2 hours later
Huh. I never would've imagined asking someone if I can attend a school, but I was true with what I said to Twi-er I mean Headmare Twilight. I would've made friends no matter what, but I actually wanted to improve myself. I was never really an active one when it comes to hanging out with friends. Like playing video games at home is no problem, but actually going out to hang out with friends? Not really my cup of tea, and it's not just because of COVID.
The party has just ended and it was fun. I played some games, drank fruit punch, ate some food (a lot of food actually), and talked to a few ponies (mostly Twilight and Rarity though). Twilight was leading me from the mess of a party to the dorm rooms. I felt kinda bad that I wasn't helping cleaning up, but Pinkie kept insisting that it was fine. The moment we walked into the hall, I heard a cluster of noise. When I looked back, my jaw dropped when I saw the room completely free of any mess. This time I questioned it, only to for Twilight saying, and I quote, "It's just Pinkie Pie being Pinkie Pie." I decided to not question any further. I think I already got a brain aneurysm when we first met and she spoke faster than Nate dying in Dead by Daylight.
Twilight and I got to an area that had-holy crap there was a fountain. This school is so beautiful compared to schools back on Earth. Standing outside a door leading to what I assumed to be the dorms was a...lizard? It was short and purple, and had a green belly and...spines...and dragon-like wings. Was that an actual dragon? It was a dragon. Holy fucking shit. Though I shouldn't be too surprised. After all, I encountered a wolf completely made out of wood and talking ponies. What's next? Manticores? A bear that looks like it's made out of space? Literal goddesses capable of moving the fucking sun and moon? I guess only time will tell.
"Hello Spike," Twilight said. Spike? Really? That sounds so generic, but who am I to judge on other people's names? Gaming's name is...well Gaming, and Nate's game name is ParkorePancake. Not that I think those are bad names are anything, I'm just saying.
"They you are Twilight. I was wondering when you were gonna arrive. I got the school supplies by the way, like you asked me to," Spike said. "You must be the new student. I'm Spike the dragon, Twilight's number one assistant."
Is "the dragon" part of his name, or...
"Nice to meet you Spike. Name's Legion. And...school supplies?" I asked.
"Twilight asked me during the party to gather some school supplies for you so you'll be ready tomorrow," Spike said.
Talk about planning ahead. My mom would probably get along well with Twilight.
"Oh. Wow. Thanks so Twilight and Spike," I thanked them.
"It's no problem Legion. I just wanted to make sure you have everything you need," Twilight said as Spike handed me my supplies. Everything you'd expect was there. Notebooks, scratch paper, highlighters, pencils, erasers, um...quills and ink. Okay. No pens I guess, instead we're going old school. Oh well. Preferred pencils anyway.
"You kinda remind me of my mom. She always did like preparing as much as possible. So these are the dorm rooms I'm assuming?" I asked.
"Mmhm. I already have some excellent students residing here. I'm sure you'll get along great," Twilight said as she gave me the extra bandages that Nurse Redheart gave us. "Now remember what Nurse Redheart said: change the bandages every night and be careful when cleaning around the stitches. Oh that reminds me. I gotta talk to Rainbow Dash about you for tomorrow's classes. Anyways, bathrooms and shower rooms are over there. Just make sure to not be too loud when everypony else is sleeping," Twilight explained.
"Change bandages. Be careful when cleaning. Don't be too loud when going everypony's sleeping. Got it Headmare Twilight," I nodded to her.
Twilight nodded back. "Okay Legion. I'll let you meet your roommates and settle down. You must be exhausted after that party," she said.
"Yeah. I kinda am," I said as I put my hoof on the door. "Good night Headmare Twilight, and tell Pinkie Pie that she threw a great party."
"Of course. Goodnight Legion," she said before teleporting away, leaving me alone. I looked back at the door and took a deep breath.
Man. I never thought I'd be moving into a dorm room before my brother. It's kinda weird being on my own now. Anyway, time to meet my roommates.
I pushed opened the door slowly and peeked inside. There was a group of creatures, only one of them being a pony, sitting in a circle playing a card game. They all looked around my age.
The pony was a light green earth pony with green eyes and a turquoise mane, styled in a sorta spiky kind of way and drooping downwards a little. His (I'm pretty sure it's a guy seeing he has a more square-shaped muzzle instead of roundish) cutie mark was that of a trio of sea turtles.
What is a cutie mark anyway? Is it a symbol of what you like or what you represent?
Next to him was what looked like a bird with a lion's tail. A griffon if I remember correctly from Greek mythology. He (assuming he from lack of eyelashes) had blue feathers, yellow beak and talons, and a bit of yellow at the tips of his hair.
Wait. Do griffons even have hair? Maybe considering a griffon is part lion, but those look more like feathers than hair.
There was a creature that looked similar to the griffon, but rather she (because she had long eyelashes) had a more equine appearance and had a tail like a pony instead of a lion's tail. She was light pink in color, purple eyes, talons of a darker pink, a blue mane and tail, and was wearing a necklace that looked like it was made of shells.
If she's not a griffon nor a pony, then what is she? Is she like a combination of the two species?
There was what I believed to be a yak, judging by the shaggy hair and horns. She (again, because she had long eyelashes) was the biggest amongst the group of creatures (not fat shaming btw), had brown fur...wool...whatever the fuck yaks had, green eyes, ribbons that held together her braids, and was wearing a green...dress...cape?
I really hope she doesn't get angry easily. She looks like she can easily break all of my bones by sitting on me. Again, not fat shaming or anything.
There was another dragon. She (she didn't have eyelashes but she looked feminine) was orange with a light orange belly, horns, purple scales, blue eyes, and of course, wings.
Again, I hope she doesn't get angry easily, or else either my eyes will be scratched out or I'll be burnt alive, or get a tan and end up looking like Jrod. God I'm so racist.
