A Different Kind of Paradise

Chapter II: Moving In

Each of the gang had a different reaction to walking through the mane setting of the show that many like Danny were addicted to; Nero was actually taking in all of the sights, seeing as this was pretty new to him it did actually meet his eyes well.  Daniel was wide-eyed and giddy, every time the passed a noteworthy building from the show he would point it out to his friends, he made sure to keep his voice down so that nopony would accuse him of being a stalker.  Gabriel was adamant in his anti-pony clause, no matter who greeted him or how warmly he always just shrugged it all off, even when Danny pointed out the Doctor, who Gabe was a huge fan of back in the human world, Gabriel just rolled his eyes and kept walking.

“Danny, where are you taking us?”  A slightly-irritated Gabe asked a bouncing Danny.

“Right….” He stalled as he kept walking, scanning the buildings “here!”  He announced as he arrived, the others in tow.

The three looked up and saw just where Danny had taken them, it was a building marked “Bluebook’s realty.”  Gabe saw the word “realty” and put a hoof on his face before saying “Danny; please tell me you aren’t thinking of actually getting…”

“A standard 3 bedroom, 1 bath starter dwelling rent’s due the 8th.”  The mare known as Bluebook summarized the dwelling she just rented out to Danny, Gabe and Nero.  She then turned a lease paper for each of the three to sign.

Danny’s telekinetic magic was severely out of practice, but he managed to lift the quill to sign.  “Thank you very much for understanding where we’re coming from, we’ll make sure to pay what we owe.”

“Don’t worry about nothin’, I was in the exact same pickle when I flew the coop.”  Bluebook shrugged.

When the lease reached Gabriel he was hesitant; he looked to his friends, why were they so ready to just abandon their home and actually act like the rest of their lives would be here?  He understood why Danny, but Nero?  Didn’t they believe that they would return eventually?

Eventually Gabe sighed to himself and realized that it might not be a bad idea to have somewhere to rest before they returned to the human world.  It took some doing, but he managed to sign the lease.  Bluebook took the paper and put it in a file “I can understand why you’d be nervous, move-ins are always a little heavy.”  She pulled out a set of keys and handed them to Nero.  “Here you go, enjoy.”

As soon as they left Bluebook’s office they all looked at the keys in Nero’s hoof, they looked at them knowing they were much more than little metal sticks: they were symbols of a new beginning, a new horizon, new possibilities, and most of all they…

An extremely loud gasp brought them out of their trance; they turned around to see where it came from only to see a pink blur race off into the distance.

After a few seconds Danny realized what just happened and started laughing.

“What was that?”  Nero asked.

Danny gave a smirk and said “Oh you’ll find out, don’t worry.”   As he began towards the address they were given.  Then he said to himself, as he has made a habit of talking to himself, “and when you do you’ll want to stay here; forEEEEEEEver.”