Griffon of Canterlot
Chapter 24.5 – Dweeb we Need to Talk
Princess Celestia standing on the balcony using her magic to lower the sun while her sister on another tower balcony used her magic to raise the moon. Celestia had just finished reading up on the report filed by Sergeant Blue Star about the days activity and progress of Gale with Gilda's teaching.
Celestia turn to exit the balcony when she suddenly had a feeling of something directly behind her. “Hello Gilda.” Celestia didn't turn staring into the reflection of the glass now seeing Gilda. “I heard you've done good with Gale today."
"Blue Star's report said that Gale had an great time in the library, reading comics and books, learning to write from you. I am happy with what I am seeing." Celestia said with a slight smile but it soon vanished. "She here for another reason than to hear my praise." Still not turning to face Gilda.
“Dweeb we need to talk!” Gilda lands on the balcony.
Celestia turn around. “Gilda is there something bothering you?”
Gilda growled lowly flaring her wings. “Yes very and we need a serious chat you dweeb!”
Celestia's horn glowed. “Very well, we shall take this somewhere private.”
The balcony vanished before Gilda's eyes to find herself in a large study with a set of cushions beside a fireplace, Celestia lit the fireplace with her magic lying down on one of the cushions. “Cozy...” Gilda muttered.
“Well this is my private study afterall and we far enough from Gale's room to not disturb him or for a young curious mind to listen in on our conversation.” Celestia said keeping so ever calm to Gilda.
Gilda walked up to her standing on top of the other cushion glaring at her. “Fine we alone and we can talk!”
“That is correct, now what got you very upset all the sudden?” Celestia's horn flashed for a second but Gilda too anger to even notice Celestia just cast a spell.
Gilda growled. “I've been keeping this pent up all day long! Every since that damn dog of Gale's appeared as a ghost before my damn eyes!” Gilda point to her eyes with her claws.
Celestia raise an eye. “Dog of Gale's? A ghost? I haven't heard or even read a report on any such thing.”
Gilda pulled her head back a little with surprise. “Seriously? Luna didn't tell ya?”
“No, she failed to mention this to me. This is the first I heard of this.” Celestia ruffled her wings a bit with her shell cracked as she stared in total confusion. “Please continue...”
Gilda rubbed her forehead. “Urg... This isn't exactly what I had in mind.”
“What did you have in mind?”
“Tearing you a new one and screaming in your face how annoyed I am.”
“Hmm... I see. Very well scream away.” Celestia cast a silence spell through out her study. “Now no one can hear us.”
Gilda became very irritated. “ROAR!” She roared out.
“Gale wrote his first word and it was Leela!
“His dog from the past!”
“He has a photo in the vest of that plush of his!”
“And to top it all off when I held that book and looked at the writing it shimmered for a second!”
“Then wham that dog was there before me as a see through freaky thing!”
“She had this weird bluish white aura around her too!”
“She barked and showed me where that damn book was!”
“Tell me how that even possible!?”
“How the heck does a ghost of his dog appear out of no where like that!?”
“Then soon I threw the book at it poof it was gone! Not seen yet!”
Gilda breathing in and out after shouting at Celestia flaying her forelegs around, opening her talons pointing about and taking out the book showing the written poorly made words. Celestia listened to everything she had said letting her vent out and a few of the things stood out for the princess.
“Feeling better?” Celestia calmly asked.
“I little but a bit tired...” Gilda muttered.
Celestia's speaks about what Gilda just said. “The ghost dog appeared when Gale wrote her name in the book and you held it with a blue light on the paper?” Celestia took the book with her magic looking at the word an Gale's attempt at Griffish.
“Yes! That what I said you dweeb!”
“And vanished soon as you let go off the book?”
Gilda flapped her wings a few times screaming out at Celestia. “YES! THAT WHAT I SAID YOU STUPID PONY!”
Celestia now showed a sense of anger. “Stupid pony? Have you forgot what I did in Ponyville or the fact under contract you work for me.”
“No and I am not taking it back!” Gilda sat on her flank crossing the forelegs turning her head away looking out at the fireplace, the embers flickering.
“Very bold... Not many would directly talk to me like that, it been centuries since King Guto's time since I had anyone act on impulse. Interesting yet it could be a dangerous mix, something to keep a eye on.”
“But Gilda has brought up a very important matter that this can easily be overlooked.”
Celestia took a deep breath and breathed out slowly. “Gilda I also had a similar experience.”
Gilda's eyes shift to Celestia slowly turning her head to the princess. “What?”
“Gale drew me a drawing.” Celestia closed her eyes and the picture appeared before her. “This is the drawing.”
Gilda took it from the magic grasp. “He drew this?”
“Yes.”
“And you saw a ghost dog?”
Celestia shook her head. “No, the room vanished and I stood in a storm of bluish white aura, couldn't see what was beyond it. Soon as I let go of the drawing and since then nothing happens.”
Gilda ran her talon over the drawing. “I gather Gale didn't see anything?” Celestia shook her head. “Wow this talk really got weird all the sudden...” Gilda yawns slightly.
“Indeed.” Celestia turn to the flames. “He loves to draw...”
Gilda frowns feeling a bit sleepy. “I don't get it, how is a drawing that made you see weird bluish white aura cloud and a ghost dog connected?”
Celestia kept looking at the flames. “Four.”
“What?”
“Four things connect the drawing and writing together.” She put them side by side in front of Gilda.
“One; he drew and wrote this with intense feeling.”
