Gallus vs. Griffonstone

Gallus and Corn arrived at the train station to catch the next train to Griffonstone. Gallus held onto the crown, looking at it, excited about using it to finally make Griffonstone a better place.

“Grampa Gruff’s not gonna know what’s coming to him!” Gallus said.

“Yeah! Wait until we see the look on his face when he sees you with the crown.” Corn replied.

Four hours later, the two arrived in Griffonstone, ready to confront Gruff and unseat him as ruler. Gallus saw Gabby as she was doing her rounds and walked up to her to say hello.

“Hi, Gabby!” Gallus greeted her with an excited grin.

“Hi, Gallus! You seem really happy today.” Gabby greeted back.

“I sure am, because today, I’ll be taking over as ruler of Griffonstone, with special help from the Crown of Grover.” Gallus said while holding up the crown.

“Woah, is that really the Crown of Grover? I thought it got destroyed when Grampa Gruff became ruler.” Gabby asked.

“It did, but thanks to the Tree of Harmony, we managed to create a brand new one, with the magic still intact.” Gallus replied.

Suddenly, a griffon saw the crown that Gallus was holding and went over to investigate. Then, another griffon followed suit. Eventually, every griffon in town went over to take a peek.

“Everygriff, I will use this crown to unseat Grampa Gruff and bring the magic of friendship to Griffonstone once again!” Gallus declared, causing cheers from the crowd.

The cheers were loud enough for Grampa Gruff to hear from his house. He went up to the crowd to see what’s going on.

“What’s all this ruckus going on here?” Grampa Gruff asked grumpily.

Then, he looked at the crown that Gallus was holding and became furious. He pushed everygriff out of his way so he can confront Gallus.

“Grampa Gruff, fancy seeing you here!” Gallus sarcastically greeted the elder griffon as he placed the crown on his head. “Get ready for your retirement!”

“I think not, boy! What are you doing with that crown? I thought I broke that thing!” Gruff retorted.

“No, you didn’t. Thanks to the Tree of Harmony, we were able to restore the crown!” Gallus replied.

“Two can play at that game! Surrender the crown or your life!” Grampa Gruff retorted as he pointed a gun at Gallus.

Knowing what was about to happen if he refused to surrender the crown, he took it off and passed it over to Corn, who put it on his head. With Grampa Gruff focusing his attention on Corn, Gallus swooped over and gave him a swift kick in the head. Gallus forcibly grabbed the gun from Grampa Gruff and pointed it at him.

“Any last words, you old fart?” Gallus asked in an angry tone of voice.

“You featherhead! Look at what you’ve done! You’ve ruined Griffonstone!” Grampa Gruff shouted.

“No! YOU ruined Griffonstone! I’m trying to make it better! You’ve encouraged griffons to be greedy and nasty, just like you! Griffonstone needs a ruler who can unite, not divide and believes in spreading the magic of friendship all around! We’re done with being stuck in the gutters! Say goodnight, Mr. Gruff!” Gallus retorted before pulling the trigger, killing the elder griffon.

Grampa Gruff’s death caused a massive amount of cheers from the crowd as Gallus put on the Crown of Grover.

“Now, my royal subjects! It is time to restore Griffonstone back to its original glory. With this crown, I now possess the six elements of harmony. With this strong magic, I will restore the magic of friendship in Griffonstone!” Gallus announced, causing even more cheers from the crowd.

As Gallus closed his eyes to let the crown do its magic, the six shards glowed, ejecting lasers into the sky. Suddenly, the lasers caused a sonic rainboom that delivered the magic of friendship into Griffonstone. Everything became less gloomy and more colorful.

“You did it, Gallus! Griffonstone is thriving once again!” Corn cheered.

“And that means my work here is done!” Gallus replied.

“WHAAAAAT? But you’ve just been crowned!” Corn replied.

“My true intention was to use the crown to restore friendship in Griffonstone, not actually be king! I can’t leave the school behind!” Gallus replied.

“That’s true. But, with Grampa Gruff gone, who will become ruler of Griffonstone?” Corn asked as Gallus walked over to Gabby to put the crown on her head.

“Gallus, what’s the meaning of this?” Gabby asked, confused by what Gallus has just done.

“Besides me, Gabby has been the only griffon who cared about improving relations in Griffonstone and is also a firm believer in the magic of friendship. Since I can’t perform the duties as ruler, I believe that Gabby can and can do it well!” Gallus said.

“Wow, Gallus! I’m speechless! Thank you for those kind words!” Gabby said as she hugged Gallus.

“Well, everygriff, looks like our job is done and we’ll be heading home now! Enjoy your future! It’s gonna be great!” Gallus announced as he and Corn made their way home.