Chapter 10: just a bit of fluff

Pearl sat on the couch as rain poured outside, I had shapeshifted into a cat and was contentedly laying on her lap as Pearl talked, knowing I was listening.

"And then Amethyst yells at me for doing the right thing!" she said, I looked at her and said telepathically Amethyst likes her room messy Pearl, you should let her keep her room the way it is. I reply. I liked using telepathy when shapeshifted, it let me give people the impression that I was an actual cat. The only giveaway was the fact that my tail was white but the tip faded to blue. "Yes I know about that! But it still bothers me!" Pearl said. Then don't go in her room if it bothers you so much. I hum in reply.

Thunder boomed and I flinched, Pearl scratched my back and I relaxed, but fell off her lap with a yell, my eyes wide when the lightning lit up the sky. "Moonstone, calm down please, it's only Lightning." Pearl said. I turned back and was scared.

"Moonstone, it's just a storm." Amethyst said, shutting the door to the fridge. I tried to calm myself as Jasper walked in. "she's afraid of lightning, she hates bright lights." Pearl said to the gem. Jasper smiled slightly and gave me her hand, which I took gratefully.

"Give me a moment, Moonstone, where is it?" Pearl asked. "My Study, just call out "Storm song". It'll appear on the desk." I reply.

Pearl nodded and walked into my room, appearing a few minutes later with a wooden box painted to look like rain on it. "What is that?" Jasper asked. "Music helps Moonstone sleep and relax, this one helps her feel calm during storms." Amethyst said, walking over and winding up the crank as pearl put it on the table

A melody I loved hearing echoed in the room, a lot of the gems, except Jasper and Peridot, knew the song and could sing it for me.

Pearl and Amethyst decided to do a duet.

Pearl: Let's go in the garden, you'll find something waiting.

Amethyst: right there where you left it, lying upside down.

Pearl: when you finally find it, you'll see how it's faded

Amethyst: the underside is lighter, when you turn it around.

Both: Everything stays, right where you left it, everything stays. But it still changes.

Pearl: Ever so slightly

Amethyst: daily and nightly

Pearl: in little ways

Both: when everything stays.

I was asleep and the music box stopped. Pearl noticed my head was in her lap, she stroked my hair, and suddenly, a small kitten replaced me. "For some reason, she turns into a kitten when she's asleep during a storm. Then I get to do this." Amethyst said, turning into a purple cat and curling up next to me, also on Pearl's lap, her head resting on my neck, and we were both asleep.

"Aww!" Steven said. He was going to pick me up, but pearl held up a hand to stop him. "If you take her, you'll wake Amethyst. And they hate being woken up." She said. "But moonstone is hard to get up after sleeping." Steven said. "Fair enough." Amethyst said, opening an eye lazily as I snuggled closer to her warm fur. "Wow, she's really out." Pearl said, petting my back gently. "Well that's a good thing…" Amethyst said. "She needed to relax a bit." Pearl agreed. Well I am relaxed. Thank you for noticing. I purr telepathically.

"Wow! Telepathy!" Steven said in excitement. Yes Steven, telepathy. I tell him sleepily. "Howdy." Garnet said, walking in with a bag of doughnuts. "Food!" Amethyst yells, leaping over me and rubbing around Garnet's legs, looking at her with wide eyes. "Garnet! Garnet! Did ya get me some food?!" she asks excitedly

"Amethyst." Pearl said, pulling a clicker out of her gem. Amethyst turned into a dog and waited, Garnet gave Pearl one of the two bags. The white gem gave me another pet, making me raise my head sleepily.

"Sit." Pearl said, Amethyst sat down, "lay down, Amethyst." Pearl said, not breaking eye contact with the purple gem. Amethyst laid down, "now… Eyes on me. Good." Pearl said, lowering a doughnut to the ground. Amethyst was waiting with rapt attention. "Stay…" Pearl said, unaware that I had seen the doughnut, my favorite kind, chocolate icing with sprinkles.

"And…go!" Pearl said, dropping her hand. Amethyst charged forward. But I leapt in the way, turning into a peregrine falcon and snatching the doughnut in my talons, inches away from Amethyst's gaping jaws. "What?" Steven asked. "No! Moonstone! You were next!" Pearl said as I landed on Garnet's waiting arm for me to perch on. I raised the foot holding the doughnut and with a smug face, ate it in front of Amethyst. Pearl held up another doughnut, glazed this time. And repeated the process with Amethyst. She clicked the clicker once and Amethyst surged forward. I tried to steal that one too, but Garnet held me down by the leg as I tried baiting. "Moonstone." Pearl said as she held up a falconry hood. "NO!" I yell, turning normal as Garnet dropped me.

I had sprinkles on my face as I crouched down. Amethyst yelled something, but I was too happy to care. I turned into an albatross and started singing

"Let me tell you all a story about a mouse named Delory, Delory was a mouse in a big brown house, she-" "Moonstone! Not now!" "well-" I sung but Pearl covered Steven's ears. "IM AN ALBOTROSS" I screamed and started flying around the house screaming "SO WHAT DA DA DADA DA DA DADADADADA DUM DA DADADA IM A FREAKING ALBOTROSS!"

"Oh great, she's sugar high." Pearl said, facepalming. "Oh. Ok." Jasper said, pinning me down. I did what any other sane gem would do. I bit her.

"YOWCH!" Jasper screamed I leapt up, turned into Peridot and dabbed while yelling "A DORITO FLEW AROUND MY ROOM BEFORE YOU CAME IN!" I than was slapped by Garnet, Amethyst tied me up with her whip as Pearl lectured me on being hyper.

A/N

Just a bit of fluff for you guys. I was originally planning on this being a chapter called "Calming during a storm with cat cuddles" and it being serious. But I got bored. Not to mention, a little break from the intenseness was nice. The next chapter will actually be a trailer for the next arc, called "Skyfall". This arc was called "After the Storm"