Chapter 109: Aunty Luna Time
Griffon of Canterlot
Chapter 109: Aunty Luna Time
The train from Ponyville arrives at Canterlot coming to a slow halt at the platform that Princess Luna with some of her guards stood waiting at, the carriage doors open and ponies streamed out of them in masses till only a selective few were left. Celestia, Raven, Leela, Alpha, Keeper, Rocky, Spyro, Gilda and Gale with the guards stood on the platform before her.
Luna walked up to them. “Welcome home sister, nephews and everyone else, hope your trip to Ponyville for the Running of the Leaves was eventful.”
Celestia warmly showed a smile on her beak. “we all did sister, how are things since I been away?”
Luna lift a forehoof up rotating it around. “As normal as it can get with the nobles Celestia.”
Celestia than turn to a curious expression. “This is a oddity for you to come and greet us at the station Luna.”
“That because I am here to have some social time with Nephew Gale alone, Alpha may join but no one else.”
“This about his use of dream magic isn't it?” Celestia said.
“Correct.” Luna turn to Gale. “And no your not in trouble before you jump to conclusions.”
Gale walked up to her with Alpha. “What happening Aunty?”
“That for us to talk about alone and you to tell later.” Luna open her wing up. “Come please.” Gale nods and she turn to Celestia. “See you and the others at the castle.”
Celestia smiled. “Have a good time sister and my son.” They and Alpha walk away, Spyro try to follow but stopped by Celestia. “Let them be Spyro, for Luna to come here I think it more than just the dream adventure you all had last night.”
Spyro continue to watch them leave. “Okay mum...”
Gilda nudge him. “Don't worry dweeb, we get to have some free time and got a idea to not only cheer you up, but get something awesome of your little brother.”
Spyro gave a curious look, he could sense she was serious and caring, this was a strange Gilda to him. “What do you have in mind?” She put a wing over the blackish grey griffon walking away talking to him with a smile forming on his beak.
“Gilda came a long way since we first met, still got that rough edges about her that keep who she is at heart.” Celestia whispered with a warm smile on her beak.
Keeper turn to Leela and Rocky. “I believe we be heading up to Arbiter's home to start our efforts to try and find some more of those from Project Angel.” Keeper said looking up to Celestia.
“That would be a good idea Princess Celestia, with help gaining access to the Finchnet, digital information can not be stored within the pages of my book. So cross referencing that with my book we can narrow down the possible locations and numbers of each and every creature that were saved in Project Angel.” Leela explained the positive side of going down that road.
Celestia couldn't disagree with that plan, she had a feeling with Keeper sticking around this might happen. “I had a strong feeling that you would suggest going to Arbiter's home, but you may not be able to gain access if he says no.”
“Point taken Celly, as the old saying goes, if you don't ask you don't know or get.” Rocky snap his finger and thumb. “Aren't I right?”
Celestia smiled. “Indeed you are, keep me up to date and make sure to return for much needed rest and meals, working around the clock will not do you any good.” Celestia open her wings up.
They nod. “Understood.” Keeper and Leela said together.
Celestia turn to the pony. “Raven I hope you don't mind me carrying you back.”
Raven's glasses fell slightly with her right eye twitching. “Yo-you don't mean me riding on your back does it!?”
“Well there that or I hold you by the barrel of your body with my talons.” Celestia raise one gauntlet one. “I rather fly than take a carriage back and the guard already know what I am going to do.” She hint to the Earth and Unicorn ponies already left, the Pegasi royal guard hovering at the ready in a formation.
Raven swallowed. “I-I'll take that back option...”
Keeper watch Raven holding on to dear life as Celestia took off with the guard flying close formation around her back to the castle. “Well that happened.” Keeper turn and start to walk to the warehouses, Rocky and Leela followed him
Gale and Alpha followed Luna along the river side into the field on the outskirts of the city towards the waterfall. “Where exactly are you taking us Lady Luna?” Alpha asked.
Luna glance over her right side. “To a some what remote area on the edge of the city, I believe you know why.”
“Indeed, you wish to speak about Lord Gale's Dream Magic am I correct?”
“My Dream Magic? I do wrong?”
“Yes and no, nephew. It a more complicated situation that doesn't fit in something that is wrong, just a area of unknown that even I am starting to tread into myself.” Luna look around with a nod, the guards taking place around the area keeping the ground and sky clear near the stone bridge near the end of the waterfall with a view of ponyville in the distance.
Gale and Alpha didn't say anything as they followed Luna onto the bridge. “When it comes to new forms of any kind of magic, there is no way of knowing what kind of restrictions you need to put into place until something happens either good or bad.”
Luna turn around leaning down to Gale resting a forehoof under his beak. “The recently ability to create a preset dream adventure with roles is such a magical gift I was very surprised in, you have a very creative imagination my dear nephew and no wonder how easily you picked up on my book about dream magic my sister gave you.”
Gale tilt his head slightly rolling his underside of the beak slightly to the edge of her hoof, she shifting it slightly. “Dream Adventure I made, new magic and could be maybe good, bad or maybe between?”
