day.” As they continue to talk with Gilda and Cadance fill in with what Twilight missed, Gale looking around getting bored and wanting to do something. “Bored?” Gale nods. “Like to hear what happened since I return to Ponyville?” Spike asked. Gale nods. “Like hear Spike.” “Not long after Rarity returned from her trip at Canterlot and made a dress for herself than Hotty Totty showed up hearing about your suit, he was thrilled to see what Rarity could make and that when she decided to make more dresses for her friends and a suit for me-” Mud placed on the faces of Twilight and Cadance with cucumbers over their eyes, Gale and Gilda both refused both but agreed to the scale sanding over their lower forelegs talons, Spike just had the cucumbers over his eyes lying back feeling relaxed. “It amazing how much Gale improved over the last few weeks and other things.” Twilight said as her horn being filled by Aloe. Cadance responds. “He has and there still a lot for him to learn, for us to learn.” Cadance thought back to the last month. “Gale really given something to Aunt Celestia and she has to him, a bound of mother and son I watched grown from the love they share between them.” “You were always amazing at that type of stuff Cadance.” “I still am Twilight.” Lotus rubbing a strange brittle paper over Gale's lower foreleg against the avian scales, he found the feeling quite strange. “I know it odd cub, all it doing is smoothing your scales.” Gilda said watching as Lotus does it. “Okay, weird but okay.” Gilda turn to Twilight. “So... Purple, what the heck did happened with Dorky Pie over the weekend?” Twilight couldn't see her but Twilight laughed nervously. “N-nothing happened.” “Please, I saw the papers, random things falling from the sky and you following her cause they said she has some weird Pinkie Sense.” Gilda bluntly said to Twilight. “Wh-what!?” Twilight gasps feeling embarrassed. Gilda laughed. “I am pulling your hoof you dweeb.” “How did you know than?” Twilight wanting to know how Gilda knew. “How? Princess almighty Celestia told me when she was telling me what happened during the weekend with Gale.” Gilda explained with a smirk. Twilight sighs. “Yeah I did, should of listened to my friends and just accepted that some things can not be explained.” Twilight felt her hooves now being filled. “Many of those things seem to resonate with Gale too.” Gilda chuckled. “Can't argue with that Purple.” A spa pony stallion finished with her talons, she raised it up taking a good look at the shine coming from them. “You keep this up ponies, you might get a new customer.” “Really?” “A big might Spa Twins.” Gilda said to the twins Lotus and Aloe. “Ve can accept that.” Aloe said with pride. “Shall ve move on to the massage?” Gilda shrugs. “Sure why not, let see how good you really are dweebs.” Gale look at his talons. “They look as when first wake home.” “Huh?” Twilight didn't understand what he was trying to say. Spike answers for him. “I think he is saying that when he first woke up in Canterlot is how the talon scales looked, right?” Gale nods. “That does make sense in a very weird strange way...” Twilight replied. “Weird becoming so-” Cadance finish the sentence. “Normal?” Twilight nods. “Way things been in the last month and most likely onwards, I say it will be.” Cadance laughed and Twilight joined her. Gilda rolled her eyes. “Whatever, let's move on to the next session before that mud mask become your face.” Gilda got up heading into the next room to get a massage, Gale and Spike got up following her inside with Aloe. “Did she just avoid- ” Twilight asked Cadance. Cadance remove one of the cucumbers over a eye looking over at her. “Yes she did.” “Tttthhhiiiss iiissss tttthhheee bbeeeessstttt maaasssssaaaaagggeee III eeevvveeennn hhhaaaaddd.” Gilda saying as the large white muscular pony with gold hooves rapidly light hitting her back downwards through the robe. “YEAH!” “Yeah this is sooo relaxing...” Spike had the gentle touches of a spa pony mare rubbing and pulling her hooves over his back. Gale felt his wings being massaged by Aloe. “Relaxed feeling... Nice...” Cadance with Twilight sitting and waiting for their turn. “How is he doing that with such care?” Cadance watching the bulky pony with small wings massaging Gilda, she was enjoying the way he was doing it. “If I recall that Bulk Biceps, he a weight lifter and really strong for a pegasus, even for small wings he can fly surprisingly, after what happened with Pinkie I am just about believe anything possible in Ponyville.” Twilight informed Cadance and accept how things seemingly impossible to be possible. “Wise words, talking about impossible, From what I heard that you had a incident with poison joke tat does the impossible.” Twilight gave a nervous laugh. “Hehe... Ho-how did you know?” “A friend of yours Rarity told me what happened to her