"Pink.. Come on now, Moonstone, I know you can hear me." A soft chuckle fills what is mostly empty air, "I know you're nervous, but I'm sure we'll get away." Orange eyes- one normal and the other a gemstone- meet pink ones, "There you are, Pink Moonstone."
"C-Citrine.." Pink glances around a bit nervously, before darting out to hug her. Citrine smiles.
"You're lucky he let me come get you." She's of course referring to one of the only gems which referred to themselves as a male.
"W-Where is he?" A nervous glance around. She's scared of him.
"Waiting for us." Citrine smiles, grabbing her hand, "Now come on, you shouldn't stay in this dark room. We're almost to earth."
"O-Okay..." Pink smiles timidly, letting the other lead her out of the room. She wasn't quite sure how they were even friends, though... Citrine is confident and happy and could probably do much more without being held back...
And Pink wasn't at all like her in confidence or otherwise. But they were friends.
"What are you thinking about?" Citrine glances at her, smiling as she usually was.
"...Why are we friends?" Pink Moonstone looks up at her, lost look in her eyes, and Citrine isn't sure what to say for a moment. A frown crosses her lips, but she's quick to replace it with a smile.
"Because. I've known you forever, and I want to protect you." She gives a gentle tap on her forehead, "Why do you ask? You're not putting yourself down again, are you?" Pink doesn't respond, and that's enough for Citrine to know, "Don't worry about how different we are, we each have our own strength's and everything."
"O-Okay.." The other was hesitant in accepting the pale orange skinned girls words, but she nods.
"Good." A pause before they enter the room, she runs a hand over her hair, smiling when it just goes back to it's original shape, "Ready?"
"Y-Yeah." Pink nods again, holding her hand tighter then she already was. The two step into the room, however Citrine is the only one to meet the male identifying gems eyes, she obviously isn't happy to be around him either.
"Rhodonite." She greets bitterly, eyes narrowing a bit at the red shaded gem.
"Took you long enough.." He mutters under his breath, before an amused smirk forms on his lips at the Moonstone gem hiding behind her friend, "Hello, Pink Moonstone." The smirk simply grows when she flinches a bit.
"Hello.." Her voice is quiet, gentle, and she doesn't dare to speak up. She can feel Citrine squeeze her hand in an attempt to soothe her. But she's still scared.
"We got this chance, Moonstone, don't mess it up for me, or Yellow Diamond will have my head." He tilts her chin up, he doesn't really pay heed to her obvious discomfort until Citrine pulls her away. He frowns, but glances to the fast approaching earth.
"She obviously doesn't want you to touch her." Citrine knows she doesn't hold any real authority, but at least she's trying to defend her friend. He takes a step forward, and she takes a smaller step back.
"So?" He's obviously not amused, arms folding over his chest.
"So don't." The two pause, and they both glance at earth.
"..Whatever, just don't you dare mess this one up for me, Citrine." He frowns at her, and, even though it's not directed to her, even Pink Moonstone feels a pang of fear. She knows how he gets when he's disappointed.
They spend the rest of the time in silence. Though when they reach it, the two disappear in a blur of pink and orange. Taking their chance to escape.
It is not until they exit that Pink is stopped, and Citrine insists on staying to hold him back, promising she'd catch up and find her, if she found a place to hide.
Pink eventually agrees, and is gone in a flash.
"Hey, what do you think that blur was?" Pink can hear that as she passes a group of seven.
"I don't know but- what if it's a monster..?!" Another stresses, and a voice like a little boys joins in,
"Aw, that's not a fair first thought!"
Pink stops a bit away to get a better look at everyone. There are two purple gems, one is short and chubby, with longer hair and wearing a amused smirk at the worried one's outburst, the other is taller and thinner, a bit taller then Pink Moonstone herself.
There are two Amber colored ones, they look similar. One is wearing a Royal looking dress, and the other is dressed in a suit. Their gems are in similar places too, both being one half of a heart. If they fused, she wouldn't doubt that they'd make a whole heart.
The tallest has two gems on her hands, and is shades of red. She watches the group quietly. Pink doesn't doubt that she's a gem fusion.
Next to her is the one who panicked- a white gem- who must be a Pearl. She's tall and thin. Her light colored hair is spiked a little in the back.
The last one looks like a young human boy, he has curly hair and a gem on his stomach- a pink one as well- but he doesn't look like the gems.
"Pearl, calm down." That's when the taller one speaks, "It's only one, and they ignored us completely."
"B-But- Garnet!" Pearl frowns a little, and the shorter purple one laughs.
"We'll split up." No-one dares to argue with her tone, she's firm, "Purple Moonstone, Amethyst and Steven can go after her and-" That's when Pink takes off again, she's scared of what they'll do if they find her.
She finds a place to hide like she was told.
She can hear footsteps soon, the boy is humming a happy tune. She wishes that it was Citrine, but she knows it isn't. She doesn't know what to do, she doesn't know why she feels so much fear, she shouldn't feel like she's in danger. She would speak but- her thoughts are interrupted when a boy trips over a rock besides her hiding place. He grins when he see's her, he doesn't even seem bothered by the fall.
