This world was a strange, wonderful, mishmash of organic treasures! Plants could eat bugs! Animals the size of multiple vehicles could live on krill! A bird could dance to gain a family!
Toaster, a little Ruby from Homeworld, was currently sitting in her Earth home watching a nature documentary titled: "Blue Earth! Wonders of the World!"
The red Gem glanced at the beautiful film footage with stars in her eyes!
The narrator continued: "Here, we see the harbor seal with her pup!"
A gray, spotted, seal looked proud on the TV, as the baby, white, fluffy seal barked for food!
"DAAAAWWWWW! It's...It's CUTE! Look! Look! Yellow Diamond! CUTE!" Toaster pointed at the seals with excitement!
Yellow Diamond was not quite herself anymore. To make an incredibly LOOOONG story short- the normally tall, glorious, violent, dictator- was currently stuck in the body of a small yellow kitten. The kitten was laying on the couch. She glanced at the two animals on the TV screen that had the Ruby so excited.
"Mmmph...I think they are rather ugly. The bigger one looks like a blob of tar." The kitten yawned.
Toaster looked disappointed. "Come on...you've gotta admit...the white fluffy one is cute..."
"It looks like a cotton ball with a face."
"Oh..." Toaster seemed disappointed. "Come on Yellow Diamond! There has to be SOME animal on the TV box that you like..."
"Mmmph." The kitten sighed with boredom.
"What about the plant that ate the bug?"
"Grotesque!" The cat stuck out it's tongue!
Toaster stood up, and put her hands on her hips. "Hmph! Well! I think we're going to do something different today!" Toaster proceeded to turn of the television off.
"HEY! I was watching that!" The kitten crinkled her nose.
Toaster picked up the feline.
"Hey!" The Diamond was most unamused.
The Ruby exited the back door of the house, facing the woods.
"HEY! HEY! HEY!" The kitten found herself clinging to Toaster in suprise! Her sharp talons dug into the Ruby's shirt. "HEY! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?! HEY!" Yellow Diamond suddenly looked absolutely terrified!
Toaster piped up: "I'm going to show you the REAL outside! No more TV! Look! There's a bug!"
"I COMAND you to take me back inside the house! I don't want to be around all this DISGUSTING organic life!" The kitten looked about in a panic!
Instead of listening to her previous leader, Toaster began to lower the feline to the ground.
"AGGGGHHHHH! AGGGHHH! Don't put me down HERE! There's DIRT, and BUGS, and MUD!"
Toaster ignored the cries and placed the kitten on the ground. Yellow Diamond imediately shivered uncomfortably, puffed up, and froze on the spot. Absolutely terrified, the kitten refused to budge.
Toaster smiled! "See Yellow Diamond?! This isn't so bad! Look! Here comes a pillar!"
Sure enough, a massive green caterpillar was crawling quickly towards the cat. The Diamond glanced at the thing in horror.
The Ruby piped up: "Remembers!? A pillar eventually turns into an Orange Wing!"
"G-get that horrific thing away from me! AWAY!" Yellow Diamond began to hit one of her tiny paws against a leaf rapidly in hopes of scaring off the bug! The caterpillar stopped suddenly, and used its legs and mandibles to investigate the strange movement.
"FISSSS!" The kitten puffed up and hissed at the thing!
Rolling her eyes, Toaster picked up Yellow Diamond and began to wander even deeper into the forest. The leader's eye's dialated in fear as she witnessed the safe house disappearing into the distance.
"DIG! DIG! DIG A HOLE!"
While the Ruby could not understand the animals around her, Yellow Diamond was having absolutely no trouble eavesdropping on the wildlife's random banter.
What seemed like absolute beautiful bird noise to Toaster, sounded like annoying screaming to the Diamond. The leader was left disgusted! Such a din!
The Ruby looked down at the kitten as she crinkled her nose again. "What's wrong Yellow Diamond? Isn't it pretty?"
"HARDLY." The kitten was disgusted. "It seems that nearly every animal in the area simply wants to repeat their name over and over..."
"OH! That's right! You can understand animals! Quick! What is that one saying?!" Toaster pointed at a songbird singing a happy tune.
The kitten blushed horribly! "Erm...well...he's saying...uh...T-The entire thing is somewhat offensive..." The kitten stuck her head in the Ruby's arm- attempting to cover her ears. "Can we go home now? This is most unpleasant..."
Toaster seemed incredibly disappointed. She was hoping that Yellow Diamond may have found a friend with some of the local wildlife. She seemed so lonely and disappointed lately with the loss of the only other pet in the house- Chirp.
Toaster figured that perhaps domesticated animals were much better conversationalists than wild animals...
The next day, Toaster came home from the ASPCA carrying a mysterious box with holes.
"Hey! Hey! Yellow Diamond! I have a surprise for you!" Toaster yelled as the kitten came running!
"Fancy food?!" The leader seemed enthused!
