Betrayed 7

A/N: Man, I come out with these so slowly. I don't mean to, it just happens. Well, I hope you enjoy this chapter, because at this moment, I have no idea what I want to do!

Oh, well, I kinda have no idea. This chapter is prompted. The prompt is by: Lord Nitro.

Today would probably be the first day I did nothing here on Homeworld. I lay in my quarters, trying to think if there's even something to do. I've explored Homeworld in its near entirety. I've been toured through Yellow and White Diamond's sections. Well, somewhat. I mean, I never got to really explore, so I don't know how the gems are like.

I'm curious. Could I possibly go to Blue Diamond's place? All I know is that the gems who serve under Blue Diamond seem to be quiet. Eh, I don't know. I'd probably be too awesome for them.

'Or too loud, or not as pristine, or-' I stop myself from thinking any further. I'm going to become an Elite! And it's not like I can't go places, right? Like yeah, White Diamond's place doesn't seem all that ideal, but what about Blue Diamond's place? Can't be too bad, right?

I burst up from my laying position. I open and run out the door, being careful to shut it quietly so no one thinks anything suspicious of me.

I sigh, "Wow, I kinda miss being able to be lazy and having my door open itself…" I start walking to the center of Homeworld, so then I could turn to Blue Diamond's area.

I think of the Temple back on Earth… and how it would be gone… because of the Cluster…

No! I'm not going to think about that right now! Everyone got what they deserved. Anyway, they'll probably just stop the Cluster anyway. The drill was pretty much finished, and after getting the coordinates, it shouldn't be hard now.

I bet they already have it out! Like what, it's only been a week or two on Earth. They probably have gotten the job done. Yeah, they wouldn't get cracked or anything!

I nervously laugh, hopefully quietly enough. I don't see any gems glance or stare at me, so hopefully I was quiet. I try and drive the thoughts of Earth out of my mind.

"Come on, come on! Why am I so stupid?" I nag myself. I grab my head, hopefully I'd be able to do anything to get the thoughts out. I wish I could think of something else, but all I think of is Earth. Man, I was doing so well earlier!

But then, I was with other people. Like, I never thought about Earth too much when I was with the Crystal—the Crystal—um, those Gems. I don't want to finish their names. I just can't.

Ugh, I can think about my room in the Temple. But, I shouldn't be thinking of it. Something was wrong. I was able to remember it clearly before. Now, I can remember so crystal clearly, but it was wrong.

It's not that my memory was playing tricks, no, Gems didn't do that. No, it's like they were changed slightly. It's like—it's like…um… why can't I remember? Something was wrong and different.

Was my room changed? That's all I was trying to remember. I mean, the only other thing I thought of was Rose. But, it was like I did and didn't. Like I forgot, and now I'm putting the pieces together.

'Ugh! What's wrong with m—!" I nearly fall over. I look t see what I tripped over. I look around and see something that made me think of Earth even more. It was a Sapphire. There was a crowd around, and they gasped. They must really not like it when someone bumps into a Sapphire. She turns and looks at me.

"I'm fine." She simply says before I could say sorry. "Amethyst." She starts to unruffle her dress.

My eyes dart around as the crowd closes in, "Um, what're they doing?"

The Sapphire floats up, "Do you know who I am? To them, an accident that was foretold such as this could always be prevented. I am the Prime Oracle of Homeworld. If I don't foretell an accident like this, they always believe the gem involved, such as you, did the deed on purpose."

"How dare you!" A voice shouts. A Gem starts to cut through the crowd. It wasn't a Quartz, but not someone low ranking. I see an Azurite come to the middle, where I and the Prime Oracle were standing. "You believe that you, a soldier, from Yellow Diamond's faction can assault the Prime Oracle of Homeworld?"

"Woah, woah, hey! That's not what happened at all!" I defend.

"Tough." The Azurite spat. She pulls nunchakus from the back of her neck, an exposed part since her hair had a Pixie Cut with shaved sides. She pulls out a second pair of nunchakus and makes a sort of handcuff type object. The same destabilizer field that was on Peridot's ship was on the handcuffs, "As Blue Diamond's top officer, I declare you under arrest." She pauses.

"For what?" I asks.

"Hm. Treason." The crowd gasps once more. The Azurite makes her way over to me.

"Wait," The Prime Oracle stopped the Azurite before she could throw me in a prison. "You cannot do this."

"Why? This Amethyst has obviously committed an act of treason. Assaulting the Prime Oracle is nearly worth of being sent to the Refinery!" Azurite argues.

Sapphire sighs, "That may be true, but she did not assault me. And there are many other reasons why we cannot allow this to go through."

