AN: This chapter takes place during chapter 3 of Homeworld Bound.
A fusion day is the fusion equivalent of a birthday; the anniversary of when a fusion was first created. Having nothing much to do in Fusionland, the fusions began to pick up human culture, to the point where they are more familiar with it than their component Gems.
Vesuvianite is the fusion between Red Beryl and Zircon.
Opal was sitting on a bench made of clouds, drawing something on a tablet specially designed to accommodate her extra arms.
"Hey Opi, whatcha doin'?" Rainbow Quartz asked, bouncing up to where Opal was.
"Agate's fusion day is coming soon, so I wanted to give her something." Opal turned her tablet so Rainbow Quartz could see it. It was a very intricate drawing of Agate, the large, striped fusion of all the extant Crystal Gems (and Rose).
Rainbow Quartz whistled. "Wow, that's really good."
"I know. And it's not even done yet."
"You know, I was thinking...maybe we can get one of the extant Crystal Fusions to go to the normal realm. I know we technically can't bring stuff from there here, but if we could we could get Agate-" she snorted - "an agate."
She and Opal bent over laughing. "Shopping for a living rock really should be easy!" Opal giggled.
There was a rumbling noise. Putting her tablet and stylus back inside Amethyst's gem, Opal stood up to get a better look at an incoming flash of light. "A new fusion," she said, stunned. "There hasn't been one since Stevonnie showed up last year."
The light rose higher and higher, silhouetting an immense figure. It dissolved, revealing a sea foam-green fusion with six arms (four of which acted as legs), four eyes, and a definitely deranged grimace.
"Rose Quartz! Where is she?" Malachite bellowed. Rainbow Quartz trembled nervously. Opal took her hand.
"Um...there are no single Gems in this realm..." began a purple fusion. This fusion had neck-length hair, a square gem just above where her navel should have been, and a circular, dodecagon-faceted gem on her back between her shoulders.
Malachite swatted her away with her right hind hand-foot. "I don't need a vesuvianite telling me what to do!" she growled. Then she spotted Rainbow Quartz. "A Rose Quartz fusion," she said, grinning evilly. "I wonder...can you kill a fusion in this realm?"
Opal summoned her longbow. "Stay away from my girlfriend, copper butt," she snarled.
Malachite summoned her demonic-looking, malachite-lined wings of water and swatted Opal aside with one of them. She picked up Rainbow Quartz, who shrieked.
"Ohhh..." Opal groaned, rubbing her forehead. She watched Malachite try to smash Rose's gem on Rainbow Quartz. "I need to get Sugilite!" Opal said to herself.
She raced off.
Sugilite was taking a nap underneath some of Fusionland's clouds.
"Sugi...Sugi, wake up," Opal said, poking the larger fusion with one of her arrows.
"I'M A SOCCER MOM!" Sugilite exclaimed, immediately getting up. She looked at a confused Opal. "You didn't hear that. So why did you wake me up?"
"Rainbow Quartz got snatched up by this huge, hostile fusion!" Opal exclaimed.
"Alex isn't that crazy..."
"No! It's not Alexandrite. It's this new one I've never seen. It's got six arms and four of them are used as legs!"
"Is it green with darker green stripes, and is one of its gems in place of its nose?" Sugilite asked.
"Yeah, so?"
A look of understanding crossed Sugilite's five eyes. She stood up and summoned her sunglasses. "Let's go," she said.
Malachite had continued to beat Rainbow Quartz, trying to smash her gems. "Stupid physics!" the massive green carbonate grumbled.
"Hey! Greenface! Pick on someone your own size!" a voice called out.
"There is nobody my size!" Malachite roared.
A purple flail flew out and whacked Malachite on her head, knocking her out. She dropped Rainbow Quartz and slumped to the ground. Opal ran out from the cloud she and Sugilite were hiding behind and caught Rainbow Quartz.
"Don't worry, sweetie," Opal cooed to the shivering Rainbow Quartz. "I've got you now."
Rainbow Quartz hugged Opal. Hard. The lavender fusion nuzzled her girlfriend softly, trying to comfort her after such trauma.
Sugilite, meanwhile, had called up Carnelian and Sardonyx. Together, they picked up Malachite and dragged her off to a place where she could be contained.