How it all started...

I trudged to the gates, but before I even passed them, Sound Boom was already there waving his arms towards me.

"Hey, what took ya so long?" he asked as he walked towards me.

"Was I really gone for that long?" I asked with disbelief and shock. "And you never told me you'd wait for me at the gates!"

"No, not really. You were only gone for like, three minutes. I love the face you did though." He laughed as we started walking down the path.

"So... where do you live now that you're in Ponyville?" I asked as I was sightseeing around town. Who knew they had an arcade? Sweet.

"Oh, just around the block, it was rather easy to find when we got here last year." He said as he scratched the back of his head.

"Heh, likewise." I laughed.

As we approached Sound's house, I saw a familiar cyan figure was standing in front of his house. She noticed us as we approached the front gate.

"Hey, Sound! Can I crash at your place today?" the rainbow-maned mare asked, with a brash and confident voice that, for some reason, fit her perfectly.

"Ah, Rainbow Dash! So good to see you." He smiled at her knowingly. "Have you been acquainted with my best friend here?" he said as he patted my back.

"We have not been properly introduced yet, but I know her." I said in a slightly joking manner.

"Oh, must've heard about the one and only Element of Loyalty and the champion of the Best Young Flyer Competition held last year in Cloudsdale?" She said as she smiled cockily.

"Um... no. I actually caught a glimpse of your mane and coat when you flew right past me earlier before school started." I deadpanned.

"You were that guy!?" she said in shock, then quickly replaced by a bow. "I'm so sorry about that. I was in a hurry to meet my friends at school."

"Well, you apologised for it so everything's good and done now." I smiled as I realised something. "Wait, you're an Element-bearer!?" She stepped back at my sudden outburst, then quickly replacing that action with a laugh.

"Y-you just realised that--" She giggled some more. "n-now?" She continued laughing front of Sound's house as he joined in on the fun as well.

"Yeah, he is pretty slow like that." He snickered.

"H-hey! I'm not slow!" I exclaimed, denying this ruthless barbarian's accusation towards my brain's processing speed.

"Hey, did you just call me a barbari-- wait that's not the point here." He composed himself as he turned to the cyan coated mare. "You were asking if you could stay at my place?"

"Yeah..." She suddenly looks at him mischievously. "unless you want me to be alone  in bed tonight." she said in a sultry tone.

I was shocked to say the least, I wondered why the air of friendliness suddenly turned into awkwardness. I looked at him but he just stood there undeterred.

"I'm getting real tired of your shit, Rainbow." He deadpanned as she laughed it off. Wait, did I hear slight hesitation in that laugh? "Anyways, you two can come in." I declined his offer but he insisted that we should relax for the real school days to come. Safe to say that I'm with him on the relaxing part.

We entered his house and I saw that they had it good here. They had all four of the main Ponystation consoles, they even have a NexBox. I saw sat on the couch in his living room as he went off to the kitchen to get some refreshments. Rainbow sat by the telly, booting up the PS3 as she opened a closet by the side of the television containing a load of PS3 titles. I think I saw an Unchartered 3 Premium Edition in there...

"In comes the guests; out comes the refreshments!" exclaimed Sound as he walked out of the kitchen holding a tray of lemonade. He placed them on the coffee table as he glanced at Rainbow Dash. "Hey, are you even paying attention?"

"To your lame one-liners? No thank you." She laughed as she started up a game that I was too distracted to care about. Sound sat by me as we drank lemonade together, with Rainbow too distracted playing some sports game.

"So, how goes the past year; when you first moved here?" I asked as a surprisingly loud "Goal!" came from the telly. 'What is that mare playing? And why's it have to be so loud?' Seeing my annoyed face, Sound picked up the remote and lowered the volume to a more tolerable one. We garnered no response from the mare.

"You could've just lowered it yourself, you know. When she starts playing FEFA, ain't nopony gonna get her attention." He poured himself another glass. "To answer your question, I realised just now that we didn't really emphasise on what happened between the last time we met two years ago and today..."

"Yeah, that's right." I nodded my head in agreement.

"Well, I didn't really do much in your absence. I did get to befriend the six Elements of Harmony though." Just like earlier this morning, I almost spat out the contents of the glass I was drinking. This led to him laughing at me.

"Hey, could you blame me if someone said that they met and befriended the Element-bearers?" It took awhile for him to stop laughing, but he finally stopped.

"Well, no. Honestly though, I wasn't that surprised when I met, or even befriended them." He smiled. "I guess I can handle surprising things more than you do." His smile slowly turned into a smirk for a reason... something sinister I bet. I turned around and was met by a loud screeching noise and a figure came out of nowhere, effectively making me shout like a little girl. I damn these vocal chords yet again!

As I opened my eyes, instead of being met by a a scary figure, I was met by two laughing ponies on the floor. Didn't they know I almost had a heart attack!?

As the laughing died down, I sat there and grumbled something about not going back here again as they both sat down on the couch.

"That was absolutely childish even for the both of you..." I deadpanned at their silly antics. Still though, it was a refreshing break from my serious classmates last year. But I almost had a heart attack...

"Aw, come on! It was just a silly initiation you had to go through." Sound smiled at me.

"For what exactly?" I asked, still not believing what they were thinking when they did that stunt.

"Just making sure you're still the same Droopy two years ago and not some product of distant friendship."

Well that escalated quickly. I thought for sure it was just some prank they would pull on any unsuspecting victim.

"Oh, okay then. Glad we cleared that out."

"I agree with this guy right here!" Rainbow exclaimed as she patted my back. I kind of felt good... wait, what am I saying!?

"S-so... what do you guys often do when you go here at Sound's house?" I asked. I mean, of course they'll go here when they're bored, but they got to go here for group projects and studying... right?

"We just laze around unproductively. My house is a haven for those who seek an end to boredom, if only for a moment." Sound proclaimed proudly. Way to get your own hopes up, Dream.

So after those interesting chain of events, the three of us talked about our different interests and hobbies. Of course Sound's hobby was music, he was into rock two years ago, he learned and listened different artists and genres at the time. I wondered if he got into another genre, so I asked him just that. I have to say though, what he said slightly surprised me.

He was into all of them.

Now, I would expect that from somepony like him, but to actually know it as a fact... it surprised me somehow. He never was someone you could predict well...

So after a couple of hours, I had to say goodbye to both of them since it was getting late. I went back home and I realised something.

My parents are gonna ask me about my first day aren't they?