What ain't mine ain't mine…as this is a fanfic most of the stuff ain't mine. Leonard Cohen and Kurt Cobain don't endorse my work (in fact Cobain is in no condition to), they are used because their music can be depressing.

Rainbow Brite And I

Chapter Two: Do You Believe in Love At First Brite?

I started visiting Rainbow Land regularly. When the weather became more depressing one week I found myself going there more often, since they didn't have as much bad weather up there. I also stopped going to bars in the evening, I found Rainbow Land way more fun than downing a few beers in a smoke-filled noise-saturated dive. I often brought sutff from Earth, everything from books to videos to literature from VIA Rail, consequently the residents of Rainbow Land knew more about the trans-continental Canadian than most Canadians.

Speaking of which, I ended up being transferred to be on the crews that work on this prestigious train. But the good thing was, no matter where I went, where there was a keyhole, there was a way to Rainbowland.

One day I asked Rainbow Brite about this "Murky" that she mentioned when I first came there, that "Murky" she accused me of being a helper of.

"Oh, that's our enemy!" explained Rainbow, "He hates colors, so he's always trying to take my Color Belt. He wants the world to be colorless and gloomy.

"But recently he's been quiet!" added Twink. "Perhaps a little too quiet. We even looked at the Pits with Shy Violet's telescope and we haven't seen much really!"

She spent the rest of the day telling me about him and his bumbling stooge, Lurky. A look of sadness appeared on her face whenever she mentioned Brian, who helped stop some of Murky's nastier plans.

I was half hoping to meet this jerk. He sounded like he needed a shrink. A shame that the moon has no atmosphere, because it's pretty colorless, why not move there? Oops, the air question.

Another thing that changed, I started telling VIA Rail that I had people I knew who could put me up in every city where I'd have to spend the night. They thanked me for this since I was sparing them the cost of a hotel. Of course what I'd do is find a locked door and then go spend the night in Rainbow Land. They really liked me. I wonder if I was becoming Brian's replacement…or even more?

Rainbow began greeting me with a tight hug, or sometimes even a kiss on the cheeks. A couple of the Color Kids, Red Buttler and Shy Violet among them, claimed that she never acted this affectionate before. I didn't mind, I haven't had a girlfriend for a couple of years.

Once on my day off, Rainbow took me for a walk near the edges of the Pits. I had brought my guitar with me, just in case I was inspired to play it. The whole place looked depressing. I joked about it being hit with an anti-charm missile. Then Rainbow told me that at one time ALL OF RAINBOW LAND looked like that. I just repeated how depressing it was. I said that Leonard Cohen and even Kurt Cobain seemed more cheerful compared to that dump. And a dump it really was, pieces of garbage and used machinery and vehicles littered most of the landscape, except for a small hill with a face on it, and a sign that said "Keep Out!" Rainbow, however, had no idea what I was talking about. I began singing one of Leoanrd's songs, "Hallelujah," and then switched to Nirvana's "Lithium", which I did an unplugged rendition of. Rainbow was surprised, and it seemed like "depressing music" was an entirely new concept for her. I then told her just how depressed, especially Kurt Cobain, they were.

"Is this a joke?" she asked, "I can't believe it, how can someone be so glum that…they…" She couldn't finish that sentence, and I don't blame her.

We turned around to leave the depressing place. Just then I heard a loud engine. Sounded something like a mal-tuned Mexican bus. Then I saw them. Murky and Lurky, on a dune-buggy with an attached crane arm with a claw. The thing swung around and grabbed Rainbow. She screamed. I ran after them. Even though the buggy was faster, it wasn't by that much. The Color Kids have a problem with this place because of its depressing lack of color. I din't, even though it looked terribly depressing.

I soon arrived at the small place they lived in. I could handle doors and rowdy people, it kind of came with the territory. So I just pretended that the green-faced Chaplin-mustached Murky was some drunk without a valid ticket who was harassing fellow passengers.

I stormed into the castle and I noticed that his "security" was pretty lax. It consisted of one brown furball who might have been as strong as an ox but he had the mental ability to make Forrest Gump look like a rocket scientist. I just said "I'm here to deliver tickets to Mr. Dismal, for his Thursday trip aboard the Canadian!" So he stood aside, and in a back-room he had Rainbow tied to a gurney underneath a De-Colorizer, some machine that resembled something at a hospital, but made up of spare parts. I guess the advantage of living in the junk yard was anyone with the right brain could work wonders. And I had to admit that this kook in the helmet (which looked like something some restaurant threw out last week) was pretty much a McGiver. But he kidnapped Rainbow. So I rushed in and got into a fight with Murky. He threatened me with a "Gloom-Gun", but I just chopped it out of his hand. I then went and freed Rainbow. She thanked me and we ran away. Just as we neared the border between the Pits and Rainbow Land proper, the Two Stooges came after us in their Grunge Buggy. We made it to the border, and Rainbow Brite turned around and activated her Color Belt. She shot a rainbow at the garbage-can-sidecar of the vehicle, and it was colorized.

"RETREAT, RETREAT YOU NUMBSKULL!" shouted Murky, as they did a U-Turn. "This isn't over yet, I'll have that belt, and this whole Rainbow Land will be like it was in the good old days! When Plan Z comes you'll be sorry!" I coughed as a large ball of smoke came from the back of that vehicle. Apparently Murky had never heard of the muffler or the catalytic converter. Rainbow and I held hands and walked back to Rainbow Land. We told everyone the news, that Lurky still hadn't given up, and that he warned of a "Plan Z."

"Plan Z, or not Plan Z, that is the question!" commented Indigo, paraphrasing one of the many plays that she had down in her head line-for-line.

There was a new sense of worry, because it seemed that Murky was up to something. And Murky being "up to something" always meant one thing. "Trouble!"

Everyone was happy that I saved Rainbow Brite. Everyone asked for the details. I even told them that I had dealt with people far worse than Murky before.

A couple of days later when I arrived in Rainbow Land again Rainbow asked me a question. "Would you like to…go out with me tonight? On a date?" I blushed. And then I accepted. This was the first time a girl had asked me out like this. I could tell it was the first time she asked anyone out.

That night, as we walked around Rainbow Land, from Red Region to the Pink Prairie. And then I realized it. "Rainbow Brite…I Love You!" She responded with a hug.

To be continued…

Author's Notes: Ok, chapter 2 is up. Not sure what will happen in chapter 3, but eventually Murky's "Plan Z" will be revealed. It will be his final attempt to take over Rainbow Land. Also, expect the love to blossom, why do you think this story is called "Rainbow Brite and I"? Pink Prairie is not as "canonical" a part of Rainbow Land as the Red Region, but since so many websites mention it, I'll take the same liberty as they do.

~Ra'akone