A/N: Trying out a new writing style so let me know if you like it or not in the review's or send me a PM

Griffin Brush-off

Twilight's POV

Twilight was sitting on a bench in the park catching up on some reading while Pinkie Pie was ranting on something Rainbow Dash did, only responding when Pinkie took a breath. Pinkie then ran off and she breathed a sigh of relief. *Snap!* She jerks up to see where the noise came from to see Night not too far off. "Oh, hey Night didn't see you there."

"I noticed," Night answers, "and once again you've been kidnapped by a book." Twilight gave him a small frown showing she wasn't amused. "What are you reading now?"

"Just a few theories on alternate worlds, and yes, I know you're not a fan of us asking about Earth," Twilight says. For the past 2-3 months since Night arrived, he carefully avoided questions about what Earth was like, either changing the subject or just flies off somewhere else. She could understand, but that still didn't stop her curiosity. "Nothing even close to what Earth sounds like based on what you have said, just stuff on different versions of Equestria which are more like alternate timelines."

"Going well, or did Pinkie show up again?" Night asked.

"Pinkie Pie" Twilight answered. Pinkie Pie seemed to be everywhere these days ranting on one thing or another and was starting to irritate everypony. "I wish she would just stop for a bit."

"Yeah, she's been a… what's the word I'm looking for?" Night started.

"Annoyance" Twilight finished.

"Not the word I would use but that works" Night responds.

Later: Rainbow Dash's POV

Rainbow was trying to sleep on a cloud but noticed Night entering town then saw Pinkie talking to a couple of ponies for a few seconds then moved on, as she moved closer Rainbow heard "Hi, I'm looking for Rainbow Dash. Have you seen her?" Rainbow panicked and stuck her head in the cloud she was on. "Hey Twilight, have you seen Rainbow Dash?" Pinkie asks.

"Isn't she right up there" Twilight answers, ratting out Rainbow's hiding place.

"Rainbow Dash" Pinkie yelled. Rainbow wasted no time and flew off as fast as she could, meanwhile Pinkie started hopping after her, catching up a few times before they ended up by the pond. "I need a favor Rainbow Dash."

"Waaa… oh, forget it" Rainbow said, giving up on running and flopped to the ground.

"I totally promise it will be totally fun" Pinkie said.

"Okay" Rainbow says, kind of depressed. The two then head to the town center where Rainbow adjusts a cloud after Pinkie's instructions which weren't that good.

"Over to the right. No no, a little to the left. Oh, wait, back to the right. Now a little leftish while staying rightly. Stop. Hmm," Pinkie continued with more and more odd institutions when she finally snapped.

"Pinkie Pie!" she shouted.

"I mean, perfect" Pinkie said and went to the window to see Spike carrying a large number of scrolls. She then signaled Rainbow who hit the cloud causing a lightning strike that caused Spike to jump and drop the scrolls. Sitting there dumbfounded he started to hiccup shooting small amounts of green flame when he did. The two ponies burst out laughing, "Oh Rainbow Dash, we startled Spike into getting the hiccups."

"Good one Pinkie [hic] Pie," Spike said through his hiccups. "You're always pulling a fast one [hic] on me." He then goes to collect the scrolls he dropped but hiccups and they get sent to Celestia.

"Oh no, you're not hurt are you?" Pinkie asks. The two stop laughing.

"Don't be [hic] silly, dragons are [hic] fireproof" Spike answers and his scrolls keep being sent to Celestia.

"Oh, okay, good" Pinkie responds and the two ponies continue their laugh

"I wish the same thing [hic] was true with scrolls" Spike remarks as the scrolls continue to be sent. Meanwhile, Celestia is freaking out in her room.

"Have you ever seen something so hilarious?" Pinkie asks Rainbow.

"I can think of something" Rainbow answers and hits the cloud again startling Pinkie giving her the hiccups, giggling at the prank.

"I didn't take you for a prankster Pinkie Pie" Rainbow said.

"Are you [hic] kidding?" Pinkie asks. "I love to pull pranks. It's all [hic] in good fun, and Pinkie Pie lo-[hic]-oves to have [hic] fun!"

"You know Pinkie, your not as annoying as I thought. Wanna hang?" Rainbow asks.

"That'd be [hic] I'd really [hic] When do [hic] I mean [hic] When would you" Pinkie attempts to say but the hiccups prevent it.

Rainbow rings Rarity's doorbell then she and Pinkie hide in the bushes nearby. Rarity opens the top of her door to see flowers on the ground in a basket, as she sniffs them she sneezes and looks for the culprit to see Rainbow holding sneeze powder.