"Well, you better name the best ones. I am Blue Diamond's top officer, and I plan to uphold that. I need some great reasons not to arrest this defective gem." I look down. I guess I do kinda stick out, what with my shortness and all? Even though I'm supposed to be a Quartz.

"Very well. What about the case? This Amethyst falls under Yellow Diamond jurisdiction."

"So? I can make arrests anywhere on Homeworld."

"That is true, but there is more to it than that. Do you know who this Amethyst is?" Azurite scans me over. She looks at me knees, where my stars are still at.

"All I know is that she is possibly affiliated with the Crystal Gems…" Azurite answers.

"Was. She was. But, she has been brought to the promised land of this Homeworld. She is Yellow Diamond's possible protégé."

Azurite gapes, then chuckles, "You must be mistaken. Nothing against her, but she is too small and defective for that."

"I suppose I must give more reason. I not only heard that news from Yellow Diamond herself, but I've already gotten a vision for the future. All I can say is that I envision this Amethyst to become very important. And on top of that, an Elite."

Azurite doesn't laugh this time. She stands up straight. "Are you absolutely sure?"

"Most definitely. My visions are not wrong."

Azurite sighs, "You're right." She looks at me, "I'm sorry for accusing you of that heinous act." I nod at her, and she turns and walks away. Wow, what a set of values here. It seems pushing is assault and is one of the worst crimes ever. I nearly roll my eyes at the statement.

I look at Sapphire, "Thanks."

"For what? I was only doing my duty," Sapphire starts to walk away, "If you want to talk, the next time we will cross paths will be… soon."

Sapphire walks out my eyesight. Well, okay then. Soon. The question is, was how soon?

S:S:S:S:S:S:

I make my way away from the area where the near arrest of myself occurred. I… don't want to go back there for a while. But jeez, what was that Azurite's deal? I would just love to right her, so then she can see that I'm not defective and weak.

'I'm not defective and weak. I'm not.'

I look down. Look at me, so close to the ground. But, that gives me an advantage, right? I'm able to go under these large gems and stuff.

Yeah, I don't look intimidating, but after seeing these moves maybe my opponents will think again!

I gaze at my surroundings. This place seemed so peaceful. There were murmurs and whispers around me, but no loud conversations. Many gems had their hands clasped, it was actually kind of weird. I felt so out of place, so non proper.

I had never even seen these kind of Gems before. I knew what many of them were though. That's what gems do! We just kind of know what kind of gems others are.

A moonstone stood close to me. They were in the shadows, watching. How did I notice them? Well, I have my ways. I can be good at noticing if I try. I've always been able to blend in, so how come I couldn't figure out when others do?

I believe this moonstone had something to do with the authority on Homeworld. They looked like they would be patrolling or something. As I walk past them, their eyes follow me. Creepy.

The structures of the buildings in here were very… smooth. Like circles nearly. It was so surreal compared to Yellow Diamond's place. Barely any of the other gems paid attention to me, or so I thought. Most of them had bangs that covered their eyes, and I couldn't tell if they were even giving me a side glance.

My walk became a little more proper as I stood up straighter. It was like I started to blend in here myself. Here, I wasn't too much shorter than many others around. Such as the guards of many of the gems around here. Most of them were around my size. In Yellow Diamond's place though, they were bigger. Because Yellow Diamond had soldiers. Not foretellers, or authority, or something I may or may not want to be…

'No, I want to be a soldier! I want to fight! Not sit around and be fancy!' I look up and groan quietly, my mind not being made up. I notice that it's darker over here in this part of Homeworld than the others.

I suppose it added to the peaceful mood. Maybe. My eyes dart around again. I felt like I was being watched. Not by that Moonstone, but by something else.

My walk becomes slower as I examine my surroundings. I walk in an alleyway, one of the few in this faction. I breathe for a second.

'Oh come on Amethyst, get it together.' I assure myself that I'm just being stupid. I stand and observe my surroundings. I locate something in the corner of my eyes. I shakily turn my head towards it.

"Uh, hello? MQ if that's you I swear this isn't funny!" My voice echoes slightly in the creepy alley. No answer came. I shrug, and step out of the alley. I roll my eyes at the thought that someone was even watching me. How stupid of me!

I keep walking around Blue Diamond's faction. I can't help but let my mind tinker up every idea about what that Sapphire had meant earlier. Ugh, it strains me so much to think about it.

Does this mean that the Sapphire would be at the ritual where I become an Elite? Or does it mean something else?

