Two months later

Word of Daniel Sr's proposal to Gilda had spread across Equestria and the ITPF within two days of the proposal thanks to a video of the event making its way online.

There was extensive media coverage of the event. Dexter Sr and his many greats grandson, Daniel Jr, were giving a major press conference. The reporters were asking various questions.

"Mr. President, how did you feel when you first heard the news that your many greats grandson proposed to the soon to be coronated Queen of the Griffon Kingdom?"

"I felt happy. Daniel Sr's first wife, Sylvia, passed away when he went missing. But from Daniel Sr told me, he senses that Sylvia approves of this, stating she wants to see him be happy again."

"Mr. President, how is this marriage going to affect relations between the ITPF and Equestria?"

"Since Daniel's from the ITPF and Gilda from Equestria, its going to lead to improvements and fix the damage that my former heir, Dexter Jr, caused."

"Mr. President, what was your first thought when you found out about Glenda?"

"She was a miracle and a wonder. She is a special living being."

"Daniel Jr, since your soon to be mother-in-law is the new Queen of the Griffon Kingdom, wouldn't that make you a Prince?"

"Ah no, since I'm not the biological child of Gilda, I'm not in line for the throne. However, the Griffon Council had consulted with Gilda and said that they're offering me to make me a Duke of Griffonstone."

"And are you going to accept that position?"

"I need time to think, so I can't answer that question," Daniel Jr said, as a man came up on the podium.

"Press Conference is over. The President and Daniel Jr need to be somewhere else, so thank you all for your time."

Dexter Sr and Daniel Jr left the podium and left.

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Griffonstone, two days later

There was hype and excitement in the capital of the Griffon Kingdom or as it was now called the Griffon Empire. Heres the thing, before the war began, the Griffons discovered an old text written centuries ago detailing a previously undiscovered land in the east. The griffons had launched three ships and two airships to head over to the undiscovered land in a bid to colonize it. There were two thousand griffon settlers that left in total before the war came.

About a month after the war ended, Gilda received news that the settlers had survived and had established a colony. With this, the Griffon Kingdom became the Griffon Empire and Gilda would be coronated as Empress, after she married Daniel Sr of course.

At the newly constructed chruch, thanks to Super Concrete, there were at least five thousands guests from all over Equestria and beyond that arrived to see this momentous occasion. In one of the rooms, Daniel Sr was getting ready for his wedding. He was wearing a tuxedo with the sash of the Consort of the Griffon Empire. Daniel Jr was wearing a simple business suit.

"Well son, this is it. The day that I marry Gilda. I'm so excited."

"I know dad. Father, can I ask you a question?"

"Yeah son, go right ahead."

"It's just that, you're twenty-two and Gilda's thirty years your senior. So how can you two be happy together? I mean, you might become a widower when your in you're late fifties."

"I don't know son, but I'm going to spend each day with Gilda as best as I can. Oh by the way, how's your fiancee?"

"She's great, and Daniel III is doing just alright."

"That's great son."

Soon, Daniel Sr was ready and he went to the alter. His father and mother were there, along with his many greats grabduncle Dyson Sr and his two many great grandaunts, Sylvia and Eloise. Next to Dyson Sr was Dexter III, the new Vice-President. He had dark brown hair with grey strands, had hazel eyes, and was in his early hundreds.

There were other guests there as well. Queen Twilight, her consort and her daughter were there, as well as her friend's and their families . There were representatives from other nations in Equestria. There were film crews in the church filming the wedding and would also film the coronation two days later.

Then the organs played the wedding march and the dual doors opened. Everyone stood up and faced the doors as the choir of children sang "Everybody's Free!" The very song that was played at the Wedding of Dexter Medkos Sr and Eleanor of the Netherlands.

Then the bride came gliding down the aisle. Gilda decided to be in her anthro form to make things easy. She walked up to the aisle and faced Daniel Sr. Glenda was next to her, wearing a bridesmaids dress. The pastor soon spoke.

"Friends, we are gathered here today to celebrate the union of Daniel Medkos Sr and Empress Gilda I of the Griffon Empire. Before we proceed, if there is anyone in this church, who believe that these two individuals should not be united in holy matrimony, speak now, or forever hold your peace."

No one had objected. This was great for Daniel Sr and Gilda.

"Let us proceed then. Daniel Sr, will you take Gilda to be your lawfully wedded wife, to love and to cherish, in sickness and in health, till death parts you two?"

"I do."

