Equestria Girls: The College Years

With freshman orientation done at Equestria University, our friends get to enjoy a few days off before classes start.  It was a time to relax and meet the upper classmen who were starting to check in.  But for two roommates, it was a time to enjoy the “eye candy” that was walking the sidewalks on campus.  Rarity and Sunny Flare spent their time sitting on the bed that was next to the window, looking at the new faces that were showing up on campus.

“I’m not sure that there will be any guys worth chasing, Rarity,” said Sunny Flare.

“Darling, there’s bound to be that one guy out there that says, ‘He’s the one I’m looking for.’”

Sunny responded, “But wouldn’t most of the upper classmen be taken?  I mean, it’s not easy to tell if someone is single or not.”

“That’s why you need to start a conversation with them.  If they’re single, then go for it.  If not, then be their friend and hope that they know someone who is.”  Sunny just let out a sigh, which raised Rarity’s concern for her roommate.  “Sunny, have you ever tried to find someone back at Crystal Prep.  I mean there are some nice charming ones that I recall seeing during the friendship games.”

Sunny looked at Rarity and said, “Not really.  It’s just…I’ve tried when I turned 16, but I went on some terrible first dates.  Indigo and Sugarcoat tried their luck with who they knew, but it didn’t work out.  And just so you know, I didn’t trust Lemon Zest, since she would know the “rocker” type.  And Sour Sweet had her own problems that I had to keep an eye on her.  Since then, I never bother trying, even after the friendship games.”

Rarity stood up and placed her hands on Sunny’s arms and said, “Well guess what, consider this a fresh start in the dating pool.  And I’m going to do what I can to help guide you in your search.”

Sunny asked, “Have you ever done this before?”

“I’ve helped some of my friends in high school that needed my help.  And just so you know, I’ve haven’t had much time looking myself with the fashion work that I had to work on.  But now that my parents are back to take over while I’m here, I can finally start looking for one as well.”  But Rarity’s mood did change when another person came to mind.  “I will admit that I did have one bad experience of my first date.  God, what was I thinking?”

Sunny Flare raised an eyebrow, curious of this.  “What was his name, dearie?”

“Ugh, Blueblood.”  This sent a shiver down Rarity’s spine.

Sunny was surprised to hear the name.  “Wait, you mean the I-like-to-look-at-myself Blueblood?”

“You heard of him?” asked Rarity.

Sunny answered, “Like me, he’s from a rich family, that’s for sure.  But he wasn’t accepted into Crystal Prep, even if his parents donated all the money they had to get him in.  At the time, I figure he fit in with the Wondercolt losers.  But since the games, I feel sorry for your class to have him around.”

“Tell me about it,” Rarity said.  “When a car came by after a rainy evening, he hid behind me so he didn’t get wet and muddy.  My nice dress that I was wearing at the time was ruined.  Took me weeks to get it cleaned.”

“Well, if I heard correctly, he wasn’t accepted to any of the colleges like this one.  So, one less problem for us to worry about,” said Sunny.

Just then, a knock came from the bathroom door.

“Must be Sour Sweet,” said Sunny.  “Let me get that.”

Sunny Flare got up and walked to the bathroom door.  When she opened it, it was Sour Sweet standing there.

“Ok if I join you?” Sour asked Sunny.  “Fluttershy is hanging with Pinkie Pie and Lemon Zest playing video games.”

“Sure, dearie.  Anything for my good friend, Sour.”

“So what’s going on with you two?” asked Sour Sweet.

“We were just talking about guys and dating,” Rarity answered.

“Really?” Sour responded.  “At least it’s better than being alone.”

All three sat next to each other at the window-side bed.

Sunny asked, “Sour, is it true that your interested in Flash’s roommate, even if you haven’t seen him?”

“I’m…curious.” Sour replied.  “As long as Applejack doesn’t get to him first.”

“Be careful, dear,” Rarity said.  “Applejack is one who doesn’t back down from a challenge.”

“Plus, you have had your…issues when meeting guys.” Sunny added.

Sunny’s cell phone buzzed, showing a text from Indigo Zap.  “WEBCHAT, NOW!!!”  Sunny went to get her laptop, turned it on, and logged in to the private chat room that Indigo was in.

