Settling In
A/N: Well, I'm hoping that Niji's past... uh, future? Uh, yeah, whatever happens when she's with
her mom XD will become more clear, there will be a lot of flashbacks... or flashforwards... or
just memories o_o of things from there. So I hope this chapter is fun for everyone to read! ^^
Starlite stared at Niji. " Er... something wrong, dear? "
" N-nothing... " stammered Niji. She came forward to pet the horse and stared into it's large,
solemn eyes. Those eyes were exactly like her father's- her dead father's. She was confused.
How could her dad be a horse? She watched Rainbow pet his back gently, and smile, like she did it all
the time. She stared at her mother's past self and her father's past self... her dad was alive
again! She had to remember to ask her mom why her dad used to be a horse, when Niji only knew him
as a human. She had always wondered why her father wasn't immortal - now she knew. It was so
strange - Rainbow didn't know, not now, at least, that the horse she was petting would soon become
the father of her baby... Niji squirmed. Did that mean she was half horse? Well, she didn't think
so... her dad had died when she was the earth age of five, of course, and she distinctly remember
him having a humanoid stature. She was bursting to yell, " How did you get a humanoid body? " She
held it in however, knowing that Starlite couldn't possibly know.
" Come, let's go inside. " said Rainbow, and she led the way into the castle. Starlite trotted away
and Niji stared after him.
' Wow, ' she thought. ' Why didn't mom ever tell me? '
" You coming, Niji? " asked Pink, turning around.
Niji looked up into the older's face, nodded, and followed, still thinking hard. She looked inside,
and saw a type of machine, with many multicolor tubes connected to it. A girl in orange and a girl
in green were working on it. They noticed the three coming in, looked up, and smiled. The girl in
orange noticed Niji, and said in a petite french accent, " Who is that? "
" Her name is Niji. We found her in the mines. She doesn't know how she got here. Just her name.
So I think we'll be taking care of her for a bit. " said Rainbow.
" She looks like you! " said the green haired girl, who Niji reconized to be Patty, her best
friend, Jade Green's mother. She also had another kid with Buddy Blue - a boy named Sky Blue.
" Yeah, uncanny, isn't it? " Rainbow smiled at Niji. " Niji, these are my friends, Lala Orange
and Patty O'Green. They're also color kids, like I told you about. "
" Pleased to meet you. " said Niji politely.
" Why do ya got a color belt? " asked Patty, pointing at the belt around her waist.
" I don't know? " said Niji sheepishly. It seemed like a silly story now. She studied Lala and
Patty - they pretty much looked the same as she knew them, and their kids had resemblances, too-
even though Lala had a son for the color orange, and a twin daughter with red.
" Yes, she's lost her memory. " said Rainbow. " Come, I'll show you around. " she led Niji around
to all of the different things in the castle, pointing them out, saying what they were, and then
explaining what they did. As before, it was already information Niji knew, but she nodded and said
' Yes ' at the right times.
" Come, let's go back outside. We should show you the rest of the Kids. " said Pink. Rainbow
nodded and they left the castle. Outside, the sprites stared questioningly at the girl and Rainbow
introduced her patiently to each of them. Many of them Niji new, and found it hard to hide her delight
when a blue sprite named Berry talked to her - Berry was one of her favorite sprites ever, in the
future, but she only knew him as to be very old. Now he was young. She felt a pang at her heart.
Already she was homesick.
**Flashback... or the like XD**
" Eek! " a girl's voice yelped as a green star sprinkle exploded in her hands, sending green sparks
through the air and filling the room with green, dust-like mist.
" What's wrong, Jade? ... Ugh! What this time? " another girl, a blond one with rainbow streaks,
waved the dusty substance away. She made her way through and reached the other girl.
" Nijiiii! It exploded again! " groaned the other girl, Jade. She had green hair which reached the
middle of her back that was tied in low slung braids. Her eyes were bright blue, but looking disapointed.
She wore a green dress which went halfway down her thighs that had a white collar and trimming on
the bottom and white shoulder pads with a green star on each attached. On her hands she wore
dark green and light green striped fingerless gloves, and a bandaid on her left elbow. Around her
waist was a light green belt which had the white shape of a clover on it, and inside that, a green
star. She wore green and white sneakers to top it off, and a bandaid on each knee.