"And do you Gilda take Daniel Sr to be your lawfully wedded husband, to love and to cherish, in sickness and in health, till death do you part?"

"I do."

"Excellent. May I have the rings?"

A young man carried a small pillow that contained the rings. He handed them to the pastor who gave Daniel Sr and Gilda the rings. Daniel put his ring on Gilda's right talon finger while Gilda put her ring on Daniel's left finger.

"By the powers invested to me by God and by his servent/son, Dexter Medkos Sr, I pronounce you husband and wife. You may kiss the bride."

Daniel removed Gilda's wedding veil, gently cupped her face and kissed her, amongst thunderous applause.

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Two days later, at the Griffon Palace

There were griffons from each class attending the coronation. For every griffon, today was a day of pride. However, they were saddened that one griffon didn't get to live to see this day, Grandpa Gruff. He was killed at Tesco Concentration Camp two months before it was liberated.

Grandpa Gruff was an elderly griffon who was born during the last ten years of the reign of King Guto. He had seen the fall of King Guto to the beginning and near end of the war. It didn't help that a recent genetic testing that was conducted at the request of Daniel Sr had revealed a shocking discovery: that Grandpa Gruff was really the biological grandfather of Gilda and the great-grandfather of Glenda.

After he was killed, the griffons found his corpse and discovered that instead of being gassed, he was shot in the head, most likely from a .87 caliber pistol. Nobody will ever know why Grandpa Gruff was shot instead of being gassed like the other inmates, but they believed that he was shot out of mercy, given his age. The identity of his killer remains unknown to this day.

His body was brought back to Griffonstone and held at a morgue until the coronation was over. Then and only then, could his corpse be taken to a newly constructed royal burial vault to be laid at rest. The throne room was given major renovations to make it perfect for the coronation. There were banners around the room with the emblem of the new sovereign:

But other then that, there was excitement. Every griffon was there, those that had survived the Grand Answer that is. The griffon population wasn't devastated as the other species of Equestria, as they lost only one percent of their entire population. Every griffon were beaming with pride that they were getting a new sovereign and for the first time in griffon history, it would be a female that would be the new sovereign.

Soon, the bells tolled and the doors opened. Everyone in the room looked at the door as Daniel Sr and Gilda walked down to the throne along with Glenda and Daniel Jr. They soon reached the throne and Gilda took her place. The head of the Griffon Council soon approached the throne with the crown, scepter, and sash of the monarch of the Griffon Empire. The scepter was pure gold with the top having some jewels encrusted onto it. The sash was made out of the finest silk available. The crown was made out of gold and velvet with jewels encrusted into it.

Then came the main item that had solidified Gilda's rule: the long lost Idol of Boreas. Only four months before the wedding and coronation, and a week after accepting Daniel Sr's marriage proposal, Gilda went back to Griffonstone to celebrate with her fellow griffons. Then one day, Gilda was looking through some books in the library and found a secret book telling about a secret passage that supposedly led all the way down to the bottom of the Abysmal Abyss. Gilda got curious, went down to investigate and it turned out to be true.

After thirty minutes looking through the debris on the floor, Gilda found what she thought was lost forever: the Idol of Boreas. Aside from a few dents, it was in perfect condition. She picked it up and returned to the surface. When the citizens of Griffonstone saw Gilda holding the Idol, they immediately burst into celebrations. They believed that between Gilda restoring peace to griffons, helping rebuild the town, saving Griffonstone during the war, and now finding the lost Idol, that it was a sign from the gods that Gilda was destined to rule the griffons.

The Griffon Council Head soon placed the sash on Gilda's chest. Next, he presented Gilda the scepter, which Gilda took. And finally, the moment everyone was waiting for, the crown. It was placed on Gilda's head. Next, he put a smaller crown on Glenda's head, showing that she was the Imperial Princess and heir to the griffon throne. He gave Daniel Sr the sash of the Consort of the Griffon Empress. And finally, the Head gave Daniel Jr the sash of the Duke of Griffonstone.

The Head stepped back as a photographer took a photo of the new royal family. Afterwards, the Head would say these words that would begin the Gilda Era:

"Long live Empress Gilda I of the Griffonian Empire!"

The griffons soon said the same thing over and over again as the dawn of the Griffonian Empire began.

Author's Note

Welp, it happened. Daniel and Gilda are finally married and Gilda is now the Empress of the Griffonian Empire. Find out what happened next on the epilogue. For time purposes, let's say that King Guto's downfall occured sixty years before season one of MLP FIM.