with it, Doctor Trace is experience a continuous effect from it.” Cadance reviled how she knew about Twilight. “Trace Princess Celestia's former student before me? How did he get mixed up with that stuff?” Cadance watching the two griffons and dragon getting their massages still. “He found a remains of the spell tried to unlock it and caused it to surge when he touched the flower, I can't really say much more about it here.” She hints to the spa ponies. “Fair enough, but what did it do to him?” “He switches between pony and griffon for the last few weeks now, Trace used the potion he and a zebra called Zecora created to reserves transfiguration spells but the results of Gale's uniqueness and the spell left unexpecting results.” Cadance laughed. Twilight thought about it. “I got some time free this weekend, maybe I with Spike can come to Canterlot and talk you about it with some time to enjoy a few days like old times...” Twilight rethought her words quickly. “You know, not foalsitting and foal stuff, just erm...” “Twilight relax I get it.” Cadance giggled placing a hoof on her side. “I look forward to it, just send a letter in advance okay?” “Okay.” Twilight said. Gilda came up to them with Gale and Spike. “That pony got a few high points on me, he really know how to work on a tough griffon's muscles like mine.” Gilda smirked. “Have fun with your massage girls.” Gilda pull them off their seats pushing them over to the massage tables. Twilight regain her balance quickly turning her getting a get a move on wave from Gilda. “I think I understand Pinkie more than that griffon...” “Oh she full of surprises without the surprises.” Cadance giggled. “Let's go before she start saying, hurry up you lame ponies or you dorks going to stand like a statue all day.” Cadance did a few impersonations of Gilda getting a laugh from Twilight. Gilda sat back on the couch with forelegs behind her head watching them with young drake and griffon for about ten minutes or so with Spike filling in Gilda about what exactly happened to Twilight. “-She leaped off the ledge and bounced off a big mud bubble landing on the other side, she exploded into flames as the dozzy wasn't that, it was Pinkie's Pinkie Sense, accepting it when it wasn't something you might never understand but part of Pinkie.” Spike laughed at the end. “Twi exploded?” Gale tilt his head. “Yeah turned white with flaming mane, tail and eyes from a big magical surge of fusration.” Spike replied. Gilda chuckled. “Wish I could of saw that, it be epic seeing that explosion.” Gale nods. “Power up.” He grins and Gilda laughed at what he said. “Gale that would sum that up.” Spike rubbed his arm with the other claw. “Still Pinkie doing all that crazy stuff and predicting Princess Celestia dropping in was something.” “That Dorky Pie... I have no idea how she does what she does, but I never want to know.” Gale nods. “She photos put my scrap book, no understand.” Gale rubbed his feathered head. “Yeah Pinkie is Pinkie... Let's just hope that she the only one.” Spike got a look from both griffons. “What?” “You dweeb! Two universal rules! You never ever say something on the lines of hope that the only one or what can possibly go wrong! That is the ultimate no no!” Gilda said with annoyance. Pinkie pop up behind the couch. “Yep Gilda is right!” Gilda instantly squawks shooting up in the air hovering high above with a talon over her chest feeling her heart racing from the sudden appearance of Pinkie Pie, Gale launch himself backwards about ten feet with shock and Spike stares with a few blinks. “Erm... Hi Pinkie...” “Hi Spike, Gilda, Gale, Twilight and pink princess I never met before!” She waved a hoof. “Pinkie what are you doing here!?” Twilight was surprised to see her sitting up. Pinkie Pie giggled. “I getting my Bulky Extreme massage of course silly!” Pinkie bounced over the couch. “I'll be at the booth Bulky!” Pinkie Pie salute to Gilda looking up at her. “Do not worry Gildy! Your secret is safe with me!” “YEAH!” He roared out and leaves with Pinkie Pie. Cadance getting her massage. “What a interesting pony.” Twilight lays back down to get her massage. “Yes she is...” Gilda slowly lands pointing to where Pinkie went. “I'm... Going to the mud bath... No way Dorky going to ruin this for me...” She turns to Aloe. “Please pony get us out of here before she shows up again!” “Of course, this vay please.” Gale turn to Spike as he land, his heart racing and all he want to do is not even question what happened.. “Mud play?” “Mud fight!” Spike agreed, they ran in the direction of where Gilda left with Aloe. Gilda's voice echoed seconds later. “Wha! Oh you want to play that game huh!? Only fair I get your two back!” Cadance grins. “Told you.” Twilight rolled her eyes. “Yes you did... Candy” “Ooo Gilda rubbing off you, Purple?” Cadance burst into laughter and so did Twilight.