For the A to
Z Challenge, I'm having twenty-six flash fiction pieces from my Foxwick Kingdom
and its surrounding neighbors. Soon A to Z Flashes of Foxwick will be
available in e-book format. You can add this to your Goodreads list here.
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Greymist Grove
“I once saw a unicorn in Greymist
Forest,” Orin said, his arrow notched in his bow.
“A unicorn, really? Everyone knows
unicorns don’t come to men.” Quaylin crept forward as the mist swirled
throughout the trees.
“Well this one didn’t get the decree.”
Orin watched every step he took. One wrong move would send their game in
flight. If the brothers came back empty-handed again, he doubted Quaylin’s wife
would let them sleep inside for a month.
“What did it look like?”
A bird flitted through the trees. Orin
paused and listened, but the quiet sounds of the forest continued. They hadn’t
scared away their prey yet.
“Well?”
“Keep your voice down.” The trees and
heavy fog slowly thinned. Once they entered Greymist’s grove, they would be
able to set up and wait for a deer to come by the stream. “As for the unicorn,
it looked like a horse ’cept with a horn.”
Quaylin laughed. “Sure it wasn’t a
horse?”
“I’m sure.”
The brothers stepped through the mist
and into the grove. A trickling stream flowed nearby. The bubbling water
sounded like music to Orin’s ears. Birds tweeted in the distance. A clean,
sweet scent of fruit trees rushed through his nostrils as he turned his face
toward the shining sun. There were few things greater than the outdoors.
“Do you see that?” Quaylin lifted his
bow.
Near the edge of the forest, two dark
shapes drew closer.
Orin’s blood rushed through him as his
heart rate increased. He squinted to see the creatures clearly when he
recognized them.
“Hold your arrow, Quaylin.”
“Why?”
“They’re unicorns.”
The brothers froze as the unicorns crept
from the forest. Their silvery hair gleamed in the sunlight. Horns shone
proudly from their foreheads. The unicorns danced to the stream, sipped the
water, and then disappeared into the misty forest.
With a wide grin on his face, Orin
nudged Quaylin. “Told you I saw a unicorn.”
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