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She paused and let her gaze fall on every single pupil in the room. “During your year at the school, your unicorn should come into his or her magical powers. Some of you are likely to discover this early in the school year, others will take longer. You will be paired with your unicorn in a moment.”
Sophia felt like she was going to burst with excitement. Which unicorn was going to be hers? A few of the young unicorns were pressing forward eagerly, peering out at the girls.
There was a beautiful unicorn with long eyelashes and a pale-blue and silver tail that swept all the way to the floor; a cheeky-looking unicorn with red, yellow and gold swirls on her body that matched her mane and a tail; and a unicorn with rainbow swirls on his white coat and a rainbow mane and tail. As his lively brown eyes met hers, Sophia’s heart flipped. I want him! The
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