Summer's Dream

Summer walked down the road away from the cafe. Her mind was running on fast. Part because of the delicious drink that Mystique had made, and part because of said mare. *Oh my gosh!* she thought. *She was so cute! And I think she was flirting with me. No, no, she couldn't have been. Maybe she was… Oh! I don’t know what to think!*

Was Mystique flirting, or was she just a really friendly pony. Summer couldn’t tell. She was beginning to be rather preoccupied, so much so that she didn’t realize that she was rapidly approaching another pony. This one being another white unicorn mare, her exquisite purple mane gently bouncing as she trotted along.

“Good afternoon,” the mare called out in a sophisticated accent, as she trotted closer.

“Oh, uhm… Good afternoon,” Summer replied. The mare nodded with a good natured smile, and a slight chuckle, as she continued on. Summer pondered at the chuckle. That is until she saw her reflection in a window. She was standing there, still holding the coffee in her fetlock, with the silliest grin on her face she had ever seen. She looked happy. *I haven't looked this happy in a long time,* she reflected. The little grin growing into a smile, *In fact I haven’t felt this happy in a long time.*

She looked around quickly, wondering if she missed her house. Glancing back at the mare, who was rather attractive, to check her flank out of a bad habit, she caught the same mare glancing back. The mare grinned and winked at her, causing Summer to blush. She’d been caught, but she didn't feel bad. After all she was getting checked out as well. With a giggle, Summer winked back and continued up the road a slight spring in her step.

After a couple of houses she noticed a grey mare sitting in front of one. The mare looked familiar, and as Summer got closer, the mare turned her head revealing her walleyed smiling face. Smiling back, Summer picked up to an awkward canter, still holding her coffee.

“Hi!” Derpy chirped, “Welcome home!” She looked down bashfully, drawing a little circle in the dirt of the road. “Funny thing happened. I forgot to give you the spare key, so I needed to wait for you. I’m really sorry about this. I forget so many things sometimes.” The last coming out rather sad.

“Oh, gosh!” Summer exclaimed. Here she was trotting around, trying to find her house, then getting side tracked, and this poor mare had been waiting for her. “I’m so sorry for making you wait.”

Derpy giggled, “That’s ok. Nothing to worry about. Dinky kept me company.” She turned her head to something beside her out of Summer’s sight. “Come out and say hello, sweetie.” A light purple unicorn filly shyly peeked around Derpy. When she saw Summer she smiled.

“Hi there,” Summer said, with the warmest smile she had. “Aren’t you the cutest little thing!”

Derpy smiled down at the filly. “She sure is. My sweet little bundle of happiness!” Dinky hugged Derpy’s foreleg, smiling brightly up at her. Derpy reached under her wing, pulling out a keyring with two keys on it, holding them out to Summer. “Here you go. Sorry about forgetting to give the spare to you. We unpacked the big stuff, but if it’s not where you wanted just give me a call. I’ll come over and give you a hoof moving it around. I’m sure I can get a stallion or two to help as well, if we need them.”

Summer reached out with her wing, taking the keys with her primaries. “Thank you. And, again, I’m so sorry for making you wait.”

“Think nothing of it,” Derpy said cheerfully. “Come on, Dinky, lets head home and let the nice mare go into her new home.”

“Okay, momma,” Dinky said shyly, as she let go of Derpy’s leg. She waved goodbye to Summer and started to trot off.

Derpy smiled, watching Dinky head to their home. “If you need anything, or if I forgot anything, be sure to call. Welcome to Ponyville!” she said as she got up and followed Dinky.

“I will,” Summer called after them, “And thank you!” She smiled as the two turned and waved. Waving back, Summer turned to her door, unlocking it and headed in to her new home. It was a typical two story pony house. The entrance led directly into the living room, just beyond it the kitchen and dining room. A small hallway led off the left side to a half bath set into the right hand wall, just behind the kitchen. Slightly further down was the back door. To her immediate right was the coat closet, just beyond it the stairway. Glancing around the living room quickly, couch against the stairway wall, coffee table set in front, facing the far wall with a large window. To her surprise, the window looked right at the crystal castle. It really was a nice view, she just hoped she wouldn't get bored. She didn't own one of those new televisions, preferring the theater to sitting at home alone. At least there she'd be around other ponies. Yet, she did have a radio and record player, with decent speakers. Well if she was honest, fairly decent, she wouldn't brag about them, but they would produce some decent sound, especially in the bass range.

