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Back in the tower the Evil One took the smoky lighting filled Crystal and placed it on the ground. He waved his hand over it and the crystal shattered covering the ground with a fog. When the fog rolled away a dizzy Stormy was left lying there. She looked up and saw the cloaked figure sitting on his thrown.
"Don't be frightened, child." He said to her.
Stormy shook off her fear and stared him in the eyes. "I'm not afraid, I'm never afraid." She said bravely, her voice wavering.
"Good, good." He said to her. "I know you are brave. You have lightning in your eye, wind in your veins, and the weather at your fingertips. The same as I do. You could be just as powerful. Wouldn't it be fun? Forever winter, the wind beneath your feet, the clouds at your command. It could all be yours. Join me, child and it all could be. You would rule Earth at my side." Stormy stood silent.
"You and your horse could run through the skies, never in the shadow of a rainbow, but above it." He continues. "You would like that, wouldn't you? You would rule and never be second best. You could be the best."
"But what about Rainbow?" She asked.
"The girl?" He said bitterly. "I shall return her to her friends." He held up the box that contained the Color Kids. "And these would be a necklace for you to wear in our victory." He took the crystals and linked them together in to a chain and put the chain above Stormy. Stormy's mind was racing. He had hit her where she hurt the most, the fact that she was always second best. Now with Wisp she was even worse, she was third best.but the Evil One did not know this, or so she hoped. She looked up at the Color Crystal necklace.
"Stormy! Don't," Brian mumbled from the corner where he had been tied. Twink also tried to speak but couldn't. Stormy reached up and took the necklace and put it around her neck. The Evil One laughed with triumph.
It was then the door sprung open and Rainbow stood there looking at them. Stormy's eye narrowed and she back up next to the cloaked figure.
"Stormy?" Rainbow said with confusion. "What's this?"
"She has joined me!" The Evil One announced. "She can hold her head high now, not in your shadow any longer."
"No, now she is in your shadow." Rainbow said bitterly.
"The Kids are in the Necklace around her neck!" Brian called, Stormy then rose her hand and a lighting bolt sprung from her fingertips knocking Brian against the wall.
Rainbow stared at Stormy. "Have you really become my enemy?" She asked Stormy.
"I do what I have to." Stormy replied and softly touched the Crystal necklace she wore, the Color Kids trapped inside each crystal.
From behind Rainbow the door opened again and she turned to see a ghost like figure enter. The figure looked as though she were made of glass. It walked up to Rainbow and she was able to make out what it was really made of, it was water. Its features became clearer as it walked to Rainbow, and she could see that it was Wisp. The River had drained her of whatever color she had left, that the mirror had not already drained and to compensate her for absorbed the water. Seeing this new creature through the Evil One off guard. He could see the features were the same as Rainbow Brite's, but how could it have been possible.
Then he remembered himself absorbing the Pits energy to grow strong and he realized his mistake. He had condemned himself without even knowing it.
Quickly Stormy took hold of the necklace and threw it to the floor causing the crystals to shatter and the room filled with fog.
"Rainbow!" Stormy called "Get the Belt!" But Rainbow had not seen where the belt was hidden.
"Where?" She called back.
Then the fog rolled away and she could see it had been placed above his thrown. The rainbow was black, but she knew in her hands it would return to it's color. However the Evil One was still in front of it, preventing her from being able pass.
Then the fog rolled completely away. The Evil One got his sites on Rainbow and raised his hand against her, a blast of energy hurled towards her. The Color Kids looked up as this was happening and gasped in fear. Rainbow leapt to the left and as she did, her counter part, Wisp took her place and the beam hit her. Rainbow and the Color Kids screamed in fear as they saw Wisp's head thrown back with the blast. But then a magical thing happened. From her transparent skin erupted a burst of color, causing a rainbow to hit the wall behind her.
