//------------------------------// // Chapter 42 – The Dream Adventure of Gale and Discord // Story: Griffon of Canterlot // by Electuroo //------------------------------// Griffon of Canterlot Chapter 42 – The Dream Adventure of Gale and Discord “-magic surge and whoom! You created chaos by blowing away all that dust! Haha! I am not even that and you are causing delightful chaos!” Discord laughed kicking his hoof and claw feet in the air as he laid on his back holding the slender area of his gut, tears falling from his eyes. Inside a dome like room through the waterfall they came from was symbols all over the insides, all lead to a large swirling whitish blue mass of cloud, aura, ripples of lightning dancing in a counter clockwise motion. Gale fitting up wires to a console with processing chips that look very sci-fi, he rolled his eyes trying to ignore Discord boosting about what he did by pure accident to his own account. “Oh don't give me that eye roll! Gilda bailed you out, she saved you from Luna's wrath and you know it!” Discord chuckled lightly as he got up on top his claw and hoof feet dusting himself off. “Any hoo, what exactly does this place have to do with random dream adventures you spoke of?” He looked around the inner dome room. “Don't get me wrong this spells total chaos, it just chaos I am not familiar with.” Gale slip the last isoliner chip into the slot, he closed up the console panel picking up the bag putting it on over his head, through one arm and wing resting on his side. “It called imaginative chaos, well... I call it that.” Gale wave his talon around in a circle motion. “This place I created is completely randomlize a dream, to well allow me have random dreams like any other can, some reason I can't so I have to make it myself with dream magic.” Gale explained. Discord look down at the console. “That look like something from that universe a few thousand doors down, how ever you knew exactly what it look like?” Gale shrugs. “I don't know, just remember pieces and some of it stronger than others, I just used it to be what I want it to do and that to activate the rift above us on this very circle platform to blast down on us and-” Discord put a paw finger on his beak. “Shhush I get it, it do magic dream random stuff, don't need to go all techbalby on me.” Discord moved his paw finger away. “Let me guess it safe adventures too?” Gale look to the touch display console and back to Discord. “Yep it sure does! That what the isoliner chips are for!” He pridefully responded. “Come on Discord let's give it a test run!” He get on the platform with the talons out over the touch panel. Discord shrugs. “When in Rome.” Discord stood on it. Blue stood by the entrance into the dome room leaning on the wall. “I'll be waiting here for your return Master Gale.” “Too scared mutt?” “I simply can not leave the Dream Cavern, doing so will be against what I am created for, I am server of my master, even with a will of my own I do not desire more than I have, I am happy and content. No amount of annoyance from you will change that.” Blue calmly replied. Discord growled as Blue got under his fur, scales and skin. “Activate the randomiser... Please!” Gale didn't seem to completely understand the small battle of words between Discord and Blue, he shrugs and press on different keys on the console, random symbols light up all over the dome inner wall, each has a line of blue light moving to the swirling light, they meet and the swirling mass starts to rapidly spin. Discord looked up and Gale waved to Blue. “See you soon Blue!” “Indeed, have fun.” Blue saluted. The swirling mass rapidly sped up and blast right down over them, bathing both in a torrent of blue white energy. As the light around them fades Gale find that they stood on a rocky path against a mountain side, he looked up seeing trees scattered on the outcrops, walking to the edge he peered down to see mist covering the ground far below. “That is a view!” Gale looked ahead seeing the many mountain ranges as far the eye could see. “I have to say it is impressive.” Discord stood beside Gale, he glance down. “What with the strange get up and why are you standing on your paws only?” Gale looked over himself, he was standing on his hind legs without any difficult, it felt nature, Gale saw he was wearing a light green long sleeve shirt with a brown belt tied up around it, he was also wearing light brown trousers with brown sandals on his paws. “Wow this is a cool get up! It feels so comfortable to the fur and feathers!” Gale walked around doing a few twirls. “Discord you wearing one too!” Discord looked over himself seeing he was wearing a white shirt with a black belt holding it to his slender body, wearing blackish grey trousers wearing one shoe over the dragon food, Discord reach up to his head pulling off a brown cone hat. “Hmm... This reminds me of eastern lands.” Discord put it back on his head. Gale saw a small village just down the path by the cliff side. “Discord let's check the village out!” He points to it. “Does other lands wear different outfits?” “Of course.” Discord snap his talon, a portal appears showing the village just a short walk away. “At least my magic works.” Discord grinned. Gale step through it, he