It had been a few days. Surprisingly, there hadn't been much talking. I was still slightly shocked by the events in Greda. Ren hadn't talked to me in a while, he had been so quiet and that scared me a lot. I didn't realize how much I needed his voice filling in the gaps of silence until it was gone.

    "Are you okay?" I asked him gently.

    He blinked, as if he had been I'd deep thought. "Yeah, I've just been thinking."

    "About what?" I continued, mentally begging him to answer.

    He shrugged. "I don't know. Why would a unicorn turn bad? Why would one go out and kill people? It really doesn't make any sense."

    I nodded, not really having anything to add onto that. I didn't want to talk about unicorns anymore. I was sick of this long journey and just wanted it to be over. I wanted Ren to be happy and go back t0 his family and live to be an old man. I don't know what would happen to me, but I hoped I fit into the picture somehow.

    "I suppose you're just going to keep walking an not tell us anything, right Lucille?" Ren teased as the pale-colored deer ahead of us.

    She didn't answer him, though her ears swiveled back in annoyance. I was confused, that was a bit too salty for Ren. I Was supposed to be the pessimistic one, not him.

    "Maybe she's a little star stuck, it's not everyday you get to walk around with a guy who's come back from the dead." I pointed out, the words felt weird on my tongue, I'm not sure why.

    Ren looked at me with these huge bug eyes. It startled me so much I instantly began to replay what I had just said in my mind over and over to see what I had done wrong.

    "Did you just...make a joke?" He asked incredulously, blinking wildly.

    So that's what that weird feeling had been. I must say I did not like the taste of humor. "I suppose I did."

    His face twisted up in a smile before he bent over laughing and wheezing. I was not expecting a reaction as tremendous as this one and the longer he kept laughing, the better it felt? What a strange and abstract concept.

    "I can't believe you just did that!" He mused, wiping away tears. "I can not believe it."

    "Enjoy it, I'm never doing that again." I replied distastefully.

    I was smiling for some strange reason. My innards felt kind of wobbly. To be fairly honest I might need to sit down. I think I might need to sit down. Why are bodies like this?

"Sure thing M'lady." He sighed happily.

Something else I didn't realize I missed, my old nickname. Sweet butter rolls I hope that was here to stay. Wait, no I didn't, because it was annoying. At least I think it is. It probably is.

    "Come children." Lucile suddenly halted, ears flicking forward. "Come see."

    We walked over to where she was standing and could get a clear view of the valley dipping down below us. I noticed and immediate change in the flora, everything was much richer in color. The trees were bigger and wilder, the undergrowth threatened to consume most of the path way, the vines and wild berry bushes were beyond thick. I watched as a family of small rabbits crossed the street.

    "Whoa, why is everything so much different?" Ren questioned, squatting down to sniff a cluster of pink flowers.

    Lucille gave this deer equivalent of a satisfied grin. "This is Feudra Valley, Celeste's land. She uses her magic to watch over all the creatures, we will be safe here."

    "Hold up." I crossed my arms, suddenly very agitated. "Who's Celeste? Are you telling me you've known a Celeste this whole time and didn't tell us?"

    Ren looked equally as hurt. "Don't you trust us Lucille?"

    Lucille glanced away, her ears flicking back. "When you mentioned that name I had my doubts that we were talking about the same being, now that we're looking for a unicorn, I can safely say Celeste is probably the one we're looking for."

    I snapped. "Celeste is a unicorn?"

    My words were angry and bitter and came out harsher than I intended. I regretted them as soon as I saw the malcontented and frightened expression on Ren's face.

    Lucille's head hung low, her voice came out a little wobbly. "Yes."

    "Why didn't you tell us?" I demanded. "You could have saved us all the trouble we've been through!"

    I stopped to lean against a nearby tree, my face flushed. I felt dizzy for some reason. I instinctively reached forward and clasped the vial of blood necklace. Letting out of roar of frustration I pondered on whether to snap in in half or not. I was stopped when Ren gently took it out of my hands and let it fall against my chest.

