I have returned with another Jasper fanfic since she's my favorite. I'm super excited about the 1 hour special coming soon and I hope we get to see White Diamond since we heard and seen so much about the other three. Well, here's the Girl by the Sea!
It had been several nights since Jasper had tried begging Lapis to fuse back with her. Of course, the answer was no but honestly did she expect anything different? They had been fused for so long that she missed Lapis. Like she couldn't live without her anymore… Why did she have to be cursed with this horrible want- need.
Jasper hid in the water most of her time and only came out at night. Her long wild hair was drenched with salt water and some seaweed sticking out here and there. She had no way of returning to Homeworld and now she was stuck on that miserable planet just like Lapis had wanted… but they weren't together.
She looked up staring at the stars. It was so far away… but there was nothing she could do. Peridot was gone somewhere… unless she had already figured out how to make it back to Homeworld. Peridot was a lot smarter than she was so it was possible she was gone. There was no point in searching for the short green one.
Jasper laid back in the sand. Pink Diamond. She barely knew her own Diamond since she was barely made, then she was shattered shortly after. What was the point to lay in the sand? Stand in the ocean? She was better off being shattered than staying around any longer but she could never bring it upon herself to do it. She was a soldier and they didn't do such cowardly things.
The quartz soldier looked up at the rocky cliffs beside of her. The fall from it would hurt a good bit with all the sharp rock sticking out of the water. Jasper sat up watching the cliff. She saw some shadow standing at the top. She wondered if it was a human or a gem? More likely a human though.
Jasper laid back down and closed her eyes. Why should she care? It was a piece of worthless human trash. They were organic and lived meaningless lives. They were disposable… they became sick and rotted away. Peridot explained everything to her on the way here.
Jasper looked back up and the human was closer to the edge now. Jasper rubbed her face annoyed.
Stupid human.
Jasper got up and ran up the cliff. She wasn't as fast as that pearl or Lapis but fast enough to make the human stop in their tracks and turn around. Lapis? It was female human with the same build as Lapis. Her chest was little bigger in comparison. Her skin was peach color and she had dark brown hair with green eyes.
"Who are you?" she asked.
Jasper blinked.
"I… ah…"
"When people want to die, they want to be alone."
Jasper looked flustered.
"I-I well…"
The girl stared at her. She didn't look mad.
"Are you ok?" she asked.
"I'm fine. Are you a human soldier?" Jasper asked, trying to sound professional.
Why am I up here? She had thought to herself.
"No."
"Then why are you up here?"
"I need release from this mortal coil."
"You mean death."
The girl smiled, "Are you an angel or are you an alien?"
"For you, it would be alien. I do not know what an angel is."
The girl snorted and turned back around. She began walking forward when Jasper grabbed her arm.
"Excuse me… I have something important to do."
"Why end your life?" Jasper asked.
"Name?"
"Name?"
The girl smirked, "Your name."
"Jasper, quartz soldier."
"Ah. Like a gem stone huh?"
Jasper nodded.
"My name is Reese. My mother liked chocolate."
Jasper frowned, she had no idea what chocolate was.
"I lost my mother a long time ago. My dad is a hardass. I hate him. He always pushed me way too far. I am in my third year in college but why would I want to become a doctor? Why would I want to do anything like that when I have no desire to be around others or care for them? I've never even been with someone else.
"I want a life to do stuff here. I wanted to be a marine biologist. To him that was a stupid ass dream. Here I am… choosing to die on my terms alone and some place that I love. I think… I think that is true power over life. I have no one that I could hurt… I have no friends anyways."
Jasper scratched her head.
"That's a great answer."
Reese snorted and looked back to the ocean.
"In the end… we die alone. Isn't, that right?"
Jasper shook her head, "My comrades died in battle by me but never alone."
The girl smiled, "That sounds nice."
Jasper smacked her on the back of the head, "Don't be stupid."
"Unfortunately, I'm not."
Jasper wasn't sure what to say.
"Well, nice talk so be on your way."
"Fine. I don't care about some meat sack anyways."
Jasper turned away.
"Meat sack huh?" Reese whispered with a smile.
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Jasper laid on the bottom of the sea for the rest of the night. She didn't want to watch someone throw themselves to their death. Peridot had explained they had organs and blood. Jasper was curiously to know what the inside of them looked like but not enough to stick around. She just closed her eyes. She just wanted time to herself.
