Rainbow Lemonade

  Acknowledgements : My everyday life, the dream world and the waking one. Imagination is very powerful, and I believe that's what'll get you anywhere in life. I feel like a few books I've previously read encouraged my writing experience and process. Art from paintings and digital games sparked some inspiration.  A thanks to my family, because they encouraged me to write this. This novel was started for a writing project in my school. I took it a lot farther than that, obviously. I've never been a basic person.  As for chapter eleven, I'm happy to give credit to some random cow on a bridge on a trail that I hate. The trail, not the cow. My imagination did the rest. Pushing through writer's block has taught me a lot about my own life. I have to do things I don't want to, if I want a good outcome from the bad.   The human mind is a very puzzling thing, an inpenetrable fortress but also an unguarded wasteland. To rule over anything in life, you have to learn ho...

Chapter Thirty Eight  : ?  /  I awoke in a hospital bed, IVs in my arms and an oxygen mask over my face. My head was still killing me... And why was I here?  I took the oxygen mask off and got out of the bed, pulling the crisp white sheets off of me. A full-length mirror hung on the wall, and I didn't recognize who I saw when I looked into it.  She was tall, moderately thin and very pale. Shoulder-length white-blonde hair matched her eyelashes and eyebrows, and her eyes were a silver-purple hue. She wore a white T shirt and underwear. It should have been me, but... I walked closer to the mirror, minding the distance limiting tubes of the IVs.  That couldn't be me, I thought in disbelief. I was... Grown. My familiar child's face matured into a woman's, and my body as well.  I reached out and touched the cold, smooth glass of the mirror, tracing my features in it.  A nurse came into the room. "Oh, sit down." She told me. "You're still dealing w...

Chapter Thirty Seven  : Reality Tearing At The Seams  / We ran back to my house, worry swimming in my mind like a shark. The "what ifs" were endless.  I stood for a couple minutes on the porch, summing up the courage to go inside. I stepped into the house, Dolion and Orpheus behind me. "Mom? Dad?" I called out.  "Sweetheart?" My mother's voice. I ran into the living room. She sat on the couch with a magazine. I glanced across the room - the TV was on, to some live music channel. No humming.  "Is everything all right?" She asked me, her beautiful brown eyes full of life. "Yeah, mom, everything's great."  "How was school, dear?" My dad asked me, walking into the living room to sit next to my mother on the couch. "It was okay." I answered. Just like my mom's, his hazel eyes had never looked more alive. "I love you... So much." I told them, relief flooding my body. My mother moved to the side a litt...

Chapter Thirty Six  :   My Death... And, The Life After  / I had this feeling that I had made a mistake, as soon as I stepped into the whirling colors of the vortex. Because here, I was completely powerless. I had no one with me for defense. I didn't even know where exactly I was. I knew what I needed to do - stop the deer. But I didn't know how to do it.  "Lavender," It snarled.  I turned around, but it was nowhere to be seen. The vortex was no longer open; I couldn't see out to where I had entered from. I was trapped.  "You made a really stupid choice, you know that? Because unlike your friend, I won't hesitate to end you." I heard pure hatred in its voice.   The swirling hues of the black hole faded to dark shades of red and black. Fear pumped through my veins, and then the paralysis set in.  The deer scoffed. "Look at you. Weak. You won't even try to fight back? But that's how you've always been; relying on everyone else to prote...

Chapter Thirty Five  :   This Can't Be The End  /  I dashed into the forest, surrounded with snarls and growls as a war commenced behind me. My body still felt ridiculously limp, and I wasn't able to run for very long.  When I was sure that I was far enough from the danger, I sat in the soft grass underneath some large trees. My breath burned in the back of my throat. But since I was hidden from that horrid red moon, my skin didn't hurt anymore. I just felt weak, and tired. Tired of trying to make sense of all of this.  Little glowing butterflies fluttered around me, some landing on my knees as they twitched their wings. One landed on my nose, its shining fuchsia wings covering my eyes. I saw that memories lived inside of its magical wings... I flew through the forest, playing tag with Orpheus. His tall, dark shadow swept the ground, teasing me. I hid when I heard unfamiliar footsteps; the noise of an enemy. Its footsteps were fast and heavy, I hid behind a...

Chapter Thirty Four  : The End Of The World  / I remember following the deer through the forest behind my home. Its alien features; bear claws, fox tail, glowing eyes and radiating colors. I remembered it so vividly it was as if it was standing there right now, at the edge of the city. It was standing there... It walked closer, surveying everything in the city. It met my gaze and smiled, a smile that made my stomach flip. "I see you've succeeded in your quest." It told me in its raspy voice. I could hardly speak. "I succeeded? The worlds are going to end because of me." "That's what I wanted to happen." It replied calmly. "And you've done it so well. It's been very interesting to watch you, running around like a child with her head cut off. You had no idea what you were doing, did you?" My blood ran cold. " You ... Did this?" "Yes. You didn't think that an engel would turn against its kind for nothing, did you?...

