The Simplified Color My World Summary...With Pictures!

Gen One

Ethereal is the protagonist of Generation One. She's an albino, a person devoid of her natural coloring due to a genetic defect. She lives a quiet and peaceful though isolated life behind locked doors with a small yard surrounded by large, white walls. Ethereal initially doesn't mind the situation. She's been told she's an important part of a plan for The Company, the organization who has been taking care of her.

Color My World Short Story #10

I smiled at the little scene around me. The business that'd been the kitchen and dining room hardly ten minutes ago was gone. Prism, Desire, Coal, and Cerise had scattered off, and mom and dad had wandered into the spare bedroom to rest. They were feeling under the weather again, but they'd done their best to come down for Wisp's and Glade's birthday. The other family members who'd been here for the presents and cake had also left to return home. Wisp would meet up with his friends later to celebrate some more, but for now the festivities were over. Blaze and I stood talking while Wisp continually kept an eye on his watch for the alarm to go off. The important moment came, and the trilling beeping filled the area.

     "There we go," Wisp bounced Glade playfully. "Now you're officially a year old. Congratulations."

Glade laughed loudly at the bouncing and Wisp peppering her cheeks with kisses. I wandered over to sneak a kiss on her cheek too. Despite my best attempt at cleaning her face, she still smelled of the cake she'd messily smashed into her mouth. My lips pulled back a little bit sticky. A little bit of stickiness, of course, was nothing compared to be the mess she'd been exactly a year ago as the doctors pulled her out of me. What a day that'd been.

Color My World Generation Two In-Depth Summary

     Years have passed for Ethereal and Amaranth, and their life after facing the trials The Company placed before them is perfect. That is what their third son, Coal, believes the first ten years of his life were anyway. His parents' marriage is peaceful, he and his family have a large house to live in, they have lots of money, and all of the family friends live right nearby where their children are his own circle of friends. There is also always something interesting going too. With a household as full as his, there was no way it could be any other way. Wisp is his oldest brother, who is about to enter his final year of high school. Then there's the fraternal twins- the albino brother Prism and the red and green sister Desire. Coal came after them, and that leaves the little toddler sister Cerise to finish up the pack.

     Once a month, the family piles into the car to meet the rest of the extended family at the city park to enjoy their time together. Coal thinks it's interesting how his Uncle Eden married a woman also named Eden. Hunter is his oldest cousin, although Uncle Eden had him with Allium's mother, Rose. Next after him is Malachite and Rosemary, the two children Eden and Eden, usually called Deny, adopted. Purity and Sap, who had married, also adopted a son, Cyclone, as well. They had then had their own son, Azure. Both Rosemary and Azure are a third of Coal's group of friends. The other two thirds are made up by Midas, Frost and Sunflower's only son and child, and Hollyhock, known as Holly, and Mimosa, the identical twins and younger daughters of Allium and his wife, Dahlia.

     Coal remarks that back in those days there were only three things that disturbed his seemingly perfect life- his parents' general frugalness despite their wealth, Prism's incessant brotherly teasing, and Mimosa's eternal over-affection for him. The adults tell him that it's hard for Mimosa to help herself, as the mental illness she was born with sends her emotions all over the place. Her constant hugs, wishes to hold hands, and generally clinginess tends to irritate him, but Coal still enjoys her company as a close friend regardless. That day at the park, he and Mimosa and a few of his friends have a skeeball competition where Coal comes out on top. Amaranth doesn't think his score is too impressive though, and Coal turns his father's teasing that he can do way better into a bet. Amaranth has to beat the top score within one round, or else he'll have to buy Coal a motorcycle when he's older. So confident, Amaranth doesn't even request a payment from Coal is he's successful. Coal's hopes soon sink when it becomes clear Amaranth will indeed be successful. That's why he and Azure playfully interrupt to mess with Amaranth's game. Fun tricks back and forth are had for retaliation, and the day continues on like normal.

Color My World Short Story #2

Raze and I found ourselves wandering about the back sidewalks of the area we were in. It had been quite a few hours since I'd stormed out of the Charm household. There were a thousand and one text messages from family and friends by now, I was sure, but I still hadn't turned my phone back on yet. Partly because I didn't want to, but mostly because I'd forgotten about the device and everyone else. Raze and I were enjoying ourselves. We'd finished up several intense rounds of laser tag and were wasting time for half an hour in order to catch the next showing of the movie we wanted to see.

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Some of the pictures I took back when I was putting together the household for Gen 2.

Original Plot to CMW Generation 2

Unlike Generation One, I had a much more defined idea of what I would be doing for Generation Two as well as how to end it. I knew the world I was working in much better, and because of that planning for the future generations became even easier. That, in turn, helped me plant the seeds I needed for proper progression in Gen Two. However, many things still changed. Most major plot points remained the same, although a few did shift. The routes to get there were simply different. Here is the general idea I wrote for Coal's story back when I first started putting it all together back when I was still working with Ethereal:

Color My World Behind the Scenes #4

When going around aging everyone up after the first arc, I noticed that the Yonders had adopted a cat. I normally get rid of autonomously purchased pets because I've had trouble with them getting in the way before, but the kitten had come with the name Coal, so I felt obligated to let it stay. The thing was pretty adorable too.

Gen Two Epilogue

I could hear the music all the way from my car. It would be way easier for me to leave the two I had with me in said car as getting them in and out of their seats was a massive pain, but I knew that today would be a difficult day to collect the ones inside. As great as Coal's little dancing sessions were for tiring out Tangerine and getting her to nap without resistance, it also got her in a great huff when I came to interrupt her most favorite kind of fun. Sure enough, after I struggled with the car seats I spotted her bouncing and twirling around through the window as I walked up the familiar front steps.