Unicorns White Wizard
The Ice Queen and Jola’s mother became immediate friends, and she even asked her to stay, Jola was so pleased when her mother said yes that she almost started clapping, She now knew the dangers here and was so relieved to have a safe place for her mother to stay, and when she looked at Uni she could see the relief in his eyes too. She loved this big, gentle man so much. When at last they stopped talking the Ice Queen suggested that they visit the White Wizard, and perhaps they would find more answers there. She quickly drew them a map showing how to get there, and with kisses and tears they waved goodbye to Jola’s mother and set off on the path they had been shown.
As they started walking the Ice Queen’s red fairies decided to accompany them, flying around Uni’s head until he changed back to unicorn form and then riding on his back. Jola looked at them thoughtfully, she had noticed them staring at him earlier, but had thought they had never seen a unicorn before, but now she saw that it was something more, they saw the same things in him that had won her heart so long ago, and still held it now. They saw his immense devotion to the herd, his even greater devotion and love for her, his kindness, his softness, she didn’t know how she knew this, but all of a sudden it was obvious to her.
Finally they reached the house of the White Wizard, and the red fairies popped out of view, heading for home, and Uni changed back to human form, then knocked at the door. A very attractive woman in her early thirties answered the door, and suddenly her expression changed from suspicion to pure happiness. She cried out in absolute delight, “Unicorns have come back to the world.” She hugged each of them in turn and then invited them all to come inside. In the living room she waved her hand and suddenly four troughs appeared, one in front of each of them, filled with the sweetest clover, and then slumped, as if exhausted into a nearby easy chair.
She sat and watched as they ate and when she saw Jola looking at her from the corner of her eye as she ate she said to her, “I use my father’s name in memory of a great and wonderful father. I still miss him every day since his untimely death so many years ago.” A tear fell from her eye, so Jola did not pursue the conversation further.
Jola asked the White Wizard quietly, trying not to upset her further, “What can you tell us about unicorns, past and present?.”
The White Wizard said with a smile, “Quite a lot, I’ll start at the beginning and work my way towards the present day. The earliest known stories mention a magical pool, now long dried up, that when drunk from caused the drinker both to fall in love with the first creature they saw and to become biologically compatible with that creature, ale to have offspring. Many combinations of creatures soon began to be born, it is rumoured that some other magical creature was also involved in the creation of unicorns, but that creature’s identity is lost to time. In the first great war against the witch and her evil allies many unicorns were killed, and shortly after the werewolves began to hunt down their stallions, killing them all. During the demon wars the remainder of the unicorn herd was wiped out by marauding demons, leaving only the unicorn who had been travelling with a girl called Cookie, as the last survivor. That unicorn mated with the last surviving Pegasus and they had two foals, the first a pure unicorn stallion, the second a pure Pegasus mare. No more is known about either foal but recently there have been rumours of the unicorns returning, they changed the allegiance of a siren from evil to good, saved the life of a dryad, healing the dryad trees at about the same time. It has caused a great deal of joy among those creatures who still follow the path of good in this world, giving them hope and inspiration.
Seek out the Elf King and his daughter, since they built their citadel, the elves have been under siege, but if you can reach them, they will become your greatest allies in this world.
Jola smiled, it seemed her decision to move to this world had been the right one, although fraught with danger. They were much needed here.
