Things have gotten weirder than I thought they would. I wanted to talk to Twilight about the portal thing, and I almost get turned into Swiss cheese by her sister, Gleaming Shield. Guess she still thinks I’m a stalker. I did manage to get a closer look at her. Her bust was as big as Cadence, they almost looked like twins. I think she also caught me eying her in the wrong spots since that sword she carries threatened to poke my eyes out. I wanted to talk to Gilda but she seems to have an attitude problem. I even told the princesses about the whole meat thing, but explained that I eat fruits and veggies too. AppleJack and RainbowDash really backed me up and were surprisingly nice to me after what happened a few months back. Whenever we would sit down, they would lay their heads on my shoulders. Princess Celestia and her niece Cadence were great company since they could easily understand me; which is why I had to come clean with this last part. When I told them about the incident about their subjects being online, they found my laptop and typed in their names. It seemed harmless at first until Cadence clicked on the safe search and deactivated it. Celestia and Cadence nearly passed out with what they saw, as for Gleaming, Luna, and Gilda; they were this close to beating the piss out of me. I did explain that I wasn’t the one who put that online and the reason people know about them this way was because of a kid’s show they’re on. Gleaming was surprised that she was a stallion names Shining Armor rather than a mare. I also told her that Lauren Faust made the show so it’s no surprise. I was really lucky to get out of there with a few bruises.

“Lloyd, are you okay?” Cadence asked me as I came in with three bags of ice and my right arm and left leg wrapped in bandages. Let’s just say Gilda left a few scratch marks on my limbs while Luna use her magic that nearly made me make me puke up my lunch, and Cadence’s fiancée kicked a certain part that made me scream like a little girl. Like I said; I was lucky.

“Yeah, just a little sore. I don’t know how I’m gonna fix things with your fiancée and your aunt. That Gryphon is another story.” I stated, but that was when Cadence slapped me.

“I may understand like Aunt Celestia, but that doesn’t mean I’m not upset about earlier and I’m sure she isn’t either.”

“I know okay? At least I’m trying to work things out.” I answered sincerely since she was right. I had to make it up to them somehow like I did with the others. I decided to leave them alone for now since if I even try to look at either Luna, Gilda, or Gleaming, chances are that I’ll be dead. I decided to fire up the Xbox in my room since the CMC are probably playing with theirs in the den. I spent an hour playing Call of Duty: Black Ops on my laptop when Luna and Gleaming walked into my room. I looked at my bedroom door to see them standing near it.

“Can I help you two?” I asked.

“Can we play?” I heard them ask. I was surprised that they wanted to play with me.

“Do you two know how to play this?” I asked to which they just nodded. So I fired up some laptops I keep around the house when I have a friend over and signed them in. Luna signed herself to a sniper class, while Gleaming went for assault. I was also a sniper so in a way I easily backed them up. They really surprised the guys I was playing against since these two rocked up the zombie kill feed. I had to play against them sometimes. Luna and I tied the kill feed since we both had sniper rifles. Only difference was hers was Semi-Automatic while mine was anti-artillery. She may get a rifle like mine if she keeps this up.

“Man I can’t believe you two rocked up the kill roster.” I stated amazed.

“Well we have something similar like this back home.” Gleaming answered.

“Well you girls officially rule when it comes to first person shooters.” I stated but that was when the door opened to see Princess Celestia and Princess Cadence.

“Well it’s nice to see the three of you bonding.” Celestia said in a motherly tone.

“We were looking for you two.” Said Cadence.

“You never mentioned that these tow were gamers.” I teased to which they blushed.

“Watch it buster. Unless you want to get skewered by my sword.”

“Yeah I’ve been meaning to talk to you about that. You can’t carry that with you when you leave.”

“Why’s that?”

“Here, if anybody saw you carrying a weapon, they would call the police and have you arrested. So if you walk out of here, you have to leave your sword behind.” I stated since it was pretty much the truth. This was the 21st century so you don’t see people with weapons anymore.

“Fine… but watch it. You try anything funny, you’re so dead.”

“I get it Cadence. Could you at least get back to what you were doing?” I stated and Luna used her magic to slam the door shut leaving her niece utterly confused.