Indigo was on the screen with Rainbow Dash in the background.  “Hey Sunny.  I know it’s been a long time, but want to give dating a second chance?”

Rarity stepped in and said, “We were just talking about it earlier.”

“I figure you would be doing that,” Rainbow Dash said in the background.

Indigo said, “Look out your window RIGHT NOW!”

The girls went out to the window to find whom Indigo was talking about.

“See the guys with the lion and bull t-shirts?  That’s who I’m talking about.”

They saw two guys walking across their side of the dorms.  One guy had red skin and short black hair.  He had a fit body that look like he was a quarterback of some football team, and was wearing a black t-shirt with a red lion’s face on it, and blue jeans and black walking shoes.  The other guy had green skin and short brown hair.  He had a bigger size body that the other guy, and was wearing a black t-shirt with a green bull’s head on it, and black knee-length shorts and white tennis shoes.

“Indigo, remember the last time you tried to set me on a date with an athlete?” Sunny asked Indigo.

Rarity intervened.  “Wait a minute, dear.  They might be different than you think.  Watch and learn.”  Rarity opened the window and stuck her head out to get the guys attention.  “YOU WHO!  Yes, the ones with the lion and bull shirts.  Can I talk to you two for a moment?”

The two guys walked up to the open window that the purple haired lady was at.  “Is there something wrong, miss?” said the red guy.

“Oh my, what a gentleman he is,” Rarity quietly said to herself.  She said, ‘I haven’t seen you two around.  Are you upper classmen here?”

“That’s right, babe,” said the green guy.  “I’m a second year student, and my roommate here is a third year.”

“That’s good to hear,” Rarity said.  “Me and my friend here were curious about something.”

“THEYWANTTOKNOWIFBOTHOFYOUARESINGLEANDAREWILLINGTOGOONADATEWITHTHEM!!!”

“PINKIE!!!”  Rarity yelled, then glared at her, who had her head out of her room’s window.

The red guy let out a laugh and said, “You must be Rarity.”

Rarity was shocked to lean that he knew her name.

“And your friend must be Sunny Flare,” said the green guy.

Now both of them were in shock.

“H-how did you know w-who I was?” Rarity asked, trying to get the words out of her mouth.

“We’re neighbors with Flash Sentry,” said the red guy.  “My name is Blaze Lionheart, and this is my friend, Steel Horn.”

“What’s up, babe,” said Steel Horn.  “Flash told us about you girls.  Seems like you’re something special from where you’re from.”

Rarity let out a giggle and said, “Something like that.”

Indigo stuck her head out of her window and looked at Rarity, saying, “We met them earlier during out walk as they were checking in.”  She turned and looked at Blaze, saying, “You guys finally finish unpacking?”

“Just about, Indigo.  Centaur’s still getting his stuff unpacked.”

Hearing Centaur’s name got Sour Sweet pumped up, crossing her fingers.

“Oh please come here.  Oh please come here.  Oh please come here.”

Sunny said, “Sour, you really want to meet this guy.”

Sour snapped out of her phase and said, “It’s…it’s not like that.”

“Really,” Sunny said as she gazed at Sour Sweet.

“Hey guys.  I see you met the rest of our friends.”  It was Flash Sentry, with Sunset Shimmer, walking up to Blaze and Steel.  “Centaur’s almost finished unpacking and should be joining us here.”

“Oh please, oh please, oh please,” Sour Sweet said while she was praying.

“Yep, Applejack’s helping him with the last of his items,” Sunset Shimmer said.

Sour Sweet was stunned at what she just heard.  “WHAT!!!!!!”

Everyone outside was surprised at what they just heard.

“Rarity, is Sour Sweet in your room?” asked Sunset.

Rarity replied, “She is, Sunset.  Why?”

Sunset Shimmer face-palmed, realizing that she said something that she shouldn’t have said.

“Sunset, you might want to give AJ a heads up,” said Flash.

“About what, partner.”

Both Sunset Shimmer and Flash Sentry went into shock, hoping that it’s not whom they just heard behind them.  When they looked behind them, they saw Applejack with a dark yellow guy with light tan hair, wearing a white t-shirt, blue jeans, white tennis shoes, and a dark blue open vest with a gold bow and arrow on the top right side.

