Griffin Prince
We had attempted to go out to sea after we got on the ship, however the griffins didn’t like that. We were now being escorted down the coast by two large ships, all armed with cannons. We couldn’t fight back because our ship would be decimated. And we couldn't carry all of the ponies on the ship. I certainly couldn’t teleport all of us, and we couldn’t swim forever. So we made our way further south until we reached a large port city. We were lead into the bay, and the ships closed off the entrance behind us. As soon as we pulled up to the docks we were boarded by a very large number of griffins in armor. One stepped up to the front with a gold crown on his head. “Ah! You must be the creatures that caused such a stir in the kings city! Let me introduce myself! My name is Prince Midnight Glory. I welcome your to our fine city as thanks for what you have done!” He bowed before us before standing upright again. Me and Luna just stared tiredly at the griffin in front of us.
“So, let me clarify this. You are happy that we made trouble for the king, and we are welcome to stay in your town?” Luna tiredly asked. “If I may, I would assume you are the prince going against the king?”
“Why yes, I am! He has ruled for far to long with an iron fist. I am freeing the lands from his rule.” He smiled at us. “You have done us a great service! Many have left the king after what you did.”
“May we perhaps be able to get a place to sleep for a few days? Then we would like to discuss things with you. Our...experiences have left us very tired.” Luna wearily explained.
“Of course! Free of charge!” He turned around to face his guards. “Guards! Take these kind beings to someplace they can lay their heads down!” The guards surrounded us and started guiding us off the ship. I looked around at all the guards around us. All of Luna’s guards were looking nervous at all the griffins. To be honest, I was nervous as well. However, I didn’t have much choice. I stayed directly behind Luna as we were led down the docks. We could only hope this meeting would go better.
“I am very glad you brave souls had traveled to our country.” The black griffin prince said. “As you know, we are having a bit of a dispute in our lands. Between the tyrant king and I.” He took a sip of his drink as me and Luna sat across from him. We were seated at a large wooden table in a huge dining room. The walls were made of stone, with large wooden rafters. The rafters had a chandelier hanging above the table, and the enormous windows showed the red sky as the sunset.
“And what do you hope to accomplish with this war?” Luna asked. “To secure power for yourself?”
“Well of course!” The prince laughed. At least he’s honest. “When I become king, I shall treat my subjects with the respect they deserve! I will lead this country to glory once more, instead of poverty!” He sighed and stared into his cup. “Alas, things have not gone at I had hoped they would. This war has lasted two years instead of a few short months. My future wife has ran away, and I fear the war may last for years more.”
My eyes widened at the wife comment. “Aaack!” I choked on my drink.
“Are you ok?” Luna asked me as the prince looked on.
‘Yes yes, I’m fine. Just choked.’ The prince laughed.
“It seems your friend cannot handle his mead!” He took a large gulp of his drink. “I can only hope Golden is ok...” Does he really love her? It seems as though he does.... “Anyways! On to happier topics! What land do you hail from?”.
“We come from the west. Our country is Equestria.” Luna explained. “We have come in search of new lands, and hopefully allies. We certainly did not expect to stumble into a war such as this.” She looked down at her drink and took a sip. “Your naval power is quite impressive. I propose an exchange.”
“What exchange would this be?” The prince asked.
“A simple exchange of knowledge. Your knowledge of ships for our knowledge of magic.” Luna looked straight at the prince.
“A tempting proposal, however, we griffins cannot use magic. As such, your knowledge would be of no use to us.” The griffin looked disappointed. “A shame really. Magic would help us greatly in this war..” He looked up at Luna and I. “However, if you and yours were able to help in this war......well, suffice to say, it would be over very quickly.”
“I’m sorry, but we cannot get involved in your war. We come seeking peace, not war.” Luna thought for a moment. “What about a trade a of weapons then? We will not get directly involved in your war, but.....maybe we could give you the blueprints to several weapons that wlll surely speed things along.”
“Very well, you have my attention.” Prince Midnight stated.
