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As I come into this realm all I can feel is death. This place truly defies the natural order of the world. What is dead should remain motionless and shouldn't bother the livings. Tch. I already hate it.

I can see skeletons and wraiths wandering about. Tons of them. They are but weaklings in front of one such as I. I can stomp the bones easily and I can annihilate the specters if they come nearby just using my aura alone.

No, this isn't the source of the uneasiness I felt. This place is but a trivial issue for me. No, there is something evil lurking at its core. Truly evil. It takes me a moment to figure it out.

Dread fills me. This is the smell of a vampire. One extremely ancient and powerful. Does this rescue mission even have a chance of success?

I am not sure myself. Still, it doesn't matter. I have already resolved that I won't cower. It doesn't change the fact that I am shaken to my very soul. My whole being telling me to run as far away as possible, as fast as possible.

I know how to deal with this feeling. I start humming that war song he taught me. The one thing I hated now giving me the courage to keep progressing.

The more I gallop and the more I sing the more I realize that I do have a chance of victory.

You know what? Not only will I save the king but I will also fuck that vampire up should he try to block my path!

So what if he is an all-powerful being? I'll show him that if he wants to mess with me he'll have to pay a steep price!

As I come across a huge castle I know they are in there. A war cry leaves my mouth, almost by itself.

"HERE I AM! This unicorn is going to end all of you bitches!"

I rush in following their life signature.

I charge through the door directly. No time for such bullshit and there they are! And so is the vampire! I insult him a bit in passing. I feel alive. Now is the time to be heroic!

The king tells me how amazing I look. I knew it! Fighting valiantly for a cause makes me look cool! Still, it is the first time anyone tells me that in such a direct way! I'm not sure how to react. I feel all warm inside.

I tell him I came to save him, and he says he is counting on me. This is great! The king of the endless forest is counting on me!" Me this simple unicorn!

I'll have to live up to his expectations! I drag him on my back, and we depart leaving behind a seemingly still confused vampire! I totally got this!

At some point, I realize how intimate we must look right now. His entire body is pressed against me. I can feel his body heat on my skin. His legs are wrapped around me. It is the first time a man ever rides me. This is intense!

No way, I'm probably overthinking this. Even if he is hugging me ever so tightly in his embrace. Pulling my hair slightly and caressing my head. I really should focus on destroying all the skeletons….

[Onward my life-long companion! We ride into battle! To infinity and beyond!]

What?! Life-long? Riding together into battle? To infinity and beyond? Is this a confession?!

What about Wolfie? Then again…screw Wolfie! I have no clue where she even is right now. Doesn't matter. I'll just enjoy this moment!

And then before I even know it I am laughing. From the very bottom of my heart. All the way until we reach the portal. We can head out safely now.

Somehow this mission has been a success. There is one thing that doesn't add up. Why didn't the vampire even bother pursuing us?

There is something fishy going on here. As I'm deep in thoughts he asks me about my new look. What does the king mean?

He asks me how I found this place. I tell him that I used some magic to open a link to come to their rescue. I'm about to keep going ….

Then he comes nearby and hugs me while thanking me. This! This is too much! I used to be a really shy unicorn! This is too much emotion in one go! We should take things slow and …. then again, we can take things fast too…. *blush*

Wait now is not the time for this! We need to leave fast before the vampire changes his mind and comes after us!

That's when he tells me the vampire is a friend. What?! How?! How does a human make friends with a bloodsucker?!

I'm confused. I feel like my whole worldview is crumbling. I feel like I made a fool of myself just now. All that rescue mission was unnecessary. As I'm feeling down, he reassures me. I saved them by opening a portal. I may have done it in a really unnecessarily flashy way, but I did indeed save them!

He tells me not to worry about it and that everything will be alright. Thus we slowly start walking back toward the scary castle once again. As we do I am feeling impressed with him. I truly realize why Wolfie chose him.

A man that can convince a vampire to join him … That in itself is a miracle.

No matter how strong or weak he might be he does give this warm feeling to people that follow him.

To me too… He showed me that there is more to this world. He taught me about the ugliness of it through that song. Weirdly. Yet, somehow, I get the feeling the world became more real because of it.

It is okay to be angry, it is okay to be mad. I will not conform to how my species should be acting. Pure and boring.

I will be myself and that will be enough.

It is at that exact moment that I decide to follow him in the future no matter what happens.

The Unnamed God Sect was it?