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The next night Jasper came out of the water shaking her mane of hair like a dog. She stretched and continued onto the beach to see that Reese was sitting there. She was still in the same outfit from the night before. She had dark circles around her eyes like she hadn't slept.
"Why are you here?" Jasper asked.
"I don't know… I was waiting for you I guess."
Jasper looked annoyed.
"Is it odd that a meat sack would wait for you?"
"More than odd."
"So… What are you?" Reese asked.
"Why do you care?"
"Why do you care that I care?"
Jasper's eye twitched in annoyance.
"Tell me? You're bigger than every man on this planet and you're orange. Your nose is a weird shape."
"I don't like you."
Reese laughed.
"I don't like you either but I'm curious."
"You should be away from me. The rebels might be after me and you might get caught in the cross fire."
She blinked in surprise.
"There's more of you?"
"Yea."
"What are you then?"
"We are called Gems."
"A gem?"
Jasper nodded.
"We are planted into the crust of a host planet and we emerge the way our gems were made. Some are soldiers… Some are kindergartners… some do other special things. We have our higher ups, the Diamonds. We are dominating planets to expand our race but things have become a lot more difficult lately. Some gems don't even have power anymore."
"Are you after Earth then?"
Jasper raised an eyebrow, "What makes you say that?"
"Well, if you pop out of the ground like daisies that means you grow from the minerals in the crusts of a planet. Gemstones are rocks after all."
"You're really smart. For a human being."
Reese snorted, "Please. You gave me enough information to make an educated guess."
"You remind of me of the little green runt I came in with."
"You came with someone else?"
Jasper nodded.
"We… we were after the rebel gems but things have become complicated. I'm stuck here. Piece of shit planet."
Reese placed a hand on Jasper's shoulder, "I am sorry about that."
Jasper gave her a nod.
"I'd be pissed too if I was stuck here without anything."
"Why are you still alive?" Jasper asked.
Reese frowned, "I… you made me curious."
"About?"
"What you are."
Jasper rolled her eyes.
"You want me to leave?" the human girl asked.
Jasper made a face and shook her head.
"Really?"
"You… you remind me of someone."
Reese's expression softened.
"I do?"
"I thought you were someone."
"Who?"
"Her name… is Lapis Lazuli."
Reese smiled, "That's a beautiful name. Did you love her?"
Jasper blushed, "No!"
Reese jumped at her the fierceness of her voice.
"Well… um what was she like?"
Jasper frowned.
"She didn't look it but she was powerful. She was dark in thought all the time. She is strong willed. You're shaped like she is. She was able to control the ocean."
Reese looked surprised, "Oh wow! She's so lucky."
Jasper snorted this time.
"Do you miss her?"
Jasper didn't say anything.
"You miss her."
"You're annoying."
"So, was she your girlfriend?"
"No… I don't know what that is."
"It's someone you care about a lot and want to be with always. They mean a lot to you and you care more about them than yourself."
"I don't know how to care about others."
Reese busted up laughing.
"You cared on the cliff that's why you stopped me."
"Shut up you fool."
Reese hugged her knees to her chest with a small smile on her lips.
"She… she hated me. I forced her against her will to fuse with me."
Reese looked confused.
"Fuse as in like mix together?"
"I guess."
"Or do you mean to combine to make something better?"
"Yea… there you go. Gems of the same type make a bigger gem of that type. When you mix different ones, a new gem is born… a fusion."
"Wow… That sounds pretty cool."
They sat in silence for an hour. It wasn't the uncomfortable type though. Without warning Reese, tipped over letting out a big snore. Her head fell onto Jasper's lap.
"Hey!" the orange gem yelled and Reese jumped up awake.
"My bad… I'm just so tired."
"Then you should go to your home. I don't know what tired is anyways."
Reese smiled and got up.
"Living things eat, sleep and reproduce. We need sleep to restore our energy."
"That's weird."
Reese nodded.
"It's a curse really."
Jasper smiled at her.
"I think I'll be ok. Um… will you be here tomorrow?" she asked.
"I don't know. Why do you care? Don't you have three years of college to do?" Jasper asked a little confused.
The green eyed girl patted the soldier's shoulder and disappeared into the night.
Jasper smiled to herself. In a way, she was no different than she was. She was smart like Peridot but had that dark nature like Lapis. Maybe Earth wouldn't be so bad after all.