Griffon of Canterlot
Chapter 103.5: The Peak it all Begun
Under the light of the full moon over the plateau above the city of Canterlot, Grover walked through the soft powdered snow the paw and talons sinking slightly through each step, he stood at one participial spot feeling the cold brisk wing blow through his feathers and fur glancing up at the full moon at the starry clear night sky.
Grover's head lowers to between his talons in the snow, he lift the right one then start to dig a little till his claws came into contact with a metal surface. “Here I am, the spot where it all begun.” Grover shift some more of the snow to see the very crevice that the human boy fell into was sealed up by similar metals he seen inside.
Grover ruffled his wings. “Now I know if I didn't come to that moment, I didn't save my son before he was...” He looked up to the moon once again. “Could I have not married Celestia? Never had a daughter with her? Never found the tower to save her? So many what ifs from this one very spot...” He continue to stare at the metal floor as the snow drifts to cover it up and his talons partly, the continuous thoughts of the ifs that would of came by one action that could of so easily gone south.
The soft crunch of snow from something walking through it broke Grover out of the chain of thoughts, he turned the head to the source to see with surprise the pony height anthropomorphic fox wearing the black vest and trousers walking towards him, the feet paws sinking slightly with each step towards Grover hand paws in the trouser pockets. “Grimormia Tower always had a way of knowing what your heart truly desired Grover, first I was surprised and now I am not as I stand on this mountain.”
Grover turn completely around. “Keeper... Your away from Grimormia Tower!”
The fox blue eyes flash yellow for a moment before a roll of the eye came as he causally walked towards Grover. “Please... If Leela can get out of her box, I can from my tower for a short time.” He stopped a few feet from Grover pulling a hand paw out of the trouser pocket patting it against the side of the former kings face. “See, I am very real.”
“That you are.” Grover said back. “Why now?”
“Why not.” Keeper said with a shrug putting his hand paw back in the pocket looking up at the full moon shining bright. “Over 4000 years parts you from this moment you stand on Grover, the moment you tried to save our Creator's life.” Keeper lower his gaze to the first king griffon. “All those years ago you sparked my interest and now I can see clearly why, you are truly a heart of gold griffon that care more about his family than wealth itself.”
Grover's thoughts drift to his wife, children and family, seeing them all in his mind eye. “I really do see my family worth more than anything in the world. Thank you for bring that up Keeper Sentinel.”
Keeper smiled. “All in a days work Grover.” He pulled his paw hands out of the pockets, kneeing down he pushed the snow away to see the metal floor. “I see Arbiter made sure to seal up all those nasty holes under the snow, this one really means something to you Grover and if memory serves me. We on the very spot you saved Creator Gale when he was Wayne, the only Equisian that stood on the mountain when it was part of Earth.”
Grover sat on his flank looking down at the metal floor. “The young strong willed griffon Gilda spoke of that never happening in the original memory, how can this moment exist if it didn't in the first place? How did it become a moment when the hairless ape Wayne was going to fall to his death?”
Keeper had put both paw hands against the cold metal surface, the paw pads pressed hard on it. “Hmm... Something doesn't add up.”
Grover watched as Keeper's eyes flash green than white followed by purple. “Keeper what is it?”
Keeper's eyes return to a normal blue, he slowly raised his paw hands from the metal. “Grimormia Tower detected it, that why you were brought there for your child before he was.” Keeper turn to Grover. “Something altered the flow of time by a minor fraction at this very spot, caused a crevice to form right under the snow at this exact location over 4000 years ago, the magic is still present.”
Grover recalled what Celestia had told him what happened up on the plateau. “Keeper this is the very location Shal-Quz was about to take the life force and magic from Celestia, Pom-Pom, Arbiter and Gilda, Gale interfered with that after returning from that future where Shal-Quz did win.” Grover told the short version of events on this very location.