"Rainbow, the light! Brian called. Rainbow looked over to him and saw he was not injured. Stormy's lightning had burnt the ropes that bound him and he had untied Twink when the Evil One was not looking.
"Yeah, Rainbow! Do it!" Wisp called. She planted her feet and stared at the Evil One in front of her. Rainbow ran and raised her hand and pressed the button. The light entered Wisps transparent form again and filled her but did not pass through. The energy was absorbed and using her body as a prism. She raised her hand to the Evil One and from her hands came the brightest rainbow they had ever seen.
The color band struck the black robes of the Evil One and slowly began to drain him of his gloom.
"Wisp!" Krys called. Wisp looked towards him, his arm extended. Wisp pointed her other hand to it and a rainbow blasted from her finger hitting the band charging his color blaster.
Stormy could hear faint squeaking from outside and she ran quickly to the window and saw the Sprites below with sprinkles.
"All right!" she said and pointed her hand to the sky. From the distance a strong wind came and circled the castle.
"Let them go!" Orin said to the sprites and the sprites through the bags in to the air. The wind grabbed the bags and they spun around the castle going higher like a cyclone.
The bags reached the window and came inside. The bags circled the room and the colors went to their color kid. Quickly the Kids circled the room, reached inside the bag taking a hand full of crystals and holding them high above their heads.
Back at the color cave Starlite woke up with a start. He and Sunriser ran to the entrance of the cave and saw the light from the tower.
"We have to help!" He said to Sunriser.
Sunriser whinnied in agreement and they ran down the path the castle. As he got closer to the castle he saw the sprites all running from it. Starlite stopped and looked around until he saw Orin riding on Skydancer's back towards them. "What's happing!" he asked.
"A miracle" Orin replied. Follow us, the rainbow will come for you when it is time." Starlite looked up at the tower and saw On-X flying up to the window.
"Be safe, my friend." He said softly as though On-X was in front of him and the he and Sunriser ran to cover with the sprites.
At the window On-X called to Krys.
"Brian." He called. Brian looked over at him. "Get out quick!" Brian nodded and he twink and stormy ran to the window where they climbed on to On-X and he few away to safety.
Rainbow still had the light on Wisp who was still holding the Evil One in her beam of color. Krys aimed his blaster at Wisp. Wisp nodded to him and put her hands by her side. The Evil One regained is energy and looked around him.
Krys touched the blaster and it's concentrated energy entered Wisp. She spread out her fingers and beams shot from each digit hitting the color crystals in the kid's hands. Color beams connected in a circle around them and Rainbow again to aim and when the light hit Wisp it was like a super nova. All the Kids closed their eyes to the light. And explosion that followed.
The color, no longer able to be contained in the walled, broke them down. The Evil One screamed as the color bands turned on him and wrapped around him until he was squeezed in to oblivion.
Rainbow released the light then and the Color Kids dropped their crystals. Wisp fell to her knees exhausted. All color had been drained from her body. Her lemon hair was now white and skin like glass, if it were not for the glow she still had from the light she would have been invisible. Then whatever energy was still inside her surfaces returning her form to her. She stood looking different. Her long hair lay in silver curls down her back. Her dress was white and when she opened her eyes to look at the Kids around her, her eyes had become like diamonds, light blue and shiny. She stood and smiled. Rainbow was surprised at this transformation in Wisp. She walked to her twin, but they were no longer the same. "I have to face it." Rainbow thought to herself. "We were not the same since she came from my mirror." Their realities had split.
Wisp stood and realized her physical shape. She stood shy, afraid of what may happen, but to her surprise they all hugged her once more. Wisp smiled and looked back to the thrown and to Rainbow.
"You have to claim your thrown Rainbow." She said and Rainbow nodded. Wisp and the Kids watched as Rainbow climbed in to the thrown and took hold of the belt that was stuck to the back like an ornament. She ripped it from its base and put in around her waist. The color returned to its bands. Suddenly a wind rushed and pulled Rainbow and all the Kids high above Rainbow Land. Below the watched and the castle crumbled and the grass turned over, and like magic Rainbow Land returned to how it had been. The wind rushed the Kids far toward the pits, which had returned to the mound on the hill. Carefully it sat them at the entrance.
