Me and my fellow class members were being directed to the gym for orientation human, minotaur, griffin, pony, and a few other things of sorts like that. Why are there mythical creatures going to orientation with us? Well, despite it being drilled into our brains since about elementary it'll be explained in orientation, I rather not tell you right now. Though an important detail about this, we're all freshmen in college, and looks like orientation is about to start, I just hope it isn't to boring.
"Hello everybody, and everypony! As you all may know I'm the Headmaster here at Centaurus University, and for of those who don't know me then to put it simply, I'm Mr. Hetch. But I do let students call me by my first name, if they find it out of course." Mr. Hetch gave a little smirk. "Anyways, I will be giving the orientation this year instead of one of the other faculty. Now I know you've all heard this since you were little, but it is required for me to give the history of how Earth and Equestria became in contact with each other."
There were quite a few complaints about that, and it did take the staff that was there to calm everyone down. Though most of them don't really have anything to complain about it, like I said they start hammering it in in elementary. But I had to learn this part of history in great detail even before I went to school, also did I mention that the Headmaster is a Centaur? Again, I'll explain that later since typically these things never give that kind of detail.
"Thank you all for finally calming down, but the sooner I start the sooner you all can go to your new dorms." Mr. Hetch said giving them a big smile. "Now, as you all know the two worlds met each other about hundred and fifty years ago when humans were testing portal technology, and the pony princess sisters were testing portal magic. For some odd reason when both sides tested their own ways of creating portals, they somehow linked together at the same time creating a permanent portal. Though there was of course conflict in the beginning, mostly about if magic was real but that was quickly dissolved because the humans realized what they were talking to. This of course started the peace pact and dimensional travel between the two worlds, and yes it did start to encourage inter-species relations. That of course was frowned upon by humans, and unfortunately even to this day they still have their problems with that topic. But it has mostly calmed down over the past century, and it did produce different kinds of species through means I'm sure I don't need to go into."
That got almost the entire crowd of freshmen into a fit of embarrassed laughter, and even I gave a chuckle. Though it was a surprise that he actually involved that, let alone made it into a joke. But then again, this is college and I'm sure stuff like that happens a lot, or at least maybe just at this college.
"Yes, well as I was saying..." Mr. Hetch continued, but that stuff is pretty boring when you get down to it so I'll just give you the low down for it.
Pretty much after the two worlds met, and settled most of their differences they of course started to work together. With magic and technology combined, they created some pretty cool stuff. Like fore example, cars run off of magically powered gems that make them efficient and safe for the environment, and yeah that's pretty much it. Almost all technology runs off of some sort of magic, and there were only a few things that still ran off of electricity.
Though both sides got the benefits of course, but the real achievement for at least humans was that crime, disease, and other bad stuff like that went down a lot since the first contact. Don't get me wrong, there will always be stuff like that around but it just happens less often now. But yeah, crime rates and disease have went down.
Now let me explain a few things, like the whole centaur thing. You see, it only took about ten years before people and ponies, or whatever they had on their planet, actually started to get romantically involved. It only took a few years for new species started being born into our reality, like Centaurs, Wizards (human wizards), and angels are probably the most common.
Okay, now let me explain how each of these species, without going over the birds and the bees, and to a certain extent due to how many different species there are now. Centaurs are the product of Earth Ponies and Humans, Wizards are the product of Unicorns and Humans, and last on is of course the Angels. Who are the product of Pegasi and Humans.
Well, that's all I want to explain for now but I'm sure you'll learn more about my world soon enough. But for right now, it's time for me to head over to my College Apartment Dorm. What's the difference you might ask?
Fine, I'll tell you this. Pretty much it's actually like an actual apartment instead of something like a single room, that shares a bathroom or something with the neighbors. It's actually a new thing that Colleges everywhere are trying out, but of course for right now they cost a fortune. Though most people, pony, whatever, get assigned roommates in order to help pay for said apartment, but last I checked I wasn't assigned a roommate, but money for me isn't an issue.
