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// Chapter 5 
// Story: My Little Pony: Retrieving the Elements 
// by BlackFeather 
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Chapter 5


          After another night, out in the mountains the group had finally reached Griffonton. Spike had sent a letter to the guards at the boarder to move on to the boarder garrison at the Great Plains. Griffonton was a majestic and beautiful place. With many street decorations and amazing building designs. At the gates the gate guards had checked the groups things and Black Feather showed his gauntlet which allowed him to keep his weapons. He was just lucky that the guards didn’t ask to see his courier card. All Imperial couriers had an identification card that shows name, rank, species, and gender. His rank wasn’t high enough for him to have a sword so he counted that all luck.

          The group walked through the cities center and some busy streets all amazed by the beauty and etiquette of the style the buildings were. Black Feather had rented two rooms for three days. That was the amount of time they intended to spend in the city. The girls got a fairly large room and Black Feather and Spike shared a smaller one.

          Close to two hours after Luna had supposedly raised the moon Twilight had gone to visit Spike to see how he was fairing with Black Feather. She approached and knocked on the door. 

“Come in” She heard Spike say. She opened the door and walked in. 

“Hey spike what are you doing” Twilight asked. 

“Hey Twilight, Black Feather was teaching me the code that the Imperial couriers learn in their training” Spike said with a couple of papers in hand and on the floor. 

“Oh really” Twilight said. 

“It normally takes three months to memorize it all, but Spike here has learned ten days of codex in only one week. It’s really impressive” Black Feather said praising Spike. 

“Well Black Feather that’s awfully kind of you to do” Twilight said. 

“It’s nothing” Black Feather said. 

“Actually, I wanted to talk to you about what happened yesterday at the spring” Twilight said. 

“What about it” Black Feather asked. 

“Well I wanted to know two things. One, how did you fight so well blindfolded” Twilight asked. 

“Well the couriers are trained to use senses, I trained myself to use my ears and feel motion when it’s happening” Black Feather said. 

“that’s amazing, and the other thing is why did you blindfold yourself” Black Feather looked at her and said. 

“Well I promised I wouldn’t look right, and I never want to break a promise” Black Feather said.

          Twilight a bit taken aback by Black Feathers answer but smiled all the same. “Well thanks, I’m glad to have a friend that will help me if I need it” Twilight said. Now it was Black Feathers time to be stunned. She just called him a friend and looked at her with some stunned eyes. 

“Friend. No, I’m just a guide fixing a wrong I did, nothing more” Twilight smiled more and said. 

“Well all the stuff you’ve been doing with Spike and all the socializing is what friends do with each other. So, in a way you and Spike have been friends since our trip started” twilight said. Black Feather looked even more stunned and had a tear forming in his eye. 

“I’ve never really had a friend before” Black Feather said. Twilight and Spike gasped at that. 

“Well now you have seven of them” Spike said. Twilight nodded in agreement with Spike. 

“but even after what happened with the elements you still trust me to be your friend” Black Feather asked. Both Spike and Twilight nodded.

          That did it. Black Feather had then broken down in tears. He was happy but felt heavy sadness. He was the tool to the Equestrians most sacred artifacts and most vital defense systems and was still called a friend. Black Feather just cried while Twilight rubbed his back and Spike patted his arm. “Thank you” Black Feather said through his teary voice.