*Tatter, tatter, patter, patter…..bang….bang….bang....bang....bang*
"I'm up. I'm up. I'm up.
Rainbow?
What is it?
What's the problem?"
"You...are the problem."
"Me? But how?"
"Found it."
"You sure you don't want to stay and help?"
"Be the one who helped change the past, so that when you go to the future; you can proudly say you were the one?"
"I'm good.
Moms probably worried sick that I'm not home right now.
Was nice meeting all you Princesss, Princes, Kings, and Queens.
Hope to come back one day.
That is if I ever take a wrong turn down an alley and jump into a bright light...…..I'll give you the biggest of hugs."
"We'll be waiting right here if you need to talk or.....
What the? What's happening?"
"What do you mean what's happening?
I am right here. Right in front of...My hand? Where did it go?"
"Guess it's time for you to leave."
"But I don't want to leave. I just got here, and you all are so nice. I wish that I could stay here foreeeee...…..Verrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!!!!"
*POOF*
"Wait, Peter; you dropped your...….Book?"
*Huuuuuuuuuwwww*
"That's not a book. It's just a piece of cardboard."
"But before it vanished, I saw words on it."
"What did they say? What was the Title?"
"..........The book was called Crystal Springs.
My mom read it to me as a Kid.
I thought it was a Fiction story, made up of terribly improvised stories; but the truth of the matter was; it portrayed life before the Split.
A book that she wrote, that was to be her guide moving forward."
"If it was her guide book from all the Lessons she learned, why did you read it?"
"...I didn't. I found it on the dinner table one day and wouldn't give it back until I had my mom read it to me.
Course, I couldn't read, nor was I very good at remembering things at the time. I just loved the pictures and knew that the words described the picture; but that was as far as my thought process went.
It did soothe me at night. That...…I can remember."
"Well, your Drifts through space almost turned into a Rift in Grace.
What's happening, Ruby?"
"I'm the Salt."
"Ruby, you're not making any sense."
"The Salt shaker.
The more I dream, the more Salt will shake out; and the bigger the hole it will make."
"What...….exactly...…..did you dream of?"
"There you are, Rainbow.
We just got done hanging out with.....Ummm….
Ruby's Kid.
Yeah. Ruby's Kid."
"If it was Ruby's Kid, then who was…."
"No one.
Just Rubty's Kid.
We should go."
"Ruby."
"Yes?"
"Please try to stay in good spirits."
"I'll try my best, but no Promises."
"As long as you don't think of any Robots, then we'll be good."
"Rainbow.....I don't even know what those are."