The war was over. Homeworld had pulled its troops out before sending out a devastating final blow. No matter how hard she closed her eyes, she could not wipe her memory clear of the atrocity that she'd witnessed. Upon leaving Earth, Homeworld sent out a disastrous energy beam that engulfed the entire planet.
Gems who were unable to find shelter behind Rose's shield were left disfigured, corrupted by Homeworld's detrimental emission. Friends, foes ... none made it through the radiation unscathed. Garnet could only watch in horror as their bodies contorted in the light. They were virtually unrecognizable, having a limited to non-existent memory of who they once were.
Many became creatures of perpetual hostility, regardless of their given dispositions and their loyalties during the war. If they were not lashing out at the three of them when they perceived their presence as an intrusion of their territory, they frequently obliterated the settlements housing the humans.
To prevent injuries or the loss of innocent, not to mention brief, lives- the three of them had taken it upon themselves to protect the native life on Earth from corrupted gems. Not once, no matter how hard Rose tried to reach out to their comrades, their dearest friends, was she able to stir memories of their former lives. In the end there was no alternative to quell the creatures than to cause enough bodily harm to prompt their retreat into their gems.
Despite their incredible healing abilities, Rose's tears proved no match for the damage done to the gems left on Earth. Garnet had been there when Rose tried to heal the first five gems they'd gathered.
As usual, Pearl sat closest to Rose along the rim of her fountain. Rose let four of the gems sit on the ruffles of her dress as she cradled the fifth between her palms.
Her eyes began to well with tears, the corner of her lips turning downwards as she looked over the gem in her hands. From a visual standpoint, there was positively nothing wrong with the gem. There were no cracks, no scratches, nothing was shattered and no fragments were missing...
When the first tear fell onto the gem it produced no change. Each tear that dripped from Rose's eyes seemed ineffective.
Pearl released a soft sigh, bringing a hand to her mouth as tears began to slip down her cheeks. Rose carefully cradled the fifth gem in her hands and she adjusted herself on the edge of the fountain, lowering her hands down into the cool water. Nothing. Gently she lay the gem down on the bottom of the fountain's basin, hoping that perhaps longer exposure could eradicate the gem's corruption.
After a certain point, Garnet couldn't help but ponder just how long the three of them had been sitting there, staring into the herbal waters at the gem shimmering beneath the surface. Each time she pried her eyes away from the fountain to look at her companions, she was disheartened to see their expressions gradually losing hope. Since the last time she'd looked at Rose, the Quartz warrior's eyes had shut, her head hung forward in defeat. Silently accepting that it would be no easy task to rehabilitate the corrupted gems.
Her eyes shifted over to Pearl, noting the way that the slender gem's entire mouth was covered by the palm of one hand. One finger was draped over her nose, keeping her hand pressed firmly to her lips. Her narrow shoulders were trembling and her lap was dappled with fallen teardrops.
Slowly her gaze lowered down to the bottom of the fountain once again. Garnet recalled that Matrix Opal, albeit a gem she hadn't known as well as other members of the Crystal Gems, had been a dedicated fighter. They had come across her as she stumbled through a field. Her physical form had succumbed to the radiation; her body resembling that of an equine possessing twice the amount of legs. In the center of her face was a single eye of considerable size.
She didn't deserve this fate. Nor did the gems who had stood by Homeworld. If irreparable, they would remain this way until the day their gems were shattered.
Garnet slowly reached down into the calming waters of Rose's fountain, carefully scooping Matrix's gem up in her hands. She closed her eyes and encased the gem in a tyrian bubble. "We need a place for them..." she said quietly.
Rose's eyes opened but her gaze was unfocused, her lips pursing in thought. "Send them to the burning room, please. They'll be safe there inside of these bubbles."
Some time had passed since they'd uncovered just how ingrained the damage was to the corrupted gems they had recovered. Garnet's chest still felt heavy every time her mind wandered back to thoughts of them. She tried her best to brush off the sinking sensation in the pit of her stomach, using up as much time as she could to assist Rose and Pearl in scouring the battlefields for shattered gems.
She raised her hand and brushed some of her voluminous curls back away from her face as knelt in the strawberry fields. For the last five days, the three of them had been working tirelessly to collect the fragments strewn across the vast, seemingly endless fields. They'd gathered shards of every shape, size, and hue.
While Rose and Garnet spent their time plucking fragments, Pearl sat surrounded by several mounting piles. Each new fragment they placed before her was carefully analyzed under her visual scrutiny, and then sorted into sub-category piles based on their color and clarity.
Carefully Garnet plucked up a shimmering maroon shard, holding it in her left palm. It was unnervingly identical to the color of Ruby's gem... perhaps a Ruby had been shattered here, they weren't considered particularly valuable in the eyes of the Diamonds.
