Lost Thoughts of a Griffin

Neon awakens with a jolt slamming his face into the tray that's in the wall. He yelps rubbing his nose, he grabs the tray and starts pulling in only to get it to move a couple inches, as he is busy on the tray he doesn't notice the guard standing at the cell door behind him.

"What are you doing…?" The guard asks perplexed.

Neo turns around and stars at the guard. "Ah" He starts to move forwards but he slams his face into the tray again holding his face looking at the guard, they stare at each other.

The guard rubs his face looking a Neo. "That looks like it hurt!"

Neo glares at the guard and looks back to his bed then to the guard, he shrugs his shoulder and lays back down pretending the guard is not there, but that is hard to do when he keeps on yelling things.

"Get up" The guard states Neo rolls over and puts the covers over him.

"Get up!" The guard yells as his horn starts to glow with the faint red. He pulls Neo off the bed and slams him into the bars.

“What are you doing” Neo moaned from the floor cracking his bones making sure they're ok.

"I was sent down here to get you" The guard says looking at Neo.

Neo grimaces and looks up at the guard. "Well, I'm up now" He says grinning rubbing his face.

The guard glares at Neo as he grins back at the guard. "I'm going to open the door so..." He looks up a Neo with a red tint around him. "...Never mind" The guard floats Neo away from the door as he grabs his keys to unlock the cell door. Neo floats out, the guard drops him on the ground and tells him to wait as he walks over and locks the cell door. The guard looks at Neo and his horn lights up again, Neo feels a slight tingly feeling over his hold body then it's gone.

The guard looks at Neo as he starts to freak out. "I just cast a charm on you that make it so if you try to escape Canterlot it will paralyze you until a guard finds you and brings you back so don't leave because if you stay outside the area of the charm too long you might die."

"So what's all this for?"

"You get to go outside and walk around because the princesses trust you right now not to cause problems; I don’t know why they would ever do this." The guard mumbles the last part as he picks Neo up and carries him to the door to the dungeon, he motions for the guard to wait, Neo looks over a Chrysalis asking her if she wants to come with but all he gets is a annoyed grunt as she rolls over. The guard walks down the hallway as Neo follows, looking around he spots the metal door again, and there are claw marks on it. He looks at the guard asking him what’s in the room, the guard looks at the door, shuddering he tells him to move on and to leave the room alone.

They arrive at the exit, the guard puts Neo o the ground as he opens the door and pushes him out telling but before the door closes the guard starts to tell him what not to do in the city the list is really long so Neo starts to lose interest in it and starts thinking of what he is going to do in the city. Neo gets off the floor as the guard stops talking; he tells the guard that he will be back later. The guard turns and leaves closing the door behind him. Neo starts to wander around trying to get out of the castle and ends up getting lost on the way.

"Why…why is this castle so big?" Yelling as he walks down the tenth hallway that he has passed in the last hour or more of walking.

Neo stops as he almost walked into a door, he looks up and stares at it, the door is twice as tall as he is and made with a gold and silver trim running the sides of it, the inner part of the door has the emblem of the sun on it. Neo starts to reach a talon to the door only to wince back as his talon starts to burn the closer to the door he gets, there is a loud shrieking sound as Neo's eyes go pale he drops his talon and grabs the sides of his head as the floor rushes up to meet his face.

Crack.....

The sound of something in pain outside her door alerts her as she sat the papers she was looking over down on the desk walking over the door her horn starts to shimmer a gold color as the door opens and out walks a white unicorn with a sunset yellow mane, she looks down to see a griffin laying on his side with a small amount of blood around his face.

Philomena is sitting on the griffin, looking at the unicorn questioningly as she pokes her beak into his head, the griffin stirs meaning that he isn't dead yet but the unicorn can see his shallow breathing.

Every bone in Neo's body feels like it’s on fire as he floats in an empty black void.

"Ahhh....make it stop!" Neo screams as tears start to form in his eyes.

"Stop screaming like a baby." A voice nonchalantly says. "You need to focus on my voice."

Neo tries to listen to the voice but the pain is too much as he starts to pass out.

"No, don’t do that!" The voice yells as it starts punching Neo until he is not on the verge of passing out.

"I was trying to be nice to you as seeing how you just tried to get into my friends room without permission" The voice says wiping the blood off its talons.

"W...w...h...at?" Neo moans out holding his side looking at the parsing red eyes.

"There was a griffin trying to get into her room what was a supposed to do let some griffin assassin in, No so I had to stop you" The voice says looking at the griffin with a crazy look in its eyes and a slightly panicked voice.

