A Strange Homecomeing

Blood

The minute they are off school grounds and enter the park out of view of the other students Ryan slams Unicorn into a tree. 

“You idiot! Why would you do that?!?” Goldy grab’s Ryan’s jacket hoodie and yanks back pulling him away from Unicorn. Ryan takes a step back surprised and yanks his hoodie out of her grasp. “Knock it off!” 

“You knock it off! You have no right!” Goldy counters.

“I have plenty of right! He’s my best friend and he’s being a moron!” Ryan yells at her. 

“Like the moron who almost choked Ace to death in the bathrooms?” Goldy yells back crossing her arms and glaring at him defiantly. Ryan’s eyes widen and his anger disappears replaced by shame. 

“Alright nevermind.” He mumbles. “How did you even know about that?” Goldy’s eyes flit away nervously. 

“That’s not important.” 

“G-guys…” 

“Yah?” Ryan and Goldy answer turning to look at Unicorn Mann. He leaned against the tree staring down at his blood covered hands uncomprehendingly. Goldy claps her hands over her mouth to muffle a shriek as she sees the amount of blood running down his face. She runs over to him and takes his hands ignoring the blood that smears on her skin. 

“Unicorn talk to me. Are you ok?” Unicorn nods slowly. 

“Y-yah...I’m good.” The blood starts flowing faster. Goldy grips his hands tighter. 

“Don’t move your head, it’s making it worse.” Unicorn smiles a bit dizzily at her. 

“I’m fine Goldy...just a little light-headed that’s all…” He tries to step away from the trees but Goldy puts a hand against his chest and shakes her head. 

"Unicorn please don't. You'll only make it worse." She tries vainly to wipe away the blood which is starting to flow heavily. "Oh Casper why did you have a knife…" she whispers. Ryan pulls off his shirt and hands it to Goldy who takes it with shaking hands and ties it around the gash. The blue fabric turns purple but slows the blood flow. Goldy glances around taking a quick survey of their situation. 

"Unicorn listen to me ok?" Unicorn looks up and meets her gaze. 

"Ok…" Goldy takes a deep breath and tries to keep her voice steady. 

"I know you're not feeling good but I need you to focus for me ok? I need you to use your wish magic and teleport us to my treehouse. Can you do that?" Unicorn stares at her then looks down at their bloody hands clasped together tightly. He takes a shaky breath and closes his eyes. 

"Yes. Hold on." Goldy nods and puts her arms around him. There's a bright flash and a jolt. She stumbles back and almost falls but someone grabs her arm steadying her. She looks up and sees Ryan breathing hard gripping her wrist. He let's go and she smiles at him. 

"Thanks Ryan. How...how did you get here so quickly?" Ryan grins at her. 

"Tea power. Duh." 

"Oh right." Goldy turns back to Unicorn. 

"Unicorn are you ok?" He nods slowly. 

"I'm fine...just a little...tired." He smiles at her before passing out.