Chapter 48
“I don’t like this,” Twilight said, looking at me from her place on the balcony.
We were on the balcony of our rooms, overlooking the city, the sun setting in the distance.
“Neither do I,” I admitted, “but I really don’t see an alternative right now. You heard Darkfeathers, Not doing it may seriously damage pony/griffon relations or at least reputation. They put a lot of honor weight on their duels.”
Sunset frowned at me and then shook her head, “Do you think you can do it?”
“Yes.”
“Without getting hurt?”
I hesitated and then nodded, “...Yes,” I answered with a nod, “And I’m going to be practising in dreams with Luna until then.”
“Actually,” Sunset said thoughtfully and flicked one ear, “Go to Tempest instead. Luna’s used to fighting with magic, Tempest knows how to without it.”
That was a good point, Tempest had been doing very well for herself.
I slowly nodded.
Sparks didn’t look happy and looked behind me and Sunset, “Amber, what do you think about this?”
“Don’t have a problem with it.”
I blinked and looked back at the changeling, “Huh?” I asked. Now that was surprising!
Amber blinked at me, “It’s just one griffon, sir. They are strong and has sharp bits, but they are not very fast and this one look especially dumb. You will be fine.”
Awww.
“I still don’t like it,” Twilight protested and sighed, “I...I don’t like ponies fighting. Or other creatures for that matter. And you could still get hurt.”
“I’d rather not either,” I admitted and shifted my wings, looking down at my hooves, “But in this case it may be the best of two bad choices.”
“You could also pick a champion,” Sunset suggested, “I could do it, I have been practicing with Tempest.”
My first reaction of ‘absolutely bucking not’ was a very emotional and… human one. Asking a woman to defend me was…
Not only instinctual, but cultural and just plain bucking wrong.
But in the pony way of seeing it, it was fairly normal. At least used to be in the past, before Celestia reformed the Royal Guard, mares made up almost all of pony fighting forces. In fact, it was illegal for stallions to serve in the armies of the old earth pony city states as well as in the pegasus legions.
Unicorns had allowed them, but they had still been rare.
My personal guard was all mares.
I was literally having women defend me daily.
But this was different! Somehow anyway, I wasn’t really sure exactly how it was different but it was. It was, damn it!
Maybe it was just me, but there was no way I’d allow that.
I shook my head, “Thanks Sunny, but griffons are patriarchal. Asking a mare to represent me would not go over well.”
That’s my excuse and I’m sticking to it!
Sunset smiled slightly at me, “And you don’t want to.”
“...And I don’t want to,” I admitted and sighed, “If you got hurt doing it… I don’t know what I would do.”
“And how do you think we feel about it?” Twilight said and moved up to us, her wings raising, “How do you think Luna would react?”
I flinched slightly, my ears flicking to the side, “Sparks…”
“Don’t you ‘Sparks’ me!”
I flinched again and Sunset moved up, pressing her side against Twilights, looking up at her,
“Twi, calm down. It will be fine,” Sunset reassured her, “I know you have read the griffon dueling code, it’s usually to first blood. It’ll be fine.”
Twilight looked down at her before she closed her eyes, taking a deep breath before opening her eyes again and looking at me, “I don’t like this.”
I moved closer, touching my horn to hers as I looked into her eyes, “I know,” I said softly, “Neither do I… but sometimes th-”
“There is no right choice, just the least bad one,” Twilight muttered and sighed, resting her forehead against mine for a second, our horns crossed as she grumbled, “I know. We have the same teacher.”
“We do,” I agreed and then shifted, giving her nose a small kiss, “I’ll be fine, I promise.”
“You better be,” She said, looking into my eyes before she sighed, “Let’s head to bed before Tempest wakes up if you need to talk to her.”
I nodded. Good point, she was in Nocturnis, she’d be waking up soon with the sun going down, “I’ll go sleep,” I agreed, “You two coming?”
“In a bit,” Sunset said and eyed Twilight, “...Wanna watch the sunset?”
That got a smile from the alicorn, “I always like watching the Sunset.”
“Me too, but we shouldn’t do that on the balcony,” I chimed in with a grin, “What if some griff flies past?”
