Misty knocked on the front door of CC's castle, waiting a few moments before she answered.
"yessssssssssss?" CC hissed as she slowly opened the door.
"hi. I was wondering if you have any spell books? I've gone through basically all the ones I can find" Misty queried.
"oh yeah, of course! I could even teach you some if you want" CC replied.
"no thank you, I think I'd rather learn alone" Misty spoke.
"and where are you going exactly?" Opaline questioned Iris, who was halfway through the doorway of the tall castle.
"to visit my family. something you don't have" Iris replied with a smug look.
"who are they?" Opaline asked.
"oh, maybe you've heard of them! my aunt, commander Golly, or my uncle, lieutentant Gemda?" Iris replied in a sarcastic tone.
"so, high ranking officials in griffonstone?" Opaline questioned.
Iris nodded.
"bye Grogar!" Iris yelled as he ran away.
"I have chaos magic, but its much more limited then my fathers. for example, I can't multiply myself instantaneously like he can. buut if I combine excelero with say, similo duplexus, I can do this!" CC explained before making a click sound with her mouth and a clone of her appeared next to Misty, who had been sitting on the floor while watching her fly around in front of a huge whiteboard with tons of writing and drawings on it.
"why did you make that click sound?" Misty asked.
"oh, I do that when I'm trying to add a bit of flare to my spells" CC explained as her clone vanished and she dramatically swept her mane away from her face, only for it to fall back into its normal position.
"you sure you don't want a chair Mi- empathy?" the hybrid questioned with a wave of her hooves.
"I'm sure. also, you don't need to keep calling us by our elements. we're friends after all" Misty replied.
"that's what worries me" CC whispered as she looked away.
"what?" Misty queried.
"nothing!" CC spoke, her wing twitching as she gave a nervous smile and her colors visibly dimmed.
they both froze when a knocking on the front doors of the castle echoed through its halls.
"who is that?" CC wondered aloud as she flew down to stand in front of Misty.
"I bet it's one of the others. probably Zipp or Sunny with how interested they are in history. I'm not as interested but its good to know" Misty shrugged as CC began leaving the room.
Izzy sat at her desk, fiddling with a particularly difficult gem she was trying to stick to the pillow she was working on.
"good news everypony! we're visiting griffonstone!" CC suddenly declared as she and Misty teleported into the room.
"uh...what?" Izzy questioned.
"oh. you're the only pony here. eh. I'm not really in the mood for getting the others. lets just go" CC spoke before teleporting them away.
"what the Celestia did I just witness?" Zipp wondered aloud from the kitchen doorway, holding a cup of water in one hoof.
"you know, you really need to get rid of your little habit" Izzy remarked, her ear twitching as she processed where they were. they were standing on a path leading to a large doorway framed with gold and red feathers attached to a long fence surrounding a large town populated by griffons, all located on a tall cold mountain.
"what habit?" CC questioned.
"you know, teleporting out of nowhere and then teleporting ponies away with you without warning" Izzy replied.
"hey, be lucky I actually come and say where we're going. when I was your age I'd usually just teleport ponies without coming to check on what they're doing. then by the time I met Argyle I would come check what they're doing but not say anything about where we're going or anything" CC explained.
"I have so many questions but I'm just going to focus on one for now. where in equestria are we!?" Misty asked, gesturing to the large doorway.
"we're not in equestria! this is griffonstone!" CC replied as she flew up.
"wait griffonstone? are you sure you meant to take me here? I feel like Sunny or Zipp would enjoy this way more then me" Izzy queried.
"well I can't just only bring one pony! you were just the first pony I found" CC responded before flying through the doorway.
"we would like to see the king!" CC declared as she landed, alerting all the griffons nearby.
CC seemed unbothered as the griffons began whispering to each other.
Izzy and Misty came to her side right before a griffon guard came over, holding up a spear.
"follow me" he said.
they followed him to the tallest part of the mountain where a small mansion with a tall tower sat.
"king Guto! the visitors have arrived!" the guard called out as she opened the door.
"he's currently in the bathroom taking a shower. for now, I'll be helping you" a teenage griffon announced as he came down the stairs. the upper half of his feathers were a silver gray, the lower half was a storm gray and his wings were a light brown. he wore a indigo colored scarf, a small golden crown and a golden bracelet with a small blue gem on his left claw.
"yes your highness. I'll leave you alone" the guard bowed before he left the room.
"hey squirt! long time no see! gosh, you've grown! I remember when you didn't even know how to talk!" CC remarked as she flew up and ruffled up the feathers on his head.
"miss CC, who is the powerful unicorn my father requested you to bring with you?" he queried, pushing away her hoof.
"before I tell you, may we know your name?" CC asked.
"of course, I'm prince Boreas. named after the idol of boreas. its our oldest artifact. which is why we need your help" the teenage griffon replied, slightly adjusting his scarf as he spoke.
"what? why?" Izzy questioned.
"someone stole the idol of boreas. we've already caught them and gotten back most of the idol of boreas but they took out the gem in it and hid it somewhere in the cliff side. we need a powerful unicorn to come and cast a gem finding spell" Boreas explained.
"why don't you replace it?" Izzy asked.
"it's one of a kind. nothing like it has ever been found since a few years after the founding of equestria" he explained, flying away into the center of the room.
"so who's the powerful unicorn? I'm guessing the purple coated mare. she seems like the wise powerful type" he queried, landing down onto the fluffy rug.
