Helping Hoof, the counsellor sat behind, what Cotton thought was an elegant oak, desk. The pony was lithe with a light blue. Close to Aqua's colour, but paler. Perhaps what she'll look like when she's older...
"Do you happen to have a student id yet?" Helping Hoof asked.
"No... Was I supposed to?" Aqua replied from Cotton's side.
"Considering your situation as well as the fact that the school year has already begun, no."
"Oh."
Helping hummed. "But fret not. We shall arrange to get one for you... Normally there's a small event outside the school before the year has started and that's where the student ids are made. Instead, we shall simply send you it once it has been made and everything becomes official."
"Ah. Thanks. That's really helpful."
"Indeed. We, here, try our absolute best to be the best school any school is capable of being..." Helping Hoof trailed off as she glanced down at a stack of paper on her desk. Hoof hummed to herself before turning to Aqua and continuing, "Have you received a letter relating to tutoring yet?"
"Uh... not to my knowledge?" Aqua turned up to Cotton and tilted her head.
"We haven't gotten anything, though it's possible it got mixed up in the mail." Cotton supplied.
"Hm... Alright. For now, I'll tell you what to expect in the letter as well as what'll happen during your tenure here. Later today I'll make sure if it had been sent yet." Aqua nodded at Hoof's reply. " In the letter you're to be expecting, it will first cover the fact that you've been accepted and welcome you to our fine school. It was probably delayed due to the fact that it's in the middle of the school year. Alongside that, it will likely have a second part to the letter covering said fact and how it affects you. Mainly being the fact that you'll be assigned a tutor. This tutor will have a focus on catching you up to the year you should be at. So don't worry about missing previous years' lessons. You'll have fine scaffolding underneath you. Albeit you will have to work hard, focus, and help your tutor. It's going to be hard for you to go through it but, like all students who get into our school, you have the tenacity and focus to be able to do it easily."
"Thanks for the vote of confidence, counsellor. I just hope I'll be able to do well despite my rushed start."
"Do not worry, young Aqua. I believe you can do it."
Cotton bumped Aqua's side lightly. "As she says, Aqua. I've seen you study before and practice. You've got this."
"To elaborate a little bit more, you'll have a tutor assigned to you at least a bit into the start of the next school year. Our school year will end in a month, after which will be a break lasting around another month and a half. After those two and a half months, we have an introductory, welcome to the school slash welcome back to the school, week. At this point, you'll very likely be a shadow to your tutor who will teach you how school life goes. All in all, it'll be a rather smooth process for you. We, at our school, always try to make it the smoothest process for newer students."
Cotton's smile strained slightly but reigned it in before Helping Hoof could notice. Sure...
"Despite our staff's wishes to make our students' lives as free as possible, I do have to caution you about some of our more... aggressive students." Hoof pauses and adopted a strained look. "Some of them... have... very high standards is a nice way to put it. With your condition, you're likely going to face a small amount of unfair criticism. I'm certain you'll be fine, and that you can always come to me if you need help, whether that be dealing with anyone who bullies you, or help with a decision on things. Trust me, you'll be okay."
Cotton's eyebrows raised. She's surprisingly transparent, but that's still not a good thing to say to a foal. Looking to Aqua, she expected to see a nervous filly sitting beside herself.
Aqua merely smiled at the sheepish Helping Hoof. "That's fine. Thanks for the heads up."