Sunset turned slightly red and poked me with her hoof, “You, sleep,” and then looked to Twilight, “you, get something for us to drink.”
Sparks grinned and leaned in, kissing her cheek before walking back inside, running her wing across my back as she did.
I glanced after her and then sighed softly and touched my horn to Sunsets, “I should get going before Tempest wakes up.”
Sunset nodded and leaned against me for a second, “Be careful.”
“Always.”
“Since when!?”
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Nice
"Since... You know... Ummm... Well, fuck."
Oh, the joys of culture clash. We must protect the fairer sex! Which fairer sex?
Very witty turn of phrase there, nice! As for practicing... Both Amber and Page might be underestimating this fellow. Being a buffoon doesn't preclude working out daily and being good with a sword, or whatever they're going to be using.
Grammar jackboots:
Tense errors: They are strong and have sharp bits, but they are not very fast and this one looks especially dumb.
pressing her side against Twilight's
"You had better be,"
“I’ll go to sleep,”/"I'll go and sleep,"
Still nothing to make this situation make a lick of sense.
Time to train, Training with Tempest means Pain and how to avoid it. Good luck Page, you'll need it!
I wonder if Page can accidently geld that idiot. Thatcfamilie has ran its course and that kind of stupidity deserves a Darwin Award...
10980348
Which story was that. I want to reread that chapter now lol.
Would not surprise me if Razorwing picked a champion. Hopefully things fair better than for Page than they did for the Red Viper. Yeesh
Usually yes, but Baserwing strikes me as the kind of fool that would try to take more than he should
Very important things are not being addressed. What are the stakes? It's *usually* to first blood? And if Page can pick a champion, probably so can Razorwing, meaning Amber's optimism is somewhat misplaced.
10981880
With the way that page is stuffing the idiot ball into his mouth, I'm going out on a limb and say that things will go bad.
Page: Plenty of times! Like that time when we--wait...no...a tentacle monster almost destroyed Ponyville. Well then how abo--no no! Changelings foal-napped me because of that. I forgot that part! Umm...don't you remember when we safel--ugh not that either! The airship went down and everything!
Sunset:
well????
Page: I will...gloat with that situation finally happens!
Sunset:
10981761
Alternatively. "You'd better be."
"I'll go sleep" is a grammatically correct phrase, so no need to fix that.
He'll do fine, whatever comes next. He's a former HUMAN, and boy, can we improvise and kill each other. The only thing humanity can't kill is humanity, because we are freaking roaches.
10981880
Red Viper who?
10981939
Yank thing, perchance?
10981900
Thing is that Page delayed the challenge itself, so presumably things will be arranged then?
10981944
Keep in mind he's up against a griffon, those blighters aren't to be underestimated.
10982086
Could you explain what you mean by that? as i'm unsure of exactly what you mean.
10982150
Oh sorry, easy to do. 'Yanks' is common British slang for people from the US, you hear it about as much as 'Americans' here. I assume it's an americanism that I'm unfamiliar with (sorry if it's actually Canadian or Australian). Either way, it is out of place coming from Page anyway, since all evidence points toward him not being from that country.
man, and I was hoping this could be settled over a game of twister...
but the first to blood doesn't mean you can't absolutely trash somegriff... not all injuries are bloody
10981944
at this point he's pretty much completely forgotten his humanity.
10982523
Yeah, no. You can't forget the ape in you. I don't believe for a second, that when things go pearshaped he fill flail around like any old pony. He will remember his true nature, and beat an... There are no aliens in Equestria. A primordial evil with nothing but a stone.
10982086
Griffons? Please. Human would eat them for breakfast. In fact, human could eat pretty much ANYTHING for breakfast, as long as it is not dowright poisonous.
10982155
Ah gotcha. I actually don't know where it's originally from, as English is my third language and i just picked up the phrase over time.
She kind of has a point.
10982525
Depends on how much the body shapes the mind really. He's certainly naturalised at this point, to whatever degree that entails.
10982526
Pretty sure that goes both ways, to be honest.
We can settle this like adults or we can settle this like men.
10982596
Probably British. Yank is short for Yankey from the song Yankey Doddle. An Australian would more likely call them a Yanker, especially if said in a negative connotation
**Insert dumb "shit hitting the fan" joke here.**
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