Writing Prompt: Mythical Creatures

Once upon a time, our world was filled with dragons, flying horses, unicorns, centaurs, and minotaurs.  We had fairy tales, legends, and myths.  They are gone now.  We replaced them with corrupt politicians and confused scientists.  In our post-modern times, if we see a myth we feel a need to explode it.  In the end, we feel empty as the pick our way through the cultural shrapnel.  Perhaps it's time to bring back fairy tales, legends, and myths?  Of course, we can't start them without the creativity of writers just like you.  

For today's writing prompt, invent and write a short story about a -

mythical creature

Pegasus - photo by Lex Loeb / Public domain