"well I'm flattered, but I'm pretty sure its not me" Izzy laughed.
"it's not her. it's her! Misty brightdawn!" CC declared.
Misty froze as her cheeks turned a light pink.
"I-I don't know about that. the only spell I've cast besides levitation is an illumination spell and a gem finding spell" Misty replied.
"even if you're not a powerful unicorn, a gem finding spell is exactly what we need" Boreas said, walking over and leaning forward in front of her as the pink on her face spread across her face.
"cool. how about you three deal with the gem problem while I go talk to Boreas' mother about something really important" CC replied as she stepped forward towards the stairs.
"talk to me about what?" an older griffon asked, coming down the stairs as Boreas came over to the bottom of the stairs. the upper half of her feathers were a snow white with very light pink tips over her eyes while the lower half and her wings were a light brown. she wore a loose scarf of a purple velvet color with golden decoration, a golden leaf crown and a golden ring on her tail.
"hi mom! the powerful unicorn has arrived with the daughter of kindness!" Boreas explained.
"I'm seriously not that powerful!" Misty squeaked.
"oh but you are! great and powerful!" Boreas teased.
"Boreas stop. she's not Trixie" CC replied, her voice almost a growl.
"so where do you think it is?" Izzy asked as they arrived at what looked like a collapsed rock slide.
"don't know, but this is the location they got out of the thief. although there's a chance he might've been lying. they did give him a truth potion but with enough willpower it can be resisted" Boreas explained as he took off his saddlebag and began rummaging through it.
he pulled out a sketchbook and flipped through the pages to a sketch of a golden cup like object with a red gem in it colored with crayons.
"this is the idol of boreas. the gem is somewhere in these rocks. all you have to do is cast a gem finding spell and I'll do the rest" Boreas explained.
"two questions. why is it colored in crayon and why isn't a digger doing it?" Izzy asked.
"I drew this when I was six. and why do you think they sent me instead of a guard?" Boreas replied as he shut the sketchbook and put it back in his bag.
"are you like, really good at digging?" Misty nervously asked.
"yep!" Boreas replied as he pulled out safety goggles and a hammer from his bag.
"okay...here we go" Misty mumbled as he put on the safety goggles and brushed his bag aside.
she stomped her hooves firmly onto the ground and shut her eyes tight.
CC, Izzy and prince Boreas watched as her horn glowed, causing many spots on the large rocks to glow, revealing many gems inside.
"shoot. these things are crawling with gems. turns out the spells useless. guess you girls can go home then" Boreas sighed as Misty gasped, the glow of her horn snapping away.
"wait. Misty, didn't you tell me about another version of the gem finding spell? the specific version you called it? that could work!" Izzy exclaimed.
"b-but I've never cast one before! the first time I cast the normal version a cave collapsed! a cave!" Misty replied.
"don't worry, this time I'll be here to stop that from happening" CC spoke, floating up as Boreas pulled up his goggles off his eyes.
Misty sighed as she turned to look at the collapsed rock slide.
"okay" she muttered as she firmly dug her hooves into the pebble covered dirt and shut her eyes tight.
after a few moments, her horn glowed bright.
Boreas put on his goggles as he looked for any glow in the rocks.
"there!" Izzy declared, pointing with her hoof at a small pile of dirt between two of the rocks glowing with the same color as Misty's pale blue magic.
"aw griffon. no digging" Boreas mumbled as the glow on both the dirt and Misty's horn vanished, a gasp escaping her.
"you okay?" Izzy asked as she placed her hoof back on the ground.
"yeah, I was just focusing a lot" Misty replied.
"thanks so much for your help. I'll take this to my dad and you'll have your bits" Boreas said as he put his hammer in his bag and put it on.
"wait we were getting paid for this?" the blue unicorn asked.
"heh. yeah, I wanted to keep it a surprise" CC laughed.
an older griffon stepped into the dining room of the griffonstone 'castle'. the upper half of his feathers were a silver gray while the lower half and his wings were a storm gray. he wore a darkish purple cowl scarf with golden decorations, a golden crown and golden bracelets on both claws.
"Grizelda? when did miss CC come here?" he asked, seeing Boreas's mother and CC sitting at the table with a large sheet of paper covered in words and scribbles on the tables surface.
"about an hour ago. the powerful unicorn, Misty found the gem and Boreas brought it back. she also brought a friend, Izzy. they left half an hour ago. CC was just telling me about, 'plan harmonious'" Grizelda explained.
"excellent, why don't you start over again miss CC? I'd love to hear about this" he queried, sitting down next to his wife.
"of course king Guto the second" CC replied with a nod.
"we're home!" Izzy declared as she slammed open the door, using her magic to levitate a large pouch while Misty stood behind her.
"what do you mean it's gone!?" Sunny asked from the armchair she was sitting in.
"I'm telling you! I left it on my desk before going out to race Diano and when I came back it was gone! poof, bap, ka-boom, vanished! gone!" Zipp explained from where she was standing.
"then where did it go? it's not like it flew off!" Sunny replied.
"how am I supposed to know? I didn't see it disappear" Zipp responded as she spread out her wings.
"what's going on?" Izzy asked as she and Misty stepped inside.
"I gave Zipp a book CC left behind two weeks ago and its disappeared" the orange alicorn explained.
credits
writing: hanhanlovesbananas
inspiration: my little pony make your mark, my little pony a new generation, my little pony friendship is magic