Griffon of Canterlot
Chapter 7 – Lunar Griffon Time
Tick... Tick... Tick... Tick...
The clock ticking was the only sound coming from Luna's dimly lit room for the last few hours after the griffon was dropped off by Celestia. The clock continue to tick as Luna awkwardly watch the teenage stand at the main source of light into her room via the window.
He was curiously watching the view of the land far beyond and below. The griffon watched a train come and go every so often up the mountain trail. “We-” Luna paused as he gaze shifted to her and sighing the princess of the night looked away.
The Griffon turn back to looking out the window. “Why can we not speak to thy griffon...” Luna muttered. “Why we are awkward to him? Sister we do not know what to do...” Luna closed her eyes thinking back to the moment Celestia had her look after the young one.
“WHAT!? We shall not!” Luna protested
“Luna, I have meetings I can not miss. Plus he let you hold his plush and you gave it back.” Celestia point a wing to the teenager watching them argue in front of him unphased but confused.
Luna now point her own wing at him. “What does that have to do with us looking after him?”
Celestia calmly smiled. “One he trust you and two it either this or punishment for taking a hospital reading book out without permission.”
Luna growls under her breath. “Sister, this is extortion! Thy will not accept either!”
“Luna we maybe rulers but rules are rules.”
Luna weighed in what Celestia just said and sighs. “Fine... We do it.”
Celestia give her a wing hug. “Thank you Lulu.” She whispered.
“Sister. Go before thy change our mind...”
“Thou we did do wrong and accept the crime we did.” She whispered opening her eyes. “Yet how does one interact with this young griffon Celestia took in. That would make us an aunt would it not?” Luna asked herself without a clear answer coming to her.
She just wished it was a dream.
Luna suddenly came up with an idea. “Dreams... Of course! Dreams does not require to know our language! Speak can come for the young griffon! Yes that is a good plan!” Luna said proudly and quickly turn to the young griffon.
Without a second thought she cast the dream walking spell that she haven't cast in over 1000 years, Luna's horn glowed with white magical energy spiralling up from her forehead up to the tip of the horn.
The griffon turn around to see the string of magic moving in a wavy pattern towards him, curiously his head and eyes followed it movement as it got closer to him. He reached up to it with his right talon, the claw tip touching the magical white string.
With a sudden rush everything around him seem to have changed to an mountain range, he was sitting on the cold white snow with a cold wind blowing. Strangely that neither seem to be effective against his feathers and fur.
He looked around at the captivating landscape, it was a breath taking view of the clouds below blowing by with the sight of plains far below.
“Interesting.” He turn around and look up to see Luna come down with a few short flaps to land on the snow. “The most happiest place within your dreams are here?”
He looked puzzled for a second and recalled touching that magic string, it felt safe to touch he recalled. “Yo-” He paused placing his talon over the neck looking surprised and open his beak to speak again. “I am talking! I think of the words to say and I say!” His voice was slightly broke between deep and semi squeaky.
Luna warmly smiled. “Indeed, dreams differ to reality.”
Rubbing the top his feathered head with both talons he started to freak out. “Dreams? We dreaming? I am talking in my dreams! I know but are you, you!? How are you with me in my dream? Am I day dreaming because of that weird magic string!? IS-”
Luna quickly embraced him with wings and forelegs. “Shhh, shhh... Calm down. I will explain. Relax before you throw us both out of this connection.” Luna tries to calm him down from the sudden panic attack.
After what seem forever he calms down and She relaxes with a gentle smile.
The griffon look up at her. “O-okay... I-”
“I know. I did this without thought. If anyone to blame is I.” Luna let go and step back a bit. “Feeling better?”
He took a good look around and finally set his eyes back on Luna. “I think so...” His eyes shifting around. “I am very confused... I didn't know magic can dream share. That is what we doing right?”
Luna walk by him to the top of the peak looking around at the land far and wide. “Indeed.” He joins her looking out to the same landscape. “Do you know where this is?” He shook his head. “But is this place real?”
“I think so. But I don't know why... I feel safe here when I sleep. When I dream of scary things, I come here. It makes me feel safe.” He responded with semi broken sentences.
The griffon sat down beside her. “You not speaking with we, thou or thy. Why?”