*Looks good downstairs. I'll worry about the kitchen later,* she thought. Turning to the stairway, she quickly trotted upwards. Reaching the modest landing at the top she saw that the full bath was directly in front. *Huh, kinda odd,* she mused. Turning to her left, three doors greeted her. The first on the right, just after the bathroom, was the linen closet, empty, but clean. Nodding, she moved to the next door, roughly in the middle of the hall, still to her right. This proved to be the smaller of the two bedrooms. Barren, she had not had a two bedroom in her old village, so there was nothing to put there. Closing the door she moved to the last door, set in corner of the outer wall and master bedroom. A small window was also set there, giving her another view of the castle.

Opening the door Summer looked in. Her bed and nightstand were set in place, and surprisingly the bed was already made. *Derpy must have made it for me. That was sweet of her,* she grinned at the thought. Glancing out the bedroom window, which offered a nice view of the castle as well, she figured she could unpack. *Plenty of time to get everything sorted and still go out for dinner,* she mused. With that she got down to unpacking her boxes.

A few hours later, Summer made her way downstairs. Her bedroom was done, as well as her toiletries in the bathroom. Which was a rather nice surprise. The bath had a tub that was just big enough for two, if they didn’t mind getting cozy, and had a rather nice rain effect shower head. The wall opposite the tub sported a full width mirror, to accommodate the double sink. The toilet itself was sitting between the sinks and tub, but was set so that it was completely out of the way, no awkward trying to stand around it while using the righthoof sink.

Summer sighed when she got downstairs. It had been a long day, she was hungry, and looking forward to getting to bed. Especially if she wanted to get up early enough to be an early customer of Mystique’s. She still wasn’t too sure about how she felt about the pearly white unicorn. Trotting into the kitchen, without thinking, she opened the refrigerator. Her mouth formed a small O in wonder. Inside was a medium sized covered dish, half an apple pie that looked like it may have been home baked, and two bottles of cider. On top of the covered dish was a note, which she promptly opened.

“Welcome to Ponyville!” it said, “Sorry about forgetting to give you the keys, I hope this will make up for it. Don’t worry about returning the dishes right away, and I left some soft cider. (Didn’t know if you drank hard cider and I didn’t want to offend you.) If you need anything you can find me at the post office, or I’m just down the road. I hope you enjoy living here!” It was signed by Derpy.

“Oh! That was so sweet of her!” Summer exclaimed out loud. Taking out the dish, she found was a lasagna with a white sauce, instead of the traditional red. Wasting no time, she set about reheating it up. Once done she sat down at the dining able and dug in. It was extremely good, she made a mental note to ask Derpy how she made it. The pie, also warmed up, was definitely home made, and was actually better than dinner had been. She giggled to herself, she could have easily made dinner out of the pie alone.

Quickly cleaning up her dishes, she trotted upstairs. Celestia had set the sun a few hours ago, and Luna’s moon was at the midpoint of rising. A good time for bed so that she’d get some rest and still be up early. She crawled into bed, snuggling into the covers. With a full belly, and warm heart from the kindness of Derpy, Summer drifted off to sleep quickly.

For what felt like hours later, Summer opened her eye slowly. Something woke her, and it wasn’t the alarm. Glancing out the window, she could make out that she had been asleep for at least two hours, the moon was just past the top of the window frame. She laid there quietly, beginning to ponder what woke her. Then she heard voices, sounding like from outside. Grumbling, she tried to go back to sleep. “Somepony just has to stop outside and talk,” she mumbled sarcastically.

After a while though, the voices didn’t move on. It sounded like a rather quiet argument was going on. Summer huffed, before crawling out of bed. She’d just have to go down and politely ask them to leave. Still mumbling under breath about ponies not being considerate of other who wanted to sleep, she made her way downstair.

What greeted her when she reached the first floor had her sitting on her flank suddenly. Standing in the middle of the living room was a mare, looking exactly like her only she had her mane swept to the side, falling down her neck and shoulder like a waterfall. Her tail was slightly flagged, still keeping her covered, yet was obviously arched enticingly. She looked over her shoulder with a sultry gaze from another mirror image of Summer sitting on the couch, this one’s mane done up in a bun and her tail braided, a pair of half moon glasses perched on her muzzle.

“Hey, sleeping beauty!” the first mare cooed.

Summer blinked. “Oh, buck me sideways!” she shouted. “One night! Couldn’t you two have given me one night, before showing up?”