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NamingAUnicornThe 9th day of the 12th month It was evening of the thirtieth day of the eleventh month and I had just wandered out into the East Forest to look for exiles needing assistance. And I found JoMamma, Syklle and Ciric outside the fire circle, holding their own against a some denizens of the wood. I healed them a bit to assure their position, although I know they didn't need my help, yet they whispered to me "Look, it's Stag". To my astonishment, there was the largest Stag I had ever seen with powerful legs and a huge head of antlers. "Wow" I said. "Whisper, don't want to scare him off" Jo whispered. "Hold out an apple for him, he likes them" Syklle suggested. "But I have no apples." "Here" Syklle gave me an apple to offer to Stag. I offered it to Stag and he catiously creeped over and snatched it delicately from my hand. Amazing! Then I got my first clue that something was wrong, I noticed that Stag was crying. "What's wrong?" I asked of the others. "All we know is that he is sad. We're trying to help him." Jo replied.  After five minutes of questioning Stag with him only give us positive and negative responses, we had figgured a little bit out. He didn't want us to get something for him, he wanted us to go somewhere, but he didn't know where. I thought that someone might be in trouble somewhere and Stag wanted us to help him, but he just pawed at some tangled roots when I asked about it. "It has something to do with the unicorn." Jo whispered. "Unicorn?" I blurted out. "Shh, yes, there’s a unicorn in Tangle Wood, but we can’t get close to it, it always runs away." "Lets Go" suggested Jo after some more fruitless questioning. We met a little opposition on our way, just east of the entrance to Tangle Wood, we were recovering from our wounds and we noticed Stag was watching us again. So we asked him some more questions, getting no more information than we had before. Then he started scratching at another tangled root. "He wants us to go to Tangle Wood!" I said, again too loud. Syklle made a quick decision, "Yes, Lets go find the Unicorn!" After some disorganized wandering we eventually discovered the Unicorn watching us from behind a tree in Tangle Wood. Not meaning to scare it we approached too closely and it skittered away, but we eventually understood it was afraid and kept our distance while we talked to the unicorn. We noticed it seemed lost and a bit confused. It understood us and responed to our questions, so we tried to find out what it needed. "Do you seek something?" Syklle asked. The Unicorn got excited and pointed its horn at Syklle. "Do you want us to show you the way out of Tangle Wood?" The Unicorn snorted in disgust! Then we heard the distant cry of a fallen exile. Llerendel had fallen. Syklle looked about, "I have to go help Llerendel, I will come back." And the Unicorn shed a tear as Syklle dashed off to find Llerendel. "Do you seek a person?" Jo asked. The unicorn snorted. Not a person and not an object. "Do you need to go to Gia’s garden?" Bounty asked. The unicorn pointed and got excited. By this time a large group had gathered. "We can take you there!" The unicorn let out a loud snort! Then I had a flash, "Do you seek knowledge?" I asked. The Unicorn pointed its horn at me. "Do you seek a name from Gia?" I asked. The Unicorn got excited and pointed at me again. "We need to go to Gia's garden and get a name" The Unicorn snorted. "Oooh, She needs us to name her, a beautiful name for a magnificent beast!" And the Unicorn pointed at me again. Syklle returned as we were spouting out names, some grand, some simple, but I was still pondering, it had to be a wonderful name. Eventually the din got loud enough that we couldn't talk coherently. Then the unicorn pointed at me again. I nearly fainted. It appeared that I had the honor of naming the Unicorn. We had found several names I considered to be grand enough for a Unicorn, but one seemed most fitting. I named her Moonshimmer.  We danced, sang and celebrated, for not only was she named, but she was freed from her waiting, she could now go where she pleased. After our celebration Moonshimmer bowed, and galloped off into the wood. I hope I get to see her again someday.  I have not seen Stag since naming Moonshimmer. If you see him, be sure to give him an apple and tell him that Moonshimmer is free! I hope that will make him happy again. --Wisher |