"Hi!"
Pink moves back a bit, she should speed away but- what good would that do. She instinctively raises a hand to the gemstone on her throat, but forces herse;f to stop. She doesn't know what to say, all words escape her, once she finds one, all she can do is squeak out a measly 'Hi.'
"Hey guys, I found someone!" He gives an excited wave to his friends, and she wants to run once again. The two come over at his call. One folds her arms over her chest, while the other watches her intently,
"Who are you?" The shorter one speaks first, she's not sure if she's a threat, but she can tell she's nervous.
"P-Pink Moonstone..." She shifts uncomfortably, and that's when the shorter one grins.
"Oh wow, you hear that, Purple? Another Moonstone!" Well, there goes all sternness, "Hey, were you on that ship?"
Pink pauses, before nodding, she guesses this one must be Amethyst, "Y-Yeah... I-I ran..." She's quiet, "M-My friend said she'd be coming..." That's when she glances around nervously, shaking a bit, she doesn't like these new people.
"Hey, don't be nervous!" The boy speaks up this time, he grins at her excitably.
"Why'd you run?" The other chimes in, not having spoken until now, she looks at the other curiously.
"R-Rhodonite..." She bites her lip a little, she's quiet.
Amethyst starts to speak, but Purple is first, "Are you scared of him?" She pauses, that was a pretty obvious answer, "Are you scared of us?" She asks instead, frowning when the other nods.
"S..scared..." She's so quiet, and Amethyst glances at the other.
"I don't think she's a real threat, do you?"
The other Moonstone shakes her head, "No, I don't think she is." She admits, watching the other scared female identifying gem, "She may help us, though."
"What, like a hostage?" Amethyst jokes, and in that moment the Pink gem disappears in a blur again, "...Oops."
"You scared her." The Purple Moonstone sighs, annoyed expression crossing her face, "I'll catch her, wait her with Steven." Purple follows in the direction she went, knowing she's not as fast as her but hoping she could still catch up.
"W-Wait, please!" She can hear the leaves on the ground stop rustling, but she knows she's close.
"Amethyst was just joking! A bad joke, but still.." No response, "We wouldn't hurt you, if you're on our side, and considering how you ran, and if your friend is back there fighting that gem you mentioned.. I don't think you're bad." Again, no response, "You're scared, aren't you? It'll be okay, really. Steven is really nice, and so is Amethyst, and then the others too.."
"R...Really?" Finally, she gets a response, a quiet one, barely heard. Pink eyes peer out from their hiding place, and the Purple gem smiles.
"I promise... And if you want, we can find and help them if they need it."
"..O...Okay..." She slowly makes her way outside, fidgeting nervously, "Y-You're a Moonstone too?" Well, at least she's trying to make a conversation. She smiles gently.
"Yeah, most people just call me Purple." She glances up at the sky, "People just call you Pink?"
"Y-Yeah, unless they're Rhodonite..." She admits, speaking softly as she doesn't look up, focusing on the ground.
"This Rhodonite... who are they?" Curiosity seems to have gotten the best of her, she looks at the other when she hesitates on giving a response to her.
"...Kinda... our leader..." She decides, not feeling like talking much about him, but she knows the other probably won't settle for just that, "He's Manipulative, cruel and.. he's hurt all of us in the past, actually... He's not a very good leader, I guess... And he's always getting to close to me and making me uncomfortable..." A sigh, "I wouldn't doubt that he's trying to hurt your friends too... A-And he could have hurt Citrine, o-or broke her gem, o-or..."
Purple gives her a sympathetic look, "Does he have any weaknesses?"
"E..Everyone has weaknesses..." Pink says quietly, and she's right, but she doesn't know what his would be.
"What's his weapon?"
"C-Crossbow..." She mutters nervously as she keeps watching her feet, like they were interesting, "C-Citrine's is a double b-bladed Naginata..." She pauses, "M-Mine are throwing knives..." And she's going into her own world. Purple smiles a bit, once more.
"You have quite a good memory, don't you?" she asks as they reach Steven and Amethyst, the other just nods.
"Oh wow, you got her to come back!" Amethyst smiles, "Hey, like, sorry if I made you nervous!"
Pink just smiles at her, and it surprises even herself, "...I-It's okay.."
Steven smiles, waving excitedly, "I'm Steven!" Amethyst laughs.
"I'm sure Purple told her that."
Pink simply nods, the momentary smile having disappeared, "S-She did... B-But it's nice to meet you." She says quietly.
Steven grins and nods, "Yeah!" Well, he certainly does have a lot of energy, it kind of made Pink feel at ease around them.
Purple smiles, "We should go to the others, now, they should be with her friend."
My(technically) first story here!
I was inspired to start writing because of my friends new story, which can be found here; s/11211158/1/Way-of-the-Ninja (And it would mean a lot to her if you read and reviewed, I bet)
I'll be trying my best to get everyone in character, but sorry if I mess up a few times ^^;
Anyway, I hope you at least enjoy!