A griffon? Yeah, it's a griffon, but what in Celestia's name is a griffon doing in Ponyville? They only ever head to Cloudsdale if they want to see a pony. She gets closer and you can see what looked like anger was really a predatory smile. She seems incredibly interested in you, whoever she is.
"I knew it was you!" She says, "You finally made it to Ponyville and you get lost, ha! You crazy cunt!"
You tilt your head to the side. She... Knows you? She gets a little closer and you can see her face more clearly in the latern's glow.
She chuckles, "Aw c'mon Jube, don't you recognize me?"
Wait, there's only one griffon in the world ballsy enough to call you Jube.
"Gilda!" You jump into her arms, "You psycho bitch! What are you doing in Ponyville?"
Gilda gives a surprisingly strong hug for just using one talon. She nods her head to the left, "I'll tell ya, but let's walk for a bit. I've seen some some ponies do in this alley and I don't wanna spend a minute longer breathing the same air."
You shudder when she says this because you distinctly remember stepping in a sticky sort of puddle on your way in. You follow Gilda out of the alley and into the darkened streets. She tucks the lantern under one wing and pulls a small flask from the other. She takes quick gulps while she talks, "Well I came down to see you, actually. I remember how you got lost and ended up in friggin' griffon territory. Crazy slut, you actually spat out the carrion! That killed me. But anyhow, I knew you'd get messed up again sometime along the way. And well, I ran into Rainbow Dash, can you believe it?"
"You mean that girl you were always talking about? So how stiff were your wings when you caught sight of her little blue plot?" You give her a playful little pat with your hoof on her shoulder, and she knuckles you in the side with her claw and chuckles.
"Yeah yeah, well I got a little distracted and sort of forgot about you. You got a place to stay?"
You both stop beside a street light. You tap your chin and say, "Well, no..."
"Fuck." Gilda groans and knocks back more of her flask, "I was really hoping you would, Cause I don't."
"You.. You don't?"
She sniffles and turns away, "Nope. These past four days I've been sleeping in the streets."
You jump in shock, "F-four days? What? Why would you? You have family back home, I ate dinner with you!"
Gilda turns around and shouts, "I can't! I frigging can't! I lied, a fucking minute ago I lied to you! Don't get me wrong Jube, but I didn't come here for you. I was doing it to win Dash back. You remember all the stuff I told you, about how she took my virginity while we were in flight school? I lost it two years after dropping out and Dash was nowhere near me at the time. But I wanted her! So I came all the way out here and made an ass out of myself and I..."
Her anger starts to mellow into sadness, "I'm too fucking stubborn to leave. I've been watching her from afar and sleeping in the gutter like a fucking rat for days..."
Her hangs down and you can hear the pattering of her tears against the ground. You don't know what to do, but you can smell the liquor on her breath with each sob. You have to be there for her, you wrap your hoof around her shoulder and you...
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