I wake up that morning, feeling a little different. I don't know why, but I feel... stronger than yesterday. Once Rainbow gets me up out of bed, I notice that everyone else is feeling it too. I can tell by the looks of confusion on Time and Dark's faces, but Rainbow on the other hand, he looks... chippier than normal. I break the awkward silence and ask.
"So, uh... does anyone else feel weird, but it's a good weird?"
"I thought it was just me getting used to having color." Dark says.
"I thought it was because I was just crystallized." Time answers as well.
"I did something~!" Rainbow says, excitedly pacing around the room, as if he was waiting for that question.
"What?" Dark asks. Rainbow brings out a map of the Rainbow Kingdom, with little scribbled circles all over it.
"I started the crystal plan!" Rainbow exclaims. "Each circled area is a spot where a crystal is growing, taking the color from the area as it grows, which is siphoning into power to a spot near us! Once it turns into power, it makes its way to us! And I made sure that all the crystal nodes in the Kingdom were really well hidden, so no one will notice the color is disappearing from places until it's too late!"
"Is that why you're more colorful than yesterday?" Time asks. "You're getting power back?"
I take a closer look at Rainbow, and like Time said, he's gotten more color than he had yesterday. More chromatic patches are covering all the faded orange. Rainbow nods, and continues explaining.
"And it won't just be me getting power! You guys are getting some too! I don't know if it'll change how you look or something, but you're gonna notice a difference soon enough!"
"Maybe it'll give me more autonomy." I joke. Everyone laughs.
"I dunno, but maybe it will." Time says.
"It's possible!" Rainbow says.
"Sooo... like, what do we do when they notice?" Dark asks. I'm sure it's because he's nervous about the Kingdom finding out he's alive again.
"Set a trap." Rainbow says. "I have a different crystal cave that looks just like the actual one, it just doesn't give any power. The crystals there are just for looks. Once the Leaders find out about the nodes, I'll make a trail leading to it, and we get to confront them."
"Confront them...?" Dark says.
"Don't worry, only if you want to." Rainbow assures him.
"How did you even set this up so fast?" Time asks.
"I woke up early and got bored." Rainbow shrugs.
After that, we go on like normal throughout the morning. I can't help but notice something's wrong with Rainbow, though. Throughout the explanation of the plan, he kept switching between the good friend I know, like when he was comforting Dark, and something more... I dunno, sinister. Like when he was talking about confronting the Leaders. Not just that, but since he's revived the both of us, he's been acting weird. On our second night, when he went out and said he thought someone found us, I realized later that it didn't make sense. If he thought someone found us, he would've woken me up. What did he need the sword for? The whole point of hiding in the forest was not to make ourselves known until we're ready, attacking someone would do the complete opposite. And when I look back on that night, something in my memories feels... fuzzy, almost, like I'm forgetting something really important about it. I'm snapped back from my thoughts by Time.
"Sabre, you alright? You've just been staring into nowhere for the past ten minutes." He asks.
"Yeah, yeah I'm good." I answer. "I guess I just spaced off again."
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Vengeful | A Rainbow Quest AU
AdventureVengeance is a strong connection to something... or someone. When Sabre is almost killed after the events of the Corrected Sun, Rainbow has decided that enough is enough. Stealing the Rainbow Crystal, it is used to save Sabre from certain death. Now...
