Griffon of Canterlot
Chapter 49 – Gale time with Cadance
Walking away from the castle gates down the streets to the Canterlot Parks, Gale adjusted the plush in his bag as he walked with Cadance, he noticed the guards walking in distance to many standing guard keeping a watchful eye of the surrounding area, Gale noticed the cart with the ponish words 'Ice Cream' on it with a picture of one.
“Th-th-tha... It?”
Cadance hummed. “Indeed that is it Gale.” Gale ran ahead of her to it as the young fillies and colts finished being served, their parents paid and they walked away.
The orange unicorn with dark orange mane and tail wearing a white hat with matching apron, his light blue eyes fell upon Gale as he came to a stop before him looking very excited. “Well well well isn't this a surprise, the young prince stand eager to have a ice cream?”
“Yes.” Gale turn to Cadance as she approach. “Cady!”
Cadance giggled. “Yes I know we getting some ice cream.” She turn her attention to the unicorn. “Sir I would like a ice cream each for myself and Gale please, which flavours do you have today?”
The orange unicorn using his magic bring up the black board. “I have these flavours today Princess Cadance.”
Cadance put her wing behind Gale's back. “Have a look Gale and pick which flavour you would like.”
Gale step up towards it placing the claw under his beak with the index over the side of it, with a thoughtful look he read in his mind all the flavours vanilla, chocolate, strawberry, raspberry, banana, mint and he stopped at one of the lines. He remove his talon from the beak poking the line with his claw. “Lemon Ice!”
“That says lemon flavour ice cream n-”
“Lemon Ice! Lemon Ice!” He poke it over and over again.
Cadance shook her head. “Cubs be cubs, can I have the 'Lemon Ice' Please?”
The unicorn raise a questionable look but Cadance gave him the hint to go with it with a saddle nod. “One Lemon erm... Ice coming right up.” He brought up the cone and scoop, he put two scoops of yellow colour ice cream on it and Gale takes it out of his magic grasp.
Cadance give him the two bits for it, she saw how thrilled Gale looked as he studies it at first, he was hesitating to try it. “Go on it going to melt all over your talon.”
Gale stuck his tongue out and licked it, he gasped with joy wings flapping a few times as he took off the ground squawking happily as he gave it a more joyful lick followed by a soft gleeful squawk, he lands on his paws and free talon continue to lick it with joy as memories of having it in the past at a pier sticking out of a beach side theme park was in view behind him.
The memory he recalled suddenly was important to him but the ice cream of joy had was also. “Lemon Ice! Yay! Yummy!”
“I was going to pull that...” The unicorn was surprised by the reaction.
“Why?” Cadance curiously asked.
The unicorn cleaning the scoop with a cloth. “I never sold any of that flavour in the last month since I thought about creating it, no point keeping something that doesn't sell.” He turn to Gale. “But the prince, seeing that joy is the reason I do this.” He gave a warm smile. “So I will keep selling it.”
Cadance look to the board. “I'll have one too.” He nods and make one for her, she give him the bits for the ice cream, Cadance gave a lick and surprised at the taste. “Wow, no wonder he likes this, it really good, tangy, tasty and got a sweet kick to it.”
He bows to them. “I am pleased to see you two love my lemon fl-”
“Lemon Ice!” Gale instantly bloated out.
“I believe it shall be called from this day fourth as Lemon Ice.” Cadance giggled.
The ice cream pony rubbed out the word and replaced it with the new one. “Shall it will, enjoy your day.” He bow again and they leave walking to the park. “Lemon Ice... Lemon Ice... Lemon Ice... Wow so simple and roll off the tongue, why didn't I think of that?” He got a tug from a filly. “Yes little one?”
“Can I try this lemon ice pretty please?” She asked.
He smiled. “Sure little filly, that be two bits please.”
Gale walked into the park jumping up on the bench sitting on it with his back resting against it with his hind legs out in front, wings pressed and tail swishing around behind the gap, Cadance sat down beside him with hind legs tuck under her with forelegs over the edge as she held her ice cream with the magic. “Ready to learn about how the magic of spontaneous singing happen with music?”