Keeper raise his paw hands off the metal surface and snap the fingers of his right paw hand, three sentinel bots appeared and scanned the area. “The change of events could lead to a ripple effect back to that moment, shifting time ever so lightly, if that is the case my sentinels should discover it in-”
They finished the scans already and gave him the results sending the information to his tablet in the back pocket of his trousers, Keeper took it out and tapped away with the index fingers of both hand paws. “Well?”
“1.24 percent shift in time, the temporal energy released from this spot rippled backwards through time, that fills in more pieces that Grimormia Tower sent you to Pre-Creator Wayne, your action saving him from the crevice saved your son, daughter and family. It seems that my tower became somewhat aware.” Keeper said putting the handheld tablet back in his back pocket standing up dusting the snow off the fronts of his trousers.
Grover noticed the slight surprise in Keeper's voice upon discovering that the tower had awareness. “Didn't you say that it lead me to Wayne many times over?”
Keeper turn around with his tail shifting back and forwards slightly with a flick. “Yes I did, the tower isn't exactly like any towers in any world, you know that I created a complex program within it for the sentinels to maintain the superstructure.” Keeper step climb up the side of the snow piled around the hole showing the metal shell over the crevice. “It also connects to the will, thoughts and desires of our hearts, it how the gates work on fulfilling yours for saving your child.”
“Could the tower becoming aware discovered that we all were endanger too? That if I didn't save Wayne the son to be, I wouldn't have married Celestia and Nightingale would not be born? You and the other Created never existed? Meaning Grimormia Tower would never be made by you Keeper?”
Keeper didn't make eye contact as he walk by Grover towards the plateau edge as he was spoken to, the fox stood at the edge with Grover now standing beside him both looking down at Canterlot's lit up quiet streets with one part showing flashing colourful lights and the fate sound of music coming from it.
“For over five years I never saw it, if the tower did come aware and alive. Why didn't it tell me?”
“Maybe it did in subtle ways that you didn't see, maybe it knew you would discover that the very system that runs within the walls of Grimormia Tower was sentient.”
Keeper rubbed the underside of his muzzle in a thoughtful manner. “The chaos of temporal and reality magic at the exact moment that lead to the crevice being formed back on Earth caused a jolt to it that wasn't expected.” Keeper moved the paw hand away with it open out in front towards the sky now raising his head slightly to look at the flickering stars. “Changing events and preventing Shal-Quz's victory, her jumping through out 14 different Equis realities before being forced back and the others in the submarine being punched through to Mark Wells reality, it could be that or anything at this matter. The possibilities of how is endless and what the results are at this moment isn't.”
“What will you do now?” Grover asked.
“Do nothing, I will accept the tower sentiently alive now and move on from there, maybe we could talk, maybe we won't. It just makes things that bit more interesting.” He gave a sly smirk to Grover turning around to come face to face with Leela sitting on her book hovering just a few feet away from him. “Hello Leela, finally we meet face to face other than rune imaging.” He said very casually to her with one hand paw in the trouser pocket with the other up and semi open out towards the small avian.
Leela reached up to the semi open hand paw poking a pad on one of the fingers feeling it against the tip of her talon. “You really here... You really left your tower...” Leela put her talon hand against his bigger paw hand making sure it was real.
Keeper slowly closed his hand around Leela's. “Indeed I, you shouldn't be surprised after all you left your box.”
“But that because I was a prisoner of it! The fact Grogar freed me to repay a debt he owned Master Wayne! But you created that pocket dimension to get away from everything to create without limits, you made that choice when you created the Prototower near the Crystal Empire!”
Grover suddenly understood at that very moment why Keeper brought him to Grimormia Tower. “I was about to reveal Prototower! It was the key to finding Grimormia Tower without being brought there by you Keeper!”
Keeper kept calm over them sounding very surprised by his appearance and the realisation of what Grover was unearthing at the end of his old appearance life. “Correct Grover and Leela the chain of events set in motion because of Shal-Quz is the reason I was able to predict the arrival of the Submarine and send Grover to counter it by a added bonus giving a life to so many that wouldn't get that chance in life, it was a win win win and win all around for us three.” He slowly smiled as he spoke removing the other hand paw out of the pocket to cup it over the other holding her talon hand.
