dismounted, she took the piece of paper that Mrs Fontana had given her out of her pocket. Slowly she read out the Undoing Spell. As she spoke the last word, there was a flash of
blinding purple light and suddenly Lauren felt cold air on her face. She opened her eyes. She was still standing beside Twilight, but he was no longer a unicorn; he was just a small grey pony. For a moment Lauren wondered if she’d
imagined everything, but then she looked down at the piece of paper in her hand. No, it had been real.
Twilight snuffled at her hair and she felt a surge of excitement fizz inside her.
‘Goodnight,’ Lauren whispered, kissing him in delight. Then, picking up the book from the grass, she turned and ran to the house.
As she hurried in, Buddy bounded over to greet her, almost knocking her down in his excitement.
Her dad was washing up the supper dishes at the sink and her mum was pouring Max a drink.
‘How was Twilight?’ her mum asked.
‘He was fine,’ Lauren said. ‘I… I think I might just go up to my room and read for a while.’
She went upstairs and sat down by her bedroom window. Twilight was grazing in his paddock. Seeming to sense that Lauren was looking at him, he raised his head and whinnied.
A broad grin crept across Lauren’s face.
Her new pony had turned out to be her secret unicorn.
What adventures they were going to have!