Title:
Before the Rainbow
See chapter one for disclaimer.
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Chapter Two- Patty's Past
Buddy
lay on his back staring at the ceiling. How could he have forgotten about his past? The knock he got on his head from the hockey puck had brought it
all back to him, and now he couldn't stop thinking about it. Buddy decided to take a walk to clear his
head. He quietly shut the door to his
room and walked barefoot down the hallway. In the main hall, he was surprised to find Patty. She was asleep on her console. She was dressed in her pajamas, and her hair
was out of her usual pigtails, so he figured she was woken up for a color
emergency of some kind. He tried to
sneak around her and out the door without waking her up, but it didn't work.
"Buddy? Where are you going?" Patty asked. He shrugged and faked a smile.
"I
thought I'd take a walk around, I couldn't sleep." Patty stared at him, disbelievingly. She could tell that something was wrong with her friend.
"You
want some company?" she offered. Buddy
was about to say no, but decided that Patty might help him out. So, he let her come along.
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Patty
could tell something was wrong with Buddy. They walked in silence for about 20 minutes before she asked him about
it. Buddy sighed.
"Remember
my mishap yesterday?" Patty nodded. "Well, it sorta brought back memories from my past. Most of it is still fuzzy, but at least I
remember now."
"Your
past?" Patty asked trying to get him to talk more about it.
"My
life before Rainbowland." Buddy told her. Patty stopped walking. She never
thought there was a time before Rainbowland.
"What
are you talking about, Buddy?" He
couldn't bring himself to look at her, but he told her what he could recall
about his story. Patty was
speechless. Buddy was officially going
crazy; it must have been the knock to the head.
"Before
I discovered the color blue, the world was black and white. All sorts of different shades, but no
color. No one really noticed, because
it had always been like that." Buddy stopped and looked at her. "Anything ring a bell?"
"Lookit
Lali!" "She's got some kind of
disease." "FREAK!!"
"Patty?"
Buddy asked. He was worried; she had
just stopped talking and had gone blank.
*What
was that? It seemed…no, it couldn't
be*, Patty thought to herself.
"Patty! What's wrong?" Buddy tried again. She
blinked and looked at him, tears coming to her eyes.
"Buddy,
I remember."
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"My
name used to be Lali. I think my mom
died when I was really young, because I don't remember her at all. I remember my dad, though. He was the greatest." Patty paused and looked at Buddy.
"I
don't remember when I found green. But
I do remember everyone's reactions; they all treated me different. The color crystal had reacted so much when I
touched it that my hair and eyes turned green. People weren't used to that, and freaked out when they saw me." Patty started to cry, so Buddy pulled her
into a hug. She cried into his chest as
he stroked her hair.
"It's
alright Patty, it's over now." Buddy said, trying to calm her down.
"Why
didn't I remember my dad?" she asked. Buddy kissed the top of her head, and then laid his head on hers.
"I
don't know. I doubt any of the Kids
remember anything of their past." After
Patty calmed down, Buddy pulled out of the hug and grabbed her hand.
"Come
on," he said, "let's go inside. We both
need to get some sleep."
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The
next day, Patty found Violet in the library. She was reading up on some new theory, or something like that. Patty didn't fully understand what Violet
said most of the time.
"Violet?"
Patty asked as she walked up to her. "Can I ask you a question?" Violet looked up from her book and smiled.
"Of
course, Patty. What do you need help
with?" Patty took a deep breath and
looked down at her boots.
"Do
you know where all the Kids come from?" When Violet didn't answer, Patty looked up again. Violet had become very pale, and nervous.
"Patty…"
Violet started, but was cut off.
"What
makes you think that you were ever from anywhere but Rainbowland, Patty?"
Rainbow said, as she entered the library with Buddy behind her.
"Well,
I've been having these memories, and…"
"That's
nonsense Patty. Buddy just asked me the
same question and I'll tell you what I told him. You are a color, so you have always been, and will always be a
part of Rainbowland." Rainbow put her
hands on her hips for emphasis. Patty
looked at Buddy for help, but he just shoved his hands in his pockets and
lowered his eyes.
"Um…Rainbow. That's not exactly true." All three turned to look at Violet.
"What
part?" Rainbow raised an eyebrow and crossed her arms.
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Violet
got extremely nervous, and began to fidget. Why did they have to remember? She could have just as well kept this to herself.
"I
had gotten curious about my own past, and how we had become the Color
Kids. So, I looked into Rainbowland's
history but it didn't go back that far. However, Spectra's did." She
paused and clasped her hands in her lap.
"Spectra
was discovered under many layers of rock, and when it was fully uncovered the
chosen keepers of the colors were found. Orin told me that he had heard about children that could create new
shades of light so he sought out to find them. After the seven of us were found, Orin brought us to Spectra and our
powers combined activated the crystal planet. Then we became the Color Kids." Patty suddenly got furious.
"Why
didn't you tell us? If you knew about
this, didn't you think that the rest of us would have liked to know?!?" Patty screamed.
"I
wanted to tell you, but it wouldn't help at all. When we were taken to Spectra, all of our memories of any prior
life disappeared. It was like we were
reborn as the Color Kids, and had no past at all. Spectra has no history of where we are from, or who are families
were."
"But,
now we're beginning to remember our past," Buddy said, "What do we do now?" Rainbow spoke up, her tone much softer than
before.
"We'll
talk about it over dinner. Until then,
I'd appreciate if the three of you kept this to yourselves." They nodded, and Rainbow left the room.
