//------------------------------// // Chapter 67.5 – Wishing it Was Easy // Story: Griffon of Canterlot // by Electuroo //------------------------------// Griffon of Canterlot Chapter 67.5 – Wishing it Was Easy The group watched as the zebra now grabbed the tablet with both front hooves, standing on his hind legs shouting at the screen moving around the statue, curious, ranting and saying how he was going to burn Zecora when he is freed, they were very bewildered by his actions now. Rainbow Dash rubbed her fluffy feathered head. “I don't get this clown, he had us all by the ropes but soon as Zecora came into the frame-” “He started to break down and act like a total lame zebra.” Gilda finished watching him still. “This is almost like a cartoon or something we watching right now.” RS watched this play out. “It is very bizarre...” Maple look to her flat screen phone. “You were right though.” She show the message. “It seem we do have a way out, it just feels way too easy...” “As if he wants to fail?” RS adds. Rainbow Dash rolled her eyes. “Good for us, let's take it and get the heck out of here! It be way better than him using us to get-” Zerra came right over to them and turn holding up the tablet with one hoof showing them up close. “Now after all that ranting, we got around fifteen minutes on the clock, little time to think! Thanks for letting me blow off steam and watch me do it!” He span around on one hind hoof, landing on both hind hooves again, standing up with ease. Celestia just calmly stared at him from their side of Sunflower's tablet. “You are going to put us into a situation were I have a lose lose option correct?” Zerra pouts. “Ah come on Princess! I did all this for a show and to force you into a impossible situation! You can at least look like someone that already lost!” Zerra poke the screen with the free forehoof a few times. “Now h-” “Get on with it! This is sooooooooo boring!” Pinkie Pie yelled out sitting back on a deck chair eating popcorn. Sunflower turn to her left doing a double take. “Wait what!?” She looked at the bag and chair, she was sure there was nothing in this room or in her bag of such a thing. “Like some? We listening to a boring zebra after all!” “Erm... sure...” She reach in and pick a few up carefully. Pinkie stared in awe. “Oh wow, you have big paws and you managed to not only take some! But the bag held! How did you do that!?” Sunflower smirked. “You have your secrets and I have mine.” “Ooooo touché!” Zerra speaks up. “Hey don't ignore me!” They turn to the screen. “Fine right to the damn point! Celestia and Nightingale touch the sphere at the same time, create the door way to let me out and everyone else! I don't care! I'll crush the Zebra and play with them for a few hundred years! So you get to live your stupid lives! That fair isn't it?” Zerra just ran his mouth on letting him out and what he will do. “You know that wouldn't sell.” Luna said flatly. Zerra grinned. “Oh it will, you see you all missed a vital little bitty thing!” He turn to Rainbow Dash. “I created a wish time bubble around little ol' rainbow griffon, using Twilight Sparkle to get her to get the feather, it all I needed to peer in, create a wish bubble that froze her in time by 11:59:599 *inhales* 9999... You get the picture, lots of nines!” He chuckled. “So when it hit a minute past midnight I pulled nine of you into the sphere! So I can one use you as lavage annnnnd bring the ultimate game over!” RS gasped. “No he isn't! You can't!” “Ooooo she figured it!” Twilight also caught on appear on the screen's view. “Your crazy! You do that it will cause an netural reaction! Your looking at wiping out two realities!” “WHAT!?” Everyone else said at once turning to RS and Twilight on their respective sides. Zerra rings bell. “Bonus points to Shining Armor's sister and the griffon that sings in the river!” He winks to her. “Sings in the river?” Greystorm raise a eye brow at RS. RS grumbles. “I like to sing when I wash in a river at times, so what?” She glares at him “How?” “Me to know, you to find out~” Zerra sang with a chuckle. Zecora frowns. “That would mean the end of you too.” “Oh I know, I gladly do it, got no family to lose, so I can do anything I like!” Zerra laughed. “Now as we reach the final second I will put a nice little time wish bubble around the outside sphere, that will create a inverse refraction that will cause both realities to fold inwards and go boom!” Celestia glance over him for a second as Octicovix whispered to by Maple, than transform into a mouse running up to Gale, climbing up to him and whispers into his ear. “No.” Celestia said flatly. Zerra rub his hooves together. “Here come h-” He blinked. “What did you say?” “I said no.” “But crush and boom! I'll do it!” Celestia stared right at him. “I am being serious too, the answer is no.” Zerra clap his hooves for a script to appear, he flip through it rubbing his mane. “I don't get it, you suppose to say 'I got not choice but to do it' not no! So keep to the script lady!” He rolled it up bagging the table with it. “N-” “No...” “Gah! Wh-” Her mouth didn't move, it sounded like it came from behind him, it caused his fur to stand on end. “Y-you didn't say it, b-bu-but that means...” He felt and saw as he look down a armoured talon grip around his neck, lifting him up to turn around. He came muzzle to beak of Princess Griffon Celestia. “I believe