She approached the tattered tapestry that hung against the crumbling wall and stared lovingly at the scene depicted. In the woven threads a unicorn laid its head in the lap of a fair maiden.
Talia had been chastised before for going to the ruins, but still she came. After all, the elders could be wrong. Maybe the legends were true.
Talia brushed her shining horn against the worn cloth hopefully. Maybe humans did exist. It was possible.

Copyright © 2002, Tina M. Bridenstine.