The Return of Darkness

'Elder Scrolls! That's what they are called! That was just a bluff, a couple of words that felt familiar, I didn't think that was something was a thing. At least, I will be delivered to Griffinstone, even though I am tied up in a way that I could easily break out of. They think that I am captured, but I can easily break out. Since I am being taken to the scroll which could hold the location of Eden, I need to deal with my current problem. The bathroom.

"Can I use the bathroom?" I asked as we flew over a mountain, at the other side of the mountain, one could see Griffinstone's large, tree-like castle hanging off of another mountain. We flew for a few hours and covered a lot more than I would have on my own. What could have taken me days, took mere hours. Man, I miss being big.

"You can hold it until we make it to the safe house. It's just a half an hour away," Gloria happily replied. Gilda—The Griffin that I was tied to, shot her an angry frown. "You don't need to tell him anything, Gloria. If he can read the Twelve Scrolls of Eden, then he doesn't need to know what we are in case he is a spy for the tyrant."

"Sorry," Gloria sighed, leaving us back to silence for the rest of the trip.

We landed outside at the base of the mountain just under the castle. Wherever I looked was rock, bush, rock, rock and look! More rock. Gilda dragged me to the wall of rocks while Gloria followed behind. I groaned as I was dropped on a pile of jagged stones, just out of sight from what Gilda did to cause a magical door to open up in the rock. 'I hate rocks,' I groaned internally.

I was dragged in, causing small cuts on my side, We walked into a room that had a small table, a couple of wooden chairs and a couple of bottles of booze on a shelve carved out of the wall. I was tied to one of the chairs while Gilda pulled out a bottle of Wild Pegasus whiskey, causing that same familiar itch that has been bugging me for quite some time.

Just I was about to whine about needing to use the little Griffins room. Three individuals walked in; two griffins, one pony, and a locked crate. The pony was none other than Steampunk herself, the second she saw me, she pulled out a revolver and aimed it at my head. The two other Griffins jumped into action and aimed their muskets at me as well.

"Can you put down you weapons?" Gilda asked from..Somewhere. Gloria was the only one that I could see but Gilda was hiding in the dimly lit room.

"No gonna' happen, not with him" Steam pointed at me with a trembling hoof.

"What do you mean? What did he do?" Gilda asked again.

"He single-handedly killed Nightmare squad with the Staff of Destruction that he stole. You think he is captured, but in reality, he can get out of his binds at any time he wants," Steam explained.

The went cold in a matter of seconds, just as Gilda and the others were about to begin making a move, I did my slave spell. "Deus, Meus," I said, causing every person in the room to convulse and collapse into a foaming mess of twitching and screaming.

The five bodies rose up with a creepy smile on their faces. I rolled my eyes and got them to stand in the corner of the room, then I asked for the scroll and asked what they knew about them. Apparently, there was only twelve of them in total. They were found in a pile of ash in the Castle of the Everfree. The only ones of their kind that Princess Luna had as a gift from the Demon known as Raven Blackwing, the seventh queen of the Canadia. Which is the kingdom we are currently in. Nice to know that a necromancer ruled the Griffins during the fall of the Griffins. Aside from the annoying droning of my new friends, I read the scroll.

Entry 2. Date: January 12th, 1248.

I, Queen Raven Blackwing, am the only one of the Griffin race that can read and write in the old tongue. This was a fate that as going to happen...Sooner or later. Our Ancestors gave us this way of writing and we abandon it for the venomous language that the Sun Tyrant uses in her land of bigotry. I can safely say that only I and I alone can read what's hidden in the vault where our creation lies protected by the greatest of dark magics. Groger, my master, may be dead, but I live. I am grateful that the elements of harmony saved me from a dark path and for giving me immunity to the dark arts all those years ago. Even though I was forced to be wed to an asshat, tell kingdoms view me as the forebear to Celestia's destruction.

We have the; rage, the hate, the want, the numbers to have our revenge, but we are not ready. It will take some time before we can mount a blitzkrieg to destroy her and her ponies that she rapes with her golden hooves. I can't wait to see her face as we burn her castle to the ground.

Other than plotting my revenge. I cut the cock off of my husband for trying to bed me. There is only one Griffin that can have my innocence, sadly I have yet to find him. One day, I know I will, and I will love to be wrapped in his embrace and live the life of a housewife, but I know that day will never come...

"So, that was telling," I thought out loud. I was kinda hoping that this one would have an actual location of the hiding place of Eden, but alas, life still likes to mess with me. 'Why can't anything be easy?' I thought. I made a copy of the scroll and put in my hammerspace and threw the original back into the crate. As much as I want some meat shields to protect me from The Tyrant, I will need them inside the White Claw to gain any and all information of the retards that think that they can save the world with their gorilla warfare. So I made a plan.

