"Hey Jet!" Gilda yelled excitedly, pouncing on me.
"Oof!" Well... That's one way to wake me up. "Hey Gilda, what's up?" I asked after recovering the air that had escaped from my lungs.
"Apparently there's someplace called the Crystal Empire, and it just reappeared or something." She said, seeming excited, "Dash told me about it."
"The Crystal Empire's appeared already?" I mused aloud, though I didn't realize I was vocalizing my thoughts. "Hmmm... Do you want to see the empire Gilda?"
"Can we!?" She exclaimed, giving me an adorable pleading look.
I smiled at her, "I wouldn't have asked if I wasn't planning on going."
I grinned as I used my powers to sneak us aboard the train to the Crystal Empire. "Now we've just gotta find seats."
Gilda chuckled, "Like the ones right there?" She deadpanned with a smirk.
"Yeah... Smartflank." I responded, taking a seat.
"Don't you mean toned-flank?" She asked mischievously.
"You bet I d-... er..." My face tried to match the color of my body as my mind caught up with my beak and Gilda began laughing at me.
I was saved from further teasing by a door opening and a group of six chatting mares walking inside the compartment. "Betcha can't wait ta see yer brother again." Applejack was saying.
"Yeah, it'll be- Jet!?" Twilight responded, changing from cheer to shock as she noticed me and Gilda lounging around the compartment.
"What am I, invisible?" Gilda asked.
"Nope, I can see you quite well." I replied, looking over at the Griffon. "And you look great."
She turned away with a small blush and the hint of a smile, "You're going soft on me Jet." She said, acting tough.
"Tch, you know you like it when I say sappy stuff." I rebuked, waving a claw at her. Then I turned towards Twilight, "So what's up?"
"What's up? What's up!?" She said, seeming agitated, "How did you get on the train!? Better yet, why!?"
"Because we wanted to see the crystal empire of course." I told the purple unicorn as if it was obvious.
"How did you even hear about the Crystal Empire!?"
Rainbow Dash chuckled nervously, "I might've mentioned something to Gilda."
"Of course." Twilight deadpanned, facehoofing.
"In her defense, I knew about it long before her or Gilda could've told me." I said, raising a claw into the air.
"And you knew that... How, exactly?" Twilight asked, her left eye twitching slightly.
"That's..." Everybody leaned in to hear the answer, "A secret!" I finished cheerfully, causing everyone to face-hoof/claw. Always wanted to do that!
Twilight muttered something angrily under her breath about 'information hording, shape-shifting humans' as she walked over and took a window seat nearby.
Departing the train to be greeted with a severe blizzard, Twilight heard her brother call her name and called out in return. "Shining Armor!?"
aforementioned white unicorn came walking into view with what looked like some sort of Star-wars rip-off snow-gear before taking it off. "Twily, you made it!" He then proceeded to embrace his sister in a hug.
"We'd better get moving." Shining stated after the hug ended, "There are things out here that we really don't want to run into after dark..."
Yeah, sorry to glaze over the panicked questions and stuff but it was pretty boring. To sum it up, Scared questions, vague answers, ponies running from Sombra in shadow form, etc, etc.
Then on the other side of the barrier, Shining armor reveals his horn to have been sorta crystalized and stuff. Sure I could've helped, but things are gonna run the way they will... Probably... Okay, who am I kidding? I'm gonna meddle at the first fun-looking opportunity.
I grinned as the group walked around, looking at all the crystals surrounding us. Yeah this environment is just begging to be messed wit-... That dance. Do they even realize just how provocative that 'Ladybug' dance is? They're shaking their rumps in the air for Cawes sake.
....Yeah, I've been picking up some Griffon lexicon from Gilda. Anyways, moving on... I'm not sure what I want to do here, it's all so... Yeah. I'm just gonna observe for now.
"HAhahahaha~ Hahah... ha... heh... Oh this is hilarious." I laughed, floating around as I observed the Mane 6 trying to get info from the ponies.
"Wait for it... Wait for it..." I murmured to Gilda as Applejack approached Twilight.
"A Library!?" Sparkles sparkled, "Why didn't you say so!?"
"I just can't help but laugh at her..." Gilda managed to say to me, the two of us laughing uproariously at Twilight's reactions to the books. "It's like she's purposely asking to be laughed at!"
"Catchy song." I decided as Applejack looked at the 'Crystal Heart', "But the heart looks like crap."