Neo looks at the voice thinking of what it said "What! Ahhh *gasp* my side!” Clutching his side he looks over at where he thinks the voice is. “I'm not some assassin; I was lost because the castle is so big"

"Oh" The eyes droop and the form sighs "Well, I’m sorry about this but it might hurt"

"What" Neo asks as his eyes start to burn. Neo yells as he opens his eyes to see the same red ones gazing at him but not from a griffin or pony but from a phoenix. The bird stares at his and he stares at the bird, the unicorn watching coughs and they both turn their heads to look at here. The unicorn spots the blood on the ground remembering that the griffin was bleeding.

"A..are you ok" The unicorn asks looking at them as the griffin and bird start staring at each other again.

"Yes, other than the fact that I'm bleeding on the floor, I will be back later" Neo mumbles.

Neo gets up and Philomena flies off his shoulder as he stands, she lands back on it glaring at him.

"So you’re coming with me I guess?" Neo questions her as she stares at him.

Philomena takes one of her wings and hits Neo in the head and points to the door. Neo grumbles and looks at the door then back at her.

"I sorry that you thought I” Neo looks at Philomena with mock offence” was an assassin and attacked me for no reason" Neo grins at Philomena, "Is that good?"

Philomena shrugs her shoulders as Neo started to walk away the unicorn that was standing there stopped him with a grimace looking at the blood on the side of his face, "Shouldn't you go to the infirmary...just watch out for the Doctor she can be a bit crazy at times." The unicorn turns to see that Neo is gone, "I really hope he heard the last part." She shudders closing the door.

"I'm sorry but this might sting." The Doctor said as she gets a cotton ball with peroxide on it and starts moving closer to him.

"Ah, what are you doing? The blood is from my ears and beak so why the cotton ball." Neo tells her backing up as she gets closer.

“Because it might be from a wound, and we don’t want that getting infected now do we” The Doctor states moving closer and closer as Neo starts to panic.

“But I don’t like cotton balls they feel weird” Neo moans looking at the cotton ball.

She looks at me and tilts her head she starts swaying on her hooves with a manic grin as she gets closer, "I have to do this as my job as a Doctor."

Neo backs up to a table as she gets closer he tells her to stop but she won't leave him alone. He looks around for a place to hide, it’s behind one of the shelves, he jumps off the table and runs around to the other side of the shelve.

He peaks out to see where she went, "What, She was just there" He mumbles looking around the room.

"What are we looking for...?" The Doctor grins. His breath catches in his throat as he turns his head and looks the Doctor in the eyes hers are massive and creepy looking, his shrink to pin pricks.

"..." Neo gulps, "Ahh" There is a loud crashing sound and a flapping of wings as he flies into a shelf's knocking it over as a green glow envelops his hindlegs pulling him back as he tries to get free he slips on metal tray and slams his head in to the floor again.

Neo wakes up trying to move as he can't because there are straps holding him in place, there is a noise that sound like a bone saw starting up. The Doctor appears in his face holding the saw; she gets right next to his face.

"Don't move, we wouldn't want you to cut that face of yours" She says dragging a hoof down his face as she leaves.

The Doctor walks over to a tray with tarp over it, she removes the tarp to see the shiny metallic tools that normally are used to help patients but now there just causing fear. There are different types scalpels sitting there and a, bone hoof saw, clamps, Retractors and there are many other things but what she picks up is the worst thing of them all it’s the cotton ball. She picks it up humming as she walks over to Neo starting at the cotton ball in pure terror.

The cotton ball touches his face and he yells, "Keep calm and stop yelling its only a cotton ball you silly" Shaking her hoof in his face.

After an hour or two of the Doctor cleaning his face and side off with a cotton ball she is done.

"There that wasn't so bad was it?" The Doctor asks as Neo is sitting on the floor rocking back and forth. Philomena is sitting above him shaking her head at him.

"I...I...have to g...go" He states stumbling out the door and into the hallway.

“Now let’s get something to eat”

He walks across the room and open the doors and sees that his is at the garden, it's nice he walks around and look at all the plants. Looking around he spots a place to sit and walks over to the edge and sits down to look out over the landscape its nice being out here in the crisp cold air. He sat there for a while before starting to get hungry so getting up and jump over the ledge “I probably could have walked back but this seemed better". "I really hope the barrier stops farther out because I would rather not get stuck" He say as starting to fall faster and right before he collides with some trees his wings open and he rotates his body so he is level, flies on back to Canterlot.

