Citrine Part 7
The Crystal Gems stepped back. Amethyst and I had just made our fusion, Agate. They must be intimidated by her. She isn't like that, is she? I can feel her own personality going over Amethyst's and I's. She is cold, distant, and determined. She doesn't feel remorse. Garnet tried to get us to unfuse.
"Amethyst, you must unfuse this instant!" Garnet yelled, as if Amethyst was a mere child. Her demand echoed throughout the canyon walls of the Kindergarten. Agate decided to answer herself, Amethyst and I were not an in control of her as we were before. We did not try to stop her, we let her go.
"Why? So you can kill Citrine? Scold Amethyst? Please just tell me if I'm wrong." Agate said. I feel as if we said it, but it wasn't exactly us being a fusion felt so weird, so exhilarating. Amethyst and I glanced at each other, we were in a brown space, our fusions little zone. We just decided to sit it out.
"Well, uh-uh." Pearl stammered. She couldn't deny, Agate was correct. They just wanted to kill me and scold Amethyst once again. Those damned gem. That wasn't going to happen today, oh no.
"So, I was right. I'm not going to unfuse because you're half my 'leader'." Agate said, using her fingers to make quotation marks. Man, was she cold. She wasn't going to take anything from anyone. I should be more like her. I shouldn't be thinking about me, I have to put my focus into the fusion.
"I'm just going to say it right here right now. Do you see a star on my form? You don't do you? There's a reason for that." Agate starts to say. She starts to pace. She stares dead on at the Crystal Gems. "I'm not a Crystal Gem!" Her statement echoes throughout the Kindergarten. She looks away from the gems, arms crossed.
"But you are! Amethyst, I know you're in there! Amethyst is a Crystal Gem! That means you are at least half of one!" Steven yells. Agate tries to ignore him, but could not resist. She steps in front of him.
"What makes you say that, Steven? Just because Amethyst is part of me, that doesn't mean I have to be part of your team." Agate says. She walks away again.
"Well, I don't know!" Steven says. He starts to become a little melancholy. Garnet starts to try her luck again.
"Amethyst! I know you are in there! You can't be lost yet! You are a Crystal Gem! Act like it!" Garnet yells. Amethyst takes control of the fusion, she is going to speak her mind now, I let her, she is about to rant.
"I don't feel like an equal to you guys if you scold and nag me all the time! I'm sorry I can't be so perfect like Pearl, so complete like you Garnet, or so happy like Steven! You guys are so ashamed I'm from this place that it rubs off all the time! How am I supposed to act like a Crystal Gem if…" Agate or Amethyst retorts. Amethyst stops, she just couldn't finish the sentence. She starts up again. "If I may not want to be one anymore."
"Amethyst, we don't mean to make you feel this way." Pearl says. She walks up to Agate. I control the fusion this time. I'm not taking this bullshit.
"Oh really? I see you scold her the most! I see you hate the Kindergarten the most! I see you make Amethyst hurt the most! Don't think I don't notice these things you do! Amethyst is my best friend! I'm not going to believe your crap!" I yell. I let Pearl think about what I said. It was true, it's all I saw from her. Pearl backs up, feeling threatened.
"You know that's not true! How could you be doing this to Amethyst! You… you horrible gem!" Steven snaps. He's lost it. So have I. He did not. One of the people I thought could be trusted. I let the fusion come back. Her cold nature will snap Steve back into reality.
"Oh? So now you finally see what the real world is like. It's not all happiness like you see Steven. You know, you just hurt Amethyst more than you hurt Citrine. Amethyst was just as in control as Citrine was." Agate says firmly. It was true, as I talked Amethyst was okay with everything I said. Now, she just looked hurt when we were in that brown space, as if Steven just called her the monster.
"I did not!" Steven replied. I could start to see tears form in his eyes. I let Amethyst take control, Steven would never believe Agate or I.
"You did, Steven. I agreed with everything Citrine said. I'I guess… I'm the monster. I'm from this horrible place and I'm a horrible gem. I think I want to stay in this fusion, so I can be with my best friend, and not have to be the horrible gem I was." Amethyst says. She starts to sob. Agate starts to take control, so behind the scenes, I can comfort Amethyst. She is sobbing so much, she is starting to make a puddle.
"Don't worry, it's okay. I'm here. I don't think you are a horrible gem." I say to Amethyst. She looks up a little bit. Steven starts to talk again.
"I didn't mean to." Steven says. He starts to cry. I'm done with this damn gem. I take control.
"LEAVE US ALONE! ALL THREE OF YOU! GO AWAY AND NEVER COME BACK!" I scream. Agate screams it now, too. By then I was in tears too I thought I could trust Steven. So did Amethyst. She loved him, too. Garnet steps up.
"No, you are going to unfuse, whether you like it or not." Garnet says. She summons her gauntlets. Pearl summons her spear. They really want to fight don't they? Well, let's see how they like it when they're in a prison, or shattered. Agate summons Amethyst's whip. She then summons my Bo staff. She rolls the whip together and put it on my Bo staff. She makes her weapon, a mace.
"If you want to fight, then fine. I don't care if I have to shatter you." Agate says coldly. She gets ready to fight. So do the Crystal Gems. Garnet tries on last time, I guess she does not want to fight, probably because Amethyst is in here.
