//------------------------------// // Chapter 53.5 – Let Those Scones Sell // Story: Griffon of Canterlot // by Electuroo //------------------------------// Griffon of Canterlot Chapter 53.5 – Let Those Scones Sell Leaning against the wall of a very dilapidated building that seen better days was a light blue griffon with cream under neck to body, dark wings and tail tip with yellow feather tips calmly chowed down on a Griffon Scone, the blissful flavours danced around his taste-buds and this only lasted to the moment a landing thud came to his right. Opening his eye lids, turning the blue eyes towards the sound was a dark grey wings and tail to grey body, light grey and white on the neck up to the face with tied up feathers behind her head as well a cheery look while carrying a bag full of letters stepped up to him. “Morning Gallus! Enjoying Gilda's scones I see! Aren't they the BEST!” Her own light blue eyes lit with joy. He blow the feathers that drooped down in his field of vision slightly. “Yes... Best, now get lost Gabby!” Gallus like every griffon in Griffonstone does not want to be involved with the hyper happy griffon Gabby. Gabby didn't. “I just had something AWESOME happen! Like to know what it is? Do ya!?” “If I say yes, will you bug somegriffonelse?” Gallus gave a narrow annoyed glare at Gabby. Gabby took that and agreed. “Sure!” She nods. “I got this letter from a Pegasus in armour! He came all the way from a place called Canterlot to have me! ME! To deliever this letter right away to Gilda!” Gabby showed the letter pointing to the seal over the back of the envelope. “See it even got one of those REALLY important seals on it!” Gallus rolled his eyes in an unimpressed manner. “Woopy Doo, Gilda get a letter from a important puny pony.” Gallus did airquotes with his talons. “Now your done, buzz off!” Gabby sighs putting the letter away and start to walk away when she noticed a used banana peel attached to the corner of the box. “Wait a second.” She pulls it off the box holding it up. “You got these from the trash, didn't you?” “So what I did?” Gallus shrugs. “It good food, not letting it go to waste.” Gabby turn to see Gilda's scone cart with fresh scones on it, she toss the banana peel in the trash can. “I don't get it, why would she throw them away or not able to sell any? They been the best scones she ever made, it doesn't make sense...” Gabby sat down trying to figure it out as Gilda fails to sell any to a griffon. Gallus chuckled. “Maybe because somegriff that first bought them said they taste like rotten apples?” The way Gallus said it got her to stare at him. “You said that didn't you?” “What if I did? Not that you can prove it, so leave me to eat and get l-ACK!” Suddenly Gallus was lifted up by the sheer might of Gabby and had locked him in a tight grip hug, he couldn't move his forelegs, talons unable to reach her or her forelegs, he kicking the hindlegs uselessly with tail flailing around. “Let me go you crazy griffon!” “Not to you admit to Gilda that you lied to her! You said you LIKED them! You lied to her when you bought one with a few bits! That wrong and I won't stop hugging you till you yield and apologise!” Gabby said in a stern serious voice. Gallus struggling to break free looking around rapidly for any griffon around. “Stop hugging me! All the griffs will get the wrong impression seeing you doing this to me!” “Let them! It be your own fault for lying to my cousin! I don't care she mean to me, she family and family is family!” Gabby refused to budge. The young teen's heart racing a mile a minute as he started to panic, the results of his claustrophobia and the embarrassing scene he is in was causing him to start breathing heavily with sweat running down his feathered face. “Fine! You win! I yield! I yield! I'll tell her the truth that I lied!” “Do you promise?” “Yes I promise I swear! I will tell the truth!” Gabby let's go and Gallus fly a bit back from her holding a talon over his chest catching his breath. “Now that wasn't so hard was it?” Gabby grins waving him to follow as she takes off to the scone cart. Gallus finally caught his breath. “For a adult that small she really strong and scary when she has to be, that dumb hyper griffon really freaks me out.” Gallus flew after her knowing he wouldn't escape Gabby's wrath if he tries to flee. They land at the scone cart to find it unoccupied. Gallus looked around. “Oh well she not here, I'll come back la-” Gallus turn to fly off to only get a scare as Gilda lands right in front of him. “Ah! Gi-Gilda, hehe... Hi?” He nerviously step back as she step forwards, he noticed something around her next part from the locket. “I-is that a cam-” “Camera? Sure is dweeb.” Gilda grins and pulling out from under her wing a developed photo showing Gabby hugging Gallus. “Got to say that a rather cute photo.” Gallus gulped. “You-how-” Suddenly it clicked turning to Gabby showing a massive grin on her beak showing her teeth with full happiness. “Y-you knew Gilda knew!?” “Yep! I told her last night what I saw, so she told me to play along and boom!” “But-yo-I-” Gilda chuckled. “I think we broke him.” Gilda give the photo to Gabby. “Nice job cous, even you are a very annoying one Gabrielle.” Gabby giggled. “I know RIGHT!” Gilda flinched. “Hehe sorry! I got carried away!” She held up the photo. “That a keeper!” She put the photo away in the bag. “Don't worry Gallus the photo just going to sit on the wall with the rest of my photos I keep at home! No giff will see it other than me of course!” She said with excitement. Gallus rubbed the back of his next confused by what was going on, everything happened so fast that he was very lost. “Riiigght...” He slowly turn to Gilda. “Sorry for lying, how can I make it