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// C.6 Moving to Ponyville 
// Story: Unexpected Friends 
// by Dark0592 
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“Wow, I said Edinspur looked like a village...I think Ponyville IS a village.” Vinyl said when they entered the small town. “It's nice...I already feel like I could live here.” Octavia said. Suddenly there was a yell of “Look out below!” and a spew of colors and dust smashed into the ground in front of them. “Ugh...” a Pegasus Mare said as she shakily stood up. At that moment a Tortoise with goggles and wings with propellers came zooming down and landed on the Mare's head. “Oh shut up tank...” She said. “Hey, I've never seen you six around here before...you're kind blurry.” she said. Obviously she was disoriented. “Whoa.” she said as she fell over as she tried to take a step. “maybe I should just uh...just sit down.” she said and indeed sat down. The Tortoise gave a startled look and flew off. “Um...are you ok?” Octavia asked, poking the swaying mare. “Wha? Oh, you three...don't worry...Tank's got my back.” she said. Octavia just gave a puzzled look to Vinyl when the flying tortoise came back with a Mare that looked like a nurse. “Really Rainbow Dash? Do you want to give yourself another Concussion?” she said, ignoring Octavia and Vinyl for the moment.

“Well your skull isn't fractured or cracked and your concussion is practically nonexistent...your eyes are spinning because your brain is attempting to compensate for the fast movement you were subject to when you impacted...well Dash, your skull is getting thicker and thicker every time I see you.” the nurse said, her horn's glow fading. “Thanks Nurse Red Heart” Dash said. Red Heart then Turned to Octavia and Vinyl. “You're new here...I'm sorry to put her on you but could you help her to her Marefriend's house, it's just a block down there...I was in the middle of a meeting so I have to go...I'm nurse Red Heart.” she said, quickly putting her Hoof out to shake. “Vinyl Scratch.” “Octavia Philharmonic. And if you're the nurse then I'll probably be seeing you soon.” Octavia said. “I don't know how to take that... I have to go.” she said and was off quickly. “So, should we take her?” Vinyl asked. “Of course.” Octavia said and hoisted the Pegasus up. “Whoa where we going?” Dash asked. “To your Marefriend's...can you see well enough to guide us?” Octavia asked. “Uh...uh...we're going the right way...it's the big pink one in that direction.” she said, pointing at a row of houses. They found the pink house and knocked at the door. “Who is it?” a hyper voice called as the door opened to reveal a practically bouncing pink pony. “Yo Pinkie, I kinda crashed again...brains are scrambled and I'm seeing three of you.” Dash said. “At least you can talk this time.” she said. 

“Whoa pick up your jaw before somepony steps on it!” Pinkie said when she looked at Vinyl. “You're Pinkie Pie!” Vinyl exclaimed. “That's me! Who are you?” the pink Mare asked as she took Dash from Octavia and set her on the couch after letting them in. “I'm Vinyl scratch, you might know me as DJ PON3!” Vinyl said. “OH! You're that young DJ from Manehattan!” Pinkie exclaimed back. There was a back and forth of exclaiming going on from the two hyper ponies so Octavia just sat down. “Yay I'm not seeing three of you...so Octavia Philharmonic you said?” Dash asked form next to her. “Ya, and you're Rainbow Dash?” “That's me.” Dash said, putting her hoof out. “Thanks for carrying me here.” she said with a laugh. “No problem, I'm not that rude to leave a Disoriented pony on the street.” Octavia said, shaking the hoof. “So what brings you here?” Dash asked. “House hunting.” Octavia replied. “Really? Why would some city ponies form Manehattan want to move out in a place like this?” Dash asked. “Oh, quite a few personal reasons...we're getting tired of all the city violence and prejudice.” the Cellist said. “Prejudice?” “Me and Vinyl are together.” “Oh. Nice.” “So why did we meet with you smashing into the ground and why does your Turtle have wings?” Octavia asked as said animal perched on top of Dash's head.

