Chapter Eleven...
As I drew my sword to face down whatever had just slammed into the bakery, a strangely familiar form climbed out of the rubble. I looked on in shock as my house-mate stood up, and promptly fainted at the sight of the pastel coloured ponies.
"Well shoot, I though that Twilight had gotten some dampeners." I said, still reeling at the sight of another human being. Just then the town mail-mare poked her head through the wall.
"Oops. Guess flying above Twilight's library after one of Rainbow's tricks wasn't such a good idea..." She said, her eyes wandering freely. She backed out of the hole. "Better get the Princess..." she muttered, flying towards Canterlot, suddenly disappearing in a cloud of muffin-scented smoke.
"What the..." I said, unsure of what to do.
"It's Derpy, don't ask..." Pinkie said. "But first, let's get this guy up!"
"That 'Guy' has a name!" Elliott muttered from under the rubble. I walked over to him, smashing the pile with a blast of my wings. "When did you get wings?" he asked, rubbing his head where he had been thrown through the wall.
"Long story buddy, looong story..." I said, patting him on the shoulder. He may be the elder by about a month, but he still had a shorter attention span than a goldfish.
"Max? Who's this?" said Celestia from behind me. "Did you bring him here?"
"Nope, but Derpy said something that makes me thing Rainbow broke Twilight's magical dampeners..." I sighed, turning to face the princess. "And this, Tia, is my house-mate. Trust me, I didn't think that this would happen to him, of all people." Luna was confused, and I swear Pinkie was getting her party cannon ready...
"Well, either I'm tripping balls or this is one hell of a dream." He concluded, scratching his beard.
"Neither old buddy, you're really surrounded by pastel coloured ponies, and I do have wings."
"Mindfuck much." He said. "Now seriously dude, stop messing with me."
"I'm not." Was my reply. "Better get used to it buddy because nopony is coming to rescue you."
"Nopony? seriously? This place just gets better and better..." He said. I could tell he was amused by the entire fiasco, and was just trying to push me onto a guilt trip.
"Dude, you ain't seen nothing yet, just wait till you meet Pinkie." I responded, stressing Pinkie's name as a signal.
"LET'S PARTY!" Pinkie screamed, slamming her hoof down on the fire button and once more flattening me. Elliott was slowly adjusting, and the party helped him along by a lot. He had calmed down rather quickly. I shifted into my Pony body just to mess with him a bit, and he was shocked when I told him my marefriend was a princess. Twilight walked into the library, her mane and tail smouldering slightly, and a repentant looking Rainbow followed her.
"Princess, I'm so sorry about what happened, but Rainbow managed to shatter the dampeners, letting a spell I was working on fly free and hit Derpy. I managed to get her back, but something else came through too..." She said, looking at Rainbow as if looks alone could kill. She turned to see Elliott talking to Luna, and nearly knocked Rainbow's front teeth out. "I told you not to do any tricks near my house when the dampeners are on, and look what you've done now you idiot!" Princess Celestia had turned around at that exact moment, and sighed.
"Girls, I don't think fighting will help at the moment, and we need to see if this new human is friendly." She sighed heavily, putting on her 'wise old mentor' face. "Now, Elliott. Twilight here says that Derpy was hit by a spell, and she brought you through when she brought her back. Is this true?"
"I guess so. I don't remember much because Derpy landed on my bed while I was asleep." Elliott said.
"Hey Elliott, want me to try something?" I asked.
"Sure, just don't neuter me." he said. There was a blast of power as I created him a pony body, His body was a light grey like his jacket, and his mane and tail were jagged and spiky, like lightning bolts. Bright green lightning bolts. I then noticed that he had a small mark on his flank, like all the other ponies had. "I swear that tattoo was on my ankle..." He said as he inspected himself. "What made you give me these colourations?" He asked.
"I didn't. I just gave you enough power to create new body." I said back cheerily. "Its the exact body you would want as a pony!"
"Humph. You never were one to deprive me of choice." He said referring to the times when we had only one Xbox between us.
"Oh, living arrangements..." I said, realising that he had nowhere to live. "You could bunk at my place for the night, but there's only the settee for you to sleep on..."
"If it's okay with you and Luna, I'll happily commandeer your couch." He said.
"I'm okay with him borrowing the couch Max, just as long as he knows what knocking is..." Luna said, eyeing him up.
"Don't worry, I know when to knock." Elliott responded curtly, remembering the last time he had forgotten to knock. We walked back to the house after saying our goodbyes.
It was the morning after Elliott's arrival, and he hadn't broken a single piece of furniture. Someone was knocking at the door.
"Safe!" said Elliott. I facehoofed, and Luna just stared at him in confusion.
"That rule doesn't apply here buddy; our glorious leader makes all the decisions." I said.
"That is correct, and we decree that Max must open the door!" she said, collapsing in laughter. I just sighed, looking at Elliott; making the universal 'crazy' motion. I went to open the door to see a very damp looking Rainbow Dash stood on my doorstep.
"What's happened this time Dash?" I said.
"C-Cloudsdale malfunctioned, and its not safe to live on for a while." She said, shivering.
"I didn't think you lived in Cloudsdale. Better come in lass." I sighed, standing aside so she could come in.
"It went straight through my house and destroyed it."
"Oh." We walked through to the living room. Elliott had his 'Awkward moment' face on. "Dude, what's with the derping?"
"You know damn well what." He said, gesturing towards Rainbow. I laughed at his predicament, he never could handle himself around attractive females. I was no better, but after living with Luna for so long I didn't see many other mares as attractive. The conversation trailed off, and we happily chatted the day away. Just after we had eaten dinner I saw Elliott slinking off with Rainbow.
"Good on you lad." I said. Luna looked up at me, wondering what I meant. "Didn't you see them two slink off together?" She just nodded in agreement. We left them to it and went to look through Twilight's library.