"Lapis please, just let me do this for you, I won't leave again I promise... I'll never leave." Lapis was close to death, her gem cracked right down the middle, her form torn and battleworn. "NO, Aquamarine you shouldn't be here.. just leave me alone, please."
"I can't Lapis, remember we're in this together, you're stuck with me, no matter what and while we're together I'll never let anything happen to you." Lapis cackled madly, her eyes looked like mirrors glued to her face.
"Don't you know anything Aqua?! You can't save me, I'm going to die and it's all your fault, YOU left me, YOU let me in this battle, YOU allowed me to get broken, and now you're gonna be the one to see me die. Just go, like you always wanted to, you never wanted to be my friend, you've been waiting for this moment haven't you, you gave me up for this miserable planet, now I'm stuck here, my shards left to be buried in the Earth."
"Lapis no that's not true, I love you, please Rose can help you." Lapis let out a weak chuckle, her form starting to fade slowly. "They don't care about me, they only care about this planet, they wouldn't save you either Aqua, don't trust them." She let put a deep sigh. contemplating whatever was on her mind.
Aqua cradled Lapis' head, holding her like a mother would hold an infant child, stroking lovingly on her hair. Lapis looked directly up into Aqua's eyes, Lapis' reflecting the sorrow etched into Aqua's expression. Her form glitched a few more times, leaving Lapis to fade more and more. She held onto Aqua's hand, squeezing tightly.
A few tears escaped Lapis' eyes as she said her final words to Aqua. "I just want to go home..." With a final twitch from her form Lapis was gone, her form ceasing to exist, her gem splitting all the way down the middle, shards everywhere.
"You're home now Lapis.. you're home now.."
"Aquamarine... AQUA!" Aqua awoke with a start, her body drenched in sweat, tears stinging her face, and now her ears were ringing. "Whaddya wan', canna gem ge' any sleep 'round here?"
The still disorientated Aqua looked up into the scowling face of a very displeased looking Pearl. "See this is exactly why I do not engage in things as simple minded as rest, it turns us into nonsensical speaking idiots." Pearl heaved a sigh, calming herself down. "Now if you would please get yourself in order, we have arrived on Earth."
Aqua rubbed a hand through her currently unruly hair, attempting to tame a few wild strands that refused to be put in place. She gave Pearl a slight nod, dismissing her while she attempted to put herself together.
"That dream seemed so real, like I could almost feel her shards in my hands." Her dream was still fresh in her mind with no hope of leaving anytime soon, so the next best thing would be to distract herself from it, preferably with something useful, like getting properly dressed.
Aqua searched for her clothing, but found it to be nowhere. "Looking for these?" Sapphire held up her clothing, tentatively looking away from the gem with a blush on her face. "Uh yeah, thanks sorry bout that."
"It's quite alright, besides Rose gave us new clothing so we can differentiate ourselves from the Homeworld gems." Aqua looked at her clothing finding to be almost exactly the same, except it now dawned a bright white star on front instead of a diamond.
"Looks pretty cool but why a star?" Aqua looked at Sapphire, half expecting an overly complicated answer. "Well the answer to that is very simple." Aqua leaned closer, eager to hear. "I honestly have no idea." Sapphire spoke the last few words in a whisper, chuckling at the look of confusion on Aqua's face.
"Well yeah, that actually was pretty simple. Sorry though do you thin-" Sapphire interrupted before she could say more. "Yes, I will leave you to change, I think Ruby may have needed my assistance anyways." With that the blue gem turned and sprinted with incredible speed down the hall to who knows where.
Aqua finished getting dressed and combing her hair, making sure she looked presentable before leaving the ship, grabbing her sword and shield on the way out.
They appeared to have landed at a huge field, with giant Earth berries and flowers everywhere, it was beautiful. In the center of this field the distinct figure of a certain curly haired gem could be seen talking to another familiar figure, this one short and slim.
"My Pearl, everything will be okay, we will win this war and all will be well." Aqua overheard Rose and Pearl's conversation, wondering if she should announce her presence or not. "Rose, I'm just scared, what if something happens to you, I can't survive on my own." She decided on letting Rose know she was there before things got too awkward.
"Ahem, sorry for interrupting Pink Diamon-" She was immediately silenced by Rose. "Ah, please just Rose, Aquamarine, Pink Diamond was left on Homeworld." Aqua nodded in understanding, "Yes ma'am, I just wanted to know if there was anything I should do?"
Rose dismissed Pearl, much to her dismay and turned to Aqua. "Aquamarine, Pearl told me you were muttering in your sleep about a certain Lapis, I must know is there anything you wish to talk to me about?" Aqua blushed furiously, her gem heating her face under the armor.
"N-no ma'am, well yes kind of, but I don't want to bother you." Rose's smiled at her, melting away any insecurities she may have had. "Precious Aquamarine, you could never bother me, please tell me what troubles you."
Aqua looked into Rose's eyes, sensing complete sincerity there, from that point she couldn't stop her emotions from pouring out. She told Rose everything, from her guilt about leaving Lapis, to her overwhelming loneliness, she even mentioned her nightmare.
Rose looked on, nodding every now and then, her expression was unreadable throughout the entire rant. Lapis breathed heavily a feeling of relief washing through her whole body. "Hmm, I see, so you really miss this Lapis?"
