An Alicorn With A Dream

~ Carmella's POV ~

I tied a bandana around my head and put my mane in a messy bun. I trotted up the stairs to my room to fetch my drafting board and my fabric swatches. "I'll make the basement walls pink and do... Wooden floors." I did a rough sketch of the basement on my drafting board. I crafted the picture of posh pinkness by accenting the drawing with spots of blue and orange. The walls were to be painted pink and the floors a nice wood. Soft maple wood, to be exact. A piano would go in the corner of the room, and a green shag rug in the center of the room. As a finishing touch, I'd throw in a chandelier.

Satisfied with my sketch, I wrangled up the supplies needed for decoration. Picture frames, magnetic paint, a circular wooden frame, a few paintbrushes, a slab of wood, and a chisel. For starters, I had to put in the flooring, so off to my attic I went to fetch the wood planks. I coated the concrete floor with glue and placed the planks on the floor. I added some moulding on the lower half of the walls and painted them white. The rest of the walls were painted a light shade of pink. As any smart pony would, I left the basement to let it air out. Paint fumes are not pleasant. I left the house to pick up a silvery-blue chandelier from the light shop in town.

I nudged the door open with my nose and a light switch clicking noise sounded. "How charming." I giggled. "Hey there!" The pony at the front desk greeted. A handsome stallion with a wondrous lemon coat and ice blue eyes waved at me. His thick mane was a radiant golden yellow. "Welcome to Gleam-N-Glow Lighthouse! I'm Sunset Gleam, hoe may I help ya?" For a moment, my legs went weak. "I'm looking for a chandelier that gives off a silvery-blue light. A large crystal one. Think you got it?" I asked.

"Let's see here... Chandeliers are in the back, follow me and we'll see what I can do." The gleeful unicorn trotted off to the back of the store, and I absent-mindedly walked behind him. I'm used to playing follow-the-leader. "Here we are! A silver drop-down crystal chandelier." He pressed a button in the wall with his hoof. "Is that the kind of light you're looking for?" I beamed. "I'll take it!" "56 bits." "Wow, you charge cheap for such wonderful light fixtures." "I make everything myself, so I like to charge half of what it cost to make it." Sunset explained.

"Well, Sunset Gleam, I enjoyed your service! Thank you so much for the assistance." "So where do you need this delivered to?" "My cottage. 247 Rainbow Drive." "Sunset Gleam gently lowered the chandelier into the box with his blue magic aura and hoisted the parcel onto his back.

"Shall we go then?" Sunset asked. "Oh, of course. And don't carry that box all by yourself." I slipped under the box and helped even out the weight Sunset had to carry. We walked out of the store through the wide double-doors in the back, and through town.

Sunset Gleam and I had a nice chat on the way to my home. "Is this it?" He asked, positioning himself to lower the box. "Yep." I held the door open with my magic and levitated the box inside my home. "Need any help putting it up?" Sunset wasn't asking. He was offering, and I couldn't say no to such a precious face. "I do, actually." I half-lied. He limbered himself up and came inside the cottage, drinking in my decorations. "Who in Equestria did this?" "I did..." I bashfully admitted. "You're pretty good." He complimented.

"You schmooze." I laughed lightheartedly, heading down the stairs. "This house seems awfully large for one pony." "That's because it's not. I have some roommates, but they're out of the house for now while I finish the basement." I opened up the box. Sunset Gleam hooked up all the wires and put in a new light switch.

"Now just set the chandelier up and you'll be good." Sunset stood on the box and levitated the light fixture out of it. "And... It's done." The yellow unicorn simply flattened the box and whisked it away with her magic. "I'll be on my way." Ge said, leaving my home. I smiled to myself. "He's so precious." I giggled.

I then busied myself with furnishing the room. A white leather mattress sofa across from the window, an easel, beanbag, and a bookshelf and a lamp went into the corner. Lastly, I had to carve out the table for the lamp. Groggily, I pulled out the large slab of wood and a chisel. "Let's get this over with..." I complained, chipping off the first corner, the starting gun figuratively being fired in the distance.