Crimson was walking down a beach, she heard a gem temple was around, she needed a place to stay for a day. "JASPER!" A boy yelled, "THERES SOMEONE HERE!" Crimson seen a normal looking boy and a normal looking woman, only the woman had elf ears and two different colored eyes, one green, one blue. She had long blonde hair and was wearing jean shorts and a white tank top. Crimson was still in her gear from her last fight, she got closer to see a short purple skinned girl, this is the place. When she got a closer look at the blonde gem, her heart stopped. Jasper. That's why he was yelling Jasper. "Crimson." Jasper stopped dead in her tracks. "Jasper. Its been a while hasn't it." Crimson said. Jasper shook her head and smiled, "Come, meet the rest of the gems." Jasper looked at Crimson, her red skin with the black swirls across her skin and face, and her short layered, black, long hair. "Actually, I just need a place to rest for a day, then I'll be out of your hair." Crimson gave a little smile, "Jas, who's out there?" A greened skinned, green haired, male gem walked out. "Emerald, you remember Crimson, she's the one who helped us escape from Onyx, she's the fighter I never forgot about." Emerald nodded, flushed a green, Emerald was medium size, Crimson was known to be tall, so she was almost his height. "Nice to meet you, Crimson." He held out his hand and she shook it. Four other gems came walking to the, "This is Garnet, Pearl, Amethyst, and Steven!" She pointed to the gems, "This is Crimson."
After they were all introduced, Emerald offered to show her to her room where she would be staying. "Where's the training room?" Crimson asked as soon as she sat her bag down on the bed, "I'll show you that now." Emerald said, put his hands in his pockets and started walking, Crimson quickly followed. "Here we are, if you need anything I'll be in my room, which is right next to yours." He gave a small smile. "So, you like it here?" he asked. "Yeah, it's really nice here. Better than the woods." He raised his eyebrows, "The woods?" He asked, Crimson nodded, "That's where I had to train when I wasn't at a temple." Emerald smiled, "Would you like to show me your skills?" He asked, Crimson nodded, "Stand near that wall and don't move." He did as told, she felt a throwing knife in her hand and she threw it, it landed right by his head. "I'm also skilled with a claymore and a bow." She said. "I'm skilled with magic, and a sword." A green flame lit up his hand, "You helped me escape, you helped us." Crimson looked away, shut her eyes, and images popped up of Onyx and what he did to her. "I saved you, Jas, and Jet. I didn't save her..." she replied. Emerald looked down, "And it seems you haven't saved yourself yet." Crimson looked at him, "And what is that supposed to mean?" Emerald smiled, "You know what I mean." Then walked away. I could have saved her. Can't become friends with anyone. I will accept that they are kind, but even they cannot love a monster like me. The swings of Crimson's blade lingering in the air. I am a monster. The only thing I need is my blade, my bow, and my arrows. I cannot feel. I will try to not feel, I will not feel. "So your just going to stay locked up here?" Jasper came down, "You at least need to converse with the others, they will think you hate them, especially Steven." Crimson made her weapon disappear and said, "I do not care what others think of me." She looked away from Jasper. "Just, come up and talk to them, I need you too." She said. "And what do I care?" Crimson said then looked Jasper in the eye, "You know I can't read your mind like I can read theirs, but, if you think you can push me away like the rest, your wrong. Now, I will repeat myself, get your ass up there, and talk to them. If you aren't there in five minuets, I will drag you up there myself." Crimson smiled.
Jasper started to worry about Crimson, she's different, not like her twin brother Emerald or Pearl or Steven or even Amy... Jasper didn't even want to think of Garnet, it hurt too much. Jasper knew the feelings Garnet had for Pearl, Pearl liked Garnet also, but also liked Amethyst. Emerald had never been interested in anyone, he was always in deep thought, sometimes when she'd try to pry in his mind he'd block her out, she hated that. The other gems were talking and having a good time, except for Emerald, he was probably in his room. Emerald, get out here, Crimson will be out here any minuet. She communicated with him through thoughts when he was in another room, she could feel him sigh, and the tall gem walked in, hands in his jean pockets, and about that time, Crimson walked in, in normal attire, shorts and a black tank top. Emerald looked at her and she kept her head down and sat down in a chair. "Crimson! Nice to see you!" Steven ran up to her and smiled widely, she couldn't help but smile at him. "Hello Steven." Crimson's English accent running strong. Jasper noticed Emerald keep giving the red gem little looks of affection, as she entertained Steven with magic. Jasper smiled at them, Steven quick ran to Pearl and tripped while holding a little trinket in his hands, "Dang it Steven! This is why we can't have nice things!" Jasper yelled jokingly, then started laughing. Steven looked down at his feet, "I need more practice. See you guys." Crimson said, got up, then walked back to the training room. Emerald smiled, "I'm going to practice also." Got up and followed her.