She released a soft sigh and closed her fingers around the fragment. They'd been at it too long, her eyes ached and her brain felt as if it were throbbing in her skull. Mindful of her fatigued body, Garnet rose up off of her knees and she strolled over to Rose. She passed by Pearl, the slender gem cradleing her face in one palm while continuing to sort the shards around her.
Upon her approach, Rose seemed to sense her presence and she looked over her shoulder at the gem, giving her a soft smile. "Hey," she greeted.
"Hey, Rose," Garnet replied. The corners of her lips quirked upwards a tad, there was always something about talking to Rose that lifted one's spirit. It had kept their hopes from extinguishing throughout the duration of the war.
"Are you feeling alright?"
Before Garnet could reply, she was being swept up into a hug. Being engulfed in Rose's hugs was one of few things that could genuinely get her muscles to relax. She wrapped her own arms around Rose's waist, her face resting against the other gem's body just below her collarbones.
"We can stop for now," Rose whispered softly into Garnet's curls. "We're about due for a break. Go on ahead to the warp pad, I'll collect Pearl and we'll meet up with you."
The fusion was reluctant to pull away, but she untangled her arms from around Rose nonetheless. Languidly she headed towards the warp pad, passing through the recovering rows of strawberries. Some of the forbs had not survived the sustained damage they'd endured. There were still weapons lodged in some of them.
She placed one foot on the surface of the warp pad, stepping up onto the platform. Garnet crossed her arms over her midsection, waiting patiently for the other two to join her. The first of which to do so was Pearl, her eyes bleary and her expression engulfed by desolation.
As she approached the pad, Garnet extended a hand out to the petite gem to help her up. Sky-blue eyes flickered up to meet hers, a weary smile tugging at the corners of Pearl's lips. "Thank you, Garnet," she spoke softly. She took Garnet's hand in her own, squeezing gently whilst pulling herself up onto the platform besides the fusion. She didn't release Garnet's hand from her grasp, her fingers weaving between the amalgam's.
Garnet peeked down at Pearl, silently observing the smaller gem. The sparkle in her eyes were dimmed and she looked exhausted, there a few tufts of azalea pink hair were sticking up in her usually tame tresses. She squeezed her companion's hand tenderly, earning a brief flicker of Pearl's attention before she looked back out at the field in anticipation for Rose.
Once Rose accompanied them, the three of them were absorbed in the bright light of the warp stream. Pearl released Garnet's hand and moved closer to Rose, grasping their leader's arm in search for security and stability. She often, both physically and emotionally, latched onto Rose when distressed or in search of reassurance. Rose never seemed to mind, she usually brought a hand up to stroke Pearl's cheek, sweetly providing all the reassurance and praise the fair gem frequently sought out.
Their feet came to rest upon the warp pad that lay at the base of a beachside cliff. Before the war had fully begun, when the resistance consisted solely of Rose Quartz and her loyal Pearl, this had become the Crystal Gem's garrison. Embedded into the cliffside was the portal door leading inside the Crystal Temple, within the temple lay a vast network of rooms uniquely constructed to suit the taste of those who inhabited them.
Pearl was the first to step down from the platform, her fingers gliding down along Rose's arm as she released her from her hold. She gave their leader's hand a light squeeze before continuing on towards the temple door. Upon the door was a straight row of four colorful beacons which, when illuminated, indicated which room was being accessed from either side of the portal. A bright teal light radiated from the beacon second from the right, and Pearl slipped into the confines of her own room.
Rose and Garnet dismounted from pedestal, the blush gem continued on in the moonlight towards the core of the temple. Instead of disappearing into her room, Garnet strode towards the beach, her feet leaving two very different prints in the sand; one foot leaving a perfect imprint of its shape while its twin's print was masked by the sole of her boot.
The amalgam reached the shoreline and she settled down onto the damp sand. From the first time she' seen the ocean, she had been mesmerized by its beauty and the overwhelming sensation of relaxation it brought her with each soft crash of the waves. She released a sigh, not bothering to question the hand that came to rest upon her shoulders and the fabric that bunched against her back.
"I thought you were going to your room, Rose," she said softly, craning her neck in order to look up at the Quartz gem.
Rose's lips curled into a fond smile when their eyes met. "I was, but I thought perhaps you would like some company." She released Garnet's shoulders in order to seat herself down besides her.
"I suppose company would be nice," she replied turning her head to better look at Rose. The larger gem sat in a side-sitting position, one hand placed in the sand, the tips of her fingers nearly touching Garnet's thigh.
"I knew you were there, watching us," she spoke suddenly. Garnet was taken aback, unsure of what the other gem was trying to address. Watching them?
"Did it turn you on, Garnet? Had you ever seen anything like that before?"
There was no hiding the flush of color that spread across Garnet's face. All three eyes had widened and her mouth was partially opened. She hadn't realized that her presence had been detected. Had Pearl known as well? Why hadn't they stopped if they'd been aware she was watching.