"Gilda?" I called out. She stepped forward from the line. "Yes master?" she said. "I need you and Gloria to go sleeper and continue your original mission. Gather as much information as you can, and at you safest convenience, bring it to me. Your safe word is Cumdeling, now go and don't remember me," I ordered. She gave me a nod and took the crate with Gloria followed close behind. I looked at over to the other three and called out Steam.

"Yes master!" she beamed.

"I need someone that can give me information on the inside. Judging by how good you are at smuggling, I need the final two Scrolls, can you get them for me?" I asked.

"I know the guy that has them!" she cheered. "His name is Lexicon Normacryptic. He is the guy that has been giving the White Claw all the information of the Sun Tyrant and he is my brother."

'She is part of the White Claws? That's interesting.'

"Good, I want you to get him to make a copy of both scrolls and tell him that we have the translation guide. If he comes with you, loose him. I can't have anyone knowing that I am alive and your safe word is, Parthanyx. Go sleeper and get back to me in a week," I ordered Steam, she gave me a happy nod, leaving me with the other two Griffins.

"Who are you and what do you do?" I asked the Hen to the left. She stepped forward.

"I am Yokonokoshodico or Yoko for short. I am a Bowman and Corporal first class of the White Claws. My mission is to protect Steampunk while my brethren retreat to the Frontier. I am to wait for her in Griffinstone as she does several trades to our cause."

'That's good, I can use her as a contact while I hid here and wait for the scrolls,' I noted. "And you," I pointed to the Tom. He stepped forward and Yoko stepped back.

"I am Tom, yes my mother was very vindictive. I am Swordmaster and Sergent of the White Claws. My mission is the same as Yoko's, but I have a special order to find an artifact know as the Statue of Borealis."

'Huh, I know where that is, having that will give me an edge over the White Claws if they are going to grab it for the moral enhancement that it emits.'

"Good," I began, causing Tom to step back alongside Yoko. "I need you two be my eyes and ears when we are topside in the town. I don't like this hideout so we will need a new one. So your first mission is to go find one that doesn't look like we are hiding something. Both of you are to act as my guardians as well that you adopted a year ago. Go sleeper and Yoko, your word is dickdisco and as for you Tom. It's Cuntface Mcgee."

"Yes master," the both said in unison and left the room, leaving me alone with the bottle of Wild Pegasus.

'Why is that name so familiar?' I asked myself as I took a swig and began making backup plans if I am discovered here.

Twilight sat behind bars with a big fine on her hooves. She was ashamed of herself for what she did, but the fine wasn't what she would have imagined. A few million bits to repay both High Voltage and Fancy Pants. She sighed, wondering how she was going to pay them back. It was just a Griffin, how can that Tom be so valuable? She kicked herself for losing her temper and going out of her way to hid the crime, she would have gotten away with it too, if it wasn't for the anti-teleportation spells guarding the keep. The fact that she had to do a huge blink that took half of her magic just reinforced her charge when her lawyer tried to put this on a frame scandal, but they knew she used spells that only she can do. Even Princess Celestia, her mentor came to the courtroom to try and disprove her crime, but no matter how hard she tried. Twilight was guilty and the Princess was the nail in the coffin.

Twilight sighed in her cell as she waited for her friends to pay for her thirty-day bail. She could her a collection of hooves come down the darkly lit stone halls that were so crisp and square, one would think that they were in a perfect cube.

Rarity was the first to poke her head in her cell. Applejack and Fluttershy were next. Twilight wondered where the others were, Rarity saw the question and told her that they were waiting at the port for them to leave. None of them made any comment about the whole ordeal as the walked to the port and back to their small town called Ponyville.

Luna sighed as she watched the girls quietly made their way out of the dungeon. Luna couldn't fathom why the young princess didn't feel any remorse for taking a life, yet she felt guilt for the fine. Luna couldn't say anything about how the Griffins were being treated or why. The only answers she got from the nobles was that it has always been. Luna came to the island after Discord had told her that there was one that has the capability to give her the answers she needs.

Discord said that this one knew the truth about the creation of the Demon that possessed her all those moons ago and how this person was the one that was going to free the Griffins. Luna was surprised that the individual Discord described wasn't part of the White Claws, the rebel group that has been causing harm to the country. That he knew that they would fail. She has been searching relentlessly in the dream realm to find this Griffin, but Discord had to tell her last night, that his mind is blocked by a very complex spell that has taken hold most of his memories. She remembered those cryptic words the freak said to her.

"You won't find him as he is the true definition of darkness. The shadows worship him as he has tamed and purged himself of a dangerous curse. He is the tamer of Demons and seducer of Angels. He will unlock his memories in time and when he does. My he show mercy to us all. "