The Griffin is Flying, We Must Attempt to Live!

Canterlot Royal Palace

"Oh LUNA! We have MAIL!" Celestia cheered in a singsongy voice.

"To the couch!" Immediately the purple alicorn zoomed into the den straight into the couch, tipping it slightly.

"Now, now Luna, no need to get all excited," Luna Pouted.

"Don't tell me you don't get all excited when you get mai," Luna countered.

"Of course I get a little happy," Celestia sighed, "Oh, the only one's for you."

"YAY!" Luna grabbed it in a flash.

Dear Princess Luna,

How many people have tried to hug you when you were younger?

From the curently #1 victim of glomp,

Aoi

Celestia burst into laughter,

"Well for starters, there was me, Then Shining Armor, then Blueblood, all your admirers, and that gorgeous Pegasus from Stallion Fransisco...." Luna fumed.

"What's a glomp? and Why is He a victim of it?" Luna was perplexed.

"Well according to Ponypedia, a glomp is a sort of running tackle hug. As for why he's a victim of it one can only postulate."

"He's not really that cute persay..."

Day 9, Ponyville

"...so that's why an arrow to the knee is NOT a contingency plan!" I explained to Rainbow Dash. Now how macroeconomics ties into the palace guards, no fuckin idea...

*Fluttershy used Tackle

It's SUPER effective*

"Now until my fur changes back to normal I'm doomed to be the squish toy for one Fluttershy the pegasus." I sighed.

"Oh your just so cute and even more fluffy than yesterday." I fuckin hate you nature... Rainbow dash giggled.

"Wow, the famous dragonslayer taken down by a pegasus." All three of us turned around.

"MASAKA! (It can't be!)" but it was, Gilda the Griffin in full feathered badassery. Fluttershy Immediately hid behind me as I stood  as Rainbiw dash's Jaw dropped.

"You try try to escape a flying Cuteness seeking missle," I glanced down at a cowering Fluttershy. She stopped and started to peek from behind me.

"Hey, listen... I'm.... sorry for yelling at you..." Gilda reached out her claw to Fluttershy. Must take extreme amount of guts to do. Fluttershy slowly shook her claw, like defusing a bomb. When she saw Gilda really had changed, She came out of hiding.

"Oh..um.. it's nothing..." I could barely hear her... bless her heart, and her face...

"So why exactly is she all hugs and mushy on you?" Gilda seemed bemused to the fact that a dragonslayer is doted on by the most sensitive soul on the face of Equestria. Facepaw.

"I'm a furball with feet, WHAT DO YOU THINK!" Gilda chuckled.

"Anywho's I'm going to go and get a bite to eat, a little morsel, some sushi, maybe and apple pie---"

"Not so fast!" Rainbow dash Caught me by the scruff, 'NOT GOOD!' "we just met let's talk a bit."

"How about we talk over breakfast, after the trojan war stops waging in my stomach!" suddenly i head an explosion coming from my midriff. DAMMIT! Everyone started looking at me with a strange face.

Breakfast, Sugar Cube Corner

Gilda seemed uneasy dining with us here. RD told me this is where Pinkie had the party. Mrs. cake came up and took our orders:

"I'll have some apple pie a la mode, scrambled eggs and some nigiri-zushi."

"Nothing for me," Gilda probably ate already.

"Eggs sunny-side up with some hay bacon strips," 'want some applejack daniels to go with that RD?'

"Daisy sandwich," to me, flowers just taste nasty.

"Uh... Aoi, we may need some help on the last food item of your order." I look back to see Mr. Cake about to go all Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon on that poor fish's ass. Double Facepaw! I get up and grab a fugu knife from the knife rack nearby, Why the fuck does a bakery carry a fugu knife? I have no fuckin idea what kind of fish this is... I wash my paws and use the fugu knife to sample each cut of the fish to see which cut I want. I slowly cut two slivers of Otoro, turns out it's tuna, and mold them onto the sushi rice, place them on a plate with some wasabi paste at the end and some nori to go along with them. HOW THE FUCK IS THIS BAKERY EVEN QUALIFIED TO EVEN HAVE THESE INGREDIENTS!?

"Since when did you learn how to make... what did you just make?" Gilda asked looking at my meager portion.

"One, it's tuna sushi, two, I used to watch my mom make this all the time..." my head hurt a little, and I saw Rainbow Dash whisper to Gilda...