Leela saw a genuine smile from the anthropomorphic fox. “You crafty sly fox. You knew the runes would be blocked by Grogar phasing out the box that held me prisoner within that caused my rune spells to shut down through out the two multiverses! I bet you amplified it!”
Keeper let go of her hand and poke the beak with a finger claw tip. “Correct my smart little sweet birdy, a gamble that paid off.”
Grover shook his head. “You really are something Keeper. If Prince Wells get wind of this, he isn't going to be happy that you played him and us all like a chess piece.”
Keeper put his hand paws back in the trouser pockets. “Not if, when.”
They blinked. “Huh?” They said in confusion from what he casually just said to them.
His blue eyes shift to the left. “And Spyro being a rock is just lame, seriously look out of place over there.” Leela and Grover turn to a large rock Keeper was looking at. “Not going to respond and pretend I don't see you hmm?” He pulled out the right hand paw and snap finger and paw.
The three sentinels fly over to it and scans it to show the rock had a strong magical field around it, the rock shifts in a flash of blue wave of magic to the griffon changeling hybrid blinking his solid purple eyes a few times with surprise. “How long did you know?”
Keeper twist his paw hand around causally. “From the moment you saw me at the Mausoleum of Worlds, I wanted you to know everything to pass on to your Queen and you know why?”
“Because this Prototower you just mentioned is only in this world and uncovering it is near impossible unless your dad.” Spyro said flatly walking up to them with half open eyes irritated by the causal arrogance this fox gave him through words and feelings irradiating from him. “Which makes getting to you at Grimormia Tower highly unlikely by other means.”
Keeper give a gleeful snap of the finger and thumb. “Correctomondo my buggy friend, you got it all in one and pass on this message to your Queen too, I'll be personally dropping by to piss them all off in well... Whenever I feel like it, so expect me whenever okay?”
Leela slap her forehead. “You really like to irritate others don't you?”
“Mmmah.” Keeper shrugged. “It part of my charm Leela.” He walked up to her and gave the avian a hug, he let go seeing her blink a few times trying to process what just happened. Keeper put his arm over her back and calmly looking over to Spyro. “I know it been about a day since it all blew over and more to come, I am not going to be some rude fox and drop in tomorrow, it be more around a month or so from now. Also I maybe, just maybe.” He raise the free hand paw almost pressing his finger and thumb together in front of one eye. “Princess Twilight Sparkle to my tower for her impressive fleets of creating those mirror portals.”
Grover chuckled lightly. “For Keeper to say that, he is really impressed with her.”
Spyro didn't find what Keeper said positive, the arrogance and self-centred emotional energy coming off the fox irritated the changeling hybrid a lot. “How can anyone put up with that self-loathing attitude you have? You are so arrogant and think everything works around you.”
Keeper gave a double point with a click of the tongue before responding. “And that what you call a false emotion, I am giving you exactly what you want to sense from me, I keep my feelings deep in here and here.” He tap the head than chest. “I make sure you feeling sensing bugs keep out of my true feelings, now you know another truth from me.” He grinned. “Or is it?”
Spyro stared at him. “You are really irritating.”
Keeper walked up to him and twist around to put a arm around the back of the neck. “Oh I am Spyro, as I said, it part of my charm. I decided to be this, I choose to live in a universe that sits between two multiverses observing their world.” Spyro felt very uncomfortable the way Keeper entered his personal space and giving him this embrace. “Now look ahead.”
Keeper snap his free hand paw finger and thumb, the sentinels flew in front and created a image window of the view from one of the windows of Grimormia Tower, Spyro's solid purple eyes stared at the breath taking view. “Oh Sweet Hive Mother... i-is that the two mutliverses!?”
What Spyro saw was a darkness down between two massive stellar masses from either side showing stars, multiple galaxies that look alike and others that were shining brighter than others, it never ended it was continuous as far as the eyes could perceive. In each of them two stand out more than the others. “You see those two brightest ones in the stellar void?” Spyro nod slowly staring at the image Keeper was showing him. “That are the Prime Realities, yours and ours.” With another snap the image vanishes.
