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// Control 
// Story: Settling in 
// by Honest Wisdom 
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I took a deep breath to calm myself. It's not that big a deal. Just keep calm and... What? How do I find my way back? Is there a Path back to the library or..? I let out a sigh. "Forward ho." I started to walk forward. If I just walk straight I'll get there... maybe.

I wandered for a while until I grew tired and sat. I yelped and shot up. There was a large brown thorn sticking out of my flank. "Ugh." I attempt to grip it between my talons. all that happens is I manage to loosen it a bit. I groan and twist until i manage to grip it in my beak. "Ot ya'."

I give a fierce tug and the Thorn comes free. I spit it out and sigh. "I wish I was at Home." I flap my Wings a few times but they fail to take me off the ground. "What's the point in Having these things if the don't Work?" I Flap harder, sending up dirt and leaves. I rear up on my Hind Legs. "It's probably because of my weight. I must be too heavy."

Control.

I blinked. The voice was familiar but not at the same time. the Voice speaks again. Gryphons like you and I must Focus on every movement our wings make. We're too big to flap them aroung willy nilly.

I close my eyes and focus on the movement of my wings. I notice that they feel stiff and limited. I lower myself to the ground and stretch my wings. when I feel that my Wings are loose enough to Fly, I flap them, tilting them slightly when they rise and again when they fall. "It's not so hard."

I rose several feet before I began to Grow tired. "Come Huff... OnHuff...And... Get... me... out of... here!" Eventually I broke through the cover of the trees. I looked in every direction until I say the City. or village. or just a town. It doesn't matter, the sun is setting and I'm exhausted. I start to fly towards it as fast as a can. I didn't think I was going very fast but when I opened my eyes I was inches away from a window. I shouted. Instead of glass I smashed into Books.

I thrashed around trying to find my way out. I managed to get right side up. Discord was wearing a French maid outfit and holding a feather duster. We stared at each other for a few seconds. "I don't know how to respond to this."

Discord snapped his talons and the Outfit disappeared and the books were back on the shelf, granted they were all in the wrong places. All his Goofyness from earlier dissolved. "A teleportation spell. How did you pull that off?"

"What? I can't understand how I did it, I just did."

He got up close with a scowl on his face, his voice threatening. "If you hurt Fluttershy..."

"Relax dude." I step around him. "I'm not going to hurt your Marefriend." This new vocabulary is going to take some getting used to. I think. "I just want to go home."

There was a light knock on the Door. As I stepped forward the Door flew open. A Gryphon stepped Halfway inside the doorway and looked right at me. His fur was dark gray and his feathers were falling off. The bags under his eyes could've held all the books in the library. "You're alive!" He Rasped. 

With saying that he collapsed on the Ground completely limp.