Rose brought her free hand up to her face, cupping her cheek and attempting to draw her in closer. She met the Quartz gem's eyes with her own, searching them nervously. "I... it did, I didn't mean to watch."
About to continue into a frenzy of apologies, she was silenced when Rose sealed their lips together. Her spine stiffened at the initial contact, entirely overwhelmed by the thoughts that began to swirl around inside of her mind. An innumerable flood of possibilities flashed in her mind's eye, she struggled to process any of the vivid images that were flashing wildly in her head.
It was only when Rose lay her onto her back against the sand that she broke free of her thoughts; her hands grasping Rose's arms lightly. "Rose... what are you doing?" Her voice was hushed as if they were not the only ones on the beach.
"I would like to share this with you, if you'd like to experience it, Garnet." Despite the deep color of Rose's eyes, they sparkled brightly in the darkness around them. She couldn't tear her eyes away from Rose's and her limbs trembled as she tried to bring the gem closer to her.
"Rose..."
Once again their lips met and Garnet wrapped an arm around Rose's neck, bringing the rogue Quartz down on top of her, the larger gem's ample breasts pressing up against her own. She was vaguely aware of one of Rose's hands languidly running up and down her leg, but her focus was primarily concentrated upon the feeling of her partner's lips.
Rose parted her lips slowly, the tip of her warm tongue slipping between them and brushing over Garnet's plush lips. Growing eager, Garnet let her own tongue slide between her own lips, swiping it slowly over Rose's. She was praised with a soft chuckle before Rose pushed her tongue into Garnet's mouth, pressing her lips against the smaller gem's more firmly.
The hand that had been gliding along Garnet's thigh made it's way to her groin, delicate fingers pressing against her heat. She whimpered against Rose's lips, pushing her hips up against the other gem's hand. Garnet pulled herself back enough that she freed her kiss swollen lips. "Rose, please," she begged.
"Please what?" the older gem teased.
Garnet cleared her throat and wet her lips, her eyes averted away from Rose's gaze; "I want you to show me. To... touch me."
Rose placed both hands in the sand, pushing herself up a little. "You'll need to remove your clothing first, then," she said, her dress dematerializing before their very eyes. Garnet's cheeks burned darkly, her eyes hungrily taking in the gem's beauty. Her lovely curves suiting her perfectly.
Lightly Rose tugged at a section of Garnet's flared top, her lips curled in a seductive smile. "You know how to phase your clothing away, don't you?"
"Y-yes, I do," she replied hurriedly, turning her head to the side to hide the blush that spread across her face. She concentrated on her physical form, dissolving the fabric until she, too, was completely exposed.
Rose's eyes lit up and she cooed softly, "You're beautiful, Garnet." She leaned down and pressed a series of kisses to the fusion's neck, eliciting a soft moan from Garnet's lips. With each kiss she edged her way down Garnet's neck and past her collarbones, coming to her breasts. Rose settled down atop of the amalgam once again, freeing up her hands to cup the gem's breasts.
Garnet peeked an eye open, watching with the utmost interest as Rose fondled her. Occasionally Rose's eyes would flickered up to meet hers, and Garnet would shut her eyes tightly once again. Rose's hands were incredibly soft and she was wonderfully gentle with her, brushing her thumbs over her hardening nipples.
"Rose..." she murmured, her chest slightly heaving. Onyx eyes met her gaze, a smile playing across Rose's lips. She parted her lips, her tongue extending past their swell while her head lowered towards Garnet's left breast. The gem's hot tongue slipped over the nipple slowly, swirling around the bud until Rose closed her lips around it.
The two-toned gem shuddered, squirming slightly beneath her companion. She brought her hands up to Rose's hair, clutching loosely onto the gem's wide curls. Rose sucked softly upon her nipple, the hand still fondling Garnet's breast mimicked the motion as she tugged on the other one eagerly. Each gentle tug of the swollen buds had the smaller of the two attempting to stifle her cries of pleasure.
"Don't hold back, Garnet," the Quartz purred after pulling her mouth back. Rose was determined, her lips once again pressing against Garnet's exposed body, trailing down her slender waist on towards her wide hips. She cupped Garnet's legs just above the back of her knees, coaxing them to spread inch by inch.
Garnet's bulge, no longer restrained by the gem's beautifully thick thighs, slithered up towards Rose's breasts. Shyly she traced the tip over one of Rose's pastel pink nipples, a faint trail of its amaranth juices staining the flawless skin. Rose cooed softly, her eyes flickering up to meet Garnet's.
"Getting excited?" asked Rose, lowering herself onto the sand. Carefully she wrapped her hand around Garnet's eager member, slowly stroking from base to tip and back down.
