Roommates
Well... This Is... Awkward
Previous ChapterNext ChapterI can't really recall what happen to me a few hours ago. One moment I saw Gilda charging at me with blind rage, the next I was unconscious without any memory of how. I wake up in the living room to see all the girls in different parts. The CMC, Diamond Tiara, and Silver Spoon were in the kitchen hiding from the four new mares in my house who are currently in a rune circle inhibiting their powers. Most of the others were circling them like predators to prey or moths to a flame. FlutterShy wasn't with them. Come to think of it, I couldn't see her anywhere. 'What am I lying on? It's incredibly soft.' I thought to myself as I moved my head slightly, causing a voice to be heard. I look up to see two large mounds in front of me. I noticed I was lying on FlutterShy's lap the entire time. I got up to fast as my head started to throb. I must've hit my head on something pretty hard.
"Man, my head! What happened? How long was I out?" First, I start to get up, but that's a bad move. Gilda tackles me back onto the couch and holds onto me for dear life, so happy that I woke up. But that soon changes as she's standing over me looking as threatening as can be.
"Lloyd...?" The ice in her calm, cold tone could practically be felt as she said my name.
"...Yes?"
"Why were you in the bathroom rutting that bug-slut!?" She roared, pointing Chrysalis. At the sight of Chrysalis, the events that unfolded in the bathroom replayed in my mind. All of a sudden, something inside me snapped. Without giving her time to react, I was standing straight up in front of her, staring into her eyes. I wasn't using my glare, didn't have to. Judging by how fast her confidence and attitude died, she knew I was pissed.
"I'm sorry Gilda, but I must have misheard you. You called the bearer of my children... a what?" I asked, vaguely aware of the six sets of hooves running up stairs in a panic. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw a small smile grace Chryssie's lips, as well as a twinkle in her eyes, while she lovingly held a hand over her belly.
"You're bearing his child?" I heard Celestia ask Chrysalis as to which she nodded. The girls were all shocked to hear Chrysalis had a child with Lloyd.
"You have a child with that monster? I can't believe this of all ponies why-" She didn't get to finish as I back hand her face. The reason; when she said monster, something inside of me just snapped. The girls were all shocked by what I did. Gilda was surprised and at the same time scared.
"Before you even dare to call someone in my house 'a monster', take a good look at the one you married." I told her with tears in my eyes as I stormed off in my room leaving everyone speechless.
-Umbra POV-
I couldn't believe what I just saw. He was only a few inches shorted than the gryphon yet he had her scared. 'Just what is he playing?'
-General POV-
"I believe we said something we were going to regret." Twilight stated
"I see what you mean dear. I've never seen him this upset before." Rarity brought up.
"I didn't mean to make him get mad at me like that."
"Maybe there was something in his past." Luna brought up causing every pony to turn her other than the ones in the rune circle as they ignored most of what was happening.
"What do y'all mean Princess Luna?"
"Well before we went to bed yesterday. I did happen to look into his dreams. He had one about you two." She started pointing towards AppleJack and Rainbow Dash causing them to blush and Gilda having the Jealous look." But he also had a memory that he feels much remorse for."
"What was the memory Auntie Luna?"
"Sadly I'm not sure I tried to go further into his mind, but it had a lock that even I couldn't get through. Whatever it is, must be really upsetting."
"Let me talk to him." The girls all turned towards Chrysalis when she spoke up.
"You must be out of your mind if you think we're letting you anywhere near Lloyd." Rainbow retorted and to myself I was still upset with her for what happened at the wedding.
"He mentioned something about being a monster himself. Seeing as he trust me maybe I can help him open up."
"That isn't going to happen Chrysalis." Gleaming added, but then a dark blue aura surrounded Chrysalis as she was pulled form the rune circle and placed outside. The girls turned towards Princess Luna with shocked expressions.
"Princess, why are you letting her out?" Rarity asked with shock.
"Because she's right. Lloyd was able to keep us safe from revealing ourselves to the public and she does have a point. He didn't se us as monsters when we first came here. I believe that when Gilda called Chrysalis a monster that caused him to retaliate. A just a moment, I saw his memory come back to haunt him." The girls didn't know what to think from what Luna was saying, but Princess Celestia trusts her sister's judgment.
