Thisfunktional Magazine Thisfunktional Magazine Issue 05 | Page 6

P AGE 05 The Colour Valienthen Eli Kay Writer Once upon a time, in a beautiful world called Yee, lived all the colours of the rainbow. They all loved it there; it was the most wonderful place to live. Blue had a big house up in the clouds, with hanging gardens and all sorts of flowers. Green lived in a tree house, on the tallest tree of the realm. Red had built a diamond studded castle and resided there, and Violet who was obsessed with candies and sweets, lived in a beautiful gingerbread house full of chocolate pieces, candy canes and gobstoppers. Life was perfect in Yee, and everyone was happy. One day though, everything changed. A new resident appeared into town. Everyone was curious to meet that colour, so they all gathered at the Town Hall to see this colour for themselves. "What is your name?" asked Yellow. "Valienthen" replied the colour. Everyone gasped. Valienthen could hear them whisper to each other in suspicion. "Where did you come from?" asked Indigo which was Blue's cousin. "What do you mean, where did I come from? I was always here." Valienthen said again trying to give them a big smile, even though it felt like they were becoming hostile. "That is hard to believe! If you were here all along, we would have known about you. You would be registered as a natural colour of the rainbow." said Blue who was kind of the leader. Then Green added, "There is only one explanation. It is not natural!" With that comment, all colours of the rainbow started shouting and complaining. They didn't want Valienthen to stay in Yee. They couldn't understand what Valienthen was. They were afraid. They stood there day and night, arguing about it and fighting with each other so loudly that Valienthen's soul was saddened and decided to leave. Nobody noticed the absence. They were too busy trying to analyze how the way of the rainbow should be. But they went too far. Violet and Yellow started believing that Indigo was not a true colour of the rainbow, but only a wannabe. They petition to remove the rights of Indigo as a colour. Blue stated that Orange was merely a freak child of Red and Yellow, and that true colours of the rainbow should never mix. So the petition to deny Orange a place on the rainbow was signed. Orange and Indigo were out of the rainbow and therefore not allowed to stay in the realm with the other colours. Sad and shameful, they begun their journey towards another land, in hope of finding a place to stay. A few days into their journey, they saw a magnificent castle, with stone dragons carved on the side, and a huge wooden door. They decided to knock and when Valienthen opened the door they were both shocked. "It's You!" they cried out and when Valienthen let them in and offered them supper and cake with strawberries. They told of everything that had happened in the realm of the Rainbow. Orange started crying and Indigo sighed. But Valienthen remained there, smiling. "Why are you smiling at our demise?" "It is not your demise I am smiling at, but at the turn of events. You see there is not only one rainbow in the sky, but everywhere the sun shines and the rain falls, there shall be one. And if the residents of the realm of the Rainbow don't want us there, we can join other rainbows where we'll be accepted for being a Blue's cousin, a child of Red and Yellow and a Valienthen." Those words gave the two colours great joy and relief. They decided to stay at the Rock Castle with Valienthen and join the most brilliant rainbow in the sky. For what the residents of the realm of the Rainbow didn't know, was that the rainbow is not composed of 7 colours, but of all the variations of the colour spectrum. So poor Red, Yellow, Green, Blue and Violet of the realm of the Rainbow could never form a perfect rainbow again, and their realm became dark and lifeless very quickly. And like all stories, there is always a lesson to be learned from all this.