Griffon of Canterlot
Chapter 14.5 – Twilight Sparkle Discovers
Twilight skimming through a book in Golden Oak Library looking up on information when Spike walked in from the kitchen, he carrying a plate of cucumber sandwiches and glass of orange juice. “Hey Twilight what are you looking at?”
The purple unicorn rose her head up from the book as the purple dragon place the glass and plate down beside the book for Twilight. She sighed before replying to Spike. “I am looking up for any spells that could dis-spell invisible ink.”
“You got pranked by Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash too huh?” Spike sat down on the stall. “I did too. I hiccuped all the scrolls to Princess Celestia.” Spike rubbed the back of his head. “Weird thing is... She asked me to do it again.”
Twilight raise an eye slightly with an Questionable look. “Send a lot of blank scrolls at once? Why?”
Spike shrugged. “She wouldn't say.”
“That is strange...” The door opens and Pinkie Pie walks in. “Oh no... Please tell me your not pranking again!”
Pinkie Pie shook her head holding a rolled up news paper in her mane. “Nope not at the moment. Rainbow Dash flying around with a old friend of hers. She would do pranks with me later.”
“Old friend of hers? Wonder who that could be.”
“Some griffon called Gilda. First time meeting a griffon too!” Pinkie Pie giggled. “They did this funny sky dance thing about Junior Speedsters!”
Twilight turn back to the book. “Fair enough. I read up about it.” Twilight flipped a page over. “From what I know it a summer camp for Pegasi, never knew a griffon went to it. That new news to me.”
“Oh talking about news Twilight! That why I came! I decided to read this paper and found something about a griffon in there too! What the chances a griffon friend of Rainbow Dash showing up and news about one in Canterlot!”
Spike got off the stall walking over to Pinkie Pie. “Could I read it?”
“Sure!” Pinkie Pie gives it to him. “It a real head spinner of a dozzy!” Pinkie walked to the door. “Well it later now! So I going to catch up with Rainbow Dash and Gilda!” She giggled before bouncing off out the door and closing it behind.
Spike unrolled the paper opening it up to the big news page of Canterlot. Reading it a first time he blinked a few times and read it over a few more times. “Erm... Twilight...”
“Yes Spike?” Twilight said with a slight announce half way eating her sandwich. “I'm eating see.”
“I can but you got to read this! Really read this!”
Twilight rolled her eyes. “Fine...” Taking the paper off him and read the article.
Suddenly her horn fizzled dropping the paper with eyes shrunk and right eye twitching. “P-Pri-Prin-”
Unmoving and frozen Twilight stood staring into space. “Twilight?” Spike waved his claw in front of her face and clicking it without a response from the purple unicorn.
“Twilight!” Still no reply.
Spike rushed into the kitchen and came back with a cup of cold water throwing it over her face. The ice cold water snapped her out of her trance. “Ah!” She shook her head blinking a few times. “Spike please tell me I was seeing things!”
“That Princess Celestia adopted a teenage griffon named Gale as her son? Nope I saw it too.” Spike place the glass down. “That kinda explains why she wanted me to send all those scrolls in one burst of flame.” He rubbed the underside of his snout.
“That doesn't explain ANYTHING Spike!” Twilight pick up the paper again looking at it. “This said she adopted him almost a week ago! A WEEK AGO! Why didn't she tell me!? WHY!?”
Twilight walking towards him and he stepping back grabbing a book and hold it out in front of him as a shield. “I am her prized student! SOMETHIG this IMPORTANT I should have been told about! Not find out in some newspaper!”
Spike shrugged nervously. “Maybe she forgot?” Twilight's horn grew brighter the instant he said that, her mane frizzled and steam raising from her body as the water turn to vapour. “Uh oh...”
A knock came from the door. “WHAT!?” Twilight screamed at the door.
“Twilight it m-”
Celestia was outside the door, Twilight wasn't prepared for that...
“Princess Celestia!?” Twlight unleashed her magic in a short burst teleportation to the door.
Opening the door with her magic Twilight quickly bowing her head. “I am so so so sorry Princess! I didn't know you were coming!”
“Of course you didn't, I never sent you a letter.” Celestia responded with an calm tone.
Twilight rose her head up. “Wh-” She froze seeing not only her brother Shining Armor
“Hi Twily!”
“Shining Armor!?” Twilight stood surprised seeing him.
He also stood with a orange Pegasus guard, but the griffon Gale from the newspaper was there too. Shifting her eyes to each of them rapidly as her mind just shuts down from trying to process everything that just happened.
“I-ha-ga-fj-ka!” Twilight's horn shorts out, her mane fizzles into a mess with smoke raising. “Hahaha...” Twilight laughed and her eyes roll to the back of her head.
They watch the purple unicorn tip backwards onto her back with all four legs in the air, the right hind-leg twitching. Gale curiously walked over to her as Spike stared in surprise from over the book he held.
The griffon tap Twilight's right hind hoof with a claw tip and tilted his head in confusion as he continue to hear her muttering words in a nonsensical way that made no sense at all to Gale.
Shining Armor put his hoof to the forehead rubbing it, Flash Sentry frowning with confusion at what just happened and Celestia was standing there calmly watching Gale try to make sense of what just happened.
Next words spoken by Celestia were...
“Well... That went better than I thought it would.”