Gilda groaned, blinking away the darkness as she tried to sit up, a sudden jet of fresh pain made sure she didn't try that again. “Argh! Damn, what the hell?!” She clutched at her chest with deep ragged breaths before her breathing slowly calmed back down to a more manageable since. Looking around, she could make out a hospital room, as well as she the sun slowly setting through a window.

Gilda sighed, she always did loved to watch the sun set. it was always so beautiful. ‘Wait a sec!’ her eyes shot open going wide as she frantically looked around before settling on her chest to notice a recently closed up wound on her chest. ‘I’m... alive?’ She immediately went from shock to suspicion as she kept a wary eye out.

A thought soon crossed her mind as she awaited somepony, anypony to come waltzing in through the door. She had been happy to die, thankful even. She never liked this war, and never would, it was wrong and went against everything she ever believed in. She had honestly lost all pride with the great gryphon kingdom. A second thought crossed her mind, one she would normally rather die than even entertain for more than second, yet this time she actually gave it a bit of thought. Join the ponies, or help out in some kind of way. More than likely The gryphons thought her dead and she honestly wished they were right.

Before she could continue her current thought process the door swung open revealing a familiar yawning human. Len’s tired gaze lit up like fireworks when she saw the gryphon awake and she rushed over setting down her breakfast before gentle hugging the war bird.

“Welcome back to the land of the living Gilda! Gave us quite the scare there.” Her smile and proximity brought a blush to the gryphon’s face, thankfully she managed to keep it hidden for the most part.

“Y-yeah, I’m back, but why am I still alive? I thought you ran me through, right through my heart?” She asked in slight frustration, angry that she couldn’t sit up without pain.

Len looked over to her breakfast and smiled when she notice a hungry gryphon staring at it now. “Hungry G? Here, special ordered and cooked by yours truly, bacon.” Gilda’s mouth watered at the smell of the delicious looking strip of meat. Her stomach growled fiercely seeming to echo her thoughts. She greedily scarfed down the piece of bacon in seconds. Some would even say that her tiny heart grew three sizes that day.

Len giggled, before catching herself and groaning. “I take it the kitty likes the bacon?” Gilda nodded fiercely, or at least tried to before a sharp struck her chest forcing her to calm it down a bit. Gilda only blushed harder than before when Len started absently stroking her chest. Despite the pain she couldn’t help but poke and fluff her chest out a bit, a strange feeling coming over her, that is until a thought shot through her mind.

“Um, hey, Len, what happened after you ran me through?” Len stopped immediately genuinely thinking. As she stood, Gilda could see her sword strapped to the side of the human.

“Well..”

...

Len watched as most of the other gryphons flew off without a word, just simple nods in acknowledgment of her dead and nothing more. The ones that stayed were young and stupid, simple staring at her in a mix of fear and anger. Eventually, one of the emotions took hold, and it wasn’t the one that would have kept them alive.

Len wasted no time dispatching of at least two gryphons before Starswirl fired off three bolts of magic hitting at least two of the others square in their chest. The last three didn’t even see it coming as an pink blur with blades coming streaking in taking out two of them with the final getting the short end of the stick and begin blown apart by both magic and the blasts of a shotgun.

“Agh, firefly, how nice of you to finally join us.” Starswirl said with a bit of sarcasm. The mare grinned as she fluttered over to him.

“Yeah, I know, you wouldn’t last-”

“Hey, you two, shut the hell up and help me save this gryphon already!” Yelled Len as she removed the sword and was trying her best to keep her fellow combatant from bleeding out. The other two looked at her like she was crazy until a solid glare told them pain was promised if aid was not given. Frantically the two went to work trying to save the gryphon. Before but it was almost all for nothing, that is until a second human figure rushed out from the brush with a red vial in her hand. Without skipping a beat she injected the gryphon and, to Len’s relief, effectively healed up the gryphon.

Looking over to the human, Len noted she was dressed up like Maya, granted she had a different head than the default, but that wasn’t exactly important, really. Len was never one to look a gift horse in the mouth also rather than question anything she simply ordered the three of them to get the gryphon and move her to a hospital.

...

“Oh, and, I got a sweet book filled with magic spells from Starswirl, even tells me how I, a non magical being, can learn to use magic in order to actually cast the dang spells. Awesome right?”

Gilda had to admit, that was awesome, especially the part where Len got two ponies to save her life and take her to the castle of the two sisters. She whistled hearing all of this. “Some first day in a new world, right?” Len just nodded with a slight giggle, once again catching herself.

“Yeah, totally. Anyways, I’m joining the ponies in the war. Was wondering what you were going to be doing. Just so you know, I convinced them to let you go free.” Gilda blinked a couple times before smiling. She knew exactly what she was going to do.

“Think my ties with the gryphons died when you put my sword through my chest.” She chuckled, grinning up at her savior before clenching her chest in pain. “Guess I’ll stick around for a bit, maybe see what my fellow gryphons are capable of on the battlefield, y’know?”

Len admittedly liked the sound of that. She grinned as she gave the gryphon another gentle hug before getting up to leave. “Oh, before I forget, you’ve been out for about almost two days now, but I hear you’ll be free to actually leave the hospital in like one more day. Till then, try not to scare the poor ponies too much. See ya around G!” Gilda couldn’t help a light chuckle as she watched the crazy girl go. Ashvatha knows what kind of craziness she was in for running around with that one. Only time would tell.

“Still gonna kick her ass though, no way I’m going to just let her beat me and get away with it so long as I have breath in my body.”

“That can be fixed y'know.”

“Ahh! Um,... Heh heh, w-what are you talking about? I didn't even say anything.”

Len glared at her with her head just barely poked in enough to see her eyes. She slowly retreated through the door before it closed. Gilda sighed, deciding against saying anything else for fear of been heard by the crazy human.

“Still gonna kick her ass though, no way I’m going to just let her beat me and get away with it so long as I have breath in my body.”

“That can be fixed y'know.”

“Ahh! Um,...," she laughed nervously, "W-what are you talking about? I didn't even say anything.”

Len glared at her with her head just barely poked in enough to see her eyes. She slowly retreated through the door before it closed. Gilda sighed, deciding against saying anything else for fear of been heard by the crazy human.

Author's Notes:

Alright, second chapter is here. As for any grammar mistakes, i do apologize, I'm doing this all without a pre-reader nor an editor. I am, however, glad that so many people are enjoying this story. please, don't be afraid to tell em what you think about the story guys, I actually do kind of want to know what you guys think about it.

edit: Fixed the repeat rpoblom, this chapter has been a bit.... troublesome. anyways, thx for even giving it a read.
~Vortex Out~