The Little Unicorn

Deep in the heart of an enchanted forest,many moons ago surrounded by beautiful areas of cascading waterfalls and green wooded glades,there sat a lonely patch of ground say - oh no bigger than your bed.
None of the forest creatures would ever dare to cross this patch because it was so dark that nothing ever grew there not even the grass.Unbeknow to anyone this little area in years before had been just as lushious and green as all the rest of the forest,but a greedy troll had left his cave one summers evening to go hunting for food when he happened upon a young Unicorn.
The Unicorn had never met a troll before and for this reason he was rather cautious about the strange creature standing before him. The troll talked to the young Unicorn for a while and it was'nt long before the troll convinced the Unicorn to go walking through the forest with him, plotting in his mind as they went.
"I think i should like to have him roast over a burning pit and hang his magical horn in my cave" thought the troll to himself,all the time smiling and befriending the unsuspecting Unicorn.
"I really should'nt go to far into the forest" said the Unicorn "at least not without letting my friends know where i am going." "Don't worry" said the troll,slyly, "not too far now."
They walked slightly further into the forest when the Unicorn saw the most beautiful sight he had ever seen. Waterfalls and rainbows,flowers blowing with the evening breeze and creatures playing in sunset carresed by the most delightful sounds. Suddenly the troll pulled out his dagger,made from the darkest wood from the darkest place in the forest and plunged its twisted blade straight into the Unicorns heart. The poor Unicorn did'nt have time to turn and run or even to let out a cry as he looked at the wicked troll who was grinning at him. The young Unicorn just shed a single tear which dropped to the ground then the Unicorn fell,his magical blood soaking the area around him. So the troll picked up the Unicorns body and left to go back to his cave,never to be seen again.
Much time had passed by and the young Unicorns parents often searched for their child but as the forest was so vast they never came across the spot where the cruel troll had slaine their child until one day they saw a small fairie who was all alone and looking down at the area very sadly.
"What is wrong little one ?" they both asked, "Why is this ground so barren and cold yet all around is so beautiful."
The fairie told the Unicorns of the sad story and what had happened,which made them both cry as they realised it was their young one who had been taken. But as their tears fell something quite magical started to happen. Five very strange looking buds started to sprout from the dark ground below almost causing a now ever increasing group of forest creatures to stop and stumble over themselves and each other. Out of all the buds only one continued to grow as the others merged into it,becoming a strange and large looking mushroom.
Very soon the area around the mushroom had become as beautiful as its surroundings but there was something different about it. Even though the glade was bathed in a vast amount of sunlight the area shone,maybe even glowed. Within an hour or two the mushroom had grown to be the same height as the two Unicorns legs and even though the sun had gone the whole area was still bathed in an eerie light,eminating from the mushroom. The small fairie walked over to the strange looking mushroom and to everyones surprise a door appeared at the base,out of which came a small elf like creature.
"Do not cry for your loss" said the creature to the two Unicorns, "your child is safe and happy with us and wants you to know just how much he Loves you both and to celebrate his life,not to mourn his death."
"But we will never see his beauty again" they both exclaimed to the elf. "Now that your tears have bought Love back to this forsaken ground this mushroom will always be here,and i entrust our fairie gaurdian here to care for it" replied the elf. "Whenever anyone comes to this glade they will forever be filled with joy and happiness whilst your beloved child watches over them, living in our world, coming back here every few years." But that my friends is a whole other story.