"Hey!" Twilight protested, "I think it looks great!"
"Keep fooling yourself Purple-Smart." I replied smugly. "Besides, it's crap no matter how well you think you carved it... Just wait 'til you learn the truth about the Heart."
"Truth? What truth?" Sparkles asked.
"You'll find out soon enough."
"I didn't know it was an actual relic!" Twilight cried out worriedly, "The book didn't mention anything about the Crystal Ponies powering up the Heart!" She flipped through the book. "There was a page missing! How did I not notice!?"
I chuckled as they re-raised the blue dome to keep Sombra out. "Yo Shining!" I called as Twilight ran out of the room to find the Crystal heart.
"What is it Jet?" the prince asked curiously.
"I'm gonna go keep your little Shadow infestation busy... Don't try to +tell Twilight though, even if I end up 'disposing' of it." I told him, walking towards the edge of the balcony. "The Empire still needs that Crystal Heart, whether Sombra is around or not... And she needs to pass her little 'Test'." I added.
Gilda made to follow me, but I shook my head. "No, it's not safe for you out there Gilda." I told her, before blinking. "Wait... Actually, you know what.. Nevermind." I laughed at my own forgetfulness, "He's made out of shadows, which means he couldn't hurt you unless I wanted him to.... And that's never gonna happen." Gilda rolled her eyes at my little 'sappy' moment before socking me in the shoulder. "Ow..."
"I'm not scared of a namby-pamby little half-dead prince anyways." She told me, a bit grumpy at the idea of being treated as a damsel in distress. I wonder if she even realizes the reference she almost kind of made... Hehe, Snape was more than just half-dead by the end of that series...
With that silly thought, I flew off towards the border of the barrier, Gilda following close behind. What can I say? I like to meddle, and messing with Sombra might be fun.
Stepping though the barrier, I noticed a large gathering of shadows. "YO SOMBRA!" I shouted out with a grin.
"Grr..." Sombra's large shade-form manifested in front of me. "CrYstALs...."
I laughed, "Wow you're ugly." I taunted.
"GRarRR!!" Sombra dove at me with a roar.
I laughed as his form splashed harmlessly around me before reforming. "Guess what Sombra?!" I called, "You're made of Darkness and Shadows, with limited control over Crystals that you've corrupted!" I grinned, "AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE WITHIN MY DOMAIN!"
I began twisting his shadows into silly shapes, smiling faces and puppies and balloons and the like, as he roared at me. "Awww~, who's a weak little villain?" I asked tauntingly with a grin. "Who's a weak little villain?" Gilda laughed behind me, Sombra's darkness unable to go near her without my say-so. And I definitely was NOT going to give the okay.
"StOP ThIS FOolISHness aT OnCE!" Sombra demanded, as I continued to mess with his shadowy form.
"Hmm... Nah!" I decided, chuckling at his continued exclamation of rage.
"Huh?" I looked towards the failing barrier, "Might as well let you go over there, Twilight's probably nearly at the Crystal Heart by now. Can't keep her from her lesson..." I said, releasing Sombra and his shadows from my control... Mostly. I kept a bit of control, making sure that he couldn't hurt Gilda.
And after that, things played out pretty much the way you'd expect. Twilight and Spike got the heart out, Cadence caught Spike, Empire was saved, Twilight passed her test, etc... But who cares about that? Gilda and I had a blast! The End.
Not really... No, not just yet.
"So Gilda..." I started, looking at her as we lay in bed back in our cloud-house.
"Yeah Jet?" Gilda asked curiously, arching a brow as she looked back.
"What would you say, if I could make it impossible for you to get hurt?" I asked curiously. It's possible, just steal the concept of Gilda getting hurt and bam. Invulnerable.
Gilda frowned, "What brought all that on?"
"Well, if Sombra hadn't been made out of shadows, there's some possibility you could've gotten hurt or something following me, and I just sorta wanna make sure that doesn't happen an-" My rambling was cut off as Gilda pulled me into a kiss.
"Don't worry about it you Doofus, I can take care of myself just fine." She told me as she pulled back from the kiss.
Yeah, that sounds more like the Gilda I first got to know. "Alright, fine. But if you die on me, I'm gonna be pissed."
Gilda grinned, "Good thing I'm not gonna die any time soon than, isn't it?" She asked, just before pouncing on me.
I smiled into the latest kiss, my darkness drawing the curtains shut with a thought as things got heated in the bedroom.
