Twilight pointed Snow Veil in the direction of Manehattan, stating “There are no realtor ponies here in Ponyville.” Snow Veil didn’t want to fly all the way to Manehattan though, nor did she want to pay for a train. She then remembered a story Granny Smith told her when she was over at Applejack’s.
“Do you think the mayor could help me? I really don’t want to go all the way to Manehattan.”
“Probably, she did give land to the Apple family when they moved here.”
“Then to the mayor I will go.” Snow Veil stated as she got up to leave. She closed her unfinished book, put it back on the shelf, and headed out the door. She then proceeded to reenter and ask Twilight for directions as Snow Veil still didn’t know where anything was in this town. Once Twilight pointed Snow Veil in the right direction, Snow Veil was off, for real this time.
Upon arrival to the city hall she was amazed at the sight of the building itself. It had a bit of an old-timey feel to it, though she knew it wasn’t old at all. When Ditzy destroyed the whole second floor, news flew fast. Snow Veil did partake in laughing at her so she wouldn’t feel left out, or awkward. Peer pressure can work like that. Nopony had to tell her to laugh, it just happened. But deep down, she did feel bad for Ditzy. It wasn’t her fault. It just seemed that destruction followed in her wake. Once Snow Veil collected herself, she made her entrance. She walked up to the receptionist and asked to see the mayor.
“Of course,” the receptionist replied, “just give me a moment.” She phoned the mayor’s office and said that there was a pony wishing to have an audience. After her call, she turned back to Snow Veil and said that she would be right out.
Snow Veil thanked her and took a seat. After a few minutes the mayor appeared in the door in the back of the room. She looked at Snow Veil because, save for the receptionist, Snow Veil was the only one in the room.
“You wanted to see me?”
“Yes.”
“Okay, if you’ll follow me, I’ll have your audience.”
The walk to the mayor’s office was rather uneventful. The halls were very drab. The walls were adorned with pictures of the former mayors, employees of the month, and the royal sisters. There were doors about every ten hooves, each bearing a number plate and a name plate. Finally they came up to the stairs. The stair well was just as non-descript as the hall way leading up to it. But at the top… the upper floor was entirely taken up by the mayor’s office. There was a large mahogany desk on the far side with a mahogany executive chair behind it. The cushion on the chair was a bright red. A few studs around the edge, connection it to the wooden frame. The carpeting was of a very soft material, matching the red of the chair. On the client side of the desk there was a couch, large enough for three ponies, in the same style as the chair. The desk was adorned with a small green light and lots of papers.
The mayor took her seat on the chair and Snow Veil took her spot on the couch.
“So, what brings you to me today miss….”
“Snow Veil.”
“Right, so why are you here today Snow Veil?”
“Well I was wondering if I could possible purchase a house here in Ponyville. Well I’d like to ask about the price first.”
“Lucky for you, we do have some houses for sale. The cheapest is around 1000 bits. It’s a bit of a fixer-upper. The most expensive is around 3000 bits. It’s in the middle of town. We also have some empty land over by the edge of town. It costs 500 bits.”
“I think I’ll go for the fixer-upper. I’ll need some help fixing it up, but that’s not a problem, I’ll just need to get home and get my money”
With that Snow Veil headed out, bid farewell to the mayor and flew back to Cloudsdale. On the flight back to Cloudsdale Snow Veil was deep in thought. She was thinking of her soon-to-be newest purchase, her new friends, just everything really. She arrived home and picked up her life savings. It was all the money she had ever made, all wrapped up in a rather large purple velvet bag. It lay behind the headboard of her bed. She rechecked how much she had. Around two and a half grand. She picked up the money and flew back to Ponyville and the mayor and closed the deal. She was happy, her smile eating her face; she had just bought a house. She lived by her friends now. Nothing was going to bring her down.
That was until she arrived at the house. It was leaning dangerously and was held together by the paint on the outside. She was afraid to go inside for fear of her general well being.
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Over the next few days Snow Veil spend even more time with her new friends. Pinkie even threw a party for her. It was two parties in one; one for Pinkie’s new friend’s arrival to Ponyville and the next for her purchase of her new house. Therefore this party was twice as long with twice as much food. Upon the meeting, rarity insisted that she make a dress for Snow Veil. Snow Veil kindly accepted. How else was she going to blow off time until her house was done? The colts told Snow Veil that it would be cheaper and easier if they just flattened the house and started from scratch.
Rarity called Snow Veil over one day to tell her, her dress was ready. Snow Veil obliged and followed Rarity to her shop, The Carousel Boutique. Rarity opened the door. The dress was set on a mannequin in the middle of the room. There were two spotlights shining down upon the dress. The rest of the lights in the room were off. The effect was synonymous of a divine light shining from the heavens. The dress itself was a royal blue that matched her eyes. The trim on the edge was a light blue that matched Snow Veil’s mane. The pattern on the material looked like someone smeared powdered sugar on it, giving off a sort of blizzard effect. Snow Veil loved it. It looked worthy of the royal court. Snow Veil reached for her purse, assuming she would have to shell out the rest of her money for this magnificence. Rarity saw this movement and stopped her.
“Oh don’t worry about payment, darling. Think of it as a gift, from me to you.”
“Why thank you. I-I don’t know what to say.” Snow Veil was at a loss for words. She had never experienced this kind of generosity, nor did she ever expect she would. “I really love it, but at the moment I don’t have anywhere to put it. Would you mind holding on to it for me for a while.”
“Of course not, darling. It’s no problem at all.”
Snow Veil was overjoyed that all of that as cleared up. Rarity and she spent the rest of the day making small talk over lunch. The colts working on Snow Veil’s new house came in a few moments after lunch finished informing her that her new house was done. Snow Veil thanked them for their hard work and paid them. Rarity put on a bit of a yearning look after the colts left. That told Snow Veil that Rarity wanted to see her new house.
“Alright, we can go. You can stop giving me that look now.”
Snow Veil and Rarity talked more on the way to Snow Veil’s new house, mostly about how Rarity got into dress making. Upon arrival at the new house Rarity couldn’t contain herself. “This.Is.Just.DREADFUL!” Bringing her left hoof to her forehead, “Who thought that that base color and that trim color went together.”
Snow Veil just kept to herself that the colors were going to be changed. She reached over to Rarity. “Let’s just go look at the other rooms okay. The colors will be changed.” The two ponies continued their self-guided tour of the house. It was a modest, single story house: three bed, two bath, a galley kitchen with a dining room at the end and a living room in the middle where all the rooms connected. Rarity managed to contain herself for the rest of the tour and instead gave out ideas of colors that would go well in the rooms.
Snow Veil told Rarity about an idea to get her furniture to the house and that it would include her and Twilight. Rarity knew exactly what Snow Veil was thinking and said she would love to help.