The two then snuck into the library and swapped Twilights ink with water, and when she did her experiment her notes disappeared causing it to explode.

Applejack steps out of her barn to see the apples on the late trees have been painted on. Furious, she looks around to see Pinkie and Rainbow with paint pallets and throws some of the apples at them, but chuckles when she sees one of the apples lose its paint.

The two pranksters then sent a squeaky turtle in a lagoon rigged to squirt. "Is someone over there? Who're we gonna squirt? Who're we gonna squirt?" Pinkie asks her, who is looking through a telescope.

"Fluttershy" Rainbow answers.

"WHAT! Nonononono, we can't prank Fluttershy. She's so sensitive. It'll hurt her feelings, even our most harmless prank" Pinkie warns.

"Yeah, [raspberry] we need a pony made of tougher material" Rainbow says. "So, who should it be?"

"I have somepony in mind," Pinkie said mischievously, "the toughest around."

"Oh, awesome. Who? Who? Do I know them?" Rainbow asks pulling away from the scope.

"Yes, [chuckle] your very close" Pinkie says leading Rainbow to the water where she sees black-gray ink around the eye she used on the scope.

"Alright you got me there Pinkie, but there's one pony who we need to get" Rainbow tells her. The two then get their prank set and wait.

"So, who is this pony we're pranking?" Pinkie asks.

"Night Storm" Rainbow says. "In the time he's been here I've never been able to pull a prank on him, but with you, we could pull one of the greatest on him. Oh, here he comes." The two hide when Night enters the clearing and starts to draw lightning to him when water hits him on all sides drenching him just as the lightning hits him causing a jolt through him.

"Alright who did that!" Night demands after he recovers, unharmed by furious, searching the brush. He then sees her and Pinkie laughing up a storm and they run off before Night can rain lightning upon them.

The next day: Pinkie's POV

Pinkie headed over to Rainbow's house with some prank materials. "Rise and shine Rainbow Dash! It's a brand new day and we've got a lot of pranking to- Ooh" Pinkie notices the creature coming out of Rainbows home, having the head and wings of an eagle with front talons, a lions body, and back paws, with the tip of its tail having feathers.

"Mornin' Pinks" Rainbow says. "This is Gilda, an old friend who's a griffin."

"What's a griffin?" Pinkie asks.

"A creature that's half eagle, half lion" Night says landing next to Pinkie.

"This one's smart," Gilda comments to Night, "and all awesome. Raa. Hee-hah. Yeah, that's right."

"Gilda's my best friend back from Junior Speedster Flight Camp," Rainbow tells Pinkie and Night then turns to Gilda. "Hey remember the chant?"

"Shaa… they made us sing it every day, still haven't gotten it out of my head" Gilda says.

"Sooooo…" Rainbow says leaning toward Gilda who sighs in defeat.

"Only for you Dash," Gilda says and the two sing the chant with Gilda singing it bored out of her skull and Rainbow singing it enthusiastically.

After Gilda and Rainbow finish the chant Pinkie lets out a small laugh.

"Oh that was so awesome and gives me a great idea for a prank" Pinkie says than asks Rainbow and Gilda if their game.

"Well… me and Gilda were going to spend the day together" Rainbow says. "We can meet up later today Pinkie," she adds noticing Pinkie's disappointment.

"Okie, dokie, loki" Pinkie said with a sad smile then the two flew off leaving Pinkie with Night. "So Night, what were you wanted with Rainbow Dash?"

"Oh, just something about a water splash from yesterday" Night responds giving Pinkie an amused glare. "Relax, I'm not mad at you Pinkie, that prank had Rainbow Dash written all over it. Anyway, we're following them right?"

"Definitely" Pinkie answers.

Night's POV

Night flew into the air in the center of a small group of clouds.

"Okay Night, you got this, focus" Night closes his eyes and concentrates. After a few moments, he opens his eyes and looks at his hooves to not find them. "Yes, it worked." Night had discovered this ability a few days ago when Rainbow attempted to take a more direct approach in her attempts to prank him and want to hide and even when she looked right at him and she didn't notice. Most likely he was manipulating the wind currents around him to do it. "Alright, stealth mode engaged." He flys slowly to avoid disturbing the currents but at a moderate pace so he doesn't give away his position. After a few minutes, he sees Rainbow and Gilda on a cloud and moves closer to hear what they are saying.

"Whoa, that was sweet" Gilda says, "Just like old times."