"Why are we here?" Patty asked.
"To make sure this doesn't happen again." Rainbow said. Together they all walked in to the cave. Inside upon a wall hung a black mirror.
"This must have been were the Evil One was." Krys said looking at the mirror whose black surface did not allow any color to reflect. Wisp walked up to it. She reached for a candlestick from the table beneath it and with all her strength she smashed it against the surface. Like a terrifying scream the glass shattered to the ground. Wisp turned back to the Kids. They put their hands together hand clapped in her victory.
"Lets go home." Rainbow said and they all nodded. Once they stepped outside the cave the wind took hold again and they returned to the path in front of the castle.
The sprites and all the horsed ran to them where they embraced each other. The chattering of what all happened inside the castle was almost deafening. But silence came when they all saw the glowing orb above them.
"A new little Wisp has shown her strength and courage. Never giving up even after all color had been taken from her. I knew I had chosen right when I brought you here the first time. You beat the king of Shadows despite your years of isolation. You have done well. Rainbow Land is truly in your dept and the universe will truly benefit from you."
"But I still do not have color." Wisp said.
"Yes you do, and in the best place." The light replied. "It is in your heart. It is in your heart that you hold your power. You are able to control the light and give color and life to the universe."
"But what about Rainbow Land?" She asked
Orin walked towards them. "I came here Wisp for an important purpose." He explained. "Spectra needs a protector. Magic and I are old friends and it told me that the new protector would be found here. I assumed it meant Krys had to return, but now I know it meant you."
"Yes." The light said. "From now on you will be known as Princess Prism and you will guard Spectra with Orin as your guild. I know that you will do well."
Rainbow and the Kids beamed with pride and Wisp who blushed her white cheeks pink.
"Prism." Krys said. The new Princess looked over to him. "I'm sorry I didn't trust you." Prism smiled.
"It's alright Krys." She replied. "You are a hero, and that is what hero's do. Just be sure that when you save someone, they need saving." Krys blushed, and then hugged her.
"Stormy." Rainbow called to her. Stormy walked to her. "Thank you."
"No problem." She said smiling
"no, really." She insisted. "Thank you. If it were not for you we would not have won. Thank you." Stormy's eyes glittered with tears of joy and she hugged Rainbow in return.
"Do well children." the light said and she disappeared.
Orin walked up to Prism and took her hand. "There is much for you to learn, and we can discuss it on the way back to Spectra."
"Wait." Prism said and she ran back to Rainbow and the Kids. "Thank you. Thank you all. And she hugged each of them before mounting On-X with Orin and they flew up in to the sky towards Spectra.
Brian crossed his arms and smiled. "I missed this." He said to himself.
"We missed you." Twink said by his side.
Suddenly a squeak came from a nearby hut. Rainbow and the others ran to it. The sprites had found were Murky and Lurky were hiding. They took a color hut as their own and had fallen asleep in the beds. After hearing the squeezing of the sprites they woke up and ran.
"Run!" Murky called to Lurky.
"I am running." Lurky replied.
As they were running away Krys and Stormy aimed and blasted each of them in the bottom until they reached the pits. "And stay out!' Stormy yelled after them. They all laughed as they watched Murky and Lurky return to their cave.
And then after much celebrating Rainbow looked up to the sky and saw the twinkle of a rainbow ring surround the sun in the sky before fading.
"Welcome home Princess Prism." She said and returned to her room. She stopped briefly and her mirror looking at her reflection, and her star kissed cheek and smiled. She then took the mirror and turned it away from her and against the wall. Better to be safe then sorry." She whispered to herself and got ready for bed to sleep soundly, for Rainbow Land was once again rescued.
