A/N: Hello, everyone this story its inspired by Toonfreak's story We are the crystal ducks! which I recommend if you like cute and fluffy stories, give it a read, you will like it.
Also the cover picture its not mine, it belongs to tttooohappy on Devaintart, go check her art! ^^
This is actually my first Steven Universe Fanfic, so I really hope you guys like it.
English is not my first language so if you see any mistake feel free to point it out, I am not against constructive criticism ^^
Now lets on with the story.
The warm sun rays bathed the grass and leaves, that warm spring morning. The singers' gentle melodies announced the new awaking of the meadow and all it's creatures. The warmer months had just arrived and life was already blooming around that peaceful little village. Among the any trees and plants of the land, there was a small home where the day was only beginning for small family.
"Good morning~, good morning, its time to start the day~." A sing song voice sounded through the burrow and soon after, a bright pair of pink eyes opened. "Uhmmm morning Pearl" The sleepy maiden mumbled and stretched up and hoping out of wooden her bed. She had short curly pink hair and a soft layer of pink fur all around her, except for a small round white tufty tail. She was very tall but her long rabbit ears gave her an even bigger appearance. She twitched her nose, sniffing the air before slowly poking her head outside. Her long pink bunny ear's getting splashed in morning dew. "Ok ok lets go, I don't want to miss the harvest." Pink said fixing her hair with her hands and hoping outside. Pearl was a dove maiden, she was thin with a medium heigh, with long pearly white wings and eyes, short pinkish hair and a beec like nose.
At the meadow everyone was starting with their routine. The small earth paths were busy with the rodent citizens carrying small baskets and shovels to help out in the harvest. Pearl and a few other singers kept an eye on their perimeter while Pink and the others went off to do their morning harvest. "Wow the veggies sure are big this year." Pink said digging the dirt beneath her claws to get out a cabbage from the ground.
"I know right?, these are the size of watermelons." Said a Mole man who was digging from underground. The rodents were currently scraping at the cabbages roots when a loud high pitched sound cut through the air. Everyone twitched and tensed up on the spot, whiskers and ears had perked up as their bodies were still frozen. The field looked peaceful and sunny, yet that horrendous noise was still in the air. It was a strange mix of high pitched noises as if an animal was screeching and growling at the same time. Eventually Pink had to pull her ears down and Pearl shook her head in discomfort. Silence took over not long afterwards.
"W-what was that?" Asked Pink when howl was heard in the distance. Turning around, they noticed, what could only be described as a flash of purple dashing towards them. Garnet slowed her speed as she panted and trotted towards the group, she was a tall woman with purple fur and fox, ears paws, whiskers and tail, barely taller than pink for a few inches.
"Garnet did you hear that?!" Asked Pink. "I think its them again Pink." Garnet said and settled on the ground as the others shivered. It was always terrifying at first. They had seen it all too well, in the latest months more and more of these pinkish looking creatures had appeared in their lands. They called themselves humans and were oddly strange and sometimes scary for Pink. They looked similar to them, only they were at least 10 times her size with no feathers, fur, tails or paws or even scales, they were bald with these tiny patches of hair on their heads, sometimes forearms and chests too. They referred themselves as people just like them but seemed to have no physical connection with their basal ancestors whatsoever and yet some of them said stuff like they descended from monkeys?...Pink always got lost at that part.
Nevertheless they worked their way to obtain foods, clothing, homes and even managed to build communities just like them. However their attempts to settle down in a territory often resulted in them arguing, fighting and sometimes killing the natives that inhabited that territory. They had all seen them kicking people out of their homes and what was more scary taking the INTO their homes sometimes, stars knew for what. However Pink had also seen some people thrive living alongside humans. Small rodents an, feline and canine people seemed to have no problem sharing spaces with them, even birds had shared stories of sharing nesting grounds with humans, who would actually share "bread" and seeds with them. Both ruthlessness and amiability surrounded those creatures, a duality that made them all the more intriguing and intimidating to the curios pink bunny.
"Should we leave?" Asked Pearl "For the last time, this is our home and we are not leaving it!, the crops have already blossomed we can't let that go to waste, plus we don't even know what they are here for." Pink said.
"It can't be anything good that's for sure!" Pearl said. "We won't know if we don't check!, plus maybe they are just settling near, maybe they won't get into our field at all, lets go check." Pink said and hoped away towards the edge of the fields.
"PINK WAIT!" Pearl squeaked and flied after her. "We can't venture there!, on our own!, it could be dangerous!" She said. "Amethyst, knows a bit more about humans, maybe she can give us some information." Said Garnet as she trotted after Pink. "I think she is under the big willow tree!" She added as the group heading towards the tree.
After some minutes they arrived to the most strange of panoramas. The big willow tree was was in front a wooden field gate, that none of the females had never seen before and on top of one of the horizontal bars, a wildcat maiden seemed all too comfortable curled up. Amethyst was a runt wildcat, with thin purple fur with matching eyes and light purple hair. She was chubby which combined with her short statue made her look like a stubby domestic maiden, rather than the wildcat woman she was. She licked her nose and turned to look at the group, perking up her whiskers.
