//------------------------------// // Chapter 40 – Galaiosity // Story: Griffon of Canterlot // by Electuroo //------------------------------// Griffon of Canterlot Chapter 40 – Galaiosity Celestia sitting at the table ate her breakfast, things pretty much been a routine for the last three days, breakfast with her son and Gilda, sometimes Luna joined, worked with meetings to openings and public appearances, dinner followed by family time with Gale, each breakfast he had a different book. Gale still haven't told his mum or aunty Luna in the last three days about Discord's dream self on lived in Dream Cavern, the teen's thoughts drift away onto the book he read, it was about the Grand Galloping Gala's history and how it's yearly event two weeks before the first days of autumn came. Munching on some pancakes Gale turn the page, he took a look at the details to the drawing of ponies lining up to be greeted by Princess Celestia. Curiously Gale thought about the days, weeks and months, it only recently he finally got a head over understanding it, calculating it in his head the Gala was only about a month away give it take a day or so. Celestia look over to Gale seeing the cover title. “Reading about the Grand Galloping Gala?” “Yes mum.” Gale responds with a simple response continuing to read the book and eat his breakfast. Celestia hummed with a thoughtful look about a idea that came to mind. “Gale, did you know that when we first met it was sort of about the Gala.” Gale lower the book slightly raising his head chowing on his pancakes with his attention on Celestia. “Mum, how?” “I got a letter from Twilight while you was sleeping behind those waste bins.” Celestia made a pair of tickets appear floating them over to Gale. “I didn't send enough to Twilight, all her friends wanted to go so I sent more to her and that startled you.” Gale eyes shift to the left as he thought back to that very moment, he recalled waking up with fear and gasped looked back at Celestia. “Remembered! Mum!” Celestia laughed. “It seem you did, not my finest moment of meeting you for the first time, at the moment you were almost all by pure instincts, memories very raw and fresh.” Gale recalling those raw first few weeks, shivering slightly on how he acted. “Think of it this way, because of the Gala tickets you became my son and I became your mother.” Gale put the book down and the folk, he reached to the tickets picking them up, curiously looking at the golden reflection of himself between the lines of the printed written text. “G-G-G...” He tried to say it groaning as the words wouldn't leave his beak. “It okay son, you are getting there day by day, think of it this way, by the time the Gala comes up you be able to talk well enough to talk to others.” Gale frowned with confusion, getting a giggle from Celestia. “Oh Gale, they yours.” Gale pupils shrunk with a surprised squawk. “Oh and the other you can pick who ever to go with you.” Gale looked down at them and back at Celestia a few times. “Mum! Why?” “Because I think it be a good reason for my son to go to the very thing that made up family.” Celestia warmly said to Gale. “Also no returns, they yours, so weather you want to go or not it up to you.” Gale was about to get up and fly over to Celestia to give her a big happy hug but the doors slammed open in the usually fashion of Gilda walking in. “Morning dweebs!” Celestia rolled her eyes. “That is three times this week Gilda, do you really need to really throw open the doors in that manner?” Gilda shrugged. “Unless I am not allowed to.” “Well if it a thing than I know your here.” Celestia responded. “Still, just be a bit more careful, any harder I fear those doors will come right off those hinges.” Gilda looked back as the guards close the doors. “Fine I will do it a bit less htmp okay?” “I believe that a acceptable compromise.” Celestia said using her magic to bring over Gilda's stack of pancakes and cup of tea. “Today I will be on my way to Ponyville for a formal visit, Twilight most likely got the whole town preparing for my arrival.” Celestia giggled. Gilda chuckled taking her seat. “Your such a troll Princess, that one of the things I like about you, you really know how to tease them.” Gilda picked up the folk pointing it a few times in Celestia's direction before stabbing it into the pancakes, with the knife in the other talon cutting a piece off. “Oh I do not even know what you mean Gilda.” “Sure whatever you say Princess.” Gilda chuckled. Gale look to the ticket and over to Gilda, he knew who exactly to give the spare ticket too, so he waited till they were done with breakfast to give it to Gilda. “I gather your plans are as usual?” Celestia spoke as she raise the cup of tea to her muzzle. Gilda shook her head. “Not exactly, morning yes but afternoon no, learned that some hot shot Pegasus called Spit whatever is coming by to give Gale some flying pointers.” Gilda raise her tea up to the beak drinking a little of it. “Ah yes, I do recall something about that, Captain Spitfire of the Wondrbolts took time out of her own time to come by this afternoon.” Celestia confirmed Spitfire was coming to Canterlot to give some flying lessons to Gale. Gilda stared. “Captain of the Wonderbolts, the very team wearing blue and yellow flight suits?” “Yes.” “Well, what did Gale do to impress her?” Celestia drunk a bit of her tea putting the cup down. “It a interesting story, eat and I will tell you.” Ponies picking up plates, cups and cuttery, cleaning up the tables. “Ha, I wonder how Dash would react to that, I know she a big fan of those show ponies.” “Well in two weeks time the Young Flyers Competition in Cloudsdale is happening and Rainbow Dash is one of those competing.” Celestia said. Gilda tapping her right talon claws against the table top. “Let me guess, first place winners get to hang out with the show ponies?” “Correct.” “Urg... Let me guess Gale going?” “Yes.” Gilda got a pleading look from Gale, she raise her right talon over to her face pulling it