The Color Kid Diaries
Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2009 2:57 am
So I'm gonna explain why this is a separate thread. This is the thread where I'll post my actual diary entries. The other one was just for feedback on the concept, and will be used as a place to submit ideas for any Color Kid that hasn't been done for this first round and who I didn't have any ideas for. The following Kids are done as of this post: Rainbow, Stormy, Moonglo, and Patty O'Green. Buddy Blue is currently a work in progress. Use the other thread to submit any ideas. I do try to incorporate reader suggestions into my story, even if I have to twist it a bit, so don't be shy.
This first set to be posted will be Rainbow's and Stormy's. Posting Rainbow's again only so the entire set goes together, and Rainbow's is always meant to be the first. The next set I post will be Moonglo and Patty O'Green. None of these are available on fanfiction.net yet, though I will post a link when I do. I don't want to post them there until I have an entry done for each Kid for the first event. Enjoy!
Rainbow
Spring XXXX, #1
Today I gave the Color Kids the day off. We’ve been so busy since Spring began that no one’s had a chance to just go out and have fun. After we made sure that the Color Console would have enough star sprinkles to run on its own, we all went our own ways.
I took Starlite to Rainbow Falls since it was such a beautiful day. Twink and I packed a lunch and had a nice picnic by the river. We sat close enough so that we could feel the mist coming off the water. We had lettuce and tomato sandwiches, made from the vegetables that Red Butler and Patty O’Green had worked together growing. Starlite ate some too, only he had a salad made just for him.
After we ate, I laid back in the grass and felt the warm yellow sun on my face and legs. It felt so good that I took off my boots so I could warm my feet too. Twink lay down too, but he soon fell asleep. That’s what usually happens when he eats well and then goes outside. It happens to the other sprites as well. I closed my eyes and thought of all the places I’d been in the past few days. Spring is always so busy on Earth. I bring the beginnings of growth, but sometimes Stormy likes to bring back snow for a few days, just to make it seem like winter a little longer. She knows things have to happen when it’s time, but she likes to have fun too. She also knows that once I place the star sprinkles on the snow the winter season is over and new growth begins, even if she makes snow fall again.
She made a small snow storm where Brian lives yesterday. It wasn’t much, just enough to cover the ground. She only grinned when I told her to stop and mentioned how much fun the children were having. That was true. They had gone out to play in the snow and sled down the hills, even though there wasn’t much. I let her have her fun because I know she wouldn’t let it last too long.
When I opened my eyes again, I knew that I’d fallen asleep in the sun, just as Twink had. I sat up and yawned, looking around for Twink and Starlite. Twink was still asleep. At first I couldn’t see Starlite, but then I saw him in the distance, galloping around a large clearing. I called for him and he came back to our picnic spot. I laughed as he talked of being the fastest horse in the universe and asked him if he wanted to race around the meadow again. He did, and I climbed onto his back, holding on to his mane.
Starlite ran for the open space and then he really took off. I laughed as the wind blew my hair behind me and Starlite tried his hardest to run as fast as he could. I kept encouraging him to go faster, and each time he did. Everything seemed to be a blur around me. Finally, Starlite stopped, and slowly galloped around the field. I asked him if he was tired and he told me that horses like him are never tired. I could tell that he was, even if he tried to hide it.
We went back to the picnic spot and Twink was just starting to wake up. Twink talked happily of how good he felt, and how nice of a nap he’d had. I sat down and put my boots back on before packing up the rest of our picnic. As soon as I’d finished, I climbed on Starlite and pulled Twink up after me. We headed back toward the Color Castle slowly, enjoying the sun as it began to move lower in the sky.
I thought of how pretty the night sky would be after Moonglo finished decorating it. Spring skies were fun to watch, especially since it wasn’t cold anymore. I could sit at my window for hours just watching the stars. There’s just something magical about them. Twink talked of checking on the sprites in the Color Mines and I thought about what tomorrow would bring. It would be back to work as always, but I love my work. Today was nice, but I’m ready to work on spreading more color on Earth.
Stormy
Spring XXXX, #1
Spring is not my favorite season, that’s for sure. It makes the winter end, which ruins my fun. I know things have to happen when it’s time, but still. No one like a good thing to end. Of course, there is the fun I get to have by doing random early spring snowstorms. It’s fun to have Rainbow discover these surprises. She knows it’s all in fun and doesn’t mind, but she does remind me that things have to grow.
Like yesterday. I went down to Earth on Skydancer to create a few storms here and there. I went past Brian’s house, Rainbow’s Earth friend. He’s okay I guess. Nothing special. The ground was brown and muddy and kids were going to school. I stood hidden behind a tree and heard one boy say that he wished there was snow to play in. His friend agreed. They continued walking to catch a bus and that’s when I had a great idea. I hurried back to Skydancer, who was hidden behind a clump of trees. We went back to the clouds and I set to work. Skydancer was happy to prance about, snorting cold air that instantly turned to icicles.
