The common assumption was that the Arcobaleno became the Arcobaleno somewhere around fifty years ago in the early to late 1960's. (It was also assumed that they were humans.)

They didn't. (They weren't.)

It was the autumn of 1828.

They would never forget that day. The leaves were falling, painted with the colour of a bonfire and making the world seem brilliantly lit. They were at the peak of their greatness, their powers coiling in the air and poking and prodding at each other playfully.

They remembered because when their powers were rendered in a ball and bound tight in the awkward containers that was now their new forms, everything had happened too fast between a moment and another and the contrast between the changes had left them reeling and cold.