Spyro swallowed hard. “Wh-why s-”
“Why show you?” He nod again. “Because even I seem to be a total ass, I am bloody not. I am a crafty sly fox that like to play the game specially with those he likes.” Keeper poke the beak of Spyro letting go of the embrace and whistling to himself as he walks away with the sentinels floating around him going invisible.
Spyro slowly turn his head to Grover. “I am so confused...”
“He likes doing that, you'll either get use to it or not. Just like marmite.”
“What marmite?”
“A very horrible spread that should never exist.” Grover laughed.
“Why are you laughing about it then?” Spyro frowned.
Grover put his wing over Spyro. “Son, it like Keeper, you either like him or hate him, there no in-between just like marmite.”
Keeper stop whistling and glanced over his shoulder. “Are you two coming or what? I like to get some zzzs and I hear the beds in Canterlot Castle are THE best! And since I am off tower till after the Running of the Leaves the day after tomorrow, I am not letting this slip.”
Spyro kept his frown with a slightly raised right eye brow. “I can see what you mean dad...” Spyro muttered. Grover laughed again and they followed the fox into the tunnel with the large doors closing up behind them.
Not to far from them within the illusion of the plane wreckage stood a monument of the cargo plane fully intact on a pillar, around it was the sarcophagus of the RAF crew that died in the crash moments before the Gates of Elysium destroyed Earth.
Silvite on her knees sat in front of one of them with a dog tag attached to it resting on the palm of a claw hand, with watery sapphire blue eyes staring at it as droplets of tears splash on it. “I-I never thought I would do this my love... Never thought in another life I be here to say my final farewells, to say how brave you were to save our son.”
Not to far from her sitting at a table with flower beds of red and yellow roses in a horseshoe shape around Luna, Starlight and Grant, Arbiter stood by them watching her moan and speak to the sarcophagi of her husband from the life once had over 4000 years ago.
Arbiter gets a alert from a device he pulled it out of the slot on his armoured wrist pad, pressing on it to show footage of Grover, Spyro and Keeper Sentinel, Arbiter's eyes showed surprise seeing the anthropomorphic fox has left his throne Grimormia Tower. Leela emerged through the invisible barrier, Arbiter noticed her floating over to them on her book. “I am surprised to see the vulpine in my tunnel, never thought I see the day he would leave Grimormia Tower.” Arbiter put the device back into his armoured wrist pad.
“Well he heading to Canterlot Castle, he heard a lot of things about the beds in the guest rooms and want to see for himself to get a good night rest.” Leela told Arbiter, he put the hand to his head shaking it. “Yeah... My thoughts exactly.
Luna sighed getting up from the table. “Best for me to go and inform the guards of this fox... We entering a era of not just ponies, there is more griffons living within our kingdom, kitsunes visiting the towns and cities, the Created made of different races and more.” Luna look deep into Arbiter's eyes. “Since I been aware of your kind I been able to obverse the dreamscape and find them, I even know of Sanctuary Tower and Creative Forest.” Luna's horn glows and she teleports away.
Arbiter's mandibles shifted with annoying grunt. “Princess Luna is far more resourceful than I believed, dream walking is beyond our unique abilities, strengths, talents and magic... I feel this is a vi-”
“Shut up and think about it you spit-jaw twat.” Arbiter turn around as Silvite got up onto her claw feet putting her bag back on. “You and I been around for over 4000 years, there always been one creature or another that can access the dreamscape, Luna was around over 1000 years ago and most likely was aware of your dreams when you slept all the way back than, she don't enter another dreams unless they having nightmares to a extreme level.”
Grant agreed. “Silvite is correct, even in our reality Princess Luna never violated another dreams and if she did enter only to ease their nightmares without them knowing she did, in direct cases she would speak to them directly and promise to never reveal what they dreamed of or dreaming afterwards.”