Rarity asked, “Is that Centaur, AJ?”

“Sure is,” Applejack replied.

Sunset and Flash just realized that they were not fast enough to warn the others about what they learned from the past night.

Sour Sweet heard the guys’ name and was able to get a glimpse of Centaur with Applejack.  Stunned for a moment, her right eye started to twitch.  Sunny Flare just caught a glimpse of Sour Sweet’s twitching eye and realized what was about to happen next and had to warn the others.

“TAKE COVER!!!  SHE’S ABOUT TO BLOW!!!”

Everyone that was in the conversation had confused faces, expect for Indigo Zap.  She went back in and ran to Lemon Zest in the next room, pulled her headphones from her ears, and said, “CODE SOUR!!!”  Lemon Zest dropped everything and joined Indigo Zap on the emergency call.

Pinkie Pie said, “Code Sour?”

Rainbow Dash asked, “What does that mean?”

“It means Sour Sweet’s about to go off the wall,” Indigo explained.

“Off the wall?” Dash and Pinkie said together, before they realized what it meant.  “OFF THE WALL!!!”  Dash and Pinkie ran with the others to get to Sunny Flare’s room.  Fluttershy was wondering what was going on and decided to join them.

Back in Sunny Flare’s room, Sour Sweet was ready to snap.  When she did, she pulled Rarity from the window and stuck her head out of the window with pure explosion.

“HOW DARE YOU GET TO HIM BEFORE ME, COWGIRL!!!  I’M GOING TO TAKE YOU DOWN SO BAD THAT YOU WILL…”

Before she could finish, Indigo and Lemon made it to the room and pulled Sour from the window and began to hold her down.

“WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO DO?  I’M NOT DONE WITH THAT COWGIRL.  LET GO OF ME NOW!!!”

“Damn it!” Indigo said.  “She’s become tougher than last time.”

“Dude, with you just chill out?” said Lemon.

“NOT UNTIL I GIVE HER A PIECE OF MY MIND…AND FIST!!!”

Indigo saw Dash and Pinkie and said, “Hey, can you help us out here?”

All four of them began holding Sour Sweet down while she was in a rage.  Rarity was trying to recover from being pulled back and asked, “Is she like this?”

“If you mean a raging beast, then yes,” Sunny Flare replied.

Rarity saw Fluttershy at the door and said to Sunny, “I have an idea.”  She looked at the doorway and yelled, “FLUTTERSHY, STARE TIME!!!”

Fluttershy nodded and looked straight at Sour Sweet’s eyes.  As they stared at each other, Fluttershy’s eyes started to widen and got bigger.  As she was at her peak, she said, “You…will…BEHAVE!!!”  Sour Sweet was stunned and then fainted.  “Um, was that too much?”

Rarity got up and dusted her skirt off, saying, “No dear, you did just fine.”

The others let go of Sour Sweet and breath a sigh of relief.

“Rarity, is everything fine in there,” Sunset Shimmer yelled into the window.

Rarity made it to the window and said, “Yes dear.  Everything’s under control.”

“What the hay just happened there?” Applejack yelled.

“Remember the Midnight Sparkle ordeal?” Rarity asked, which was responded with nods from her friends.  “Let’s just say that you don’t need magic for Sour Sweet to do the same.”

“How come everywhere we go, crazy stuff always happens,” Flash said to Sunset.

“With or without magic?” Sunset added.

Centaur stepped in and asked, “Can someone fill us in as to what just happened?”

Sunset and Flash, along with Rarity from the window, glared at Applejack, requesting that she answer the question.

Applejack scratched the back of her head, saying, “Well…when we heard about your archery skills, me and the girl who you saw go…well, you know…kind of gotten interested in you a bit more.”

“And that other girl is Sour Sweet,” Sunset added.  “She’s the one who’s working on the same major as me.”

“You mean the bipolar girl?” Centaur asked.  Sunset nodded.  “Oh brother.”

Sunset looked back to the window and asked, “Sunny, is she still taking her meds before this happened?”

Sunny Flare came up to the window and said, “I’m not sure, dearie.  I do my best to make sure she does.”

