Citrine Part 9
"I guess, all I'm trying to say is I missed you. When I heard all Citrines were supposed to be shattered, my heart broke. You were my best friend. I ran all the way to the palace, I ran until I couldn't go any farther. I never heard from you after that." Lapis said, chuckling a little bit. We had been talking to each other since Amethyst got poofed and I shattered Jasper.
"Do you think I did the right thing? Shattering Jasper?" I ask Lapis. I turn to her, she has to look up a little but to get eye to eye with me.
"Why do you ask?" Lapis asked me back. I give her some glare, because she seems to back her head up ever so slightly.
"I just don't think I should have shattered another gem. It's just after I came back and poofed her, I saw Amethyst poofed, and she's my best friend, and I knew what happened when I saw. Without any mercy, Lapis! I had no mercy! I shattered her on the spot! There must be something wrong with me!" I said, starting to yell. I jumped up, it was rumbling again. Lapis tried to calm me down.
"Citrine, during the war, I killed so many gems. I never had any regrets until I was put in that damned mirror. I might have even felt excitement going to battle every day. I wasn't sure if what I was doing was right then, but I know that I can't change the past, no matter how much I want to." Lapis said, she subconsciously started to hold her arm. She looked away from me. She was right, I couldn't change the past to what I want it to be. I have to live with my choices. My train of thought stopped when I heard a faint twinkle. The fragile gem in my hands started to glow with an eye opening glow. I put the gem on the ground, Amethyst started to reform. She finally came back wearing the same outfit, but with two wrappings around part of her leg and part of her arm, and no stars on her leggings.
"Nice outfit change." I joked. Amethyst looked at me with huge eyes, like if she had never regenerated before. It's like what I said is exactly what she needed to hear.
"Thank you." She said. I think I saw some darker purple on her cheeks, she might have been blushing. I felt that warm sensation of blushing come over me too.
"So, it seems we are three gems on the run. For three different reasons." I said. "I guess we better start doing something."
"Well, we could just stay here. If the Crystal Gems come and are looking for a fight, then fine." Lapis said. I could swear I saw the water fidget.
"If they do come, I won't show any mercy towards them. Not even Steven." I said. I glared, I don't know where to but I did. He called me a monster, and also by extension Amethyst. He better not have crossed my path again.
"You don't like Steven?" Lapis asked me, stepping towards my direction.
"No. I used to, but now I can't find a place in my heart to do so. If you want to show mercy towards him, fine. If he wants to fight me though, that will be a different story." I said to her, coldly. I feel a little ruthless, but maybe that's who I was. The past made me this way, not me. It's not my fault Homeworld wants me shattered, those Crystal Gems fought me for the first time, I got imprisoned in a chest, or had to watch as the Crystal Gems tore through the heart of my best friend. I don't feel much empathy or shame anymore. I don't know if I have too much room in my heart to care. I only mainly care about one gem. That's it.
"So, what should we do?" Amethyst says. I have noticed a little something about Amethyst. She doesn't have anything other gems can't do. I find that peculiar. I can make energy blasts, Lapis can move water, what can Amethyst do?
"I'm going to see what you can do." I simply reply to her. She shoots me a confused look. I float upwards and look down at her. "We are going to see what special ability you have."
"What do you mean?" Amethyst asks me.
"Look around Amethyst. I can shoot energy blasts, Lapis can control water." I say to her. Lapis simply waves. "We need to see what you can do. I feel like a major fight is approaching, we need to ready ourselves. I don't believe any of us feel the urge to be shattered.
"Oh okay." Amethyst mumbles. Something is missing from this puzzle. Amethyst wouldn't just mumble an answer unless something was making her sad like that.
"Amethyst, what's wrong. You seem… troubled." I say to her. She looks at me.
"Well, Pearl and Garnet. They told me I may not have a special ability. There are gems like that, you know. They tried to train me, but nothing showed up." Amethyst tells me. There are some possibilities I can think of. Her special ability is dangerous, she really doesn't have one, or those gems are just not good at training.
"When Pearl and Garnet trained you, did they explain how they use their abilities?" I ask Amethyst. This was very important. I need to get to the bottom of this.
"No." Amethyst says. I click my tongue.
"Exactly. Lapis and I will train you, properly." I tell Amethyst. The small gem brightens up. It seems I was able to get her out of her funk. I feel as if that is all I was trying to do, I feel proud of myself for that.
Meanwhile in a huge field…
"Yellow Diamond, this is Peridot. I require immediate assistance. I am stuck on this miserable planet with those Crystal Clods. My foot is missing so travelling on foot is very hard." Peridot said to Yellow Diamond. Her fingers became a screen, and Yellow Diamond and she were talking.
"I understand. We are sending ships. We will be there in at least one Earth week. Yellow Diamond out." Yellow Diamond replied to Peridot. Peridot knew they would get her because she was Yellow Diamond's personal Peridot. She was the closest service gem to her. Peridot kept limping her way through the grass.
Back with Citrine, Amethyst, and Lapis…
"So Amethyst. Do you feel any sort of connection to anything?" Lapis asked Amethyst. Lapis had always felt a connection to water ever since she was made. That's how she found her ability.
"Other than being one with junk, no." Amethyst said comedically. She looked a little proud at her humor.
"Okay, whenever you feel extreme anything, do you feel anything?" I asked her. That's how I found I could fly, and shoot energy blasts.
"I don't think so." Amethyst said to me. This might be harder than previously thought. I fell into deep thought, and slowly started to float upwards.
