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“No, there's been no mistake--she is your roommate.”
“But, she's a pony! She's a mare pony!”
“So?”
“So it's-” you sighed. You had been arguing in your head ever since you found out your new roommate was going to be a pony, a mare pony at that. It wasn't like your roommate was actually a woman, but still, wildly inappropriate no less. Plus, you had always been a little unsure about the talking ponies. It wasn't like they meant any harm, but you had no idea how to act around them. And then there was the fact they didn't eat meat or play video games or do anything you liked. You sighed. “Fine, whatever.”
Accepting defeat, you made your way back to your room. It wasn't worth trying to switch rooms. You had been in that room since last year, and even a pony couldn't make you move out of it. Last year's roommate, Mark, had disappeared over the summer, not that you had much of a summer, taking classes for all but two weeks of it. Mark was by no means the best roommate ever, but anyone that pitched in money for your favorite deep dish sausage pizza was good enough for you. Plus he was a pretty funny guy.
Not that it mattered now anyways. You reached your room where you had fled when the pony outside introduced herself as your roommate. You were half willing just to man up and take out a bigger loan or find a job and pay all the rent after you found out that Mark had left. You sighed again and entered you room.
Inside, sure enough, was a pony. A pegasus, actually, not that it mattered. Well, it did a little bit. Unicorns scared you. If they ever turned violent there was no stopping that magic of theirs, you were sure of it. Laws had been passed ever since the last year when the gateway between your two worlds had been discovered, requiring a police force of unicorns, just in case, but what if they turned violent too? Shaking your head and turning off your conspiracy theorist side of your brain, you walked over to introduce yourself to the pony.
“Hey, I'm Andrew, but seriously don't call me that. Everyone just calls me Drew.” You extended your knuckles, remembering hearing somewhere that ponies introduced themselves with a fist bump, not a handshake.
“Oh, um, Hi. I'm Flu-” Her voice became inaudible as she tried disappearing behind her hair. Or mane. Whatever they wanted to call it.
“Didn't quite catch that.” You smiled at her, pretending to be friendly. First impressions and all that.
“Fluttershy,” she finished, just loud enough so that you could hear her. These dang pony names. At least they told you a bit about themselves. Now you knew she was probably very shy, as if you didn't realize that already.
“Well it's nice to meet you Fluttershy. Like I said, just call me Drew.”
“It's, um... nice to meet you, D-Drew.”
“It's nice to meet you too.” You lied. It might have been nice to meet you if you weren't a pony. “If you need anything I'm just over there” you point to your room. The rooms were clearly designed to hold two people per room, but you and Mark hadn't minded paying extra for a little privacy. You assumed Fluttershy wanted the extra space too, must be a pony thing.
You left her and jumped into your chair by your computer, flipping it open. You logged onto Facebook and left a status:
Andrew Smith: Found out my roommate is a pony. Might post a picture later. Idk.
Probably not, but you tended to keep your friends informed, posting what some might consider too many statuses a day. You cruised down to see what everyone had been up to that day. Nothing interesting. You clicked on the notification that had just appeared.
Andrew Smith: Found out my roommate is a pony. Might post a picture later. Idk.
Mark Willis: Dude, you need to do that! That's awesome! Probably almost as cool as me right :P? What's his name?
You grinned. You had completely forgot you had Mark added on Facebook, considering he had been reluctant to get one at first anyways. You left a comment in reply.
Andrew Smith: Her name, Fluttershy. And where did you run off to anyways? I was worried I was going to have to pay for this entire place by myself!
You posted it and waited for the next comment. It came painfully slow. A full 90 seconds later you clicked on the notification.
Mark Willis: Dude, are female ponies and dudes supposed to have rooms together? I guess since you are, but still. And about that, hit me up on chat.
You obliged and clicked on his name on the chat bar.
Andrew Smith: Dude! I forgot I had you added on facebook!
Mark Willis: Yeah man. So really? Your roommate is a pony?
Andrew Smith: A pegasus.
Mark Willis: What's she like?
Andrew Smith: Yellow, Pink hair.
Mark Willis: I think it's a mane.
Andrew Smith: Okay fine, pink mane. She's really shy if you couldn't tell from her name.
Mark Willis: LOL! No really?
Andrew Smith: Haha yeah. So anyways where'd ya run off to man?
Mark Willis: Believe it or not, I transferred to a school in Equestria, haha.
Andrew Smith: WHAT? Ponyland? Really man? What about stuff like... Meat? You love meat!
Mark Willis: Yeah, there's actually quite a few human restaurants around here. In the city at least.