you were saying something?” “H-How?” “Oh one thing you didn't look into.” “W-what was that?” He squeaked. Gale hovered by her waving his talon. “No know birthday! Anyday maybe birthday!” He grinned. Zerra stared at the teenage griffon. “You got to be kidding me! The cub doesn't know!? How can I know that!?” He throws the papers into the air, they fluting around and tried to pull himself free. “How are you able to hold me!? I should be able to will you out with my wish magic!” Celestia moved him closer to her. “Wishing wish wishing gone.” Gale said with forelegs spread out. “You no wish harm anyone!” “Now for our final moments and your plans to go completely off the rails, we are going to celebrate your birthday.” Celestia walk towards the group, they part ways as she walk between them, looking to her left at Greystorm, Octicovix as a griffon again, Maple and Shining Armor. She turn to the right looking at Gilda, Trace, Nightingale, Rainbow Dash and RS. “No-no-no-no-nooooo! Let me go you stupid griffon! This isn't part of the plan! My revenge!” Griffon Celestia push up with a flick of her talon causing a spell on the door to open, she turn and did the same upon Gilda and Nightingale, their wrists glow for a moment and found they could move their talons once more. “I fixed what he broke, just keep them in the slings for now and rest them for a few days, I am sure Doctor Trace will agree.” Trace snaps out of his trace. “Y-yes that correct Princess...” “Mum...” “I already said my farewells Nightingale, remember what I said before, now go home and one last thing.” Celestia smiled softly. “I and her, we are one and the same, just lived a whole different life, I got to live it with you, she didn't and at that cost her birthdays ended, Zerra took that away.” Nightingale swallowed hard. “Mum, why are you throwing him a birthday party? He caused the collapse...” “Because sometimes to fight fire with fire, you need to be kind and his...” She took his timer. “Seven minutes left, it time for our farewell.” Zerra still trying to kick himself free speaks up. “I did! I disturbed wish after wish! Causing a whole slur of chaos! I am even better than that Discord! I twisted so many wishes! Watched them never wish again on their birthdays! It was glo-arck!” Celestia tighten her grip a little. “Oh was that a bit too tight? I am sorry but I believe we late for your birthday, I hear Pinkie Pie lined up the best party this reality has ever seen, it be a shame to be late now wouldn't it?” “Get your sticking talons off me and let me at Zecora! I still have that ace left!” Gale shook his head. “No wish time bubble, made it bye bye.” “Gah! I hate children! They are impossible to twist when it comes to wishes!” Zerra cross his forelegs giving up trying to break out of the iron grip of a armoured talon. “How did you do it?” RS step to the side and into view of them. “Sweetie that would be spoilers and we don't like those do we?” Zerra stared into her own eyes, he snorted a laugh. “Oh but I do! And here one for you! The blue you hold, the blue box comes to the island without a present in a verse that is both the past and future! But here is the juicy part! Before that moment comes the day of chaos! Over and over again it goes, when it stops who knows!? But when it comes and goes you will meet your husband you married on the top of the pyramid when time stood still.” He giving pretend kisses towards RS. “Married on top of a pyramid?” Shining Armor raise a eye brow. Gilda tried to imagine it. “Dweeb, that just weird...” Gale shrugs. RS groans seeing the looks they all had. “Okay I did! And time felt to stand still on top! What can I say!? I fell in love!” Shining raise one hoof. “I think it different, but it cool with me, me and Cadance most likely be getting married in Canterlot.” “I think it romantic and exotic.” Octicovix giggled. Rainbow Dash shrugs. “All of it is sappy to me, rather be sleeping or practising to impress the Wonderbolts to get in.” “Fine fine fine! What I like to know!” RS now growled at Zerra. “How the heck do you know that!?” “Spoilers and not enough time! Hahahahaah! Tick tock tick tock! Let's waste all our time! Hahahahaha!” Nightingale take the tablet looking at the time on it. “Sweet Griffax! We almost out of time! It says we got a minute and a half to go!” Zerra winked. “That is my ace.” “We need to move now!” Shining Armor ordered. “Princess Nightingale, that tablet is in contact with princess Celestia, you two need to make contact with the sphere now!” Gale looked confused. “Thought did right and good.” “You did Gale, now go with them, get out of here and I will take this birthday stallion to his final party, goodbye everyone.” The griffon Celestia turn, she walk away with the door closing as Zerra continue to laugh, the door closed and the laughter ends for them. Celestia quickly went to the sphere removing her hoof shoe from the right forehoof. “Nightingale, I am ready!” “Okay, ready on this end mum.” She give the tablet to Greystorm, flapping her wings to hover near the sphere. They count together. “Three... Two... One...” With a nod from both of them they touch the sphere on both inner and outer shell, everyone near Nightingale suddenly engulfed in a blinding golden light, one last look back at the closed doors RS had a strange sneaky feeling the zebra DID want to lose, the question that bothered her was... Why?