“I was practicing a maneuver that I can't quite get right...Tank is my pet, and he's a Tortoise not a turtle... it pisses be off that he can do it with fake wings while I can't but I guess I was just rushing at that point. He has fake wings because I couldn't stand a pet that can't fly with me. I have a cloud house nearby and if it can't get up there it wouldn't be a good pet for me. Plus he's a reptile so he gets along with Gummy.” Dash said. “What's a Gummy?” Octavia asked. Suddenly a little Alligator clamped onto her mane. It didn't hurt so she didn't freak out. “That's a gummy...he's an Alligator with no teeth.” Dash said as he picked the reptile up and put it on Tank's back after she set the Tortoise down. It blinked out of sync and Tank took off to go play. “Great news Octy, there's a house in town that's nice and cheap!” Vinyl exclaimed, practically bouncing over to the Gray mare. “How do you know that?” Octavia asked. “I told her silly.” Pinkie said with a laugh. “I still don't see how Anypony understands you when you're talking like that Pinkie...” Dash said, shaking her head as she unsteadily got to her feet. “Come on, we'll show you it!” Pinkie said and literally bounced out of the door. “Whoa...gimme a second.” Octavia said when she tried to get up. “Whoa what's wrong?” Vinyl asked. “Uh...aches I guess...I'm good now.” Octavia said as she got up. “Maybe Twilight was right, it could be accelerating...” Vinyl said. “What could be accelerating?” Pinkie asked. “Development of a Foal...I'm pregnant.” Octavia said. “Whoa really? I just thought you've been eating too many sweets!” Pinkie said. “I think I'm going to like you Pinkie.” Vinyl said with a laugh. 

“...Thanks Vinyl...the thing is, I've only been pregnant for just over a week and it's already farther along than a month's worth of growth.” Octavia said. “We talked to Twilight Sparkle and Celestia in Canterlot yesterday” Vinyl continued. “Oh you did?1 How's little Dawn?” Dash asked. “She's doing fine. So back to where we started, the house?” Octavia replied. “oh yeah this way!” Pinkie said and they walked away from the pink house. The house was in the general area of everything really, not too far away from any place and the neighbors were friendly. It was two stories and it had four bedrooms, two per floor, and a bathroom on each floor. The kitchen was big and so was the living and dining rooms. The house itself was a light gray with white on the more secondary exteriors while the inside was all a lighter gray than the outside, but not quite white. “I love it.” Octavia said. “So do I, it's going to need some paint...at least on the inside a bit but other than that I love it too.” Vinyl said. “How much is it?” Octavia asked Pinkie. “I don't know, all I know is that it'll be really cheap because Nopony ever needs a house so big so nopony ever buys it.” she said quickly. “You can talk to the Mayor at town hall.” Dash said. “Thanks so much you guys...if it's cheap enough we'll see you again soon.” Octavia said.

“Just a moment, a bit of paperwork to finish up.” the Mayor said from behind her desk. A few minutes later she finished a stack of papers and stacked them neatly. “how can I help you?” she asked. “We're interested in buying a house.” she said and told her the address. “Really? Nopony ever seems to want such a big house...” the Mayor said. “How much would it cost?” Vinyl asked. “Well, on that particular house you can make payments of two hundred a month...but there's a discount if you buy it outright for Fifteen hundred Bits.” the Mayor said. “hey...we can actually afford that.” Vinyl said. “I think so...as long as we do one of your shows or a concert for me before we're out of Manehattan we should be set...our savings will be non existent but that's what it's there for.” Octavia said. “So we're buying it outright?” Vinyl asked. “Yes, did you bring the Checkbook?” Octavia asked. “Ya.” Vinyl said and pulled it out. “The bits are in two different accounts, does Ponyville have a national bank?” Octavia asked. “It does dear so you're fine. It will take maybe a day or so to process everything and to get all the paperwork done but we can have the deed to you in two or three days.” the Mayor said, accepting two different checks. “that actually works out for us perfectly. We need to get back home, hire movers and tie up a few loose ends back at Manehattan...that'll take three days if nothing pops up, but something always does so we'll say four days at most, three days at the earliest.” Octavia said. “perfect, if you give me about an hour I can get all your paperwork organized so you can take it with you.” the Mayor said, searching through piles of papers. “Cool, I'm pretty hungry, you?” Vinyl asked. “I am...” Octavia said. “if it's sweets and baked goods you want you'll be looking for Sugarcube corner, if not there's a Diner across the street.” the mayor said without looking up. “Thank you very much.” Octavia said.