You heard a knocking on your door interrupting you from your conversation. You typed Mark a quick be right back and yelled, “It's unlocked!” You heard someone fumbling with the doorknob. Turning to face the door, the slick, round doorknob was clearly a problem for whoever was at the door.
You walked over and opened the door, dragging Fluttershy, who was connected by the teeth to your doorknob, along with the door.. Making a mental note to wash that later, you asked her what was up.
“Um, I was wondering if you w-would help me use my laptop, if it's not too much to ask...” she asked, her eyes never leaving the ground.
“Sure” you respond. You wondered what the point of having a computer was if you couldn't use it, but decided not to question her. You followed her into her room, where a nice Macbook was opened on her desk. You leaned over the desk as she sat down on a chair. You didn't use a Macbook, but heard they were a lot simpler than other computers. She tried using the touchpad with a hoof.
“Ok, that won't work because it needs to be touching skin or something like that to move the cursor.” You said. “I would recommend getting a mouse to plug into your computer.
“Oh, sorry. I think the man in the store told me to buy this” She picked up a stylus that looked like it could be attached around her hoof. Sure enough, she strapped it on and placed in against the touchpad, moving the cursor.
“Oh, alright. Anything else?”
She clicked on firefox and waited for her home page to load, which was google, “I don't know why, but this isn't working.”
“Oh, that's easy, you're probably not connected to the internet." You walk around her and crouch down to the laptop. "If you don't mind?” You reached over and selected the right wi-fi to connect to, typed in the password, and refreshed the page. It now loaded almost instantly.
“Oh, thank you so much” She actually smiled.
“No problem” you said. You began to walk out the door until curiosity got the better of you, “Hey, you don't have a facebook do you?”
Her confused look answered your question. Since she was probably going to need a facebook at some point if she wanted to get to know anyone, you turned around and typed in the address. A few minutes and a couple of explanations later, one of which being why she would need a facebook, you had managed to help her set an account up. You even used her webcam to get a picture of her for her profile picture, which flashed before you were able to get out of it, but she was unwilling to take another, probably photo shy. You kneeled down so you could get better access to her keyboard.
“Anyone you know that might have a facebook?” You asked, clicking the search bar.
“Try, um. T-Twilight Sparkle” She said.
Not commenting on the name, probably a pony that made sparkles or really likes twilight. You typed in the name and came up with one result, from Ponyville, Equestria. You clicked on her profile.
“Yes! That's her!” Fluttershy said. You clicked the add friend button. “How do I talk to her?”
“Well, I just added her for you, but it may-” you were cut off by a notification. Twilight Sparkle had accepted Fluttershy's friend request and sent her a message. Fluttershy made a high pitched noise and rushed to her keyboard slowly typing a message back. You walked back to your room and back to your conversation.
Andrew Smith: Sorry bout that, was helping the roommate make a facebook. It's weird seeing a pony on a computer.
Mark Willis: You get used to it. Anyways what's her name again? Fluttershy?
Andrew Smith: Yeah, I put her facebook name as Fluttershy Fluttershy though, since you need a last name.
Mark Willis: Are you going to add her?
You thought about it. Friending someone on facebook wasn't exactly being friends with someone. You had plenty of facebook 'friends' that you didn't like at all. Fluttershy was new to facebook though, so she might misinterpret it.
Andrew Smith: I guess. I need to share her profile picture anyways, don't I?
You searched her name and clicked the add friend button. A few moments later a notification appeared that she had accepted your request. You clicked on her profile picture and shared it to your wall, adding the note, “My new roommate and me”. Mark messaged you.
Mark Willis: Hey! I've seen that pony before! She used to be a model or something.
You laughed out loud. The idea of her being a model was just too funny. She had refused to even take another picture on her own computer.
Andrew Smith: Yeah I bet man. She's way too shy to ever be a model.
Mark Willis: Idk man. Maybe that's why she quit and is going to Abbotsville University with you. All I know is I can't walk into a store without seeing her face on one of their products.
Andrew Smith: Alright Man, I'll ask her about it later. I feel like napping for now.
Mark Willis: Napping?? Isn't it like, 2 over there?
Andrew Smith: Yup! Perfect time for a nap! Besides you know how it is, I stayed up late playing games :P.
Mark Willis: Lol. Alright peace man.
Andrew Smith: Peace.
You didn't really feel extraordinarily tired, but there was nothing to do. You shut your laptop and flopped onto your bed and shut your eyes.
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Please leave comments, opinions, etc, down here in the comments! I promise to respond to any comment thrown my way.
I'm looking for an editor by the way! My normal editor "HATES" second person writing style, or maybe he just hates my second person writing style, but either way refuses to edit this.
Next Chapter up soon!
