Hey people! Allison here, with an epic MLP fanfic for everyone that wants to laugh a little, wants to cry a little, and wants to see Fluttershy as the main character in this emotional chronical of events, which is called College. Also... you should know that another MLP fanfic had inspired me to write this; Xander University, or something like that lol. Yes, its all fine and dandy when the author made Fluttershy the SECOND main character, but hell nah, we're going to give Fluttershy a BIG part this time! :D
Also, things that you should watch out for in this story are...
-Violence-
-Drugs-
-Abusive Behavior-
-Alcholol-
-Strong Langauge-
-Awkward Situations-
-No magical ponies- (mabye not in the ealier chapters)
Also, you should know that when I refer to someone as "Girl" or "Boy", we're talking on a college student level.
Welp, thats about everything ^^ I need to ask you all a question, but I'll hold that for the end of the chapter. Here goes nothing.
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Chapter 1: New Arrival
An almost unbearable amount of anxiety had suddenly hit the shy girl as she looked upon the incredibly vast campus; first noting the size of the metal gates that greeted her entry. She stood there for a brief minute, capturing the old but beautiful brick buildings that surrounded a large, lush area of perfectly cut grass that lay beyond the entrance gates. To the young woman's disappointment (Age 19), instead of various animals roaming the gorgeous landscape; there were only but more students than she could count on a number graph strewn about all over the place. Everyone was doing something, weather it was socializing with their friends, rushing from place to place, or just laying on the grass with a variety of textbooks; studying. The skinny blond girl had finally released an anxious breath; knowing that the most important years of her life would be spent here. Which didn't seem all too appealing to her at the moment.
"Hey Fluttershy!" The cab driver called out suddenly, startling the poor girl. "I got places to be. Mind getting your stuff out already?" The girl sported an embarrassed smile; giving a weak apology, and immediately began retrieving all of her belongings from the trunk of the taxi. Three black medium sized suitcases filled with clothes and a large duffel bag with other supplies and college necessities had followed her out of the taxi cab, allowing its driver to take off on the road; in a rather annoyed state of mind. The frail girl took one more deep breath, and forced her legs to guide her throughout Bullock University.
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Despite having to dodge a few people, the new student further took in the beauty of the colorful flowers and plants that outlined a large stone pathway used by students to navigate the college easier, even though most of the people the girl saw were just walking through the grass to get where they needed to go, sometimes even stepping over the flowers on the stone pathway. One boy even managed to step on a couple of the flowers, making Fluttershy cringe her teeth out of sadness for the plant's lost beauty. Despite her having her minds set on other things, the frail blonde most absolutely loved the sight, smell, even the feel of flowers. She could name almost every one of them along the pathway, and give a brief description of what each of their names meant. She thought about each of the flower's to calm her down, as her nervousness could be shown through her hands shakily holding the suitcases.
After roaming the campus, while timidly asking for directions; Fluttershy had finally stumbled upon her assigned living area, the Welltoning Dorm. The flowers of the stone pathway had ended once the blond girl had reached the area of the dorm surrounded by cement, benches and tables. The Wellington Dorm was a large brick building that had a small staircase leading up to its entrance doors, and most likely contained a large number of dorm rooms for each pair of students studying at Bullock University.
Upon opening the wooden doors leading into the building, the coy girl was greeted by three people set up behind a desk, waiting for new arrivals.
"Hi!" Greeted a cheerful straight hazel-haired girl. The two boys behind her made different but similar hand gestures, as to greet the blonde. One of the boys had a muscular physique followed by an obvious over confidence while the other was just as light-wieght as Fluttershy, but still had the same cockiness as the muscular fellow had. The new-girl muttered an almost inaudible hello, gaining the tilted heads of the two boys.
"My name is Emily; I'm the president of Wellington Dorm." The red-headed girl explained. "I gotta get some ID before I can get Tim and Jared to carry up your bags for you." Fluttershy did not respond verbally but instead handed over a plastic card; complete with vital information with a small headshot of the young blond girl alongside it. Her driver's license. Emily took the ID for a brief second to make sure Fluttershy was on the almost seemingly-never-ending list of names. The red-headed girl returned the coy girl's drivers license, along with a pair of keys on a key chain. "Those are your keys to your room," Emily said, "Don't lose em." Fluttershy just nodded. And with that said, Emily had then ordered the two males to carry the freshmen's luggage to her room.
Fluttershy followed feebly, the poor girl's legs felt like they were shaking so uncontrollably; it could've been mistaken for a seizure! She was always VERY shy, ever since she was a child. A bunch of reasons could've been used as an explanation on why she was so terribly quiet. But Fluttershy had left those reasons alone for a long time now. She knew she was too far gone; any reason would be meaningless to her. Still… it helped to know the reason to make an excuse when people asked her this awkward question.
After the sixth staircase, the three students had landed on the third floor of the Wellington Dorm. The faint sound of an unknown genre of music could be heard down the hall.
"We're almost there…" The heavier guy known as Tim said, obviously getting a little agitated of how heavy all of the frail girl's bags were. This only made Fluttershy's racing heart even race faster. She had never been one for making first impressions, and now this first impression will affect a relationship that will probably be forced to carry out for an entire year. Fluttershy began to talk to herself, as an attempt to calm her down.
Okay, Fluttershy, you can do this. Just go in there, say hi, set your thing down, and go buy your books. Easy enough… but what if I'm too shy? What if she doesn't like me? I don't know how I'm going to live with someone for an entire year who doesn't like me… Negative thoughts began to invade Fluttershy's mind, Oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no…
Finally, the trio had approached a door; with to Fluttershy's horror, was emitting an incredibly loud; incredibly crude rap song. The frail girl's soft rock couldn't compare to this type of music in anyway. Fluttershy was amazed that she hadn't heard this as well as when they immediately arrived at the third floor. The muscular fellow, Jared, just smiled mischievously.
