Griffon of Canterlot
Chapter 51 – Here Comes the G-Team
Gale press on the touch display pausing the playback after Discord appeared over the Jade Palace, the exchange between Discord and Oogway left a few surprises as well more questions to be asked, Celestia and Luna showed interest in what Discord had meant about being freed from stone was too soon.
“Wow you really gave up being freed from stone for me, you were concerned that the dream adventure I couldn't wake up if you left me to be freed.” Gale turn around to Discord with happiness in his voice and face. “You showed that chaos isn't evil, it like you said to Shen, about it not being black or white it about being grey!”
Discord gave a smug pose. “That two things I did good.”
Luna gave him a narrow eyed look stepping up to the lord of chaos. “That maybe true but what you said to Oogway is what got me interested.”
“I have to agree with Luna, I quote; One I can return and cause untold chaos right now, throw them in a spin... But it could mean I speed up events...” Celestia stood by Luna. “What exactly did you mean by that?”
Discord rolled his eyes in a dismissive manner twisting his talon around. “Put it together Celestia, Luna.” Discord poke Celestia's muzzle. “Gale's feather landing on my petrified form allowing my subconsciousness to exist here, you do the maths.”
Luna glares. “Your not fooling anypony Discord, when your free you will cause chaos and disharmony once more.”
Discord crossed his arms. “So what if I might do that when I am freed, there a chance I won't! I am the lord of chaos for a reason!”
Gale step back a few steps seeing they all arguing with each other to the point most of the words became jumbled. “Gilda you were right, it happening just as you predicted.” Gale whispers.
“Yeah I am seeing and hearing it from this end too, they acting like foals.” Gilda's responded, her voice only heard by Gale. “They all are concerned for your well being, using this to their advantage too and won't let the other get the upper claw, talon, hoof or whatever over the other, it just like a family of griffons do... Just like my family did when I was young.”
Gale heard a what Gilda said. “Your parents?”
“Yeah... I'll tell ya someday cub, just not now okay?”
Gale nods slightly. “Okay Gilda...” He looked at each of them still arguing. “So we go with Plan G-Team?”
“Yep, I be right there, get the ball rolling cub!”
“Got it.” Gale replied.
Blue curious listen to Gale, he didn't see anyone with him, the jackal diamond dog closed his eyes with the dreadlocks raised up vibrating, they drop back down with his eyes snap open. “Master Gale how-”
Gale put his talon his Blue's arm. “It was all part of the plan, let us handle this okay?” Blue wondered what the plan was but he knew that his master must have a reason not sharing this with him.
“I trust your judgement Master Gale.” Blue bow his head slightly.
Gale walked up to the adults still arguing with each other, he stood up on the his paws, place two claws from both talons into the corners of the beak, he let out a high pitch whistle getting them to stop cringing in reaction from it, their attention now drawn on the teenager, Blue and Alpha cover their ears. “Stop this pointless arguing, it getting you all no where.”
Celestia speaks trying to shift it to Discord. “Son, this is just like Discord to drive us into this, he using a nice guy act on you.”
Before Discord could answer Gale sighs heavily. “His and your stories matched.” Gale rubbed his forehead slightly before he asks a question towards Celestia. “Mum is this time the first time you, aunty Luna and Discord had a equal footing, none of you had all powerful magic to wield to resolve the matter or had those in the line of trouble to be defended?”
Celestia slowly took in everything Gale just said to her and the others, Blue and Alpha watched from by the entrance to the chamber as the griffon statue electrical lights turn off darkening the corridor. “Yes... It is...”
“So this is the first time any of you had a real talk? Even we are all asleep.” Gale asked the next question.
Luna eyes shift around rubbing one foreleg over the other. “Yes...”
Gale walked around them. “How does that make you all feel about trying to use words, motive of past actions and have me in the middle of all this playing defence for me?” Gale using what Gilda explained to him to use.
Discord eyes dart around. “Well that a tough one... Best answer I can say is...” Discord eyes settle on Gale as he shrugs. “Conflicted?”
Gale stopped walking around turning to face them once more. “Do any of you even remember what you were just shouting at each other about? Honestly?”
Celestia thought about it for a second. “I got nothing...”
“Same here sister, I wasn't sure what I was saying to Discord.” Luna also failed to remember.
Discord rubbed the back of his neck. “Wow... I am impressed, you really got us all cub.”
Gale shook his head. “Not just me.” Gale sit down, move his talons over the ears, he pulls off them griffon ears shaped headphones with matching feather colour headband and mini-microphone attached. “I had help from my big sister.”
Gale turn to the corridor and all of them did too, the griffon statues lights turn on to revile Gilda wearing a black headset on her head with a mini-microphone attached to it. “Hey you idiotic dorks, got your old flanks handed to you by a cub?”
“Old?” Celestia and Luna said together insulted by a single word, Blue and Alpha couldn't help but snicker at their response.
Gilda rolled her eyes as she took the headset off her head tossing them over to Blue, he caught them. “Oh save me from the shocked insulted look, you three dweebs put the oldest griffon or pony to shame.” She turn to Discord. “Even you Freaky.”
Discord raised a eye. “Freaky?”
“Yeah dweeb, your a mismatch of body parts, so if you don't like what I called you, tough!” Gilda stopped walking and stood beside Gale with a wing over his back, Discord didn't say anything as he crossed his arms but gave a slight smirk showing some like to Gilda's personality. “The way you all been acting just been very lame, specially in front of Gale trying to act on his best interest.”
Gilda golden yellow eyes moved from one to the other. “Gale had help with what he told you but all it was a push for him, you Freaky.” She now locked her eyes on Discord. “I saw the drawings and writing about the adventure you two been on, you spent four days when only moments past by here right?”
Discord frown slightly. “Yes that true, where are you going on with this?”
“Oh you will see dweeb.” Gilda remove her wing from Gale walking up and around Discord. “Through out that time didn't you show that even with chaos magic you used it for a good reason for the most part?”
Discord thought about it. “In a way yes I did.”
“You teleported right to him soon you knew he escaped from Shen, even taking that bird called Crane along with you to prove that Gale was safe to the others.”
“Yes...”
Gilda flap her wings to fly eye level with Discord crossing her forelegs tapping a claw against the other leg cross under the talon. “I quote from your own mouth from Gale's memories of it; There is no black and white, only grey' to Shen that peacock.”
Gale thought about his encounter with Shen while captured and went to the console going through the adventure to find what he was looking for. “I see where your going with this, your not going to gu-”
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 to his left from behind.
Shen smirked glancing at her for a second. “Why on earth would I do that?”
“So your parents can rest in peace.”
Alpha leans over to Blue. “That is strange for me to see myself do what I done already on that screen thing...”
“It is... Not something anyone would expect to see...” Blue responded
As it plays on behind Gale turn around to Discord, all eyes fixed on the screen than to Gale as he spoke over the sound. “Discord when you were defeated by mum and aunty Luna, did you choose that cup with no bottom?”
Discord tried to avoid making eye contact with Gale but his endless stare got to the Lord of Chaos. “Urg... Fine! I did! But now...” Discord rubbed the back of his neck. “I do not know anymore...” Discord turn his gaze away. “After what happened during those four days and being here... I am so chaotically conflicted and that no pun... I'm really am...”
Gilda still hovering with her forelegs crossed spoke up. “Sound like being all evil isn't what it crack up to be does it? And you know what?”
“What Gilda?” Celestia asked.
“It just like my parents, ponies, griffons and any creature for their hunt for all the wealth in the world, nothing enough for them, they need to get more, think of how many of them go for the bottomless cup?” Gilda said with annoyance. “I been getting Bits, more than I even had and I felt I needed it to do so much more in life and now I got so much, it feels empty, my fulfilment comes from teaching Gale, being there for you cub.” She look to Gale.
She drop down on all fours walking up to him and gave him a hug giving Gale a surprise squawk getting a hug from her.
“My scones I cooked when you liked them, when you all liked them filled me with pride, it lame for me to say but thanks you dweebs.” She move her beak close to Gale's right ear and whispers the last part. “Little brother don't stop being you, also that between us.”
“Okay...” He whispers back.
She let go from the hug turning around to Discord. “So Lord of Chaos, let me lay it out for you... What would you pick? Stay here till your freed or if you could get your freedom early would you by grey and not black or white?”
Discord stared at her. “Your dead serious...”
“Oh I am you lame dork, now what would you pick?”
Discord whispers something to Luna and she whispers back to him with surprise, they all wonder what just was said. “Okay... First I got to say is well played G-Team, you got me good and them, I got to admit I didn't see this coming from a mile away and it a good form of chaos, well played.” Discord bow to the two griffons.
Celestia gave a cautionary look at Gilda. “Usually I would say your out of line but... This is a unique situation and we are asleep and in Gale's Dream Cavern, so we on equal settings at the moment, we been called out and I have to say it surprised me.” Celestia said lower her head to Gale. “I am glad that you and Gilda called us out on it, sometimes adults and even a mother need to be called out by the young, thank you son.”
Gale gave her a hug. “Your welcomed mum.” He turn to Discord twiddling his paw fingers and claws of the talon together. “Discord?”
Gilda smirked. “It look like Freaky made his mind up, but what about you Celestia, Luna? Would you give him his freedom if he choose it?”
Luna and Celestia look to each other, they nod. “It is interesting that a griffon would ask a question such as this, yet the views have been presented, what seen and heard has gave me wonder on Discord's new actions.” Luna said looking over at Discord.
“I have to agree with Luna, we were blinded by our own fears and Gale seen past that, you shown that you care Discord, even I am uneasy by the fact he called you honorary uncle.” Celestia adds.
“So I have to accept what we've seen and to honour whatever your choice is.” Luna replied.
“You have my word too” Celestia agreed
“Really?” Discord stared at them. “No joke?”
Both sisters glance at each other before answering together. “No Joke.”
Gilda shrugged. “They sound legit.”
Discord was surprised. “What the catch?”
“Only if you choose to cause harm and go back down that path 1000 years ago, we will act.” Celestia warned.
Discord turn to face Celestia and Luna rubbing his goatee. “That seem fair.”
Gale step up to Gilda talking quietly to her. “Gilda is that what erm... coming up a co-com-com...”
“Compromising agreement?” Gale nod to Gilda as she respond finishing his sentence. “Yeah it kinda is, sounds like they have came up with a middle ground for real.” She shook her head slightly. “About time that these dweebs found it.” Gilda gave a smug smile.
Gale smiled. “I am glad they did, our G-Team plan worked didn't it?”
“Yep.” Gilda raise a closed up fist talon to Gale, he did the same and they bumped.
Discord gave a serious look upon all in the chamber. “I have finally made my mind up and my choice is-”
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