"...even better! We ran out of cages at the ASPCA- so this mew is spending the night! Come on out Whiskers!" Toaster opened the temporary cage- a small kitten with one ear flopping over came out of the box cautiously. She glanced around the house, looking quite frightened.
Yellow Diamond was confused by this suprise. She glanced up at Toaster. "Why?"
"Now you can make a friend!"
"I don't need friends." The kitten answered stubbornly.
Whiskers mewed in distress. "Hungwy! Hungwy! Where's food?!"
"What is she saying Yellow Diamond?" The Ruby waited in anticipation!
"I think she wants something to eat."
Toaster nodded, before going into the kitchen to fix up some warm formula.
Whiskers stared at the Diamond, slightly nervous. She began to mew: "Hewwo other kit! I'm sowwy if I'm in your turf. Please don't hurt..." Whiskers proceeded to roll over, and show her soft underbelly to prove she wasn't a threat and could be trusted.
Admittedly, Yellow Diamond had never spoken to another kitten before, and was slightly confused by the gesture. "Why are you rolling over like that?"
"It's my tender side! See? You are the dominant kit here!"
Yellow Diamond suddenly looked proud of herself! Finally! Someone understood that she was regal and should be treated as such!
Whiskers began to roll from side to side on her back. "Hey! Hey! Wanna pway?"
"A Diamond does not "play". A Diamond commands."
Whiskers seemed slightly disappointed, as she rolled over, and stood up. For some reason, the kitten refused to stare directly into Yellow Diamond's eyes. She began to lick her paw, and clean her face.
"WHAT are you doing?"
"I'm taking a bath! Maw cat aways told me to keep my face cwean!" The kitten licked her paw wildly and rubbed it against her forehead. Whiskers came to a realization, and blushed horribly. "OH! I'm sorry new kit! I did not mean to be rude...you are my new fwend after all..."
To Yellow Diamond's complete horror, Whiskers put her paw around the Diamond's neck, and began to lick her forehead!
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING?! HISSS!" Yellow Diamond puffed up like a pine cone!
Whiskers looked upon the sight in horror. She rolled over on her back again to show she wasn't a threat. "I-I was cweaning your face!"
"No...you were LICKING my face! What is WRONG with you?!"
Whiskers seemed confused and hurt. "I-I-it's a sign of trust...to help a fwend gwoom..."
"You stay away from me! You hear?! What a revolting practice!"
It was at this point, Toaster entered the room with the formula. To her disappointment, Yellow Diamond was growling at Whiskers- who had her tail between her legs, and was balled up with absolute fear.
"YELLOW DIAMOND! Why are you bullying Whiskers?!"
"SHE started it! She was licking my forehead with her TONGUE! It was DISGUSTING!"
Toaster put her hands on her hips. "Yellow...that gesture means that the kitten wants to be your FRIEND!"
"I don't CARE! It was GROSS!"
Toaster sighed, before picking up Whiskers and attempting to comfort her. "There, there Whiskers...it's ok..."
The new kitten let out a small terrified "MEW!", before the Ruby guided her to the formula.
it seemed, finding Yellow Diamond an animal friend was going to be much more difficult than expected...
The next day, Toaster put the stubborn kitten in her carrier, and brought her to the pet store.
"Here we go Yellow Diamond! This place is FILLED with potential friends!"
The cat sighed. "You're just...not going to give up on this...are you Ruby?"
"NOPE!" The red Gem shook her head enthusiastically! "Come on! I'll show you the Pair-of-keys!"
All of the parakeets were squawking and gossiping...that is, until Toaster held the kitten cage up to the birds.
The lot of them suddenly fell silent. There was a CAT in their midst! The birds froze in terror- trying their best to seem uninteresting to the feline.
Toaster piped up: "Well? Go ahead! Start up a conversation!"
"Erm...okay...uh...my name is Yellow Diamond...and...uh...I used to have a parakeet friend...just like you guys!
The flock rebutted:
"I bet you ATE them!"
"YEAH!"
"Stupid cat! Get away from the cage!"
Toaster was unsure what was being said, but by the looks of the kitten's face, the conversation wasn't going well AT ALL.
"R-Ruby...I want to go home...I-this is not working out. Please stop forcing me to find another animal friend. No one can replace Chirp..." The kitten began to cry.
Feeling incredibly guilty, Toaster nodded, and left the pet store.
Upon returning home, Yellow Diamond sat in the corner, head drooped in disappointment. The kitten couldn't help feeling incredibly alone.
Toaster felt awful. She approached the sad cat, and decided to cheer her up.
"Hey...hey...Yellow Diamond?"
"WHAT?!" The kitten's voice raised and ears dropped in irritation.
"I have lots of snacks! What do 'ya say we finish that aminal show?"
There was a pregnant pause.
"What kind of snacks?"
"Candy, and popped corn, and cheeses!" Toaster smiled enthusiastically!
Another pause... "Alright...but I get to choose the cheese!" The kitten turned her head in the most dramatic way.
The duo spent the remainder of the night snacking, and watching the strange wildlife of Earth from the safety of their couch.