"I believe Luna has a point, so let her go through with her plan." Everyone was hesitant at first, even Gleaming, but she wasn't going to risk her judgment. Several positive replies were set up as to go for it.
"Okay Chrysalis, We'll let you go through with this on one condition: My sister Luna will accompany you with Lloyd's problem." Celestia stated as her sister and Chrysalis went upstairs to Lloyd's room.
"Princess Celestia, how do we know this isn't another trick like last time?" Twilight asked
"You remember how you all acted with Gilda around and Lloyd didn't even care about that? He was able to change her, and with Chrysalis being a mother, he can change her." Twilight was still unsure, but her former mentor did have a point.
'I just hope she's right.'
-Lloyd's POV-
I was currently listening to Right Here by Ashes Remain mourning to myself as that one little word nearly caused me to break down in my self loathing. It always made me feel better but it wasn't helping for today. I believed myself to be a monster ever since that day. I never wanted it to happen, but you can't change the past. I wanted nothing more but to mope, when I heard a knock at my door. Probably Gilda for what happened earlier.
"Sir Carter?" I heard Luna's voice from behind the door.
"May we come in? I even heard Chrysalis's voice, so apparently she was with her.
"Considering what I did, I thought you all would hate me, but you can come in." I told them to which the door opened to reveal the deity and the (former) evil queen.
"I've been meaning to ask about that. When Gilda referred to me as a monster earlier, what caused you to snap back there?"
"Before I answer your question maybe you could answer mine Chrysalis; Why is everyone downstairs hate you?"
"That's because she tried to conquer Canterlot, and nearly ruined our Niece's wedding with Twilight older sister." Luna spoke in a calm tone.
"I don't buy it." They were both surprised by what I said.
"Why is that?"
"Nobody does something unless they have a reason. So maybe if we heard her side of the story we figure out why." We both turned to Chrysalis.
"I was desperate that day. The changelings had little food to survive. We changelings feed on love to sustain our race but the amount we received were steadily decreasing. I tried to get help from Princess Celestia, but she constantly ignored my calls. I had no other choice." She now had tears in her eyes. There was no deceit in her voice. She was serious that day.
"But that doesn't sound like our sister." Luna spoke which also had me confused considering how nice she is. "It could have been somepony in our court intercepting the letters, but who could be so cruel and heartless?"
-Blueblood's POV-
"ACHOO!!! Damn, as if it's bad enough being beaten up by the guards, my title taken by that blasted scum of a dragon, and being publicly humiliated, but now somepony is talking about me behind my back." BlueBlood grumbles inside of is cell.
-Lloyd's POV-
"That's is what left me confused as well. Our race is nearly extinct in Equestria." That was really unlike her. I need to have a talk with Celestia about it.
"Well that leaves out us, but what about you?" Luna asked to which I just sighed.
"Huh, where do I begin? Okay, it started back in my childhood. Both my cousin Jessica and I went to an elementary school here in Colorado. There was this bully named Justin who always picked on us. One day, I found my cousin being beat up by him and then he noticed me. I got so pissed off at him, I accidentally used my glare. It was my first glare and I had no control over it. It was powerful enough to destroy his mind and shatter his sanity. He's still in the insane asylum because of it. Justin may have been a bully, but he didn't deserve it... Nobody deserves what I did to him." I left them both shocked from what they've heard.
"What ever happened since then?" Chrysalis asked.
"Well besides my cousin, try everyone at school being afraid of you till college. Since that day every third of every month, I visit Justin in the insane asylum and bring a cinnamon roll to show my apologies, and that I never intended to do that to him in the first place." They had the look of fear and regret on their faces.
"Why the third?"
"It was the day he lost his sanity." Now Luna and Chrysalis were scared as they went wide eyed.
"And that's the look anyone gave me through my school life. They even shunned my cousin since she hung out with me most of my life. It's the reason why I never told anyone about this." I sat on my bead waiting for the hate to commence from the both of them, but instead, they both sat on opposite sides of me, and had me on a massive hug. Considering how big their chests were, they almost suffocated me.
"You don't hate me?"
