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“Are you sure this is what you want to do, Octavia?” Mother asked again as we loaded my last box into the carriage. With Symphonia’s things mixed in, we almost didn’t actually have enough room to ride to campus.
“It’s a little late now, I would think,” I replied. Tuition had already been paid, our dorm room secured, and classes signed up and prepared for.
Mother sighed and pulled me into another hug. “I know. I just hate to see you go, especially after...”
I wrapped my forehooves around her and squeezed. “I know you wanted me to go to the Conservatory, but I think this will be better. Besides, I can always go after.”
“If you need to,” Father added, joining into the hug pile. “Your mother and I needed connections, you’ve already got us.”
We pulled apart as another pony moved around the side of the carriage, a small golden unicorn with perfect posture. “Octavia, are you ready?”
My parents looked at me and nodded. After taking another long look at my foalhood home, I did as well.
“Excellent,” Symphonia said, clapping her hooves together. “Canterlot University, here we come!”
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I walked slowly through the bustling hallway, carting along a couple of boxes. I had the room number memorized already, but actually trying to find the thing was becoming a pain. Several ponies stopped me to ask questions or chat, but I blew them off with a couple of words. I wasn’t really in the mood to talk.
I finally found the right door, shoved back in a corner of the dorm where the room numbers from one side merged with the others. I fumbled with the keys for a moment before pushing into the empty room. My roomie was a second year student, probably already in class, so nopony was around. One bed was already claimed, so I threw one box down there, and another on an unoccupied desk.
The box on my bed spilled open, throwing records everywhere. I clicked my tongue and moved them all in one pile, unveiling a shiny, new Canterlot University saddlebag. I threw it aside too and flopped down on the bed, one much less comfortable than the ones I preferred.
The door opened behind me, and in walked a chocolate brown pegasus. She blinked when she saw me, then smiled softly. “Oh, hello. I wasn’t aware my new roommate was coming in today. My name is Coco”
I hopped off the bed and walked in front of her, holding out my hoof for a bump. “‘Sup? I’m Vinyl Scratch.”