'Soon, Rose Quartz. Soon, I will end your pathetic existence.'
LITTLE YELLOW MIRACLE
13 years later
"Peridoooot!" a young girl in yellow yelled as she raced up the stairs of her moon base.
'Where is she?'she thought as she poked her head up into her observation deck/bedroom.
Still no sign of her green guardian. Although, Pearl was there cleaning up.
The girl grinned a mischievous grin and began to sneak up behind Pearl. But just as she was about to pounce on her, the yellow gem giggled. Then she spoke.
"Hello, Connie."
"Awww. Pearl! How do you always do that?" Connie pouted as she gave the Gem a hug.
"Well, it's easy to hear you coming with those big, Diamond sized feet of yours." Pearl joked lifting Connie into the air holding her at arm's length.
"Pearllll." Connie groaned rolling her eyes and crossing her arms, her cherry red glasses slipping down the bridge of her nose.
This only made Pearl laugh.
"Ah. Anyway did you need something, my little Diamond?"
"Yes, actually. I've been looking for Peridot? Have you seen her? She didn't go with Jasper down to Earth, did she?"
"Oh no. You know Jasper prefers to go down to Earth alone," Pearl said setting Connie down,"As for Peri, she's probably tinkering away in her little lab on the ship." She said turning her attention back to the scattered clothing and toys on the floor.
"Great! Thanks Pearl!" Connie said. The she gave the Gem another hug and a quick peck on the cheek before heading towards the stairs.
"Anything for my LITTLE Diamond." The former servant replied teasingly.
"I asked you to stop calling me that." Connie sighed.
"And when it stops being accurate, I will." The gem said instantly.
Rolling her eyes, Connie headed back down the stairs, but not before taking a quick look the Earth.
It was something she did often. Looking at the Earth. She had always wanted to visit. But the gems adamantly refused to let her go to Earth. As disheartening as it was, she couldn't give up. Maybe if she was good and asked enough they would take her into the atmosphere so she could at least get a closer look.
With that thought in mind, the girl tapped the small diamond insignia at the center of her black and yellow space suit, causing a translucent yellow helmet to form around her yellow tipped obsidian locks. She hopped down the stairs towards the entrance of the base. Just before she left, she stopped on one of the many floors of the base, her makeshift kitchen, where she grabbed a pack of marshmallows and then hopped down the remaining stairs. Once at the bottom, she headed for the door. She touched her hand to panel besides the airlock, opening the Diamond sized door. The air began to rush out of the base so she quickly stepped outside and slammed her palm onto a panel on the outside of the base which shut the door. With a relieved sigh, Connie began the short trek across the moon.
Connie had always liked walking from the base to the ship. The giant hand ship always left her a bit mesmerized. And she got the best view of Earth. She used to jump around like the astronauts she saw on television, but in exchange for being allowed to make the trek from the base to the ship alone, she had to let Peridot and Pearl make adjustments to all of her clothing. Now, not only did everything she wore have a space travel feature, whether it be just a helmet or a full suit, but each of them also helped her body "adjust to the gravity of any planetoid" as Peridot put it.
Unfortunately for Connie the walk only ever lasted so long.
Once she reached the gem ship, Connie touched her glove's palm to one of the side panels. The effect was almost instant. The panel glowed and Connie was surrounded by the familiar interior of a robonoid pod. The robonoid pod carried her to the palm of the ship before phasing through the center and collapsing in on itself leaving Connie the in the main hall of the hand ship.
Connie clicked the button on her suit, dispelling her helmet and letting her locks flow free. She then ripped open her pack of marshmallows and popped one in her mouth as she began to skillfully navigate her way through the ship. When she was really little, she used to be lost all the time and Pearl had to track her down. When Pearl eventually found her, Connie would always rush into her arms with tears in her eyes, and Pearl would sing to her to make her feel better.
Connie smiled at the memories. She really was helpless when she was younger. Now she could navigate her way through the ship on muscle memory alone.
And so she did, idly munching on marshmallows and humming one of lullabies Pearl would sing to her.
She finished said lullaby just as she reached the door to Peri's Lab.
She reached forward and pressed her palm to the panel on the side of the door. The door opened. Inside, Connie found an odd, but all too familiar scene.
