"Brian stared dejectedly into his plate. Normally he would dig into his food with gusto, but today was different. Listlessly he stirred his scrambled eggs around with his fork. He looked upwards and saw his dad reading over some important papers, and his mom doing the dishes. The normally cheerful atmosphere was for once quiet.

After a moment he sighed. "I didn't throw that ball." At that his dad looked up. "You were caught outside Brian. Not only did you lie to us about not ditching school, but you also damaged school property. Your mother and I are extremely disappointed in you."

For a moment Brian stared at his parents in complete shock and disbelief. The looks his parents gave him were too much for him to bear. Without a word, he pushed his chair out and stood up.

"Brian…" his mom warned. Brian ignored them and left the kitchen. As he passed the hallway, the doorbell rang. Normally the adolescent boy would answer it immediately. But not even the cheery bells could break him out of his depression. He ignored those as well as he continued on upstairs.

Brian stared dejectedly at the ceiling. The feelings of not being trusted anymore by his parents….it was worse then the time he had his colors drained courtesy of Murky's Monstromurk. For a moment Brian had considered going to Rainbowland, but quickly boycotted that idea. Even seeing his friends would not take away this awful feeling.

"Brian…" Brian reluctantly tore his gaze from the ceiling and stared at his father who stood in front of him with an apologetic look on his face. "That was your principal at the door." His father said. When the adolescent continued to remain silent the elder continued.

"He found one of your test papers on his desk next to the baseball." Brian blinked and looked at him questioningly. His dad took that as a cue. "Principal Cosley said one of your friends put it on his desk. A boy dressed in red wearing a cape.

At that description Brian's eyes widened and he smiled. Red Butler. He thought. His father smiled as well. "Thanks to your friend, you're no longer suspended."

"And you always thought it was a bad idea for me to write in brown ink." Brian teased. His father smiled. "That's why Principal Cosley knew it wasn't your ball."

A sudden thump on the stairs had both males running to the doorway. To Brian's confusion his mom was now humming cheerfully as she carried a brown suitcase down the stairs. Another suitcase was lying at the foot of the steps. No doubt it was the cause of the thumping. Brian stared at his dad confused.

"Uhhh…dad…why are the suitcases out?" His dad smiled broadly. "Pack up son, because we're going on vacation!" As expected the young boy stared at him. "Vacation?"

The dad's smile got broader. "It's the perfect way to celebrate your Mother's birthday and you're not being grounded!" He said cheerfully before leaving the room. A few minutes later another brown suitcase is dropped by his door. Brian stared at it for a minute and sighed. He would need to call Mr. Adams. With that thought in mind, he started to pack.

The minute Brian had come down the stairs with the now full suitcase, he quickly found himself ushered outside and into the family car where his dog and mom waited. His dad locked the door to the house and threw the suitcase in the truck before getting in and driving away.

It had taken quite a bit of persuasion to get his dad stop at the stables. Only at his mom's insistence did his father finally agree. "10 minutes." He warned. Brian nodded. "Okay dad!" He yelled out as he ran off.

As expected Brian wasn't very pleased to find Earth Dancer missing. Frantically the boy ran from area to area searching for the beautiful brown and white beauty to no avail. As he searched he suddenly had a horrified thought. "Randall!" His mind screamed. Quickly he turned around and gasped in shock seeing Russell Adams behind him.

Russell smiled back calmly at the frantic boy. "Your horse is safe." He said simply. Brian stared at him dumbfounded. "Did you-" he trailed off. Russell shook his head and smiled. "It was those friends of yours. While you were grounded, Randall and his hoodlums had tried to take Earth Dancer. He paused briefly before continuing.

"Had a truck and everything too. But those friends of yours were there to stop them. Last I saw of Earth Dancer was that Rainbow girl and some of the other kids leading her up a rainbow."

Brian stared at him in shock before he started to smile. "Thank you so much Russell!" He started to run back to the car. "Wait!" Brian turned quickly towards the cry and met Russell's eyes. "I've told Mr. Maden about the races being moved and the danger Earth Dancer had been put in." The stable manger smiled. "Think you can be ready for the races in 3 months?"

Brian grinned. This was even better then he had hoped for! 3 months were more then enough time for his arm to heal and more then enough time to practice. "We'll be there Russell! You can count on it!" With that said Brian raced back to the car.

The next morning in Rainbowland, the sprites had momentarily stopped working at the sight of the rainbow. But unlike the other ones they had seen, this rainbow was tiny and not big enough to carry anyone. Curiously they watched as the rainbow landed and then vanished. At first they had not thought much of it. That is until one green sprite suddenly ran forward.

The sprite picked up something off of the ground and examined it. Afterwards he chattered excitedly in sprite before dashing off to the color castle. Inside the castle, the color kids were hard at work at their consoles. Thanks to an earlier attack from Murky, parts of Rainbowland had lost their color. Fortunately it was quickly fixed.

"Shy Violet smiled. "That's the last of it." She said as she stood up. Indigo hit a last button on her panel and sighed. "I hope that's the last of the surprises today." She said quietly. "Oh come on Indigo! Surprises are fun!" Patty O'Green chatted cheerfully. "As long as there not the Murky kind." Buddy Blue added. Next to him Red Butler nodded. "Boy I'll say! I hope I never see another gloom in the box."

At that moment the door opened. Surprised the kids turned around guardedly, only to see one of Patty's sprites walk in chattering excitedly. "Shamrock!" She said cheerfully. Her eyes widened seeing the sprite had a letter in his hand.

"May I see it Shamrock?" A cheerful voice questioned behind him. Shamrock turned to see Rainbow Brite behind him. Wordlessly he handed her the letter which she opened. She smiled immediately.

Whose it's from Rainbow? Canary questioned as the other color kids and sprites gathered around. Rainbow smiled. It's from Brian! She said before reading it out loud.

Hey everyone!

Thanks for clearing my name. Especially you Red. Dad is celebrating my ungrounding and my mom's birthday by taking us on vacation, so it might be awhile for I see you guys.

Thanks for looking after Earth Dancer for me…but in the future…could you give me a little warning next time? I was really panicking until Russell explained.

The best part is Mr. Maden found out about Randall's horse stealing attempts and I now have 3 months to practice for the competition!

I gotta go…my dad's calling. See you guys in a few weeks.

Brian