Something about Crimson made Emerald like her, she was beautiful, strong, her scars, and the swirls across her skin. It wasn't just that, he wanted to know her, he wanted to know why she saved them, why she pushed them away. "So, are you here to train or ask questions? Wait, don't say it! You want to ask the questions of why I do what I do. You'll never know." She said without looking at him, "Don't worry, I saved you the trouble of asking." Emerald shook his head, "You seem like you push everyone away." Crimson laughed, "Don't take it personally, I'm like this to everyone, please, don't ask why, actually don't ask questions. They make me uncomfortable." Emerald smiled, "I was hoping you could train me in throwing knives." Crimson shrugged, "I'm not much of a teacher." She said. Emerald crossed his arms, "I'm a very demanding person, I'm not asking." Crimson sighed, "Come here. Please tell me you know how to at least hold the thing." He smiled and walked over to her. She started to instruct him on how to throw the knife, he did as instructed and threw it. It hit right outside the circle on the target. "You know you are supposed to hit inside the target, right?" Crimson said jokingly, "You did pretty good on your first try, I'll give you that." Emerald turned and smiled at her.
For some reason, Emerald's smile got to Crimson, she felt a warmness spread through her body. "Now, will you stop bothering me with this nonsense?" She said then smiled with half of her mouth, you are a monster, Crimson. You'll never amount to anything. You won't know what it feels like to be normal. Onyx's voice rang in her head, she flinched, "Whats wrong Crimson?" Emerald asked. "Nothing. I'm fine." She replied coldly, she didn't like to act this way, but that's how she had to act. Nothing more, nothing less. "I'm going to my room." She said abruptly, then left the room.
Everything seemed to be a blur. When Crimson sat on her bed, everything seemed to crumble around her. Her wall finally coming down when she was alone. She remembers the day like it was yesterday, her killing Onyx's guards, freeing Emerald and Jasper, their mother protecting them. Crimson had no mother or father, Onyx found her one day, he knew what she truly was, a monster caged inside her, wanting to rip its self out and destroy everything around her. Everything she cared about. Crimson sat there, held her hand out and felt the flames rise from her hand, she watched as it danced around in her hand. Knock, knock. She quickly stopped the flame and said come in. It was Emerald, she raised an eyebrow to him. "You are going to talk to me." He said. Crimson sighed, "Why do I interest you so much?" She asked. "Because you saved me and my sister from our father. And I want to get passed that wall." He smiled lightly. His longer green hair starting to fall in his eyes, he pushed it away. "I'm not as interesting as you think, you don't want to get close to me. So just leave." She looked him in the eye. "No." Was all he had to say, "You bloody stubborn... ugh." She said, he smiled. "I had lived with Onyx most of my life with you guys, I was just locked away. That is why I am scarred. Happy now?" She said. "I will have to learn more, but this will do for tonight. We have a mission tomorrow, you are coming with me and Jas." He smiled at her, "You'll never get more out of me, you should know that, and when did I ever agree to this?"
"I told you that you were, and now you are going too." She scoffed, "Okay, I'll go." He laughed, "I like you Crimson. I want to know you better, know why you are so special, I want to know every scar, and every swirl on your skin." Crimson could feel the blood rush to her cheeks, she looked down, "Oh Emerald, you'll never know these rigid scars, for there are too many to count. The swirls that are on my skin, won't tell you anything." She looked back up at him. "I'll learn them all, even if it takes a lifetime." At that he smiled and sat next to her on the bed and started tracing her swirls. "And you are touching me why?" She asked, he shrugged in response, she got goosebumps from his soft touch, "I would like it more if you would stop." He looked her in the eyes, she could feel her wall crack a little. "You aren't the monster you think you are." He told her. She tensed, "You could be loved, if you let someone in." She started shaking her head, "No, no! No one can love someone like me, I am a monster, you've never seen it. I know we fought together in many battles, I shoved you away then. And I will continue to shove you away now." She shut her eyes, "You may try to push me away, but I'm not giving up. There is something special in you, I want to- never mind." He brushed his lips across her cheek and left. Her wall cracking a bit more.