Centaur looked down and shook his head in disgust.

“Looks like round two for you, dude,” Steel Horn said to Centaur.

“Do you have to remind me of what happened last year,” Centaur said.

Applejack raised an eyebrow and said, “Care to explain?”

“We learned that two girls that were upper classmen during his freshman year were trying to hook up with him a year ago,” explained Blaze.  “When we started our spring semester, we took him to a get-together party at one of the houses nearby, and saw both girls there.  When they tried to make a move on him again at the same time, they started a catfight that drew a huge crowd.  He was turned off by this and left the party.  We followed him back to the dorms just so that he was safe getting to his room.”

“And it was a good thing we did,” Steel Horn added.  “Minutes later, the cops came by the place.  Don’t know what happened, but we were glad that we left at the right time, and with good reason as well.  Turns out that they were doing it because of some silly virgin bet.”

“And it was weeks later that I started to behave badly that Professor River Song saw what was wrong with me and took me to see a friend of hers to look me over,” Centaur said.  “Turns out that I started to have signs of depression because of how others try to use me around.  Add that to the bullying that I went through during middle school and part of high school, and I felt like a loose cannon.  Had to start taking meds at that time, and my parents were not happy with this.  But the professor explain it to them and recommended that I stay on this for the time being if I want to get through college.”

Sunny Flare asked, “Is it possible that I can take Sour Sweet to see the same person that you went to see?  I want to make sure she’s taking the right meds.  Her parents wanted me to take care of her with this issue.”

“Sure,” Centaur replied.  “She’s a professor on campus.  Her name’s Professor Chrysalis.”

“Wait, the psychology professor and her guidance consoler is also a therapist on campus?” asked Sunset Shimmer.

“Yep,” replied Centaur.  “Wait, Professor Chrysalis is her guidance consoler?”

“Yea,” replied Sunset.  “I guess we learn something new every now and then.”

Centaur looked at Sunny Flare and said, “Just make sure you go with her when the professor is in her office so you can schedule a time to talk.  Tell her that I sent you.”

“You know, I’m just going to…head off before she gets up and has another fit again,” Applejack said and left to go inside the dorm.

“I better make sure she’s ok,” said Sunset.  “She does room next to me.”

“No problem,” Centaur replied.  “I’ll let Dr. Zecora know that you want to have a meeting with her when I see her on the first day of classes.”  He looked up and said, “It was nice meeting you two, even if it was a short time.  I hope to meet your other friends later on.”

“Oh that’s fine, dear.  Just make sure you let us know whenever you want to come by, and I’ll be happy to introduce you to our friends,” Rarity said.  “Flash has our numbers if you want to call.”

So the guys went back to their dorm rooms on the other side of campus, while the other girls that had to hold down Sour Sweet went back to their rooms.  Applejack stopped in front of the door to her dorm room to think about what just happen.  Sunset was able to finally join her.

“You ok?” Sunset asked Applejack.

Applejack let out a sigh and said, “I don’t know.  I thought I was making a first impression towards him.  I just didn’t know that Sour Sweet had…”

“A rage mode?” Sunset finished.  “I don’t even know if that comes close to my she-demon form, or Twilight’s Midnight Sparkle form.”

“Well, at least there wasn’t any magic involved in this,” Applejack said as she opened the door to her room.  They were met by Sugarcoat and Twilight, looking over some plans for a new device.

“Hello there,” Twilight responded.  Both of them waved.

Sugarcoat bluntly said, “So, did our friends go and help Sunny Flare because Sour Sweet went into a rage and decided that she wanted to kill you because you were flirting with Flash’s roommate because all three of you have an interest in archery?”

“Bulls-eye,” Applejack responded.

“I didn’t think she would do that again,” Sugarcoat told Applejack.  “Forgive me for not telling you about it earlier.  We thought she got over it by taking her meds.”

“I guess I need to take this lightly, after what I just went through,” said Applejack.

“At least you didn’t experience any magic happening.  We’re still working on the updated designs for the new scanner,” Twilight said as she pointed to the plans in front of them.  “Care to help out?”

Sunset looked at Applejack and said, “Why not.  At least it can get our minds off what just happened today.”