Like, could I be in immediate danger soon? And the Sapphire would have to warn me? Ugh, here and on Earth they're both mysterious. Even if they are two different Sapphires. Well, maybe they weren't too different.

What if they had the same job? Like, I had always been told that Sapphire was called to Earth to tell Blue Diamond her visions of the future. Wouldn't the Prime Oracle go down? Or would that be too dangerous?

I have too many questions for this.

'I regret not asking Sapphire more about herself.'

"Amethyst…"

I stop walking and whip by head back and forth, trying to see who said my name. None of the Gems even close to me stop walking, so I doubt it's them. The voice echoes in my mind, nearly like a distant memory.

"Come over here, Amethyst."

I look again, this time trying to pay more attention to details. Again, there are no gems who cease their stride. I bet I look like a lunatic to the other calm, peaceful gems, but it's for good reason! I feel something staring at me, and once more I think I see something out of the corner of my eye. I turn my head to the direction, but still no one was there!

Or were they? All that was there was the darkness of another alleyway. I believed that something was standing there. I inch closer to the alleyway, and soon I start to see the silhouette of another gem. I could barely even make out who it was, before they spoke.

"What are you doing here, Amethyst?" The voice demands. They step out of the shadows. It was Onyx.

I retort with a question of my own, point a finger at the other Elite, "No, what're you doing here?"

"What? I can't be on my own turf? You're supposed to be in Yellow Diamond's faction? You aren't an Elite yet, you can't just waltz around."

"What are you talking about? You're a soldier, you're from Yellow Diamond's place."

Onyx scoffs, "You have no clue who I am. I'm from Blue Diamond's faction."

"That doesn't even make sense." I state. Milky Quartz comes into the scene. She seemed to have jumped down from a building.

She starts to cut in between Onyx and I, "Amethyst, you may want to stop, this is a touchy subject."

Onyx butts in, "No Milky, let Amethyst find out."

I stand up straight, "Well?"

"Well, Elite to Elite. I am a mismade and misnamed Jet, okay? I was supposed to be a Jet. But a process went wrong, and I became an Onyx. But they still called me a Jet. One of the needless mistakes that happened because of the early rebellion."

"Um, what?" I ask.

Onyx sighs, "When the Rebellion first started to spread its influence, Homeworld didn't really pay attention to the Gems being made. So, I just got slapped on with a Jet sticker, and here I was, in Blue Diamond's place. A soldier, but no one believed I was," Onyx pauses, and she looks down. She coughs, but I could see the pain of reliving those memories, "I had to work every day. Because Blue Diamond's faction doesn't get trained in the same way Yellow Diamond's was. I had to show them that I was a soldier. It took so long just to become a soldier, and it was barely worth it."

Milky Quartz winces back, knowing that Onyx was already on a train that wasn't worth stopping.

Onyx looks down at me, "So, I'm just going to say this once. Get out, and get ready for tomorrow."

I nod reluctantly, and glare at her as I start to walk out. Milky Quartz follows behind. When we are far away enough from Onyx, I speak to MQ, "What was that about?"

Milky Quartz sighs, "She really hates talking about that stuff."

"Why did she take it out on me?"

"I shouldn't say. You guys need to talk that out amongst themselves."

"How did she find me in the first place?"

Milky Quartz nervously laughs. I glare at her, "MQ…"

"Okay fine, I kind of checked to see where you were with my psychic powers. I told Onyx where you were, and we followed you. Just to make sure everything was okay!"

"Yeah, sure. You know, you could have come sooner. I could have been arrested! Or maybe you were there, but Onyx didn't want to clear things up, is that it?"

"Amethyst, please…"

"Well, tell me what I want to know? Why is Onyx so mad at me?"

"Okay fine," Milky Quartz stops, but then goes on, "She thinks that you barely earned this. Becoming an Elite. That you didn't work for it. You were just picked up from the Earth, and then just became an Elite."

"B-but that's not what happened at all!"

"It is to her. You have to understand that she doesn't see the world like you do. And that you don't see it like her."

I look around, to make sure no one was listening, "Well I don't know. I think she needs to start treating me better. I did nothing wrong!"

Milky Quartz says nothing, but she looks around too, "Just don't say anything to Onyx, okay?"

I shrug, "Yeah, right."

Milky Quartz sighs, "Oh, I've already said too much."

A/N: Ah, finally finished! Production of this story had to be delayed a day because I needed to make a chapter of another story, and make another story entirely! But I actually like how this one turned out.

You want to know why? Well for one, there was some great character insight! I have no clue where it came from, it just kind of came. And I like Onyx's backstory here. It's unique to me.

Well, until the next chapter.

I hope you like my fic so far!