"But faster" Rainbow finishes. "So what do you want to do now?"

"Hey there" Pinkie says when her head pops threw the cloud the two were on confusing the two. "It's later. And I caught up." Night then notices that Pinkie was bouncing on a trampling that came from nowhere and just rolls his eyes in amusement.

"Pinkie Pie, you are so random" Rainbow comments.

"Hey Dash," Gilda says, "you got enough gas to beat me to that cloud?"

"A race. You are so on." Rainbow says as the two get into position.

"3 2 1 go!" Gilda says quickly. Once the two arrive they start arguing on who won till Pinkie shows up on what looked like a stripped-down helicopter to Night.

"Wow, you two were really close, but I think Rainbow Dash beat you by a teeny weeny bitty hair, or a teeny weeny bitty feather" Pinkie says.

"Hah, see" Rainbow says. "Good thing Pinkies here to keep you honest G."

"Okay… Dash, last on to that cloud up there is a gnarly dragon egg. Go!" Gilda shouts but she stays behind. "I think the high altitude is making you dizzy" she says to Pinkie and slashes at the rotor sending the contraption out of control then joins Rainbow Dash.

"Looks like you're a gnarly dragon egg G" Rainbow says then looks around. "Hey, where did Pinkie go with her crazy contraption.

"You almost got away from me that time" Pinkie said with a bunch of balloons tied around her.

"Hey Dash, got any new tricks, or are you 100% old school?" Gilda asks.

"New moves" Rainbow scoffs. "Sit back G, this is gonna take a while." She then flys off and starts to preform when Gilda grabs the balloons holding Pinkie in the air.

"Can't you take get lost for an answer?" Gilda asks. "Rainbow doesn't need dorky friends like you when I'm around. So buzz off Stinkie Pie." She then swipes at the balloons with one of her front talons popping them all causing Pinkie to fall. Night then bursts from his hiding place disrupting the currents and calls 3 lightning strikes to give him a boost and grabs Pinkie.

"Got you!" Night says, the ground coming up quickly. "Hang on" Night then sends a strong flap on his wings toward the ground creating a massive wind barrier that his wings catch controlling the dissent. "You okay Pinkie?" Night asks.

"No! I need to talk to Twilight about griffins" Pinkie responds and the two head to the Golden Oak Library.

"So Pinkie Pie," Twilight starts after the two tell Twilight what had transpired with Gilda, "are you sure that this friend of Rainbow Dash is really so mean?"

"Um, yeah. She keeps stealing Rainbow Dash. She popped my balloons. She told me to buzz off. I've never met a griffin this mean. Well, actually, I've never met a griffin at all, but I bet if I had, they wouldn't be as mean and as grumpy as Gilda" Pinkie says in a rant.

"Plus the fact that she could have killed her with that fall" Night adds.

"You know what I think Pinkie?" Twilight asked. "Well, I think… you're jealous."

"Jealous!" Pinkie says in shock.

"Green with envy" Spike says looking up from the book he was reading. "Or in this case, pink with envy." Night then slaps him over the head with his wing.

"Well, yes. Jealous" Twilight confirms. "Listen Pinkie, I don't want to upset you, but just because Rainbow Dash has another friend doesn't make Gilda a grump. I mean, perhaps it's you who needs to improve their attitude." Pinkie is unhappy about this but can't form the words for a comeback and walks out in frustration and slams the door behind her. "And don't get me started on you, Night. Spying on your friends using your stealth."

"How did you-" Night starts but is interrupted.

"You had to be close enough because you were correcting Pinkie's statements and you're not mentioned till the end, so you must have been using it" Twilight says.

"If you can call it spying then it was on Gilda, besides, you didn't see her. Take it from the pony who is used to seeing these kinds of things all the time" Night says. "Look, let's go find her so you can see her for yourself." The two then head into town and Night points Gilda out to Twilight and the two watch from the background. Gilda then slides her tail by the nearby fruit and it startles Granny Smith.

"A rattler, a rattler!" she screams. "Run for the hills! Everypony save themselves!" She then moves as fast as she can away from Gilda's tail who comes out giggling before yelling at the cart keeper that his fruit isn't fresh. A few moments later, she takes another fruit and shoves it in her mouth without paying. Twilight is shocked by her behavior when Night points out Fluttershy leading a group of ducks through town facing said ducks and didn't notice Gilda right behind her.

"Hey!" Gilda says. "I'm walking here." She then tries to force her out of the way while mocking her attempts to apologize.

