Bunsen Burner walked down a long hallway on the third floor of the University dorm building located in Downtown Ponyville. It was placed there instead of near the campus so that way the students could go to the local watering holes and restaurants and be able to get home without any fuss.
Bunsen was watching the dorm numbers go by as he searched for his and Maroon’s dorm. “322….320…..ah here it is. Dorm 318. Our home away from home I suppose.” Bunsen said to no one in particular as he reached into the pocket of his lab coat, pulling out a plastic card. He swiped the card key through the locking mechanism to open the door.
Bunsen walked into the room and saw, to his surprise, that all their furniture was already placed and their boxes were stacked neatly on the side of the dorm. He continued to look around and saw a familiar sight. Sitting at the coffee table in the middle of the living room was a Northern King Crab playing a game of chess with a warm water penguin.
Bunsen walked past the crab and penguin heading towards the wall of boxes. “Hey Alfred. Hey Alabaster. Were you two good while I was away?” He asked the two pets. The penguin, Alabaster, replied with a squawk and the crab, Alfred, acknowledged his owner with a wave of his claw. With Alfred distracted Alabaster moved his queen to a position to better suit his situation. However, Alfred caught the penguin red-winged and reached across the table and smacked the penguin while chirping very angrily. Bunsen walked by his pet Crab and patted him on the top of his body. “Don’t worry Alabaster. Maroon should be back pretty soon.” He said to the penguin.
As he was about to walk away he noticed a letter on the table. He picked it up and noticed that the writing on it was very neat and pretty and written in purple ink. The note read:
Dear Bunsen Burner and Maroon,
My name is Rarity and I am charged with helping the students of this hall get comfortable without having to raise a finger. I took the liberty of setting all of your boxes neatly against the wall and set your furniture up. The rooms look the same so feel free to pick and choose which room you’d like. I’d also like to comment on your pets. They are absolutely adorable and very well mannered. Enjoy your stay here Darlings.
Rarity
Bunsen finished reading the note and set it back down on the table. “Well that was nice of her.” he said to himself. He went over to the wall of boxes and started searching through them.
5 minutes later Bunsen found the box he was looking for. Just as he picked up the box he heard the door open and turned around. Maroon had just arrived looking tired and slightly annoyed.
“Hey Maroon how’d it go?” Bunsen asked his childhood friend.
Maroon walked into the dorm room and plopped onto the couch next to his pet penguin. “It was hell before I met up with Fluttershy.” He complained “I met this Pink haired girl and she gave me a map. I followed it and ran into this girl named Rainbow Dash and she punched me in the nose. Than she took me to see Fluttershy. However, she didn’t realize I couldn’t fly and took off with me in her arms. While she’s flying she drops me and I fall into a fountain, then she laughs at me. After that than she finally takes me to meet Fluttershy. After I met with Fluttershy thats when things calmed down.”
“I see.” Bunsen commented “So all in all it was pretty easy going?”
“Yea for the most part.” Maroon replied.
“Awesome. Well lets start getting this crap put into our respective locations. Afterwards I’ll get the stuff out to help us relax.” Bunsen said.
Bunsen and Maroon began taking the boxes into their rooms to set up how they want their room to look. After they were done Bunsen went into his room and pulled out a strange looking pipe.
“Aw yea, bustin out the hookah.” Commented Maroon.
“Damn right my friend.” replied Bunsen “I got some shisha from Saddle Arabia that I wanted to try out.”
“Did you bring any Green?” Maroon asked.
“No I didn’t bring any. I figured with my luck I’d get caught bringing here so I didn’t get any before we left. I decided that I might be able to find someone here to get it from.”
“Damn. Oh well. Why’d you put your bong in the corner of the room Bunsen?” Maroon asked.
“Oh yea. I forgot it was there.” Bunsen said.
Bunsen went towards the bong to put it into his room. However the next chain of events was something that neither one of them saw coming. To them it sounded like their door exploded and they saw their lives flash before their eyes. They looked towards the door and saw what could be described as a pink explosion. Standing in the doorway was a girl with poofy pink hair and a smile as wide and as bright as Celestia’s sun.
“Hi!” Said the pink menace.
“Uhh hello.” Bunsen said, still shell-shocked from her opening the door.
“Hi my name is Pinkie Pie and I’m here to welcome you to Central Equestria University. I’m part of the welcome committee with my friends who you’ve already met.” Said Pinkie Pie.
“Well it’s nice to meet you Pinkie Pie.” Said Bunsen.
“Hey, you’re the one who sent me on that scavenger hunt from hell.” Grumbled Maroon.
“I’m sorry, I thought you’d have fun with it.” Pinkie Pie said sadly.
“Fun. Fun! That was the worst experience of my life you crazy bitch. I thought I was gonna die!” Maroon exclaimed with fury.
Pinkie Pie looked over at Maroon and let her head go limp with tears about to start falling.
“Damn it Maroon. She thought you were going to have fun; she didn’t know you aren’t a strong flyer. Apologize to her and quit being a little bitch.” Bunsen scolded.
Maroon looked from Bunsen to Pinkie Pie and then back to Bunsen. Knowing he was right he decided to give in.
“Ok. I’m sorry Pinkie Pie.” Maroon said.
“It’s ok,” said Pinkie Pie with her usual smile “and you can just call me Pinkie.”
“So what can we do for you today?” Bunsen asked.
“Well, we’re holding a party for the new students in this hallway tomorrow and i’m just coming by to invite you to it.” Pinkie said as she continued to smile like a maniac.
“Thanks Pinkie.” Bunsen said
Bunsen’s phone began to go off and he reached into his pocket to grab it. When he pulled his phone out, a baggy fell out of his pocket. This made Bunsen freeze.
"Is that what I think it is?" Pinkie asked.