The lost gem.
First I would like to point out; I have two reasons why the half witch has been taking so long. A, my computer erased all the progress I made last time and I had to rewrite that. I am halfway finished but I need inspiration, so I issue to you all a challenge. You all know Nick's backstory by now, so If you guys can write a good quality one shot on his life with medusa, let me know via Pm and I'll send the new chapter completed. Also I've been kind of depressed lately because A girl I love has been oblivious to how I feel, plus she started dating this douche I know so…. Yea love's heartless.
The sounds of explosion rattled throughout the lands, as the gems ran at each other, holding various weapons. The only thing not drowned out by the sound of steel clashing was the loud screams of pain filling the battle field. This was not only from the gems struck down in painful and brutal agony, almost begging for the release only death could bring, but from those who had stricken down their brothers and sisters, those who had held their siblings in arms as they passed. This was the horrid atrocity that would forever be known by its few survivors, as the gem war.
Above them all stood a shining tower, made from pure magic energy as on the balcony stood a regal figure, grinning at all of the sickening madness before him. He wore a brilliant blue color based robe, as if he were a king, only for his skin to match the robe. As he chuckled at the madness before him, a bright red soldier ran in, out of breath and injured as he slammed the door behind him. "Captain diamond! The rebels broke into castle, their almost in!" He said panicking while the man just waved him off. "Calm down bloodstone I've prepared for this, but tell me this, where is my second in command?"
As he said this, there was a loud banging on the door. "FATHER! OPEN THE DOOR ITS ME!" Said the figure on the other side as bloodstone opened the door. In walked a pitch black gem bleeding in the torso, his right arm nothing more than a bloody stump, and his right eye shut tight, blood dripping down directly from it. "Father, the majority of our squads have been killed, I'm the only survivor of squad 7" He said as he breathed heavily, almost drifting in and out.
"I see, you have done well my child, earning you redemption. Do you know what else you've earned?" He asked, confusing his son as his smile looked downright demonic. "You'll join all the other gems where we're going. A one way ticket to oblivion." He said as the black gem looked towards his father in confusion, not sure what he meant.
"You see my son, this key is the ticket to a world of no hatred, no civil war, no violence, but a place where every gem can live in peace and harmony as we once did in the past. However, there is…. Consequence to this. In order to we will need to give up our individuality, become one with this new world." The father said as the son looked warily at the key. "And what is it called?" He said as the father merely chuckled. "The unicorpus" He said as the son's eyes widened. The unicorpus key was common knowledge, it was the start of the war, and apparently the end of it as well, Armageddon.
"B-but father, you'll kill us all, every gem on crystalia!" He said as his father ignored him, pulling out a key as he placed it in the slot. "You backstabbing abomination!" He said as he pulled out his pistol, aiming at his father. He fired, hitting him straight in the gem, surprising his father and the red gem, bloodstone. But instead, the father just smirked, turning the key as he fell to his knees.
"Too late, little brat" He said as he reverted back to his gem, to broken to ever repair itself. The black gem just fell to his knees from sheer shock; this was not only the end of crystalia, but the crystal gems as a race, all gone in the blink of an eye. It was then he remembered… His older sister. He had gotten her to escape, along with a handful of gems.
The gems were ageless beings, so the only hope of the species is that she and her friends never die. A bright light would engulf him as he shed a small tear out of fear... Before embracing the light. "The rest is up to you sister….. Rose…" He said, as the light reverted him into his gem, trapping him in a seemingly eternal sleep.
It was a marvelous day along the shore of beach city. The sun signed brightly as its inhabitants around would enjoy the beauty of its sandy shoreline. Some would lounge by the water, soaking up sunrays as much as possible, while some of the smaller children played in the sand and water, enjoying whatever time they could on the beach. However one odd child would run along the water laughing with his female friend.
The boy was a bit plump for his age, but in otherwise good shape, his curly hair bouncing with every step he took as his friend followed suite. The girl was dark skinned, wearing glasses with no lens as she followed her friend down the path, smiling along with him. It seemed their friendship was known among the townspeople, as those watching would just smile, or roll their eyes with a grin. However the most peculiar part of the both was the shining pink gem in the middle of his stomach.
"Come on Connie! It's this way!" He said as he ran forward, his friend struggling to catch up. By the time he had stopped his friend Connie, was out of breath, barely able to talk without taking a large breath. "Are…. We….. There?" She asked, still catching her breath. Steven nodded as he showed her, which almost stopped her breathing out of sheer surprise. Embedded in the sand was a lightly cracked, shining, onyx colored gem.