-Next Day-

Today was very hectic to say the least. Rainbow Dash and Gilda were nearly in a bloody battle fighting over the remote to the TV. Twilight and Rarity had to separate Dash, while AppleJack and I separated Gilda till they cooled off. This almost got me killed since one of her claws lashed out and almost took off my head. I still don’t understand what Gilda did that caused Rainbow Dash to be this mad at her. I wanted to find out for myself.

“I think they managed to calm down a little.” I say to myself as I left Gilda alone in the guest room. I had a few slash marks on my face after what happened earlier. I’m really thankful that the princesses also know healing spells. The girls wanted to yell at Gilda for attacking me; especially Rainbow Dash and AppleJack. I just assured that maybe she has anger issues that she has trouble working out.

-Living Room-

Gilda was currently by herself since she didn’t want to be around anypony else. For some reason I couldn’t take my eyes off her. For some reason behind that cold and emotionless attitude lied a wounded soul. Maybe if someone helped her open up, she could be able to have fun. Knowing the hell I’ll be in, I had to play the hero to help her. She was sitting in a chair watching TV as she failed to notice me; I tapped her on the shoulder. Correction; I tried to tap her on the shoulder and she did notice me when I walked in the room. She grabs me by the arm and throws me on the ground. She almost punched my lights out had she not looked.

“Geez, I was just trying to get your attention. You didn’t have to topple me over.”

“Whatever dweeb, you’re lucky I didn’t claw your eyes out.” She stated with disgust. That was hard to picture since it was gory and sickening.

“I think you have anger problems. I just wanted to take you Gleaming and the Princesses clothes shopping.”

“What makes you think I want to go?”

“This would qualify as a bonding experience for us, so I’ll leave it at that. ‘Sides, you look like you could use some friends.”

“Fine, but you better not by me anything skimpy, otherwise I’ll kill you.” She threatened.

“I let everyone pick their clothes here, and a threat like that will get you arrested here.” I stated and that wasn’t a lie.

-Front Door-

I was waiting at the front door for Celestia, Luna, Cadence, Gleaming, and Gilda to come down. I thought it was a surprise but apparently they brought a change of clothes with them. Gilda was still wearing her attire when I met them yesterday, but Cadence and Gleaming had special shirts that hid their bust and plaid jeans which were okay with me. Celestia and Luna went with special dresses that weren’t open at the front so I could calm down.

Celestia then channels her magic through her horn and with a bright flash, their forms change. The ponies’ skin color was white that varied in shades while Gilda was a bright tan. The princesses had to change their hair color since I didn’t want people asking questions about how their hair moves when they stand still. Gilda’s hair was normal since she had it tied in a pony tail. Their horns and wings were also hidden so I stayed calm.

“Okay I’m heading out with the princesses, so we’ll be back in a few hours. I’m leaving the door locked.” I yelled so the girls could hear me. I heard replies like “okay” and “see you when you get back” from them. With that we all stepped out, I locked the front door and we were headed to the mall.

“So, what’s it like ruling over an entire country?” I asked Celestia but she didn’t look my way. I guess Cadence was right about her being upset about the whole internet thing. I waited for awhile until-

“It’s… a little tiresome…” She finally says.

“Oh… um, okay. We’ll be reaching the mall soon, so brace yourselves for what you’re gonna see inside.”

“Whatever dweeb let’s just go already.” I heard Gilda say as her attitude got on my nerves. I think her attitude is the reason why Rainbow Dash no longer hangs out with her. As we entered the mall, their reactions were the same as the other girls. Their eyes got comically big with how many stores that was inside.

“This time I want you girls to stick with me since-” was all I could say as like before they scattered in different directions.

“ ‘Sigh’, here we go again.”

-Clothing Aisle-

"It appears these humans have a similar taste in fashion as in Equestria." said Luna as her and her niece Cadence looked through the array of clothes the store had. Gilda was currently sitting on a bench being bored since she hated clothes shopping. She was currently sitting by herself since she didn't want to socialize after her last friendship ended badly with Rainbow Dash. Celestia expected this since it happened two years ago. She almost lost her train of though when she heard rapid footsteps approaching. The girls turn their heads to see Lloyd nearly out of breath.

"Geez... you... could've... waited... till I... explain how... shopping malls... work...?" I said panting for breath considering they took off without me.

