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// Incoming 
// Story: Halo: Equestria 
// by shenadri 
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General Redsnow was watching Canterlot while the "Revenger" approached the city, after a long time, finally griffons would reclaim the land that rightfully belonged to them, according to their history, and the general was beside himself with joy, after four years, the war was apparently coming to an end, if his agent in Canterlot was right, and even so, the scumbag that was betraying the ponies would come to Griffinheim as a war hero for all that it mattered to the old general, a betray is still a betray, anyhow, the old bird's brain was in overdrive, thinking about what to do with the Changelings, the mere thought erasing the smile on the general's beak.

"I don't know about this, G" the general spoke without seeing, turning around spotting one of his subordinates, "are you sure we are doing the right thing here?", before the soldier could answer, a fat griffon with a mustard coat and white wings with purple tips appeared on the deck, earning a glare from some of the more traditional griffons. Sending a diplomat in the culture of Griffinheim is seen as a sign of weakness, 'however, the fat bastard is one of the nobles who are driving the war, and even more importantly, he was the ambassador to Canterlot before the war', thought the old general, 'furthermore, he is the only one who knows of our agent' sighing, the war veteran turned to see the fat diplomat, dipping his head in respect.

"Ambassador Whisperwind, how are you faring on our expedition" the general said, when the massive griffon finally arrived near him.

"Simply awful, general," he began to say the obese griffon, "your men are the biggest bunch of misfits and thugs I have seen, moreover, the emperor is worried about the companies that were sent to the assault of Manehattan, is there any news of them?" continued the ambassador, ignoring the glares that were being held by crew members towards him.

The general didn't answer to Whisperwind, earning a glare from the griffon, after a while he simply nodded and changed the subject, " I don't know about the squadrons send to Manehattan, however, what are the spies from Chrysalis doing?" he retorted, when the ambassador didn't answer, he continued, " At any rate, if your inside agent is right, Celestia is about to fall and give us our rightful land, what are a couple of squadrons missing to you ambassador?"

"T-that's beside the point, general!" the other griffon answered, appalled, "those are our allies and we need to investigate that..." whatever the fat griffon was going to say was lost when he noticed the gashes that the general was doing with his talons on the rail of the ship.

"Allies, you say?" Redsnow said, "I personally believe that it is a disgrace that we are joined to those bugs, they even lost against the ponies once!" he spat, taking a step towards the now trembling ambassador, "also we were allied with Equestria before, but they sort of give us some kind of tech, and we now are their thugs, ain't that right, ambassador? he continued, giving the other griffon a glare.

"Enough" a calm voice was heard, turning around, both griffons saw a similar colored female griffon coming towards them, "Uncle, please spare the ambassador of your wrath, and focus on the escorting mission our emperor give to us," the gryphoness continued, then bowing to the fat griffon, she lifted her claw with an inviting sign towards the cabins of the ship, "allow me to get you out of the deck ambassador, we are giving these fine soldiers problems, and we are almost on Mt Canter, so we need to prepare."

"You are right, as always, Valkyr, sorry for my outburst" Redsnow said, then turning around, he began to shout orders to the other griffons, meanwhile the fat griffon and the gryphoness entered the cabin, ignoring the rest of the soldiers.

"Well, sir, I think that went well, still I am uneasy about this," another gryphoness said, turning around ruffling her wings.

"Don't worry Gilda, the soon we get the heir and the fat bastard on Canterlot, the sooner we can go back to the imperium" the general answered, disappearing below deck, after a while, Gilda followed him, giving a last look to the looming mountain in the distance.