The Balinor Chronicles: The Celestial Herd
Chapter Eighteen: The Rainbow
Solaris was elated; Mulciber, impressed; the Mare, gratified. At long last. The Rainbow. The remnants of the Fires were at the far left, with the Deserts to the right and the Suns even more right. The Suns were bordered by the Trees, who were in turn edged by Wind and Water, who themselves had the Dusks on their right. The lighter colors were in the front, closest to the mountains, and the darker colors were in the back, closest to the small forest. Metal unicorns were spaced all around, depending upon their coat color and Terrenus's Herd, the darkest of all colors, was arranged along the back. The Rainbow.
It was beautiful. It was magnificent. It was elaborate. It was the greatest work any one could have dreamed of. It matched the Mare's vision exactly.
To the Unicorns that comprised the Rainbow, they were but a group of Unicorns. However, the mortals in the Mortal Realms gasped with wonder as they looked up at the colors. And the Supreme Ruler, looking out of his window towards the Valley was so pleased that he smiled for the first time in a long time. His grin was imprinted upon the sky in the Valley, and the Crystal Arch – itself a rainbow of crystals – was the gift he gave to the Valley, the Unicorns, and, most of all, to the Mare.
Solaris was elated, for this showed that his rule was complete. Mulciber was impressed that his brother had managed to get all the Unicorns to work together. The Mare was gratified and retired to her cave for the last time.