Garnet tightened her grip on Rose's hair and she parted her legs a little wider in an attempt to make more space available. Her chest heaved with each breath and she whimpered softly. With each stroke of Rose's hand, her bulge wept more of its tyrian secretions.
With her eyes firmly closed, she was taken by surprise when Rose's hot mouth wrapped around her length. She could hardly silence herself, the series of captivated cries continuing to slip through her parted lips. "R-Rose..." she hissed, her hips attempting to buck up deeper into her friend's mouth.
The Quartz gem hummed beguilingly around the eager member, her hands resting on Garnet's hips and keeping them settled in the sand as she bobbed her head up and down. Her pace was slow, her tongue gliding along the underside of the slighter gem's length. The fusion beneath her could barely sit still, her chest was heaving and she draped one of her arms over her face to try and hide the deep flare of color coating her cheeks.
Rose continued to bob her head up and down, sucking with skilled expertise. A sloppy, wet noise came from her mouth as she continued, some of her saliva running down along the base of Garnet's length. The bulge between her lips began to throb, growing thicker and spreading her mouth open wider. She reluctantly pulled her lips back, licking them sensually as she directed her attention towards Garnet.
"You're quite worked up," she taunted with a grin. "Would you like to get to the main attraction?"
Slowly Garnet nodded, her legs spreading further apart as she beckoned for the larger gem to come closer. Rose adjusted herself between Garnet's shapely legs, her hands lifting the gem's hips up towards hers. Her curious rogue bulge slithered forward, brushing up against Garnet's mulberry tentacle.
She inhaled sharply and her toes curled until they began to cramp. Garnet wrapped her length around Rose's in search of more friction, trying to guide the tip towards her soaking entrance. Instead of prolonging their intimacy by continuing to tease the smaller gem, Rose allowed her tentacle to be guided by her companion.
Carefully Garnet edged the tip inside of her, her toes curling and her legs trembling faintly. Rose's girth was thicker than her own, not incredibly so but enough for her to notice. As she eased her friend deeper inside her, she could feel her nook stretching to fit the pleasantly wide bulge inside.
Rose leaned down and began to press a series of kisses to Garnet's face as she nudged her hips forward against hers, pushing her tentabulge deeper into the fusion's tight heat. Her hips rocked back and forth slowly to prevent Garnet from experiencing any pain or discomfort.
"H-hah... Rose, you're so thick..." Garnet's mouth was dry, her voice cracking ever so slightly. She wrapped one arm around Rose's neck, pulling herself up against the other gem.
A soft laugh fluttered past Rose's full lip. "How are you feeling?" she asked, languidly rocking her hips upwards.
All three eyes opened, half-lidded and glazed over with lust. Garnet hips bucked back against the larger gems, her breasts jiggling with each thrust. The sight only further excited the pink Quartz warrior. "It's wonderful," she managed around her labored breathing. "I want more. Please, Rose..."
Happy to oblige, the beautifully plump gem held onto the amalgam's hips as she thrust deep inside of her. Garnet began to moan louder, her cheeks burning a deep shade of burgundy and her eyes struggling to remain open.
Rose snapped her hips forward harder, earning a cry of pleasure from her partner. She increased her pace and enjoyed the way Garnet's eyes began to roll into the back of her head. Seeing her friend in such a state, after the hardships they'd endured, brought her a sense of bliss.
As Rose pounded deep into her heat, Garnet's own bulge began to curl around itself in self-stimulation. Tyrian juices wept from the prehensile organ, staining Garnet's lower abdomen and the upper corners of her thighs. A tight heat was building within her, her breath reduced to desperate gasps.
"I'm so close, please," she begged, her arms tightening around Rose's neck. "Harder, faster, more!"
"Of course," Rose purred. She released her inhibitions, thrusting into Garnet wildly as the smaller gem braced herself. The arms wrapped around her neck brought her even closer until their cheeks were touching, the warmth of Garnet's breath hitting her luxurious pink curls. She was whispering her name, chanting it into her ear.
Her head suddenly jerked back, her eyes screwing shut tightly while her body violently shuddered. Garnet's bulge stiffened and a splash of semi-translucent amaranth juices sprayed across her stomach.
Rose bit down on her bottom lip, thrusting up into Garnet one final time. Her bulge quivered deep inside of her friend's warmth, throbbing and swelling as her hot cum poured out in heavy streams.
The two of them remained fairly still as they came down from their orgasms. Garnet leaned in towards Rose, resting her face against the gem's upper chest, still panting heavily. Her legs trembled as the shocks of pleasure continued to surge through her body from head to toe.
"You were incredible," Rose murmured softly. She earned herself a soft laugh from the fusion collapsed against her.
There was no separating them at this point, until Rose's swelling decreased they would be unable to disentangle themselves without injuring Garnet. She was quickly finding out how vulnerable of a feeling it was, not that she particularly cared.