Chapter 53
A white feathered Griffon caught up with us just outside our quarters.
He bowed slightly, “Prince Page, I am Rogar of house Talltalon. I am Lord Razorwings second. It has been almost two days, we require your answer.”
I nodded, “Fine, let’s get this over with,” I said, “Sunset Shimmer will be my second. According to your dueling rules, I pick time and weapons, correct?”
Rogar nodded, “Indeed. But you can not pick something that Lord Razorwing can’t, such as magic.”
“Barehooved then. Unarmed. And tomorrow at midnight, let’s get this nonsense over with.”
Rogar blinked at me, “Midnight? The traditional time is Noon.”
“I’m allowed to pick the time.”
He nodded, “Very well. I will deliver your terms to Lord Razorwing and return with his answer to your second.”
He bowed again and turned, walking off.
Twilight shot me a worried look.
I flicked one ear, “I don’t like this either,” I admitted with a frown.
Stupid feather cats!
I pushed the door open with my magic and walked inside, Twilight following along. Sunset looked up from reading a book on the couch as we entered,
“How did it go?” she asked as she closed the book.
“It’s over.”
“And the duel is tomorrow at Midnight.” Twilight continued for me as she passed me, “Page named you as Second as we discussed.”
Sunset nodded and stretched, “Good.”
I walked up, I gave her a quick hug with my wing, “Careful, maybe I’ll run off.”
She grinned, “I’m sure that’s your plan all along,” she teased and leaned against me, “Now go practice.”
“Yes boss,” I agreed and let go, stretching before I smiled at her, “join me?”
Sunset shook her head, sticking her tongue out at me, “Can’t, somepony made me their second so I have to stay awake to organize this entire thing.”
“I’ll come, a nap sounds pretty nice right now,” Twilight said as she returned from the balcony and shook her head, “I wish this entire duel didn’t need to happen. It seems pointless.”
“I’m with you there,” I agreed and moved up to her, “I can’t drop it though, you heard the King about the political situation. I will try to talk him out of it before it starts though.”
“Buck that,” Sunset said and leaned against the backrest of the couch, “Kick his tail.”
“Sunset,” Twilight said with a frown.
Sunset frowned back, “What? He’s not only struck our colt in the past, but threatened him too. He could use a tail kicking. I’m half a mind to do it myself if I thought there was any chance Page would step back. Buck, if Celestia had not put her hoof down at the time, I might have right then!”
“Sunset, we weren’t even together at the time…” I protested.
“So? You were still my best friend.”
“Come,” Sparks said and touched my side with her wing, “Let’s head to bed. You need to practice.”
“Do I now?” I asked with a teasing grin, “Wanna help?”
Sparks blinked and then rolled her eyes, moving towards the bedroom, giving me a smack across the muzzle with her tailtip as she walked past.
I grinned, giving Sunset a quick cuddle on the way past before I followed Twilight and jumped onto the bed, stretching out before I scooted closer. Sparks wing settled across my back and she nosed in beneath my chin.
“Sleeping spell?” she said quietly.
“Mmm,” I agreed and wrapped us in one, sending both of us into the dream realm.
The dream realm sparkled around me and I looked to Twilight's dream portal right next to me. Smiling, I touched my horn to it, sending it towards the nice dreams before I stretched my wings.
A soft wing settled across my back and Luna pulled me tight as she smiled at me, “You’re here early.”
I leaned against her, “Talks are over. They are going to cooperate to deal with the rebels… when we got back to our quarters, I was ordered to bed to practice.”
“Oh really,” Luna teased with a grin.
“That’s what I said!” I laughed and grinned up at her, “But that’s not what they meant this time.”
“No practice needed,” Luna teased, sticking her tongue out at me.
“Join us this time?” I asked her with a smile.
“Of course, My Page.”
Yay. More Luna time!
Staying beneath her wing, I led the way to and into Tempest's dream and we found ourselves in a dusty desert. It hadn't been a nightmare, but it didn’t seem very nice either.
It took a second to spot a much younger Tempest by a large rock to get some protection against the wind. She had a small fire going and a cloth put up on two sticks to try to get some cover from the drifting sand. She looked… like she was twelve or so.
“She has had a hard life,” Luna said softly from next to me.
I nodded, “She has,” I said quietly. Then I tapped my hoof against the sand beneath us, causing the dream to shift in a blur.
We were left on the training platform in Nocturnis, lit by torch fire and a large moon above. Tempest changed too to look like I remembered her, her horn intact.
She blinked and then got up, looking around before spotting us and flicking her ear in surprise, “Your majesty, Princess Luna,” she said in greeting as she bowed.
