The 10 Gateways

Crazy Colors

January 26th, 2008

I woke up on soft grass. I heard people talking, I felt two hands on me, looking me over. I assumed it was Jenny. I opened my eyes to see a splash of color. Purple grass, green mountains, red sand, orange water, white trees, blue bushes. I felt blinded. I slowly pushed myself up as Jenny hugged me.

"Omg Epic, you're ok."

"Yeah, I am."

I stood up and took in the surroundings. Everyone was talking to each other and talking about the colors. Victor acknowledged me waking up and nodded at me, but he stared at my hair. I completely forgot about my hair. I looked back at Jenny and asked for a mirror, which she gave me. I looked at my hair. There was no brown left. It was all orange and yellow. And it kind of seemed to move, like lava.

"Is it bad..?" I asked Jenny.

"It's not the worst. It's just like you dyed your hair... Permanently.." Jenny responded.

"Yeah.." I said sadly.

"Don't feel so bad." Jenny smiled at me.

"Thanks." I said,

"Hello!" Somebody said.

We turned around to see a guy with an afro colored rainbow and a suit colored rainbow as well. His face stood out as it was the only thing not rainbow.

"Welcome to Crazy Valley. Or at least that's what I call it, this place doesn't really have a name. I'm Ryan."

"Hello, I'm Jeffrey, leader of this group. We're on a mission." I said.

"This place doesn't usually get visitors, just a passerby once in awhile. but i think those people are part of the craziness of this valley. So you're my first real visitors."

"Do you own this valley?" I asked.

"No. Just a citizen, I'm pretty sure the only citizen. And I know my rainbow hair and clothes are very unusual, but whatever I try, I can't get rid of them."

"Ever since I was sent here as a regular being, the valley.. changed me. It does weird things to people. And I feel like it could affect any of you.."

"What do you mean..?" Dr. Roberto asked.

"I don't know, but whoever stays here, becomes something they weren't before, or changes somehow. LIke you have orange hair!" He yelled.

"Oh no, I got this from my crazy sister, Christina." I explained.

"Christina? Darkseed?" Ryan asked.

"Yes.." I said.

"She came her for like a week. We really got to know each other. She wasn't scared of me or the valley.. until it got to her." Ryan said.

"That week.. She was gone for a while and she said she went exploring and hunting for our village.. What do you mean it got to her?" I said.

"She got ice powers.. She woke up and she felt strangely cold, and then we went exploring, and she was making a fire for lunch and while she was making it, ice came out of her hands. It froze the fire, and it scared her. She left the next day."

"That's where she got those!" I yelled.

"Calm down Epic." Jenny said.

"Sorry. It's just she came home and her ice powers went crazy, and the village caught her practicing. They called her a witch and she ran away from home. I never heard from her again until I got the note through the gateway in her handwriting." I explained.

"You knew that note was from Christina??" Victor questioned.

"I had a strong assumption it was..." I said, ashamed.