Several hours after breakfast and wondering around the village a guard pony slowly approached them. "Captain Myrrh," he said with a salute. "Mayor Silk Touch is ready to see the visitors from Tivi."
"Great." She looked over her shoulder at the four of them. "Well let's try not to keep her waiting." She started to lead them down the cobbled streets of the village. "So what do you think of the village?" She asked Dusk as they made their way to the center of town.
"It's nice," Dusk answered looking around at the town. "I'm having a hard time believing that they'd want to kill everyone back home if they had a chance." Her tone was more surprised than accusatory.
"Well no pony here want's the war." Myrrh looked over at the bat.
"Neither do most of us in Tivi." Atlas patted Dusk's head. "So I don't think that you have much to worry about a couple of blow hard war hawks aren't likely to prevail against more level heads."
"Right." Escutcheon nodded walking along side her. "King Awe doesn't want this war and I'm sure the king here doesn't either it would only hurt them and their people." He gave her a warm smile. "Don't worry. I'll make sure everything works out okay." As they approached the mayor's estate the guards quickly rushed and opened the door for them.
"Knock knock!" Myrrh sang as she knocked on the door. An elderly unicorn opened the door. "Hey Grey good to see that your still up and kicking." She gave the mayor's master butler a warm smile as he opened the door for them.
"The mayor and her guests are waiting for you in her library. She's been told that Master Escutcheon enjoys books. Please follow me." He turned with a grace that would have been thought impossible for a stallion of his age and began leading them into the house. As they approached they could hear whispering coming from the room. The butler entered the room before them. "Mayor Silk, Your guests have arrived."
"The horn heads here?" Escutcheon's ears perked up at the tomboyish voice.
"Escutcheon, good to see you." Gildan's eagle head poked around the door frame.
"Yeah glad to see your still walking." Gilda said walking into the doorway. "We were just talking about you. From what we've heard you've been really busy."
"Yeah, I want to hear this straight from the pony's mouth." Gildan waved him and the others into the library. it was a large and spacious room with several arm chairs and sofas, There were a good number of inn tables, and a large number of books on the book shelves that wrapped around the room.
"Come on horn head fill in the gaps for us what have you been up to since you left Storm Peak." Gilda took a seat next to her brother. Red Wind and Silk Touch were sitting in arm chairs opposite each other.
"While I'd ask you to tell me your story with quite a bit more tact and grace, I am certainly just as eager as these two griffon's they've told me quite the tell over the past couple of days." Silk Touch said gesturing for Escutcheon, Dusk, and Atlas to take seats on a sofa. Turkeylegs looked at the two griffon siblings, and the mayor's hoof and sat between Dusk, and Escutcheon and the rest of the room. "Well please do tell me everything."
"I guess you both want to know how your mom died," Escutcheon said.
"Mom's not dead." Escutcheon's ears perked up.
"You mean she's alive."
"Yeah, duh. Do you think we'd have been as happy to see you if you hadn't magicked mom back too us? Gramps said that if you hadn't had teleported her to us when you did she might have. She's fine and keeping Gramps and Griffa company back at Griffon Rock." Gilda rolled her eyes. "For a smart pony you're pretty dumb." Gildan hit his sister over the back of her head. "Oww. What the heck."
"Sorry Sis mom's ghost must have possessed me to do that." Gildan said with a smirk.
"Shut it hatchling."
"Both of you be quiet!" Red ordered the two griffons immediately stopped their bickering, and Myrrh stifled a laugh.
"Myrrh please sit between the two of them to keep them in line, and Escutcheon please, start you're account from when you teleported their mother back to them." Silk Touch said as the unicorn mare sat down between the two bickering sibling. "Thank you Red. I can't tell you how many times they've done that." The mayor turned her attention back to Escutcheon now please Escutcheon, you may begin."