Getting a college roommate is random chance.
Sometimes you get lucky, and sometimes you get a pony.

Rainbow Dash enrolls at an Earth university.

Update: and then some other stuff happens.

When all you've known is hardship and sorrow, what could possibly turn you into a shield for others?
An orphaned pegasus named Starshot will learn a single smiling face can turn you from an outcast into a protector of all.
Edited by night-feather and is now MUCH easier to read

Rarity's thoughts, when Rainbow Dash takes her on the ride of her life.

I GOT BORED OKAY. This is what happens when you leave me in front of the computer when complete and utter boredom hits. Story told in Rarity's POV. Yes, I'm finally writing a fic in first person.

The speaking of rhymes. Zecora has never spoken without rhyme, but... what happens when she can't rhyme?