“Same.” Starlight confirmed as Silvite walked up to them. “Only way she know directly if someone of the Created had nightmares and told her directly in the dreamscape.”
Arbiter looked at each of them processing what they just all said, he than put his hand over the eyes groaning with the mandibles quivering. “Tarkison... That Dragonic recently called a week ago saying he had a visit from the most beautiful pony in the dreamy heavens that chased his nightmares away.”
Arbiter sat down at the time with both hands over his head leaning his body down and continue to speak. “The very nightmares he had for over 1000 years and would call me every month to share his fears about the day he would finally meet our Creator for the first time.”
“Tarkison... Tarkison... That name ring a bell.” Silvite tap the claw tip on her muzzle. “Red and white wingless dragon standing seven plus feet tall with white mane, big bat like ears, big emitional looking eyes with black markings on the chest and tail, wearing a leather black jacket with white fluffy parts around the top?”
“Correct... Being the mother of the human Wayne before he became Creator Gale the Pure Griffon, you would know.” Arbiter rose his head from the hands looking over to her. “While awake he calm, emotionless and very protective of the Created of Creative Forest, but asleep his a emotional mess.”
Starlight frowned. “What makes him different to the other Created and why would he have over 1000 years of nightmares about finally meeting Prince Gale?”
Grant figured it out and answered. “He isn't created by memories of games, cartoons, comics, books, TV or movies. Tarkison is a original character designed Prince Gale when he was Wayne Pre-GoE event.”
Starlight could see how that would effect someone if they were never part of a fictional landscape other than the mind of their own creator. “Just like me.” They turn to Leela before Starlight was able to utter a word. “My form is a template from a game, from a character but I am not that bird. I am original as much as Shal-Quz was to Maker Grogar her maker and creator.” Leela jump off her book to stand on the table holding the book under her arm.
“How many are like you and Tarkison?” Starlight had to ask.
“I, Tarkison and Keeper Sentinel, he may look similar to a fox from a movie but his personality, mind, clothing and abilities are far beyond that character template. You most likely noticed his eyes shift colour Grant, he has mental abilities that link to computers, that how he can control those sentinels with a snap of the paw. He doesn't need to do that but it his way of being a show off.” Leela answered and explained a bit more of Keeper the anthropomorphic fox.
Silvite knelt down to a rose that look wilted, with a touch of a claw it rose up and look very lively. “Gale always wanted to have a fox that was super smart and care about others, even have telepathic abilities to access computers, he based the frame off a sly fox called Nick Wilde from movie called Zootropalis.”
“Interesting.” Grant said and turn his attention to the flower. “How did you do that?”
Silvite got up turning around to him and glance to the rose. “The rose?” He nods. “Dragons have a magical ability inside them, when they get older and larger they gain a few unique magical traits, one of them is helping plants to grow, it just something none of the older dragons like to admit they can do.” She raise her claw hands up with two fingers up on each. “It not dragoney enough and it puny.” Silvite air-quoted.
“Have to be tough and strong with being mean?”
“Yep pretty much.” Silvite rolled her eyes. “I am done here and said my good byes to my husband from the pervious life. Michelle's life is now a memory I will always carry with pride and carry on to be there for Gale when trouble comes knocking.” Silvite walk towards the cloaking barrier to have Luna appear before her. “How the guards take it?”
Luna gave a snort of annoyance. “They seem Alpha Pom-Pom, a bipedal small vulpine will be the least weird thing they seen. It just annoying to have to inform the guards to let him through and direct him to a suite, my sister said for the Created to be given rooms to sleep because of their connection to my nephew.” Luna looked over to the left of Silvite at Arbiter. “But if your kind come in numbers to take advantage of my sister's generosity I will put my hoof down.”
“Noted. And I will inform them to not take liberties.” Arbiter agreed. “Though I believe for Keeper this will be a bit of a kick in his arrogance though.”
“My nephew.”
