Who Needs Diamonds?
Prologue - Shattered Memories
A/N: I do not own Steven Universe!
I do however own Aquamarine, or Aqua, since there's a canon one, and this OC.
WARNING: Contains depression, mental self-torment. The rest is fluffy lesbian love, so if you don't like that, this DEFINTELY isn't the story for you.
EDIT! Okay, I know I keep changing my mind, but it's because Steven Universe is so amazing, I want to make an amazing story alongside it. I've decided to stick with the former version where I rewrite the episodes with my character involved, and at the same time, introduce small one-shots between all the episodes to add as a break between the chapters. If the episodes aren't important to the overall plot, or involve either Steven or Pearl, then I will not be writing them, unless asked to.
Sorry for the constant changes, I'll re-upload the first chapter in a moment.
Or maybe it's just a really short story...Meh, either way, my love for Pearl and my OC's pairing will shine through very easily. XD
Enjoy the story!
The first thing she remembered, was the moment she awoke within an arena, surrounded by others that looked exactly like her, blue skin and white hair with a strange blue gem embedded into their bodies in different locations. She remembered being told to fight and destroyed each of the other versions of herself one by one with a weapon, a bow, which she summoned on instinct when she was attacked.
She recalled the moment she found out she had to shatter the gem so the physical form of the creature inside wouldn't return to life and remembered the second she dropped to her knees once she had won the fight.
All through that, she felt dark and desolate, she didn't understand who, or what she had to do that for. Disgust filled her at the sight of the broken gems and she gagged, covering her mouth.
Why did she have to kill them?!
Her memories, which played back in slow motion as she sat there, surrounded by death, dust, and debris, were interrupted when the door to the arena opened and a large blue woman entered with sad eyes and a diamond embedded into the centre of her collarbone.
"You've won..." The large woman said with a small smile, the confused, new form watched as the woman crouched down beside her and held out her hand. "I'm Blue Diamond...From this day forth, you're my Aquamarine...Protect me like you did yourself during this test..."
"Aqua...Marine?" Aquamarine, so she was called, muttered as she looked at the giant hand before her, then into the kind eyes of the woman who's smile didn't budge. A darker tint of blue coated her cheeks, she nervously took the woman's finger and let herself be lifted so she was stood up straight.
"Yes...Aquamarine is your name...You are the one Gem I can trust with my life, and I hope you too can think the same of me, once you come to terms with your existence."
Her existence? What did that mean, was she meant to be something or did she have a choice?
Unable to truly understand herself, and the world she lived in Aquamarine felt warmth towards the woman who offered her some solidity and smiled with a nod of her head.
If she was made to be a protector, then a protector she would be. Until her life was taken, or her body turned to dust, she would protect the one thing she knew about her life.
She made a vow that day, to never betray the diamond she was made for, however little did she know, the universe had other plans for her.