//------------------------------// // Getting Settled 2 // Story: The Pink Roomate // by bakersong //------------------------------// I was sitting on the couch that was provided to all the apartments reading through the papers that Mr. Hetch had given me. The reason was simple, I was looking at the rules and regulations for the apartment to see if I could possibly switch with someone. But so far I found out that these work almost exactly like real apartments do, meaning that until the end of the year I won't be able to move into a different apartment or normal dorm. "Well?" I jumped at the voice right beside me. "I-I thought you were still in your room unpacking." I say trying to get my heart to calm down. "It's all done, so was I right?" She asked with a huge grin. "Yeah, I mean I can accept the fact that these are co-ed for how big they are. That and I guess it makes sense that because they are technically apartments they would treat them as such." I replied, after finally getting everything under control. "So, I guess me and you are roommates for awhile." "Yay, that means I can start planning the party!" She exclaims jumping off the couch. "And why would we want a party?" I ask a little confused. "To celebrate us becoming roommates, duh." She said taking off towards her bedroom. "Great, so I'm stuck with somepony who seems addicted to parties." I muttered. After skimming through the rules and such for the apartment I decided to go check out my own room, since I haven't yet because I was a little busy trying to sort through all of this. Though as I stand up from the couch I look around the actual apartment first, and it seem pretty decent. There was obviously the couch that we had sat on, a recliner, a t.v stand, and two desk that I was guessing were for our computers, and that was just the living room area. Though it did disappoint me to find out that we would have to supply our own t.v, I went through the living room and entered into the kitchen. Which was pretty slandered for a small kitchen, with a fridge, stove and oven, sink, you know the rest. But what interested me was the fact that it seem they also included a closet with a washer and dryer, I would have thought that we would have to go to a laundry mat or something. The next part I visited was the bathroom, which I guess I really don't need to describe a bathroom to you. Though as I walked around a little more, I notice that there was no little dinning area which was fine by me. Mostly because it was just the two of us, and I always did prefer to eat in front of a t.v. "Let's see, if I remember correctly we are allowed to put up wall decorations." I mumbled looking at the blank walls. "But I guess I can worry about that tomorrow, I need to check out my room." Though don't ask me how my stuff knew which room was apparently mine, like I said enchantments were never my thing. But I was glad that I didn't have to move it from one room to the other. Which probably wouldn't have been a problem if my stuff was teleported to Pinkie's room, since they were close to each other. Once I got to my new bedroom door I couldn't help but over hear something from behind me. It was a bit hard to hear, but I realized that it was Pinkie talking. From the sound of it, she was probably talking to one of her friends or family on her cell phone, and I just shrugged it off not really wanting to ease drop. When I entered into my room, I was mildly surprise that it was the size it was, especially for how much room is left with a bed, dresser, and another desk though this one was a bit smaller then the ones I saw in the living room. Of course the room seemed a bit smaller because my stuff was pilled on the bed and floor. "Guess I better get unpacking." I grumbled. "Hey, do you need any help?" Pinkie asked, again making me jump. "Sheesh, quit sneaking up on me like that." I say giving her a slight glare. "I didn't sneak up on you, I knocked on your door and it opened.." She giggled a little while I just continued with my glare, though now mixed with slight confusion. "Um, okay but try not to scare me then. But no, I'm already almost done unpacking." I say pointing to the last two boxes. "Okay, oh hey those are from the Crystal Empire aren't they?" Pinkie asked zooming pass me and looking at the label on the box. "Yup, definitely from the Crystal Empire." "And how do you know that?" I ask. "Because I've been there plenty of times, once to save it, once to help get it as the location for the Equestrian Games, and then a few times to visit. I recognize the logo on the label there, it's apart of a shipping company that's only in the Empire." She replied, and I swear she said all of that on one breath. "Oh, well you're right about that." I concede seeing the logic. "So, is that where you're from?" She ask giving him a curious look. "Yeah, it is." I answer. "It must be difficult then to be so far away from your home and family." She gives me a look of sympathy. "Also, to leave your friends behind as well." "Yes, well it was a difficult decision to leave my family, but as for friends I never really had any." She let out a sharp gasp. "But my best friend is actually attending here as well, so I'm not totally without friends." "So, you only have one friend?" She asked. "Well, you could say that. I mean I haven't really been able to make friends all that well, and the one friend that I really have grew up with me." I replied, feeling a bit nervous for some reason. "Don't worry then, I'll be your friend and I have friends who will also be your friends as well!" She suddenly says jumping into the air. "Which you will meet them tomorrow, because I invited them all to the party. And you should totally invite your bestie as well!" "Um, okay..." I say before my eyes widen. "Wait, why are we having the party tomorrow?" "Because, tomorrow is our only free day before we have to start our classes!" She says. "Yes, but we only have classes two days this week. Why not have the party on the weekend?" I ask hoping to avoid the party on a day that I had planned on relaxing, and practicing some magic. "Because I already invited all my friends, and some new friends as well and they all said that they would come! So, it's to late to tell everypony that the party's off." She explains. "Well, there goes the day I was planning on relaxing then." I mumbled. "You can still relax, but at the same time you should also have some fun!" She said some how hearing me. "Fine, go ahead and throw your party tomorrow. I can see that I'm probably not going to get you to cancel it, but do you think you could leave so I can finish unpacking please?" I ask. "Okie-dokie-lokie!" She then bounces away, leaving me to wonder how she can bounce like that. As I was starting to open one of the last two boxes, my phone started to go off with the text message ringtone. When I looked to see who had texted me, a smile grew as I see that it was Georgie. I quickly unlocked my phone and went to the messages. 