I concentrated on drawing the clouds closer to me. I had to focus. I could feel my fingers pulling the clouds to them, drawing together large groups. I could tell that these clouds had a lot of moisture stored inside. In the spring and summer, these clouds are good for big rainstorms. Today, they would make a nice snow storm. I could have made it a near blizzard, but I didn’t want to anger Rainbow. I may be stubborn about winter, but I also know that my favorite season has its place too. I would only make enough snow fall to give the boys what they wanted.
Soon I had enough clouds for my storm. Again, I concentrated on the snow fall, manipulating the snow to be light and fluffy, not the messy wet stuff. That’s always the more fun snow, but not what I needed this time. Once I had the storm going, I moved through the clouds, making sure that the snow fell lightly. I looked over the edge of the cloud, grinning at my work. There was Rainbow Brite, looking unhappy with me. She asked what I was doing and I told her what the boys had wanted, grinning. She asked me to stop and I showed her how much fun the kids were having. She said I could continue, as long as it didn’t last too long. I grinned triumphantly as she left and jumped all over the cloud, making just a little more snow fall. Sometimes I just couldn’t help but live up to my name.
I returned to Rainbow Land by night and was met by Moonglo heading off with Nite Sprite. Nite Sprite carried his bag of nite sprinkles with him. I’ve always wondered how he could. That bag is pretty heavy for a sprite. Moonglo smiled and mentioned something about having a beautiful night sky. We sometimes worked together in the winter. Snow fall and night time make for a beautiful picture. Don’t look at me like that. I know when things are beautiful, especially when I take part in making them. And storms are my specialty. I wave as Moonglo disappears into the night sky. As I walk into the Color Castle, I see the beginnings of stars popping out. Soon I’ll be able to work on some spring rains. That will be great fun. I love when I can work on my storms and practice. I can already picture a thunderstorm rolling in over Rainbow Land….the temperatures would drop slightly and the rain would fall gently at first, before becoming a steady hard rain. I’d add in some thunder and lightning for effect… perfect spring storms are my favorites.
I decided to head to bed early, after eating a quick dinner of Rainbow Salad. It’s such a strange name for the fruits and vegetables salad, but that’s what everyone calls it. The thing is, each Color Kid tends to eat their own color of the salad more than anything. There’s always plenty to go around and I tend to skewer my salad before eating it. Stabbing things can be fun after a long day. I was late to dinner, but Rainbow was still in the dining room and asked about my snow storm and how things were on Earth. I told her that things were fine and that my storm was finished, so she could have her spring fun. It may be spring time, but winter’s still tops in my book.
Lemme know what you think, especially with characterization and such. I've tried my best, but sometimes I can get off track.
This first set to be posted will be Rainbow's and Stormy's. Posting Rainbow's again only so the entire set goes together, and Rainbow's is always meant to be the first. The next set I post will be Moonglo and Patty O'Green. None of these are available on fanfiction.net yet, though I will post a link when I do. I don't want to post them there until I have an entry done for each Kid for the first event. Enjoy!
Rainbow
Spring XXXX, #1
Today I gave the Color Kids the day off. We’ve been so busy since Spring began that no one’s had a chance to just go out and have fun. After we made sure that the Color Console would have enough star sprinkles to run on its own, we all went our own ways.
I took Starlite to Rainbow Falls since it was such a beautiful day. Twink and I packed a lunch and had a nice picnic by the river. We sat close enough so that we could feel the mist coming off the water. We had lettuce and tomato sandwiches, made from the vegetables that Red Butler and Patty O’Green had worked together growing. Starlite ate some too, only he had a salad made just for him.
After we ate, I laid back in the grass and felt the warm yellow sun on my face and legs. It felt so good that I took off my boots so I could warm my feet too. Twink lay down too, but he soon fell asleep. That’s what usually happens when he eats well and then goes outside. It happens to the other sprites as well. I closed my eyes and thought of all the places I’d been in the past few days. Spring is always so busy on Earth. I bring the beginnings of growth, but sometimes Stormy likes to bring back snow for a few days, just to make it seem like winter a little longer. She knows things have to happen when it’s time, but she likes to have fun too. She also knows that once I place the star sprinkles on the snow the winter season is over and new growth begins, even if she makes snow fall again.
She made a small snow storm where Brian lives yesterday. It wasn’t much, just enough to cover the ground. She only grinned when I told her to stop and mentioned how much fun the children were having. That was true. They had gone out to play in the snow and sled down the hills, even though there wasn’t much. I let her have her fun because I know she wouldn’t let it last too long.
When I opened my eyes again, I knew that I’d fallen asleep in the sun, just as Twink had. I sat up and yawned, looking around for Twink and Starlite. Twink was still asleep. At first I couldn’t see Starlite, but then I saw him in the distance, galloping around a large clearing. I called for him and he came back to our picnic spot. I laughed as he talked of being the fastest horse in the universe and asked him if he wanted to race around the meadow again. He did, and I climbed onto his back, holding on to his mane.