"Why would we after you were taking care of us? Thou didn't know about your curse when you were little, and thou didn't know any better. You remind us of our younger years." Luna said lifting up my spirits.
"You went out of your way to defend me earlier after Gilda called me both a monster and a bug slut. You have my thanks."
"Thanks you two."
"Maybe we should tell the other girls about your problem and maybe they'll understand." Luna brought up.
"Well if you both understood me, maybe they can. Not so sure about the others though" I stated since I now have more confidence in myself as we all got up from my bed and walked downstairs to see the others.
"They've sure been up there awhile, princess." AppleJack said as she had the next watch on the others in the rune circle.
"I don't get it, just why?" Twilight asked.
"What do you mean Twilight?"
"I mean why would you trust Chrysalis with your sister?"
"Remember how Gilda reacted around Lloyd?" The girls then froze seeing that she had a point. "Now you know why. It's some kind of skill he has so be calm my little ponies."
"Okay Princess Celestia, we trust your judgment." Twilight stated after about five minutes they heard footsteps form upstairs to find that Princess Luna, Chrysalis, and myself done wit hour little talk.
"Hey girls." I waved to everyone
"Lloyd. My goodness, you stormed off earlier."
"Yeah I've been meaning to talk to you all about that. Where's Gilda?" I noticed she wasn't in the living room.
"She's in the living room moping." Rainbow Dash stated.
"Could you go get her?" I asked since I was starting to get worried. Dash left for a good five minutes and Gilda was with her but she didn't look my way. I walked over to her and she flinched.
"L-Lloyd, look I'm-" she didn't get to finished as I had her in a hug. "I'm the one who's sorry okay? I just hate it when I hear that word monster."
"Why is that?"
"That's the reason why I have you all in here from what happened earlier." I explained with what happened how I was locked in the room to which all eyes were on Eris, but I assured her that at first it was just to get back at me for the glare, but this and that happened leading me to fuck a changeling queen in my bathroom.
"She said her heat is different from the rest of you. Mentioned something about how it attacks her from within. She was in a lot of pain." I answered since they didn't know what really went down in there.
"I doubt it" Rainbow added as this was leading nowhere but Luna was able to back me up.
"Actually that isn't a lie." All the girls turned to Luna in shock. "While a ponies heat affects all of us differently, for a changeling it is living Tartarus. Their heat cycles cause great pain to them. It's why they seek out male stallions to sate their heat. It comes to a point to where it kills them."
"You make it sound like she was desperate when she tried to ruin my wedding day back in Canterlot." Cadence pointed out causing everyone else to turn their heads to Chrysalis.
"That's because she was. We heard her side of the story when we spoke with her and Lloyd as he mentioned some pretty interesting things."
"What things?"
"I have a reason why I limit my glare." I then explain the incident with an old high school bully where I drove him to insanity with my glare. I also said that he was currently in an insane asylum and that I wouldn't forgive myself for that day and that I visit him on the third of every month. I kept my head down from the shame of the memory and expected the last thing I would from the girls. Tears everywhere, hugs all around, aside from the mares still in the rune circle. I didn't notice them but NR looked at me with sympathy, NM was stoic, and Umbra was scheming. Before her stands a man who, at a very young age, drove someone to insanity just by looking at them... and she has never been so aroused in all her life. 'To be able to rut a changeling queen and still live, he must be good.' She thought as she licked her muzzle.
"You've been through so much Lloyd." FlutterShy said as she and the others held me in a tight embrace.
"Well with that out of the way what was this about Chrysalis being desperate?" Twilight asked to where we brought up the wedding day from Chrysalis's side of the story as to why she did it. She brought up how her people were starving from lack of love since that is what they normally feed on. Tried to work out a deal with Celestia but from constant neglect on her people made her land a desperate move.
"What tore me apart was what you said about or race, saying that we were no lower than filth to be scraped off of the sidewalk." She said causing the girls to gasp as to why Princess Celestia would say that. Even the sun goddess was confused by this.
"We know Princess Celestia, she would never do something like that." Sweetie Bell said as she walked up to the Princess.
"Well I still have the document that she sent to us three weeks before Cadence's wedding day." Chrysalis then took out a scroll with a parchment and golden seal. Celestia and Luna took the scroll and read it and were surprised by what they were reading. Celestia soon closed the scroll and walked up to Chrysalis with a straight forward answer.
