-1Harry Potter and the Color Belt

Chapter 5

Harry couldn't get the dream from last night out of his head. He remembered how it had ended. A beautiful place with rainbows and a little blonde girl. He had written to his friends about it and was waiting for a reply.

As if on cue, Harry's beautiful Snowy Owl flew in with a letter from his best friend Hermione. He fed her an owl treat as he slit open the letter.

"Dear Harry,

Your letter left me puzzled I must admit. Until my little sister turned on the telly. They were playing a cartoon that I grew up with, called "Rainbow Brite". Imagine how silly I felt when I realized this girl from your must dream must be her. Now before you go calling me crazy, a lot of muggle fantasy entertainment is based on things that are actually real. I was looking through one of the books I picked up from Hogsmeade last time and I saw it! The Legend of Lady Brite. It says, that hundreds of years ago, muggles and wizards lived side by side, guarded by special magic, rainbow magic. This magic is so powerful that it can even defeat the unforgivable curses, even the Avada Kedavra. Dark wizards don't stand a chance against it. But I digress. Eventually, the wizards and witches began fighting over the rainbow magic, each one declaring that they were the only ones powerful enough to have control over it. It turned into a blood bath. Muggles, seeing the destruction that was coming, left them to their own devices. THEY left us, Harry, not the other way around. One day, the creator of the Rainbow Magic appeared. A sorceress by the name of Lady Brite. She was distraught at what her people were doing with her creation. She took away their ability to use it and locked it away from them. The legend goes on to say that one day, a witch with a pure heart would one day revive the rainbow magic and use it to protect the Earth and keep it bright and beautiful. This witch must be Rainbow Brite! We have to get in contact with her if at all possible. Harry, you should send her a letter with Hedwig. Such a smart owl can find Rainbow Land, I just know it.

Lots of love,
Hermione"

Harry grinned, count on Hermione to have the answer. He pulled out a piece of parchment and began penning the letter. What did he have to lose.

Meanwhile…

"They did WHAT?" Canary cried out as Rainbow told them all about the evil wizard and the other bad guys.

Red Butler growled, "How dare they attack Rainbow! Why I oughta go and give them a piece of my mind." He stood up to make good on that.

Rainbow put out a hand, "No, Red! You can't! These people aren't like Murky and Lurky at all. These guys mean serious danger. None of you can go near them! Ever! None of you can go to the Earth anymore. Not even you Brian. We can't stop our mission on Earth, but we can minimize the risk. From now on, I go alone." Starlite opened his mouth to protest but she stopped him, "No, Starlite, I must go alone. I can't let any of you be put at risk if I can help it."

Brian looked down, this was all his fault. His friends were in danger because of him. He should have stayed and fought the evil wizard. Maybe he would have died too, but at least Rainbow Brite and her friends would still be safe. He couldn't bear if something happened to Rainbow.

"Well, Rainbow, I don't think you'll have to worry too much about it." came the snaky voice of the storm rider as she rode in on Sky Dancer, dragging the dozen Death Eaters (tied up in ropes) into the Color Castle. "I brought you a present. Thought you might want to show these morons just why you don't mess with the Color Kids."

Rainbow grinned, "Stormy, you captured them! Good work!" She stalked over to them. Her anger at how they had treated her friends shown bright on her face, making her look a lot taller and a lot scarier to the Death Eaters. Even the Color Kids had never seen such a dark look on her face ever.

Malfoy, however, had no fear, "How dare you treat us with such disrespect, you filthy muggle! When we get out of these, I swear I'll…." He was cut off by a stinging pain across his cheek. The resounding slapping sound echoed through the castle. She'd slapped him, she'd actually slapped him! No one had ever had the nerve to touch him.

"I'd be quiet if I were you!" she ordered, to the astonishment of all present who actually knew the ageless girl. Normally she was so sweet tempered, so gentle. "How dare you? How dare you hurt Brian and his family! How dare you kill people he loved! What gave you the right?"

Another Death Eater, Avery, answered, "They were muggles, our mission is to purge the world of filthy muggles such as them."

"Filthy muggles? What is a muggle?" Shy Violet asked.

Theodore Nott answered, "A muggle is a person who cannot do magic. They pollute our world, they are undeserving of….gulp" The hard gaze of the seemingly harmless little girl-leader silenced him quite effectively.

"And what gives you the right to decide that? Hmmm. It doesn't matter if one can do magic or not! People are people, life is life! What if one of the muggles decided to kill your family because your magic made you undeserving of life?" she asked. "How would you feel?" No answer. "That's what I thought." she turned to Stormy. "Where are their wands?"

Stormy grinned sadistically, "Right here Rainbow," she handed the bundle of wands to their ruler. "I'm sure they'd make excellent kindling for our bonfire tonight, don't you think."

Rainbow looked them over with a little-used sneer, "Hmmm, a little long I think, I know…" she snapped them across her knee. "There we go, perfect."

A dozen shocked cries filled the room. Their wands were destroyed, they were so screwed.

"What are you planning to do to us?" Malfoy asked.

Rainbow thought about it. "You will work for us. 3 of you will be confined to each of the four color caves. You will be under the direction of my best friend Twink. You will mine the color crystals. When you are not mining, you will be confined in separate compartments. Any attempts to harm any of the Sprites or Color Kids will result in severe punishment. And I promise you, you don't want to anger me any further. Am I clear?"

Malfoy wanted to protest, but right now it would not be prudent. After all, he had no means of protection or fighting back now that his wand was destroyed. They were at her mercy. "Crystal." he growled.

AN: Sorry for taking so long. Writers block sucks. But anyway, finally giving Harry a little more on-screen time. I know Rainbow might seem OOC, but she's also ticked, a lot more ticked then we've ever seen her.