//------------------------------// // Chapter 37 – Gilda's Recap // Story: Griffon of Canterlot // by Electuroo //------------------------------// Griffon of Canterlot Chapter 37 – Gilda's Recap Steam pours out from the sides of the stream train soon after it came to a stop at Canterlot Station, ponies and some griffons step out from the carriages while others including a purple dragon walk onto the train in turn. Gilda step off the train from her journey, her eyes locked upon the castle in the distance. “GILDA!” Gale's happily screaming squawk came from her left. “Here we go...” Gilda braced herself and right on cue she got a tackle hug from the teenage griffon. “Hey cub, guess you missed me?” She look down as he looked up, Gilda chuckled rubbing his feathered head. “How about letting go?” Gale release his hug flying back a few feet landing on the platform, Sunbeam step up beside him. “Good morning Gilda, hope your trip from Griffonstone was a pleasant one.” “Can't complain.” Gilda shrugged. “I do how ever want to know how you knew I was going to arrive from that train.” She hints to the departing train. “You dweebs spying on me?” Sunbeam shook her head. “Not at all, just dumb luck. Prince Gale were seeing Spike off back to Ponyville, he just boarded that very train you got off.” Gilda starts to walk and they follow her off the platform heading up the cobble stone path to the castle. “The purple dragon was over this weekend?” “Indeed.” “What else did I miss?” Gilda asked. Sunbeam looking around to keep Gale safe responses. “That is for Princess Celestia to tell you Gilda.” Gilda rolled her eyes. “Of course she want to tell me herself, that dweeb better not leave anything out.” “I believe you are getting the full transparency.” “Good.” Gilda saw the nervousness from Gale. “From that look cub, you did something this weekend didn't ya?” Gale nods silently shifting his gaze away, she hummed to herself wondering what it could be. “Guess I'll find out when we get to the castle.” Gilda open her wing taking off to the castle. Gale realises she not going to waste time walking and takes off after her into the sky, Sunbeam flies after them. “Wonder how she react to the Prince punching Mayor Greystorm?” She whispered to herself. They entered the castle heading right for the throne room, as they came up to the doors the guards at them look to each other first before putting their spears across. “Sorry Prince Gale, Princess Celestia is in a meeting with Chancellor Neighsay.” They put their spears back up in position. “Isn't that the head of the EEA?” Gilda raise a brow looking at Sunbeam. “What the heck is this EEA?” “Equestria Education Association.” Sunbeam answered. “I wonder if it something to do with what Princess Celestia and the others discovered over the weekend.” Gilda turn to the doors. “That what Princess Celestia want to fill me in with?” “That is what I believe, I do not have all the details myself.” Sunbeam reply to Gilda. The left guard responses. "Princess Celestia and the Chancellor been talking to each for the last hour or so." In turn the right says. "It been somewhat heated." “Best for us to-” Sunbeam doesn't get to finish what she saying when the doors open up. Coming out of the throne room a whitish grey unicorn with blackish grey groomed mane and tail wearing a purple coat with a gold trimming around the neck, also the stallion had a red ribbon with a gold seal attached to it. Chancellor Neighsay stopped turning his gaze upon the two griffons, his turquoise eyes moving from one to the other steadily. “So your the young griffon that Princess Celestia took in.” His gaze fell upon Gale only. “I do not see why she took you in, but it not my position to question why she did.” Gale tilt his head blinking a few times. Neighsay turn to Gilda. “Hmm... I do not like the fact a griffon with no history teaching any young without EEA approval, unfortunately since this is a private one on one teaching contract signed by you and the Princess, the EEA has no reason to stop you since all your progress that been reviled as been nothing put positive.” Gilda snorts. “Whatever dweeb, I will do what I agreed on to the best of my ability, the cub needs a griffon more than a pony teaching him.” “Indeed the signs that been shown do present that to be true, I will be returning every week to check on the progress since new evidence of history has presented it self in a way the EEA can not ignore it.” Neighsay said coldly to Gilda. “Do not make us regret granting you temporary teacher status for one on one lessons to Prince Gale.” Gilda rolled her eyes. “Dweeb, I do not know anything about your EEA and rather do not care, Gale doing just fine without you sticking your stupid muzzle in it.” He growls slightly. “I am the head of the EEA I can-” “What revoke the status because I wouldn't grovel to you?” Gilda countered glaring at him. He glared right back. “We be keeping a eye on you.” Neighsay turn around walking away down the hall. Gilda huffed. “What a stuck up dweeb.” Celestia's laughter caught their attention, all of them turning to the threshold to the throne room. “I am glad that you stuck up for yourself, it good to know I did pick right with you Gilda.” “Of course you did Princess, no one else did what I did.” She puffed her chest up with pride. “Indeed and sound like you are proud, not greedy, distrustful and mean.” Celestia turn walking back to her throne. Gilda followed with Gale and Sunbeam. “You can blame Gale for that one.” Celestia sat down on the throne chair. “Why blame him for giving you something back?” “Whatever dweeb.” Gilda rolled her eyes. “Just get to the point of telling me what happened this weekend and I can get to work with teaching Gale already.” “Straight to the point.” Celestia nod to the guards and the close the doors up. “Very well, let's begin with bowling...” Gale sat at a desk in the Canterlot Castle Library repeat writing what Gilda wrote, trying to get it as close to between the lines like hers. Gilda stood by the window looking out at it with forelegs crossed, everything that happened that weekend was giving the griffon a mix of conflicting feelings over the discovery about Gale. Gilda open her beak to say something but she couldn't think of what to words to even speak out, closing the beak up her eyes slowly turn to Gale as he worked on his writing to continue improving it. “Gilda...” She glanced over to Sunbeam. “When I took the assignment of being