>heated in the bedroom
Don't try to hide it, they fucked like animals
Hey, baby we're nothing but mammals so lets it like they do on the discovery channel.
Love the story so far, heheh. I have a soft spot for sappy romance and just plain comedy. You have me hooked, good job.
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*Shrugs* You can infer whatever you want out of that... I won't deny that it might be the implied message.
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Thanks, always glad to hear that! I have a similar soft spot for those genres myself, makes it easier to write them when you've read quite a few.
(Really like the profile/avatar pic BTW! Princess Luna + cute little Bat-pony = amazing! )
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Luna best princess after all.
And I lost count how many sappy fics I've read in the past years.
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Definitely! (x2)
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minor Spoilers for the next chapter below.
To anyone who wants to know, I plan to feature the episode 'Keep Calm and Flutter On' next so that John/Jet can meet Discord and visa vi (Vice Versa, whichever way you wanna say it. ).
Well I would say this:
1. I sympathsis with luna so I agree luna best princess
2. This is one of the only fic that have a good gilda interest.
3. Does john/jet will effects on powers/abilities that may direct harm to self.
example: If you take the power that has a security to damage those that are not worthy and its tightly link so you can not separate the security from the power. plus you can not prevent the absolute thief can steal anything, yet can it be negated as something stops the mind to trigger the power.
4. That was a good way to handle QC without the image of a noble hero.
5. Hah Sombra got pwned by the king of tiers.
6. Discord is an unpredictable supernatural creature ( I know people would say he is a god, but I seen him lose his powers and still lived without it so I know I can label him at an immortal with high chaos manipulation). I mean it's possible to steal his power, but I am betting it would lead to high level corruption to the mind. Hey he is your character so if you think he ready so be it.
7. Fluttershy and pinkie is best pony ( I like shy characters(hinata, nodaka) and pinkie is pinkie unpredictable by any standards)
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I like your thinking! Now here's my responses!
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2. Thanks very much! I haven't actually read a lot of fics with a Gilda interest, and I had my own opinions and assumptions on her (Many of which were proven true in the 'Lost Treasure of Griffonstone' episode.). I was a bit worried about portraying her and developing the character correctly, but I'm glad to be getting as much positive feedback as I have been on Gilda and the Romance stuff.
3. It's highly possible. I have plenty of ideas for his future, the hardest part is ironing them out into chapters... Remember that little voice from the beginning area? Plans for a negative comeback from that. I definitely have non-canon plans for problems to give John and other such things.
4. Thanks! I wanted to allow Jet some sort of revenge, but I didn't want him to scare the ponies too much (yet) or do anything too bad (Again, yet...). I also don't want him to be a hero though. So I figured that scene was a good sorta in-between.
5. Yeah, I felt like adding some silly stuff and that seemed like something that John/Jet would find pretty funny. Plus, Gilda gets a good laugh too!
6. That definitely seems plausible, but I don't plan on anything major like Jet taking Discords powers for himself just yet. Maybe making it so Chaos magic can't effect him or Gilda, or taking Discord's ability to utilize his magic temporarily or something for now. Maybe. I DO have a plan for possible corruptions and the like later however. Much fun to be had. For all I know, the two might even become friends or something.
7. Totally agree! Pinkie is awesome and cheerful, and Fluttershy is like that amazingly perfect adorable sister that you want to just cuddle and protect from everything.
Oh shit, that sounds like a foreshadowing if I ever heard it.
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Maybe~...
It might foreshadow something a few chapters or so further. Than again, maybe I'm trying to trick everypony... Guess you'll have to stick around and find out.
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Because Cheshire Cat?
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Not yet, though thanks for reminding me.
Edit: Not sure if Jet'll bother returning it though... (If I forgot, Jet definitely doesn't remember... And probably doesn't care.)
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Yeah, but as a pony. As I explained, at least I thought I did, he doesn't want to leave Griffin form. Since AJ hired a pony, he can't exactly walk up and start working without having to explain at least a little bit unless he changes back into a pony. Not sure why I chose to do it this way, but I did... Even if I have something already in mind (Like him getting hired at the farm), I tend to end up ironing things out in ways that surprises even me (like him getting a job at Sugarcube Corner)...
I didn't like this chapter as much as the others. Most of the content was glossed over.
Damn. That wipe lash was intense. My glasses came off.
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Probably because most of us know what happened so The Author didn't explain it