“I'm surprised you don't get any cravings.” vinyl said when they chose the Diner, she had heard that Pregnant mares always crave sweets and cakes. “I have plenty of cravings, but for real food.” Octavia said around soup. “Why didn't you order something more solid?” Vinyl asked. “I can feel a wave of sick coming soon...I'd rather it not be as chunky as possible.” Octavia said. “Great, I needed to hear that.” Vinyl said. “You asked.” “Touche.” they enjoyed the lunch and got to see Rainbow Dash trying her Maneuver again. “Yeah!” she yelled as she successfully did a quadruple loop while corkscrewing in sync with Tank. They bumped noggins and landed in front of the Diner. “You Octavia, Vinyl did you see that?!” Rainbow called. “We did, very impressive.” Octavia said. “Hey Waiter I'll have the usual!” Dash called when the Waiter started to make his way over. He nodded with a smile and turned around. “Now I get to show my team that trick for the competition.” Dash said, sipping coffee a second waiter brought. “Team?” Vinyl asked. “Yeah, I'm a captain in the Wonder bolts.” Dash said. “Wow that is so cool.” Vinyl replied. “Yeah, so did you guys get the house?” she asked. “The mayor is Processing the Paperwork as we speak.” Octavia said. “Cool, Pinkie's Night Owl club could definitely use the both of you.” she said. “Night Owl?” “It's a club...during the day it's more like a mellow club where orchestras and bands alike play as they pass through while at night Pinkie herself starts the party.” Dash said. “We definitely have to check that out.” Vinyl said.

“Finally back in my own bed.” Octavia said as she plopped down on her bed a day and a half later. “Boy, there's no way I can do a concert like this...” Octavia said, she was exhausted. “No problem, I have a show scheduled for tonight. I can do my paperwork during my break.” Vinyl said. “Good, I need to sleep tonight...on your way home make sure you bring anything you want to take with us from your place.” Octavia said. “Got it, though almost everything is already over here...All that's left are my mix tables.” Vinyl said. “I thought those belonged to the Night Pony.” “Nah, they're mine. I just leave them there.” “Well the movers will be here at eight in the morning so make sure you get home early enough to get some sleep before then.” “Got it.” Vinyl said again. They kissed and Vinyl left while Octavia decided to forgo sleep for now and do her paperwork.

“Alright folks this is going to be my last show in Manehattan so don't ruin the night!” Vinyl yelled and started her show with a spare mix table after she packed hers up. “Vinyl, I thought the owner of this place had you under contract.” Tom said, joining Vinyl at her table during the break while she did paperwork and sipped at a glass of Applejack Daniels.”He did, it became void three years ago though.” she said without looking up. “By the way, what happened to your shades?” he asked. “They got stepped on in Edinspur.” she said, again without looking up. “Why don't you get new ones?” “Meh...Everyone tells me I have pretty eyes...and Octy really likes them so I'll just go with that for now.” she said with a shrug as she looked up and relaxed in her chair for a second. “Boy...I wasn't a fan of writing in school, but even with magic this is tedious. She said and took a big drink from her glass. She leaned back more, put her forelegs around her head and closed her eyes. “What's all this?” he asked. “paperwork for a house me and Octy bought in Ponyville.” she said, cracking her neck. “You bought a house out in the country? That doesn't seem like you.” Tom said with a laugh. “having a kid does that to ya...” she said with a shrug. “This show pays the movers.” she continued and got back to work. “Hope this isn't the last time I see ya.” he said. “Don't worry, I'll definitely be back here for some shows soon.” Vinyl said. “Good. I gotta go, good luck.” he said.

Octavia woke up to have Vinyl in her forelegs. She smiled as she resembled the barely awake Mare coming into the room and collapsing into her, asleep before she hit the pillow. She looked at the clock, 7:30, she got up without waking Vinyl. “Whoa, come on girl...” Octavia said to herself as her legs felt weak. She steadied herself and made breakfast. Vinyl woke up to the sounds and they enjoyed the breakfast before the Movers got there. “You got air movers?” Vinyl asked. “yeah, I also got an air carriage to take us... that's why I said three days.” Octavia said. They guided the movers and Vinyl helped them put everything in the magic truck and they entered the Air Carriage. They beat the movers by an hour so they had time to get the Deed and everything from the mayor before the movers got there.

“We'll have the kid in here and the other room can be a guest room.” Vinyl said to Octavia as they went through the house as the movers worked. “Wow, I didn't know you had so many awards Vinyl.” Octavia said as the box of awards was brought it. She shrugged. “most of them were biased so I don't care.” she said. “Perfect!” Vinyl said when the movers put the couch down. “You really are taking charge aren't you Vinyl?” Octavia said. “hey it's our house, it has to be perfect.” Vinyl replied. “Good point.” she said. A few hours later they paid the movers and they just sat down on the couch and relaxed. “Now that we don't live in a big city, the air is just so much better.” Octavia said. “Ya, and I don't here some Stallions yelling at each other out the window.” Vinyl continued. “You hungry?” she finished. “Famished.” Octavia replied and they quickly went out of the door.