WARNING: This chapter is a tad bit graphic, you know Bill Cipher, so beware! I also have at least 5 more chapters planned out, so no one freak out! Thanks for all the follows and favorites, and if this is your first time reading, make sure you follow, favorite, and/or review! It really helps me out a lot and motivates me to write more! Thanks guys and enjoy! Mwahahaha!
A Puppet for a rose: Part One
There must be something wrong with the warp pad, because this was definitely not the place that Pearl had wanted to go; Pearl had wanted to go to the Flower Meadow to follow up on a lead she had that a corrupted gem was roaming around, destroying the heart shaped flowers. Even though Steven was allergic to the flowers, she couldn't just let a corrupted gem wreak havoc on them. Pearl was a responsible gem, and was more than capable of handling this issue by herself.
After admitting to Steven that she thought Rose could see her through his eyes, she needed some time alone to collect her thoughts and compose herself. She couldn't break down in front of Steven again, he needed her to be strong and protect him. How could she protect him if she had a meltdown down every time Rose was even mentioned? So she told Garnet that she would take care of problem, and the stoic gem let her go without comment.
Pearl had willed the warp pad to take her to the Flower Meadow, but instead it had taken her to the forest. Pearl didn't even know that there was a warp pad here. Sighing, she focused on her destination once more, but nothing. Perplexed, the gem decided that she would go home and report the fault to Garnet, she would know what to do. However, the warp pad wouldn't teleport her back home. In fact, it wouldn't teleport her anywhere.
Panicking slightly, she took staggered steps off the apparatus and examined it. There were no cracks or impurities in the teleportation device, so why wasn't it working? A chilling laugh answered her unasked question. She quickly turned around in a defensive position and summoned her weapon. "Who's there? Show yourself!" she shouted, ready to fight. She heard another shrill laugh from behind her and turned around to face her foe.
For a moment, it was completely silent. Then the breeze picked up into a strong wind, which then turned into a churning tornado, lifting up branches and tiny animals and tossing them about. Thunder crackled in the sky and the ground shook. Pearl, nervous but standing her ground, whipped her head towards the sky as a flash of light took hold into a shape. A triangle. The outline was encased in flames, and the center of the shape displayed outer space… wait, Pearl knew those constellations anywhere! That was her star system, that was Homeworld! What was going on?
With another flash, the image inside the triangle changed rapidly, from Steven's sad expression to Rose's solemn one to Greg laughing and to Amethyst smirking and so on, until everyone Pearl had ever known was shown to her in the span of ten seconds. While this was going on the flames had disappeared, and a pair of eyes had appeared on the triangle, as well as a bowtie. Above the top corner was a top hat that was hovering, and a pair of arms and legs had appeared on the sides and bottom the the shape.
Pearl took a step back, a little flustered as she tried to clear her head of all images she had just witnessed. The triangle finally turned a yellow color and floated down in front of her. "WELL, WELL, WELL. PEARL, I'VE BEEN DYING TO MEET YOU! WELL, I HAVEN'T BEEN DYING, BUT OTHER PEOPLE HAVE! HUMANS DIE ALL THE TIME! THEY ARE SO FRAGILE, LOOK AT THIS!" the triangle exclaimed in a shrill voice, producing a human baby which he promptly removed all of the bones out of.
"Ahh!" Pearl gasped and stumbled backwards, disgusted and horrified. "HERE, YOU CAN HAVE IT AS A GIFT, I INSIST!" it said, tossing the lifeless body at her. She leaped out of the way and shouted at him, "What is wrong with you? Who are you, what are you?" "THE NAME'S BILL, BILL CIPHER, PLEASED TO MEET YOU! AS FOR WHAT I AM, WHAT AREN'T I? DEFINITELY NOT THAT BABY, THAT'S FOR SURE!" Bill told her, moving closer to the gem, whose weapon was pointed at the triangle. "BUT PEARL," he continued, "YOU ARE SOMETHING SPECIAL! I MEAN, NOT THAT SPECIAL, YOU'RE MASS PRODUCED, BUT YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT NONE OTHERS LIKE YOU HAVE; SPUNK, AND I LIKE SPUNK! I WANNA MAKE A DEAL WITH YOU!" "A deal, I would never, ever work with something like you! You're crazy! Why would I ever make a deal with you? You haven't even told me what you are!" she gestured towards him with her spear and a repulsed expression on her face. "OK FINE YOU GOT ME! I'M A DREAM DEMON, AND MAKING DEALS IS MY FORTÉ! BUT ENOUGH QUESTIONS, AND SAVE YOUR DISGUST FOR LATER, YOU'LL NEED IT! LET'S TALK ABOUT ROSE QUARTZ."
BTW, Bill Cipher's entrance in this story is very dramatic because he wants to impress dear Pearl. :) He shows her the Homeworld star system just to show her what he's capable of, hehe… Did everyone like this chapter? Excited for the next?