Prologue

"Go, go, go!" She heard someone scream out as waves upon waves of corrupted gems came at full force towards the small group of fighters. Clashing swords and pops of guns rang out in her ears along with screeching noises and the sound of the tearing of skin, and soon she truly believed she was going to go deaf. Usually, she would be fighting with them, but her dull, cracked gem and the scene before her stopped her from summoning anything of use.

"Here it is," she murmured to herself as she gazed almost longingly in front of her. Just a few meters away from her was the largest mass of rippling gem energy surrounded by shot up spikes of earth she had ever had the luck of seeing.

"The Cluster," she whispered. Her green eyes hardened and she pressed a switch that automatically replaced her broken visor. Her fists clenched and she marched forward, past the raging crowds of bloodshed and inhuman screeches.

This is it. This is what I was made for. It is time to fulfill my duty.

As she walked forward, she blocked out everything and everyone around her. She tried to calm her pounding heart and burning throat. She tried to concentrate on the calm, dull sounds around her, and the hauntingly beautiful mass just ahead. The mass that took her friend.

However, someone's far off scream pierced into her mind.

"Peridot!" The scream was agonizing and just emanated pure repressed anguish.

She sighed and ignored the voice, no matter how hard it seemed to be. She could no longer bear to look at the person who carried the voice.

She couldn't help but chuckle slightly as she thought back to before this whole mess. Before the Cluster, before the activation, before the war and raids, before all of it. She remembered when she first got to what she assumed was a lost planet.

She was wrong.

Smoke was everywhere. The sky was engulfed in nothing but darkness, the scorching flames licking at the night air doing little to help. The rubble of what appeared to be a ship sat destroyed and in damage beyond repair, many wires snapping viciously with sparks flying and flames bursting out of the hunks of metal. The ship also aided in effectively burning all of the surrounding plains to ash. No one would survive.

Suddenly, however, if one listened closely, a small, quiet groan was heard. Among the burning parts, a small, lime green hand stuck out of the rubble. It twitched slightly, then stopped. Then it twitched again. Then, as if by some unseen force, the hand started to move desperately and erratically as it scraped against the metal. Eventually the hand managed to pry the piece away and the hand retreated further inside the disaster.

Again, another groan was heard, clearly feminine. The hand appeared again, and slowly but surely dragged the rest of the body out. Inch by inch it traveled and the hand gripped the dirt below tightly and the nails were dug deeply in. It clenched more and eventually, the body was pulled out from the wreckage.

The figure coughed and panted as it, or she, layed on the ground, face down. It seemed like forever before she groaned in pain as she struggled to sit up. It took several tries, and her shaking arm and whole body didn't help. Her whole outfit, or uniform, was torn and burnt all over, and her body was covered in cuts and She growled in frustration and bit her lip as she finally managed to sit up. Her whole body was aching, and she could already feel herself going again. She could already see the faint glow surrounding her body and tried to will it away, but it was too strong.

She breathed as she looked around her surroundings. Her ears were ringing a high pitch still, and her vision was blurry as her visor was cracked and chipping off. She could barely see anything past the pitch black midnight sky and the burned grass in all directions.

She really was doomed, wasn't she?

Then, in the distance, she heard yelling, and footsteps. She could barely make out three figures running towards her, but nothing else. Before she lost consciousness, she let out a small smile and chuckled.

"I'm such a clod," she whispered and with that was lost once again in the calm clutches of the subconscious. Everything went dark.

Sorry for it being so short, but don't worry, chapters will get much longer. This is just a prologue, a sort of way to test the waters I guess you could say. Tell me if it sounds interesting so far! And don't worry, everything will be explained in due time. Thanks for reading and please leave a comment! Thanks! :)