look to the side of it up the mountain seeing the portal. “We in a random dream environment, so maybe you can use it but at a limited amount.” Discord step through and snap his lion paw making it close. “You really know how to dull my joy...” He gave a deadpan look at Gale. Gale shrugs. “I said maybe, but you can put my theory to the test.” Gale walked down the path to the village hearing music being played. Discord followed close behind. “I'll be restrictive, who knows what this random dream will throw at us.” Discord put his talon and paw behind the back of his slander neck. They got closer and soon the music became louder, being played by a few anthropomorphic pigs, rabbits and geese, they were playing instruments that Gale thought look like guitars but look oddly shaped, bells being hit too. “Those animals look odd Discord.” “Standing on two, using their wings, hooves and paws as hands... I say it delightfully chaotic.” Discord chuckled. They walked by some of the buildings, big wooden pillars with stone bases, slate roofs, some with stone walls, a rabbit wearing glasses and grey shirt and shorts holding the odd looking guitar pull on a few strings catching their attention. “Hello travellers, welcome to our village, Artisan Village, where we make all sorts of musically instruments for the town at the Valley of Peace and other parts of China.” Discord rubbed the beard with his talon. “Hmm... China... China China... Where have I heard of that before...” “It familiar to me but I am not sure why Discord.” Gale replied and turn to the rabbit. “Mr Rabbit what is that you are playing?” The rabbit look to it and back at Gale. “It a guitar.” “Ooo... Can I hear you play it again please?” “Since you asked so nicely, young one.” He ting a few strips. “I'll gladly play a tone for you and your friend.” Gale sat down cross legged eager to listen as the rabbit start to play the guitar, Discord took a look around. “Bunny, what do you see when looking at us?” Discord turn to the musician bunny. “Two strangers that are passing by.” “What am I?” Discord asked. “A tall skinny goat that really need to eat something, your young friend a feline I never seen before.” He replied. “What do you think I should see?” Discord raise a eye brow sitting down beside Gale. “What you suppose to see, play your music.” He waved the paw. The bunny nods and start to play. “Discord, I see you as you, do you see me as me?” Gale whispered to him. Discord whispers back. “I do, question is why he see us as something else?” “Random dream, chaotically allow us to fit in whatever your little head wanted to create.” Discord chuckled. “Rather have some action though.” Gale's ear twitch, he slowly look up into the cloud to the mountain opposite to the village. “Discord I can hear something.” “The music from the bunny.” Discord rolled his eyes. Gale got up walking towards the edge looking up still. “No I hear something up there.” Gale points up. Discord snap his paw making a binoculars appear. “It most likely nothing.” Discord look through it to see gorillas and wolves. “Oh poop...” A spear with rope of it lands before them digging into the ground, Gale squawks in alarm. “Discord what going on!?” Discord step back. “Trouble, big trouble.” Discord turn to one of the bunnies. “Sound the alarm! We under attack!” “Can't you snap your paw?” Gale asked. “That be too easy, we in a dream so we must play part of it.” Discord runs and Gale follows getting to cover with many others as the first wolves land. Gale watched more spears land all over the place with more wolves land. “Get all the metal you can find!” The one eye wolf shouts out order to the others. “Metal? Why do they want to steal metal?” “Not sure...” Discord replied as they watched the wolves gather the metal all around. One came up to them. “Show me what in the bag!” He demanded pointing to Gale's bag. Gale put both talons over it pressing it against his chest. “It mine! Your not having it!” “Give me it you brat!” He grabs it. Discord put his talon on the wolf arm. “Wrong move.” He said darkly raising his lion paw up and snap it. The alpha look around. “That's everything, let's get out of-” Suddenly one of the wolves running on all fours came to him wearing a dress. “Why are you wearing that stupid thing!?” “Th-the goat did it!” He shakily points, Discord walk into view from the building with Gale beside him. “The cub got something metal in the bag.” “You will suffer for what you did to one of my pack.” He got ready to fight when a- “Wooooohoooo!” They all turn to the mountain seeing six figures racing down it, they leap off towards the village. They all land with the panda facing the other way in a battle stance, he quickly turn around. “A panda!? Impossible!” Gale looked up to Discord. “Create a portal, they can't get the sphere.” He pleads to Discord. “We in a dream, nothing can hurt us.” Gale looked around as the six creatures fight the wolves. “That is true but the sphere is the only way to end it and send us back!” Gale stated. Discord stared down at him. “You created a sphere that ends the dream?” “Yep.” “If it get damaged-” “Oh nothing can damage it, it got a 195 combinations on it.” Gale said taking it out of his bag. “Why did you create a sphere to end the