"Alright that it" Night says and jumps between the griffin and pegasus facing Gilda in an aggressive stance. "Listen here you overgrown birdbrain. I've had just enough of your attitude toward everypony, so you can start being a little more polite, or you can leave."

"Please, you're just a lame pony and I can do whatever I want" Gilda says to him.

"Care to say that again?" Night challenges.

"Bring it on you freak" Gilda counters.

"Freak… I'll show you who's a freak" Night's eyes glow dark blue while summoning lightning to his body and appearing in his irises(the color part of the eye) while his voice sounds like a demon. "You want a fight, I'll give you one." Gilda seems unfazed and roars at full volume in Night's face then flies away. "You get back here you chicken." Night calls out to her but a hoof on his shoulder catches his attention and turns to see Twilight looking terrified.

"Night, calm down, please…" Night then regains control, his moment of rage passing and something about Twilight's voice calming him. The two then head back to the library where Night explains why he lost it.

"I guess you could see I've always had my magic, nothing major more like an object moving across the room or seeing lightning when there weren't too many clouds around" Night explains. "Then someone put some of the pieces together and came up with a theory that I did it. A few thought that what I did was amazing, but most saw me like I wasn't human, calling me a freak. When Gilda said that…" Before Night could keep going Twilight put her hoof on his shoulder.

"It's okay" she said. "I know you didn't mean to lose control, but this is happening more and more often. Maybe I can help."

"Yeah, that's not a bad idea" Night responds and turns to Twilight when Spike runs in.

"Twilight, Night, Pinkie's holding a party at Sugarcube Corner. You two coming?" he asks.

At the party

"Welcome!" Pinkie says when the three walk in. "Welcome to Gilda's 'Welcome to Ponyville Party'."

"Wait, what!" Night says in shock.

"Yeah! I saw your little showdown with Gilda and decided that this call for drastic measures. Pinkie Pie style" Pinkie says.

"And that calls for a party because…" Night wonders.

"You'll see. Gilda!" Pinkie says when Gilda enters with Rainbow Dash right behind her. "I'm so honored to throw you one of my signature Pinkie Pie parties, and I hope you really, truly, sincerely, hope you feel welcome among us pony folk." Pinkie then extends her hoof for a shake and Gilda grunts but obliges when she gets tazed by a joy buzzer on Pinkies extended hoof.

"Oh Pinkie Pie, the old hoof-shake buzzer. You're a scream." Rainbow says laughing while Gilda lets off a nervous laugh.

"Yeah, uh, good one Pinkie" Gilda says.

"Come on G, I'll introduce you to some of my other friends" Rainbow said as she walks in.

"Right behind yea Dash" Gilda calls back then turns to Pinkie. "I know what you're up to."

"Great" Pinkie says with a smile.

"Rrrh, I know what your planning" Gilda says, trying to get a point across.

"Well, I hope so. This wasn't supposed to be a surprise party" Pinkie said, still clueless.

"I mean, I've got my eye on you" Gilda threatens.

"And I got my eye on you" Pinkie says, her eyes somehow bulging out of her head as she said it. "Everypony, I'd like you to meet Gilda, a long time, dear friend of Rainbow Dash. Let's honor her and welcome her to Ponyville."

"Lemon drops," Gilda says, "don't mind if I do." She then throws one into her mouth and starts to breath literal fire, and Pinkie, being Pinkie, pulls out a marshmallow on a stick.

"G, the punch!" Rainbow says and Gilda rushes to the bowl and attempts to drink from it only to find the contents of the glass on her chest. Gilda just stood there confused as the ponies laughed.

"Huh," Pinkie says, "pepper in the lemon drops and the punch served in a dribble glass."

"Ha. Priceless, priceless" Rainbow says.

"Yeah, hilarious" Gilda says unamused.

"Hey G, look, presents" Rainbows says as Gilda opens a cylinder-shaped one and snakes fly out of it.

"Heh, spittin' snakes," Applejack says. "Some pony pulled that on me last month."

"Ha ha. Bet I know who that was" Gilda says throwing Pinkie an accusing glance.

"You do?" Pinkie asks innocently. Later into the party Pinkie brings out a large cake from the kitchen. "Cake time everypony."

"Hey, can I blow out the candles?" Spike asks Twilight.

"Why don't we let Gilda blow out the candles?" Twilight responds. "She is the guest of honor."

"Exactly" Gilda says pushing herself between the two which angered Night. Gilda than lets out a large breath and the candles go out but relight a few moments later. Gilda keeps trying till she runs out of breath as the ponies laugh at the prank.

