They had heard a loud thud from the other side of the ship. Ava rushed over to discover what happened, but could not see anything but the lush emerald grass below. So where had that noise come from? She thought. THUMP! A creature had landed before, half lion half eagle, at first sight she knew what it was; a legendary griffin. But this one looked smaller than normal ones, maybe a baby? She twisted her body to call Finn but when she turned back it was gone.

Meanwhile, Finn had wandered into what used to be the captain`s cabin, abruptly he sensed he was not alone. Behind him stood the creature. He turned around shaking, “W-w-what do y-you want?” he asked anxiously, the animal squawked and started scuttling towards him. He tried to backed away but the wall of the cabin was behind him.

After spending five minutes frozen in terror, he realised that if it meant harm it would have done so ages ago. So, he took a deep breath in and crouched down. “Well your quite lovely aren`t you?” he stated imagining this was Apple their old dog they owned before Dad disappeared.” I`ll call you Gloria,” he announced. As this bond was forming, he found himself happily rubbing the griffin as his own pet.

“Finn!” Ava called as she burst the door open to find him and Gloria together.

“Ava!” He yelped happily, “Meet Gloria!”

“You named the griffin!? She asked. “I don`t think Captain Rusty would be happy with this,” Ava issued as she glared at the griffin with disgust.