down. “Cub cute face does not work.” Gale than pouts. “That doesn't work either.” Gale grumbles crossing his forelegs now annoyed. “Gale your not going to win.” Gilda rolled her eyes. Celestia speaks up. “He want to go and giving you that ticket shows that Gale rather have you be the one looking after him, you are the first griffon he met.” Gilda slowly look back at Gale seeing he sat there nature. “Your not going to stop pleading till I say yes, aren't you?” Gale nods and she groans. “Fiiiinne you win, I was wrong... I'll go to the lame YFC...” “Hmm... Interesting way to put it, but thank you.” Celestia wink to Gale who cheered in delight flying around the room, he comes in and give Gilda a big hug. Gilda rolls her eyes. “Your welcomed cub, now get off before I change my mind!” Gale quickly let go, he wave the ticket to her. “Gilda!” Gilda took the ticket from his talon. “What is this ticket for?” “Read it.” Celestia incised “One admission to the Grand Galloping Gala, VIP access...” Gilda raise a eye. “That sounds very lame and boring.” “Oh you do not know how true it is.” Celestia admitted with a giggle. Gilda quickly glanced at her. “Why in the name of Grover would you give that to Gale to give to me!?” Celestia slyly smiled turning her gaze away. “Oh that was his choice not mine, just hoped he would.” Gilda grinned with a snap of the claws. “Oh I see your game, you want me and Gale to spice things up don't you? Throw a bit of chaos in the mix?” Gale looked surprised by what Gilda said, he thought his mum was of order. “Don't you look surprised son.” Celestia put a wing around him pulling the teen close. “I wanted to give you them for the reasons I spoke to you before hoof, but since you gave your spare to Gilda and hoped you did I think you two together can make things a little bit more lively.” Gale thought about it, he recalled order need chaos and chaos need order, so maybe she needed to add a bit of chaos to keep order. He nods to Celestia in somewhat understanding what she said, he was curious if Twilight and her friends be there too, would Spike? “Spike?” “Oh he going.” “YAY!” Gale broke from the wing hug dancing around happily to hear that Spike going. Gilda slowly frowned at the ticket. “Is it filled with rich stuck up snoobs? Also overly dressed suits and dresses?” “Yes and yes.” “Why did I get myself caught up in these things!?” Gilda groans throwing her forelegs up in the air. “You cub!” She points at him. “What the heck you do to get me into this stuff!?” Gale shrugs. “Maybe you feel like a sister to him.” Celestia got up and Gilda stares off into space. “I got things to prepare for my visit in a few hours to Ponyville, enjoy your day my little griffons.” Celestia vanishes before Gilda could snap out of her trace. Gale waved his talon in front of Gilda's face, Sunbeam walked up to them. “Princess Celestia sure like to drop those bombshells don't she?” Gale nods as he snap his claws in front of Gilda. Gilda blinked a few times and shook her head. “I really hate when she put me in that spot.” Gilda grumbled. Sunbeam smiled. “You do make it easy for her to do it.” “I don't, you dweeb!” “You know if your going to the Gala you will need something fancy like a d-” Gilda grabbed her muzzle shutting her up and pulling her close to Gilda's face. “Get this dweeb, I will go but not in a dress, you think I will wear one of those sappy things you got nothing coming!” She let go of the muzzle. Sunbeam rubbed it. “Geez... It just a dress, no reason not to be-” “I do not do girly stuff, you can go stuff it dweeb!” Gilda turn to Gale. “Let's get your lessons going before we cross that line I throw this pony into the fountain.” “You wouldn't would you? I am Prince Gale's guard.” Sunbeam gulped a little seeing the fiery fury in Gilda's gaze now dawned over her. “You would...” She backed up a bit. “Okay shutting up and not bring it up.” “Good.” Gilda snorts. “Now...” She put the ticket under her wing for safety. “Get your book and bag Gale, let's get your lessons going before Spits come.” “Okay, Gilda.” He pick up his book, bag and ticket, Gale follows Gilda, Sunbeam close behind. Celestia peer through a crack of the door with two guards by her. “If I try that she most likely do it to me.” Celestia smiled slightly. “We would end up throwing her in the dungeon for such actions.” Blue Star stated. Celestia glance over to him. “No, because I would be to blame to pushing it that far, such action would be over zealous, also Gale wouldn't like his hororay sister being put in such a place for something so minor.” “Princess...” “Leave it be.” Celestia warned him. Blue Star sighed. “I will Princess.” Celestia glance over to him. “You like to bring up a question or two about Gilda? It seem you have some to give.” “I do Princess...” He look to the open crack of the door. “Do you really believe she like a sister to Gale? You seen the way she acts?” Blue Star raised the questions. Celestia closed the door. “Blue Star, Gilda has a soft side, she just doesn't show it often, she not a girly type and it most likely a either a griffon side or she just a tom grif version of a tom pony.” Blue Star rubbed the side of his helmet. “I think I can see where your coming with this Princess.” “Good, no need to ask about it any more.” Celestia got a nod from Blue Star.. A guard comes up to them. “Princess just got word from Fillydelphia, there seem to be a infestation pandemic.” “It seems my visit to Ponyville will be put on hold, we will stop by quickly to let Twilight know.” The guard nods and leaves to inform the Pegasi Guard that be pulling her chariot. “Blue Star, inform Captain Armor that Princess Cadance be over seeing things in Canterlot till my return, also for my sister Luna to tuck in Gale if I do not get home in time.” Blue Star salutes. “Yes princess.” “Now to deal with this infestation...” Celestia walks off with the guard in tow, Blue walks off the other way to the captain's office, than to Luna's bedroom to relay the message from Celestia.