First ever story on this site, hope you guys like it. Takes place during When it Rains. Rated T just to be safe.
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The Stranger in the Kindergarten.
When the screeching had started up again she was sure she'd been found. Her current hiding place probably would'nt have helped, it being dug out of some odd gems emerging hole and all. For anygem searching for her, it would have been far to easy to simply peer in and see her. Luckily, the things she hid from weren't terribly smart or clever.
She clutched her hand tighter around the rose quartz gemstone in her chest. Even the thought of those abominations caused a shiver of fear to run up her back. Those things had attacked before she knew what was happening, their overwhelming numbers driving her to her current place of hiding and leaving her in horrible condition.
She had been patrolling for some reason she couldn't remember when they assaulted her. They had come from the shadows like a horde of nightmares, monsters made of random limbs with tangled voices screaming incoherrently. She had froze then, unprepared to face something so unexpected, so wrong, so tortured.
It had only taken a second for them to reach her, where she was bombarded on all sides by their attacks. One had even bitten off her entire arm, leaving behind a dull glowing stump. Another had sent a punch that cracked her gem and sent her into a panic. She escaped after that, eventually making her way here.
She wasn't sure how long she had been hiding there, only that she was fast running out of time. The cracks in her gem now formed an intricate lattice work of cracks through out her gem, and she feared that if she went into her gem now she wouldn't return.
Her attention was drawn elsewhere, however, when she began to make out voices through the howling. Listening closely, she recognized one as a peridot, but the other was unknown to her. They sounded very frightened and, oddly enough muffled, though she couldn't think of why.
They were fast approaching however, and she knew that they would never be able to hold them of on their own. Picking herself up, she knew the only way they'd have a chance of making it, is if she helped them fend off the creatures. Moving closer to the entrance, she braced herself, ready to jump on the first one monster she saw.
As the gems in peril passed by, she couldn't help but be surprised by the pink bubble that surrounded them. She immediately shook off her surprise and lept out, catching a creature that had been right on their tail and tackling it.
Standing back up, she grabbed on to the abominations arm and threw it into two of it's companions. She then punched another back as it tried to tackle her, two more following it.
In the background she could still hear the gems, but she couldn't make out what they were saying. Kicking back another one, she was silently thankfull there were only a handfull of them this time. The realization that there was not nearly as many as last time sent her spirits soaring.
Fighting with renewned vigor at the prospect of winning, what happened next was enough to bring a smile to her face. Over the cries of the amalgamations Rose Quartz heard quite possibly the most beautifull words she had ever heard.
"Hang on, Steven."
Looking over the group of nightmares she was fighting, she caught site of a spear-wielding pearl, a short amethyst with a whip, and a gauntleted fusion. As she watched, the pearl lept behind a creature, slashing it in half before blasting several others with energy bolts from her spear. The amethyst ran at one before leaping into the air, spin-dashing into it and repeating the process with several more.
She lost after that as the first one she had tackled rammed into her and tried to pinn her to the ground. Using both feet to kick it off, she watched as the monstrosity began seizing up before dissipating due to a bolt of electricity from the fusion.
Getting back on her feet, she bore witness to the suspicous looks of her saviors, their weapons still drawn. Thinking better of walking forward, she instead stepped aside to allow the gems past to the others just coming out of the bubble.
With a nod a simple word, the fusion sent her two companions off to comfort the newly rescued gems while she began moving towards the beaten and battered quartz. Her movements became swift however, when Rose Quartz began to feel weak and tipped forward. Catching the quartz in her arms, the fusion took one look at the near shattered rose quartz and began walking towards the others.
As they moved closer, she overheard the tail end of the conversation they were having.
"-ove aside, Steven", the peridot said, moving past the 'steven'.
"Peridot?", the amethyst questioned.
"What are you two doing here?", said the pearl, worry evident in her voice. Her inquiry wasn't answered though, as the fusion chose that time to clear her throat.
Once she had the others attention, she said "Questions can wait. This gem needs help immediately."
Lowering the injured quartz to the ground, she stepped back to allow the others to approach. After a collective gasp of surprise at her state, they to fell back until only Steven, who she realized was actually a human, remained.
Taking a lick of its ( she wasn't very sure of its gender) palm, it proceeded to place it upon her gem. Almost immediately, her gem began to heal to a state better than before. Gazing in wide eyed wonder at her now flawless gem, she felt tears start to well up in her eyes. Looked directly at Steven she attempted to show him her thanks in the best way she could think of.
"Thank you", was all she could get out before she slipped into unconsciousness, returning to her gemstone to properly recover from her injuries.
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And that's a wrap. Again, hope you enjoyed and feel free to coment on what I did right and what I did wrong, but no flamers please.