“Indeed, we dream walkers can not randomly dream like others, we create a realm of our own to rest the mind from reality. You have gone one step further and created a dream landscape within the Dream Realm, it allow you and those that come with you to remember a very semi realistic dream, they will remember it as if they were awake, many only vaguely remember and yours allow them to truly remember it.”
Alpha could understand the problem. “That could lead those you bring to wanting more and more if you do it too much, correct?”
Luna nods moving her hoof away turning to the view of the landscape beyond Canterlot. “That is a possible outcome of this effect, I can not tell. But I did notice a lot of creatures from Hippogriffs, Griffons, Dragons, Kitsunes, foxes and odd looking reptile races in it. This also may have a chance dragging those dreaming around into it too with these creatures being the real deal in the real world outside being asleep.”
Gale pushed up onto his hind legs resting his talons on the stone bridge wall looking out to land far and below. “That could happen? New Dream Adventure could do that?”
“Maybe, there is so much we do not know about your Dream Adventure and there was that one time Grogar the Echo used it too.” Luna pointed out. “I gather you made sure that wouldn't happen again?”
“Yes.” Gale nod. “Echo was bad goat, I made sure it won't work other than me, you or Blue.” Gale answered.
Alpha lean back against the other bridge wall with arms crossed. “Lady Luna, he was there laying in wait for Lord Gale within his mind-scape from over 4,000 years ago before he was a griffon.”
“Whrisp unwilling helper to, he been living in Dream Cavern hiding from me.” Gale added.
Luna and Alpha looked over at Gale. “Yes I have noticed.” Alpha had seen the blue floating cat with small forelegs and big hind legs and huge long tail floating around.
“Indeed, I believe he been wary and unsure how to approach on living there, I do not sure sense any illtent from him now.” Luna said. “I do wonder why Whrisp had return and not joined his fellow kind the Shades.”
Gale shrugged. “Don't know, waiting for him to come and tell.”
Luna pulled Gale in with her wing to give him a hug. “Nephew you are always thoughtful of others.” She tap the beak tip with a hoof.
Gale hugged back. “I always like making others happy!”
“Sometimes it good to make yourself happy too, Lord Gale.” Alpha added.
Luna agreed. “You are correct Alpha, in a way Gale does in playing a dream adventure, even now...” She look down to Gale, he looked up. “You are happy with being very thoughtful to others including us, you knew I was watching your dream adventure and gleeful for me to observe even have Blue play a small part of it.”
Gale had that pure look of happiness that Luna liked to see from this teenage griffon. “Yes it was fun and happy all had fun, even you aunty watching had fun! We all had fun!”
Alpha gave a short nod. “You all did Lord Gale, it will be interesting to learn more about the risks of using dream magic to bring others to Dream Cavern, the book only goes so far. Am I correct Lady Luna?”
“That you are Alpha, this is why we spending this time alone.” Luna brought out the book from under her wing. “You and I little griffon are going to go through a afternoon of lessons about Dream Walking, what we do to the effects we can cause to others both positive and negative ways.” Luna allow Gale to get some space to pull out his note book and pencil, he placed his plush beside him. “Ready for my lesson my dear nephew?”
Gale nod. “Ready aunty!”
Gale swallowed hard hearing what his aunty was saying about Dream Walkers had the ability to access memories of those that dreamt. “I can see your reaction to what I just showed and told you nephew, but do not worry you will not do such a thing until you grow up a bit more when you choose to be a Dream Walker that help those suffering from terrible nightmares.”
“Aunty I no need to be Dream Walker if no want to?” Gale asked.
“Of course, you only connect to those you know and tell them about your dream sharing, if you choose not to be a Dream Walker. But it best to know about this still and part of your ability to enter dreams of even those you know.”
Alpha adds. “You ask them if they wish to dream share at Dream Cavern too.”
Gale nod. “That true, learn that after Spike, I took serious what mum say.”
“And you still will take what said to heart.” Luna said. “Now nightmares of a heighten nature could cause the psyche to be effected of said dreamer, dealing with it by allowing them to face their nightmares or dissolving it for a more peaceful one is two of three methods, the third you come to them directly to resolve it and tell them it a dream.” Luna stated the three options of dealing with a nightmare showing a display of it with visual magic to Gale.
“I am curious about access memories, that what shook up Lord Gale in the first place upon this lesson on the Dream Walkers abilities.” Alpha said and Gale swallowed a little feeling that part disturbed him. “I gather there a limit of how much memoires you could access within the dreamscape?”
Luna responses to Alpha's question and quell Gale's fear. “Normally the memories you access are those that are connected to the nightmares, they seem to have a strong bond and relevance to the troubles they are facing in the dreamscape.”
“One example I can give is that a foal is having a birthday and they only see a small picture of the bigger piece, to them their older sibling is stealing the attention and making you silly on your birthday, while to the bigger picture the older sibling trying to save your birthday party and telling them it was your idea.”
Gale seem to get a idea on what Luna was saying. “So... memory access is on heighten nature of psyche? It allow to resolve nightmare?”