"Relighting birthday candles, I love that prank" Spike said. "What a classic."

"Now I wonder who could have done that?" Pinkie asks, rubbing the bottom of her chin as Gilda glares at her.

"Yeah, I wonder" she says.

"Mmm, who cares?" Spike says, tunneling through the cake.

"Spike!" Twilight says as Night frowns.

"What?" It's great, try some" Spike responds.

"Hey G, your not mad about some silly candles are you?" Rainbow asks Gilda.

"No way Dash" Gilda says. "Like I said, I'm down for a good prank." Gilda then pulls Pinkie to her behind the cake where nopony sees them. "I'm watching you, like a hawk."

"Why? Can't you watch me like a griffin?" Pinkie asks still completely clueless.

"Hey y'all. It's pin the tail on the pony, let's play" Applejack says.

"Oh, my favorite game. Can I go first? Can I have the purple tail?" Rarity asks but Gilda shoves her out of the way.

"Well I'm the guest of honor, and I'll have the purple tail" she says and grabs the tail.

"Yeah Gilda can definitely go first" Pinkie stated and then put a blindfold on Gilda's head and spun her around. "Now just walk straight forward and pin the tail."

"Now just walk straight forward and pin the tail" Gilda mocks. "Yeah right, this is another prank, isn't it. I'm going this way." The griffin does a 180 then slips on a piece of cake sliding into the kitchen with a crash.

"Ah, Gilda, you pin the tail on the wrong end" Pinkie stated with Gilda noticing the purple tail on her beck then letting out a huge roar.

"This is your idea of a good time?" Gilda questions with so much anger that words can't truly describe it. "I've never met a lamer bunch of dweebs in all my life. And Pinkie Pie, you! The queen lame-o with those party pranks. Did you really think you could make me lose my cool? Well, Dash and I have 10 times the amount of cool as the rest of you put together. Come on Dash we're leaving." Gilda then turns to the door only to notice Rainbow isn't following her. "Come on Rainbow Dash. I said we're leaving."

"You know Gilda, I was the one who set up all these weak pranks" Rainbow confesses.

"What?!" Gilda says as Pinkie shows a look of realization.

"So I guess I'm queen lame-o" Rainbow continues.

"Come on Dash, your joshing me."

"They all weren't meant for you specifically. It was just dumb luck you set them all off."

"I shoulda known" Pinkie said. "That dibble cup had Rainbow Dash written all over it."

"No way" Gilda denied. " It was Pinkie Pie and that freak of nature, they set up this party, to make of fool out of me." Pointing at Night as she said 'freak of nature' which caused the alicorn to step forward but Twilight stopped him before he did something.

"Me!?" Pinkie questioned. "I threw this party to improve your attitude. I thought I could turn that frown upside down.

"And you certainly didn't need help to make a fool of yourself" Rainbow continued. "You know, this isn't how I thought my old friends would treat my new friends. If being cool is all you care about, then I suggest you find some new cool friends somewhere else." Gilda then gives a look of great anger then storms on out with an eagle cry after the door slams. "Not cool."

"Wow, talk about a party pooper" Spike says and everypony in the party mutters in agreement.

"I'm sorry everypony for bringing Gilda here, I had no idea that she was this nasty. And Pinkie Pie, I'm sorry that she ruined your party" Rainbow apologized.

"Hey if you want to hang out with party poopers, then thats your bisness" Pinkie says.

"No hard feelings?" Rainbow asked extending her hoof.

"No hard feelings" Pinkie repeats as she also extends her hoof and the to get joy buzzed with Rainbow showing she had one herself.

Cantorlot: Celestia's POV

Celestia just finished reading Twilight's newest letter and this time she decides to respond and starts writing her own to notice the words disappear. "Oh, heh heh, wrong ink." she then sighs then chuckles.

A/N: Hey everyone, sorry for the lack of updates recently, I've been having a lack of motivation recently and don't know why also school just started back up where I live so that's fun. I've also been dealing with a problem with the next chapter because the first season doesn't go in chronological order. For example, the previous chapter was episode 4 in the series while 'Fall Weather Friends' is episode 21 with 'Winter Wrap Up' as episode 13, and the way I'm doing this, each season is about a year in Equestrian time and just seems a little off to me. So I decided that any episode that doesn't work out in a timeline I'll either change the episode order or just not do it all together (the latter is more likely for the moment). I also recently installed Grammarly on my computer so there should be fewer mistakes. Anyways, thank you all for reading and have a pleasant day/afternoon/evening/night.