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Chapter 7
Rainbow looked at her surroundings. Bushes, trees, grass, and a river, all set aglow by a purple sky. 'Where am I?' she thought. The voice came from her locket, 'Follow the Star', it said. Suddenly a pearl white star appeared in the distance.
Rainbow decided to follow it, like the voice had told her to. She had taken about 15 steps when the bushes beside her started to shake and out jumped a person from them.
"Hi, I'm Rane!" the person greeted her.
"Um, hi, I'm Rainbow Brite." she informed him.
"How are you?"
"Um, ok, I guess?" Rainbow was confused. 'What does he want?' she thought.
"I'm fine also! Where are you going?"
"I'm following that white star." She was now getting rather annoyed.
"Oh...can I come with?"
"I guess so..."
"Great! I love trips! Can we stop by the waterfall on the way?"
"I really need to..." Rainbow was getting frustrated.
"We'll have so much fun together!"
"Listen Rane, I'm on a quest, and I need to get this done quickly. You can come along if you don't get in the way, but I'm leaving right now, with or without you, make your choice." Rainbow started to walk away.
"Sorry." said Rane quietly and then began to follow her in silence. 'God, I hope this doesn't take long, I hate playing the idiot.' he thought to himself.
They walked on in an uncomfortable silence. Rainbow was too determined though to even notice.
After they had walked awhile in silence, they began to hear the sound of rushing water. Rane became excited.
"The waterfall is my favorite place in this whole world, can we go visit it? Can we? Can we? Can we?" Rane begged.
"I suppose it won't hurt to stop for a little while, we have been traveling for quite some time."
"Excellent!" he replied, half excited, half devious.
They left the path of the star to go and see the waterfall. When they got there, Rainbow noticed that they were standing at the top and it was a LONG way down. The Purple Sun shown on the water and seemed to make it dance like a group of purple fairies.
"Why don't we get a little closer." said Rane as he gently nudged her closer to the edge.
"I think this is close enough." Rainbow replied, a little nervous.
"No, I think you need to see it up close, very close." And with that he gave her a hard shove right into the water.
Rainbow let out a scream as she plunged quickly over the edge and began falling with the water. She reached down to touch the star on her belt, but there was no reply. She hadn't replenished it lately, as this was all sudden and unexpected.
She felt her body go limp as she hit the water. She plunged down deep into the cold water. She struggled for the surface. The water forced her back down so she began to swim closer to the cliff and used that to help her up out of the water. She was out of breath, but found it difficult to breath.
She could hear Rane cackling like a maniac above. She decided to remain as still as possible, to avoid hurting herself further, and to keep out of sight of Rane. Still, she knew she had limited time before that star would disappear.
Sorry, another short one. Oh well, I guess you'll just have to take what you get.
Chapter 7
Rainbow looked at her surroundings. Bushes, trees, grass, and a river, all set aglow by a purple sky. 'Where am I?' she thought. The voice came from her locket, 'Follow the Star', it said. Suddenly a pearl white star appeared in the distance.
Rainbow decided to follow it, like the voice had told her to. She had taken about 15 steps when the bushes beside her started to shake and out jumped a person from them.
"Hi, I'm Rane!" the person greeted her.
"Um, hi, I'm Rainbow Brite." she informed him.
"How are you?"
"Um, ok, I guess?" Rainbow was confused. 'What does he want?' she thought.
"I'm fine also! Where are you going?"
"I'm following that white star." She was now getting rather annoyed.
"Oh...can I come with?"
"I guess so..."
"Great! I love trips! Can we stop by the waterfall on the way?"
"I really need to..." Rainbow was getting frustrated.
"We'll have so much fun together!"
"Listen Rane, I'm on a quest, and I need to get this done quickly. You can come along if you don't get in the way, but I'm leaving right now, with or without you, make your choice." Rainbow started to walk away.
"Sorry." said Rane quietly and then began to follow her in silence. 'God, I hope this doesn't take long, I hate playing the idiot.' he thought to himself.
They walked on in an uncomfortable silence. Rainbow was too determined though to even notice.
After they had walked awhile in silence, they began to hear the sound of rushing water. Rane became excited.
"The waterfall is my favorite place in this whole world, can we go visit it? Can we? Can we? Can we?" Rane begged.
"I suppose it won't hurt to stop for a little while, we have been traveling for quite some time."
"Excellent!" he replied, half excited, half devious.
They left the path of the star to go and see the waterfall. When they got there, Rainbow noticed that they were standing at the top and it was a LONG way down. The Purple Sun shown on the water and seemed to make it dance like a group of purple fairies.
"Why don't we get a little closer." said Rane as he gently nudged her closer to the edge.
"I think this is close enough." Rainbow replied, a little nervous.
"No, I think you need to see it up close, very close." And with that he gave her a hard shove right into the water.
Rainbow let out a scream as she plunged quickly over the edge and began falling with the water. She reached down to touch the star on her belt, but there was no reply. She hadn't replenished it lately, as this was all sudden and unexpected.
She felt her body go limp as she hit the water. She plunged down deep into the cold water. She struggled for the surface. The water forced her back down so she began to swim closer to the cliff and used that to help her up out of the water. She was out of breath, but found it difficult to breath.
She could hear Rane cackling like a maniac above. She decided to remain as still as possible, to avoid hurting herself further, and to keep out of sight of Rane. Still, she knew she had limited time before that star would disappear.
Sorry, another short one. Oh well, I guess you'll just have to take what you get.