Back in the tower the Evil One took the smoky lighting filled Crystal and placed it on the ground. He waved his hand over it and the crystal shattered covering the ground with a fog. When the fog rolled away a dizzy Stormy was left lying there. She looked up and saw the cloaked figure sitting on his thrown.
"Don't be frightened, child." He said to her.
Stormy shook off her fear and stared him in the eyes. "I'm not afraid, I'm never afraid." She said bravely, her voice wavering.
"Good, good." He said to her. "I know you are brave. You have lightning in your eye, wind in your veins, and the weather at your fingertips. The same as I do. You could be just as powerful. Wouldn't it be fun? Forever winter, the wind beneath your feet, the clouds at your command. It could all be yours. Join me, child and it all could be. You would rule Earth at my side." Stormy stood silent.
"You and your horse could run through the skies, never in the shadow of a rainbow, but above it." He continues. "You would like that, wouldn't you? You would rule and never be second best. You could be the best."
"But what about Rainbow?" She asked.
"The girl?" He said bitterly. "I shall return her to her friends." He held up the box that contained the Color Kids. "And these would be a necklace for you to wear in our victory." He took the crystals and linked them together in to a chain and put the chain above Stormy. Stormy's mind was racing. He had hit her where she hurt the most, the fact that she was always second best. Now with Wisp she was even worse, she was third best.but the Evil One did not know this, or so she hoped. She looked up at the Color Crystal necklace.
"Stormy! Don't," Brian mumbled from the corner where he had been tied. Twink also tried to speak but couldn't. Stormy reached up and took the necklace and put it around her neck. The Evil One laughed with triumph.
It was then the door sprung open and Rainbow stood there looking at them. Stormy's eye narrowed and she back up next to the cloaked figure.
"Stormy?" Rainbow said with confusion. "What's this?"
"She has joined me!" The Evil One announced. "She can hold her head high now, not in your shadow any longer."
"No, now she is in your shadow." Rainbow said bitterly.
"The Kids are in the Necklace around her neck!" Brian called, Stormy then rose her hand and a lighting bolt sprung from her fingertips knocking Brian against the wall.
Rainbow stared at Stormy. "Have you really become my enemy?" She asked Stormy.
"I do what I have to." Stormy replied and softly touched the Crystal necklace she wore, the Color Kids trapped inside each crystal.
From behind Rainbow the door opened again and she turned to see a ghost like figure enter. The figure looked as though she were made of glass. It walked up to Rainbow and she was able to make out what it was really made of, it was water. Its features became clearer as it walked to Rainbow, and she could see that it was Wisp. The River had drained her of whatever color she had left, that the mirror had not already drained and to compensate her for absorbed the water. Seeing this new creature through the Evil One off guard. He could see the features were the same as Rainbow Brite's, but how could it have been possible.
Then he remembered himself absorbing the Pits energy to grow strong and he realized his mistake. He had condemned himself without even knowing it.
Quickly Stormy took hold of the necklace and threw it to the floor causing the crystals to shatter and the room filled with fog.
"Rainbow!" Stormy called "Get the Belt!" But Rainbow had not seen where the belt was hidden.
"Where?" She called back.
Then the fog rolled away and she could see it had been placed above his thrown. The rainbow was black, but she knew in her hands it would return to it's color. However the Evil One was still in front of it, preventing her from being able pass.
Then the fog rolled completely away. The Evil One got his sites on Rainbow and raised his hand against her, a blast of energy hurled towards her. The Color Kids looked up as this was happening and gasped in fear. Rainbow leapt to the left and as she did, her counter part, Wisp took her place and the beam hit her. Rainbow and the Color Kids screamed in fear as they saw Wisp's head thrown back with the blast. But then a magical thing happened. From her transparent skin erupted a burst of color, causing a rainbow to hit the wall behind her.