“Correct, Creator Gale to us is someone we would never over step our boundaries on, we will talk with wisdom to teach him, but would not dare speak ill of him.” Arbiter explained. “It one of the weaknesses to the Lessor Created to the Prime Created, the primes could freely speak to Creator Gale as they wish, as you notice with us we tread on thin ice around him.”
Silvite cross her arms. “Interesting to know that, but you would speak ill of him to protect him from harm, that one of the loop holes behind it.” Arbiter didn't respond just grunted. “I take that as a yes. I'm going to get some sleep, goodnight.” She walked by Luna and through the cloaking field.
Leela followed her but stopped at the threshold of the barrier. “She would do the same to keep him safe, even it would upset him the way of saying cub or child move now. It going to be interesting to see how the others react, sadly I would never be able to see Creative Forest since I can't travel more than half a mile from my book.” She walk out holding the book under her arm.
“I gather this Creative Forest is located somewhere outside of normal means of travel?” Starlight asked.
“Correct... Only a Transphase-gate can get you there safely, it in part of Equis that very difficult to get to by ground, water or air.” Arbiter leaves soon after telling her.
Starlight was curious about it. “Me, Crimson and Geremy should be getting on the last train out, but I am very curious about this Creative Forest and the Created.”
Grant nod. “I agree, it got my interest.”
“I only seen it because of one troubled strange red wingless dragon with a white mane that I aided in his nightmares, it does spark my curiosity.” Luna agreed.
Keeper blinked a few times finding himself in the middle of a forest, he slowly turn around in a circle taking a good look around the surroundings. The fox was trying to process how he even gotten into a forest in the first place when he doesn't remember even walking into one, Keeper saw what look like a natural looking path and walk down it cautional looking around for dangers, his ears shifting to the sounds around him.
“Welcome Keeper Sentinel.”
The sound came in Keeper's mind, he became very alert and snap his finger and thumb, no sentinels appeared. “What the...” He snap it again and again. “Come on that never failed be-” Keeper couldn't sense his machines presence, slowly he backed up looking around with panic till the back and back of the head hit something solid. “Let me guess your behind me.” He didn't bother moving arms limp by his sides hunched over with eyes half open with annoyance as his ears drop down.
“Correct Keeper Sentinel, come with me Master Gale is waiting.”
The being moved around and past him, the fox saw a strange looking jackal with spikes on the wrists and chest, furry like shorts with four thick dreads, he raise a hand with a finger pointing at Blue. “As in the Gale that was formally known as Wayne, and were I and the other Created came out of his imagination and mindscape, made by Grogar through it and brought to life?”
“Yes that Master Gale. You are in Dream Cavern in his dreamscape.” Blue turn his head and narrow his gaze on the three to four feet tall fox. “Come.”
Keeper's muzzle hung open with shock fallen upon him for a moment, he quickly close his muzzle and shook his head quickly running for a little to slow to a walk behind the jackal hybrid diamond dog. “Let me get this straight, I am sleep right this moment and the Creator brought me here to chat?”
“To talk yes, and other matters which I can not disclose.” Blue answered.
They stepped out of the forest near the river, Keeper whistled seeing the crystal hanging on the ceiling of the underground cavern they stood in. “Dream Cavern huh? I can see why that name sticks and works. Quite the place Gale made, just like a child he is.”
Blue glanced at him. “Yes a child, but more than the sum of those parts.”
Keeper shrugged. “Sure whatever you say doggy, take me to your master and let's get this over with. First I felt scared and now I just don't see what so important about this cub other than we came out of his head, we had over 4000 years plus, some more than others like myself to grow beyond him.” Keeper said with arrogance in his voice.
Blue was about to say something but Gale spoke upon landing from flying down to them. “Blue go chill at the hot springs I got this.”
Blue nod a little to him. “As you wish Master Gale, just call and I'll be there in a instant.”
“Thank you.” Gale smiled warmly and Blue leaves jumping up onto a branch, he soon vanished from view jumping to another and another. “Hi Keeper Sentinel! It awesome to meet you finally! Even here in my Dream Cavern!”
