Chapter One: Accidents.
It was a cloudy day in Beach City, Steven was sitting on his bed watching television. The gems were out on a mission but this time Steven couldn't come because of how dangerous it was, so he had to stay home to his disappointment. He flicked through channels looking for something to watch. Then, the sound of the warp pad activating caught Stevens attention. He jumped out of his bed and ran downstairs, it was Pearl who seemed to look exhausted.
"Hi Pearl!" Steven greeted.
The thin gem turned her head and looked at the half gem warmly,
"Hello, Steven," Pearl proceeded to stretch her back a bit, grunting as something popped.
"Ahh... Much better,"
"Where are Garnet and Amethyst?" Steven looked around looking for the other gems, wondering. Pearl rubbed her head as she spoke,
"They're still out on the mission, Garnet insisted that I come back to the temple to relax... I haven't been feeling well," She walked over to the couch in the living room and sat down, Steven following right after. The pale gem leaned her head back and exhaled, letting her body relax more.
"Hey, Pearl?" A voice spoke up.
Pearl turned her head towards Steven,
"Yes?"
"You said all gems can shapeshift right?
"Yes."
"So... How come you never shapeshift?"
Pearl thought for a moment, she never thought it was necessary for recreational activities like the way Amethyst used them, when she actually thought about it, she hasn't used her shapeshifting powers in about a hundred years or so. And what was odd was that she couldn't remember why she never used them, her train of thought was interrupted by Steven asking her something,
"Can I see you shapeshift, Pearl?"
The gem then sat up and tilted her head,
"Into what?"
"I don't know, something weird?"
'Something weird.' Pearl echoed in her mind, she didn't really like to take ridiculous forms like her teammate did, 'Maybe I can just manipulate my body in someway...'
She pondered for a moment then thought of something, something simple. Her left hand flashed and she showed Steven. It was a smiling mouth on her palm,
"Is this, alright?" Pearl asked, hoping it didn't disturb him too much.
"Woaaahhh... That's so cool!" The boy exclaimed, starts in his eyes. "Can it talk?"
She looked at the mouth, she didn't think it could,
"No, I don't think so," Pearl looked back at the mouth, but this time instead of smiling, it was showing a toothy frown. She felt uneasy doing this, her hand flashed, causing the mouth to disappear,
"Steven, I don't think I want to do this anymore, can we do something else?"
"Aww... Alright..." Steven complained.
"Here, I got something that'll cheer you up," She got up and started to walk towards the temple door, "It's in my room so you'll have to wait here,"
Pearl stopped walking when the warp pad started to glow, Amethyst and Garnet warped in with Amethyst holding something in her hands. The short gem ran over to Steven to show him,
"Hey, Steven! Check it out!" She shoved a green, slimy sphere in Stevens face, it emitted an awful stench causing him to gag,
"Ew! Amethyst, thats gross!" He quickly pushed the object away from his face but this caused the sphere to fly out of Amethysts hands and ricochet of the walls and furniture, Pearl ducked as it flew over her head,
"Ah! Amethyst was that necessary?!" She ducked again, "You shouldn't of-" Her scolding was cut short when the object collided with her gem, causing her to stagger and fall backwards, the hit making her pass out cold.
Steven gasped and ran over to the gem on the floor,
"Pearl! Are you alright?" He shook her arm, trying to wake her up but to no avail. The pale gems physical form flickered and glitched, abnormalities appearing on her body.
And a jagged and crooked line appearing on her gem.
Authors Note: Sorry these might be fairly short, I usually write things until I run out of ideas, etc. Plus: I'm not the best at writing so just bare with me.
Another note, this fanfiction is based off of an au (alternate universe) story so... there you go, I guess.