“Two; they both shimmered with whitish blue aura.”
“Three; we both saw something very odd and disturbing.”
“And finally four; both the aura cloud and the ghost dog as you call it vanished from us throwing or dropping said items, Gale never saw any of it.”
Gilda took the drawing again holding it against the other page of the book as she looked at both of them. “Okay you've got a solid point on those connections...”Gilda looked over to Celestia still never letting her eyes shift from staring in the fireplace flames.
“How the heck is Gale doing this? I know the whole too perfect griffon thing but somehow using magic? That going one step too far.” Gilda yawned again with a free talon over her beak.
“Is it?” Celestia now made eye contact turning her head to Gilda. “You also know there a form of magic in him that interferes with my own and many others magic. Also all life has magic including you.”
Gilda had to think about what Celestia just said. “Okay I get that but how does that explain what we both saw?”
“It doesn't...” Celestia sighed. “One last thing I just thought of, he sees me as a mother and he sees you as... Well I am not sure, it not a friend that for sure, teacher... Maybe... Curious...” Celestia tapping her hoof on the muzzle in thought.
“What?”
“Sorry I have to think about this. But you look really tired”
“Huh? Yeah I do feel dog tied... This just been one heck of a stressful day...” Gilda yawned loudly with tears forming, she wiped the tears away.
Celestia gave her the book back. “Do you like me to teleport you back to your home?”
Gilda laid back on the cushion. “Sure... Whatever Celestia. I am just too tired to complain...”
“It looks it.”
Gilda yawned stretching her hind legs and wings. “Well night Princess pain in the flank Celestia.”
“Goodnight Gilda, this chat been eventful.”
“Yeah it sure has... But this isn't over...”
“I know. Let's talk in a more clear headed manner shall we?” Gilda nods silently and Celestia teleports her.
Gilda yawned loudly now standing before the large window looking out to Canterlot Castle.
“Ma'am is everything okay?” A guard walked up the steps hearing Gilda screaming out in a mighty roar, the words unable to make sense through the ringing through her ears.
Gilda turn around and roars at the guard. “Get out of my house and shut the door... I am too tired to deal with any more crap.”
“Y-yes ma'am!” The guard saluted and left the way she came closing the front door behind her.
Gilda groggy picked up the book from the floor walking to the study desk. “That princess is sooooo annoying...” .
“Yet... I can't pull myself away from this, even with all the crazy I been through in the last two days...”
Gilda stopped at the study desk putting her talon over the name. “Why? Why am I putting up with all this?”
No answer came and Gilda closed the book up putting it on the study desk to find a drawing of her, taking it Gilda knew Gale had drawn this and most likely left it here for her. “Why does he look up at me like that? What have I done to get that dorky dweeby griffon to look up at me?”
Gilda walked down the steps to the bed, putting the drawing down on the bed stand. “Am I seriously missing something here? All I did so far is starting to teach him to speak, write and...” Gilda yawned again putting her talon over her beak.
Opening and closing her beak lapping them. “Look out for him the cub...” Gilda's voice softened taking a deep breath.
“Did I just answer my own questions?” Gilda rubbed her feathered head yawning loudly. “I am too beat to think about this... Time...To...” Yawning again before collapsing on her bed sound asleep.
“The sleep spell should about knocked her out about now... Poor Gilda is highly stressed, a good night sleep should help that mood of hers.” Celestia put out the fire in the fireplace teleporting herself back into her room, removing her regal gear.
She placing the picture back in a frame right side of the window.
“Gilda is a trying individual that some of the time can be very tempered but it keep things interesting all the same.”
Celestia using her magic to rotate a painting to show a picture of Gale in the middle with string attached leading to other pictures and written notes. Celestia writes down the word Ghost Dog Leela on a card pinning it next to the bluish white aura clue.
“I do not believe that was a ghost, it seem more like a magical projection of some kind via the drawing and written word.” Celestia muttered. “The only clue was emotional moment... The first drawing for me was emotionally personally to him as a gift to his new mum; me.”
Celestia wrote on another card pinning it away. “Doctor Trace reawakening the spell via a combination of spells, potion and a chaotic plant that loves to play jokes is something I wasn't expecting.”
“Turning himself into a griffon and his wife Amber making him drink the reversal potion. I doubt it was that simple to change him back. So I will be watching this for sure.”
Celestia moved her eyes back to the photo of Gale. “I really want to find your parents..." Celestia put her hoof on it. “Yet part of me do not want to... I never felt this pull before.”
Celestia remove her hoof looking to the orange string to the big question mark of parents. “He remembered having a pet, a dog and I am happy that he has.” She put a card beside it pinning to the back of the portrait.
“Yet I am very conflicted... Gale sees me as his mother and I see him as my son I never had...” Celestia sighed heavily. “I will be that part as long as I can, have these moments that I never thought I would ever have”
“But when the time comes when we find his family. I will return Gale to them... Unless they are the ones behind this...” Celestia shook her head.
“No I will not go down that road, I am making enemies out of nothing to keep him. I can not and will not do that!” Celestia turn the portrait over.
Turning away Celestia took a deep breath and breathed it out with a hoof to her chest. “Do what best for Equestria and Gale, Celestia.” She walked by the table side to go to bed.
Celestia noticed the files on the table side. “Ah the files Shining Armor sent to me of the purposed guards for Gale.” Celestia lift them up opening each of them, skimming through each and till one stuck out to her.
“Now isn't this interesting.”