Well, son of a bitch! This is like that other one with Rainbow Dash. I can't even remember the name of it, though.
Lookin' good so far. Here's what you should do:
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Thanks!
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Hey, that wasn't so bad. Second person is a bit clunky for me to read, but never-the-less, I like the story. ((Goes back to look at tags)) Romance tag... This is slightly pertaining to my interests. And if you happen to want an extra editor, I am always on hand with nothing to do.
Shaking you head
- your*
I'm not usually a fan of second person fics, BUT I do really like this. Keep it up. So is it like some interdimensional portal to Equestria or is it something else? I've read a few fics where Earth and Equestria are connected with them really big portals. Anyways, keep up the good work. 
uhhh.. facebook how i hate thee.. would have an account is there were ponies though 
but to the topic on hand.. liked what i read so far but need a little more for a real opinion.. 2000words are too little to say anything about a story in my eyes (one-shots are an exception but even then..) will read it most likely as soon as the new chapter is avaible
So he (we) got a new roommate, whose a pony, whose a mare. Finds out they're Fluttershy, founds out she was a model,
takes profile pic and friends on facebook, will eventually find out she's an element. And his (our) reaction?
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Alright, so look at the shit that happens to me when I get home.
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http://www.fimfiction.net/user/Dancing+Dead
and look on the left of the page (where it says "Why Johnny Klebitz is best pony") and read that paragraph. (You will have to scroll for a bit)
Then read the long-ass comix that I took 5 hours (literally) to make.
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Step 2: Copy
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Step 4: Paste & go
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What just happened? it would help if you hadn't had to go back and edit your previous comment to add it in
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"How would you like it if someone called you a lunatic?"
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He's likely referring to the fact that the first few chapters of 'the roommate' are similar, in that they involve rainbow dash learning to use a computer. It's still definitely the first logical step for any transfer student, so as long as your careful to differentiate from here on out I don't see it being all that problematic. The roommate was slice of life with a human female protagonist and no romantic undertones, and judging from the tags you have something different in mind. Try to play up your unique points, such conversations with the friend going to school in equestria. That's an element which is entirely your own and a comedy gold mine. Also, you'd likely head off some of the inevitable flak if you wrote an 'in part inspired/influenced by' segment in the description, but that's up to you.
Anyone else giving the author crap about similarities to 'the roommate' needs to go back and read the author notes at the end of that story. She welcomed the idea of her idea being proliferated by other people at other universities.
Will be watching to see where you go with this
People and ponies have a gateway to each others world?
GOOD GOD.
Image: http://img.ponibooru.org/_images/f9ead225ebae50c54f0e4397457298de/97495%20-%20APPLE.MOV%20applejack%20jappleack%20spike.pngI didn't even notice it was second person - mostly because the main character has a name. If you're gonna do that, maybe third person would be better received...? I dunno. It's weird for me because I'm a pegasister, so I can't really do the whole "you" thing - with a guy character I mean. 
It's pretty good so far though. 
The rarest mode in literature (though quite common in song lyrics) is the second-person narrative mode, in which the narrator refers to one of the characters as "you", therefore making the audience member feel as if he or she is a character within the story. Another common place to see this is in preschool television shows in which characters will tell the audience to follow them, or ask the audience questions. Second-person narrative mode is often paired with the first-person narrative mode in which the narrator makes emotional comparisons between the thoughts, actions, and feelings of "you" versus "I". Often the narrator is also a character in his or her story, in which case it would technically still be employing the first-person narrative mode; an example of this form is A Song of Stone by Iain Banks.
thought you should know.
Yeah, still be careful there are a lot of convenient similarities though a good part of that might have to just do with the standard college set up rituals.
But it does sound like you have read the other one so just make sure it doesn't seep in via your subconscious.... I hate it when that happens.
Me: 
I just had the GREATEST and most ORIGINAL idea ever!
*sets everything aside and throws extremely large quantities of blood, sweat, tears and over 9000 unites of my own Ki *
Its so beautiful! Its so fresh! so new! so alive! and it! looks really familiar...? *sudden flash back and realization that its less of a creation and more like a reconstructed memory of other persons work*
no.... NO..... NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
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I love this a rare thing that is written nowadays is that humans and ponies live together in peace and share their culture. Yes, there some stories like yours but they haven't written it that well, you are writing a fantastic story so far. Keep it up, I'd like to see more like this 
Hmm, not bad, not bad at all. My only recommendation would be this; you start out with the use of "you" to describe the protagonist, placing us, the readers into the story in a way, then you give him a name "Andrew". I'm not a professional writer, but I think if you were going to give him a name, perhaps switch to using "I" instead of "you". Other than that, I can't wait to read the next 4 chapters.
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