“What do you think Night? They are your designs after all.” Luna looked over to me.
‘I see nothing wrong with it. If you want to, you are welcome to give him the designs.’ Oh boy. I hope this doesn’t backfire.
“Very well! Might I have some paper Prince Midnight? I shall draw the plans at once.” Luna declared.
“You remember the designs from memory?” The prince motioned to a serpent and he ran off. “You must have a good memory concerning such things.” I could see Luna blush slightly.
“Yes, well...We must do everything we can to keep our subjects safe. And I will admit, I do have a knack for remembering battle strategies.” She blushed a little more. “However, anyone can remember something with practice. It’s nothing special.”
“Of course.” Midnight smiled. The servant ran back into the room with a stack of paper. “Ah, here are the supplies you requested.” The servant set down the paper, along with an inkwell, beside Luna. Luna promptly reached over and plucked one of my feathers. I don’t even care anymore. I’ve been desensitized to the pain of losing feathers by this point.
After just a few minutes of drawing Luna had finished the designs. “Here you are, I hope you use them wisely.” Luna warned.
“Of course.” The prince smiled. “I thank you for your help, and I hope you have a pleasant trip home.” Luna turned to leave, but paused after a second. I could see her biting her lip. She spun around to look at the prince.
“I would give you one more thing Prince Midnight.” She reached down to the sword sheathed around her waist. It was one of the few blades made of blue steel. As she unsheathed the blade, the guards around the room all drew there swords. A wave from Midnight made them sheath them once more, though they all stood stiffly. “A blade forged of Blue Steel. One of the few made. Observe.” She stabbed the end of the sword into the table, causing all the guards to jerk towards there swords. They all stopped though as it was clear she wasn’t attacking. Prince Midnight watched with wide eyes as frost spread over the wood table, coming from where the sword struck. Thin wisps of fog ran over the edge of the table, like dry ice. Luna easily pulled the sword out and put a look of concentration on her face. After a moment, Midnight appeared on the sword. “Simply think of who you want to see while holding this sword, and they shall appear.” Luna sheathed the sword once more, then unbuckled the sheath from her waist and slid it across the table. Midnight grabbed it and held it up with reverence.
“I thank you Princess Luna. May your travels bring you much fortune. I wish you safe journeys.” He appeared thoughtful for a moment. "Actually, I have something I wish to offer you as well."
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I’m... predicting a pretty altered Modern Day Equestria as a result of this. Certainly improved technology at the very least.
Luna: I prefer Nighty's quill. The quality is like no other and I can mentally change the color of the ink if needed.
Twilight: That's why I asked Night Wing if I can have his discarded feathers! But he told me you already have your maids regularly gather them all.
This man of magical science bullshit thinks you did an excellent job
Poor diplomacy, never share weapons tech, and if you had to, never share the latest and greatest, only earlier models. This is why America and Europe was happy to sell muzzle loaded muskets to other less advanced nations while they're sporting breechloaders . So, now they get their hands on designs conceived by the mind of one of the multi-verse's most dangerous species, and a rare, exclusive blade that is proprietary to Equestria's elite guard units, to a foreign leader whose motivations aren't at all clear. A blade that allows spying as long as the user knows who they're wishing to find
This nation is already sporting cannon tech, meaning early gunpowder research, what did you give them...
Oh good
I was beginning to think this story was heading towards a hiatus
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XD I never said they were good diplomats. Lol. Please remember, Luna and Celestia are new to the leader thing. And Night is to. So, yeah.
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WE SHALL NEED ANOTHER!
great chapter and good day/night
Damn you and all of your cliffhangers!
Casual sharing of blueprints and extremely potent weapons eh? No way this will backfire, nope nope nope.
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Not at first anyways.........(OOOOOOOH FORESHADOWING) XD
In my opinion... the events are happening too fast.
I have a feeling that the Griffin Prince is going to stab them in the stab
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I hate it when people get stabbed in the stab.