"Rainbow, the light! Brian called. Rainbow looked over to him and saw he was not injured. Stormy's lightning had burnt the ropes that bound him and he had untied Twink when the Evil One was not looking.
"Yeah, Rainbow! Do it!" Wisp called. She planted her feet and stared at the Evil One in front of her. Rainbow ran and raised her hand and pressed the button. The light entered Wisps transparent form again and filled her but did not pass through. The energy was absorbed and using her body as a prism. She raised her hand to the Evil One and from her hands came the brightest rainbow they had ever seen.
The color band struck the black robes of the Evil One and slowly began to drain him of his gloom.
"Wisp!" Krys called. Wisp looked towards him, his arm extended. Wisp pointed her other hand to it and a rainbow blasted from her finger hitting the band charging his color blaster.
Stormy could hear faint squeaking from outside and she ran quickly to the window and saw the Sprites below with sprinkles.
"All right!" she said and pointed her hand to the sky. From the distance a strong wind came and circled the castle.
"Let them go!" Orin said to the sprites and the sprites through the bags in to the air. The wind grabbed the bags and they spun around the castle going higher like a cyclone.
The bags reached the window and came inside. The bags circled the room and the colors went to their color kid. Quickly the Kids circled the room, reached inside the bag taking a hand full of crystals and holding them high above their heads.
Back at the color cave Starlite woke up with a start. He and Sunriser ran to the entrance of the cave and saw the light from the tower.
"We have to help!" He said to Sunriser.
Sunriser whinnied in agreement and they ran down the path the castle. As he got closer to the castle he saw the sprites all running from it. Starlite stopped and looked around until he saw Orin riding on Skydancer's back towards them. "What's happing!" he asked.
"A miracle" Orin replied. Follow us, the rainbow will come for you when it is time." Starlite looked up at the tower and saw On-X flying up to the window.
"Be safe, my friend." He said softly as though On-X was in front of him and the he and Sunriser ran to cover with the sprites.
At the window On-X called to Krys.
"Brian." He called. Brian looked over at him. "Get out quick!" Brian nodded and he twink and stormy ran to the window where they climbed on to On-X and he few away to safety.
Rainbow still had the light on Wisp who was still holding the Evil One in her beam of color. Krys aimed his blaster at Wisp. Wisp nodded to him and put her hands by her side. The Evil One regained is energy and looked around him.
Krys touched the blaster and it's concentrated energy entered Wisp. She spread out her fingers and beams shot from each digit hitting the color crystals in the kid's hands. Color beams connected in a circle around them and Rainbow again to aim and when the light hit Wisp it was like a super nova. All the Kids closed their eyes to the light. And explosion that followed.
The color, no longer able to be contained in the walled, broke them down. The Evil One screamed as the color bands turned on him and wrapped around him until he was squeezed in to oblivion.
Rainbow released the light then and the Color Kids dropped their crystals. Wisp fell to her knees exhausted. All color had been drained from her body. Her lemon hair was now white and skin like glass, if it were not for the glow she still had from the light she would have been invisible. Then whatever energy was still inside her surfaces returning her form to her. She stood looking different. Her long hair lay in silver curls down her back. Her dress was white and when she opened her eyes to look at the Kids around her, her eyes had become like diamonds, light blue and shiny. She stood and smiled. Rainbow was surprised at this transformation in Wisp. She walked to her twin, but they were no longer the same. "I have to face it." Rainbow thought to herself. "We were not the same since she came from my mirror." Their realities had split.
Wisp stood and realized her physical shape. She stood shy, afraid of what may happen, but to her surprise they all hugged her once more. Wisp smiled and looked back to the thrown and to Rainbow.
"You have to claim your thrown Rainbow." She said and Rainbow nodded. Wisp and the Kids watched as Rainbow climbed in to the thrown and took hold of the belt that was stuck to the back like an ornament. She ripped it from its base and put in around her waist. The color returned to its bands. Suddenly a wind rushed and pulled Rainbow and all the Kids high above Rainbow Land. Below the watched and the castle crumbled and the grass turned over, and like magic Rainbow Land returned to how it had been. The wind rushed the Kids far toward the pits, which had returned to the mound on the hill. Carefully it sat them at the entrance.