"You got quite the roommate, Fluttershy." He said, almost in a mocking tone, "You two are gonna get along juuuust fine!"
Fluttershy shook her head, determined not to let the upper classmen get to her. She was just here to get her degree in Zoology, and become a Veterinarian, and that's it. She was bent on not letting anyone dampen her new life here.
"Thanks." Fluttershy said feebly, now twisting one of the keys in the old doorknob. A click was heard, and Fluttershy pushed the door open slowly, peeking out from behind to see what her new roommate looked like. Fluttershy had a billion of assumptions of what her roommate would be like…
Maybe she'll be just as shy as me, and we can become best friends!
Maybe she actually wants to be my friend!
Maybe she's one of those pretty girls that had lots of friends, and no time for someone as quiet as me…
Maybe she was just a very mean girl, who's going to see how shy I am and torment me for the entire year…
Too many assumptions filled Fluttershy's mind. She cleared her thoughts of everything negative, and opened the door in full swing. To her surprise, no one was currently in the medium sized dorm room. But, a colorful living setup had been left all over the right side of the room as proof that her roommate had already arrived before her. Different posters littered her unknown roommate's wall, with different illustrations on them; such as athletes and celebrities. The amount of Tyga posters were rather overwhelming, for Fluttershy's taste. Besides that, there was only a thick rainbow blanket and pillow on top of the mattress, and a standard looking laptop had rested on a desk, which was hooked up to an amplifier that was the source of the crude music.
Fluttershy was quite relieved, but knew she would have to confront this lively person soon enough. The boys moved past the skinny blonde and set the luggage down. They wished Fluttershy the best of luck with college; although she could tell they weren't really concerned about her education, and the two boys left the room with no other words spoken. The first thing Fluttershy did was hit the pause button on the laptop's computer screen, stopping the crude music from emitting any more dirty words than it already had. The second thing Fluttershy did was lay on with her back on the bed, and shouting in extreme joy. Despite her anxiety, Fluttershy couldn't be happier to be at Bullock University, one of the most prestigious schools anyone could ever apply for.
Getting a full scholarship to this college was the only thing Fluttershy had ever owed her quietness for. Years and years of high school being quiet and focusing on her studies had finally paid off. Fluttershy grew a wide grin, thinking of her future. She'd be a veterinarian; dealing with animals that needed her help, which she had dreamed of since she was a little girl. And despite her shyness, she was also determined to one day spend the rest of her life with a man that loved her as much as she loved him, a husband. And they were going to have beautiful children and those beautiful children would have beautiful children of their own and-
Get a grip, Fluttershy thought, now sitting up in her bed, you still have to survive the next four years or so, and making a good impression will make it much easier than it would be if I left a bad impression… Fluttershy began to settle down; taking out her clothes and putting them neatly in the drawers of the dresser on her side of the room (the left side). The blond girl had other things in the decoration department of her luggage, such as a few posters (mostly of animals), some tall nice-looking lamps, and a picture frame of… of…
Him.
Despite having loved him for all her life, Fluttershy didn't like to think of him that often anymore. She had thought of him all of her childhood now, and just thinking of him even more now just… hurt…
He was special to her.
The only person that really cared about her. It hurt to have to leave him for a better life; here at the Bullock University. Fluttershy had approached their regular visiting place, and promised to visit him when she could. The blond girl told him that she was going to make a life for herself, and will become successful for the both of them. A few tears were shed, and Fluttershy had left him for the taxi that had been waiting on the side of the road. Despite of how grumpy the cab driver was, he also had tears in his eyes. He knew it must've left awful, to…
Lose someone.
But that's all over… Fluttershy thought to herself. She told herself to follow up on what she had promised him, to visit him from time to time. Fluttershy just hoped she had the time, with all this college stuff that had been promised to her by the application she sent. She set the picture frame down on her desk, and wiped her eyes. She retracted her hand to reveal something had stained the right sleeve of her shirt…
A tear.
Fluttershy shook her head and headed to the bathroom that was luckily in each dorm room, and began to wash her face with warm, soothing water. She knew she couldn't act this way. Too sensitive. Too… soft. God forbid if her roommate just walked up on her like this, all teary eyed and stuff.
When Fluttershy was done unpacking everything that needed to be unpacked, she took a glance at the clock that was shone in the bottom-right of her roommate's laptop screen. It was currently 6:47pm. She figured she had enough time to pick up her Zoology textbooks by today, for curfew at Bullock University was 11:45pm; which was quite generous for any college curfew. Fluttershy rolled over on her bed, and closed her eyes; trying to find a peaceful place in her mind to sleep.
She knew that was nearly impossible, but it just felt nice to just lay on the comfortable mattress. She'd been having the same dream ever since he left her. The same nightmares.
Fluttershy wasn't in the mood to relieve the unpleasant dream that was sure to follow her into her sleep, and just decided to get the reading materials she needed now; rather than later. She still had the same clothes on, so she had no problem descending the staircases to the first floor of the dorm, and to the new outside world known as campus.
Ya! First chapter done, and with a word count of like almost 2,500 words. I'll try to make the next chapter longer, and to introduce a couple of the original MLP characters, if thats what everybody wants. Also, about that question...
Do you think this story will just be as good if everypony was a human, or if everypony was just an original pony? I personally prefer human ponies, just because this is gonna be a SERIOUSLY emotionaly story, so I'm trying to make it as realistic as possible. Thanks! Oh, also be sure to review! I like to respond to all my reviews. Untill next time(: