The sun shown through the brilliant colors of the fall day as the beautiful golden
mare wandered through the forest. Impish elves danced in the morning light which whispered through the falling leaves reaching the ground without a sound. The mare lifted its head high as an unknown soul approached on its right side. She stared as the image came into view and shook her head, her soft mane flying. As the human drew closer to the wild mare, she backed away watching him intently, with great caution... humans were not to be trusted by the creatures of the land. The story was told around the countryside of the "beasts" which were stealing the land from the creatures, how they slaughtered needlessly and destroyed all the creatures had cherished. As the human approached, the mare put her head down and backed away, watching as the human raised his sword and charged towards her. She lifted her head and nuzzled against the human just before the sword struck her between the ears. The human looked at the lovely creature in shock as he felt her soft fur on his face, but unable to stop the downswing of the sword. He stared in shock at the kindness the creature had shown, not expecting it, as he had been told the creatures were evil and untrustworthy. As he watched the mare stumble to the ground, he realized what he had done was wrong, and fell to his knees beside her, crying out in anguish. His sobs echoed through the forest and up to the heavens, piercing the air and splitting the silence. As he wept over the beautiful mare, a sparkling light shown down from the heavens and a winged creature appeared beside the dying mare. She watched as the human ran his hand down the mares neck, and his tears fell on the killing sword. She waved her hand over them, and the sword started to change appearance. The human, startled at the appearance of this winged creature, drew his hand back and stared as the sword grew smaller and intertwined within itself, twisting and changing to the purest gold color. A point replaced the handle and the humans tears changed to a glittering on the now beautiful horn. The winged creature smiled and looked at the human's tear stained face and waved her hand over the mare. The human watched as the mare opened its eyes and shook its head, now adorned with a most beautiful horn. She rose full height, looking at the human standing beside her, she nuzzled him again. The human reached up his hand and as he touched her warm neck, was transferred into a beautiful black stallion, with a matching gold horn, glittering in the sunlight. He nuzzled the mare and turned to look at his human partner who had come running when he heard his friend cry out, and had witnessed the transformation due to love and regret. The stallion nodded towards the human. The winged creature, hearing the thoughts of the stallion, told his human friend that this show of love for the mare had transformed the man from one of mistrust and hate to one who believed all must be treated with respect, that every creature is special and this new creature was to be a reminder of this. The man nodded and turned to leave, then walked back and bowed to the two wonders of love...never to harm another creature again. The winged creature changed into sparkling sunlight and returned to the heavens, as the human left. The mare and the stallion, stood majestically facing each other in the middle of the forest, knowing peace and love would soon return to their domain.