" Why do they do that? " giggled Niji as the green smoke began to clear.
" I think I might be squeezing them too hard, " said Jade with a hint of regret in her voice. " I
dunno, it's just I'm afraid to mess up with them... so I get nervous. Then POOF! " she rubbed green
dust off her nose and picked up another star sprinkle from a table in front of her. " Well, if at
first you don't succeed - " she began.
" -Try, try again. " finished Niji. " Well, at least you can do things with them. " she scowled.
" Mom wants me to work on my rainbow. Look. " she fished out a yellow star sprinkle from the
small red pouch attached to her belt. She held it to the rainbow also located on her belt, and a
beam of light shot through the star sprinkle, creating a magnificent - multicolored dot which
hovered in the air for a few seconds before fading. She frowned. " See? No talent at all. "
" Ya just gotta work on it. Whoops! " the star sprinkle slipped from Jade's hands and got caught
right in front of her belt. A beam of light shot out and illuminated the star sprinkle. The light
shot out and turned the opposing wall green.
" And you say /I/ have to work on it? " giggled Niji.
Jade flushed. " It's a nice color for the walls anyway, you know green is the best color in the
world! "
" Yeah, right. " said Niji. " They're all equal! "
" Yeah, but green rules by a fair bit. " Jade grinned. " Let's get out of here, shall we? " They
turned and started to head out of the color castle but were stopped by a tall, pretty blond woman.
" Can I have a word with you, Niji? "
Niji glanced at Jade, who shrugged. " Ok... " her mother turned and motioned for her to follow her
out of the castle, and Jade turned in the other direction.
Niji gulped. This had to be trouble.
**End Flashback**
They walked for a while, until they saw the remaining color kids, near the mines - Buddy Blue,
Red Butler, Canary Yellow, Shy Violet, and Indigo were there. Niji counted off their kids as
she looked at them - Buddy's son with Patty, Sky Blue, who's twin was Jade, Red Butler's daughter
with Lala, Raspberry Red, and of course her twin brother, whom was just called Orange. Canary Yellow
had a daughter, too - a cheerful, happy girl named Daisy Yellow. Shy Violet had a daughter, also -
Lilac, and Indigo had a son, also - named Indigo Twilight - Twy for short. They were all eleven,
like Niji.
Niji was introduced to each of them, in turn, and Rainbow explained what happened again.
" Weird. " commented Canary.
" Very. " added Shy Violet. " Maybe I can do a little more research around the area she was found.
Where was it exactly? "
Niji fired off the directions, after all, she knew the mines well, and could tell anyone how to get
anywhere.
" Anyone want to come with me? " asked Violet.
" Oh? Sure. " said Canary, and the two of them left into the mines.
" Well, " said Rainbow, turning to Niji and smiling, " There are a few more kids that live here in
Rainbowland. Moonglo comes out at night, usually, and she takes care of the stars. Stormy makes
sure there's lots of rain, lightning, and thunder- and there's also Murky and Lurky - they like
to cause trouble, but they're not that great at succeeding. " she laughed.
" Ok. " said Niji. She knew Moonglo, Stormy, Murky, and Lurky, of course - although Murky and Lurky
had not had offspring ( luckily! ), Moonglo had a daughter named Niteshade, who also helped out
with the stars, and Stormy's son, Raine, was learning to create rainfall and storm.
" Hmm, I think that's all. " said Rainbow thoughtfully, then, she added, " I hope you find your
stay here - however long it might turn out to be - both fun and comfortable. "
Niji nodded. " Thank you for your hospitality, " she said, something she had rehearsed with her
mother. And of course she would have fun, she wouldn't want to be anywhere else but with the people
she loved.
" It'll be getting dark, soon, " said Rainbow. " Come to the castle, we have an extra bed. "
***
As Niji settled down to sleep, troubled thoughts floated through her head, mainly of Starlite-
what was up with that? She snuggled down into the cushy blankets. It was all so strange and confusing...
She would rethink it in the morning, that's what she would do, and so she slowly fell asleep.
*
Hope that deconfused people a little... or did it confuse you even more? XD Well next chapter
next week, til then, Sayonara!
