Unicorn Genesis (Unicorn Western) by Sean Platt & Johnny B. Truant

Author:Sean Platt & Johnny B. Truant [Platt, Sean]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sterling & Stone
Published: 2013-11-12T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 21

JUST LIKE THAT

Edward continued alone.

The Sandman pointed in a direction that, to Edward’s eye, looked exactly the same as the others. He took it. There was no hesitation. He didn’t say goodbye to Saul or the Sandman; he didn’t so much as look back. His unicorn eyes were on the sides of his head, but Edward looked around as little as possible, focusing on what was more or less before him. The moment felt fragile, as everything had from the moment Saul had stopped playing his pipe, and the feeling Edward had, as he put sand behind him, was like walking on shells. He had the sensation of a narrow escape — not from the Sandman himself but from what he represented — and felt certain, as he walked slowly away, that any small moment of indecision might jinx it.

Soon the fog returned and obscured all that he’d been afraid to look at. He couldn’t see far ahead at all; he was totally enclosed in a triple-Edward-length capsule of visibility within the churning fog. And it was churning; the unicorn thought he could see indistinct shapes within it as he walked. The world began to feel unreal, and after a few minutes in the fog Edward was already afraid he’d stepped from the Sandman’s assigned path and lost his way. He began to imagine things — creatures formed by the fog besieging him from every direction, as if they were the Sandman’s unreal fauna who knew Edward had proved himself, and were jealous.

After a short while (and a terrifying moment when Edward’s visibility grew so poor that he couldn’t see his own hooves), the fog lifted. He could see grass below him. It was flat and featureless owing to the scant light but soon grew greener as the veil parted and Edward could see the swell of land around him. The grass was relatively short and bare in patches as if it had been grazed. There was also a worn path before him where the grass was pressed flat down the middle and had been scoured to dirt in two ruts along either side.

Now that the fog was gone, Edward could see a rolling meadow stretched out in front of him. He heard a rattling behind him and ducked aside to hide (feeling stupid for doing so; he was a unicorn, after all) in case something unknown and ominous had decided to sneak up behind him. When Edward turned to see the rattling’s source, he saw a cart on two large wooden wheels, being pulled by two horses and with a human driver in the seat. The cart was open and held objects that Edward couldn’t fully see but that looked like boards and building materials.

The cart rattled by, and Edward, already hidden, let it go. Yar, he could intercept the cart and ask for information, but things here were new. Where was he? Had he crossed worlds again? When night fell, he’d be able to look up at the stars and know for certain, but for now the unicorn had no idea.

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