Chapter 2: Griffon Befriending

Mike let out a groan as his body once again hit the ground and he felt his sore wings lay limp on top of him. “Oh sweet ground...thanks for always catching me...but if you could be a little more gentler...that be great.” Mike murmured He heard two hooves hit the ground next to him and looked over to see a worried Fluttershy.

“Are you okay Mike? That was really high up.” She held out a hand and Mike grabbed it and Fluttershy pulled him up.

“Thanks Flutters and I’m fine.” Mike assured her and gave her a smile. She just sighed but returned the smile. Mike had lived in Ponyville for two weeks, living at the Golden Oaks Library with Spike and Twilight Sparkle. he mostly helped around with the books and being the night guard as he mostly slept during the day.

Mike had learned two things living here though and it is that Twilight doesn't know how to think when she was given two tickets to some sort of party and instead of asking for more tickets, freaked out about it. And that Applejack is as stubborn as a mule, oh and that there are talking cows and mules.

That was not as shocking as it should have been.

He grunted as he started to flap his bat wings, slowly rising into the air but once again he fell down. He sighed as he looked at the floating Fluttershy. “Flutters, I don’t think my wings are made for this.” Fluttershy flew down and helped him up. “Lets just do this some other times, you still need to go help that family of ducks you told me about.”

Fluttershy’s eyes grew wide and she suddenly zoomed off. Mike just chuckled and started walking towards Ponyville. As he entered the town though he heard the sound of hiccups and flames. He turned a corner and saw Spike picking up scrolls but everytime he hiccuped he would send a scroll.

Mike made his way for Spike and was about to over some help but his feet suddenly hit an almost invisible string. Mike let out a yelp before his face slammed into the grown but he let out a yell when his forehead hit a very blunt rock. He laid on the ground while clutching his head and suddenly he started to see flashes.

A small boy smiled up at Foxy the Pirate.

Foxy’s eyes swelled with an almost black purple energy.

He lunged at the Child.

“M….”

Foxy’s teeth sunk into the childs head.

“Mi…..”

Missing frontal lobe.

“Mike!”

His eyes snapped opened and he looked around frantically. He lay on the ground, blood dripping from his forehead. Pinkie looked at him with worry filled eyes while Rainbow Dash glared down at him. “Mike! We are so sorry!” Pinkie looked at him with tears in her eyes. Rainbow Dash just scoffed.

“Come on Pinkie, he’s probably just trying to get at-Gah!” Dash was interrupted by Mike tackling her to the ground and his security hat flew off. Everyone gasped at what they saw, stitches lined his bald head and they noticed his usually white eyes had turned black and his pupils were now white.

“I will rip out your eyes and shove them so far up your ass that you will see nothing but fucking shit for years!” He roared into Dash’s face who looked up in fear. He then said in a chilling voice, “Now...Leave me alone!” He stood up and stomped over to his hat and picked it up before dusting it off and putting it back on hiding his stitches.

Nopony noticed the small ghost child following in his shadow which had a large grin. Everypony was silent for a few minutes before quickly leaving the scene. Rainbow Dash stayed on the ground for a little with her eyes still wide open with shock. “Dashy?”

Pinkie looked down at her scared friend and quickly lifted her up and walked towards Twilight’s. Pinkie couldn’t help but keep thinking of the stitches on Mike’s scalp and shivered from his eyes inverting like that. She could feel her mane deflate a bit at knowing she had caused him to be so angry and let out a depressed sigh as she soon arrived at Twilight’s.

“Mikey...I’m sorry.” Was the last thing she muttered before she walked into the library.

On a cloud sat a griffon. She was tall with a slender but lean build, standing on a pair of lion like paws, with two vicious talons for hands and a dangerously curved beak. A fairly lush white mane of sorts covering her collarbone with the very tips being a light purple. She also possessed two amber eyes and a pair of powerful brown wings.

She wore a brown shirt under a black jacket that had a few chains hanging from it and tight blue jeans. She looked over the small town her friend had told her about and was about to fly to it when she heard a rage filled yell. She looked under her cloud and saw a strange pony with two large bat wings but it looked like it was a moving rock as its skin was as grey as stone.

It was wearing a light blue security shirt and dark blue jeans and on top of its head was a had that read ‘Night Guard’. “Is this the dweeb that yelled? He sounded...like a griffon.” Gilda shot up from the cloud and towards the pony and when she was near him she called out, “Hey you!”

Gilda waited for a response but didn’t get one. She was about to call out again but then she noticed him shoot towards a running rabbit. He grabbed it by the neck and with a simple squeeze its neck snapped. She looked at the pony and watched it stomp over to a small pile of sticks.

She flew over to the pile and landed where he could see her. She then noticed its face was flat with only a nose sticking out. His face was filled with anger and she then looked at its eyes and saw they were completely white with only a black dot for a pupil. “Uh...hey why did you kill that rabbit?” She asked and he looked at her with a raised eyebrow.

“I’m planning to eat it? Why else would I kill it?” Its said as if it were obvious and Gilda looked at him with a shocked look. “What?” He questioned her look.

“B-But you're a pony!” she yelled and he looked at her as if she was stupid.