"Amethyst, you have to unfuse! We don't want to fight you! If you don't you leave us no choice!" Garnet yells. She tries t get Amethyst to come out, but no avail. Amethyst and I want to stay fused for a while, what's so wrong with that?
"I'm not going to be separated for a while, so you better get used to me!" Agate says. This reminds Garnet of Sugilite. Garnet shoots her gauntlets from her hands. Agate dodges them. This battle was going to be easy if it was just that. Garnet makes her hands come back and summons her Gauntlets again. Pearl starts to shoot at Agate with her spear. A few of the shots hit Agate, making her lose a little bit of balance, she recovers quickly. Agate swings her mace down, one of the spikes hitting Pearl just barely, she is cut only a little bit. Steven watches from the side, unsure of what to do.
"Steven! Warp out of here! We can handle this!" Pearl says to him. He refuses.
"No! What if you need my shield?" Steven replies.
"Steven is right Pearl. Steven! Just stay out of harm's way!" Garnet yells. Steven watches the battle, a few steps away now. Agate swings her mace again and misses, she throws it close t the ground. Pearl jumps and so does Garnet, but the mace hits Garnet's leg making her jump not as smooth. Agate's weapon disappears as she summons another one. The Crystal Gems and her start to battle more, I start not paying attention as much, so Amethyst and I can talk.
"Amethyst, do you think this is a good idea? I'm starting to have second thoughts, I think I'm separating you from our team, even if I hate them, I know you don't." I say, pushing her hair out her face so I can see her.
"You're not doing anything, they are bringing this on themselves. I would like to be a part of the team more if they actually treated me like their equal. I just don't feel as if they do as much as they used to. It's like ever since Rose died, the compassion she felt for me disappeared along with her." Amethyst says. I still feel horrible, like I'm responsible. I don't think what I'm doing is right.
"I don't know Amethyst, I just don't feel this is right. Ugh, just look at me, with these basic feelings, I'm not a real gem, I'm just defective." I say. It's Amethyst's turn to comfort me now.
"You're not defective, we all have feelings, you should know that. " Amethyst says. We hug. The battle is still going on s we regain attention. Agate starts to beat the Crystal Gems. She hit Garnet with her mace making her fly back. Pearl runs to Agate and summons a sword, most likely one she had somewhere in the temple. She keeps swinging her sword at Agate and keeps missing. She manages to hit Agate in the leg. Agate made noises you make when you're in pain. Pearl stepped back, grabbing her sword. She jumped up to Agates face, and slashed her in the face. Agate stumbled back. She summoned her face and hit Pearl dead on. Pearl fell down. Garnet was able to get back to battle site before it was too late. She punched Agate in the face making her stumble back even more. Agate jumped up and summoned her mace. When she fell back down she swung her weapon, it nearly hit Garnet. Garnet dodged the attack and punched Agate once more. Pearl got back up too. Pearl grabbed her sword and ran at us. Agate shot Amethyst's whip off of her mace.
"Oh no!" Steven yelled. He ran as fast as he could. He summoned his shield and blocked the attack before it hit the other gems. After it was blocked, he threw the shield at Agate, Agate caught it, and threw it to the ground. Steven went back near the warp. Agate smashed her mace on the ground as hard as she could. This made everywhere around shake, and started to make rocks fall. Steven summoned a shield over him. Garnet punched the rocks coming to her, cracking them. Pearl kicked them, thought one hit her in the face. She fell back, but recovered. I don't think I can do this anymore.
"Amethyst? I don't think I can do this anymore. I hate it for some reason,, I don't know why." I say to Amethyst.
"I was thinking the same thing." Amethyst says. "Let's just unfuse. We can say we lost ourselves in the fusion when Agate started to fight.
"Okay." I say. A warm glow starts to go over us. Next thing I know, I am looking at Amethyst, and she is looking at me. Her hands are on my shoulders and vice versa. This would have been a touching moment, if tragedy hadn't struck. I look to where the Crystal gems were, and all I see is a shield, gauntlets, and a blast heading straight for me. They all hit me dead on, making me retreat to my gem. Amethyst feels me go away and looks down, she sees my gem sitting there. Tears well up in her eyes. She picks up my gem and looks over to the Crystal Gems. Once the smoke clears, they look at her. Amethyst stats to cry.
"How could you?" Amethyst yells, holding my gem out.
"Amethyst, give us the gem, it needs to be bubbled." Garnet says.
"Do you not feel any remorse? You just poofed my best friend! We were about to tell you guys we unfused, then you poof her! Citrine isn't your enemy!" Amethyst yells.
"Amethyst-" Garnet tries to say, but is interrupted.
"No! I don't want to hear any of your excuses! Just go away!" Amethyst yells. The Crystal Gems start to walk towards the warp. Amethyst starts to run towards her hole in the Kindergarten, sobbing.
A/N: I know, I know, a cliffhanger. I guess. What will Amethyst do? Who knows? I had two other endings planned, but I decided to wing it and just go with this one. I hope this doesn't feel rushed, I am so busy with stuff it's ridiculous. I hope you like my fic so far!