Starlite ran for the open space and then he really took off. I laughed as the wind blew my hair behind me and Starlite tried his hardest to run as fast as he could. I kept encouraging him to go faster, and each time he did. Everything seemed to be a blur around me. Finally, Starlite stopped, and slowly galloped around the field. I asked him if he was tired and he told me that horses like him are never tired. I could tell that he was, even if he tried to hide it.
We went back to the picnic spot and Twink was just starting to wake up. Twink talked happily of how good he felt, and how nice of a nap he’d had. I sat down and put my boots back on before packing up the rest of our picnic. As soon as I’d finished, I climbed on Starlite and pulled Twink up after me. We headed back toward the Color Castle slowly, enjoying the sun as it began to move lower in the sky.
I thought of how pretty the night sky would be after Moonglo finished decorating it. Spring skies were fun to watch, especially since it wasn’t cold anymore. I could sit at my window for hours just watching the stars. There’s just something magical about them. Twink talked of checking on the sprites in the Color Mines and I thought about what tomorrow would bring. It would be back to work as always, but I love my work. Today was nice, but I’m ready to work on spreading more color on Earth.
Stormy
Spring XXXX, #1
Spring is not my favorite season, that’s for sure. It makes the winter end, which ruins my fun. I know things have to happen when it’s time, but still. No one like a good thing to end. Of course, there is the fun I get to have by doing random early spring snowstorms. It’s fun to have Rainbow discover these surprises. She knows it’s all in fun and doesn’t mind, but she does remind me that things have to grow.
Like yesterday. I went down to Earth on Skydancer to create a few storms here and there. I went past Brian’s house, Rainbow’s Earth friend. He’s okay I guess. Nothing special. The ground was brown and muddy and kids were going to school. I stood hidden behind a tree and heard one boy say that he wished there was snow to play in. His friend agreed. They continued walking to catch a bus and that’s when I had a great idea. I hurried back to Skydancer, who was hidden behind a clump of trees. We went back to the clouds and I set to work. Skydancer was happy to prance about, snorting cold air that instantly turned to icicles.
I concentrated on drawing the clouds closer to me. I had to focus. I could feel my fingers pulling the clouds to them, drawing together large groups. I could tell that these clouds had a lot of moisture stored inside. In the spring and summer, these clouds are good for big rainstorms. Today, they would make a nice snow storm. I could have made it a near blizzard, but I didn’t want to anger Rainbow. I may be stubborn about winter, but I also know that my favorite season has its place too. I would only make enough snow fall to give the boys what they wanted.
Soon I had enough clouds for my storm. Again, I concentrated on the snow fall, manipulating the snow to be light and fluffy, not the messy wet stuff. That’s always the more fun snow, but not what I needed this time. Once I had the storm going, I moved through the clouds, making sure that the snow fell lightly. I looked over the edge of the cloud, grinning at my work. There was Rainbow Brite, looking unhappy with me. She asked what I was doing and I told her what the boys had wanted, grinning. She asked me to stop and I showed her how much fun the kids were having. She said I could continue, as long as it didn’t last too long. I grinned triumphantly as she left and jumped all over the cloud, making just a little more snow fall. Sometimes I just couldn’t help but live up to my name.
I returned to Rainbow Land by night and was met by Moonglo heading off with Nite Sprite. Nite Sprite carried his bag of nite sprinkles with him. I’ve always wondered how he could. That bag is pretty heavy for a sprite. Moonglo smiled and mentioned something about having a beautiful night sky. We sometimes worked together in the winter. Snow fall and night time make for a beautiful picture. Don’t look at me like that. I know when things are beautiful, especially when I take part in making them. And storms are my specialty. I wave as Moonglo disappears into the night sky. As I walk into the Color Castle, I see the beginnings of stars popping out. Soon I’ll be able to work on some spring rains. That will be great fun. I love when I can work on my storms and practice. I can already picture a thunderstorm rolling in over Rainbow Land….the temperatures would drop slightly and the rain would fall gently at first, before becoming a steady hard rain. I’d add in some thunder and lightning for effect… perfect spring storms are my favorites.
I decided to head to bed early, after eating a quick dinner of Rainbow Salad. It’s such a strange name for the fruits and vegetables salad, but that’s what everyone calls it. The thing is, each Color Kid tends to eat their own color of the salad more than anything. There’s always plenty to go around and I tend to skewer my salad before eating it. Stabbing things can be fun after a long day. I was late to dinner, but Rainbow was still in the dining room and asked about my snow storm and how things were on Earth. I told her that things were fine and that my storm was finished, so she could have her spring fun. It may be spring time, but winter’s still tops in my book.
Lemme know what you think, especially with characterization and such. I've tried my best, but sometimes I can get off track.
