Brian smiled tiredly as he closed the door and walked into the kitchen setting his backpack down on one of the chairs. "What a morning." he said out loud before opening the large windows. In the distance he could see the rainbow climb out of sight causing a smile to tug at the boy's face as he watched the rainbow climb out of sight.
Humming happily he started to open the various cabinets that stored his baking equipment before going to unzip his bag. Without looking he reached for his mixing bowls. But instead of the cool metal he had expected he felt something warm and furry.
Whoa! Brian yelled out in shock as he jumped back. The bag had been dumped onto the floor in the process, emitting a surprised whistle in the process. Wide eyed the earth boy moved slowly towards the overturned bag and slowly removed it.
A familiar gray fuzz ball with a circle spot over his right eye stared back at him smiling. Brian looked back with a dumbstruck expression causing the sprite to twitter with glee. To make things worse he could hear footsteps heading towards the kitchen.
In a flash the bag was back over the sprite. Brian ignored his indignant whistles and turned to greet the person. "Hi mom!" He said cheerfully. His mom frowned slightly sensing something amiss. With her eyes she looked at the kitchen. Except the upside down backpack and the open cabinets nothing seemed to be out of the ordinary. She smiled back.
"Your father and I will be gone until 6:00 this evening. Can I trust you'll be good until then?" Brian grinned. "You can count on me mom. Is it okay if I go down to the field?" His mother looked at him for a minute before smiling. "Make sure you have your key. And if one of your friends invites you somewhere, make sure you call me and let me know this time." Brian had immediately noticed the warning note in her voice and quickly nodded.
Once his mother had departed and the door had closed did Brian sag with relief. "That was too close" he muttered. The sprite shoved the bag off and quickly blew into his hand creating a series of melodic yet almost completely incomprehensible. "A turkey sandwich is after you?" Brian said looking at the sprite in confusion.
The sprite looked at him with amusement as he blew on his mitt in a string of shrill high and low notes that sounded suspiciously like laughter. Brian frowned. "Slow down. I can't understand you when you rush like that." The grey sprite tried again between breaths but his continued mirth made it impossible. Sighing Brian reached into his pocket.
"I don't know why you decided to hide in my backpack, but we need to get you back to Rainbowland before anyone sees you." Brian said as he removed his hand. He opened it revealing a pair of keys. A grey house key that been painted brown and the Rainbowland key.
He reached for the latter key which to his surprise was no longer there. Quickly he turned his pockets out and searched the area. "Where did it go?" Brian said worriedly. "Ooooovvvvveeeerrr….Heeeeerrrre!"
The whistle words that set the sprite apart from the rest had Brian quickly turn his head towards the windows. To his horror the sprite was sitting on one of the window ledges waving to him cheerfully while holding the rainbow shaped key. "Oh no!" Brian yelled making a frantic grab for the sprite.
He was too late. The sprite quickly jumped out the open window and took off down the street. In a flash the windows were closed, front door locked and house key replaced as Brian ran after him.
Imagi's Ramblings: For anyone who wanted to know turning a waterbed into a giant balloon is bad. Pulling out the wrong end and reenacting a scene from the Titanic is WORSE. Fortunately it wasn't as bad as it seemed. Just ceiling repaint and bed liner replaced so I'm out of hot water. Phew!
Quick update for you guys. I'm so glad you guys are enjoying my work:) And as always thanks so much for the reviews:)
Imagi