Bleh. I don't feel like doing an intro for this chapter. Have fun and review!

~The Anti-Horcrux

"Yo!" The young gem smiled. "You're sneaking out to see her, too?" Frisk had entered an area Peridot dubbed "Waterfall". It was cool, but not the frigid cold of Snowdin. "Awesome! She's sooo cool, I wanna be just like her when I get older. Uh… Don't tell Pyrite I'm here. She doesn't like it when I sneak out."

Next to Frisk, a big blue flower bloomed. The gem beside it told them that it was an echo flower, and repeated whatever it heard last.

"This is an echo flower, it repeats whatever it heard last," the echo flower said. Next to the flower, Frisk found another sparkling star that no one seemed to notice. Next to the star was a Amethyst, boots up on the table at her station.

"What?" She asked when she noticed Frisk staring at her. "Ever seen a gal with two jobs before? At least two jobs means twice the legally-required breaks. I'm heading over to Agate's. Wanna come with? I know a good shortcut," Frisk nodded and followed the purple gem into a loud grill. The two slid into seats at the front after Amethyst had a quick chat with everyone. One gem pointed out that Amethyst was at the restaurant for breakfast a few minutes ago. Amethyst shook her head and pointed out that that was brunch.

"Give us the trash, Agate!" Amethyst yelled at the gem sitting on the opposite side of the counter. "And give my little buddy here a… uh, what do you want?" Amethyst asked.

Frisk looked over the menu. (Which seemed to consist of only two items: burgers and fries.) "I'll get the french fries for now," They answered.

"Make that two," Amethyst smiled. Agate quickly ran into the back of the restaurant and came out with two orders of fries. Amethyst picked up the ketchup bottle and waved it in Frisk's direction. "Want some ketchup?" She asked.

"Uh… No thanks," Frisk said.

"Great! More for me!" Amethyst devoured the ketchup and the fries- containers and all- in one bite. "Sometimes," She said. "If Agate's is closes, I head over to the trash area. Not as good as actual food, but you can find some pretty good junk there if you know where to look."

"Trash?" Frisk asked. "Why would you eat that?"

"Us gems don't actually need to eat, it's a human thing, y'know? But a lot of like to do it, and since our bodies are made out of light, we can eat pretty much anything. Pretty awesome, isn't it?" Amethyst burped.

"Your bodies are made of light?" Frisk shrieked.

"Yup!" Amethyst laughed. "Pretty great, huh? With bodies made of light, we can summon weapons, shapeshift, and fuse!"

"Fuse? What's that?" Frisk cocked their head to the side.

"That would be a long story, and I don't have much time, so I'll try to explain the basics," Amethyst said. "Fusion occurs when two gems dance and then form one being with the two gem's combined looks, power, personality, and weapons. Like when me and Peridot fuse, we become Fluorite. She's kinda tall and pretty funny, I can't really explain it, maybe you'll see her one day."

"That sounds really cool!" Frisk gasped. "Having bodies made of light must be really cool."

"Yeah, I guess," Amethyst sighed. "But it has it's downfalls, too. So…" Amethyst said, twirling, her unused fork and then gulping it down. "What do you think of Peridot?"

"She's really nice," Frisk smiled. "And funny, too."

"You got that right," Amethyst laughed. "You'd be too if you wore that outfit everyday. She's only take that thing off if she absolutely had to. Thank GOD that gems don't sweat, or she'd smell disgusting."

Frisk laughed a bit and took another handful of french fries.

"And, cool or not, she always tries," Amethyst smiled. "She keeps trying her best to be part of the Royal Guard, Ruby, even if it seems like her chances of joining are pretty slim. One day, she went to the house of the head of the Royal Guard and begged her to let her join. Obviously, Ruby slammed the door in Peridot's face, because it was midnight and gems like her need sleep. But when she woke up, she saw Peridot still waiting outside, muttering a bunch of insults under her breath. Seeing how much she wanted to be part of the Royal Guard, she decided to give her warrior training. It's, uh, still a work-in-progress."

Amethyst looked down and twiddled her thumbs as Frisk gulped down the last of the french fries. Suddenly, everything became quieter. Frisk didn't no why. Nobody had stopped talking. The gems around them were still chattering on as usual, but Frisk couldn't here them as well anymore. Frisk looked back at Amethyst to see her looking into their eyes in concentration.

"I wanted to ask you something," She breathed. "Have you ever seen a talking flower?"

Frisk nodded. Flowey.

"So you've heard all about it. The echo flower. They're all over Waterfall. Say something to them and they'll repeat it over and over until they have something new to say. Well, Peridot told me something interesting the other day. Sometimes, when she's alone, a flower comes and tells her things. Apparently, the flower's been pretty nice to her, giving her advice, complementing her, you know, that kinda stuff. And predictions, too, although I'm not so sure what that's about. Pretty creepy, huh? I think someone's been trying to trick her, I'm not really sure why. Can you keep an eye out for it?" Amethyst asked, sounding stressed.

This was the most serious they'd ever seen Amethyst. She was usually lazy and fun, but she seemed to be really upsetted by something. Frisk nodded.

"Thanks, dude," Amethyst smiled. Everything went back to normal, the chatter of the grill filling the room.

"See ya later!" And with that, Amethyst hopped off her stool and headed back to her station in Waterfall, leaving Frisk alone and confused in the busy restaurant.