Chapter I :We need to talk(P1)

Hello everyone and welcome to my second fan fic. For this first story I decided to write about the events which occurred in 'We Need to Talk' from the perspective of Rose and the other gems. After this first story chances are the focus will be on Greg and Rose with the others scattered about here and there in the drabbles. I would like to reiterate that the only reason I am using the events of we need to talk is for storytelling purposes, no other segment of the story will use events that are shown in the show as a backdrop, and if people react poorly to this I will be more than willing to take this particular segment down, and come up with something else to get this shindig going.

Pearl sat in the library, quietly flipping through an encyclopedia of human anatomy. She sets the encyclopedia she had been reading to the side along with the other books she had been studying. She then uses what information she had gleaned to complete the formula she had spent the past few hours working on. Writing the answer on a piece of paper she had in front of her. A frown crosses her lips once she finally finishes the equation. The answer was 22,630. She rubs the bridge of her nose "Rose...What have you gotten yourself into this time around?" With a huff she folds the paper and places it into her gem before she stacks the books up into a single large pile and goes about returning the volumes to their proper shelves.

With that done Pearl rushes back to the temple to share her findings with the other gems. When she finally did reach the temple, her jaw dropped. The beach was awash with activity. She watched as Greg rummaged about her home, setting up a strange backboard of lights, and other equipment. She looked around studying her surroundings until she saw Rose standing atop the warp smiling at Greg. Pearl then noticed Garnet and Amethyst leaning against a pair of loudspeakers. She rushes over to them and asks "What in the name of the moon goddess is going on here?!" Amethyst shrugs nonchalantly and states "The music man said that he has some new song written, and he wanted to make a video." Pearl nods and states "Alright...But why is he setting up his equipment here?" Amethyst grins at Pearl "Well! He showed it to Rose and she LOVED IT! She told him that she wanted to sing it with him. Of course she roped us into giving him a hand with it, said that we'd bring some pizzazz to it. Well...Plus Greg promised me some human candy if I beat the drums with these sticks!" Pearl blinks and blushes before she states with a defeated tone "Ah of course." Garnet kept her attention on Rose and Greg before she shifted her sunglasses. The fusion then speaks up with her usual calm and collected demeanor, "She might make a few changes to her lyrics."

Amethyst blinks and states "Really? Huh...I bet they'll be better than anything Greg can can cook up!" The young gem releases a delighted squeal as she considers the possibilities. Pearl cringes at this loud reaction, and Garnet just shrugs it off as a smirk comes across her face.

Off in the distance Greg could be seen talking to Rose for a moment before he nods to her and rushes over to the three gems. He grinned at Garnet and Amethyst "Are you two ready?" He blinks as he finally notices Pearl and absentmindedly ran his fingers through his hair. He then mumbled "Oh hey Pearl." The pale gem rolls her eyes and walked away. Garnet pursed her lips and stated "Yes...I think I understand how to use this instrument." She pulls the key-tar from behind her and smiles at the human. Greg glances over to Amethyst and raises an eyebrow. She smirks at him and stares down at her fingernails "You got the goods man?" Greg sighs and smiles back at her "You know it." He raises the bag of pop rocks into the air and gives her an evil grin "But first you gotta earn your payment! You got it?" The violet gem nods and rubs her hands together excitedly.

Garnet glances towards Greg "Rose will be leaving on an important mission soon Mr. Universe. We should get this done soon." Greg nods and rushes over to his guitar case."Well let's not keep her waiting!" Greg strums on the strings of his guitar for a moment before he realizes that Garnet and Amethyst had already walked away during his showboating. He blinks and rushes after them screaming "Hey wait up! I need to get the camera ready!"

Several minutes pass. The gems were lined up on stage and Greg had finally finished with the last of his set up. The lights dim and Greg runs into position "Everybody ready?" Rose smiles at him causing him to blush, Garnet gives him a curt nod as she strums the key-tar in order to ensure that it was in tune. Amethyst just sits there behind her drums bored. Greg then starts to strum his guitar, he hits a switch and the lights behind them flash into life, he was then joined by Garnet, who was followed by Amethyst.

Greg closes his eyes and allows the music to wash over him before he sings the first line "What can I do for you?" He was caught by surprise for a moment as he hears Rose join him, he then regains his bearing and the two of them sing in tandem "What can I do that no one else can do?"

Pearl sneaks over and rests her back against the cave wall out of sight from the rest of the group. She sneers at this silly distraction as she thought to herself 'What can I do for you? That is really the best song you could come up with human? HA! You can't do anything for her...' A snide smile creeps over the gem's face as she comes up with a plan, 'Well...So long as we are doing this for his music video I suppose I can lend a hand. Pizzazz indeed!' She walks on-stage and whispers her request into Rose's ear. Her leader smiles at her and the two proceed to dance. They then disappear in a flash of light, and in their place stands a massive fusion.