“As you are speaking with your beak without trouble. The realm of dreams has no barrier to the words we speak.” Luna explained to the griffon about why they speaking to each other.
He looked at the sun just over the horizon. “When we wake I won't speak but I understand.” He lowered his head sadly.
“Indeed but me and my sister will help you to learn to speak again.” Luna insured him.
He lifted his talons up twiddling the claws between each other. “I know what family is...” She looked over to him. “But I didn't till what she said at the hospital. I do not understand...” He rubbed his foreleg with his talon.
“Why I know this stuff without knowing before?” His words plagued him in sentence.
Luna knew whom he spoke about and why he was knowing some things. “Celestia. My sister your speaking off. Correct?”
He nods slightly. “I have a weird wrong feeling that I can't call her by her name but call her a-as-” The last word he couldn't bring himself to say with fear of rejection.
“A connection between you and my sister. You found a bound that only can be one thing.” The mountain faded away with Celestia standing on the hospital balcony setting the sun with her magic.
Luna and the griffon look to the bed seeing himself on it looking at her with shock. Celestia walk up to it and speak to his dream-self reinsuring him.
“Nephew...” He turn to Luna quickly as the hospital room disappears and replaced by a whitish cloudy ground with millions of stars around them as far the eyes can see.
Luna stood tall with the moon raising through the whitish clouds far behind her. “You have been through a lot in the last two weeks. My sister cares for you and such you feel safe with her.”
Luna continue to speak with the moon shining bright behind her. “As such your hesitation To you young griffon my sister is in all it purpose your mother now.” Luna put her hoof out to him. “Rushed or not this has happened. All we can do is proceed from this point forwards.”
“Aunty... Luna?” He begins to ask feeling a bit uneasy calling her aunt and not sure how he knew it but did. It was confusing for the griffon.
“Yes?”
“What does two weeks mean?” The moon's bright glow turns off instantly and crashed in a comical way with a big cloud of dust poofing up afterwards. Luna had fallen over on her back with an hind leg twitching.
Staring at what was the moon the griffon tilted his head. “Moon goes poof?”
Luna sat up instantly with her mane frazzled. “Nephew! You do not know what a week is!?” He shook his head. “What about a day? Month? Year? Minutes? Hours?”
The tilt of his head and confusion was clear for Luna. “Do they all mean something and is that why the moon went poof?” Luna's right eye now twitched.
“I was on the moon for 1000 years... 1000 years and I even knew time. How do you not know time?”
“I know the words but I do not know what they mean.” He lowered his head. “Am I in trouble?”
Luna shook her head. “No Nephew. But there is much I have to teach you.” Luna walk up to him draping her wing over his back. “It seem we-” The dream realm starts to glow with white light coming up all around them. “My spell is coming to end sooner than I thought.” She turn the griffon.
“Can we do this again? I like talking, not the other thing I do cause I can't get words out of my beak...” He sighed heavily as the white rapidly closes in on all sides. “Will I be able to?”
Luna rub her hoof over his feathered head gentle. “Yes Nephew... Yes. But I will also teach you many many things.” Luna hugged him close to her and he return it with his talons around her neck closing his eyes.
An explosion burst of energy erupts as the spell comes to sudden end, it creates a shockwave that knock both of them over onto their backs. Luna gasped and quickly sat up looking over to the griffon as he sat up looking around with confusion before setting his eyes on Luna's.
With an confused tilt of the head he got an answer from Luna. “Yes it did happen and yes we shared the dream.” He slowly smiled to starting to snort a bit with laughter followed by a full blown laughter. Luna tried to not laugh but his laughter got to her and she joined in.
The guards open the door quickly to see both of them leaning back with front hooves and talons out behind them looking at each other while laughing their heads off. “I think they okay.” The first said.
Second guard glance over to the first. “You sure? There was an magical blast from in here.”
“Could be many things. Best not to ask unless you want to.” The first look over to the second guard.
He shook his head. “Nope.” They step back out and one last look they about to close the door when Celestia arrived.
"Princess!" They saluted.
"At ease." Celestia walked in and look upon her sister and the griffon laughing still. "It seems you two have gotten on the right hoof."
Luna turn to her sister wiping the tears away. "Indeed we have dear sister." He nods to her to tell. "Oh sister..."
"Yes Luna?"
Luna grins.
"Happy Mothers Day."