I'm not going to go into details, but yes I come from a wealthy family. So paying for the apartment by myself wouldn't be that bad, and before you say anything I'm not a selfish rich kid either. I work for most of my money, but if you're wondering why I don't have a roommate for a expensive thing like that if I do work for my money, well that's because I haven't actually checked in to see which apartment I've been assigned to yet.
Hey, you can't judge me I was running late because of my mother not wanting to let me out of a death hug. So, yeah that's were I'm actually headed right now. Oh, yeah since I've been talking orientation ended and I'm going to the main office building to pick up the apartment key.
"Hey, Brandon! Where you headed?" Geargie called from behind me.
"I need to pick up my apartment key, ran a little late." I replied giving her a sly smile.
You see, Georgie is of course my long time child hood friend, and we thought it was a very funny coincidence that we got accepted by the same college at the same time. Now before you ask, no we are not going out, like I said we're just long time friends. Also she's an Angel, and of course I mean she's human with wings, but sometimes she's like the devil with her temper a little.
"Let me guess, the mother death hug because she doesn't want her sweet little Brandon to grow up?" She said in a baby talk voice, trying to pinch my cheeks.
"Yeah, it took thirty minutes to pry myself out of her grasp." I said smacking her hand away.
"Well it's a good thing you made it to orientation at least, but if you didn't check in to your dorm, apartment, whatever then where's your stuff?" She asked giving me a slight smirk.
"From what I've been told, it's been enchanted to where once I go into my apartment it'll appear in my room." I answered ignoring the smirk for now.
"So, wait you have enchanted luggage or something? How does that work?" She asked.
"Look, I may be able to do levitation but I'm no wizard here. I don't know how enchantments work." I replied rolling my eyes.
Now before any of you start to ask, yes I do have a little bit of pony blood in me. But that is once again not something I'm really not comfortable talking about in public. Not because I'm ashamed of my parentage or anything, it's just who my mom is that I want to keep quiet.
"Please, I've seen you do some enchantments before." She said.
"Yeah, basic enchantments. But they aren't really my strong suit, and you know that." I said looking at her, and she receded.
"Fine, I know that you are better at casting spells anyways Mr. Wizard." She said, once again donning a smirk.
"Come on, I know you haven't received your assigned room either." I mumbled.
And if you are still wondering, like I said I do have pony blood in me and yes it is Unicorn blood. So, in a way I'm not entirely human. Oh, and just in case you are wondering, it kind of depends on genetics on whether you are born more human or pony, or whatever your parentage is. Though the only acceptation to this are the centaurs, and the minotaur's, oh yeah also the satyr's.
But anyways, we were waling around trying to find our way to the main office building, mostly for the sight seeing. The campus was very well managed, from no cracks in any of the side walks, to well the greenery as well. No, I am not tempted to eat the grass or flowers, I have my pride.
"Brandon, face it. We're lost with you navigating us." Georgie complained. "Why don't you just cast a location spell, or ask someone for directions, or let me lead."
"We can stop and ask for directions if you want, but with you leading we'll get even more lost." I told her, and she let out a huff.
"Hey, that's because I went into the wrong air current. But why not cast the location spell?" She asked raising an eyebrow.
"You know I don't like to use my magic, and you only ride in an air current when you want to relax and glide." I stated, and she got a little blush on her.
"Still don't know why you have such a problem with not wanting to use your magic." She mumbled. "Hey, can you tell us where the main office is?"
"Oh, um, yeah just head down that path there and you'll hit the fountain. Then you want to take the path that goes to the clock tower, and well the clock tower is the main office." The random student answered.
"Thanks, and by the way what's your name?" She asked, and I only rolled my eyes.
"Come on, we need to get checked in before it closes or else we'll be sleeping in the streets tonight." I said grabbing her arm pulling her away.
"Come on, I was just asking him for his name!" She resumed her complaining.
"You have plenty of time to flirt with upper class men, but do you want to have a nice bed to sleep in tonight?" I asked.
"Fine, I get it." She let out a huff. "You know if I did that to you, you would call me a..."
