The Case of the Disappearing Unicorns

I saw a unicorn when I was six years old

I saw her in the grocery store

She stood tall and proud

She was beautiful

When she noticed me staring she smiled

Then vanished right before my eyes

I saw another form of the same unicorn when I was ten

This time the unicorn took the form of a mother

She was pushing her little girl on the swing and laughing

She saw me staring and smiled, nodded

Then her and her daughter vanished

I saw the unicorn last month

She was sitting at my kitchen table with her head laying down

She was crying

I walked over to her and put my hand on her back

The way you would great an old friend

When she saw me she didn't vanish

She just stared back at me

I looked in her eyes and I saw who she was

She was smart, and funny, and wise

I saw her face and ran outside to find forms of the unicorn laying dead in my front yard

I couldn't help but fall on my knees

This creature I had loved all my life

Was now laying lifeless

I began to weep

I slowly walked to each body and closed each of their eyes before kissing their blood spattered cheeks

I went back inside and saw two forms of the unicorn looking at me

One still had tears running down her face

The other looked happy

They hugged each other and smiled

Then the first was shot with an arrow, killing her

When I began to run over to her the other put her hand up to stop me

She smiled, kissed my cheek and touched my heart

Then she both vanished

I went to the bathroom and looked at myself in the mirror

I looked at my hands

They were stained with unicorn tears that looked a lot like blood

I looked back up at my reflect

Saw the unicorn behind but this time I didn't stare

I just smiled back