As I walked through the door I looked around at all the pictures hanging on the walls. They were all of two older gryphons with four younger ones. I recognized Talion and the one clinging to me who I was assuming was... crap, I forgot what Talion told me his siblings names were.
We were escorted into a large sitting room were the dad gryphon and one of the older sisters was sitting. They both looked up and their eyes widened.
"Talion?"
He nodded.
"Hey... everyone."
His Mom turned to him and pointed at the couch.
"Sit young man."
He mumbled "yes ma'am" and sat in the designated seat. She turned to the still stunned sister and said,
"Jessica, could you go fetch Megan. She's in her room."
Jessica groaned.
"Come on, can't you make Linsey do it?"
"She's unavailable at the moment given I don't have a crowbar."
She pointed at me and I waved. Linsey chose then to pipe up.
"See! It's a pony! I've always wanted to hug one! They're so cute!"
Talion's Mom sighed.
"You should really let the poor dear go. He probably doesn't want to be clung to like a jungle gym."
"Oh, I don't mind. She's too cute to get mad at."
She squealed and hugged me tighter which caused the mom to give me a smile. Yay! I was making a good first impression on my bestie's parents! Jessica sighed and walked up the stairs.
"Megan! Get your tail down here!"
A muffled sigh of exasperation could be heard before Jessica came back downstairs followed by another gryphon with a shorter hair, I mean, feathercut. They all sat down and Mrs. Talion's Mom turned to me and Linsey.
"Can you two give us a moment to talk to Talion. I made cookies and you can have one. They're in the kitchen."
Me and Linsey both gasped and looked at eachother.
"Cookies!"
"Cookies!"
I carried her on my back as we walked towards the door. Now where was the kitchen?
When we were gone, Talion's mom turned to him and raised an eyebrow.
"Well, Talion Quillson? Want to tell us what happened and why you're back with a pony in tow?"
He sighed before looking around at his family.
"Yeah... I'm, I'm sorry for running off. I was just... I was being stupid. Can you forgive me?"
Everyone's expressions softened and Mrs. Quillson nodded.
"It's alright sweetie, we forgive you. Now, tell us what happened."
He sighed and rubbed his claws against his legs.
"Well, after our... disagreement."
"You mean when you got ticked off because everyone asked you if you were gay?"
He glared at Megan as she continued to stare into space.
"Yeah, as I was saying, after I left I flew to Equestria because I thought it'd be a better fit for me given... you know."
They all nodded and Jessica pointed at the kitchen.
"Is he your boyfriend?"
Talion blushed and started stammering.
"N-no! Er, I don't know. It's complicated."
"How complicated?"
"He stumbled into some poison joke that made him super depressed but then I started taking care of him and we kinda started unofficially dating but now that he's recovered from the poison joke he doesn't remember any of it."
They all just stared at him before his father laughed.
"That's complicated alright."
He then looked Talion in the eyes and said,
"But, as I said before you... left, I'm fine with your decision, however... odd it is. You're still my son and that won't change even if you do... like... men."
Talion nodded.
"Thanks Dad."
Megan smirked.
"Just try to keep it down at night. I don't want to have to start wearing headphones to bed."
"Megan! Shut up!"
Megan dodged the pillow he threw and just laughed.
"Aww, you're so protective of your boyfriend."
"He's not my... well, I don't really know if he is. Although, he did say that me being shy was cute. Maybe he does remember? Ugh, why does everything have to be so confusing!"
Mrs. Quillson cleared her throat.
"You still haven't told us what happened."
Talion grimaced.
"Okay, basically after flying for a while I arrived in the town of Featherborrow and none of the ponies would even interview me about a job. It started to rain so I decided to wait out the storm under a tree. Then, I heard a voice telling me I could wait out the storm in his house. It was Jack. So, I went to his house and he got me a job. We became roommates until a series of misunderstandings caused us to have to leave town. Given his still wacked out state, I decided I could at least attempt to help him and we came here. He fell off the train and recovered from his poison joke before I took him to the hospital. And that's basically it."
They all just stared at him before Mr Quillson stood.
"Welp, I need a drink."
Everyone nodded and filled out towards the kitchen. Upon entering they saw Linsey and Jack sitting on the floor playing with a whole lot of wax sharks. Upon them arriving Jack looked up and waved.
"Hi! I was just showing her my sharks! I made them out of candle wax!"
They just looked at him in confusion before Talion pointed at the wax figurines.
"How long have you had those?"