"I know what I would call you, but that's only if we didn't need to get something important done." I say interrupting her.
Only after about two minutes we arrived at the fountain, but since it still looked like we had a little bit of time left we took a break from walking. Though I couldn't help but study the statue that was in the middle of the fountain. It was one of Centaurus, a Centaur that was said to live on earth thousands of years before, and because of the past century and a half he was now believed to have existed despite not being able to find any kind of proof.
"Well, I'm all rested up. Come on Mr. Boss, we need to hurry up." She said breaking me out of my thinking.
"Yeah, okay. Hey you never did tell me where your luggage and stuff is." I said looking at her as she gave one last stretch to her wings.
"You never asked, my dad is supposed to bring it later." She answered.
"That's cool, is your brother going to be with him?" I asked.
"No, he's already in training to be a Royal guard." She replied letting some sadness seep into her voice.
"Hey, I'm sorry I asked. Come on, let's go." I say in a gentle tone, and putting a comforting hand on her shoulder.
"It's fine, really." She said before she started to walk towards the main office.
Yes, she has a brother who decided to join the ranks of the Royal Guard. Despite him being somewhat of a hothead, he was a decent enough guy who tried his best to show off for his little sister. Though one thing about her family, her mother is human, and both her brother and father are pegasus.
After we got to walking it only took her about thirty seconds to get back to her old self, and after about another two minutes we finally made it. Though there was a bit of a line formed, and from what I knew we only had a good forty minutes before the main office closed. But while we wait, we made some small talk with each other until we were interrupted.
"Oh, Mr. Jenkins, Ms. Kicker what are you two doing in line?" Mr. Hetch asked he walked up, and I do have to admit that Centaurs to me look a little bit cool.
"Well, we were running behind when we arrived so we decided to go straight to the orientation. So we're here to get our key's for our dorms." Georgie answered.
"Oh, well if you follow me I can help you with that." Mr. Hetch told us turning around and walking to where I presume his office is.
We got out of our spot, though we noticed that we were only half way to the front desk with only about fifteen minutes left. So we were grateful that the Headmaster decided to help, and yes I know it's actually called Dean or something close, but he told us over the phone that he liked the sound of Headmaster. But as we walked, we made sure to give him plenty of space considering his bottom half is still horse, pony, so he still might have that one reflex that horses, pony, whatever, have.
"You know it's a good thing I came when I did, I received a call from both of your parents explaining that you may not have checked into your rooms yet. Though I'm surprise you waited so long." Mr. Hetch said.
"Um, well we got side tracked from looking at the campus, and by that time we had no idea where to go." I say honestly.
"That's understandable, after all this is a college in Equestria and from what I know they are genuinely more impressive than the ones on Earth. But I doubt it since I've never been there myself." He said turning his head to give us a smile. "Here we are."
We had apparently arrived at his office, which when he unlocked it and we went inside it was a very impressive sight. It was spaces, had an entire wall full of books, some bust of former Headmasters of the college, and near a decent sized window was what I could tell was an oak desk. Though unfortunately it still had that principal office feel to it, you know the feel whenever you got into trouble and sent to the principals office.
"Don't worry, we're only here to get you two your room keys." He said reassuring us that we weren't about to be sent to detention after noticing our discomfort.
Now let me explain this, I'm not a trouble maker in the slightest. But you remember how I said Georgie had a bit of a temper problem? That's what got us sent to the office, though most of the time I got off of any trouble because I usually didn't do anything.
"Now, let's see here..." Mr. Hetch said from behind his desk. "Ah, so Ms. Kicker your room assignment is the girls dormitory, room number two hundred and fifty three. That should be the girl's dormitory number one, second floor. Here's the key, and a map also you have a roommate and I'm sure you two will get along just fine."
"Do you mind me asking who it is?" She asked.
"Let's see here, it says that your roommate is a Griffin named Gilda." He answered. "Now, about you Mr. Jenkins. You signed up for one of the new dorm apartments I see."
"Yeah, my mom actually signed that one." I said, and he gave me a nod.