Garnet stares up at Rainbow Quartz with her usual emotionless look plastered upon her face. Amethyst grins and waves over to the fusion. Greg's jaw dropped as he watched Rainbow dance, but he continues playing his guitar. Once the song finishes the two defuse, and Pearl drops the mike. Greg grins at Rose and screams "I can't believe I got that on video, what on earth was that!?" Rose lets out a chuckle and states proudly "That was Rainbow Quartz..."

As the two spoke Garnet glances over to Pearl who was posing smugly on the makeshift stage and shakes her head in disapproval before she simply walks away. Greg and Rose finally finish their discussion as Rose disappears in a flash of light. Amethyst then rushed over to Greg and yelled "Hey I hit the drums so pay up!" The man rolls his eyes and pulls the pop rocks out of his pocket. He then tossed them over to the miniature gem "Here ya go." Amethyst takes the bag and attempts to rip it open with her teeth as she sits atop the warp pad beside Pearl who chuckles at the gem's antics.

Pearl then looks over to Greg and states "You know you're just a phase right?" Greg releases a sigh as he had heard all of this vitriol before. "No Pearl I don't know that..." Amethyst plays with her bag of candy for a moment as she listens to the discussion. She couldn't help but roll her eyes and think to herself 'Why do these two have to go at each other like this? It's really annoying. I mean honestly Pearl, he'll be dead soon enough. Let Rose have her fun.'

Amethyst grinned as she finally succeeded in opening the bag of candy. She places one of the rocks into her mouth and continues to listen in absentmindedly as the two of them yammered on for several minutes before Pearl went into some talk about fusion 'Lame...' Amethyst blinks as the pop rocks sizzled on her tongue. This causes the young gem to snicker and roll about the warp pad as she enjoyed the new sensation. The two continue to argue with one another until Greg asked the question "Has any human ever tried to fuse with a gem?" Amethyst blinks, she didn't know the answer to this, and it seemed that neither did Pearl. She turns her head and watches the fight now somewhat interested as Greg victoriously raises the mike into the air and pronounces "I will try!" He then drops the microphone in the same manner that Pearl had earlier.

Amethyst grins at Greg, and when Pearl walks away she howled "Oooooooooooooooooohhhhhhh!" in support of her human friend. Greg quickly collects the microphone exclaiming "What am I doing? These things are expensive!" once the mike was put away he runs off to his van leaving Amethyst behind.

Finding herself alone the bored gem rushes into the temple before she starts exploring. Eventually she comes across Garnet sitting in the burning room as was so often the case with the fusion.

Amethyst grins and pounced onto the fusion's hair in an attempt to get her attention however it seems that the fusion's thought's were elsewhere. Disappointed the indigo prankster thinks to herself 'Hm... Maybe I should go mess with Pearl...Nah, she's probably just gonna rant about Greg or something like that...Whelp might as well get a nap in!' the violet gem quietly transforms herself into a cat and rests on the flat face of Garnet's hair.

Garnet was completely unaware unaware of Amethyst's antics due to the internal dialogue which was going on inside of her mind. Ruby sizzled in anger as she thought about tonight's events "Sapphy can you believe her! Using fusion like...Like that! To lord over some human who managed to get Rose's attention?! I mean really, it must make you angry." Ruby stares at Sapphire for another long moment before she screams "Come on say SOMETHING! ANYTHING!" Ruby continues to fume for several more moments as Sapphire watches her in silence. The blue gem was of course annoyed by what had occurred, but so is the way of fate. What aggravated her even more was Ruby's anger concerning this matter. She knew what was going to happen, she could see it through Garnet's eyes. There was no need to rant like this. Eventually Sapphire lets out a tired sigh and looks to her partner "Ruby...I understand that what Pearl did was not right, but I don't believe that we should expend our energy like this. Besides, Rose did agree to fuse." Ruby glares at Sapphire and states "Do you really think that Rose knew about Pearl's plan?" Sapphire shakes her head and states "No of course not. She probably believed Pearl was trying to help with the video."

Ruby glares at Sapphire, though her anger seems to be starting to fade and states "So miss I know everything, how do you think we should react to this slap to the face to everything we believe in" Ruby's eyes in their mental space widen as she states "HM!" A chuckle escapes Sapphire's lips as her she looks at Ruby eye to eyes. She grins at her and states "Well you know what. Since you seem to have taken such a personal interest in this. Through Garnet you can see just as well as me, why don't you take a look at what awaits us." Ruby smirks at Sapphire and states "I like the way you think." Several moments pass and Ruby finally glances over to Sapphire, finally calm she states"You know...There are a lot of terrible futures that can come out of this choice, sure you want to give me the reigns?" Sapphire rolls her eye "You know that you aren't the oneholding the reign's. We are a fusion after all. Garnet will ensure that both of our wishes are met, and that we take the best path." Garnet chuckles as the two of them finally reach a consensus and she gets up off of the ground.

Finally taking notice of the lump of fur on top of her head Garnet lifts Amethyst up off of her hair and states "Did you sleep well Amethyst?" Amethyst yawns and transforms back into her usual form "I was...Until you decided to interrupt it." Garnet chuckles and pats the gem's white hair. "So mind telling me what happened after I left?"

Hope you all enjoyed this, and until next time see ya!