Gilda, The Sky's The Limit

Gilda was sleeping on a cloud bed she had made after healing her wing. She felt nice getting back on the clouds and be able to fly again. She really didn't like walking and always tried to fly as often as possible.
"Ahh a nothing to do today. Again. Just perfect." Gilda said with annoyance.
While she was doing nothing, she saw a Pegasus, crashing in the Everfree forest. The crash caused a tree to fall on the ground with a powerful thud.
“Oh crud. This looks bad. I better see if how the hell that Pegasus is."

She carefully travel to the forest. She don’t want a repeat of what happened last time.
She came across the crash site to see a surprising face indeed: Princess Luna herself is incredibly injured but thankfully, not bleeding and still slightly chournchus.
“Who goes there, friend or foe?!" said Luna in her royal voice.
“Umm.. it’s me, Gilda. I’m a friend, I guess..." said Gilda nervously. She helped the injured princess get on her hooves and carried her on her back.

"Now Luna please hold on very tightly. I’m going to start flying in a couple of seconds." said Gilda in a strong voice.
Luna wrapped around the griffon. “okay I’m ready, but where are you taking me anyway?"
“Well, duh, where do you think? Canterlot of course. Now hush up now. I need to get ready to fly."
Gilda took off, but due to Luna’s weight, Gilda was slightly slowed down.
“Geez Luna, you’re such an heavy pegicorn or whatever you call yourself."
“I’m sorry for that. And thanks for helping me."
"What exactly happened anyway? Why are you crashed? Care to explain?"

Gilda made a cloud platform by moving some small nearby clouds and let Luna rest and explain.
“As you may know, I was on the moon for a thousand years. That made my flying a bit rusty, so I decided to practice for a bit and thought that this would be easy and no problem. I just wanted to fly again, that's all, you know, to feel the wind in my face and dive through clouds… But during my “practice” I crashed into the forest. I thought I was going to die for a while. The idea of death is a cold and awful thought… Even though I know I am immortal…" said Luna as a tear ran down her face.

Gilda hugged Luna and said " Ahh don't think about stuff like that. Focus on the good parts, even if there small, it's better than thinking about something like that. For example, a friend that I’ve known for years probably hate's me now... but that's the past and I’ve got to get you back to canterlot in the present." said Gilda.
Before they went, Luna hugged Gilda and said: “You’re a good person Gilda. Would you like to stay for dinner at Canterlot, my treat."
“Hell yes! Sorry about that. I haven't had decent meal in couple of days." said Gilda
“Well I make sure your filled for a month. You can even stay for the night if you want to." said Luna.
Gilda returned the hug to Luna, picked her up and put Luna on her back and set of for Canterlot.

By the time they got there, the sun was setting. Gilda landed and was greeted with some hostile company.
“Halt there. What business do you have here?!" said a guard.
“Luna here is injured and she need's medical help now!" said Gilda in a strong voice.
The guard allowed Gilda in with Luna, and was taken to the royal doctors.
Along the way they saw princess Celestia.

“What happened here?!" said Celestia.
“She crashed into the Everfree forest while flying. I found her and flew her here myself." said Gilda.
“well that's very kind of you. your name is?"replied celestia.
“Name’s Gilda." – griffin answered.
“Well, Gilda, you saved my sister’s life, and we must celebrate. Come to the dinner hall in about 10 minutes. We shall have a feast in your honor. You will also stay here tonight in the finest comfort as well." said celestia.
Gilda smiled and bowed toward Celestia.

After 10 minutes, Gilda went to the dining hall. She sat next to Luna, who had recovered enough to walk, though pretty much being a god does have its advantages.
They went into the hall and everyone bowed towards Luna and Gilda as they entered the room.
Gilda sat next to Luna and the captain of the guard.

Celestia stood up and proposed a toast to Gilda.
“A toast to Gilda, the griffon that saved Luna’s life!" said Celestia.
"CHEERS." said everyone in the hall. Then they started eating.
The captain asked Gilda a question.

“So how did you get Princess Luna here anyway?" said the captain.
"Oh I carried her here on my back. Must of been about 50 miles from here to where she crashed." said Gilda.
"WHAT?! That’s... that's.... a true testament of power. Have you ever thought about being a royal guard?"
Gilda almost chocked on the offer from sheer shock.
“Being a royal guard?! They only pick the strongest ponies in Equestia for that, and I’m not even a pony, I’m a griffon."
The captain got out a book about the best captains that had ever served under Celestia.

The book was interesting as each of their captains had served princess Celestia and her parents as well but the final captain was not of pony, Pegasus or unicorn but of griffin.
“My dad knew him back in the day. He was loyal, proud and never turned down a fight. He was the strongest there was in all of equestia, being able to punch through rock and carry a dozen soldiers as well. His name was a mystery though so we just called him thunder wing, the brave."

Gilda thought about this for second. She was strong and fast but she had never thought anyone other than the people that picked on Rainbow Dash when they were younger.
“I’ll give it a try. How about tomorrow?" said Gilda.
“Well of course Gilda. I’ll teach you how to fight and defend." said the captain.

After the feast, Luna showed were Gilda would be sleeping.
“Okay this room is next to mine and it has a large bed, a bath and all that other stuffs you might need." said Luna.
"It’s really nice Luna. I’ve never had anything like this before." said Gilda as a tear of joy ran down her face.
“There is one thing I haven't given you yet though." said Luna with a smile on her face.
Luna planted a kiss on Gildas cheek softly but with passion. Gilda blushed and didn't know what to say. She simply smiled and went to bed.

(thanks to Stalin the Stallion for the help with... pretty much everything.)