Chapter Thirty Three  :   Betrayal  /  My breathing was slow and delayed; I was underwater, sucking gallons and gallons of water into my lungs. " Lavender, " Came my mother's gentle voice, comforting like a pillow.  " Lavender, " Was my father's voice, strong and reassuring like an oak tree.  " Lavender. " Orpheus's soft voice, waking me up. I opened my eyes, everything was blurry for a few seconds. I wasn't underwater, but laying sideways on the concrete in the town. Ropes bound my hands and feet. Orpheus was chained to the ground beside me, twitching nervously. I couldn't stand looking into his sorrowful gleaming blue eyes anymore, so I turned my face skywards.  The enormous carmine moon shone down upon everything, casting a bloody glow on it all. Most of the dark clouds had cleared by now, and countless planets and stars of every hue were visible in the sky.  Glancing around, the city seemed dead. The strange, gorgeous plants withere...

Chapter Thirty Two  : Undeniable Revelations  / I was still groggy when I woke up, to a cloudy light pouring in from the living room windows... Living room? I didn't remember much from last night, but I guess when we got back home I crashed in the living room. I stepped out onto the deck, studying the sky. The sun was concealed behind countless grey clouds, only letting out tiny rays of light. All the vibrant colors of the trees, grass, and plants had faded.  I went back inside and upstairs to the bathroom. After brushing my teeth and taking a long, hot shower, I dressed in a sky blue tank top and mint green oversized sweatpants. I put on pale pink socks and tied the laces to my buttercream colored Converses.  Downstairs, I ate breakfast in silence. I wasn't sure where Dolion was... The front door opened. "Where were you?" I asked, and when I looked up I almost choked on my oatmeal.  A horrifying creature with a lizard's face and human's body stood in the door...

Chapter Thirty One  : Liar, Liar, Church On Fire  / "But Mirai had told me about you - and she said that you turned and let all the Corrupt out." I said. "Mirai didn't know what really happened, because she didn't know 'your friend.'" Orpheus argued.  "She was clueless despite all her visions?" "Some evil can't be seen, even with the mind." My head was too tired to try and make sense of this all, and I sat down in one of the wrecked pews. I took a deep breath in an attempt to calm myself. "Do you smell... Smoke?" I asked fearfully. Orpheus didn't have to reply, because a thin cloud of smoke was pouring in from the crumbling walls and ceiling, and I could see the glare of flames through the stained glass windows.  His eyes widened in terror. "Come on, we need to get out of here." I urged. "It's too late." He whispered, moving to cower beside me. I could see its shadow nearing the door outsi...

Chapter Thirty  : Orpheus / I couldn't help but wonder if I was running for my life, because that's what it felt like. I was terrified and confused, without any answers. I was helpless; I lacked Dolion.  I didn't go to any place that I already knew; not the city or the faery realm or the lake... Instead, I went to the church that existed deep in the woods.  My parents weren't really religious people, and they had never brought me to a church - not even this one, which was a couple miles away from my house. I only knew about it because some of the kids from my school told me they'd have Easter Sunday and Christmas Eve services there.   There was obviously a road leading to it, but I stayed hidden in the trees as I hiked there. I didn't want to walk on the old dirt path anyway.  When I arrived, I was breathless. I hadn't let myself take a single break along the way, for fear of what might happen if I stopped. I stared up at the church, catching my breath just...

Chapter Twenty Nine  :   The Warning  /  We returned home safely, unbothered by whatever else was creeping around the forest. The thought hit me as soon as I stepped foot on the deck and was about to go into my house. "Wait... We need to bury Mirai." I stated sadly.  After searching for about a half hour, we still hadn't found her. "This is ridiculous, she was just here." I fretted, pacing back and forth in the area we had last seen her in. "See, this is  definitely  where she was." I gestured to the flattened and stained grass. "I'm not crazy..."  "Of course you're not," Dolion assured me. "It's late, we should get back so you can sleep." I had this weird hollowed-out feeling as we walked home for the second time that night. Something wasn't adding up, I just didn't know what. Nothing in this twisted world made much sense, but I had some foreboding feeling about what had been happening these past few d...

Chapter Twenty Eight :   Mirai And The Faery Village  /  In the kitchen, I focused on sitting still as Dolion pulled a few small shards of glass out of my knuckles and fingers. I couldn't watch because it made me too nauseous.   Afterward, I rinsed my hands in cold water. The blood mixed with the water and turned a pink-ish red, swirling down the drain... And all the memory of my fading away went with it. "Can we go outside?" I asked Dolion. "You're not too tired?" It questioned. I looked out the window at the shimmering moon, hung in the sky like a pendant on a necklace. I twirled my amethyst necklace around between my fingers. "I'm a little tired, but... This will probably feel better than sleeping right now."  We walked for a long time in near silence, watching the stars and strange planets and clouds churn around in the sky. All the colors were gorgeous, without words to describe them. Looking up at it all, I was a grain of sand lost in the...

Chapter Twenty Seven  :   The Trip Back  / The sun shone brightly in through the open window, waking me up. I remembered with dread all that I had gone through last night in order to fall asleep. Today seemed like a mountain too high to climb. But I had to; to help the jackrabbit family, and to get back home. All the horrifying sights from last night were gone, though, so I felt a little better.  I got up to eat breakfast, looking over at Dolion who lay still with its eyes closed in the bed beside mine. I grew scared at its stillness that reminded me of my parents, until I reassured myself that it was okay - because it always was. I wondered if it saw me as weak compared to itself; I was alike to a flower while it was like a rock. I freaked out over small things that happened, but it would've been completely unbothered if the whole world had collapsed.  Downstairs, I forced myself to eat breakfast, which consisted of alien fruits and some type of pastry. Like la...