Boi ya dun goofed
shoulda given him some of the blueprints, not ALL
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Lol, you'll see why she gave them the prints. it wasn't for no reason.
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But what if they stabbed you in the stab after they got stabbed in the stab by the stabber?
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Stabception. The stabs must go deeper.
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yeah frankly being stabbed in the stab kinda sucks
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So if you stab the stabber in the stab that stabbed the stabber that stabbed you in the stab, would you be a stabber too? Or would your stab in there stab not make you a stabber but an anti stabber that stabs stabbers I the stab that stab other stabbers in the stab?
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So if you stab the stabber in the stab that stabbed the stabber that stabbed you in the stab, would you be a stabber too? Or would your stab in there stab not make you a stabber but an anti stabber that stabs stabbers I the stab that stab other stabbers in the stab?
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Stab.
We have nothing telling us the Prince is a bad man, the griffin people favor him over the current king since he’s offering government reforms. The reason Golden was running away, seemed to be rooted in the fact she’s just not ready for marriage. The two griffins hunting her seemed to be doing so more for some kind of reward rather then an order given to them.
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Which one the one I stabbed mine that got stabbed the stabbers stab or the stabber of the other stabbers stab?
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This makes me confused very confused
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I am not a bloody computer, I dont like riddles
Haha! All caught up! I love it so far- you’ve earning a fav and follow!
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That moment your story become a youtube comment section......
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I'm waiting for someone to go through the comments and see this mess. The picture in my mind is hilarious.
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BURGERKING FOOT LETTUCE REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Really dont think they should have just given blueprints right off the back, they barely even know him. He probably is way more kinder and better leader then his father, that dont mean he has no ambition to expand his kingdom, possibly now towards a certain nation of ponies. Hint. Hint.
In real life neagotions like that would have taken longer and been traded at the same time, who's to say that now he has those plans he wont give them anything?
Great chapter bro!!!
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you'll, see why she gave him the prints!!!! There was a reason! and she didn't give him all the blueprints
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Stab.
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Wtf
This is just wow
With all theses stabs you'd think that someone would be dead ya know
This got the be the dumbest trade I have ever seen.
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XD yes, well, they are still new to ruling.
Hmm...interesting, just read the comments.
This guy is the somewhat spoiled idealistic type that will probably turn corrupted with time
This will totally backfire
And giving him the sword was incredibly stupid... the mistakes of youth
Ok I can see trading plans for weapons. But giving him a Blue Steel sword? That’s just idiocy! Blue Steel is not only enchanted with frost, it’s also a portable scrying mirror with the ability to bypass anti-scrying wards! That is something you do not just trade away! Especially when the trade was already settled with something else!
Goldie: "Hey, thanks for getting the prince off my back. He won't find me now."
MC & Lulu: Proceeds to give the prince, who is still madly infatuated with Goldie a scrying device.
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XD I didn’t even think of that. And Luna didn’t tell him of the scrying abilities.
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About that....
Not that it matters much. Caught up to the current chapter so...
wow luna and night are awful at diplomacy and not creating despots
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Why would the ballista and catapult designs be useful to the griffins? They already have cannon armed warships.
"We were now being escorted down the coast by two large ships, all armed with cannons."
If anything the griffins would be using ships as hybrid Greek Ram Trireme/aircraft carriers for their masses of flying warriors rather than Age of Sail warships.
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Because they wouldn't expect it, plus any cannon they have must be very crude. And not very effective against flying creatures like Griffins. If they gave the design that was very effective against pegasai the bolt one, honestly? That would be the only useful thing for Griffins.
I am looking at Griffin Coast and Griffin Prince and can't help but think that neither of those two is ruler material.
The king spend 3 hours sitting and doing nothing before exclaiming that he doesn't have time for this.
The prince just traded the secret of the catapult and the ballista while his ships are already armed with cannons.
Truth be told those feel more like consistency errors in the side of the author than them making unreasonable decisions.
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Well, why would he give them cannons? Reasonably you wouldn’t give someone the best stuff you have, military wise.