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Hello! My name is Rachel Weiss and I'm six and a half years old. I have brown hair and brown eyes and pinkish skin? And I'm a girl.
Tonight is Halloween! Halloween is my favorite because I get to wear a disguise and also there's candy! Which is like the perfect holiday because, I mean, obviously, right? Oh, right, I forgot to mention, I'm in disguise right now! So, don't tell anyone that I'm Rachel, okay? If anyone asks, I'm the unicorn pirate princess Fairyella Skywalker, okay? Okay. Good.
You better stick to that or else I'll make you walk the plank and then slice you in half with my lightsaber. I'll do it! Don't think I won't!
Anyway. We were all out trick-or-treating, me and Isaac and Sarah and Hannah and also Hannah's friend Mal, who is cool, and Isaac's friend Theo, who I hate because he's a big jerk with a stupid head. Also, Katelyn, Mal's cat, which is a funny name for a cat because it's just a person's name, but on a cat? I don't know why you would just give a cat a person name and not a cat name, but whatever, Katelyn is cute and fuzzy, so I guess it's okay. If you're cute and fuzzy enough, you can have whatever name you want, I think. That's why I'm Princess/Captain Fairyella Skywalker tonight, and not Rachel Weiss. Who is this "Rachel Weiss" you speak of? I do not know her!
So yeah, we were all out trick-or-treating…oh! I guess I forgot, they were all in disguise too. But they don't have lightsabers, so what are they going to do about it? If they wanted to keep their true identities secret, they should have picked a disguise that would let them cut people in half, like mine does. That's on them.
Anyway, we got tons of candy! And glowsticks! It was awesome! This is why Halloween is the best! Plus all down the street there were these cool statues made of, like, scrap metal, and stuff? And they were all lit up and super cool! They're not special Halloween Statues or anything, they're there all year, but they're even cooler on Halloween because…well, they just are.
But the coolest thing that happened on Halloween was when I got to meet THE UNICORN.
Yeah! That's right! There was a unicorn! Not me. I'm only disguised as a unicorn. I mean a real unicorn. Because guess what? Unicorns are real! Bet you didn't know that!
See, what happened was, we were walking through the park on the way home, and there was a unicorn there! And I said, "Hey, look! It's a unicorn!" And then Theo said, "Unicorns aren't real!" because he's mean and stupid. And then Katelyn said "Meow meow meow!" which, um…well, I don't really know what that means because I only pretend to speak Cat. But it was probably something along the lines of, "Actually, Theo, unicorns are definitely real, and that is one right over there by that tree where Rachel Fairyella Skywalker said, and also you are a doo-doo-head." Probably.
And then Hannah and Mal started whispering to each other and I couldn't hear what they said. I assume it was more stuff about how I was right and Theo was wrong. But maybe they were talking about bears. You never know. I don't understand why more people aren't talking about bears, like, all the time. Did you know that when grizzly bears hibernate, they can go for as long as SEVEN MONTHS without pooping? Seven months! Why are people not talking about this?!
Anyway, I wanted to go over and talk to the unicorn, because, duh! UNICORN! But I didn't because I figured it was probably a wild unicorn, and you're not supposed to approach wild animals. But then the unicorn looked at us and started coming our way! And then he said, "Pardon, good wizards, but I seem to be lost. Do you know where I might find the…ah…what was your human name for it? 'Calder Creek'?"
"It's, um, right over there," said Mal, pointing to the creek.
"Ah! Thank you!" said Leaflet. "I knew that all along, of course. You have passed my test! Yes." He coughed.
Sarah crossed her arms, and said, "Are you a real unicorn?" Which was a silly question to ask. Obviously he was real. He was right there in front of us. So I said to her, "Of course he's real! He's right there in front of us!" And then I turned to the unicorn and said, "Hi! I'm usually Rachel, but tonight I'm disguised as Princess Fairyella Skywalker. But actually, my real name is Rachel. I've never met a unicorn before. What's your name?"
And the unicorn said, "My name is Leaflet Glittermane, and yes, I am a real unicorn. Thank you for the directions. I apologize if I startled you. I'm afraid my Veil of Disinterest has been malfunctioning. I would not have approached you had I not detected magic-users among your number, but once I saw that more than one of you were wizards of significant power, I…sorry, what is that about? You're making a gesture of some sort. What does that mean?"
Hannah was waving her hands almost like she was trying to signal for Leaflet to stop talking, which was weird, but I'm used to my big sister being weird. Like, she thinks we don't know she's letting a bird live in her room? But we all know she's letting a bird live in her room. It's SUPER obvious.
"Oh, uh, never mind," said Hannah. "Not important. It's very nice to meet you, Leaflet."
"See?" I told Theo. "Unicorns are real. The unicorn said so. And he should know! So there." And I stuck out my tongue at him.