Letter II
Cotton's eyes widened. She slowly opened her mouth. "It's from the school."
Aqua jerked and shuffled into the pegasus' side. "Really? Uh... Okay... What's it say?"
Cotton peeled back the cover of the letter with a wing, revealing a page with text. "Give me a moment to read."
Aqua smirked and shook her head. "Slowpoke."
Cotton briefly turned to the filly. "Shush. Let me read."
The filly held up her front hooves. "Okay, okay... Take your time."
Focusing back on the letter, Cotton began to read. Welcome to Celestia's School for Gifted... The new School year will be starting at the beginning of next week, on Grass Day the First, Stem month, 756 C.B.... Ending on the last day of Pollen Month... We hope you enjoy the... "It's... an introductory letter..." As Cotton got to the end of the letter, she felt another letter underneath.
Aqua suddenly let go of a breath and put a hoof on her chest. "Oh, okay. Well, that's nice, I guess... Well, I'm glad it's not bad. Like being denied due to the whole magic thing." She pointed at her horn peeking through her white mane. "Though, maybe they haven't found out yet..." Aqua didn't sound so sure of herself as she looked down.
Cotton rubbed the back of the filly with her wing. Looking down at her, she tried to reassure the filly, "I'm sure it's fine. I'm pretty certain they get your medical reports, and that they don't mind."
The filly slowly raised her head and began to nod. "True..." Her nodding sped up. "It's probably fine..." The filly looked up at the mare and leaned into her side. "Thanks, Cotton."
Cotton nodded and woke a small smile as she hugged the filly closer. "You're welcome. There is another letter. Let me read it." Pulling the new letter in front, something dropped onto the floor from between the letters. Looking down, she realised it was a small card. Cotton picked it up and looked at it. "It also came with a card... Oh! It's your I.D. for the new school year!"
Aqua smiled. "Aye. That's nice. good to hear. What's written on it?"
"It's got your name, status as a student, student number, and it's got a picture of you." Cotton furrowed her eyebrows. "You're smiling in the picture..."
Aqua hummed out a questioning sound. "Twice now... When did they take my picture? I don't even remember posing for one... Especially not a second one now."
"Neither do I..." Curious... "Well, you look nice in it... Brushed mane and all..."
"That's... Huh. Thanks, I guess. Still a little confused, but okay. Maybe we can ask another student whenever that happens."
The pegasus nodded. "Probably..." Cotton focused back on the letter. "I'm going to read the other letter now."
"Okay."
Cotton scanned the letter. Dear Aqua... Welcome to the school... Cotton looked up. Sounds more informal... She shook her head. The attached letter is the general letter given to all students.... Your situation is a special one... As you're unaware, you may dispose of any previous Identification Cards the school has given you... Instead of any of the pre-school events... Just come to my office the day before school starts... ...won't need any supplies other than snacks... I believe you had a guardian escort or two with you last time. You may also bring them once more... Once more... Thank you for choosing Celestia's school for... From, The Principal, Shimmering Sky. Cotton blinked. "It's... a little informal, but it's from the principal."
Aqua blinked as well. "Uh... Shimmering Sky, right?"
Cotton hummed an affirmative as she nodded. "She says that due to your circumstances, you'll get to avoid a lot of the beginning preparation for the school year."
"Neat. Also, an informal principal is a good principal. That way, you can actually talk to them about things. It's always nice."
Cotton stared at the filly for a second. "She also says you'll need to come in on..." She glanced at the letter. "Cactus Day to talk with her in her office. She said you won't need to bring any supplies other than perhaps a snack. Lastly, me or solid can come if we want to."
Aqua looked confused. "Well, why wouldn't I want either of you to come?"
Cotton looked down and shrugged. "It's your choice."
Aqua snorted and giggled. "I'm blind. What am I gonna do, navigate crowds and hallways to meet someone who I've only ever met once?" Aqua shook her head firmly. "Nah, Y'all are coming..." Aqua titled her head. "Well, if either of you can, that is."
"I'll be there." Cotton nodded and giggled. As the two of them grew silent, she began to fold the letter back up. Cotton glanced at Aqua's student I.D. once more. The filly in the picture looked like Aqua. Cotton glanced at the filly in question, who was facing their hooves. Something is different... She looked at both the card and the filly next to her. Can't put my hoof on it, though. With a small shrug, Cotton put the card back in the envelope with the two letters.
Aqua spoke up. "I had almost forgotten about when it was happening. School starting. This feels a little sudden... I know it's not. But it feels like it is..." The filly was idly tapping her forehooves together.
Cotton slowly nodded. Once more, she used the wing laid atop Aqua to squeeze the filly reassuringly. "A lot of things feel that way. And with all that's been happening, I think you may have a pass on being distracted."
"That's fair, but still... It just feels wrong..." She shook her head slowly. "Well, there's no use dwelling on it. It's a week away, anyway... You said she mentioned that I don't have to bring anything, right?"
Cotton giggled. "Other than a snack, yes."
The filly nodded firmly. "Sick. At least we don't have to go shopping for pencils and other boring things. And before you say anything, yes I know I'm saying that about the thing that I used to use to draw. Look, think about it this way, when you were preparing for school," Aqua titled her head and corrected herself, "going back to school rather. Anyway, it's great cause you get to see friends again, but the shopping beforehand? Bleh." Aqua lazily mimicked the motions of dry heaving without any sound.
Cotton snorted.
Aqua giggled. "Y'know, imagine if someone did that pose, but you like put something in their mouth. Like poked their uvula. Make them actually throw up." Aqua shook her head with a small smirk.
