How This Started: Chapter Eight

The battle had been a success, but Unicorn Princess wasn't satisfied when she awoke.

She needed ''more. ''More power, more battles one. She wouldn't accept even second place. Winning- that was the only thing that would satisfy her.

She stepped out the door into the morning. No other unicorns were awake.

Then she heard steps come out the door behind her, and sit beside her, and she knew that Handsome Prince was.

"Good morning," she said brightly. He smiled at her.

Then she noticed the small flowers growing among the bodies and pools of blood all over the village.

"There are flowers," Handsome Prince noted.

"I knew that. You didn't need to tell me."

"Sorry," he said sadly.

"No, you're fine," Unicorn Princess told him.

Then she knew she had another thing to tell him. It was the perfect moment.

"I love you," she blurted.

"So you do," he answered. "I suppose I do too."

Unicorn Princess smiled, and hugged him. He hugged her back, then they broke apart.

"We should get everyone out of here," he suggested. "We can go to another village and get more followers, then I think we'll be able to raid the castle."

"Good idea," Unicorn Princess agreed. "I'll go to the village stage. You gather everyone at it."

He nodded, and flew off. Unicorn Princess flew in the opposite direction to the stage. She landed on it and waited for the villagers.

The flew in momentarily, and began her speech.

"You might be shocked at this," she began, "but you're going to have to leave your village and go to another."

The crowd gasped.

"It's not going to be easy. But we need to do it. After we have another village's worth of allies, we'll be able to raid the castle and put me on the throne. On that topic, I'm your queen now. Maybe not the queen of all unicorns like I should be, but a queen nonetheless, and you refer to me as Unicorn Queen. Now we'll leave."

The crowd began to cheer her new name, and she smiled, then rose into the air. They followed her, and soon the village was too far away to see.

It grew dark after a long day of flying, and Unicorn Princess and the villagers landed in a dark, magical-looking forest. She found a cave for them to stay in, and lay down next to Handsome Prince.

"Good night," she said, and just before she fell asleep, she knew they'd be successful.