There was Peridot balanced on her head on top of her desk, all limb enhancers detached save for her left arm which she was using to... watch TV?
Wait. Connie recognized that theme!
"Peridot!"She gasped,"You're watching Camp Pining Hearts without me!"
"Wha-" was all Peridot managed to get out before she fell over with a thud.
"Uuuugh."
Connie giggled and hopped into Peri's desk chair spinning around,"Serves you right." She set her marshmallows down next to Peri's monitor.
"C-Connie! How long have you been their?"
"How long have YOU been watching our favorite show without me?" Connie said, raising a brow.
"Okay, Okay. I'm sorry," Peri said standing up and switching spots with Connie,"So what's up?"
"Oh nothing much, just coming to ask you a question."
"Really? Okay what is it?" Peridot asked.
"So, I was wondering,"Connie started while tinkering with one of Peridot's Robonoids, "if I could go on the next scouting mission to Earth?"
"Oh... yeeeeaah. Nope."
"Aw, cmon. You didn't even think about it."
"Sure I did. The last time you asked me."Peridot said in a mocking tone.
"Peridot!"Connie screamed balling up her fist. She hated it when the Gems didn't take this seriously. Peridot KNEW how much she wanted to go to Earth.
"Sorry! Sorry, I didn't mean for it to come out like that," Peridot apologized holding up her hands in surrender, which looked strange since on of those hands was covered by a limb enhancer,"Look Connie. I know how much you want to go to Earth. And I know you want to visit your dad. But there are things on Earth that you need to be older to deal with."
"You keep saying that, but you won't tell me what it is that I need to be older to understand."
"I know. And I get it it's not fair to keep you in the dark. But I just need you to trust us on this one."
Connie sighed. She could never stay mad at Peridot for long. Or any of the gems really. She just wished she knew why she wasn't allowed to visit Earth.
"...okay."
"Thank You."
A loud beep came from a holographic screen on Peridots work station. Taking a quick look Peri saw that it was a message from Jasper.
'I got him. I'm headed
back.'
Peridot's eyes widened behind the visor. Her expression changed when she felt a tug on her limb enhanced arm, reminding her that Connie was still in the room. She quickly deleted the message before turning her attetion back to the hybrid.
"Hey. Jasper says she's gonna be back with pizza soon. Why don't you go wait for her at the base."
"... is it Pineapple pizza?" Connie asked hopefully with a small smile. She had all but forgotten about going to Earth.
"I'm no sapphire, so guess there is only one way to find out." Peri replied while poking Connie in the nose.
Connie's smile widened. "Okay. You're gonna come eat with us right?"
"Hmm," Peridot said pretending to think,"I don't see why not."
"Awesome. I'll see you in a bit!" Connie said before tapping the button on her suit, activating her helmet and rushing off to wait.
In the main hall of the hand ship a Robonoid pod collapsed in on itself revealing Jasper who was holding a certain unconscious hybrid.
"Jasper." Peridot greeted, limb enhancers attached, as she rounded the corner. Looking at the unconscious boy in Jasper's hand she smiled. "Nice work"
"Meh. It was a piece of cake, Boss. Those Crystal Clods let the little runt run around the city unsupervised all day long. Wasn't hard to catch the kid alone." Jasper said with a grin.
Peridot snickered,"I don't doubt it. Now, let's take him to the prison bay. Pearl should be waiting for us at the special cell by now." Peridot said.
"Yeah, yeah," Jasper said and began to follow Peri,"When are those clods even gonna get here?"
"Assuming that their fusion is able to discern his whereabouts, the Crystal Gems should be here in approximately 2-3 days."
"I thought they'd get here sooner,"Jasper said with a sigh,"That means we have to take care of the runt until then."
"The fusion works worse under stress."
"Ugh. I still can't believe you think we need THEIR help with the Cluster."
"We don't." Peridot said sharply."But it will be finished much faster if we DO have their help."
"Why does it matter?"
"Because every moment we spend trying to build a damn containment field that big on own is another moment that Connie loses. And it's not like we can go and ask Homeworld for help."
That threw Jasper for a loop."Jeez, I never thought about it like that... But still do you really think this is the best idea?"
"What do you mean?" she asked as the two reached the prison bay.