A/N: Well, I'm hoping that Niji's past... uh, future? Uh, yeah, whatever happens when she's with
her mom XD will become more clear, there will be a lot of flashbacks... or flashforwards... or
just memories o_o of things from there. So I hope this chapter is fun for everyone to read! ^^
Starlite stared at Niji. " Er... something wrong, dear? "
" N-nothing... " stammered Niji. She came forward to pet the horse and stared into it's large,
solemn eyes. Those eyes were exactly like her father's- her dead father's. She was confused.
How could her dad be a horse? She watched Rainbow pet his back gently, and smile, like she did it all
the time. She stared at her mother's past self and her father's past self... her dad was alive
again! She had to remember to ask her mom why her dad used to be a horse, when Niji only knew him
as a human. She had always wondered why her father wasn't immortal - now she knew. It was so
strange - Rainbow didn't know, not now, at least, that the horse she was petting would soon become
the father of her baby... Niji squirmed. Did that mean she was half horse? Well, she didn't think
so... her dad had died when she was the earth age of five, of course, and she distinctly remember
him having a humanoid stature. She was bursting to yell, " How did you get a humanoid body? " She
held it in however, knowing that Starlite couldn't possibly know.
" Come, let's go inside. " said Rainbow, and she led the way into the castle. Starlite trotted away
and Niji stared after him.
' Wow, ' she thought. ' Why didn't mom ever tell me? '
" You coming, Niji? " asked Pink, turning around.
Niji looked up into the older's face, nodded, and followed, still thinking hard. She looked inside,
and saw a type of machine, with many multicolor tubes connected to it. A girl in orange and a girl
in green were working on it. They noticed the three coming in, looked up, and smiled. The girl in
orange noticed Niji, and said in a petite french accent, " Who is that? "
" Her name is Niji. We found her in the mines. She doesn't know how she got here. Just her name.
So I think we'll be taking care of her for a bit. " said Rainbow.
" She looks like you! " said the green haired girl, who Niji reconized to be Patty, her best
friend, Jade Green's mother. She also had another kid with Buddy Blue - a boy named Sky Blue.
" Yeah, uncanny, isn't it? " Rainbow smiled at Niji. " Niji, these are my friends, Lala Orange
and Patty O'Green. They're also color kids, like I told you about. "
" Pleased to meet you. " said Niji politely.
" Why do ya got a color belt? " asked Patty, pointing at the belt around her waist.
" I don't know? " said Niji sheepishly. It seemed like a silly story now. She studied Lala and
Patty - they pretty much looked the same as she knew them, and their kids had resemblances, too-
even though Lala had a son for the color orange, and a twin daughter with red.
" Yes, she's lost her memory. " said Rainbow. " Come, I'll show you around. " she led Niji around
to all of the different things in the castle, pointing them out, saying what they were, and then
explaining what they did. As before, it was already information Niji knew, but she nodded and said
' Yes ' at the right times.
" Come, let's go back outside. We should show you the rest of the Kids. " said Pink. Rainbow
nodded and they left the castle. Outside, the sprites stared questioningly at the girl and Rainbow
introduced her patiently to each of them. Many of them Niji new, and found it hard to hide her delight
when a blue sprite named Berry talked to her - Berry was one of her favorite sprites ever, in the
future, but she only knew him as to be very old. Now he was young. She felt a pang at her heart.
Already she was homesick.
**Flashback... or the like XD**
" Eek! " a girl's voice yelped as a green star sprinkle exploded in her hands, sending green sparks
through the air and filling the room with green, dust-like mist.
" What's wrong, Jade? ... Ugh! What this time? " another girl, a blond one with rainbow streaks,
waved the dusty substance away. She made her way through and reached the other girl.
" Nijiiii! It exploded again! " groaned the other girl, Jade. She had green hair which reached the
middle of her back that was tied in low slung braids. Her eyes were bright blue, but looking disapointed.
She wore a green dress which went halfway down her thighs that had a white collar and trimming on
the bottom and white shoulder pads with a green star on each attached. On her hands she wore
dark green and light green striped fingerless gloves, and a bandaid on her left elbow. Around her
waist was a light green belt which had the white shape of a clover on it, and inside that, a green
star. She wore green and white sneakers to top it off, and a bandaid on each knee.
