New guy at CHS

Everyone waited for Cobalt's sister for nearly 5 hours. Well, everyone except for the sibling of said sister. Cobalt was taking nap on Rarity's drama couch in her room. The girls watched him sleep quite peacefully. He wasn't snoring, or moving around at all. In fact, he stayed in one position the entire time he slept. However, they didn't want him to be asleep when his sister arrived.

"She didn't say when, right?" Rarity asked as she looked at Cobalt on her drama couch.

"Yeah, but he said some time tonight, so maybe she'll be here soon. It's nearly 5 o'clock."

Rarity continue staring at Cobalt, and she soon lifted his head up, placed it on her lap, and began petting him.

"Rarity, he's not a dog."

"But he's so adorable right now. You can't just leave him like that without a proper pillow!"

Sunset sighed as she threw a pillow at Rarity, "Then use an actual pillow! Not a lap pillow..."

"Jealous are we Sunset?"

"Oh please, why would I be jealous of that?"

"Oh no reason, mostly because of how close you two have gotten over the last week. He taught you more about magic, and even tried to teach you the way of a mystic. Much to my dismay..."

"Wait, then, should I say you're jealous of me?"

"Yes! I introduced you girls to him, so I should be the one to spend the most time with him."

"Rarity, you've only known him for a week, so you can't have fallen in love with him that quickly."

Rarity then looked down at Cobalt, and smiled, "I don't know. With how he acts, I wouldn't be surprised if he interacted with any of the girls at school, and had them fall for him."

"I mean..."

"Are you denying that you even like him just slightly Sunset?"

"I..."

"Sunset, you're still on the road to reform, so don't feel weird about falling in love with someone."

"I haven't fallen in love with Cobalt. Although, I do like him as a friend. Sort of like a brother."

"Ah, I see, so you already friend-zoned him?"

"I guess."

"Hm, less competition for me."

"Rarity, what made you fall for him?"

"It's how he acts. Kind-hearted, cultured, and he's quite the charmer. I should thank his mother if I ever get the chance to meet her."

"Why?"

"She's the reason he's like this. She taught him how to be well-mannered and treat everyone with the utmost respect, regardless of who they are. Somehow, he's reeled me in."

"Rarity, you should wait a little longer before you make any moves. Or wait until you have a sign that he likes you back. Remember, he did live in the mountains for 13 years, so he probably won't know how to react when you confess to him, or rather, how to act like a boyfriend."

"Oh please, with how he acts now, I just feel like his actions will increase ten-fold!"

"Perhaps, but you can't be so sure."

"That I can agree with."

"Besides, you have to be considerate about the others. You never know, the others may have fallen for his charms as well."

So this is what they call a lap pillow. Comfy...

It was soon they hears a young feminine voice call out, "Is anyone here?! I'm here to pick up my dress!"

"Is that his sister?"

"It sounds like the voice on the phone. Go check Rarity."

"Why me?"

"You're the owner!"

"I'm in a predicament right now!"

"No, you're on cloud 9 and don't want to jump off it!"

"That doesn't make sense!"

"Yes it does!"

"No, a cloud is condensed water-."

"No, figuratively!"

"Oh shush, I bet if Cobalt was awake, he'd be begging to stay on my lap."

"Oh yeah? Why is he walking downstairs?"

Rarity looked down at her lap to see Cobalt missing. She looked back up to see him walking downstairs, "Cobalt, when were you awake?"

"I was awake the whole time. Hearing you two bicker was pretty funny. I was about to join in on the bickering. I love group bickering, especially with other people. Anyway, that was my sister. Let's go meet her. Go get the others, and meet us downstairs."

Cobalt continued downstairs as Rarity had a bright, red blush on her face. Sunset smirked at her to get a better reaction, "What are you smiling about?"

"Mitchell heard about you having a crush on him."

"Oh be quiet, he probably misinterpreted me saying I love as in a friendly sort of way, and not... a... romantic sort of way..."

Both of them expected Cobalt to pop his head out and say it was romantic, but he didn't, "I guess he didn't know it was romantic, and now!" She pointed towards the doorway, yet nothing, "Huh, I guess he's lived in the mountains too long to know the difference between friendly love, and romantic love."

"That's a good thing... I guess..."

Sunset put a hand on Rarity's shoulder and smiled at her, "Just give him time. I'm sure he'll come around. If you really love him the way you say you do, then just give him time. For me however, I'm fine with just being... his possible student. Of this world that is."

"Oh, Twilight should meet him!"

"I don't know, Twilight could be busy in Equestria. She has friends there too."

"I guess, well, let's go meet with Cobalt's sister. Go get everyone else. I've been dying to meet his sister!"

