Chapter 3: Meeting Purple Sapphire (and Purple Pearl)

The door lit up as the intercom system sprang to life. A hologram of a very fancy pearl appeared in front of Periwinkle. She jumped, squeaked, then finally composed herself before standing stiff as a board. The Pearl was a light purple wearing a long glittery cape with a shiny pearl leotard with matching leggings and dark purple flats. Her skirt was long and flowing, almost piling on the ground, her hair was curled and covering her eyes. Her sleeves were puffy and translucent, resembling an aristocrat's puffy shoulder pads.

"You must be the peridot for my clarity. I will have the rubies escort you in." The pearl explained smoothly before the intercom shut off and the door opened. Two rubies marched out shortly after, one with a gem on their head and one with a gem on their chest. They both wore purple versions of their normal soldier outfits. The rubies looked at Periwinkle with suspicion as they looked at her blue skin. Periwinkle blushed a dark green as they stared for what felt like hours.

"Are you sure you're a Peridot? You look like a lapis lazuli." The head ruby piped up as the other ruby circled her.

"I bet she's an aquamarine shapeshifting!" The other ruby lifted Periwinkle's arms to check for a gem. Periwinkle squeaked and hugged herself before clearing her throat.

"I-I am most definitely a Peridot. I-I'm just defective, I was picked because I work mostly in Blue Diamond's court..." Periwinkle explained and the rubies slowly nodded before grabbing her arms and smiling.

"Well, let's not keep her grand grumpiness waiting!" one ruby teased and practically dragged the poor blue peridot inside and at the door of a lavish purple room. Periwinkle gulped as she looked around the chamber slowly, it was certainly a purple sapphire's chamber. For that's all she saw. Purple walls, purple floor, purple curtains, purple fabrics, purple, purple, purple. Just when she thought her arms would turn purple from the rubies' hold on her arms, she was met with a chilling sight: Purple Sapphire.

The head ruby let her go and moved back quickly with the other ruby and bowed to a purple sapphire. She had a fancy purple dress adorned with tiny shiny crystals. Her sleeves were puffy and lined with white to match her gloves, her hair was long, slightly curled at the ends and dark purple that covered her eyes. The same pearl that was on the intercom stood next to the door quietly at the sapphire floated over and circled the Peridot. Periwinkle gulped as the sapphire stared at her then smiled in glee.

"How wonderful! My very own Peridot, I wonder what I can have you do. Oh! I know~." Purple sapphire cooed and flicked Periwinkle's triangle hair. "We're going to need to change this darling~, your hair looks atrocious! Do all peridots have this? Pearl, if you will." The purple sapphire said and smiled haughtily as Periwinkle gasped as she was destabilized before she could defend herself, her gem clinking on the ground. She reformed again with square hair like her rubies but the purple sapphire wasn't having it.

"I want your hair to be soft yet big!" she said and destabilized Periwinkle again. It took a few more reforms for Sapphire to finally be satisfied.

"I guess that'll have to do. Alright, come on Peridot-ugh, I don't like saying that, Peridot ugh, it sounds so drab. Do you have any other names besides Peridot? Or should I make up my own?" Sapphire asked and Periwinkle gulped, playing with her soft puffy hair that almost covered her eyes.

"I-I'm called Periwinkle most- "

"Periwinkle~! I like it, come Periwinkle, I can't wait to show you off and rub it in the other sapphires faces!" The sapphire let out a pompous laugh and her pearl followed behind her. Periwinkle gulped and glanced back at the rubies and they gave her a sympathetic smile. "Periwinkle! Come darling~!" Purple Sapphire called out and Periwinkle quickly followed.

"Oh, what am I getting into?" she muttered worriedly as they went down the hall.