up so I don't get a death hug from that crazy griffon?” He points to Gabby. Gilda push a tray of cooked scones into his talons, one for Gabby too. “You two going to take these around, get the griffons to try them out for free as tasters, than if they like they tell them to come here for a opening sale of five scones for the price of eight bits instead of two bits a scone, saving them two bits for five instead of paying ten, got it?” Gallus blinked. “That it?” “That it you dweeb, I don't care you dumbster dive through everygriff trash can, I don't like being lied too cub.” Gilda turn to put on baking gloves on taking a tray of scones to put in the oven. Gallus blinked. “What the catch?” Gilda groans. “There is NO catch you idiot!” She turn to Gabby. “Fine if you want a stupid catch, here a catch you feather brain! If you don't do this I get Gabby to share the photo with EVERY Griffon in Griffonstone!” Gabby was about to say something but Gilda hints to her to shut up and she did. “Okay that good enough for me!” Gallus quickly darts off. “Gilda I wouldn't do that!” Gabby finally was able to say something. Gilda sighs. “Sometimes you have to be mean to be kind, trust me I had experience recently with that.” Gilda turn away. Gabby gasped. “Oh I almost forgot, a armoured pony drop by after the daily mail arrived from the usual train, it for you!” Gabby give Gilda the letter and flies off with the tray of scones. Gilda look at the letter resting on her baker gloved covered talons. “Why would Celestia get one of her guards to deliver this to me?” Gilda muttered taking off the gloves and breaking the seal to see inside, she pulls out a set of photos. Each photo was of the night out with son and mother at Gustave's restaurant, she flip through each photo seeing how happy Gale was till she stop dead in her tracks seeing one being of her first encounter with Gale, the very death hug Gale gave to her. “Wow you really know how to hit the heart strings Celestia...” Gilda muttered pulling out a letter, as she did a piece of paper fell to the ground getting blown away by the wind and reading the letter. Dear Gilda Sealed within the envelope are a few photos of last night and a few with you and Gale, I am really happy that he sees you as a big sister even though you are really rough around the edges, even keeping your image up you know how to be kind and gentle with my son. You have done a lot in the last few weeks that really showed you are the best choice for being Gale's teacher, see you on Monday and hope you have a wonderful weekend. From your friend, ruler of Equestria and trollestia Princess Celestia Gilda snorted slightly with a burst of laughter seeing that last part. “Geez you really are a troll.” She smiled putting the letter and photos back inside putting it on the under shelf of the cart for safety. Suddenly a group of griffons came over. “Hey I tried one of those scones that those annoying griffons told you made, I want to see for my self and give me one right now.” “Two bits and you get one.” Gilda growled. “Here!” He shoves the two bits in her talon and Gilda gave the scone, he ate it and the eyes lit up. “Okay you won me over, give me five for eight bits!” He presented the bits, she took them and gave the bag of scones to him, the griffon quickly leaves. Soon more griffons came hearing about the scones from others that bought the scones, she soon was selling them as fast they were being made, Gilda even got help from Gabby, what surprised her that Gallus now was giving them out taking the bits and adding them to the chest without trying to steal any. The day went on and on till it came to a end as the sun started to set behind the large dead tree filled with griffon homes on the branches, the old castle in ruins, Gilda with the help from Gabby packed everything up. “So we good?” Gallus finally spoke up. Gilda chuckled. “We good cub and here your cut.” She toss a bag of bits to him. He caught it and look down at it with surprise seeing the gold coins. “Wh-what?” “10 percent of today's sale Dumpster Diver.” She toss one to Gabby. “Gabrielle your cut too.” Gabby held it looking down and back to Gilda. “GILDA THANK YO-!” She was stopped with a talon up from Gilda. “No hugs, I get enough of that from that crazy cub back in Canterlot.” Gilda said with a annoyed warning voice. Gabby nods. “Okay that fa-” She blinked. “Crazy cub in Canterlot? Is that where you been over the weekday?” She clicked to the armoured pony and the letter. “Oooooo the prince! Your that teac-” Gilda stuffed a scone in Gabby's mouth causing her to start chewing on it. “I should of knew you know about him while the rest of the city is far behind on that news.” Gallus raise a eye. “Prince? Am I missing something here?” Gilda turn to him. “Cub, I will lay it out plain and simple to you, the ruler of Equestria has adopted a griffon around the same age as you, the only difference he had no memories, no way to speak and limited skills, I was the one that got him to say his first word and in agreement I signed up to be his teacher in writing and speaking.” She could see Gallus and what he might be thinking of. “Call me a egghead and you will see how far you can fly when I kick you right up the rump.” Gilda growled. Gallus knew not to cross her now and he did get a bag of bits for the trouble. “Yeah... No, I am good.” He blew up the feathers on his head. “We cool, see ya!” Gallus did a mock salute taking off to the sky to the dilapidated building before anything worse to come out of it. Gabby reach out. “Wa-” Gilda took her foreleg and shook her head. “But Gilda...” Gilda let's go of the foreleg. “Cous, I know, but it up to him, D-Gallus.” She corrected herself. “He has to come around at his own time, even