Gale licking his ice cream nods as he curiously watch some of the five to seven year old fillies and colts playing a game of kicking the ball to each other, others playing on swings to a roundabout or even a tire swing. “Music... Learn, how?”
Cadance lick some of her ice cream. “Yes.”
“Okay!” Gale eager to listen on how music happens when the spontaneous singing happens.
Cadance thought for a moment about the string Gale had pinned around the room. “There been many questions and many theories through out history on the subject, one good example to this magical music effect seem to surround the one that starts singing as you showed in the Suitor Suite...” She paused. “Why did Aunt Celestia name that room Suitor Suite and not Tailor Suite?”
Gale raise a eye in mid pause licking the ice cream.
“Sorry getting off topic.” She giggled. “Your string showed a good example of that theory of thermometric magical energy that in the air all around us in Equestria and beyond it borders.” Cadance using her magic to form aura magical pockets around them reshaping by her command. “This also could have effect on others around to get into song and even know what to say without even knowing the words that just randomly created, did you feel that pull when Rarity was singing?”
Gale shift his eyes upwards thinking about it and recall that moment she sung a question directly to him, he did feel a compulsion to respond and did. “Yes... Rares... Question sung me...”
“That would be the effect of the song coming over you to be part of it, even for a second or two.” Cadance said. “It also conveniently used for that reason in plays and movies, if you go to a musical the whole play is nothing but song even there is ponies playing the music on purpose.”
Gale listened intently.
“Other than that the magical energy created by the song about to happy cause the music to magically play out of thin air, even some cases ponies with instruments get involved too, also dancing in beat to it too before going to their own business once more as if never interfered with the day to day life.”
Gale tilt his head. “Ponies love music, dance and song?”
“For the most part yes and we all can carry a tune when it happens, other than outside it... Not so much, also if I recall those that can't speak well seem to magically just can when they break into song.” She rubbed a hoof under her muzzle. “That something no pony ever figured out but just became part of life when it happen.”
Gale look to the ice cream, around the park and back to Cadance. “Plot story?”
“Indeed musicals does that, it sort of help ponies do things that they are creating to do it with pure inspiring effect of their talents too, festivals tend to do it too, I recall it happening during a Summer Sun Celebration a few years back, they sang and danced as I watched it happen, they loved every moment of it.” Cadance replied and Gale thought back to the pleasant memories of the pier with his eyes closed, he could recall the music playing from the load speakers on the pier.
Gale's eyes snap open, he could hear the music from his memories all around him getting louder, a sudden strange feeling was coming over him, in panic he looked around quickly trying to figure out how to stop it from happening, he didn't want to just burst into singing, Gale recalling of his mum's words about his magic and not to use it without learning to control it first.
The drip of a cold yellowish creamy liquid on his talon drew Gale's attention to the Lemon Ice, he remembered what happened if someone eats ice cream too fast, this was the only action Gale could think of, without a second thought the beak went down over a chuck of the ice cream and with a hard swallow the sharp pain came to the side of his head.
Squawking in pain holding the side of his head with the free talon eyes shrunk to pin picks he was suffering from a very sharp brain freeze, the result he hoped for did come as the music fades and the strange feeling in him also sharply withdrew. “Gale why did you just eat a chuck of that ice cream?”
Gale turn to Cadance with terry eyes. “Magic... Music... Singing... Stop...”
“You did it to stop yourself from going into spontaneous singing?” Cadance was startled. “Why?”
“Mum... no want... misuse magic...” Gale was rubbing his head trying to get rid of the headache he caused himself.
Trace back as a pony suddenly spoke up as he and Amber the anthropomorphic cat came up to them holding their own ice creams, one in magic the other in paw hand. “A rash but understandable move when your mother said that, I did explain to her Gale would take it at face value and seriously.”
“So it true that Gale does take things at face value?” Cadance point to Gale with her wing. “What wrong with him going into song though?”
“Princess Cadance think about his pure magic, who knows what kind of effect a magical musical from him could have on any of us.” Amber said turning to Trace. “Do you thing sweat pea.”
