Name: Tobias Hawthorne "Pearl"
Nickname: TB or T, Thorne
Gender: male
Species: elf-turned-unicorn
Bio: funloving and carefree, T was one of those jocks who lived life as it came. He never bothered to try throughout school or collage and his parents had plenty of money and power, so he could do as he pleased. He wasn't spoiled, however, due to his grandmother. He enjoyed racing and would often drag-race against other kids for the thrill. When the cops rolled around, he and his buddies just went 'underground.' He avoided drugs, however, or all hell broke loose with his grandmother. She was the power behind the house; T's parents were always gone on business trips and whatnot, leaving T and his little sister home alone. The grandmother moved in to help around the house, teaching both kids to help her. "A good woman enjoys a man who can do things for himself," was one of her oft-repeated sayings to T.

For her high school graduation gift, T took his sister out to dinner for her birthday. Just outside the restaurant, T was held up by two masked men, who pulled both of them into the nearby alley and shook him down for his money. Taking everything he had, they started to roughen Rosalynn. T attacked them, nearly beating both men up before one somehow produced a gun and shot at him, repeatedly. The guy managed to hit his comrade first, but hit T twice. Something enormous slammed into the two muggers from the street, causing all four to be shoved further down the alley. The wounded mugger went down, bleeding too much. He bled out and died while mugger #2 and T were fighting for the gun. The same force pushed again, causing the gun to be dropped and lost. This time, they were thrown into the dead-end alley wall, only T kept going. He was sucked through a black hole while his sister screamed his name. Somehow, he felt her hand catch his, but he was larger than her and she only succeeded in being pulled in after him.

They landed on hard, dry-packed earth, unearthly mist surrounding them like a shroud. Clinging, Rosa tried her phone, but all electronics were quite dead. Frustrated, T threw his into the mist as hard as he could. After about 10 seconds, it came back, slamming into his head and knocking him over. They stayed together and tried to find some place safe in this strange new world. Dim moonlight filtered through the mist above. Not being able to see more than a few feet in front of them, Rosa tripped over something and started skidding down a ravine. T half slid, half ran after her, and both landed into a thick, mercury-like substance. It stuck to their clothes like syrup and began to burn. Rosa started screaming as she disappeared into the pool. T tried to see through the burning pain and dived after her, but the further down he went, the harder it was to move. He kept going, choking on the thick liquid as his lungs begged for air.

For hours, he searched for his sister until he body screamed for rest. The silvery molassis clung to his body, coating him in white-silver until he couldn't get it off. For days, he haunted the pool, mindlessly constantly diving as deep as he could to search for her; anything. T blanked out several times from lack of oxygen, going too deep, but only woke to find himself at the bank of the strange pool.

One day, he woke to a strange sight. He saw himself, slowly dying, wasting away beside the pool; eternally haunting the pool, waiting forever until he died from starvation. T shook himself, but didn't wake. He felt someone watching him and turned around to see the most beautiful unicorn. He couldn't help but wish his sister could have seen the creature. She'd have loved it.

The creature seemed sad and softly paced over to the young elf. She touched him with her alabaster horn and whispered into his mind, You will find her.

He woke to find his body did not obey him. Looking around, it took him a while to realize why he could no longer see directly in front of him. Standing up shakily on four hooves, he looked down at himself. He'd become the unicorn. He sensed something more than heard a sigh and whirled around. Along the bank was Rosalynn. He ran to her just as she opened her eyes. Her memory was blank after she'd been pulled under the pool and had no recollection of the world. Rosa smiled at the sight of the beautiful unicorn and reached up a hand, petting his ultra-soft nose. T curled around her and she told him softly she couldn't leave the pool. T vowed to protect her and has since kept any predator away from the pool that might harm his sister.

As the years passed, T forgot his name, as Rosa took to calling him Pearl. She never aged so long as she remained by the strange silver pool. Animals came and went, taking sips from the pool as if it was water. T never entered the water himself and always found food and water elsewhere.

He found he had amazing regenerative abilities and powerful healing through his golden horn. He had natural telekinesis, enabling him to travel above the ground. Being as white as he was, any sort of dirt or mud showed up and he took to always traveling above the ground to keep himself clean. Further and further he ranged from the mercury pool, though he always returned at night to rest by Rosa's side.

Some centuries later, two strange people came to the pool. One male, one female, both spoke in tandem and mimicked one another perfectly. They spoke to Rosa, asking if she wished free of the curse of the pool. Looking over at Pearl, she said yes, but didn't want to leave her brother alone. They responded with nods and replied she would live as long as he did, provided she be trapped in another form. Rosa chose a small bird; a snow white quetzal.

Able to travel, Rosa sometimes nestled in Pearl's mane, but they remained together, carefully exploring the misty world.

Will be updated with Rosa soon.

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