I end up finding some place to eat it's a small shop that sells sandwiches and salads; walking over to one of the servers and ask them if he can get something to eat.

"Why could you not get to eat here" He asked me looking confused at the question.

"Oh no reason I just didn't know if you serve food to a griffin" I tell him looking at the shop.

"Is that all, we feed griffins all the time when they come through here “He says " So would you like something to eat then" He asks

"Yes I would" He says and goes to sit down at one of the tables, turns out that griffins can eat daisy sandwiches but it doesn't taste good it tastes like flowers so he orders a salad. Remembering that someone’s missing, he starts to look around before spotting her sitting on one of the street lights, motioning for her to fly down to the table she does after landing she looks at him wondering what going on. He hands her a piece of lettuce from his salad. She looks at the lettuce and back at him before eating it; she grins before flying of the table and starts flying around.

"Hey, Do you know where there are any book stores around here" I ask him watching Philomena fly around.

"There is one right around the corner" He tells me

"Thanks" I say as I leave “Want a minute I didn’t pay” Shrugging his shoulder he keeps on walking until he find the store the waiter was talking about. The building looks like it was made with a gothic architectural style. Looking in one of the windows in the front of it and seeing that they have a poster for the new daring do book, Before opening the door he asks Philomena to wait outside, he opens the door it dings and someone shows up, it’s a gray coat and light blue mane her cutie mark is a book with a light behind it and she is a Pegasus.

"What do you need" She asks putting away some of the books that she was carrying.

"I was looking for a book and noticed that you have a sign up in the window for the new daring do book do you have any in stock" He asks looking around the shelves, he slides his talon on one and grimaces as there is dust on it, he wipes it off on his side.

"Do you mean Daring Do and the Crystal Pendant" She asks

"Yes that one do you have it" He asks scratching his head.

"We should have it let me go look" Turning to leave she tells him it look around as she goes.

Looking around he finds the mystery section there are books like; Nightmare Moon and the three Manticores, Sherlock Hooves, The Old Kingdom and There is a ghost behind you. There is a noise and Neo turns around to see the mare walking back.

“Here is the book” She says hoofing the book to Neo and as she does his talon touches her hoof and it’s cold.

“Are you ok” He asks as she looks at him then her hoof.

Scratching her head she looks back at him, “You were going to ask about me being cold weren’t you” Neo Nods

“That’s because I like to fly really high up where it’s cold so my body started to get colder to withstand the air, so now when it snows I don’t have to bundle up”

"That’s cool, so about the book how much is it" I ask nervously.

"Because it’s new that makes it 10 bits" She said looking at me

Neo opens his mouth to say something but stops, “Oh”

“Oh, what?” She asks staring at him.

“Could I give you an IOU” Neo asks grinning.

"So what you’re saying is you want me to let you have this book for free if you don’t pay it back" She says glaring at me

"No, I will pay you I just have no money right now" He tells her looking around the room.

Sighing “Fine, Let me tell you this if you don’t pay me back I will find you!" She says looking him in the eyes, a chill goes down Neo’s spine.

"So I can have the book then?"

"Yes, you can but remember what I said!" She says as she gets a bag to put the book in.

"Thanks" I say as a take the bag.

"Whatever just come back later" I hear her say as I leave I look around and see a flower shop and I think about how I angered Chrysalis "I wonder if she likes flowers" I think as I walk into the shop Philomena lands on his shoulder.

The sun starts to lower as the moon comes out, Philomena starts to faintly glow.

“That’s cool you’re like a living night light” Philomena shakes her head and chuckles.

They stumble around until Neo finds a flower shop peering through the windows the see if its open. Neo goes and opens the door, walks in and starts to look around there are flowers arranging from Lilly's to Roses and tons more.

"Hello" Neo says looking around.

"Yes, How may I help you" The pony says as he pops out from behind some shelves.

"AHH"

"Oops" He chuckles "So what do you need”

Neo stop holding his chest and glare back at the florist "I was wondering if you have some Black Rose's"

"Why do you want black roses" He looks at me then smiles "You have a special somepony there for don't you?"

I look around his shop and turn back to him "No…, Not really"

"Oh ok, I will go look in the back" He says as he turns to leave.

I walk around his shop thinking about what I have to do after this and looking around the shop some more, it gets boring so I start poking Philomena, I hear a noise and look behind me to see the florist staring at me then gasps.

“Is…i…s…is that the princess phoenix” He ask mouth agape.