"Why are we here?" Patty asked.
"To make sure this doesn't happen again." Rainbow said. Together they all walked in to the cave. Inside upon a wall hung a black mirror.
"This must have been were the Evil One was." Krys said looking at the mirror whose black surface did not allow any color to reflect. Wisp walked up to it. She reached for a candlestick from the table beneath it and with all her strength she smashed it against the surface. Like a terrifying scream the glass shattered to the ground. Wisp turned back to the Kids. They put their hands together hand clapped in her victory.
"Lets go home." Rainbow said and they all nodded. Once they stepped outside the cave the wind took hold again and they returned to the path in front of the castle.
The sprites and all the horsed ran to them where they embraced each other. The chattering of what all happened inside the castle was almost deafening. But silence came when they all saw the glowing orb above them.
"A new little Wisp has shown her strength and courage. Never giving up even after all color had been taken from her. I knew I had chosen right when I brought you here the first time. You beat the king of Shadows despite your years of isolation. You have done well. Rainbow Land is truly in your dept and the universe will truly benefit from you."
"But I still do not have color." Wisp said.
"Yes you do, and in the best place." The light replied. "It is in your heart. It is in your heart that you hold your power. You are able to control the light and give color and life to the universe."
"But what about Rainbow Land?" She asked
Orin walked towards them. "I came here Wisp for an important purpose." He explained. "Spectra needs a protector. Magic and I are old friends and it told me that the new protector would be found here. I assumed it meant Krys had to return, but now I know it meant you."
"Yes." The light said. "From now on you will be known as Princess Prism and you will guard Spectra with Orin as your guild. I know that you will do well."
Rainbow and the Kids beamed with pride and Wisp who blushed her white cheeks pink.
"Prism." Krys said. The new Princess looked over to him. "I'm sorry I didn't trust you." Prism smiled.
"It's alright Krys." She replied. "You are a hero, and that is what hero's do. Just be sure that when you save someone, they need saving." Krys blushed, and then hugged her.
"Stormy." Rainbow called to her. Stormy walked to her. "Thank you."
"No problem." She said smiling
"no, really." She insisted. "Thank you. If it were not for you we would not have won. Thank you." Stormy's eyes glittered with tears of joy and she hugged Rainbow in return.
"Do well children." the light said and she disappeared.
Orin walked up to Prism and took her hand. "There is much for you to learn, and we can discuss it on the way back to Spectra."
"Wait." Prism said and she ran back to Rainbow and the Kids. "Thank you. Thank you all. And she hugged each of them before mounting On-X with Orin and they flew up in to the sky towards Spectra.
Brian crossed his arms and smiled. "I missed this." He said to himself.
"We missed you." Twink said by his side.
Suddenly a squeak came from a nearby hut. Rainbow and the others ran to it. The sprites had found were Murky and Lurky were hiding. They took a color hut as their own and had fallen asleep in the beds. After hearing the squeezing of the sprites they woke up and ran.
"Run!" Murky called to Lurky.
"I am running." Lurky replied.
As they were running away Krys and Stormy aimed and blasted each of them in the bottom until they reached the pits. "And stay out!' Stormy yelled after them. They all laughed as they watched Murky and Lurky return to their cave.
And then after much celebrating Rainbow looked up to the sky and saw the twinkle of a rainbow ring surround the sun in the sky before fading.
"Welcome home Princess Prism." She said and returned to her room. She stopped briefly and her mirror looking at her reflection, and her star kissed cheek and smiled. She then took the mirror and turned it away from her and against the wall. Better to be safe then sorry." She whispered to herself and got ready for bed to sleep soundly, for Rainbow Land was once again rescued.