Life as a griffin was never easy, especially due to the fact I was raised by a bitter old bird who cared nothing about me. Hey, I didn't care about him in return. There was once a time I never cared about any creature until I met my friends, Sandbar, Yona, Smolder, Silverstream, and Ocellus, and as my days in the School of Friendship went on, I gained even more friends and a saw different perspective of life.
It all started the day that Headmare Twilight was transfer her seat of power to Counselor Starlight. Starlight was having some kinda "trial" of who should be her "Vice Headmare", hey I thought Spike was a good enough Vice Headmare, when she tested out the candidates for a Parent/Teacher Conference. Unfortunately, I don't have parents, so of course, the bitter old bird himself was the only one they could talk to: Grandpa Gruff. I could tell he didn't want to be there. When he showed up, he didn't even say hi to me. He just wanted to get it over with and leave as soon as possible.
Starlight brought him to the room where the conferences were taking place, where Trixie was the one talking to him. "Ah! Welcome! I am the Great Vice Headmare Trixie! You must be Gallus', errr... grandfather, I guess?" Trixie asked.
"Pffft... as if." Gruff said bitterly. "Can we get this over with so I can leave?"
"Of course!" Trixie said pleasingly. "The sooner I impress the new Headmare, the better." Trixie turned to Starlight and said, "Wink." Starlight just rolled her eyes and checked on the other conferences. Trixie turned back to us and said, "Please, have a seat, Mister, errr..."
"Grandpa Gruff." He said as he and myself took a seat beside Trixie. "Well, what is there to say about good ol Gallus here?"
"Well, I had him in a class earlier today and it was EXHAAAAAUSTING." Trixie explained. "We had to learn about 'history' today, which I really didn't care about. I mean what does history have to do with friendship anyway? Honestly. It feels like Twilight was just making up boring subjects just for the sake of it. For a Princess of Friendship, she is such a square. I'm not sure what Starlight sees in her. Buuuuut this isn't about me, or Twilight, or Starlight, this is about Gallus. Gallus is a fantastic student. He's even taught me a thing or two about napping."
Grandpa Gruff yawned and said, "Is that why you're putting me to sleep?"
"Um, excuse me?" Trixie asked feeling insulted.
"I don't know why I have to come to these things." Gruff complained.
"Well," Trixie started, "most parents or guardians WANT to be involved in our student's lives. Maybe we should find a different representative from Griffinstone to be Gallus' guardian."
"Oh, that'd be great." Gruff said sarcastically "If you find one, LET ME KNOW!" I felt so embarrassed between the fighting. Ocellus' parents were looking at us funny.
"I'm not sure what your problem is." Trixie said.
"MY problem?" Gruff asked. "Why is any of what Gallus does MY problem? Gallus can do whatever he wants, I don't care. He's the one who wanted to be at this school in the first place. One less griffin to feed."
"You're being very insensitive, Grandpa Gruff." Trixie said. "My mother treated me with alot of respect, saying I'm great and powerful, and would go places, be an inspiration for all, and I wouldn't be who I am today if it wasn't for her confidence in me! She's proud of me, and you should do the same with Gallus if he wants to be a complete success!"
"Gallus doesn't need to know I'm proud of him! And he certainly doesn't need me trekking all the way to Ponyville!" Gruff complained.
"Good! Because you're no longer WELCOME!" Trixie yelled.
"Ohhhh! Well, fine with me!" Gruff said as he immediately flew off.
"Trixie, what happened?!" Starlight asked worryingly.
"I'm not sure. But we'll have one less conference to worry about next semester." Trixie said. Starlight just facehoofed herself, and I was so embarrassed that I decided to run off. I ran to my dorm and slammed the door shut, and I hopped on bed and started to, errrr.... think. Yeah. I definitely wasn't crying. No, really, I wasn't crying! YOU were crying!
Little while after, I heard a knock on the door and heard Starlight call my name, "Gallus? Are you in there?"
"No." I yelled out stupidly.
"Then who said 'no'?" Starlight asked.
"Ugh." I groaned. "Go away!"
"Look, I know you really don't really want to talk about it..." Starlight started.
"You're right, I don't." I said.
"But I think I might have something to help you feel better." Starlight said. "Your next class is Laughter Class, right? Well, we're doing a field trip segment, and Octavia is taking her class to a special field trip. I think maybe going out might do some wonders for you."
I sighed and I got up from my bed and opened the door. "Sure, why not?"
"That's the spirit!" Starlight said.
As we started walking, I started to realize something. "Professor Starlight?" I asked.
"Yes, Gallus?" She asked.
"I hate Grandpa Gruff so much." I said.
"Yeah, I can see why." Starlight said. "HE'S your guardian?"
"I wish I had a guardian like Trixie." I said.
"Oh?" Starlight asked.
"Yeah. Despite all that happened... I appreciate Trixie standing up for me." I said.
"Is that so?" Starlight asked curiously.
"Yeah. No creature has ever stood up to him for me before." I admitted. "That old bird just drives me nuts! To be honest, whenever he's around, it makes me happy that I don't have a family."
"Yeah... I don't necessarily have the best relationship with my dad." Starlight admitted. "The closest I have to a family is the friends I made here. Twilight, Spike, Trixie... speaking of Spike, he too is the same way."
"Same with me and my friends." I said. "I just wish I didn't have to go back home for the holidays or during Summer break. For most, it goes by quickly, but for me, it's slow as a tortoise." Rainbow Dash coughed as she flew by and overheard us. I then continued, "If my relationship with Grandpa Gruff wasn't so bad, I wouldn't have to sabotage Hearth's Warming just to stay behind."
"Yeah, heh, true." Starlight chuckled. "Well, let's get you to Octavia's class. Hopefully someday we can settle your issues with Grandpa Gruff."