    "Hey, we're almost there okay?" He whispered calmly. "This is almost over."

    I let out a deep breath, forcing myself to swallow the tears that threatened to fall. Then I angrily turned around to face the white peryton with new ensuring rage.

    "Why should we trust Celeste?" I barked like a cornered dog. "If she's the one who made us like this in the first place? Why should we trust you?"

    Lucille, as emotionless as she had been thus far, suddenly looked like she regretted telling us that tibit of info. She waited a long time while I struggled to breath normally before she answered.

    "I do not know Celeste or her reasoning, but I assume if she can curse you she can turn you back." Lucille answered calmly.

    "Why did she curse us in the first place?" I demanded, extremely frustrated.

    Lucille paused again. "I do not know her reasoning. You should be asking yourself whether or not you want to know who you were before this."

    I blinked, my red hot rage suddenly diverging like a river and disappearing. "What do you mean? I just want to find out who I am."

    Lucille took a step closer. "My dear child, what if you do not like who you were?"

    I paused, struggling to comprehend. "I...I don't care. I deserve to know."

    "If that is what you wish, I can take you to Celeste." Lucille explained, turning around and continuing to walk into Feudra Valley.

    I shut my mouth and numbly followed her, more and more doubts suddenly filling my mind. "Is Celeste a good unicorn?"

    "She is the kindest creature on this earth, her life duty is protect others. She will sacrifice anything to make sure her kingdom is safe, even family." Lucille explained, her words tinged with a bitter note.

    "But why would she curse us if her duty is to protect?" Ren asked, sounding innocently confused.

    Lucille sighed. "That you will have to ask her yourselves."

We walked for few hours. I was mostly silent this time. My mind was buzzing with unanswered questions that would remain that way until I could ask Celeste. I was miserable to discover the being who cursed was the only person who could make us normal again. Amnesia was scary, it was like a void constantly following me. Who am I?

My vision was suddenly filled with the sight of soft pink followers, held by a freckled hand near my face.

"They're the same color as you're hair." Ren explained, as I took them from him.

His face was so innocent and full of love. I held to pink flowers carefully. It was a simple gesture that normally I wouldn't have thought to much about, but now? It was really sweet. I glanced up at him to discover he was blushing and we both looked away awkwardly. My face burned, that was new. I must have gotten a sunburn earlier.

"Uh...Thanks." I squeaked pathetically.

I put the flower stems in my pouch with the heads sticking out. I realized with embarrassment this was terribly feminine, but then suddenly I didn't care? What was wrong with me? I had never felt like this before.

The sound of faint galloping filled my ears and I glanced back to see a hooded figure on a cloak stirring up dust on a madly galloping horse. They approached fast and we moved over to let them pass but then suddenly the figure slowed down and took off their hood to talk to us.

A women's face appeared, or rather just her eyes because her mouth and nose were covered with a bandana. Long brown curls tumbled down her back. I got the faintest idea I had seen her somewhere when she leaned forward to talk to us and her necklace lifted off her chest. It was a vial of blood on a chain.

"Is this the way to Feudra Valley?" She asked, with an accent similar to Ren's.

"Are you the king's ex-girlfriend?" Ren replied blatantly.

Her eye's widened and she pulled out a dagger. "Who are you?"

"We accidentally got arrested in your place." I explained, holding up my necklace, the blood in mine was a darker color than hers, which was strange.

She laughed. "What a coincidence!" She sheathed the dagger. "I assume you're going to Feudra Valley as well?"

"Yeah, this is the way." Ren nodded.

"Ah good. I'm afraid we won't see each other again because I have to go into hiding now, but it was nice making your acquaintance. If you see Felix again tell him he was to young for me and I've gone off to elope with my true love."

She spurred her horse and the pair took off. When the dust cleared she was already on the horizon.

"Coincidence indeed." I agreed.

"Let's keep going, we're almost there." Lucille spurred us, and the walk continued.