I am acting like a total dork at times now, this is Griffonstone and things don't work like Equestria works, Grandpa Gruff also his guardian and you know what Griffon laws are.” Gabby sighs. “Yeah I know...” She turn to Gilda. “Guess I was lucky to have you as a cousin, hmm?” “Of course you did dork, I will do some research on the side to see if there any loop hole to get around Grandpa Gruff, just give me time okay? Egghead stuff isn't my thing.” Gabby nods with a smile forming as her more brighter personality surfaces once again. “Keep your head high and no matter how many times the griffons slam their doors in your face, don't stop being you.” Gilda grab the bar lifting it up to pull the scone cart away. “Nights, Gabrielle.” Gabby waved to Gilda. “Goodnight Gilda!” She turn to fly off back to her own home. “Oooo maybe I can go to Canterlot too and see him for my self!” Gabby's attention turn to meeting Gale. “I do have a letter I think that need to be delivered to Gustave le Grand from his aunt!” She clapped at the idea with excitement. “Tomorrow! I'll go tomorrow! Special Sunday delivery!” Gabby speeds off. Gilda pulling the cart watch the hyper young adult fly home. “Not so subtle cous, I knew soon as she clued in fully that would be her next move, now it my turn to troll you Celestia, with a hyper friendly kind.” She chuckled lightly. “Gale you better be prepared, Gabrielle is on her way.” Gallus lands in the dilapidated building pushing a wood board back, walking in he closed it back up, using a match to light up a candle, the inside the one room intacted, the rest was destroyed by roof or wall collapse, the room was a small room with a makeshift bed, crate by it with a small chest on top of it, the walls and windows in the room with planks over them where there was openings to the outside. Gallus open the chest up tossing the bag of bits inside, it land by a strew filled sowed up plush that look like him and a card with 'Happy Birthday son' on it. He stares at it for a second and close up the chest with a sigh. “Whelp Gallus, another day and another night.” He flop onto the bed of strew covered by a tore sheet, resting his talons behind his head looking up at the only intact window, at the stars. Something caught his attention, it was a piece of paper caught in the slight opening of the window, he got up and flew up to it, pulling the paper out and opening it out of curiosity. Gallus found it was a drawing of Gilda, a griffon he never seen before and four ponies, three look like they were royalty and the other wearing armour, the three had wing and horns, while the armoured one had a horn. Gallus flap his wings slowly as he lands on back on the bed, closing them up he stared at the drawing. “That must be the griffon prince...” He poke the paper at Gale, a bluish white shimmer caught his attention as he poked it. Gallus gasped suddenly finding himself standing in a foot of water, lifting and dropping his talons feeling the cool water push away and against them including his paws, he saw how crystal clear it was and the bluish white glow that lit up the water. The eyes lift from the water to find that Gallus was a rather large cavern where the water was a underground lake, in the middle of it that had his blue eyes lock on. “That some weird glowing tree...” He whispered staring at the massive bluish white robes of light flowing through the trunk up to the branches to end at each leaf on it. Gallus suddenly felt and saw a bluish white similar glowing talon touch his back from the corner of his eyes. “Interesting...” The calm soft female voice spoke giving Gallus a chill down his spin. “All possibilities of time, I never once saw this, you the young that yet to be the bearer, Gallus of Griffonstone should of never been here.” Gallus was frozen in place as he felt the large talon move slightly on his back near his wing joints. “Wh-who are you and what is this place? What are you going to do to me?” “Who I am is not yet to be known, this place is not yet to be known or should have, what I am going to do? Take a feather and give you a feather in exchange, study and learn of the unknown event that just happened.” “What? Your not making any-sense, you know exactly who I am! How!?” Gallus growing frustrated. “Our encounter maybe short but it been interesting.” She said softly grabbing his wing opening it gentle. “We may meet again, till and if we do, good bye Gallus bearer to come and of Griffonstone.” Gallus felt a strange sensation go through his wing right through his whole body. Gallus quickly turn around. “Bea-” Suddenly he was staring at the wall of the dilapidated building he lived in. “I must be going crazy!” He open his wings up to see a faint glow, suddenly turning to see one of his primary flight feathers was now shimmering in a bluish white glow. “A feather for a feather...” Gallus mutters staring at the glowing single feather grabbing his wing with the talon feeling the feather. “I am now a freak, just great, I wish that stupid feather look like my own!” The feather suddenly changed matching his own. “Wait what!?” He feels it again and the strange feeling was still there. The rush of confusion to understand what happened and what going on got to him, he wobbles and faints landing on his side passing out, the candle flickers and goes out with the faint smell of burned smoky wick filling the air as Gallus now most likely will not be waking up till morning, the drawing missing from his talon. That drawing was now held by the bluish white semi glowing talon with the dark blue feather resting on the side of the paper, before her the huge glowing tree in the middle of the underground lake new branches started to grow with new leaves emerging from them.