“Indeed, also sometimes it share a connection to something deep in the past that resurfaced, I can project a what if scenario of their ill-intention actions, allowing them to have a nightmare but resolve the mistake they made before it becomes harmful to said pony.” Luna point out a time nightmares are needed to be given.
Gale tilt his head a little blinking with confusion. “Otherwords, not all nightmares are bad, there a small few that are good for a scary reason.” Alpha summarised it to Gale.
Gale thought about it. “Good and bad dreams are grey area, good dream could be bad sometimes so can bad dreams right?”
Luna liked how Gale saw the world even in dreams, he seem to always see something from a bigger picture in a basic way. “Yes my nephew that is correct, sometimes having too many good dreams will lead one to believing nothing can go wrong, there must be a balance at times. One good example is myself over 1000 years ago, I believed my night was being overshadowed by my sisters day, I grew jealous and changed believing what I was doing were the right course of action and to bring the light of the moon forever to all.”
Gale tilt his head. “But wouldn't one side always been in the sun since world wrong and mum and you aunty move the sun and moon around world?”
Luna shook her head. “It would, but a powerful spell would shield the sun's light from reaching the world, not it heat. Nightmare's spell was to do such a thing.”
Alpha was surprised to hear this. “Magic could do that!?”
“Indeed, as magic could bring you from a dreamscape to reality.”
Alpha turn away. “Right... that sound unbelievable and yet I am unbelievable... magic seem to ignore balance... that why there is laws and some spells locked away.” Alpha shift his one eye over to Luna again.
“Correct, that why I am going over dream magic with my nephew. Show that even new magic needs boundaries, what boundaries? I do not know yet.” Luna answered.
Gale tap the tip of his beak. “Do we write down what I done so far? That way we learn and put rules in place for other Dream Walkers and Dream Makers to follow to keep others that dream safe?”
Luna nod. “That is correct, shall we continue?”
“Yes please.” Gale ready to listen to his aunty.
Luna turn the page on her book on Dream Magic, she been teaching him secretly within the dreamscape with minor dictions here and there, now she was doing directly outside it sitting on the bridge with her nephew Gale. This had a feeling of pride that welled up in Luna as she taught him the details within the pages of Dream Magic, the lessons she had to learn from the does and don't from many lifetimes ago passing it on to the teenage griffon.
Luna hoped someday maybe he would become a Dream Walker to protect those of nightmares, he was a rare find among many she seen. He had the ability to dream walk awake or asleep with the imagination staying alight in ways she never dreamed of, even Dream Walking during the night become tiring for her and that why she need to sleep during the day most of the time.
Gale, Luna and Alpha sat on a bench in the Canterlot Gardens with the view of Discord's statue before them, they all eating Gale's favourite meal battered fish and chips from Gustave's restaurant. “Now my nephew you have some basics of what could happen in the dreamscape and how it effect others when they awake.” Luna lift up the cup drinking some milkshake through the strew.
Gale swallowed some fish and chips he was chewing on. “Yes aunty, I make sure not to do horrible things like that.” Gale pick up his shake drinking a bit of it. “When you think Uncle Discord be free? Aunty Luna.”
Luna shuddered a little at the thought of it. “I am unsure nephew Gale.”
“Maybe my magic can free him?”
“Or it could harm him, you have no way of regulating your magic still Lord Gale.” Alpha quickly countered the idea. “It would be wise to find a way to stabilise it release, since Pure Magic is new, many normal methods of magic control may not apply.”
Luna agreed. “I have to agree with Alpha on that one Gale, we will find that balance for you, it has done wonders so far that helped in situations. Maybe asking Leela for aid, she seem to have used your pure magic to get you to her in the first place did it not?”
Gale looked up at Luna. “It did! Good idea, when she no busy with new work with mum, maybe Leela can help!”
“I agree, Lady Luna that is something even I overlooked, thank you.”
Luna smiled warmly. “I am happy to help my nephew in any way I can. Shall we continue to enjoy our meals before it get cold?”
“Yes!” Gale went back to eating.
Alpha picked up a piece of fish with a wooden take away folk. “That I whole heartily agree on.”
Gale looked over at the statue. “When your free Uncle Discord, we will do this too!” Gale thought with happiness.
“And I look forward to that day.”
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Just act nuts around discord that might encourage him to come out considering it is said the more chaos the more power he gets and that will probably encourage him to come out.
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But he did promise to wait till the proper time to release
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Yeah but gale is wanting that time to be now and even the princesses aren't sure when he going come out.
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Fair enough but (not trying to start anything) didn't he mention it would be sometime in summer and since the running of the leaves happened its only fall.
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I'm not sure it been forever since I read the section with discord but considering he can warp reality anytime he wants can be the right time. Maybe he just needs to be encouraged to come out.
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Fair point
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When Discord is freed, things going to be wild ^^
Let’s say I been planning something crazy for the moment he is freed. It may take time but it be worth the wait!
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Cool can't wait
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Ahh. I was hoping for dream adventures with discord sooner than later. Though gale should try to use his magic to do something small like levitation which all unicorns can do so if he can do it it will be a small thing to practice on. Who knows he might get to twilight levels.
Ooh, Discord's coming soon?