'Hey, my new roommate is a bitch. How's yours?' Georgie asked. 'She seems nice enough, wants to through a party for us becoming roommates or something. Which you're invited to by the way.' I answer. 'Cool, what time is the party?' 'Don't know, I'll ask.' I put my phone down for a moment and walk over to Pinkie's room and knock. "Come in!" I hear her cheerful voice call, and I opened the door. "What can I do for ya?" "Well, I was talking to my friend and she wanted to know what time she should show up." I say looking around her room in shock as it seems she already had her walls decorated. "Oh, that party starts at two." She says giving me a warm smile. "Is that all you needed to know?" I give a nod, and was about to head back to my room. "Oh, I almost forgot. What's your friends name?" "Uh, her name is Georgie. You should know her when you see her, she's an Angel with red wings." I answer, before closing her door and going back to my room. 'She said that the party starts at two.' I text. 'Cool, but don't you mean he?' Georgie replies. 'No, apparently these apartment's are co-ed. So I got a mare for a roommate.' 'Wait, she's a pony as well?' 'Yeah, why? Your roommate is a griffin.' 'No, it's cool. I was just a bit surprise.' 'Why?' 'I don't know, just is for me I guess. Well gtg, I have an argument to win.' After receiving that I put my phone down knowing that I wouldn't be able to get a hold of her when she wants to win an argument. But at least now I can finish unpacking my last two boxes, and finally relax for a little bit for tonight. Though as I put everything away that was in the boxes, a thought crossed my mind and I went back to Pinkie's room to knock only to realize she wasn't in there. "Now, where did she go?" I ask myself, and then I heard shuffling from the kitchen. "This goes here, these go over here, that can go over there..." I walk in to see the pink mare running around in a blur, and the cabinets seemed to get filled as she went by. "How is that even possible...." I trail off watching the speed, and the cabinets being filled, but I quickly shook off my shock. "Hey Pinkie." "...no, this should be over here. What was I thinking?" I hear her say. "Um, Pinkie I want to ask you...." She zips by in a blur, and I'm now sure that she's completely tuned me out. "Alright, didn't want to have to do this but I really have to ask this." "...and can goods go over...Hey what's going on?!" She ask in surprise and shock, and I turn her around in my magic grasp. "That would be me Pinkie." I say, my eyes glowing a dark blue and before I say anything else she let's out another gasp. "Your a Wizard!" I give a nervous nod. "That...is...so...awesome!" She says excitedly. "And your eyes actually do glow!" "What, have you never seen a Wizard use magic before?" I ask. "Nope, I met plenty of Wizards but none of them showed me their magic." She says getting more excited. "But um, could you put me down now?" "Sure, but only if you don't go zipping around and ignoring me when I want to ask you something a little important." I say, and she gives a nod, and I put her back on the ground. "So, you're part Unicorn?" She ask hoping in place. "Um, yes but please can you let me ask you my..." "Wow, that's so cool. You know I know the most talented Unicorn in all of Equestria. Though now she's an Alicorn princess..." She was about to keep going, but I used my magic to seal her lips for a moment. "I'm taking it you mean Twilight Sparkle?" I ask, and she gave a nod. "And you're one of her friends?" Another nod. "That must mean that you're one of the Elements of Harmony. Now before I let go of my magic, I want to ask you a few things. How many people, or ponies did you invite to the party? And I just thought of this question, did you invite Twilight to it?" "Wow, you know about the Elements of Harmony? That's so cool, normally no one knows about that. But to answer your questions, I invited a total of twenty of my friends, and yes I did invite Twilight!" She replied giving me a big smile. "Shoot, um, thanks, but I have to go do something real fast." I say walking back towards my room. "You're welcome!" I hear her say, and then I hear more shuffling. "I hope I still have her number in my phone." I say getting back to my room, and start to look in my phone to find that I still had it. I hit the talk button and waited while it rang. "Hello?" I hear her say on the other end after she picks up. "Hey Auntie, I heard something interesting." I say. "Oh, Brandon this is a good surprise! Though I would have thought you would call your mom before me." She says. "How did you know that?" I ask. "She's been ranting that you still haven't called yet." My aunt says. "Oh, yeah. Well oops then, I'll call her as soon as I'm done talking with you." I say. "Okay, good. So what's this interesting thing that you heard?" She ask. "Well, apparently my new roommate is one of the Elements of Harmony and she invited a particular Princess to a party." I say. "Now, that is interesting to hear." She says. "Yeah, it is. I didn't even recognize her either when we first met though." I say. "Yes, well that's what you get for not paying attention sometimes." My aunt says, and then I hear a loud thud in the background. "Oh, I have to go. I'll talk to you tomorrow then, and you best call your mother before she comes there." "Alright, go do whatever it is that you have to do. Goodbye Auntie, talk to ya later." I say hanging up the phone and taking a nervous gulp as I brought up my mother's phone number, and once again I waited for her to pick up. "So you finally decided to call your mom only after your aunt had to remind you" I hear her say. "I would have called, but I just got done unpacking everything and then something came up." I say. "Yeah, I know. I would just appreciate you calling me first, so how are things so far?" My mom ask. "Um, so far so good I guess." I answer. "Well that's great, and from what your aunt just told me you may have made a new friend." My mom says in an excited tone. "Mom, you know how I feel about this." I say slightly annoyed. "Yes, yes I know that you want to be able to know you can trust somepony or somebody before you call them friends." I hear her say, her tone takes on a little disappointment. "But yeah, I guess from what I've seen I could call her a friend now. Though she still has to earn my trust." I say. "Of course, but hey I have to get back to work. I just wanted to see how you were, and to see if you made any new friends yet." She says. "Okay, bye and love ya mom." I say. "Love you to." She says before hanging up. "Hey Brandon, I made dinner!" I hear Pinkie call to my surprise, and I have to wonder if I'm going to have a heart-attack from to many surprises.