"Well, I mean... what would you do if the Crystal Gems kidnapped CONNIE?"
Peri stopped in front of one of the cells as her thoughts took a dark turn.
"Exactly. That's what's gonna happen to us... I-I could take him back... they'd never know."
Peridot frowned."No. No, I've studied the Crystal Gems for countless years. They know when to be brutes and when to control themselves. Everything will be fine." Peri said and continued towards the special cell.
"Okay..." Jasper said nervously as she followed once again.
When they reached the special cell, Pearl was waiting for them just like Peridot said. She was reading a book, a hobby she had picked up over the years. They both greeted her.
"Hello, Pearl."
"Sup, Lemonhead."
Pearl smiled at the nickname, but kept reading for a moment before she folded a corner to save her page and greeted the two.
"Hello, Peri." Pearl said with a smile and a nod. Then she smirk and turned to Jasper.
"Brute." She said with her arms crossed.
Jasper stuck out her tongue, which was promptly caught between a skinny index finger and thumb.
Jasper blushed and close her mouth with Pearl smirking all the while. Then, she placed a kiss on the orange gems lips before turning her attention to their prisoner.
"So this is him?" She asked.
"He wouldn't be here if he wasn't" Peridot said with a smile.
"Easy," Pearl said, "Now, you sure this new containment field will hold him?"
"Yes. I tinkered with it. Now it gives off a small electric shock."
"Small?" Pearl asked, doubt heavy in her voice.
"Yes small just like we agreed on."
"Good."
"Speaking of small. Connie is probably waiting for us at the base. Oh and Jas I need you to head back to Earth. I told Connie you brought pizza. Make sure it's pineapple."
"Sure thing, Boss."
"Alright, then. Let's not keep her waiting." Pearl said taking the boy from Jasper's arms and placing him down in the cage. Turning, she grabbed Jasper's hand and the two headed off.
Peridot quickly activated the field before hurrying after her friends.
One of the few perks of being treated like a kid was that nobody really notices how much you pay attention.
When Peridot got the message from Jasper about the 'pizza', she didn't even realize that Connie had seen exactly what the message really said.
'I got him. I'm headed back.'
Him? Who was 'him'? Was it her dad? Were the gems bringing him here for a surprise visit? Probably not. They liked to save that for her birthday. Was it a bad guy, like the ones that Jasper caught? These thoughts bounced around in Connie's thoughts as she set the table in the bases 'dining room', which was really just one of the many unused floors that the gems had converted to suit Connie's needs.
Whatever the case was, the gems didn't want her to know about it. Peridot proved that when she lied about the message. That would almost hurt if it didn't happen everyday. Plus, she knew the gems did it to protect her, so it didn't bother her.
But what did bother her, was what they were trying to protect her from.
"Curiosity killed the cat, Connie." Connie said to herself in a stoic tone
"Yes, but satisfaction brought him back." She countered in her normal voice.
"True. Wise words to live by Connie. Wise words indeed."She replied stoic tone returning.
Then she started to laugh at how silly she was being. Then sighed.
"Yeaaah. I really need to stop talking to myself."
She finished setting the table before the gems got back. So she decided to tear into her collection of the No Home Boys. She managed to finish one book and get halfway through another before the gems finally got back to the base a couple of hours later.
She heard the sound of the air lock opening and closing, so she raced down to the entrance to greet her guardians, only to be scooped up by one massive orange hand.
"Whoa there, space princess. What's the rush" Jasper asked with a grin lifting Connie by the back of her suit so that they were eye level and holding what Connie assumed was an extra large pineapple pizza from Fish Stew Pizza in her other hand.
'It better be pineapple' Connie thought to herself.
"You and I have very, very different definitions of 'soon'." Connie said with a grin.
I think I nailed it. XD
Just so you have a better idea of what Connie looks like in this fic here is the a link to the pictures that inspired this fic. post/114256854282/au-where-almost-everything-is-the-same-except The only difference is that her Diamond is actually shaped like Yellow Diamond's is in the show. And her hair has yellow tips. They look dyed but they are actually natural because Yellow is her mother. This chapter she is wearing the outfit on the right. Anyway I hope you enjoyed. Feel free to comment and ask questions because it fuels my existence.
Next Chapter - Sept 26
Cya.