"Chrysalis, I wasn't the one who wrote this." This left Chrysalis shocked as well as the rest of us. 'If she didn't write it then who did?'
"Our irritant nephew wrote it. He must've received the letter first." That caused the girls to curse slightly. FlutterShy just had a look of sadness and anger in her eyes.
"Okay you girls have to tell me what this Blueblood guy is like. Is he that much of a jackass? They all looked at me with an unamused face.
"Yes he's that much of a jackass. Made mah friend Rarity here pay for food that ah cooked that he didn't even like." AppleJack brought up.
"He treated me like a used pack mule." Rarity said as she tore up the scroll.
"He called me a deranged animal just for having fun back at the Gala." Pinkie brought up.
"He still doesn't approve of me as a princess." Twilight brought.
"How do you put up with someone like that?" I turn to the royals.
"We try our hardest considering how incompetent and idiotic he is."
"Ok I need a break. Oh! What about these three?" I asked pointing to the mares still trapped in the circle.
"What about them?" Rainbow retorted.
"Come on, Rainbow. Ain't that a little harsh?"
"Sugarcube, ya''ll don't have a clue who these ponies are or what they done." AppleJack said which was gonna back fire on her.
"That gives me an idea," I exclaimed happily.
"Dammit Applejack!"
"Shut it Gleam." I turned my attention back to the three trapped mares. "So, let's get introductions out of the way. My name is Lloyd Carter. What are your names?"
"Nightmare Moon, the resentment of Princess Luna."
"Nightmare Rarity, the greed of miss Rarity here."
"Queen Umbra, former ruler of the Crystal Empire."
"Great. More alter-egos. And why are you the former ruler of the Crystal Empire? What happened?"
"That would be us." Celestia stated. "Queen Umbra became ruler of the empire by enslaving it. Luna and I defeated her and reclaimed the city."
"Yikes, what possessed you to do that?" I joked to which she tried to jump at me only to be inhibited by the runes. She scared the heck out of me from one question.
"Geez, sorry I asked. So judging by the stories, you used to be enemies?"
"What do you mean used to be?"
"You may be enemies in your dimension, but not while you all will be living with me." Everyone in the room had surprised looks on their faces.
"You're not suggesting what I think you're suggesting are you?" Twilight stammered to which I just nodded.
"Like it or not, you're all getting along, so they're moving in." I said to which most of the girls are against this and Rainbow Dash tackles me to the ground.
"Are you bucking crazy? These three are-" Rainbow Started but I cut her off.
"I already told you, what happened in the past stays in the past, but you can close of her wings and suppress their magic if they try anything." Seeing that I had a point, they finally gave in and had the inhibitors ready. Celestia undid the circle and place them on their horns. Around that time things were going okay until I heard my cellphone go off.

"Oh what song was that?" Pinkie asked.
"It's called party, party, party." The girls just looked at me confused. "It's a song. I have it as an I.D. for anyone who calls me." I stated as I walked in the other room and when I looked at my phone, I knew right there something was wrong. 'This isn't good.'
-Phone call-
"Hello?"
"L-Lloyd?*sniff*" He recognized her sweet cousins voice.
"Jessica? What's wrong? Why are you crying?"
"Please, Lloyd. I n-need your help!"
"Jessica, calm down. You need to tell me what happ-"
"Calm down!? I can't calm down! I lost my job, I got evicted from my apartment, I'm sitting on the sidewalk next to a pile of my useless crap, my parents are rejecting my calls, and I need you!" I knew at that point, Jessica is completely breaking down.
"Jessie, where are you?" I spoke as calmly as I could to keep her level headed.
"Outs-side my old ap-p-partment."
"Don't go anywhere. I'm coming to get you."
"*sniff sniff* Th-thank y-you!" With that, I hang up.
"Great, as if I didn't have enough problems." I muttered to myself as I grabbed my keys and was headed for the door. But that was when Chrysalis stopped me, and she didn't look happy for some reason.
"Mind explaining who that was on the phone?" She said with a hint of venom. "You were oddly touchy with her."
