Griffon of Canterlot
Chapter 45.5 – The Change of One's Destiny
Soothsayer walk up the steps with the gorilla guard behind her, as they arrived on the platform Shen's spear slide to a stop just in front of them, Soothsayer and the gorilla stared at it before looking up to see Shen holding one wing with the other glaring at Alpha, he stood with mallet in hand in front of Gale.
“How dare you strike me! I am your lord, your master!” Shen spoke in a threatening tone with tail feathers flared up and wide.
Alpha stood in his defence stance ready for Shen to attack. “I strike you Lord Shen because you were about to harm a child! Yes he has unknowing and scary powers within, but it doesn't mean you can use that staff to torture him!”
Shen brings out three blades from his right wing, Gale shifts himself back against the wall. “He has abilities that I want! He going to give me them one way or the other!”
“Stop acting like a fool Shen, not only you destroyed your ancestor home, you wish to bring harm to force a child that do not know how to control the magic within him let alone explain how.” Soothsayer put her stick on his wing being it down.
Shen turn to the gorilla he toss the staff over, taking it he heated up the tip of the blade, Alpha growls with a arm out to Gale taking a more aggressive stance. “A trivial sacrifice, when whole of china is my award.” He poke the map causing it to burn, he place the staff down with wings spread out.
Soothsayer speaks walking up a little behind him. “Will you be satisfied with the subjugation of the whole world finally make you feel better?” She looked at him angrily. “Will harming a young child to the point of killing him weather or not you get his pure magic?”
Shen causally walk by her. “It a start, I will convert the basement into a dungeon too.”
Alpha's eye widen as he heard those words, he lower the mallet a little, Gale staring with fear by his right leg holding up to the armour side. “I won't let that happen.”
“Won't?” Shen turn to Alpha. “Didn't you and I with a pack of wolves took care of those pandas 30 years ago?”
Alpha lower his head slightly his eye shifting away. “Yes and I can't change what I did back than but I can change what I do now.” He rose his head reading to fight.
“The cup you choose has no bottom, it is time to stop this madness.” She walked him to his left.
Shen smirked glancing at her for a second. “Why on earth would I do that?”
“So your parents can rest in peace.”
Shen grew anger. “My parents hated me.”
Gale listened to them. “What he said isn't true... I found out how they past away, Soothsayer going to tell him.” Alpha whispered to Gale, he nod in reply to listen.
“You don't understand.” He speaks quickly in pain. “They rubbed me and I... I will make it right.”
Soothsayer showed sadness. “They loved you so much that sending you away killed them...”
Shen coldly turn to her. “The dead excised in the past, I must tend to the future.” He looked directly at the gorilla. “Let the Soothsayer free, the griffon stays.”
Gale looked at his talon and the mallet, a idea came to mind and he place the talon on the mallet itself. “Wh-” Alpha look down to see the talon glow with the bluish white energy moving over it. “What did you do?”
“Use it, we escape...”
Alpha made his mind up at that very moment, he could of used this energy on the Panda and his friends for Shen but Gale gave this to him in good faith, Alpha raised it up. “As you wish Lord Griffon.”
“Wh-” Shen turn to Alpha to see the bluish white glowing mallet end with electrical energy coming off it. “What did he do to your weapon!?”
Soothsayer calmly moved beside Gale. “As I saw.” She whispered rubbing her beard.
Alpha grinned. “Let's see shall we?” He smash it down right in front of Shen and the gorilla, a massive explosion of energy erupts from the impact.
Shen get blown away with his tail feathers and wings spread out to slow himself down, sliding to a stop on the wooden walkway on the other side of the building, metal claws on the talons digging deep, the gorilla wasn't so lucky he smashed through the wooden wall sailing across crashing through a roof of a building.
Shen looked back at the direction of the platform he was on to see no sign of Alpha, Gale or Soothsayer. “Where did they go!?” He looked rapidly. “You four find them now!” The stunned wolves snapped out of their shock and quickly rushed out.
Shen looked at his wing arms seeing the electrical energy dancing off it, he felt a bit paralysed from the impact. “What incredible power that griffon has, he transferred his magic into that mallet, I must have it...”
The wolves quickly jumping on roof top to roof top, one of them found the remains of the mallet being the stick, he shows it to them and they followed the trail to the harbour area, landing on the stone path ground they looked around for Alpha and the others.
A lone antelope driver stood by his cart fixing it. “You!”
He turn jumping back at the sight of them. “P-please don't harm me or damage my cart!”
“We won't if you tell us where they went!”
He quickly point in a direction. “A wolf, sheep and strange bird-cat ran that way!”
They nod and rush off disappearing into the streets, on a boat tethered to the pier Gale pulled the tarp back. “Th-thank you...”
“I would of shopped in that wolf over there but I couldn't do it to you or Soothsayer...” He step up to Gale, Alpha just looked away. “I am not sure why you gave me this silver bar though.” He pulled it out of his pocket.
Gale laughed. “You rip it off and eat the chocolate inside silly.”
“Rip it off?” He did so to see the brown item within, taking a sniff of it he chewed a little of it. “Wow this is really something! This chocolate is really tasty!”
“It is but don't eat too much or you might get sick.” Gale smiled.
“Oh I'll take my time! Take care!” He put it away in the pocket, grabbing hold of the handles of the cart he ran off.
Soothsayer point to the rope. “Remove the rope Alpha, we have a village to return too.”
“Village? Why can't we go find Discord and the others?” Gale hooped back on the boat.
Soothsayer put her hoof hand on his shoulder. “This is the path we need to take, trust me.”
Gale nods. “Okay.” He turn to Alpha. “Can you please do it and take us to the village?”
Alpha walked by them removing the rope and putting it into the boat. “Very well Lord Griffon, I do not look forward to this...”
“Why?”
“Because it where it all began with Shen...”
“Can you tell me?” Gale asked.
Alpha open the sails up and took hold of the rudder. “Very well Lord Griffon, it will not be pleasant...”
Gale smiled sitting down before him. “It Gale, Griffon is what I am.”
“Lord Gale.” He bow his head slightly. “What happened all those years ago started when Shen discovered other means of use with the fireworks his parents created...”
Soothsayer walked inside peering through the cloth she smiled.
“The stone path has crumbled and a new one is forged, destiny has been changed...”