'Does Amethyst even have a special ability? It is possible to not have one. She is a little overcooked from the Kindergarten, I can tell that. She is also a semi-new warrior gem. Nowadays Homeworld doesn't really like special abilities as much as they used to.' My train of thought is interrupted by a voice tickling the back of my head.
"Citrine…" The voice whispers. It sounds like Amethyst a little bit, creepy. "Citrine." The voice says, louder this time. It definitely sounds like Amethyst. "Citrine!" Now I look around, I am above the clouds. I guess when I think like that I float. I fall downwards and before I touch the ground I stabilize myself inches from the ground. I am now hovering.
"Sorry. I was thinking." I say. It wasn't a lie.
"Oh-okay. So what are we going to do?" Amethyst tells me. She looks at me with those worried eyes. Those eyes along with her eyes when she is sad always pierce a hole in my metaphorical heart.
"Well, we should start." I say. I signal Lapis to come over. She starts walking towards me. This training will be rigorous. It will be bitter. I plan to explain to Amethyst just that.
"You seem to have the odds ever in your favour, Amethyst. You are a warrior gem." I say. I put my hand to my chest. I don't know why, I wonder how she will take it, like if I was saying something about her gem, which I kinda was.
"What is that supposed to do with anything?" Amethyst says, seeming irritated. She is like an impatient child. This might be harder than expected.
"It means you have the capabilities to do this." Lapis finishes before I can even begin, I go off of what she says.
"Lapis and I are both warrior gems, and so are you. If we can do it, you most likely can, but…" I say. Do I dare finish? Amethyst just has to investigate what I say doesn't she? I find that a little bit perfect.
"Well, Homeworld doesn't like differences as much as they used to anymore." Lapis says. I finish the statement.
"Lapis and I talked about this, it seems that Homeworld doesn't want special abilities that much anymore, so since you are only about 6000, we are wondering if you even have that capability." Amethyst stops in her tracks. She looks up at me, she looks sad. Oh no. I can't bear to see her sad.
"Amethyst, cheer up. You probably have an ability, don't feel bad." I plead. I can't bear to see her so down. I can't possibly like it. She brightens up just slightly, giving me a little satisfaction.
"Now, are we going to start or not?" I say to Amethyst. I help her up. Lapis and I glance at each other. We start to smirk. Lapis gets some water from the ocean. I sit back. I'm not going first. The truth of the matter is, I'm afraid I could hurt Amethyst. I'm defective and unpredictable, there is no telling what I might do. I would never hurt her on purpose though. Just thinking about hurting her breaks me.
"Here's how it's going to work. Lapis is going to fight you. This is the first way we can try and get your special ability to show. Sometimes in a tough situation, and you are fighting for your life, then you will let the ability shine through. If it gets to extreme, give me a holler." I explain to Amethyst. I float in the air and hover, legs crossed. Lapis makes the water into a spiraling ball and Amethyst summons her whip.
"Show no mercy! We need genuine fighting. If it gets too bad, I'll call this fight off." I say. I get ready for a fight. Amethyst and Lapis charge at each other.
Homeworld, After Peridot's Message…
Yellow Diamond shut her communications screen off. She sat back in her chair, and sighed. The informant and escort from her latest Earth related activity were gone. At least her Peridot was safe, she needed her. This Peridot had the specific knowledge needed, and training another Peridot would just be too tedious.
Yellow Diamond stood up from her chair and walked into the throne room. Another one of her servants, Carnelian, was standing firmly at their post. That's the thing about good servants, little free thinking, always following orders. It is great that they demoted Pearls to high officials instead of the Diamonds, Pearls are just too hard to deal with. Carnelians, though, are made with much more precision. Now that Pink Diamond has been gone for thousands of years, all the flukes go into the refinery, like they were supposed to.
"Carnelian, I am going to need your assistance." Yellow Diamond said in her most business-like tone. She was not going to be misrepresented by her words. Yellow Diamond turned around, back to her servant. She had her hands behind her back.
"What is needed, ma'am?" Carnelian said. She sweated, just barely though. She was so nervous. So much as one slip up, and she could go to the refinery, otherwise known as the incinerator. Yellow Diamond turned to her.
"I am going to need you to gather some of the best warrior, service, and guard gems. Bring them all here immediately." Yellow Diamond said. She turned back around. Carnelian processes the information rather quickly.
"Yes ma'am." Carnelian said. Yellow Diamond could hear Carnelian's quick footsteps out of the throne room. This gave Yellow Diamond a moment to herself.
"Now that I'll go to work, I might just be able to get rid of the Crystal Gems. They seem to be a nuisance that needs to be gotten rid of. It is sad that I won't be able to vanquish Rose Quartz, but if Peridot is right, and this 'Steven' or whatever it may be, will just be the next best thing." Yellow Diamond said to herself. She readjusted her eyepatch. It seemed to have moved slightly.
A few minutes later, and Carnelian was back, with all the gems she asked for.
"Gems, I have called you here for an urgent matter. You should be honoured, really. You all will be accompanying me to the planet Earth." Yellow Diamond said as she looked at them. Most of them looked nervous under her glare, but there were some gems who had just enough confidence to not be sweating or retreating back. Yellow Diamond chuckled to herself. This trip was going to be easy.
A/N: Man, this was hard to write. Also, WHAT WAS YOUR PROBLEM YESTERDAY ? Got that out, anyway…The end of the fanfiction is coming in a few chapters, I know so sad. Now that school is entering its prime, I'm going to start getting more homework and stuff like that, so I'm not getting as much time to work on this faithful story. Until next time guys. I hope you like my fic so far!