"Don't talk about his parents..." thanks for the sentiment Rainbow.

"Came to visit, Gilda?" I ask the griffin as she slowly sips a glass of water.

"Actually, I came to see you, to thank you personally." I didn't like where this was going.

"Thank you, for everything." she placed the glass on the table, I noticed the scratches on her talons, she recently got into some sort of scuffle, they were worn down, nicked in some spots.

"I also came cause I... need your help," It was serious. Gilda has a stubborn amount of pride, she wouldn't ask for help unless it was something serious, her talons indicated a previous skirmish, the nicks when she grabbed blades, bandits...

"I..." I raised my hand to stop her right there.

"Fluttershy, stay here... unleass you can handle danger where we're going, I suggest you go home. Rainbow Dash, We might need your help." Rainbow Dash had a confused yet interested look on her face, Gilda smiled. Fluttershy went home.

The way I saw it was this, these bandits stole something important from Gilda, something so Important, that she fought back, but these bandits were too much for her, they were armed, blades by the looks of things, but no injuries, meaning she fought, but they simply got away... why get away? It wasn't simply just something, it was someone. My head started to hurt again. I went home and grabbed a katana, forged from the dragon scales of Strawberry Lily. Now to see if the legends are true. I walked outside to meet a worried Rainbow Dash and a gracious Gilda. I kept a staight face...

Noon, Everfree forest

"Gilda, before I help you I'm going to need to know some things. Who is the person I'm saving?" My words struck gold. Gilda started crying but looked away. Someone truly important. I knew enough...

"... let's just go..." we walked a little further in silence, i walked ahead to give Gilda and RD some together time to finally patch things up in person. We started to walk a little farther, then stopped, there were here.

"Well if it isn't the Griffin again, come to rescue her sister. Would you like to see her again?" The bandit leader appeared in front of us from behind a tree, holding on to a younger griffin, pink markings the same design as Gilda's.

"Where's the bits?" the ransom, "you remember the ticket to her freedom right?" they were playing on her emotions...

"Who's the big dude, you're body guard?" the bandit leader pulled out a knife and hovered it over the young griffin's neck, "well where were you when she needed you?" by the voice it was a stallion... one I remembered. I stepped forward, slowly drawing in breath.

"Ah, ah ah, not one more step hero or she gets it." I stop, instinct takes over. Rainbow Dash and Gilda behind me, elevated blood pressure, Rage. I feel my eyes twitch, vision slowly fading to red. The stallion's heartrate skyrockets, fear...

"Osoi JIKAN! (Slow time)" the world distorts, signalling to me the spell worked. I grasped the hilt of my blade, poised into quickdraw stance, I remember the tale that my dad told me long ago:

There long lived a samurai, who hated violence and gave respect to life, weeping tears of blood for any life he took. One day he was forced to choose between killing the man who held another at knife point, or watch the man die. He couldn't choose one life over another, so he killed himself.

'I have this choice... he's made his... my blade is drawn...'

"Kodokuna Shougai! (Lonely Disturbance)" I dash to the bandit leader and slice downward, knocking the knife out of his hand, slicing the knife in two. I proceed to kill the other bandits in rapid succession, the sword melting through the trees they hid behind like wind moving past the the reeds yet cutting across the water's surface. This swordsman's technique would only be possible if one could slow time, leaving all else undisturbed but instantly killing its intended targets, a move befitting it's name. After the others were incapacitated, I moved behind the leader placing my blade over his throat the spell slowing time wearing off. The last few seconds replay in reality, only flashes of my shadow appearing for milliseconds before vanishing again showing only the slashing arcs across each and every target before finally stopping at my position behind the bandit leader.

The bandit leader, frozen with fear, whimpered in hoping to plead for mercy. Gilda's sister flew back into the arms of Gilda in a warm feathery embrace. All three look away. The only one left to deal with was the leader...

"You kidnap a loved one simply to slake your thirst for riches brought on by pain and suffering... tell me..." I lower my voice to a whisper... "do you like bananas?" the leader was too scared to answer but stiffened even more to the realization.

"too bad... there are none in hell..." In one movement I slit the leader's throat and bring my blade back to its sheath, still clean, without a single trace of blood. I think I'll call it, 'Oboro Muramasa'.

I walked slowly toward the now relieved group of Gilda, her sister, and Rainbow Dash. I walk past them, hoping no one would see me wipe away my face.

"C'mon, let's get away from this nightmare..."