"Dreadfully, she was my other half, she was the light in my gem, literally." Rose embraced her, bringing a comfort to the gem who was now smearing tears on her leader. "It'll be okay Aquamarine, you'll both get through this and everything will turn out okay, you're both so strong, in your own ways and with a love that strong, nothing can tear you apart from each other."
More tears slipped down as Rose's words echoed through her mind. "But I'm not strong, I can't do anything right." These thoughts, however, never left Aqua's head. "Yeah okay, you're right Rose it'll be okay." Rose pulled away from the gem, wiping her tears away.
"Good, now I'm sorry I have to cut this meeting short, but we are at war here. I need you over in the ranks with the other water gems in battle position, the gems from Homeworld are only a day away, I believe and we WILL be ready for this."
Aqua nodded, starting to make her way over to her position. She looked up towards the bright sky, faintly seeing several ships making their way very close to Earth, heading straight for them.
"Are you ready for this? We're exactly 22 Earth hours away from our destination, the rebels were spotted in the fields, setting up for battle." Lapis looked up, exhausted at Topaz, who was decorated in standard Homeworld armor.
"Yeah, I'm as ready as can be expected, I never thought we would be going against our former associates." Topaz scoffed crudely, as if Lapis said the most obnoxious thing she ever heard. "Associates? Those gem are, and always will be traitors to our Homeworld. They even had the nerve to give themselves a name, the Crystal Gems." She spat with disgust as the words left her mouth.
"Well they have to have something to band themselves together right? Something to be entitled to? I guess for them it's a name." Lapis felt her cheeks heat up as the words rushed out of her mouth, sounding foreign to her own ears. Topaz looked at her questionably.
"Are you justifying these traitors actions Lazuli?" A look of panic flashed across Lapis' face before responding to Topaz's accusations. "Of course not, I would never side with traitors to our Homeworld, I was simply stating that perhaps a name would make them feel like their disgusting acts are reputable."
Topaz smirked at the younger gem, nodding in agreement, "Yes yes, of course you have no sympathy for these felons, you always have been one of our most loyal inhabitants, even for just being a water gem. Enough of these emotional vacations however, we will be entering Earth's atmosphere very soon, war will likely commence tomorrow, be ready."
Lapis watched, waiting for her leader to leave before going into a state of panic. "Tomorrow?! I might have to go against my best friend tomorrow?!" A look of guilt and regret washed over Lapis' features, her head swimming with horrible thoughts of seeing her friend's shards destroyed and scattered over a bloody, demolished field.
"Aquamarine, why did we leave each other? I swear by the stars, if we make it out of this alive, we'll never leave each other again." Lapis' gem glowed brightly as she stared out into the stars, a small planet becoming slightly larger with each minute of travel.
"Tomorrow will be a great day, I will show my worth, I will make Homeworld proud, no matter what I may have to do."
"Ugh, I'm lying to myself." Lapis stared at the blue and green planet, hoping to see what Aquamarine saw in it, but she saw nothing, not caring to fight for or conquer it. "What's special about this place Aqua? Why did you leave me for it? Why did I let you leave me for it?"
She pulled away from the window, looking instead at Aqua's bracelet, she traced the Aquamarine stone, traced the 'A' etched into it. "What will happen to us? After the war, could we really stay together? Two gems, much too alike but far too different, being together?"
"LAZULI GET YOUR HEAD OUT THE STARS, PUT YOUR GEAR ON, AND GET READY, THIS MIGHT JUST BE THE BIGGEST WAR IN GEM HISTORY!" Rosaline's harsh tone seemingly woke Lapis up from her slumber of thoughts. She jumped up quickly and gathered her armor and weapon, seemingly forgetting about her friend on the other side.
She rushed to the main part of the ship, where all the other gems, including Topaz and Rosaline, were gathered.
"LISTEN UP RUNTS, WE ARE APPROACHING OUR ENEMIES AND WILL BE THERE IN EXACTLY 22 OF EARTH'S HOURS! ON THE BATTLEFIELD YOU MAY SEEM SOME GEMS THAT YOU MAY HAVE USED TO CALL FRIEND, BUT THESE GEMS ARE NOT YOUR FRIENDS, THEY ARE TRAITOROUS TRASH AND SHALL BE TREATED AS SUCH! ANY GEM THAT IS FOUND AIDING ONE OF THESE TRAITORS WILL ALSO BE DECLARED A TRAITOR AND WILL BECOME AN INSTANT ENEMY! NOW GET READY, CAUSE IN A SHORT TIME EVERYTHING WILL CHANGE!"
Rosaline's words echoed throughout the deathly silent ship, her threats bouncing off the walls, straight into the ears of any gem who had second thoughts about this war. Lapis especially heard these words, she heard every sincere threat and warning. She knew she couldn't go against Homeworld, but could she go against a friend?
"For whatever happens, I am truly sorry.. whatever happens will you forgive me?" As her gem glowed brighter and brighter, Lapis could faintly hear the same voice she missed deeply, and that voice answered back. "Yes, only if you forgive me too."
Lapis gasped loudly, earning her several suspicious glances. "Lazuli what did I tell you about that g-" She quickly cut off Rosaline's ranting. "I know miss, I remember, I'll make it stop if I have to."
Sorry for the delay, super busy.. But here you go another chapter enjoy