Neo stops poking the glaring Philomena, “Yah”

“Oh no, no, no, no” He starts to freak out. “How did you get her, did you steal her”

Neo and Philomena stare at the pony as he starts to hyperventilate.

“We should probably go help him” Neo says as Philomena just shrugs.

Neo sighs as he walks over to the florist is and starts to get him to calm down so he will listen.

"Ok, so I found some, how many do you need" He looked at me.

"One" I say looking at my talons. I look up at the florist.

"....." He stares at me. “Agh”

"Yah, I only need one sorry for the trouble”

"Here" He said handing me the flower

"Oh and do you have a pencil and paper" I ask

"Here" He hoofs me the stuff glaring at me.

"Thanks" I say as I start to leave, I go and sit down and start to right on the paper.

Dear Chrysalis,

I'm sorry for being a jerk and making you remember the pain and sorrow you had to go through so I got you this Black Rose.

Neo

I stop and look around then I fly back to the castle with Philomena following me. I land at the gardens they look nice at this time of night because of the glow the torches. I walk through the door and start going back to the dungeon but I end up getting lost again and all Philomena does it laugh.

I hear voices and look to see who it is, it is Celestia and a guard talking, It sounds like she was looking for someone named Philomena I look at the phoenix she shrugs and look away the Celestia looks over and notices me or Philomena and continued talking to the guard. They finish and the guard leaves and she starts to walk in the direction I'm standing at around the corner and didn't know how close she was. I look back around the corner and I'm staring at her because she lowered her face which is now level with mine.

"Hello” Celestia says looking at me.

"...Ahh" I'm holding my chest looking at her

"So what are you doing at this time of night" She asks raising her eyebrow looking at my bag and Philomena.

"Um.....I went to get food and stopped at the library" I told her.

"Ok, so what are you doing now and what’s Philomena doing with you" She asks looking at Philomena.

"I was looking for dungeon then I got lost, who is Philomena by the way?" I say looking at the bird and she grins. “You, your Philomena” She nods and Neo face palms. Dumb Bird

“She has been following me around Canterlot today she pretty cool other that the whole min….” Philomena smacks him upside the head. “What!” Neo asks the glaring bird.

“Don't say that i'm not to do that anymore and I would rather not have to scratch you it was fun hanging out.” Philomena says in Neos head.

“Fine” Neo says looking at the Celestia.

"Well do you need help then?"

"Yes" He says looking at the floor now.

"Ok, Follow me than." She says as she turns to leave.

He follows and they look around at the paintings and they finally get to the dungeon.

"Thank you.” He glancing at the metal door as they walk by.

"You welcome."

Neo turn to the guard, He is just staring at him without blinking, walking around him and Neo opens the cell, walks over to Chrysalis, and put the flower and note by her and leaves to go out to the garden.

Walking around to get back to the garden was the easy part but not getting caught was the hard part as Neo walked around a corner he ran into one of the maids knocking her over, the towels that she was carrying went all over the hall.

"He let me help you up" He offers a talon.

The mare just stares at him with a shocked face as Neo walks closer she moves back, he stop and looks at her then to the towels then back to her. Walking over he starts to pick the towels up and they landed in the most inconvenient spot like one that was on a plant or other that way stuck on one of the bars a tapestry was on so he had to hover up to get it. All the while the mare is still sitting there. Sigh...She is no help at all, I wonder what's wrong with her.. Neo finishes and sits the pile next to her, she looks at in and back at Neo before grinning.

"Thank you, this was the first time I have ever seen a griffin." She says looking and him.

"Seriously?"

She nods and walks over to pick up the towels with magic.

"Ok...so...I'm gonna go" Pointing behind himself, the mare nods and walks away she looks over her shoulder to look at Neo but she look forward when he noticed.

...Awkward Walking down the hall he gets to a door and opens it to find...not the garden but the kitchen. Sigh

He hangs out in the kitchen, he gets a lettuces sandwich and walks out the door closing it, walking down the same hallway as before he notices a hallway that he didn't see before, he starts walking down it, opening the door at the end to find the garden. He walks around looking for a nice tree, walking around a bush he find a tree that has a blueish brown trunk and orange leaves "That will work." flying up to one of the bigger ones he lays on his side looking out over the land.

Looking up at the sky. "It's chilly." Neo bundles up with his wings.

Down in the dungeon Chrysalis rolls over and the rose is poking her in the side, she sits up and noticed a flower and a note not to far away from it. "What's this" She opens the note and reads it and looks over at the flower, and she smirks.

"Thanks" Chrysalis says then turns around and goes back to sleep.