Warm Pond of Tears
Both Aqua and Cotton sat on Aqua's bed. For the majority of the morning and evening, they had been. Aqua jumped from activity to activity, coming back to spellcasting roughly every half hour. Aqua had accepted and adjusted to a practising schedule after a week of none. Aqua quickly became burnt out during that week and so, she had suggested a schedule to the filly.
Today was a small exception, however. Cotton noticed that Aqua had been feeling down since she woke up. Cotton had first suspected that the filly might have caught a cold, and it was only beginning. She was a unicorn in winter, after all.
Cotton stayed nearby to the filly if she needed it.
Aqua had been staring off into space with a frown for a while now. It wasn't unusual to see the filly space out. Fairly common, in fact. Happens a few times a day... Cotton turned away from the filly's expression. Cotton looked outside.
It was overcast today. The rain had layered the ground a few times with nothing more than a light sprinkle. But the rain kept coming back. May be a pegasus but, I'm no weather pony. Knack never developed. Cotton grew a melancholy smile. Mom and dad weren't happy to hear that at first... Still love 'em...
Suddenly, Cotton heard a sound she had not heard before from the filly.
Cotton looked back at Aqua.
Aqua was crying.
Cotton immediately snatched the filly into a tight hug. Cotton whispered into Aqua's white mane, "You okay?"
The filly didn't respond quickly. She gripped Cotton's barrel with a fierceness not seen before. After a few more seconds, Cotton repeated herself.
"I-..." the filly's voice faltered in-between sobs.
"It's okay. You're fine... Take your time."
"I-... I... I won't- I can't-..." Breathe in. "I-it's hard..."
Cotton lifted the filly off to let her explain, before realizing nothing else would come. She brought the filly back to her as the filly buried her muzzle into Cotton's fur once more. "Shhh. Shhh. It's okay. It's okay..."
The mare held the filly tightly to her chest but heard nothing other than quiet sobbing.
They stayed like that until the filly was asleep.
She slowly and quietly put the filly to bed.
Cotton looked up at the clouds as a tear escaped her eye.
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Wonder if she just misses being able to see the rain.
Yeah either the rain or maybe the anniversy of something.
Just found this story, it's fun. Can't wait to see more of it.
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Thanks! Glad you're enjoying it. I try to upload a chapter at least once a week. Bit of a speed-up compared to the lack of schedule it was a few months back.
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The hardest thing about losing something akin to this is that a part of you is lost. For differing people, the value of said loss varies. There are hints of how valuable sight was to Aqua, and more of these will come soon.
I can barely imagine just how much how my life would change if I lost my sight. All I know is that what I do now would no longer be possible.
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A day can, before it has even started, bring us joy, anger, sorrow, or excitement. For some, these days are too frequent. For some, they are rare. But they always hurt.
What kind of monster would leave a dislike on this fic, let alone 2
Huh, it only says 1 dislike total when I look at the counter. What happened, did the person who did number 2 get struck down by God or something?
I used to have incredible eyesight at night but below average during the day because my eyes are light sensitive. Some time ago though I noticed that I wasn't able to see as clearly at night. Now I just have a little above average eyesight at night and during the day my eyesight is poor. I've briefly wondered what I'd do if I were to go blind at some point and I honestly have no idea. Just thinking about it scares me.