Once everyone was downstairs, Cobalt was already chatting it up with his sister, "Leaving us out of the conversation?" Sunset said as she saw the two chatting.

"Sorry about that. It's just been a while. Girls, I'd like to introduce you to my sister, Emerald Sunlight," A green haired young woman stood behind Cobalt as she bowed for her introduction.

"It's a pleasure to meet Cobalt's friend. So, which one of you is his girlfriend?"

"Huh?!" Each asked at the same time.

"Well, come on, Cobalt must be dating one of you if he's who I think he is."

"Sis, don't get into this. We're just suppose to do some introductions, and head on home."

"Oh fine, by the end of my visit, I'd like to know."

Cobalt sighed in frustration as he moved along with introductions, "This is my older sister Emerald Sunlight. She's who I've been telling you girls about."

"You've been talking about me? Aw, that's so sweet," Emerald hugged her brother, and he gently pushed her away.

"Anyway, she left our house about 8 years ago, 3 years before me."

"Right, but where has she lived?"

"I don't know. Where have you been living Emerald?"

"I've been living in this town actually. Just on the outskirts."

"You mean, in the slums?"

"No, I worded that wrong, the suburbs."

"Oh, ok. I wasn't going to allow you to live in the slums."

Before Emerald could say anything about that, Rarity beat her to the jump, "Aw, Cobalt is such a good little brother, caring about where his sister lives, that's so adorable!"

"He's the best brother I could ever ask for!"

"I wish Cobalt was my brother..."

"First, you wanted him as a boyfriend, and now you want him as a brother? Make up your mind Rarity. Wait, you have a sister!" Sunset said in her mind, and she dared herself to not say it out loud.

"Anyway, are these your friends Cobalt?"

"Yeah, what of it?"

His sister stared them down, and smiled, "I spoke with one of then earlier, and seeing as you have so many more... which of these fine young ladies is your girlfriend?"

The girls all stiffened up as Cobalt sighed, "Sis, what did I say earlier. Actually, didn't I tell you about me being in a relationship?"

"Are you really standing by that? I mean, look at them, judging by their body language... they all like you."

"Huh?"

"Wait, what do you mean 'standing by that'?" Rarity asked as she looked at Cobalt.

"He won't get in a relationship until he knows he'll stay at a school. If he stays at a school for more than 3 months, then he'll start dating."

"Oh...," Rarity had a small amount of disappointment in her voice, but she was still happy that she has a chance to prove her love to him.

"Another question, which one out of these girls do you think looks the cutest?"

Then, both of the siblings started to monologue at the same time.

Hm, out of the 6 of them, I can't really say. I've sort of already discussed how I feel about them, but I never went over their looks. To be honest, this one is kind of a no-brainer, but it's still hard to choose. I don't want to choose a girl over her looks, but the best looking one has to be... Rarity.

Sometimes, my brother is hard to read. However, you have to look at who or what he's looking at to know what his answer will be. Hehe, judging by that look in his eyes that the one he thinks looks the cutest has to be... Rarity

Neither sibling knew, but both were speaking out loud. Rarity was both flustered and surprised as she heard how in sync both siblings were when they were talking out loud. All of the girls started laughing, much to the siblings confusion.

"Wait, what's going on?" Both siblings asked. Cobalt then sighed and looked at his sister with a look of... how should you explain it... a 'oh, I get it. We did the thing' face

"Emerald..., we were speaking out loud again..."

"They know about that?!"

"Yeah, I do it at least 5 times when I'm with them...," The two siblings then fell onto their knees, "Sis..."

"Yeah?"

"We need to do something about that..."

"Yeah..."

-2 hours later-

After hanging out for a little bit, they finally said it was time to head on home. Once everyone said their goodbyes, the siblings were off walking home, "Your friends are awesome! Isn't that what you wanted?"

"Yeah, but I want to be friendly with everyone at my school..."

"Aside from that, does any of them know that you have mystical powers?"

"Yeah?"

"And they didn't react in a bad way?"

"No, actually, they welcomed it. They told me magical... things happened recently at the school, and now they're magical in their own sort of way."

"Are they now? Have you observed them?"

"Sis, I'm suppose to be a normal student."

"Yeah, being a genius isn't considered normal around these parts."

"Ha, you just gotta think about it."

"Whatever you say, but... no, nevermind."

"What? Spit it out?"

"It's nothing, we should worry about getting home."

"Suit yourself..."

And now they finally meet, a little more exciting then I thought it would be. However, how my sister was just acting is worrying me. Is she worried that I'll end up like our father? No, that's impossible... I don't think...