Crystal Knights: Bedazzle-ment
I sighed, walking down the streets of Beach City, heading back the place I called home. You see, my friends had recently gotten me into a card game called Duel Monsters, and they also supplied me a deck. Little did I know that some very select people would laugh at me for bringing it out in public, despite pretty much everyone playing it. Comments like "So tell me? Is a boyfriend in those cards?" and "Don't you a basement to return to?" were quite common the past few days. I pulled out the deck.
"Gem-Knights? Why do you hate me?" I asked myself, putting the deck away as I entered a large apartment building. "Maybe its here." I smiled looking at the wall of mailboxes. Nothing. I sighed, heading to my apartment.
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The door to the family apartment opened easily as I walked in. Meaning it was unlocked, and my sister was home. "Hey sis!" I shouted. "Was there a package for me down stairs? The internet said it would be here by now."
"Yeah!" She replied. "It's in my room." I went pale slightly, rushing to her 10x10 ft. of room and I saw her craftsmanship. You see, my sister was a marksmen with a Bedazzle gun, and I had gotten a, duel disk? Is that right? The two together, resulted in the last of my manhood being stripped away.
"What the frag have you done to it!?" I hissed, staring at it in all its encrusted glory.
"Sorry to disappoint, but this isn't my handiwork." She smirked. "It came like that." I growled quietly, grabbing it and walking back out the door. It wasn't all that bad honestly, the jewels in it distributed evenly, and a LP counter replaced by a rather large emerald that still worked like the counter. But my pride would not allow this. Little did I know, it would serve a, bigger, purpose.
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I sat on the beach near the Big Donut, staring out at the sea. "Why does this world hate my pride?" My head turned, seeing the beautiful mountain on the side. "Shame no one lives there." I sighed, feeling a small rumble. "What's that?" My worried question was soon answered as a giant centipede appeared on the cliff. I simply laid back. "That's it. I've gone crazy."
"Look out!" A female voice screamed as I was dragged behind a hand shaped rock.
"Not your best plan Amethyst!" Another voice chimed, a slight accent.
"Well excuse me for saving a life!" The first voice said. I looked at the other 3 people who saved me. One was purple skinned with white hair, holding the tool that had saved my life; a whip of the same color as her skin. Another was red-skinned, with black, cubic hair and giant fists, again, skin colored. The 3rd was the closest to pale out of the three with a giant jewel in her forehead. She wielded what, i can only describe as a cyan spear. All three of them women.
"Yep. Still crazy. Might as well run with it." I sighed, sitting up and taking out my deck. "Now, first hand. Because why not?" I drew only one good card; Gem-Knight Garnet. I played it, and saw a knight in red armor appear in front of me in a human-sized blaze, fire-covered fists at the ready. I blinked, slightly weirded out by the large knight. "Um... Attack the Giant Centipede?" I said, not sure of what else to do. It gave a small nod, running from behind the rock. The three stared at me, somewhere between the line of astonishment and confusion.
"What was that?" The purple one asked with a slight chuckle.
"Um... Gem-Knight Garnet?" I chuckled nervously. And then a shriek was heard.
"Sounds like an opening." The red being remarked, the three blowing apart the hiding place and charging at the sparking bug, and in an instant, it was gone, as well as my Gem-Knight.
Afterwards, the three approached me, looking at the disk rather closely. "Look. If you want it, you can have it." I chuckled nervously, trying to get the device off my arm, but with no luck, no matter how hard I pulled.
"It's no use trying to get it off." The red sighed. "It's apart of you now." I went pale.
"But it also means you're one of us." The purple one smiled. "I'm Amethyst, the one in fists is Garnet, and the pale buzz-kill is Pearl." I couldn't help but let a snicker out.
"So, what do you people do, exactly." I asked Amethyst. She opened her mouth, but a male voice cut her off.
"We defend Earth from evil monsters and magic and stuff like that." A pudgy black haired boy chimed in.
"Oh yeah. And this is Steven." Amethyst said, pointing lazily at him. "And you are?"
"Emma Rald." I said, standing up.
The three exchanged a few looks, before they gestured for me to follow. I gave a small nod, following the 4.
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We entered a shack-like entrance next to the cliff, which lead to a strange stone door and platform. "Now, if you're emerald is a Gem, the door should open in its own way." Garnet said in an almost monotone voice. I nodded, facing the gem to the door. The door divided into 8 sections, which began spinning to reveal a large pasture with a bed and mirror, enclosed in trees.
"And this is your room." Amethyst smiled, shoving me in. "Its yours private room that's connected to the rest of the palace." I nodded, closing the door. I walked over to the mirror, finally seeing myself as dirty and ragged after the fight, and then I noticed a normal sized dresser.
In a few minutes, I had changed into a gray shirt under a green raincoat, which on my slender figure revealed a little bit of my midriff, blue jeans, and grass-stained white shoes. I then eyed a bottle of green hair dye. I shrugged, giving my grey hair two green streaks. "I still might be crazy." I chuckled, lying down. "But I'm gonna go with it and see where it goes." My new life, a magical life filled with action and fun, had begun.