The last of the group was...I don't even know. She (it was a little hard to tell but she looked more feminine) looked like a pony, but had bug-like characteristics. For the time being, I'm just gonna refer to her as a bug pony, until I find out what her species is called. She was cyan in color, had blue bug-like eyes, a horn, pink...fin I think...and tail, and a red elytra (yeah that's right I know my bug facts). Only one thought went through my mind when I saw her.
Holy fucking shit! That is the cutest thing I've seen in my entire life! I think I'm about to have a heart attack due to how cute she is!
"DeffBwade, you...you think a girl is cute?"
Not like that you fucking idiot! Here, let me show you a picture of the group of creatures I saw and tell me the blue bug pony isn't the cutest thing you've ever seen.
"Hnnnnnnngh! My heart! It can't take the cuteness."
That's what I thought. Anyways, now that descriptions are out of the way, I believe it's time for introductions.
"Um...hello?" I called out. The group of creatures turned their heads to me as I stepped inside.
"Hey there. You must be the new student Professor Pinkie threw the party for. Legion, right?" the pony asked. He had a surfer voice. Oh my god.
"Yes, that's my name. It's nice to meet you all," I told him.
"It's nice to meet you too. I'm Sandbar. Are you gonna be our new roommate?" Sandbar asked.
"We're getting a new roommate?! So awesome!" the griffon/pony said excitedly as she flew up to me. "I'm Silverstream. I was a sea pony, but now I'm a hippogriff, but anyway, it's so nice to meet you Legion!" Silverstream took my hoof and started shaking it.
"I-it's nice to meet you too Silverstream," I turned to Sandbar. "She's quite a cheery one, but...she's not gonna pull a canon from out of nowhere and shoot it in my face, right?"
"Heh heh. Don't worry. Compared to Professor Pie, Silverstream's pretty tame," Sanbar said as Silverstream let go of my hoof.
Phew. That's a relief. So hippogriff's the name of her species. But what does she mean when she said she "used to be a seapony?" I'll have to ask another time.
"It feels so nice to have another guy in our group. I'm Gallus," the griffon said. I nodded to him. I can see what he means. There's 4 girls in this group compared to 2 guys. The dragon was next to walk forward.
"Name's Smolder. Say, what's that glowing thing sticking out of your saddlebag?" she asked. Smolder, huh? Fitting name for an orange dragon if I'm being honest.
Regarding her question, I turned my head back and grabbed Zer0 by the hilt. I sat down and held it in my hooves to show them. They all oohed and awed at the sight of it. "This is a sword that I crafted a while ago. You see, I'm kind of a traveler, and I needed something to defend myself with. I call it Zer0," I said.
"Oh oh. Yona want to see Legion do moves with it," the yak claimed as she flailed her hoof...hand...paw around.
I sat up and put Zer0 back in my bag. I really gotta make a scabbard for this. "Maybe another time. So your name's Yona I'm assuming?" I said.
"Gasp. Is pony psychic?" Yona asked innocently. I chuckled.
"Heh heh. Yes Yona, I'm psychic. I have the ability to see 10 different futures in 100 different dimensions," I sarcastically said with a smile. I turned my head toward the direction of the bug pony and saw she was trying to hide behind Smolder.
"And you are?" I asked her.
"U-um...my name's Ocellus," she whispered. Thankfully I managed to hear her. Unfortunately...
Hnnnnngh!/"Hnnnnngh!"
...the cuteness almost killed me, but I managed to keep a straight face.
"A quiet one I see. Ah, I don't blame you. I'm sort of a quiet one myself. In fact there are times you can't hear my hoofsteps. My mom even keeps calling me a ninja," I said. I did find it kind of funny whenever I unintentionally jump scared my mom. I was just that quiet. Ocellus gave a small smile at my response.
"Well, like I said, it's nice to meet all of you, but I think I'm gonna turn in for the night. I'm a bit exhausted from that party," I said as I stretched my hooves.
"I feel you. I think I'm gonna to bed as well," Gallus said.
"Yeah, it is almost 9:00 and we have classes," Sandbar said.
"Agreed," the other four said.
"Well, good night guys and see ya tomorrow at class," I said before I turned back to them. "Um...is there a specific room I'm assigned to, or..."
"The boys usually sleep in the rooms on the left while girls sleep in rooms on the right," Silverstream said.
"Oh. Ok. Thanks," I said. I entered one of the rooms on the left and saw the expected stuff like a bed, desk, window, and shelf. I put my school supplies, as well as my saddlebags, on the desk before taking off my clothing. I removed my bandages and replaced them with new ones. I carefully got into the bed and marveled at how soft and comfortable the pillow, blanket, and bed was. For a while I just lied there, staring at the ceiling thinking.
From first impressions, my new roommates seemed like a nice group of friends. How they were all so different yet got along with each so well. Sandbar seemed like a mellow and chill kind of guy. Silverstream was that one friend that always had a cheery attitude. Gallus was the sarcastic one. Smolder seemed like a tough yet friendly one. Yona was just lovable with her innocent personality. And Ocellus was the shy one.
It's kind of like my group of friends. We all play video games with each other, make jokes with each other, and overall get along well, yet our personalities kind of differ. I would consider myself both the quietest and kindest of the group. Jrod (or Enenra, whichever you prefer) is the most childish, likely because he was the youngest. Gaming is the one in my group that tries to bring everyone together. Viking considers himself to be the outcast, as much as we all disagree. Speeder is considered the funny one. Nate and Uzy are kind of hard to describe because they don't really play with us as much, but they're still good friends nonetheless. As for...
I shook that last thought out of my head. No need to think about the past right now. I closed my eyes with newfound determination for tomorrow's classes and eventually drifted off to sleep.