“No I’m not, I’m a human and I can eat meat.” he said and Gilda cocked an eyebrow...thing.

“Do all humans have large bat wings?” Gilda asked and for once she saw a small smile graced his face.

“No, I’m just a very lucky bastard...well kind of.” he made his bat wings flutter and Gilda raised her eyebrow...thing again.

“What do you mean ‘kind of’? You want to be one of those unicorn snobs?” She sneered at him but was surprised by him chuckling.

“Nah, I just don’t know how to fly with bat wings.” he explained and Gilda smiled.

“Well I know a few tricks on flying, plus I know a few Bat ponies that have the same wings as you, just not as...big. All you have to do for me is share that rabbit, I’m starving.” She offered and Mike grinned and she noticed his canines.

“Deal.” he walked over to the fire and grabbed a piece of flint and struck it against a stone causing a spark that landed onto the sticks. “Hey...ummmm,”

“Gilda.”

“Ah right, mind getting me some leave?” She looked at him with confusion but flew over to a bush and grabbed two talon fulls of leaves and flew back and dropped them onto the ground next to him.

“There you go, hey what is your name?” Gilda asked.

“Names Mike.” He grabbed the leaves and started to put them under the sticks. He then started to use the flint and stone and kept striking them until a lucky spark set the leaves on fire and quickly set the other leaves before it finally started to burn the sticks, creating a fire.

“Wow, thats pretty smart.” Gilda said behind Mike who nodded then held out the rabbit.

“You know how to gut this? I usually mess up and waste the meat.” Mike asked and Gilda nodded before grabbing the rabbit and getting to work, Mike watching her work. Soon they had the meat n a spit and hovering over the fire and they both drooled at the smell.

“Hey, I never asked but what are you?” Mike asked and Gilda grinned and puffed out her impressive chest.

“I’m a griffon, an awesome one to be more specific.” She boasted and she was waiting for him to disagree like everypony did. Instead she heard him chuckle and looked at him and saw him looking into the fire.

“I’d believe it.” He stated and she looked at him with wide eyes and a small blush.

“You...you would?” She stuttered.

“Well one, you are the only griffon I have met and two, you seem pretty pleasant, better than some of the ponies in Ponyville.” Mike said with a grin, “Especially this girl...mare...whatever who won’t stop trying to get me to leave town.” Gilda cocked her head.

“What’s the mares name?” Mike just chuckled and grabbed a piece of the rabbit and took a bite.

“Rainbow Dash.”

Gilde almost choked on a chunk of rabbit, catching the attention of Mike. “You okay there Gilda?” he asked with concern.

“Y-Yea, just...I...I know Rainbow Dash.” She noticed Mike tense a bit, “She’s a friend of mine from flight school. We were great friends...or we were until she moved down here.” Gilda seemed to grow somber. She then felt a hand grabbed her shoulder and saw Mike looking at her with a smile.

“Well how about you and me be friends eh?” Mike suggested nd Gilda looked at him with her amber eyes and slowly a grin grew on her beak.

“Yeah, that be pretty cool.”

They both finished the rabbit and put out the fire. They then sat on a fallen tree and just talked. Gilda had came from a place called Griffonia in the Griffon Empire. He explained how he was bung here by unknown means but didn't go in depth about Earth or the Pizzeria.

They soon noticed the sun slowly dipping and realized they were pretty far from Ponyville. “Great, this will be fun.” Mike sighed as he got up and was about to start walking when he felt Gilda’s talons grab his shoulder. She just smiled before wrapping her arms around him and shooting into the sky and onto a large cloud.

When he fell onto the cloud he stood completely still. “This...is both awesome...and terrifying.” Mike said and Gilda just laughed before flying off and gathering more clouds and slowly the small cloud turned into a box with a small window, like a small house. Gilda then flew in and laid down.

“There we go, we can just sleep here for the night.” Gilda proposed and Mike smiled.

“I like this idea, plus these clouds feel awesome.” He started to shift around until he was laying down and leaning his back and head onto the wall. He then felt something shifting next to him and saw Gilda imitating him with a grin. She then leaned onto his shoulder and he wrapped his webbed wings around her while she used her feathered ones on him.

Slowly they slipped into sleeps embrace.

Twilight walked in place with a troubled look on her muzzle. On her couch sat an angry Rainbow and a worried Pinkie. “Are you sure thats what you two saw?” Twilight asked, looking back at the two.

“Yes Twilight! He is a madpony!” Rainbow yelled but Pinkie quickly cut in,

“But its our fault for tripping him Dashy! He was bleeding!” Rainbow huffed and crossed her arms.

“You two said his eyes changed color?” Twilight asked, trying to change the subject.

“Yeah, and when his security hat fell off he had...Twilight I think something happened to Mikey because his whole head was filled with stitches.” Pinkie said with a shiver.

“oh no...I need to talk to him about those, they could be infected..” Twilight said with worry.

“You do that, I’m going to go wait for Gilda to show up.” Rainbow said before leaving the library. Pinkie and Twilight both looked at each other and sighed before saying their goodbyes and leaving to go to bed.