Title: Before the Rainbow

Title: Before the Rainbow

See chapter one for disclaimer.

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Chapter 3- Violet's Vagrancy

Violet stared at her hands. She couldn't look at them. She didn't move until Rainbow, Buddy, and Patty were out of the room. She didn't want to tell them, but she had no choice. Violet remembered her own past, and hated it. She didn't want to ever think of the past again. She sighed and stood up. She couldn't think anymore, so she put her theorem work away and walked back to her room.

Violet sat down on her bed. Kitty Brite was warming herself in the sunbeam on the bed, but woke up when it shook. Violet pet her and stared out of her star-shaped window into the courtyard. The Color Kids were enjoying the afternoon, all except her. They never missed her in their games. *I guess not much changes. No matter where you go,* she thought as a tear slipped down her cheek.

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"Sorry kid, there's no bed available tonight. If you want to, you can stay in the lounge." Amita shook her head no, and left the shelter. It was the third one, and they all had the same answer. No room. She shivered against the wind as she walked to her only "home". The library always kept their back door open for her, Miss. Hall liked her. Amita had taken refuge in the cold building many times. She felt so comfortable with the books, and she read them as much as she could. She had read most of the books there, but new ones came in every month.

Amita had been on her own for only six months now, but it seemed like forever. She was driven from the only life she had known, all because she looked different. Amita tightened the shawl on her head. If anyone saw her strange colored hair, well, she couldn't imagine how they'd react. She laughed at their stupidity. Amita had done research on her predicament, and although she didn't know how it happened, it was natural. It was a new color, just much brighter than one that had been before. She had named the color violet. All discoverers get to name their discoveries, why couldn't she? Amita found a place to lay in the reading area, and quickly fell asleep.

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Things were getting worse now. Amita tried to control it, but the new violet color was getting all over the place. There were new things being "painted" everyday. She couldn't hide forever. Amita was scared. From out in the street she heard a voice asking assistance from anyone who passed by him.

"I'm looking for a person who can create this color. Perhaps a child? Can you help me? Sir, can you help me?" Amita peered out of the window. A small, white, fuzzy man stood on the corner pleading with the people around him. He was holding flowers that were the same violet color as Amita's hair. She gasped. The little man was talking about her.

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*Knock, knock*

Violet snapped back into the present when someone knocked on her door. Kitty Brite jumped off of her lap and ran into the closet. Violet wiped her tears away, then opened her door, it was Tickled Pink.

"Rainbow told me that dinner was in about a half hour, Violet." Pink tilted her head to the side and giggled. Dinner? Was it that late already?

"Are you alright?" Pink asked. Violet smiled and told her that everything was just fine. Pink didn't believe her, but Violet had always kept to herself. Pink didn't feel it was right to pry, so she just smiled and skipped away.

Violet smiled. She was defiantly glad to have found Rainbowland. Violet left her room and headed to the dining room. She wasn't looking forward to reminding the other Kids about life before Rainbowland, she hoped they couldn't remember at all.