Cadance thought about it and saw what Amber meant. “You have a valid point...”
Trace nods with his glowing horn tap Gale's head, the pain suddenly faded. “Pain... Not so much...” Gale felt better.
Cadance took into account the pure magic that was still in Trace and how he switch between pony and griffon. “Your magic works on Gale now doesn't it?”
“Indeed, your duties make it quick for you to forget doesn't it Princess?” Trace lick part of his ice cream, Cadance face hoof remembering that Trace's unusual situation allowed him to use magic on Gale now.
“I am also the prince's GP, so I am able to use healing magic on the youngster outside of the hospital.” Trace now turn his attention back to Gale. “Your action was sharp and sudden, I know you were scared of your magic's effect on us all through song, it will happen again and you won't have a ice cream to stop yourself.”
Gale gulped nervously at the idea he couldn't stop it. “Do not worry about that cub, now tell me how come your wearing such a smart suit?” Amber asked looking up and down at the teen.
Before the young griffon could say anything a new voice speaks up. “That is the most spectator suit I have ever seen! Even on a griffon no less it look superb!” They all turn to source of the voice being a grey earth pony with a paper fan cuite mark, wearing purple shades with a white and grey swirly mane and tail.
He also had a vest collar on with a red scarf cloth between it in the front, hoof cuffs on the forelegs just above each hoof, Cadance knew how he was instantly. “Hoity Toity how is your day?”
“Dull and boring till I saw this young prince wearing such a fine superb suit! I had to come right over and ask who made this delightful suit.” He examining the suit taking a good look at it up close.
Gale turn to Cadance with confusion. “This is Hoity Toity, he one of the top fashion designers here in Canterlot, the suit Rarity made you caught his attention and all he will do is examine it with absolute care.”
“Okay...” Gale just went back to licking his ice cream just letting this weird pony look over at his suit.
Hoity Toity step back a few steps. “Rarity hmm? I heard of her, she has a boutique in Ponyville correct?”
Amber answers. “That what I know of, she been interested in making me a dress, never done one on a cat like me before.” She chuckled. “I still got to respond, why not when you go there give me a hollow and we head there together hon? Amber the name and Trace here is my husband.”
He lower the shades slight looking at the orange anthropomorphic cat. “Hmm... A interesting challenge, if she make suits like this I beg to wonder how her dresses will come out, you have a deal ma'am.” Hoity Toity turn to see Fancy Pants waving his hoof. “I have to go, my friend is waiting I do not want to keep him waiting, ta ta for now.” Hoity Toity leaves.
“That just happened.” Amber chuckled.
“Indeed...” Trace responded glancing to the crystal on a strap on the foreleg. “Tomorrow I be back as a griffon.”
Gale tilt his head. “Pony? Griffon? Pony? You no get confused?”
“Oh I do Prince Gale, it my fault as I said before.” He look to the crystal on the foreleg. “Well we got things to do, glad we were around to help and to get that interesting exchange, don't be a stranger okay Prince Gale?” Gale nod waving his free talon.
Amber knelt down. “Don't worry about singing, sooner or later it will happen, when it does make sure it a cheery and beautiful song okay?”
“Okay, Ambey!”
“Take care Gale.” She rubbed the free paw hand over his feathered head getting a laugh from Gale and the Abyssinian leaves with Trace.
Cadance giggled. “That was eventful, just don't do that again okay?”
Gale nods. “Brain freeze hurt... No do again...”
“A good idea Gale, just don't go to extremes to stop the magic in you, it could be more harmful in that way than good, one way or the other we will help you to get that under control, that I promise.” Cadance warmly said to Gale.
“Okay Cady!”
Cadance gave Gale a curious look as he lick the ice cream just enjoying the weather and wanting to just chill out, he felt that magical moment she was certain of. “I wonder what kind of song he was going to sing? Maybe he will later on, I would love to be there when it happens.” Cadance whispered to herself and lick her Lemon Ice.
As they enjoyed their ice creams not to far the orange unicorn now farcically selling lemon flavoured ice creams.