Keeper crossed his arms tapping his foot paw looking very unimpressed. “Yeah it good to meet you too... I gather the Created came out of that head of yours.” He uncross a hand paw and poke the forehead of Gale a few times. “But that all you are, we grown beyond you, lived while you skipped 4000 years and your memories being scrambled like a egg.” Keeper said with the hand paw moving around and his expression showing little to no interest in Gale.
Gale didn't seem phased by it walking around him to stand to the right with a wing open place across the back of the shoulders of Keeper. “Than let me show you that I might be more than you can handle.” Gale grinned.
“Sure, don't blame me if I fall asleep over it.” Keeper sarcasticly said back as he walked with Gale.
The teenage griffon smiled. “I'll take that bet on!”
Morning
Keeper's eyes snap with him screaming out, he fell off the bed with the sheets wrapped around him with a heavy thud, the guards quickly rushing inside the bedroom. “Sir are you okay!?” One asked instantly.
Keeper pulled himself free with the sheets falling from him breathing heavily holding a hand paw to his furry chest. “H-Holy cow I am never underestimating that cub ever again!” He then noticed the guards and look down at himself seeing the lack of clothing, he remember going to bed without them and took count none of the guards reacting.
“Sir are you okay?” The guard repeated.
“Yeah I think so.” He took a few more deep breaths. “Why are you not freaking out?” Releasing most of his furry body down to his knees were in full display to the guards.
They frowned with confusion. “Sir, I don't understand what you mean, you were the one screaming out just a second ago and we raced in here because of your distress.” The second guard asked being a mare to the stallion counterpart that asked if Keeper was alright at first.
Keeper gestured to himself. “I mean with me being naked! Just fur and no clothing at all!”
The mare tilt her head slightly. “Urrr what sir?”
Keeper pick up his shirt and trousers showing them. “You know! Not wearing these!”
The stallion guard decide to humour him and answer. “You are aware even with this armour on we are mostly naked part from our natural fur covering our body sir. Ponies, griffons, dragons and that kitsune with other creatures don't usually wear anything.”
Keeper looked at each of them and himself, he just tossed them both behind him on the floor by the mirror. “Okay your right, it does seem like a stupid think to say.”
The mare guard thought it be best for them to come up with a way to end this very bizarra conservation with the fox. “If your okay we will be outside waiting to take you to the Private Dining Room to have breakfast with the Princess Celestia and the others that may attend.”
Keeper waved his paw hand. “Sure I'm fine, thanks for checking on me, I'll be out in a moment.”
They bow their heads slightly. “Just doing our jobs sir.” The mare said and they leave the room closing the door behind them.
The stallion whispers to the mare after closing the doors. “That was... weird...” He notice Shining Armor rounding the corner. “Crap the captain, stand attention.” She nod and they stood attention by the doors as Shining Armor appear around the corner, he walk by them doing his rounds and they saluting to him as he did to them.
Soon as he left out of sight their tensions dropped and sighed in relief.
Keeper pulled his feet paws free from the sheets walking up to a mirror picking up his trousers and shirt, he stood in front of it with them held up and than move them away. “Huh? Don't care about being naked and just in your fur?” He questioned. “Sure why not.” He took the hand held tablet out of the back pocket of the trousers tossing the clothing onto the bed. “Might make me look near identical to that fox what my template was made from, but what the heck?”
He snap the finger and thumb for a sentinel to appear lowering down to him with a compartment opening up pulling out of it a cross chest strap bag. Keeper put the device in it and put it over his head and one arm letting it rest against his side, the sentinel picked up his shirt and trousers putting them into the compartment before closing up to fade out of sight into stealth mode.
The door open and Keeper step out looking to his right than left at the guards. “All set to go for breakfast and meet the prince for real.” They gestured him to follow and he did. “Oh and one advice, never underestimate the cub Gale.”
They didn't respond but gave each other questionable looks over the sanity of the anthropomorphic fox they were leading to the Private Dining Room.