" Why do they do that? " giggled Niji as the green smoke began to clear.
" I think I might be squeezing them too hard, " said Jade with a hint of regret in her voice. " I
dunno, it's just I'm afraid to mess up with them... so I get nervous. Then POOF! " she rubbed green
dust off her nose and picked up another star sprinkle from a table in front of her. " Well, if at
first you don't succeed - " she began.
" -Try, try again. " finished Niji. " Well, at least you can do things with them. " she scowled.
" Mom wants me to work on my rainbow. Look. " she fished out a yellow star sprinkle from the
small red pouch attached to her belt. She held it to the rainbow also located on her belt, and a
beam of light shot through the star sprinkle, creating a magnificent - multicolored dot which
hovered in the air for a few seconds before fading. She frowned. " See? No talent at all. "
" Ya just gotta work on it. Whoops! " the star sprinkle slipped from Jade's hands and got caught
right in front of her belt. A beam of light shot out and illuminated the star sprinkle. The light
shot out and turned the opposing wall green.
" And you say /I/ have to work on it? " giggled Niji.
Jade flushed. " It's a nice color for the walls anyway, you know green is the best color in the
world! "
" Yeah, right. " said Niji. " They're all equal! "
" Yeah, but green rules by a fair bit. " Jade grinned. " Let's get out of here, shall we? " They
turned and started to head out of the color castle but were stopped by a tall, pretty blond woman.
" Can I have a word with you, Niji? "
Niji glanced at Jade, who shrugged. " Ok... " her mother turned and motioned for her to follow her
out of the castle, and Jade turned in the other direction.
Niji gulped. This had to be trouble.
**End Flashback**
They walked for a while, until they saw the remaining color kids, near the mines - Buddy Blue,
Red Butler, Canary Yellow, Shy Violet, and Indigo were there. Niji counted off their kids as
she looked at them - Buddy's son with Patty, Sky Blue, who's twin was Jade, Red Butler's daughter
with Lala, Raspberry Red, and of course her twin brother, whom was just called Orange. Canary Yellow
had a daughter, too - a cheerful, happy girl named Daisy Yellow. Shy Violet had a daughter, also -
Lilac, and Indigo had a son, also - named Indigo Twilight - Twy for short. They were all eleven,
like Niji.
Niji was introduced to each of them, in turn, and Rainbow explained what happened again.
" Weird. " commented Canary.
" Very. " added Shy Violet. " Maybe I can do a little more research around the area she was found.
Where was it exactly? "
Niji fired off the directions, after all, she knew the mines well, and could tell anyone how to get
anywhere.
" Anyone want to come with me? " asked Violet.
" Oh? Sure. " said Canary, and the two of them left into the mines.
" Well, " said Rainbow, turning to Niji and smiling, " There are a few more kids that live here in
Rainbowland. Moonglo comes out at night, usually, and she takes care of the stars. Stormy makes
sure there's lots of rain, lightning, and thunder- and there's also Murky and Lurky - they like
to cause trouble, but they're not that great at succeeding. " she laughed.
" Ok. " said Niji. She knew Moonglo, Stormy, Murky, and Lurky, of course - although Murky and Lurky
had not had offspring ( luckily! ), Moonglo had a daughter named Niteshade, who also helped out
with the stars, and Stormy's son, Raine, was learning to create rainfall and storm.
" Hmm, I think that's all. " said Rainbow thoughtfully, then, she added, " I hope you find your
stay here - however long it might turn out to be - both fun and comfortable. "
Niji nodded. " Thank you for your hospitality, " she said, something she had rehearsed with her
mother. And of course she would have fun, she wouldn't want to be anywhere else but with the people
she loved.
" It'll be getting dark, soon, " said Rainbow. " Come to the castle, we have an extra bed. "
***
As Niji settled down to sleep, troubled thoughts floated through her head, mainly of Starlite-
what was up with that? She snuggled down into the cushy blankets. It was all so strange and confusing...
She would rethink it in the morning, that's what she would do, and so she slowly fell asleep.
*
Hope that deconfused people a little... or did it confuse you even more? XD Well next chapter
next week, til then, Sayonara!