Cotton leaned back. What? "Aqua..." Cotton began to speak, but didn't know what to say."
Aqua looked up at the pegasus and nodded. "Yeah, you're right. Never mind, it's a stupid idea. You wouldn't ever want to do that. After all, if you did, you'd be in the splash zone."
Cotton sputtered and began to laugh.
Aqua joined her in laughing.
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Well now, you don't need to wait any longer.
The thing is, I really really love reading stories where each chapter is roughly ten to twenty thousand words each. I wouldn't say my nearly one thousand each is coming close to that.
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Sorry about it. I didn't mean for it to have a waiting time of more than a day...
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Surprise again!
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The filly isn't having it that easy... She's not out for the count just yet, though.
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He is inevitable.
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While you could argue it is the inane ramblings of Aqua, I have fixed it for clarity. Thanks for catching that.
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I don't know how I missed that when writing that. It's fixed now.
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I'm speshul.
I've been debating doing something like this at some point, and I only just committed to it. I want to write actual novels, but that's a while down the line, and to get good at writing, I need to write often. So, here I am.
I'm doing okay, though a little frazzled due to the fact that I'm moving here in two days.
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Everything is always possible.
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Gotcha.
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I debated writing that in as it would be really funny and cute, but Cotton told me she didn't want to do it.
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That it is. I'll admit, after writing this often for nearly half a month, I've drained my creative juices. That's good so I become more familiar with the writing process, though. it's also becoming a routine, which is exactly what I want. Sadly, I'll have to disappear for a while again come tomorrow...
I wonder what that different thing is that was partially noticed.
her horn is getting wider/taller
And it's all good, no need to apologize. I mean it's nice that you do, but I understand that you had little time to begin with, and with the hiatus soon, I wasn't too concerned about an absence.
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Sadly Cotton didn't notice it and also sadly Cotton was the perspective this chapter...
I wonder what it was.
Be as that may, it is on me for failing to meet a self-imposed deadline, and likely disappointing at least one person as a result.
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"The thing is, I really really love reading stories where each chapter is roughly ten to twenty thousand words each. I wouldn't say my nearly one thousand each is coming close to that."
Same, it really lets me get invested into the chapter and really absorb it. Life finds a Way does this quite often and I enjoy it for that, even if a lot of the words in it are unnecessary.
And you'd be right, the 1000 word chapters are bite sized and leaving you wanting for more. Great for encouraging a binge read, terrible if you're waiting for uploads. I won't hold it against you though, a story has to get out somehow, and a little bit at a time is better than nothing.
If you ever want to post a huge chapter, I wouldn't be against it, all though I can't imagine it being simple to just keep expanding on an idea and still have it make sense.
I like to imagine Aqua doing the Toph wave whenever she references her eyesight.
woah, are we really that far in the past? didnt expect that
edit: not that it is something bad
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I've played with the idea of spending time to write a large chapter. The biggest complication I have with doing that is that when I write a chapter, I write it out in a single sitting. The time spent to write one chapter right now is between just under an hour to roughly three and a half hours.
I want to attempt to write a chapter like that, though it will almost assuredly use a line break to signify a change in scene. I have used those roughly twice before in this story. Once when talking to Inkwell and one with Aqua's perspective for this story's last birthday. I do not have anything against using those, but I know I'm comfortable writing singular scenes. Multiple might throw me off, but I don't think it's that hard of a leap. I've arguably written a collection of three chapters that could be compressed into one. The meeting of Shimmering Sky and the three chapters that encompass that day. I'll probably use one of the important future scenes to attempt to write one very large chapter and see how I feel about it.
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Who's to say she doesn't? It has only been described as "pointed" or "gestured" towards her eyes.
If it's not explicitly written, it could be whatever you think it is.
So why not? It's enjoyable, after all.
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In regards to the show's timeframe, it could be forward or behind. This story does have the Alternate Universe tag after all.
But all things considered, your guess is probably correct based on collective knowledge about the world.
Sunny took that picture, didn't she? Or maybe even created it from a memory.
Strange picture of strange child taken strangely prepared for the strange meeting with the strange principle.
Hope you get through things ok~ Life is tough, but I hope you can do your best and feel good about it
244 years before NMM return, yes? not sure if she'll make it to the show, unless she Alicorns~
:)
Hogwarts arc soon. hype.
Didn't they already receive a letter AND an ID card before? I'm sure they remarked on how weird it was that they had a photo of Aqua too.
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If she did, it would be extremely impressive.
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What a strange set of events.
And thank you.
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Seems to be that way. Probably not considering the average age of a living thing... And who knows what could happen?
Also, how do you do the three-part spoiler?
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:)
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Magic school goes hard.
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Uh-uh... N-no... 😅
I wrote that a year ago, and honestly forgot... Don't flay me alive, please.
I also fixed the wording in both chapters so it actually makes sense. If you don't want to go searching for the fixes I'll give a brief summary in the next spoiler.
I reworded both chapters so the previous I.D. is the previous school year's one, despite the fact that that school year just ended. This new card is the new year's one and Shimmering Sky comments that the two of them may dispose of the previous one in her new letter.
Thanks for catching that. I should really rewrite this story. I do have a want to due to the earlier chapters nearly giving me a stroke when I reread some of them, though I also want to leave this story unedited, except for extremely clear miswrites like the one you pointed out. One day, I suppose...
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a spoiler has two parts, a start and a end
divide each part with a start
finish with one end
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
hope that helps~
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It's no problem at all! In fact, I probably would've forgotten too if it weren't for the fact I just sat down to reread the entire story from start to finish again. I've thoroughly enjoyed this story.