The Fortunicorn (5)
A romantasy in drabbles
‘My horns attune to negative energy,’ the Fortunicorn explained. ‘The subtle horn tells me where I shall find it, precisely - even to a particular clearing.’
Princess Alanah glanced at the birch trees.
‘My shadow horn,’ the Fortunicorn continued, ‘absorbs the energy. And then... heh heh heh. I eat it.’
Alanah did a double take. ‘How?’ she asked.
‘Oh,’ the Fortunicorn replied, waving a hoof, ‘the energy drains into my oesophagus, stomach, etc. Quite simple, really… you don’t have to do anything, much - merely meet me. As you are!’
The Princess leant back against her tree. ‘Most wonderful,’ she murmured.
Thanks for reading!
- this is the latest installment of a story-in-drabbles I’ve been penning since the birth of ‘Thorny Thursday’, a weekly collection of love and romance writing headed by and . Also, regularly reads ‘The Fortunicorn’.In this writing challenge, I’m the early bird! For examples of TT’s variety of posts, here’s the latest collection:
I would also like to take this opportunity to thank several people from a recent
thread. I’ve been struggling a bit this week, but they’ve given me some good pointers:I feel a lot better today. Thank you, all eleven of you <3
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Part Six - what happened to Alanah’s sisters?
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Thanks for the mention--so happy it helped.