"Welcome, students, to the Academy for Gifted Ponies, also known as The Academy." The students were seated in a large auditorium, with thousands of seats. Harmony and Silver sat next to each other in the back row (they had gotten there rather late) and watched a small, studious unicorn stand on the stage in front, amplifying her voice with a spell.
"You have been chosen, because of your special skills, to enter our classes and become the educated ponies of the future!"
Silence.
"This place of learning will be your home for the next four years, over which you will learn a trade, master an art, perfect a profession, and can a career" The unicorn said the last three words with a playful giggle, which was met, again, with silence. Her jovial attitude seemed to dissipate as she walked off the stage, saying a few last words.
"Okay, here's your headmaster, who'll talk to you about what you'll learn this year."
An old unicorn, probably in his seventies, took center stage. He looked around the massive room at all the young ponies who had come to his school, and spoke in a raspy, thin voice.
"I am B. Rony. You may call me Headmaster Brony. Here, you will learn in many subjects." he lifts up a scroll with a gray aura, "We have Flight Training courses," Nearly every pegasus was cheering. "Many Magic courses," Now it was the unicorns turn. "Physical education," He scratched his beard with obvious distaste. "Plus, we have classes such as Alchemy, Biology, Home Ec, Engineering-" Silvers attention was immedeatly drawn to Starswirl. "and many more. After this reception you will be given a list of your classes and their locations."
"This school was founded in 207 AB (after banishment) by Princess Celestia herself..." Silvers attention was lost as he retold the history of The Academy.
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My Little pony, My little pony,
I can't decide what to do.
All of these people; making fun of me.
Until I met you...
I used to wonder how it'd be..
to have friends, as perfect as these!
(da, da, da [dadada, dada da da] da, da, da [dadada, dada da da])
It's a magical thing that makes my life complete!
My little pony,
Do you know you're all my very best friends?
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"And so, The Academy was founded."
"Finally. I thought that was the entire four years." Silver whispered over to Harmony, who giggled. A few ponies looked, but Silver stared them down.
"Once again, I wish to welcome you to The Academy. Pleas look for your room number on the bulletin board outside, and ask dorm reception for your key. Class starts on Monday." Starswirl announced.
Ponies immedeatly rushed out the doorways to find their room numbers. Being on the back row, Harmony and Silver were among the first. Harmony looked in the mare section for her room number. She found it and waited for Silver to do the same. Once they both had their room numbers, they walked over to the dormitories, where they split up to enter the gender-separated apartments.
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HARMONY
The mare at reception was friendly, finding Harmonys room key with ease.
"Just up the stairs, third floor, and fifth door on the right." the receptionist said with a smile. "Oh, and I believe your roommate is already there, and she brought a friend..." The receptionist said with a slight smirk, as if she knew something Harmony didn't
"Okay then... Thank you." She went up three flights of stairs and turned right. "One, two, three, four, five!" She opened the door using the key and looked around her new home.
Her roommate was had an orange coat and a green mane, but Harmony couldn't make out the details of her face due to the stallion who was embracing her. He turned around at the sound of the door opening and shouted "WHAT THE BUCK?" The roommate looked sternly at Harmony and asked profusely.
"Who the hell are you?"
"My name is Harmony star, I live here!"
"Well so do I!" Suddenly the receptionists words made sense. This was her roommate, and her "friend" was this stallion.
"I'm going to leave, of that's okay..." The stallion said meekly as he rushed out.
"See what you did? We were just about to..." The mare sniffled and started crying.
"I'm so sorry! Was he your..."
"Long time friend. I've wanted to get together for a while, and he finally got the hint today, and we were just about to kiss!" A fresh stream of tears ran across her face as Harmony ran to comfort her.
"Go after him! Now! GO!" Harmony yelled as a sort of pep-talk. The mare realized what she was saying and ran after him, wiping tears off her cheeks and the redness from her eyes.
"Well, I guess that's my new roommate."
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SILVER
The stallion at the reception regarded Silver grudgingly, as if he were an extra piece of work at the end of the day that nobody wanted to do. He paid most attention to the newspaper in his lap.
"Gimme your room number and get out of here."
"345"
"Here's your key." the receptionist handed the key over, never looking up from his newspaper.
"Jeez. Lazy much?" Silver thought as he made his way up the stairs to room 345. He unlocked the door and looked at his new home. He liked his roommate already. That is, until he burst through the door a few minutes later, with his lips locked with an orange and green mare. The roommate's coat was a dark red, and his mane light blue. He opened his eyes to see Silver standing there with a confused look on his face.
"Aww, not this again!" He sighed before returning to the mare, who he escorted into his bedroom.
"Well, I guess that's my roommate."
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At that instant, both Harmony and Silver looked out their windows, only to find an alley. on the other side, though, they saw a window through which another pony was gazing. To their surprises, they saw each other. Silver motioned for Harmony to open her window, and then he reached around in his bag (The Academy made them drop their bags off at the entrance to the campus) and fished out an empty can with some string coming out of the closed end. He opened his window and tossed the can across the alley. Harmony caught it and spoke into the can.
"I had a strange encounter with my roommate just a few minutes ago. I walked in on her and a stallion..."
"Weird. My roommate walked in with a mare and then just went into the bedroom. Your roommate doesn't happen to have an orange coat and a green mane, does she?"
"She does!"
"That's just freaky." Silver said a he flapped his wings and managed to get through the window into Harmony's place.
"Nice place you have here."
"Thank you."
"I brought a chess set. Want to play?"
"Sure! I'm pretty good though."
"It's on!"
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Dear mom and dad,
I met my new roommate. She's very... exciting to be around. We started out on the wrong foot, but I helped her out with a problem, and now we're friends. I learned that, while first impressions are important, second impressions are what really count.
Sincerely,
Harmony
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