"That was my cousin Jessica. Apparently there was an accident and she got fired and evicted on the same day. so I gotta go pick her up. So Luna I'm leaving you in charge till I get back. Oh and change your forms as well." I stated to which everyone complied and I was out the door.
-Outside Apartment Building-
Jessica was waiting on Lloyd to come over for her, but she left out the slight detail that she wasn't alone. She had a few roommates with her. One just came out with her computer wearing a red orange T-shirt, with blue jeans and faux leather jacket. Her hair was all fiery with a red and yellow color scheme. The other two came out with an old sofa. The one of the left wore a sky blue jacket, with plain t-shirt and sports short. her hair was in a Mohawk shape as it represented a lightning bolt. The third on the right, she wore plain jeans and a purple shirt with a star wand design. Her hair was a silver-bluish color that flowed like water.
"Thanks for helping me out girls, and sorry about all of this." Jessica apologized only to receive a thrown object from the owner that hit her in the head.
"Get out and stay out, ya hear me!?" The owner yelled.
"Screw off asshole." one of the girls yelled back.
"Geez what a bastard."
"Well it wasn't my fault all of this happened." Jessica stated.
"We know about you boss when he tried to hit on you. He's not one to take no for an answer."
"Well welcome to my life girls. I really hate when this happens" Jessica then broke into tears again.
"Easy Jesse, we're here for you."
"When someone gonna show up?"
"He said he'll be here."
"He's nothing like the last guy is he?"
"No, I've known Lloyd since grade school. He's like a big brother to me. My mom married his uncle when we were still children. We're not blood-related, but he's the closest family I have." She stated.
"We know, he's all you've talked about since we showed up here three months ago." One of the others said and speak of the devil, I drive by in my truck and I barely have time to close the door before Jesse sees me and I nearly get knocked off my feet as she has me in a bone crushing hug.
"Lloyd, I knew you wouldn't let me down."
"I... get... it... please... let...go..." I strained as I had trouble breathing. she's gotten stronger over the years.
"Oh, sorry Lloyd." she said with a blush as she finally let me go.
"Man, you haven't changed a bit. Who are those three?" I asked gesturing the three girls.
"There my roommates, well, were until we got kicked out."
"Yeah I've been meaning to talk to you about that. What exactly happened that caused you to get fired and evicted on the same day?"
"That's where I come in." The girl in the faux leather jacket walked up to me. "The guy she use to work for tried to get a little too fresh with her, and when she gave him a polite no, he fired her out of spite; and as for the eviction, the owner of the building has a policy here. No job means, no means of rent."
"So how are we going to get all my stuff over to your place?"
"That, my dear cousin, is already taken care of." So I gave the moving company a call and luckily, Hector was on the line.
"Hola. You've reached Hector of Mariachi Movers. How can I be of help?"
"Mr. Hector, it's time to pay your debt."
"What do you need from me, my old friend?"
Later...
"I can't believe you know a moving company." One of the girls spoke.
"Yeah well I knew the guy and he owed me a favor." I stated as I popped in a CD with one of her favorite songs on the cover.

"So how did you meet your roommates? Last I heard you were living by yourself."
"I'm not really sure how they got here actually. I was on my way to the living room having a bowl of cereal, them they pop up out of nowhere, and I end up falling flat on my ass with cereal and milk in my hair after it hits me. They all looked surprised when they saw me and themselves. They were also homeless at the moment so I took them in and we became roommates. They're a real show to be honest. She and bookworm, she can do magic tricks, and I'm not so sure about the other one since she's always so grumpy. Mentioned something about getting kicked out of an academy by some jerk." Jesse finished.
"Okay then." I stated.
"We know she talks a lot." The fiery red head said.
"You get use to it."
-Lloyd's House-
"Thanks for the help Hector."
"No problem Lloyd." He said as he moved his truck by Lloyd's garage to unhook the trailer to be unloaded. " I'll be back tomorrow to pick up the trailer so be easy on her."
"I will." With that out of the way I help the girls unload all of their things and had them set in the garage in about two hours. Jessica had her laptop with her, and her friends had all of their belonging in their suitcases. As I reached for the door though, I had to stop everyone from entering my house.
