My Time in Equestria
Chapter 4: 4. I Find a Good House
Previous Chapter Next ChapterI walked into Ponyville, hoping to find Twilight so she could help me find houses for sale, but then I realized I had no idea whatsoever where her house was. I mean sure, it's a giant tree, kind of hard to miss, but Ponyville is still kind of a big place, and I had no idea where to look.
I blindly walked around Ponyville, I watched as everypony walked by me, looking like they were all having a good time just being there. Then that got me thinking: I should too. All my life I've been the most antisocial person in the world. I rarely went outside, and at times would get a bit annoyed if anyone tried to talk to me. Well, I've got a clean slate, so it's time to be a new person...or in this case, new pony.
I wasn't very sure how to go about making friends, though.
I was still walking through Ponyville, lost in my thoughts when I bumped into Rarity.
"Sorry." We both said simultaneously.
It seemed she was lost in thought as well because she didn't notice it was me she had bumped into until she looked up.
"Oh, hello, White Flash. What are you up to?"
"I was just wondering where I could find Twilight." I said.
"She should be at her home." Rarity said, pointing a hoof down the street, "Just go to the end of the street and make a left. Her house is the one that...resembles a rather large tree."
"Alright, thanks, Rarity." I said, about to trot off.
"Before you go, might I ask why you need to see Twilight?" Rarity asked, stopping me.
"I need her help finding a house for sale."
"Oh. Alright. Well, see you around, White Flash."
"See you later, Rarity." And I started down the street toward Twilight's house. Rarity seemed really happy to see me for some reason. And a little upset when I mentioned going to Twilight for help. I wonder if she...
No, that's ridiculous, we've only known each other since yesterday, she couldn't possibly like me like that.
Anyway, I wasn't really interested in a relationship anytime soon.
I kept following the street and turned left, following Rarity's instructions. And sure enough, there was the giant tree that Twilight Sparkle called home. I walked to the front step and knocked a couple times on the old wooden door. The my hoof made a Klonk, klonk sound as the knocking resonated around the library. While I waited for someone to answer it, I could here crashing inside the house, and frantic voice asking where something was. I started to get worried until Spike finally answered the door.
"Who are you?" He asked as he looked up at me with a slightly annoyed expression.
"Um, I'm White Flash, one of Twilight's friends." I heard another crash and a familiar voice saying "Where is it?" frantically.
"Is everything alright in there?" I asked Spike as I peeked into the house. There were random books scattered all over the room, as well as a few scrolls, while Twilight went from bookshelf to bookshelf searching for something. Her mane was messed up and unkempt, as if she hadn't brushed it in days.
"Yeah, she's fine. She's just freaking out again because she can't find some kind of scroll or something like that." Spike explained, "She'll find it sooner or later. By the way, the name's Spike. Any friend of Twilight's is a friend of mine." He extended his arm for a handshake. We shook and I walked into the house.
"Where is it! It has to be here! It just has to!" Twilight said as she searched through countless books on the ground.
"Uh, Twilight? Need help with something?" I said as I looked around at the mess on the ground.
"No thanks, White Flash, I have EVERYTHING UNDER CONTROL!!!" She said, not even looking away from her search when she spoke.
"What is it you're trying to find?"
"Oh, nothing, just a simple scroll of magical ward...THAT I CAN'T SEEM TO FIND ANYWHERE!!!" She groaned in frustration.
It looked like I was about to see insane Twilight from 'Lesson Zero'. My God, this must be stopped. I walked over to a pile of books and started sifting through them. It didn't take long until I finally came across a scroll and I unrolled it.
"How to Concentrate Magic Into a Ward" I said, reading the heading.
"WHAT?!?!" I heard Twilight yell as she practically knocked me over getting to the scroll. She held it to eye level with her magic and quickly skimmed through the contents. Her serious, worried look quickly grew into a cheerful smile.
"You found it! Thank you so much!" Twilight said, and then turned to hug me. I was a little surprised, mostly because I had never gotten hugged by a girl before, let alone a girl pony. When she finally released the hug, Twilight rolled up the scroll and put it away in a saddle bag she had lying on the floor.
"Now, what was it that you needed?" Twilight asked with a smile.
"Um...uh, I was just wondering if you still knew of some houses for sale that I could move into." I said, still a little dazed from the hug.
"Oh, of course! Let's see here..." Twilight went over to her saddle bag and used her magic to take out a book. "This is the latest version of the Ponyville Encyclopedia. It should have listings for all vacant houses in Ponyville." She explained. She flipped through the pages until she found the one she was looking for.
"Here we go! Hmm...there seems to be a few available houses. They're both pretty nice, but like I said, the cheapest one is 1000 bits." Twilight told me.
"Well, that's a bit much, but I guess it's worth checking out." I said.
"I'll show you where it is if you want to see it."
"Sure."
"Spike, while I'm gone, could you start tidying up for me?" Twilight asked Spike.
Wow, she really does use him as her slave.
Spike sighed, "Sure, Twilight. But you owe me."
Twilight giggled. "Okay, Spike. How about I get you an entire basket of gems the next time I'm out?"
Spike immediately brightened up. "That would cover it!"
Twilight just smiled and rolled her eyes. We made our way out of the library into Ponyville.
"So, how have you been liking Ponyville?" Twilight asked as we walked the streets toward the vacant house.
"It's been awesome. Definitely better than where I used to live." I said, and truthfully meaning it.
"Where did you used to live?" Twilight asked.
"Well...let's just say it wasn't the best place to be." I said.
We continued walking into the center of town, making small talk as we went. Twilight was never really one of my favorites when I watched the show, but I also didn't hate her either. She was just kind of the middle pony of the mane 6 for me. Anyways, she's actually not as bad as I thought she would be. After a bit of talking, we finally arrived to the house we were looking for.
"Well, here it is." Twilight said as I took in the details of the house. It wasn't far from Sugarcube Corner, so I could always drop by there if I suddenly felt like eating sweets. The house itself wasn't bad at all. It looked like all of the normal houses, but slightly bigger. I walked up to the front door and pushed it open.
The house was pretty roomy on the inside. As I walked in, there was a fireplace on the other side of the room, with a place to put furniture around it, with soft carpet covering the whole space. To the right was a tiled area with a counter where the kitchen should be. Ahead to the right was a staircase leading to the next floor. I walked up the staircase and immediately found two bedrooms, one on the left and one on the right.
"This place is nice. It could use some furniture, but it's nice." I said, "And you say it's only 1000 bits? That's pretty good for a house like this."
"Yep. I'm sure you'll be able to get the money. Did you get the job that Rainbow Dash dragged you off to sign up for?" Twilight asked.
"Yeah. Well, I still have to go through the training, but otherwise, I got it."
"Well that's great! I'm sure you'll get the money in no time!" Twilight smiled.
"I sure hope so." I said, and started heading out of the house. Twilight followed behind me and we stopped in the street.
"I should probably get back to Spike. That was a pretty big mess I left him with, and I should probably help him." Twilight told me, "It was nice seeing you though."
"Nice seeing you, Twilight." I said.
"Good luck with getting the house."
"Thanks." I said, and with that, Twilight walked off back toward the library.
Well, I did everything I planned to do today, and it's not even 2:00. I guess I have a little free time. What to do, what to do... Flying is definitely out of the question, I don't want to hurt myself. I could always try to make a new friend or two, but I need advice.
"To Fluttershy's cottage it is then."
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