Why do I do these things? WHY?! [looks around nervously] *ahem*
So this little story is [obviously] about Rainbow... why I decided to write it? Simple. She needs more awesomeness. And, in one of my previous Ingo fics, I Wish She'd Never Known Him, Rainbow is breifly mentioned in chapter 1 (and 4), as having been seen talking to a snake. 0.0
DISCLAIMER: Ingo = (hopefully) real + awesome + Helen Dunmore's + NOT mine

[dialogue taken from"The Crossing of Ingo", ppg. 78-81]

"Rainbow", says Conor.

"Yes?", I ask tightly. Why don't they trust me? It was obviously a lie, all that about going to Plymouth to take care of family... I thought better of them than that, especially Conor.

"Rainbow, I'm sorry. That wasn't true, what we said", he continues, looking shamefaced. "I know." That's obvious, isn't it?

"Saph and I do have to go somewhere. But we can't tell you any more than that. We can't tell anyone. If our schools think we're with family, there won't be any trouble."

I'm still hurt. "You didn't have to lie to me", I say, not caring if it's cruel.

Sapphy looks shamefaced, and Conor flushes, frowning as if he's angry. "I was stupid", he says quietly. I realize I'm frowning, too. "Yes, you were." He doesn't normally act so... untruthful like that. I find myself wondering if he's ever lied to me before... but what could have made him behave so out of character?

There's obviously something rather undercover about where he and Sapphire are going... maybe... I gasp with sudden insight. "Is it to do with your father?", I ask tentatively. I see Conor hesitate before replying carefully: "In a way it is."

With sudden inspiration, I continue following what's going on. "You're going where he is, aren't you?" Perhaps they've been right all along, and their father isn't dead.

"Yes", says Conor, looking rather relieved, "But we can't tell anyone else. It's vital. People could get hurt." All of a sudden, I become worried. "Is it dangerous, then?"

"It could be. But Saph and I haven't got any choice."

Sapphire suddenly breaks in. "Granny Carne knows", she says enthusiastically. I think I'm beginning to understand... "She knows where your father is?", I ask, getting the impression that my brain is atrophying. Of course that's what she meant, you dummy...

"Yes."

"And she hasn't tried to stop you?" It would be quite strange that she hadn't at least warned them if it was so dangerous... grownups are usually don't act like that. But underneath my conscious thinking, I get the impression that Granny Carne is no regular old lady... I realize that Sapphy has assumed a faraway expression on her face, as if she's remembering something... or thinking about something that might come.

Watching her closely, I see her eyes shift, and she looks at me. Conor, however, is the one who replies: "Granny Carne hasn't tried to stop us", and then he continues, "She's the only one who knows where we're going, though. You won't tell anyone else, will you, Rainbow? Not even Patrick?"

So they trust me now. "Not if you don't want me to."

I unhitch Treacle's reins from the doorpost and lead him away from their wall. As I mount his back, I'm thinking about where they possibly could be going. Now I'm worried too... Conor said that it might be dangerous...

"That animal's more like an armchair than a horse", he says, obviously trying to crack a joke. I don't laugh, however. Instead, I ask something that just came into my mind without warning; something I'm afraid of. "You said it might be dangerous", I confirm.

"Yes", Conor nods. I clear my throat, stuttering a bit. "You will- you will come back, won't you?" I look down at him worriedly. He's serious to, as he runs a hand down Treacle's neck and then gazes up at me.

"I'll come back", he says, "I promise you that."

This was short, and I just basically took the dialogue from Helen Dunmore, as I credited at the beginning, but I thought it would make an interesting prologue to my story, as it is quite relevant. It feel rather strange getting into Rainbow's character after doing Sapphy, Faro, and Conor for so long. Even Saldowr and a dolphin!
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