“Hey Tempest,” I said with a smile, “I hope we’re not interrupting.”
Tempest shook her head, “Of course not, sir. It’s time to practice?” she asked as she stood up straight again.
I nodded, “Duel is tomorrow at Midnight, we have the rest of today and tomorrow.”
Tempest nodded, “Midnight, good, that will give you an advantage even without magic. You went with barehooves like I said?”
“Yep, not about to try to learn to use a weapon without magic in that short a time,” I said and glanced up to Luna, “But I likely should in the future, just in case. I have strained my horn too hard in the past, after all.”
Luna nodded, “Not a bad idea,” she agreed.
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This will come with a whole new set of bruises, won't it?
Not really no
At some point someone should point out to Baserwing that he is so pathetic that he has to handicap his opponent to stand a chance
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She always kissing them, aren't?)
Unarmed combat!!? Against a Griffin!?
I thought you were smart Page.
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All the more to be kissed better afterwards.
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He is. He's getting advice from people far more skilled and knowledgeable than him, and actually heeding it. And undergoing training/preparation for it too.
Dude straight up saw luna and forgot to pull sparks in.
Bravo page, bravo
this le duel- cliche in every single fic is very cringe at this point...
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While he IS greeting advice from more experienced individuals, facing an opponent with natural weapons like talons and a beak is not a good idea. Especially since griffin's are natural hunters and fighters while Page only practiced magic for the better part of his life here.
Imo learning how to use a blunt weapon (like a quarter-staff) is easier, gives him a severe force multiplier as well as range.
Don't get me wrong, Ponies have quite a bit of power, and their hooves are wicked hard, but it cannot compare to a talon raking your skin.
I could be wrong though, wouldn't be the first time.
...MEANWHILE WITH THE GRIFFINS...
Razorwing: ...Barehooved? At midnight? That goes against every Griffon tradition!
Rogar: I know right?! Not only did this pony forsake the traditional time of duels being at noon...he didn't pick the children's card game as the form of combat.
Razorwing: UGH! These ponies don't know anything...now this perfect deck I built is worthless...
Feather punching bag incoming. Than again... Maybe his lack of brain is compensated by training his body
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Given the amount of time he has before the duel, attempting to learn to use a weapon without the use of magic, is a terrible idea. It's not like he has hands with which to grab say, a spear (one of the easiest weapons for non-trained individuals to use), so learning how to actually hold one, let alone use it in any effective way in combat, in merely a few days? He has a bunch of advantages that aren't negated by his opponent's advantages, it's a case of making the best of a bad situation. He has also had prior training with Luna and Sunset on physical stuff, so he's not a complete novice.
Not fighting is also a terrible idea, due to the political ramifications.
Don't get me wrong, given time to actually train with it (something he already has in motion once all of this is dealt with), a weapon will be better (he definitely needs to keep up the unarmed combat training too), the situation just doesn't allow for it.
Still wish this entire series was rated M so we could read about all the bedroom fun. I mean, Page is banging his wife Luna AS WELL as Sunset and that world's Twilight.
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A duel with Uno cards would be more interesting for sure. It's always about violence with these griffs in fanfic
Queensbury Rules, ey? It makes an awful lot of sense actually; if the duel is to first blood and Razorwing actually wants to get some sadistic pleasure out of all this rather than genuinely wishing for some sort of honour, then he's going to have to keep those talons balled into fists. Meanwhile, this setup makes it fairly easy for Page to skip out without serious harm if things go sour. On the other hand, there are nasty things that can be done with one swipe. Eye damage, for example.
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Indeed, it wouldn't surprise me.
No grammar jackboot today.
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If it isn’t done right, I totally agree.
Stuffy pony noble, doesn’t work to great.
Pissed of birbdcat, that lost his job over him, and wants to get prestige back?
Works pretty well with the Griffin society that exists in this story world.
It’s going to be interesting to see what happens, especially if sunny or sunshine are going to roast the chicken afterwards.
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That's the thing, I'm guessing the actual content of the duel won't go down too well with several readers, but at the same time the followup to it will be a smash hit.
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine. It’s the 10 Duel Commandments.
https://m.I hope this is one of those fun duels where you maim AND get their stuff for winning and not one of those lame ones where you become a murderer and do the same thing.
A summary of this and the past few stories:
>I don't wanna do this, it's too much
>You gotta
>OK
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Well, if you want to read about those parts, why don't you write them yourself?
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Lmao you ain't right
feather cats, LOL
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And he's a fluffy bat.
Bro is about to become an all rounder in the next chapter💀