"Right, with who your mother is I guess she would want to give you the best. So, the apartment number you'll be staying at is number eight. Now I would like to go over some things with you in private." He said looking at Georgie.
"Okay, guess I'll check out my room then." she said, giving a sigh. "See ya tomorrow, or later Brandon."
"See ya." I said back as she left the room.
"Now, let me tell you this. The dorm apartments do have different rules for them than the regular dorms. Like for example, it is allowed for someone who is staying in the apartment to have a pet, but they must be pre-approved due to safety reasons. Now as for a roommate, well that will be randomized a little so I'm afraid I can't tell you if you have a roommate or their name." He said getting my attention.
"So, I will have a roommate though?" I asked out of curiosity.
"Yes, that's correct. So here's the key, and some papers with the rules of the apartments, and also a map that has your apartment marked." He said handing me everything.
"Okay, well thanks for the help." I say and start to walk out.
"Oh, and one other thing Mr. Jenkins..." I didn't hear him before I shut the door. "...the apartments are co-ed." He let out a sigh, chances are with who signed up for apartments he was going to be paired up with a woman of some kind.
As I walked I looked at the clock in the front room of the main office, and saw that it was already about seven in the evening. Though my main thought was of how hungry I was, for I haven't ate anything since noon. But I knew that could wait for a few minutes since it seemed the apartments were actually close to the main office.
When I began walking towards the apartments I looked around a little bit more, and I saw a few couples out and about taking a stroll holding each others, well whatever they had. But I couldn't help but notice how good the gardens looked, as there seemed to be healthy flowers almost everywhere. These flowers could of course be anything from red roses, to rainbow lilies.
But when I notice that the apartments were coming up, I decide to pay attention to them. According to the map there was a total of twelve apartments, each one having their own design. I thought it was pretty cool, one was made out of clouds, obviously made for anything that fly's, another looked like you could plant your own garden. As I passed each apartment though I was also reading the numbers, until I cam across number eight.
"Well, here we go and it looks like the lights are on. So I guess I do have a new roommate." I said letting out a nervous sigh as I took the key, and unlocked the door. "Hello, is anyone there? I'm your new roommate!"
I then heard some shuffling from what sounded it came from the kitchen, or some other tiled floor. I waited for a second to see if I couldn't hear anything else, then remembered that my stuff was enchanted so I thought it was them popping in. So I decided to take my shoes off and leave them by the door, and explored a little still wondering why the lights were on, but as you may have seen coming I nearly died of a heart attack as a pink blur jumped on me.
"Oh, his new roomy! I heard you come in and call out, but I was sooo surprised that I just had to surprise you. So are you surprised? Are ya? Are ya? Oh my names Pinkie by the way, Pinkie Pie is my full name!" She said in an almost to fast to hear speed, and it she had a nice bubbly tone to it as well. "So, were you surprised? And also, what's your name? Hey are you okay?"
"Wait, your a mare?" Was the first thing that popped out of my mouth.
"Of course I'm a mare, don't you know that these apartments are co-ed?" She asked still on top of me.
"Oh, this is going to be fun." I muttered under my breath, but somehow, and I think it was her being so close to me, she was able to hear me.
"Yeah, it's going to be fun! Though what would make it more fun is if I knew your name, also were you surprised when I popped out?" She asked.
"Um, could you get off of me before I answer?" I asked her.
"Okie-doie-lokie!" She then somehow did a flip right off of me.
"H-how did you...No, you know what not gonna question it. But, uh, my name's Brandon Jenkins, and yes I nearly had a heart attack there." I said offering my hand.
"Nice to meet ya! Oh, this is so great! They told me I had a roommate, but when you didn't come for like hours I thought they thought I was somepony else who got a roommate in one of these apartments! But now you're here, and you know what that means?" She asked getting a little to close.
"Uh, not really." I say taking a step back.
"It means, it's time for a party!" She yelled and somehow threw confetti out of no where, though one thought came to mind.
'Maybe I should talk to Mr. Hetch and see if I can't change apartments, or downgrade to a normal dorm.'