Buddy's Beginnings

Title: Before The Rainbow

Author: Wedge ;p

Disclaimer: I don't own them, Hallmark/Mattel does. I'm just using them for a little while.

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Chapter One- Buddy's Beginnings

Buddy watched the puck coming towards him, but he wasn't going to move. He was the best goalie in Rainbowland, and today was the championship. If the Spectrian team won again…..well, they won't. Buddy had blocked 20 out of the 22 shots at his goal, and there was no way that this last shot was going in. The puck was passed back and forth, and although Indigo tried she couldn't get it away from them. The Spectrian shot the puck with all his strength right at Buddy, and knocked the blue color kid out cold. The Rainbowland team won 3 to 2.

"Xavier, it's time for dinner!" his mom called from the backdoor. The boy, Xavier, was too busy building a new fort to reply to his mom's call.

"Xavier, now!! And get your sister, too!" His mom went back into the house. The small boy sighed and abandoned his fort. Glancing around the yard, he spotted Myriam playing with her dolls in the field. He walked over to her and reached for her hand. The little girl looked up and smiled at her big brother.

"Let's go Myrie, dinner time.", Xavier he signed to her. Myriam took his hand and walked inside.

"Buddy? Can you hear me?" He had a bad headache, and he didn't want to open his eyes. He groaned and rubbed his head. What a weird dream.

"Buddy, are you alright?" That was Patty's voice, Buddy opened his eyes then. Patty's face broke out into a huge grin. He decided it was worth opening his eyes to see that. Canary jumped in, then, to perform her doctoral duties. All he needed was a bandage on his head, and he was fine.

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After Canary was done, the Rainbowland Hockey team headed to the after-game party to celebrate their victory. Patty noticed that Buddy was more reserved than usual during the party, and she was worried about his head injury.

"Hey Buddy, great game. You were an awesome goalie!" Patty giggled.

"Thanks Patty, but the whole team was doing great. We really worked hard this year." Buddy said, then was silent again. They sat quietly for another minute until Patty spoke up again.

"Are you feeling alright? You seem kinda off in the distance." Buddy sighed, and forced a smile.

"I'm alright. Just a little sleepy. I had the weirdest dream, though. It was almost familiar, but…..I don't know." He looked at Patty and smiled again. "I'll be alright, you go enjoy the party." Patty squeezed his hand and stood up.

"Ok, then. I'll see you later. If you want to talk, you know where I am." She winked and smiled at him once more before she rejoined the party. Buddy smiled at her back as she left.

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The party wound down as it began to get dark. The Spectrians left to go home and the Kids headed off to bed. As he brushed his teeth, Buddy looked at the bump on his forehead. It was going to be ugly in the morning. He rinsed his mouth, changed into his pj's, and crawled into bed. Buddy quickly slipped into a deep sleep.

Xavier headed to the rock caves near his house. The caves were very big, and went back pretty far. He'd only recently been allowed to venture here on his own, usually he came with one of his parents. Xavier heard the voice of his best friend inside and called to him.

"Bo! Hey, it's me!" he yelled into the cave. Bo yelled back to him to come inside.

"We found something!" Bo yelled to Xavier. Xavier went over to the boys, and took a look at what they found. It was a crystal, and was a darker gray color. Kinda like the color of the sky and water. Xavier was strangely drawn to it, almost hypnotized by it. Xavier reached out and took a piece in his hand. Suddenly, the crystal turned a blinding color. It seemed to glow in Xavier's hand. The shade was one that the boys had never seen before. Xavier gasped and dropped it. The crystal broke on the hard ground, but the strange shade seemed to stick to the rocks on the ground. The other boys looked at Xavier and stepped away from him. They seemed afraid of him.

"What?" he asked them.

"You got some of it stuck on you! Stay away before you get some on us!" one boy told him. Xavier looked at his clothing and body, but didn't see anything.

"Where? I don't see anything." He told them, "What are you talking about?"

"Your eyes, they look just like the rocks." Bo told him. Bending over a puddle, he looked at his eyes. It was true, they shined of the new, vibrant color.

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Buddy sat up in bed breathing heavily. He remembered!

To Be Continued…..