But the next night, he never showed. I sat by the pond scanning the sky for hours upon hours, but I found myself forever alone. Until daylight came and the unicorn was back.
But even then the unicorn shied from me at times when I attempted to ride him.
Why were these creatures avoiding me so suddenly? I began to worry if there was something wrong with me. Was I suddenly unlovable? On the edge of tears, I curled my arms around my legs and sat by the pond as the sun rose high into the azure sky, wishing I knew if I had become ugly to them or what had gone wrong to make me so untouchable.
"Well what have we here, boys?" I twisted my head around to note in alarm that three men had approached the pond and so I stood to face them, curious about where from they had come. The first one, the one who had spoke, had sandy brown hair, beady eyes and a scruffy beard. I did not like the way he was looking at me, as if I were some sort of morsel for the tasting. He stepped closer and I retreated, nervous and hesitant to trust despite the fact I had been given no reason not to trust him, them. He reached out and grasped my wrist, which stunned me at the swiftness of the motion. I tried to fight him, but he was stronger than me, pushing me to my knees.
"This will be enjoyable." He grinned evilly at me and then motioned for the second man, a beaked-nosed man with black hair and a thick moustache and beard to hold me. The man did as suggested, wrapping his thick meaty hands around my thin wrists, holding them painfully tight. I struggled, screaming for them to release me, but the attempts just made them laugh. The third one, when I caught his eye, looked down, frowning. He was younger than his two companions, blonde hair hanging over his eyes in a pleasing way. I had no reason why I found him attractive at such a strange time but I could sense he was against the attack and stood back, face twisted in disappointment and disapproval.
"She is so pretty. I cannot wait to take her." The leader spoke, approaching me like a wild animal, his teeth bared in primal glee. With a swift motion, he ripped the top to my dress open, sending buttons flying. I let out a cry of dismay as my breasts were freed, for all three to see.
"Oh yes, beautiful!" The first man stated with approval and the one holding me began to drool on my neck; I could feel his hardness behind me, pressing against my tip of buttocks. I felt as if I could sick up but continued to struggle against my captor, wanting to do nothing but pull up my top and flee from them.
"Come on, uncle. Let us go now. It will be a long trek back to the village and we are already overdue. Let her be. She has done nothing to you." The third man, the blonde one, spoke finally, in protest for my behalf. I sent a glance of thanks his way, but he could not meet my eye; he was too occupied looking anywhere but at my naked chest.
"Shut up, Dane. I will go when I am ready." The first man turned back to me and pulled the rest of my dress down, including shift so that I was completely naked. I whimpered in embarrassment and fear, pleading with him to release me. When he smacked me roughly against my mouth to silence my complaints, I obeyed, not wanting to instill any more of his wrath upon me. I still attempted to struggle, especially when the leader began to grasp my breasts within his hands and roughly squeeze as if they were his to do such with. I began to feel warm tears of humiliation and fear roll down my face, unable to do anything but let the man grope me. The one holding me began to thrust his solid member against my back, making little grunting noises as he did. It was easy to ignore him as he still had his trousers on thankfully.