"Whatever dweeb." Gilda stated as she grabbed a set of clothes and went to the changing booths.

"Is she always like that?"

"After Rainbow Dash talked to me about Gilda when she left."

"What is Rainbow Dash so mad at Gilda for?" I said to myself wanting to not have bad blood between them, especially if they're living under the same roof as me. Luna, Cadence, Gleaming, and Celestia all picked out their clothes they chose as they each went to a specific booth.

Cadence went for a black shirt and blue tie, with brown shirt. I think it makes her look like a teacher or a college girl.

Gleaming picked out some Blue jeans that somehow had the same shield pattern design as he cutie mark along with a sky blue shirt.

Celestia chose a golden shirt and baby blue shorts showing off her legs.

Luna chose dark colors similar to her older sisters and what appears to be a black cocktail dress. The price was 300$, but I rather not have her threaten to kill me again so I had to suck it up. Plus it was almost half of what rarity made me buy her so it was a plus for me.

Gilda also had short but they were a dark blue that ended at her knees and a sleeveless tank top. She almost caught me eyeing her in the wrong spots since any chance she literally claw my eyes out.

"You girls done?" I asked but nervously as I remembered what happened last time I brought Twilight and her friends when they freaked me out.

"We're done."

"Okay meet me by the register and I can buy you girls lunch."

"Our eating habits are not of our peasants concern." I heard Luna say to me since she must still be pissed about the incident of not showing her nay respect. But that was when I heard her stomach growl. Knowing that four out of five of my new roommates were vegan, they had to go to a vegan eatery, but Gilda was a gryphon so I had to take her to a meat place. I was surprised that the Princesses were opened minded to enjoy Gilda's choice when she chose a fish market. I didn't know if they were hypocritical about the choices of meat they eat since two months ago, most of the girls freaked out about the bacon, but I decided to keep my mouth shut. After lunch I learned that Luna was more open minded if you gotten to know her better.

"Hey Gilda, whatever happened between you and Rainbow Dash?" I was going to regret asking that question because as I did, Gilda began to throttle me causing a scene in the food court.

"Who asked you?" she shouted increasing her grip and I almost blacked out, but not before I saw her starting to cry.

"Gilda stop!" I heard Celestia shout as she and her sister Luna pried her off of me.

"I know he has no right to ask about your past, but you didn't have to try to kill him." Luna scolded as I coughed from her attempted murder. If she had continued, someone would've called the mall cops and she would've been arrested. Cadence feared for my life and Gleaming was close to clipping Gilda's wings for that stunt she pulled as she walked off in a huff.

-Outside of Lloyd's House-

"You know, you're real lucky he's not kicking you out for that stunt you pulled back there." Gleaming scolded.

"Whatever." Gilda stated not talking to anyone as we walked back to my house. I never like seeing people having bad blood growing up. I know something is bothering Gilda, and I want to help her get her feelings out. If she keeps bottling them up, she might end up destroying herself.

"Let's just get back inside, I want to put this day behind us." I said as I opened the door and the girls were currently watching a movie.

"Howdy y'all. Why do y'all look stressed?" AppleJack asked when we looked like we had a long day.

"Considering Gilda almost killed Carter here, not much." When Cadence mentioned that verbal abuse started up. AppleJack and her friends started calling her a bad friend.

"Look, that's enough. I at least took you all clothes shopping, I at least want to put this day behind us okay?" I asked wanting to stop the yelling.

"Alright sugarcube. Might as well call it a night." She stated but still had a glare at Gilda. After that, everyone took they're respective bedrooms and we decided to call it a night. I need to find a way to bring Gilda's feelings out and how.

-Celestia's POV-

I don't understand what Lloyd is thinking trying to help Gilda to begin with, but I think I understand why. As we all went to sleep I heard Gilda sniffling slightly not for the other to hear but enough for me to hear. She started crying and muttering Rainbow Dash's name before she fell asleep. 'Maybe I should help Lloyd tomorrow.' I thought before I went to sleep.

Author's Note

Sorry about the long delay I had writer's block on this chapter so sorry if it's suckish. Hope you enjoy. Plus had to do a feeling thing with Gilda. She'll open up in the next chapter.