Prince Gale's guard I never expected it to be-” “Dweeb...” Gilda interrupts the guard. “I do not know what to think about what I learned but one thing that stayed the same, Gale still a cub, maybe not one before but he is now and forever.” Gilda turn to Gale as he continue to do his work she gave him to do with a tongue hanging out of the side the beak. “I am going to do what I agreed to, what about you?” Sunbeam also looked over at him. “Your right, Princess Celestia specially assigned me this.” Gilda look back out the window. “We just mixed up in things that too crazy to be believed by any other creature out there, you tell them this and they just think your some loony.” Gilda chuckled lightly with a slight shake of the head. “Just another day on the crazy train.” She pat the guard on the back before walking over to Gale. “Thanks for snapping me out of it dweeb.” “Your welcomed...” Sunbeam frowned slightly sounding a bit unsure. Gilda step up to the desk by the large hour glass. “How is it going Gale?” Gale shows Gilda. “Gilda... G-g-...” “Good?” He nods, she takes a look at the progress he made. “Your getting better cub, still work needed to be down but if your wrist start hurting just stop and take a break.” Gilda give it back to him. “How does it feel knowing... Erm... Your here because of another griffon?” Gale shrugs and goes back to working his writing. Gilda rubbed the back of her neck. “Cub...” Gale look at his talon and back at Gilda, it glows and he put his talon over her's. Suddenly the library vanishes and she finds herself in a forest within a cavern. “Where in Grover's name am I!?” “Your in the Dream Cavern, I didn't know it would work but it did!” Gale said as he lands before her. “Hi Gilda!” Gilda blinked a few times. “Am I asleep?” “Erm... Kind of, it more like day dreaming, we awake but dreaming.” Gale explained. “I am sharing my day dreaming hyper active imagination with you!” Gilda stared at him. “Dweeb... Knowing you can do magic and you using it is two different things, this is really freaky...” Gale lower his gaze. “Sorry Gilda, I can end it now if you like me too...” He shifted the talon around the dirt. Gilda groans. “Cub, we talking and I guess that acceptable for now.” Gilda took a look around. “So tell me why you did this and show me around.” “Sure!” Gale raise his head with a smile on his beak. “Come on.” He waved her to follow, Gilda did. “I wanted to answer your question Gilda... I know what I was told but I know it can't change what is now, all I can do is move forwards and try to remember my past.” Gilda looked around seeing the large crystal that gave light to the crystal blue waterfall to lake flowing river, he happily show her around for a few minutes heading through a thick part of the forest. “This is some dream place you got Gale.” “Master Gale does have a hyper active imagination.” Blue jump down from a tree branch standing before them. “What in the heck are you?” “Dream guardian, my name is Blue. I am a jackal diamond dog hybrid a fictional creature from Master Gale imagination Mistress Gilda.” Blue explained telepathically to Gilda putting his paw hand out to her. Gilda look at the paw and place her talon on it with a shake. “Blue right?” He nods. “So... You know what Gale knows?” “Correct Mistress Gilda, I can tell you that he want to remember his past for to not forget the past and not have it control the life he has now.” Blue informed her. “Sadly this only brief but has to come to a end, any longer it will have dire effects on Master Gale, he still has to control the amount of magic he uses without bring harm to himself.” Gilda gave him a look. “Alright..” Gilda turn to Gale. “Get us out of here Cub, if what your guardian freaky jackal says is true, no way your going to crash out because of this.” Gilda hints to everything around her. Gale nods. “Okay, see you tonight Blue?” “As always, I will be at the hot springs.” Blue turn and jumps into the trees and out of sight. Gilda chuckled. “Got to admit, that one awesome creature you imaginatively made.” “Thank you Gilda and can you help me to talk more outside the dream?” Gale was happy to hear what Gilda said and asked her. “Sure thing cub, now get us out of here already!” Gale nods. In a blink of a eye Gilda found herself back looking at Gale in the Library. “That was some neat trick Gale.” Gale grinned. “What trick?” Sunbeam asked. “All I saw was him touch you for a second with his talon glowing and that was it.” Gilda turn to her. “Wait you saying it just happened? But we were there for minutes at least!” Gilda point over to Gale. “I came over cause of the magic Prince Gale were using.” She turn to Gale. “Princess Celestia did tell you not to use that magic, not after what happened to Mayor Greystorm.” Gale laughed nervously. Gilda chuckled. “That the best part I will not forget.” As the subject moves away from the dream to what Gale did to Greystorm, Gale was happy for the subject change but not so happy about it having to be him hitting Greystorm. Sunbeam stared at Gilda. “He punched the mayor of Trottingham.” Gilda shrugged. “Don't care, that feather brain always got something up his feathers, don't like him at all and something tells me every time I see him to just not trust him one second. Last time I saw that dweeb he fined me for my Griffon Scones, so Gale punching him across from room to another is the best news I'll take.” Gale was puzzled and look at Sunbeam. “I can not answer that for you Prince Gale.” Sunbeam choice to return to her post not wanting to press on the topic seeing how Gale looked at her and Gilda. Gilda point to the book. “Get back to writing Gale, after lunch we get some speaking and flying time in before you get back to practice your writing.” Gale nods and go back to the writing. Gilda watched him for a few moments before turning to walk back to the window and gaze back out to the outside. “Remember the past, don't let it control you and move on to the future...” Gilda whispered. “That one heck of a saying...” Gilda looked at the particle reflection of Sunbeam. “When the time is right, I think me and Dash be friends again.” Gilda glanced over to Gale. “Thanks for sharing that dream cub.” She whispers. “Your kind heart is a real pain in the flank.” She chuckled softly as Gale continue to work on his writing. For Gilda she was back from boring old Griffonstone to interesting Canterlot on the Crazy Train, life had gave Gilda a really interesting twist.