"Oh hey guys!, did you hear that sound from earlier? crazy right?" She asked. "Why are you so calm?!, humans could be coming to invade our homes and eat us!" Pearl flapped her wings in discomfort. "They eat birds" she mumbled, as her feathers fluffed up and her neck contracted slightly. The rest of the group rolled their eyes at her reaction, she always got like that when it came to such topics.
"Pearl, we don't even know if they are doing that, also they eat basal birds and you know it" Pink said hoping to her side. "A bird is a bird!" Pearl chirped. She rubbed her beec against her feather's to flat them out.
"Garnet and I eat those too and also basal mice and rats and stuff, relax" Amethyst said "don't remind me!" Pearl chided as Garnet nudged her up with her head. "you eat basal worms and bugs Pearl, don't play fool" she said and fluffed and looked away, mumbling. "its not the same".
"Look, everything its fine, I will show you guys." Amethyst said and hoped down from the gate, going between the horizontal bars. The rest of the gang followed her, sniffing the air around them, cautiously. After a few yards Amethyst stood up in front of a huge metallic sign. It had the picture of what looked like a big field, filled with humans in it doing what they guessed were some sort of activities. Furthermore there were a few characters above the image, sadly nor Garnet, Pearl or Pink could understand them. Yet what did they recognize was the logo on the right side of the sign. A rhomboid, composed of three tiny rhomboids, one white, one yellow and one blue, with a fourth one in blank space where some more characters could be seen in smaller size.
"Th-this isn't good" Garnet said. That logo often appeared whenever a new human massive construction or settlement appeared. Some natives had called it the Diamond signature as they had heard it belonged to the Diamond corporation, which was the group of humans responsible for most of the settlements. Some legends even told that a few had seen the humans responsible for them.
"Guys this isn't what you think it is, don't worry." Amethyst said "how do you know?!" Pearl asked. "Because I can read the signs, it says... New main plaza, special easter event, families welcome...Easter day from ten to seven" Amethyst said as she stood up on her hinds and used her hands to support herself against one of the sign's poles.
"What is easter?!, and what event are they doing in that plaza? whatever that is." Pink asked with her ears perked up in curiosity. "Its not in our home and come I will show you." Amethyst said and trotted towards the trees in front of the sign. Pink rushed, hoping after her while Garnet and Pearl reluctantly followed her. After some more minutes they came face to face with a small dirt road that lead to another field surrounded by vast trees. The view was completely blocked by them, Amethyst however scurried between them.
"This is so dangerous" Pearl mumbled as they crept to threes. "We should be fine if we stick together" Amethyst said, poking her head out. "These guys are like super friendly, they have bath ponds for birds and some even hand out seeds and treats and-" "How do you know so much about this place?" asked Garnet. "I maaay have poked my head in and spied them for a few hours." The feline maiden admitted.
"AMETHYST!, THAT ITS DANGEROUS WHAT IF THEY DID SOMETHING?!, we aren't basal!, we don't know how they will react to us!" Pearl scolded "I didn't get in!, plus we should at least have a look" Amethyst said and went back into the darkness. The others gulped and sniffed the trees before slowly passing between them. In front of them another wooden field gate stood, yet the horizontal bars, allowed them a clear view of the other side. Pink smiled and slowly leaned her head in, twitching her nose.
Indeed at the other side a very vast park could be seen. Humans from all sizes, and ages were roaming around the park doing various activities. Some human cubs ran around throwing some round red thing at each other, while some human couples seemed to be having mating rituals as they snuggled together on colorful blankets on the grass and some elderly humans even seemed to be handing out treats for all birds!
"See?, they are harmless, they just moved near bye and are enjoying their home" Amethyst said. "But that screechy noise-" "they are putting another one of these weird wooden barriers around our field, that was just one of those weird things they use to make their homes, its small and noisy but harmless." Amethyst interrupted. "
"Well then, there is nothing to be worried about see?, They are not so bad, maybe we can all get along" Pink said as she poked her head inside. "Maybe we should get to meet the newcomers, they look friendly enough." she added.
"Pink no!, you know how they get with animals!, what if they attack you or try to eat you or something?!" Pearl urged, perching herself on her back. "Garnet please a little help in here?!" Pearl said and the fox maiden stood up again. She carefully sat down near the gate and sniffed.
"I don't know but one thing its certain, we won't know more about them if we don't at least observe them" she said.
"This could be a formative experience!, Wether we like it or not they are our neighbors, we have to learn to get along with them, otherwise we will never stop been afraid of them and who knows maybe they are a bit unsure of us too. I say we go and see how is it" Pink said
"Well...there isn't much we can do to stop you at this point" Amethyst said flickering her tail in excitement.
"in we go" garnet said and with that the group went through the wooden gate, venturing into the human lands.
