The Griffin And The Snowstorm

"Hey dweeb! Quit hogging the hot water in there! We don't know how long we're going to be stuck out here!" Gilda shouted as her talon raked against the bathroom door. It had been three days since the crash, and there hadn't been any word from the railroad company on being rescued. Twilight said the most likely reason was the storm, the Friendship Express was run almost entirely by earth ponies and even if the weather team was above the clouds working on trying to make a break in the storm they'd made it too strong to do much beyond maybe a brief dent in it that could allow fliers to get above them.

"Tough break for you Krelborn, you're the only one of our group without any natural talent for the skies." Gilda had said as he got dressed behind a wooden folding screen. Her words prompting him to ask Twilight,

"I thought you said she had a revelation on the importance of friendship?" Louis said as he stepped out from behind the screen. Twilight was busy packing two...yes only two backpacks for a trip, something Gilda took notice of as she scarfed down a hunk of braised ham and eggs.

"Where's my bag Dash?" She said as she finished her breakfast with a loud belch, the unicorn Rarity wouldn't approve. Rainbow and Twilight both looked at her with somber looks.

"Look...Gilda I know we're gal pals and all...but I'm an element of harmony and Twilight's gonna need all of us to get that storm under control, it's grown too strong from being left to its own power." She said as she zipped up a sturdy snowsuit as did Twilight.

"So...you're just gonna leave me with the hairless ape?!" Gilda said angrily her eagle wings flaring open as her talons slammed so hard on the table it made the fine China plate shatter into fourths. "The three of us can just fly, you and the princess can clear the skies then he's home free why did I have to babysit him?" She asked folding her arms across the plumage poking out of her bulky Hearthswarming sweater.

Twilight sighed heartedly knowing that it was not going to be easy, "because if you leave someone alone in total isolation for extended periods of time, then they could crack. Louis no offense but I'd hate to leave you here only to come back and see that you'd gone crazy from the solitude."

Louis understood, he knew just what Twilight meant in total isolation without anyone to talk to or even any format of mental stimulation, even the hardiest of men could go stark raving mad and end up talking to inanimate objects, leaping at shadows, or any number of crazy things.

"No Twilight it's okay...I honestly would appreciate having company while riding out the storm." He started only for Gilda to screech and retort with a bitter,

"We'll I don't, and if I can't go neither will you right Dash?" She asked but Rainbow was already sliding the car door open for her and Twilight to step out into the temporarily calmed weather. "Dash? What are you?"

"I'm sorry Gilda, but Twilight needs me and ALL the elements if we're gonna have this storm under control, just...keep each other company and maybe even you'll both be....friends." She said with a false sense of optimism, Gilda wasn't too sure about that.

"Fine! Be that way go! But I'm not gonna keep this....thing company Dash, the second he starts talking to himself I'm duct taping him and locking him in the mail room!" She shouted angrily into the sky as she watched the two ponies get smaller and smaller as the flew above the clouds and disappeared from sight. Gilda'shouting tone changed as she watched the snow start to fall to earth again heavy and cold. "Don't forget about me Dash." She said, a tear in her eye a tear she made sure to wipe away before stepping back into the car.