"Hold on."
"What's wrong?" Jessica asked.
"Yeah what gives?" The brash girl asked upset.
"Well, my roommates, like yours, are all girls, but they're not normal."
"What?"
"Could you just wait here or a bit please, and promise you won't freak out when you see them.?" I asked as clapping my hands together with my eyes closed.
"Okay, just hurry up and do what you have to do." Jessica answered.
"Thanks." I said as I walked back in the house.
"You sure he's an okay guy? I mean I've seen most assholes where we were from."
"He's and okay guy. I trust him."
I approached the door and unlocked it. Since Jessica's friends were a little impatient, I had to act fast. As I walked in though, I grew wide eyes with what Rainbow Dash and Gilda were wearing; French maid outfits. With how big their busts were, I had to have self control to keep from having another nosebleed. 'What the hell did I miss when I left?'
"Oh um, hey Lloyd." Rainbow Dash answered with a heavy blush on her face. Gilda was not far behind as her face was a deep red.
"Did I miss something when I left about two hours ago?"
"Only a bet these two made before Chrysalis showed up and they both lost." Eris answered as she came downstairs with a bag of popcorn.
"So what was the bet, and how long do they have to wear these?" I asked since I ended of scared but at the same time aroused seeing them. Had to keep a tent from forming into my pants.
"The was which one of us would rut you first okay? But since Chrysalis beat the both of us to that, we have to wear these for an entire week." Gilda answered and she and Rainbow Dash turned away as their faces turned an even darker shade of red. 'Well that was awkward; for me and for them.' I thought as I went to speak with Celestia.
"Princess Celestia?"
"Yes Lloyd?"
"Listen, my cousin is outside but she left out she had a few friends with her. I haven't told them about you yet and I was hoping that they don't freak out when you reveal yourselves to them." She looked at me confused. "I promise they'll keep you guys secret."
"Okay, I understand."
"Thank you. I'll let them in now." I said as I opened the front door and made sure she was able to brace herself. "Okay, you girls can come in now."
"About time. It was a pain having to sit-" The brash one just froze when she walked in. She spotted 23 women inside his house. "What the hell is all of this?" Jessica and the other heard their friend shout and when they stepped in, they went wide eyed.
"Okay Lloyd, start explaining when you said your roommates were girls you didn't explain how many." She tolled me off sternly as I could see the anger in her eyes.
"I'm getting to that, but first you all might wanna step back." I told them as to which something happened. Their bodies started to glow and with a bright flash everyone appeared as their other selves. I turned to my cousin and to look on her face was flat out priceless. She was wide eyed, she dropped her things and before I knew it she was out of it and fell to the floor. Well she almost did if I hadn't caught her in time.
"Figured this would happen. Why didn't the three of you faint?" I asked as I pointed to the others.
"YOU!" the girls with the lightning bolt hair yelled as she pointed to Rainbow Dash."
"Hey what's going on?" I asked as those two locked eyes with one another.
"No way, Lightning dust?" Rainbow said causing me to be confused since that's the first I've heard her name.
"Oh so you do remember me bitch? Especially after you got me kicked out of the WonderBolt academy!" I could clearly see the hate on her eyes. I had to break it up as I didn't know what the heck was going on.
"Trixie, Sunset Shimmer?" Twilight asked as she pointed to the other two.
"Okay how the heck do you girls know each other?"
"That's because they are from the same world we are." Princess Luna answered as she channeled her magic through her horn and with a bright flash (which left me blind temporarily) I saw the trios actual forms. Lightning Dust had a sky blue coat like Rainbow Dash as well as had wings. Her Cutie Mark was a lighting bolt cloud. Trixie also had a sky blue coat and had a horn sticking out of her head. Her cutie mark had a show wand and magic hat. Last was Sunset Shimmer; her coat had a bright yellow color and her cutie mark showed a shimmering sun. Now It was my turn to pass out since I couldn't believe my cousin didn't know they were ponies the entire time and I end up hitting my head on the floor.
Author's Note
Now you all know why Lloyd limits his glare, and it look like Lloyd has some unexpected guests, and one isn't too happy to see the other.
Also this is what Gilda and Rainbow Dash look like in Maid outfits.

