Sunday, March 13, 2011

short story

The Creature With Magic

The rainbow colored unicorn swam gracefully in the beautiful blue lake. A halo hovered near the tip of his horn. His name was Rain and the green ring held special magic that the he did not yet know about. Snow started to fall, so he swam to the lush grassy shore. Rain was the only unicorn with a halo-like ring around his horn. How it got there and what it was for was a mystery. Rain tried to ignore the fact that he was different, but he just couldn’t.
Suddenly, the snow turned to ash. The water in the lake turned to lava. It was clear to Rain that this was the work of a great sorcerer. A huge mob of wolf-like creatures with boar’s tusks came running towards him, ready to attack at any moment. Rain noticed his horn suddenly felt a lot heavier and black ink started squirting out of it like window washer fluid, and his enemies ran away, blinded by the ink! The lake became murky and the lava disappeared. Rain touched his horn to the water to wash away the ink, and the water turned crystal clear! A bright green circular object in the water caught Rain’s eye. It was stuck on a rock near the side of the lake.
Curiosity got the better of Rain, so he jumped in and swam to the object and touched it with the tip of his horn. A section of the rock fell away to reveal a cave. Carved into the wall of the cave were inscribed the words: WELCOME TO WATERDOOM CAVE. The walls of Waterdoom Cave were lined with holes. Each hole had a ring shaped “button” circling it. Rain’s halo started vigorously pulsing and glowing with light and energy. He stuck his horn into the nearest hole, and as soon as the halo touched the button, a door opened. Rain couldn’t believe his eyes. He had just discovered the purpose of his halo. It was a key! He ventured into the room, and found that it was stocked full of chocolate bars and other tasty treats that he loved so much.
He found the next room to be quite impressive. It was a lush pasture for the unicorns to peacefully graze. It was a perfect place to use as a safe haven if a storm were to blow in suddenly. This cave was like a portal to
other worlds! The sun was shining brightly and a mother and her foal were together near the back of the pasture. The mother invited Rain to graze with them, so he joined her and the foal.
When Rain finally left the pasture, he took the mother and her foal with him. The third room contained a group of puppies and kittens. Rain and his new friend, Ginger, decided to take the responsibility of caring for the animals- some way or another. One of the puppies, an adorable black and tan pug, jumped up on the foal, Copper, and they became friends instantly.
The fourth portal lead to a tropical island with the most beautiful color blue water. They swam to the island together. The pug had to sit on Copper’s back because he kept getting water up his nose when he tried to swim. As the unicorns approached the island, they noticed that there was music playing softly from somewhere toward the center of the jungle and it made Copper and the pug fall asleep immediately. Rain and Ginger got to know a little bit about each other before they too, fell asleep to the sound of beautiful music.