dream!?” Discord shouted at Gale. Gale shrugged. “Thought it a was a cool idea.” A wolf flies past them landing face first into a bong, it rings out from the impact. Discord rubbed his forehead. “You know what.. Forget it.” Discord groans. “One portal coming up!” He snaps the paw but nothing happens. “Oh come on!” He snap again. “No dice, we going to have to get out of here the old fashion way.” Gale nods. “Alright Di-” He saw the wolf in the dress charge right for Discord. “Watch out!” Discord turn to get a kick in the body sending him flying into the wall, he slid down from it rubbing his head. “You are going to pay for this goat!” “Grandma, you can't hurt me.” Discord got up dusting himself off. “Go on hit me.” The wolf snarls. “As you wish!” He pushes Discord. Discord doubled over. “Ooo that hurt...” Discord slowly raise his head. “That... hurt...” The wolf grab him by the neck. “It sure did.” He kicks Discord sending him flying again. Discord rolled around on the ground groaning in pain. “Gale get that thing working! I can get hurt!” Gale nods and as he was about to start, a wolf paw placed on the sphere. “I'll be taking that.” The alpha takes it. Gale snarls. “That mine you big meanie!” He grab the sphere and get shook around by the wolf. “Leave that cub alone wolf!” The tiger kicks him, the alpha goes flying but still holding the sphere. Gale went for the wolf. “Give me back my puzzle sphere!” The tiger put her paw out stopping Gale. “Cub, I'll do what I can to get it back for you, do not try something stupid.” Gale push her paw away. “I am getting it back!” He flared open his wings taking off to the sky. She looked up seeing now the griffon. “Po! That cub, his not a cub!” “Whoa no way! He some sort of cat-bird hybrid! How wicked is that Tigress!?” “Not the time Po! He want that puzzle sphere the wolf has! We can't let either of them have it!” Discord got up. “Gale get the sphere back, I'll keep the kitten busy.” Tigress turn around to Discord. “Not a chance go-” Her eyes look up and down. “What kind of freak are you!?” “Discord, lord of chaos and disharmony.” Discord raise his paw up snapping it, a blinding flash he held a laser pen. “And follow the red dot little kitten.” Tigress stared at him. “Follow the red dot?” She noticed it on the ground. “What are you trying to do?” Discord stared. “You suppose to be chasing it, your a cat!” “Oh the reflective light dot? I got over it.” She said flatly to Discord. Discord threw the laser pen behind himself exploding on impact. “Well, time for plan B!” She got ready for whatever he was going to pull next. “Look Po behind you!” She quickly look and saw nothing, looking back Discord was gone. “Damn it!” Gale flew right for the wolf, he quickly jump out of the way, the griffon turn around aiming for the wolf to only have the sphere kicked out of his paw by Po the Panda, followed up by a kick down knocking the wolf into the ground hard, Po lands on the roof looking up at Gale. “How are you half cat and bird!?” “I am a griffon and I don't care how exciting you are! Get out of my way I want my puzzle sphere back!” Gale tried to fly for it to get blocked by Po with a paw hand out. “Sorry griffon, no dice!” Gale growls. “I don't have time for this!” Gale spins around rapidly creating a whirling column of air. Po blinded from it for a second, when he got his senses back the wolves were on a retreat. “Crane!” “I'm on it!” He flew up cutting the rope to the net filled with metal and one pig, Po jumps off the cliff after it with four of the five helping to pull him back up with the metal. The village residence gather cheering for Po and the five. “Look what we got here.” Po picked up the sphere. “That the gold sphere those creatures were after.” Tigress said looking at it for herself. The wolf gets up, Po turn around. “I got this.” Suddenly he freezes seeing the symbol on the armour. “Po!” Tigress rush to his aid. After getting hit, Po drop the gold metal sphere, the wolf stop it rolling to the cliff edge with his paw foot, reaching down the wolf take the sphere, he gets on the bag net of metal as it pulled away from the ledge. “See you tubby!” Gale came out of the clouds zooming right for the wolf. “Give me that sphere back!” He rose the hammer. “Oh I got something to give to you freak!” Discord watched from his hiding spot through the binoculars. “This isn't how a dream should work, what did the cub do?” Discord whispered to himself noticing Crane looking directly at him. “I'll be back for you Gale.” Crane flew right at him, not much left in his magic reserves Discord had only one option in mind, with a snap of the lion paw he vanishes in a flash of light. Crane stops in mid flight very startled at what just happened. “H-he gone!” Crane heard a loud anger squawk, turning around to see Gale charging into the cloud right for the wolf holding to the net full of metal objects. Gale right talon glows with whitish blue light, before he could punch the wolf, the mallet hits him square in the chest, with a painful sharp squawk Gale sent flying backwards. “Score two for the wolf! Hahaha!” The alpha disappeared into the cloud The blow left Gale shocked and out of control, he spiralling towards the village, the ground rapidly coming towards him...