Decided to make an author's note for this first chapter, though I don't really like making notes so there probably won't be too many of them. Anyway, I just wanted to say that this is my first multi-chapter fic in a long while and I'm pretty busy most of the time so I'm unsure of how frequently I'll be able to update it. Also, I may be the only person writing this story, but there's a total of three people coming up with ideas for it so I apologize if things end up getting too crazy. This is fic is mainly for me and my friends to have some fun collabing on something.
Prologue
It was dark, though whether that was because it was now this planet's night or if it was the smoke from the fires blotting out the sun, was unclear. However, there was one single thing that was absolutely certain and that was the earth was covered with an undeniable stench; one that was almost unberable to be around. The smell of fire did little to cover it up, if not making it even worse; mixed with ash, the rusted smell was enough to turn ones stomach. The smell of the earth's upturned clay mixed with thousands upon thousands of crushed stone, minerals already condemed to become apart of the planet in which they hated.
A lone figure stood in the middle of the damaged feild, her weary eyes looking down at the millions of tiny sparkles caused by the tiny gemstone fragments reflecting the fire's light. Looking at the sight, she couldn't help biting her lip, dark brown hair flying around her with the wind. After a few moments of standing there, her bronze shoulders slumped, making her slightly musculer build look smaller than what it was. She wanted to go home. However, home was a place that she could not return to.
Not yet, at least.
She forced herself to look away from the glittering ground beneath her feet and instantly tensed as she saw a figure moving amounst the smoke. Hand going up to an embedded gem on her shoulder, she quickly withdrew it upon seeing that the approacher resembled herself a great deal, though maybe just a little bit smaller.
"There you are, I've been looking everywhere for you Beryl." The smaller of the two had said, nervously glancing around at the their surroundinds before turning back to her. "I was starting to think that you got smashed too."
"... Sorry." Was all Beryl could muster, her throat sounding as if she had inhailed quite a bit of smoke.
"It's alright, but we really should continue with our mission." The smaller said, forcing a smile onto her face. Beryl only frowned as she tried to form the words that she wanted to say, but found only one.
"Home." She whispered, her chest tightening at the thought; that was all she wanted.
"Don't worry about it, we only have to hide out in that place for a couple of homeworld weeks." The other said as she turned around, beginning to walk away without so much as making sure that the other one was following her or not. "After that, they'll send somebody to pick us up and we'll be rid of this planet forever-" Her voice was soon drowned out by the cackling flames, almost as if they were laughing at something that she didn't know about. Beryl frowned, arms hugging around herself as she sank down onto her knees, the images of all that she had seen still too clear within her mind.
"Home..."
