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// Letter I 
// Story: Beyond Blind Eyes 
// by Lunaric 
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"You know, I had a thought. How do unicorns know where to go with a teleport?"

Cotton frowned. "How am I supposed to know?"

Aqua giggled. "Not you specifically. I know you can't do magic spells..." Aqua frowned for a second. "Unless there's some non-horn-based magic. Is there like a system of runes or whatever that can be used?" She shook her head. "Anyway, I'm just posing the thought. How does one know where they're arriving when they teleport? What if they can't see where they're going?"

Cotton blinked. "That's... something you'll have to ask Raven. She'd probably know."

"I could also ask Sunny. She seems to have a lot of the theory on magic down... She could probably also tell me about if there's magic that doesn't require a horn. Y'know. Just in case something happens." 

Cotton leaned towards the filly. "Aqua that's..."

The filly nodded solemnly and cut her off. "Yeah. Planning for the worst and all that but hey, Bad things have happened before. Who's to say they won't happen again?" Aqua shrugged.

Cotton's face softened. "We are, Aqua. I am..." Cotton pulled the filly into a hug.

Aqua grew quiet.

After a few minutes of holding the, admittedly comfy, filly, Cotton heard somepony approaching her from her left. She shook her head. Standing up and turning around, she saw the sound coming from an orange pegasus. He had a saddlebag that looked very full on his sides. "Excuse me, are you Cotton Ball?"

'Yes, that's me."

A smile blossomed on his face. "Thank Celestia... A letter arrived for Aqua. I was told to find you. Here you go." The stallion hoofed a letter to Cotton.

"Okay. Thanks!"

The courier nodded his head. "Have a good day, Miss Cotton."

The mare nodded. "Same to you." Cotton sat back down beside Aqua.

The filly poked her. "Yeah? What's the letter?"

Cotton poked Aqua's side, causing the filly to giggle. "I haven't had time to look at it, silly."

Recovering from her giggle, she smiled. "Slowpoke."

Cotton shook her head with a smile. Looking down, she read the return address. It was from Celestia's School for Gifted Unicorns. Cotton's eyes widened.