Jasper got up, woozy from her sudden defusing. She looked around to see the tiny blue gem, Lapis lazuli she believes, passed out on the beach, the water just touching her feet. She tried to reach a hand towards her; This was her fault that all this had happened! If she had just told them about the gems that were still here, they would have been better prepared! Jasper tried once again to reach for her, but every attempt failed, draining her body of what little energy it had. She could feel the dizziness as she started to lose consciousness. Just before the oblivion of her mind took her, she saw a shape walk up the her, it's feet long and skinny. Then the blackness came.

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"Oh, I hope you're alright..."

A voice. Delicate and thin, yet a voice none the less. Jasper could swear she had heard the voice before, but couldn't place it. She tried to open her eyes, but found them to be covered with a smooth, cool like substance.

"What...what is this on my eyes," She said weakly, her throat raspy and dry.

"Oh thank goodness..." The voice said again. Jasper tried to move her hand but found that her body was unresponsive.

"And why can't I move my body?!" Her voice slowly got louder as she recovered.

"Well... I think it might have something to do with this... Thingy on your nose ma'am. It looks like it has a small...streak through it." Jasper sighed in relief. It was just a streak. Streaks would heal with time.

"Okay, that makes sense. I can't move my body because of the streak. That should heal in a couple more weeks..."

Jasper heard a shift as the mystery woman moved. "What does that... Mean..?" The voice said. The woman's voice seemed to calm Jasper, it's delicateness getting to her and making her relaxed.

"First off, human, if that's what you even are, I am a gem. I am a powerful being from space, designed to do whatever it is I am needed. My nose, which is where my gem is located, is the source of my power."

"Then why can't you move your body?" That voice again, like a sweet music to her ears.

"My body is nothing more than an illusion created by my gem. If I get injured fatally, then I can dispel my body and retreat to my gem to heal." Why was she giving this human so much information about herself? It had to be that voice... Yet she didn't want it to stop.

"Well, that definitely sounds like a bind... You said you wouldn't be able to move for how long?"

"2 earth weeks I believe..."

"Well then, I'll just have to stay here with you."

"What? Why?"

"Well, your interesting. I want to get to know more about you... Gem.. Actually, I don't think I caught your name."

"I was not aware that a name could be thrown..." Where the heck did that come from?

The woman laughed a small one. Oh, that voice. That tinkle in her laugh, almost like a small bell. It made something stir inside her, made her want to hear more of it. "I meant what is your name, silly."

Jasper could feel her cheeks burn as she blushed a bit. Why was she feeling like this? "My name is Jasper..."

The woman gasped. "You mean like your gem?"

Jasper smiled. "Yeah, like my gem. What's your name, mystery woman?"

The woman giggled, making the thing in her chest stir again.

"My name is Pearla."

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