Chink-crash! I bolt upright and look around for the source of the noise. I see a shattered plate on the floor. A girls' voice groans, "Steven, you woke up Pearl. You gotta be more careful!" I close my eyes and put a hand to my forehead. "Pearl?"
I jerk my hand away from my face. It's cold! I jump up from the couch and run to a window and look at my reflection. My hands go to my mouth and I gasp. "No way…" I spin around and see three people staring suspiciously at me. A tall dark woman comes up to me and puts a hand on my shoulder. "Pearl, what is it?"
I take a few steps back and bump into a door. My hand races around the surface and finds the doorknob. I pull it open and bolt outside. I tumble down the steps and dig my feet into the sand, trying to run away from this dream. Or is it a nightmare?
I chance a look behind me and see the tall woman chasing me. I keep running but trip over a rock lodged in the sand. I fall onto my face and sand fills my mouth. I push myself up onto my knees and spit the sand from my mouth. I look behind me again and see the tall woman, and two other people following her. One is short with dark curly hair and another is… purple?
In just a few seconds the tall woman is at my side, bent down with her face only inches from mine. She wears silver sunglasses in the shape of two upside-down triangles. She reaches a hand to my cheek and I shrink back. Her hand only touches my cheek for a second when she pulls it away in shock. She takes off her sunglasses and I look into her three!? eyes. She scans my body and then offers a hand to help me up. I take it tentatively and brush the sand from my clothes. I just finish dusting off my clothes when she grabs my upper arm and comes, again, within inches of my face. "You're not Pearl."
I mean, of course I'm not Pearl. How could I be? I don't know whats going on, but I nod my head. I look around the tall woman and see the other two people are just a few running steps away from me. I stare at the short boy for a second and then it clicks. "Steven.." I look at the short purple girl, "Amethyst…" and then I look at the tall woman holding my arm. "Garnet..?"
Steven and Amethyst seem worried and confused, but Garnet is almost creepily calm. She looks down at me. "So you know who we are, but who are you? Where's Pearl?" I swallow. This is really weird. I stutter an answer, "I-I'm Amelia… I don't know h-how I got here…"
Garnet puts a hand on my shoulder. "Calm down, lets go back to the temple and find out whats going on." I nod and walk aside her. When we get back inside the temple I find a mirror and look at myself. I then have an idea. I turn and see the others huddled in a group, no doubt discussing my situation. I tip-toe into the kitchen area and grab a small knife. I've seen the cartoon and I know how this works. I jab myself in the arm just as Garnet looks my way. "Don't!" She takes a bounding leap and reaches out a hand, but I've already inflicted the damage.
Swirls of white smoke fill my eyes and I find myself in a room adorned with white, diluted blue, and silver crystals. I see a full body length mirror. I look into it, and to my surprise, I see my own normal reflection, not Pearls'. I look down at my hands and find my own hands. I pull a strand of hair in front of my face and find that it's my own strawberry blonde. I gaze around the room and realize why I got here. I look down at my arm and see no trace of the stab wound. I run it over with my fingers. "Amazing…"
White smoke fills my vision again and my feet hit the wooden floor in the living room of the temple. I look down and see my own hands still there. I sigh. A pair of hands grabs both my shoulders and spin me around. Garnet looks at me suspiciously. "How did you know how to do that? How did you change form?!" I push her hands off of me and hug myself. I take a few steps back and see Steven peeking around Garnets' hip. He walks up in front of me looks me over. He extends a hand to me. "Come on, I have an idea. I know how we can find you!" I stand hugging myself but relax after a few seconds.
I nod. "Okay. What is it?" Steven grabs my hand and pulls me up some stairs and sits on his bed. He pasts the mattress next to him. "Sit." I walk over and sit next to him, but with a few inches in between. He leans over and pulls a laptop out from under his bed. He opens it and hands it to me. "Here. Look yourself up so we can see who you are." I look up questionably at Garnet, and she shrugs. I have a youtube account, so I search it up. The page comes up blank. I take a deep breath and shake my head. I then look up my Instagram, and find nothing. I clench my teeth and search up my Facebook account. Nothing. My eyes sting and I feel them begin to water up. I look down at my open palms and squeeze my eyes tight. "Where did I go…?"
"She could be from another dimension." I look up and see Amethyst twirling a yoyo around her finger. I wipe the tears from my eyes. Garnet looks at me. "If she was from another dimension, how does she know who we are?" Garnet turns to me, and I cross my legs on the bed. I play with a chunk of my hair. "This might sound crazy to you guys, but where I live- or lived- Gems don't exist. There's just a television show which was pretty much your guys's whole lives." Steven stares at me and then starts to bounce. "So, where you came from, I was in a TV show?" I nod and laugh a little. "Actually, the name of the TV show was Steven Universe."
"That's why I was so freaked out earlier. Because this world was just… made up." Steven grabs my arm and squeezes tight. I squeak, but stay as composed as someone in my situation could possibly be. He jumps up and runs over to Amethyst. "I get my own TV show! That's awesome!" Garnet sits next to me on the bed. "I guess you being from another dimension is possible. But do you know how you got here?" I shake my head. Garnet grabs my hand and pulls me to the other side of the room. "How much do you know about us?"
"Not much really." I've probably only seen a handful of the episodes from each season. I pull up the few things I know about. "Does Steven know that you're a fusion?" She nods. "Have you seen Smoky Quartz?" She shakes her head. "Has Peridot joined you yet?" Garnet shakes her head again and puts a hand on her hip. "It seems that you really are not from here." I turn to look at Steven and Amethyst having their own conversation. "This is as crazy to me as it is for you."
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Heyo! I literally came up with the idea to make this at two in the morning because I couldn't get to sleep, and BOOM! My mind goes straight to fan fiction mode. I'm probably writing another chapter as you're reading this, if you're reading it on August 20th, 2016. Hope you enjoyed- or cringed!
- EverChangingLilies
