I have invented the ultimate cliffhanger. What's up with Lapis? Is she shattered? The reason I'm writing this is because I'm trying to transfer high schools into a special school that has a program for writers. This is just practice for my audition. However, I really love to write, and I love this story. Please give constructive criticism (or just praise, my self-esteem really needs a huge boost atm) so that I can become better. Enjoy reading!
"You're just a defective soldier, Amethyst." Is what Ruby had told me. She called Lapis a defect, too. Garnet reared back to hit Lapis in her gem. "No!" I screamed, and I used my whip to grab Garnet's gauntlet and redirect it. It hit right over Lapis' gem, sparing her. "Amethyst!" Garnet yelled. "You can't just shatter someone! She had the chance to shatter you, but she didn't! Just repay her the favor!" I yelled back. Garnet raised her fists over Lapis' gem. I jumped for Lapis' gem, and rolled. Garnet missed, her fists smashing into the sand. The ice around us shattered, and I jumped out above the ocean. I was running on the beach, trying to distance myself and the gems. I heard Garnet yell from behind me. "Stop her!"
I see fireballs and spears whizzing past me. I didn't see Steven. I yelled back to him. "Steven! Go to Connie!" I hoped that he'd heard. A spear hit me in the leg. I tripped and fell, but I got right back up. I spun into a ball and whizzed away.
When I'd been in the bubble, a white gem had taken me to shore. "Hi Steven, my name is Pearl. It's okay, we've saved you." "Lapis!" I cried. "Oh, don't worry about that traitor. We'll shatter her, and then you'll be safe." Pearl said. I broke free of her grasp, and ran into the ocean. I formed a bubble, and dropped down to the sea floor. I couldn't break the ice bubble, but I could watch what happened to my best friend.
Tears were spilling from my eyes; they hurt her, and they were going to shatter her! I had to at least get her shards. But… wait… Amethyst! Amethyst saved Lapis! I rose to the surface as Amethyst left the bubble. Just as I break the surface of the water, I hear Amethyst shout "…Connie!" I nodded. Just then, the Pearl grabbed me. "Garnet!" she cried. "I got Steven!" Pearl was picking me up, carrying me off. I struggled to escape, and she dropped me, right on my head. Everything is fading to black.
Who am I? Oh yes, I'm Lapis Lazuli. I almost forgot. My mental state is so messed up, I can't think, I can't see, I can't feel. I can only remember clips of what just happened. Pain, tears, fire, ice, fists, whips, spears, Pearl, Garnet, Amethyst, Steven. I have to move past this. But… I can't.
I ran. Would they shatter me? Amethyst and Lapis, the two refugees. I couldn't save Steven, I'd have to meet up with him. I couldn't go to Steven's house, they'd find us there. I was still running when I found him. Steven's lion. He laid down, as if asking me to get on his back. I obliged, but I was still weary. We appeared at a cave in a mountain. I walked around, and saw Rose's sword. This must've been where Steven and Lapis had stayed. I suddenly saw Lapis' gem begin to glow. "Lapis?" I say.
I hear someone speak my name. "Lapis?" They said. I struggled to take form. I opened my eyes. "Amethyst?" I muttered. Her eyes widened. "You're okay!" She said. "You were almost shattered." I sat up abruptly, and said "Steven! Where is he?" Amethyst couldn't look me in the eye. I gasped. He was still at the Temple. She looked back at me, and said "I mean, you're still in one piece. I did the best I could." Neither of us talked for a while. She broke the silence. "You know, I thought Garnet and Pearl hurt me badly. But they really took it all out on you. I… I'm sorry." I gave a small smile. "Yeah, well at least you weren't one of them." She smiled back.
"Hey, Amethyst." I said. "Are you going to help me get Steven back?" I asked. She nodded. "Garnet and Pearl have grown… unstable. Steven shouldn't be with them. Besides, you've raised him." She said. I tentatively asked her "Are you still mad that I stole Steven, way back when?" She shook her head. "Naw, you were lonely back then. You needed someone, and he helped you. Things are what they are." We're silent for a while again, but this time, I break the silence. "We've both been beaten by the Crystal Gems. But now, I think we need to train to become better. Will you help me?" I ask. I'd been beaten by Pearl, Garnet, Peridot, and Lion. I had to grow stronger to save Steven. Amethyst nodded. "Okay, then." I said. "Let's go to the top of the mountain."
"Steven, wake up…" I heard someone calling my name. I jolt upwards. Where was I? I look around me. It looks just like my house in Syrc Town, but made of wood, instead of stone. Did Lapis make it that way on purpose? The white gem, Pearl, was standing next to my… bed? Since when did I get in bed? "Where… where am I?" I ask her. "Home, Steven. You're home now." I look around. I appear to be inside the wooden house I saw earlier from the beach. The beach where Lapis was hurt… Lapis! She'd been hurt by these gems here. "You!" I cry. "Yes, Rose- I mean Steven, it's me! Pearl!" She says. I back away from her. "You hurt Lapis! You hurt Amethyst!" I say. She grimaces. "Well, Steven, these things do happen." I run for the door, but she jumps in front of it, holding her spear. "Steven, please, sit down." She says, gesturing to the kitchen chairs. "We have so much to talk about!"
"Hey, Lapis, do you want to start fighting now?" Amethyst asks me. For the past two hours, we've been training at climbing, running, jumping; any movement we'd need in battle. I nod, and we go to the battle field at the top of the mountain. As we take out positions, I call out to her. "So no poofing, right?" She nods. She draws her whip, I summon my wings, and we begin to fight.
I jump into the air, using my water wings to keep aloft. Amethyst snaps her whip at me, and I barely dodge it. I grab it, and I pull it over my head as I descend. She smashes into the marsh banks. She shakes her head, and jumps out of the water. I summon an ice lance into my hands, and I begin to dive. I turn my wings to ice, and dive bomb Amethyst. She spin into a ball and dodges; I see her dodge, and so as my lance hits the ground, I unfreeze it, and use it to push myself back into the air. I summon the marsh waters beneath my feet, and ride it like a surfer would ride a wave; and wherever my touched the waters, it would turn to ice. I go up to Amethyst, flanking her, and summon an ice sword in my hand, and hit her with the flat of the blade. I then curve the wave in front of her, and form a gauntlet in my hand. Her momentum carries her towards me, but I have strength. Just as my fist is about to make contact, she grabs my gauntlet, hooks my feet, and throws me. I land in the marsh, face up. She then spins into a ball, and rolls over me multiple times. I struggle to get up, and I see her towering over me. She offers me a hand up, and I take it. I grin at her, and we both break into laughter.
After a long day of training, Amethyst and I sit on the top of the mountain, gazing at the stars, sitting in silence. Amethyst talks without turning her head to me. "So how did you hurt your back?" I blush, hoping that she doesn't see it in the darkness. "I… I…" I stutter. "It's okay if you don't talk about it. I saw it during training, and I was just wondering. I mean, when Garnet called you defective because of it… Maybe that's why I saved you. She'd called me defective, too." She says, still gazing at the sky. I blush more. "It… It was Peridot. She hit me with her anti-gem laser. Amethyst turns to me and asks "Wait, so why didn't you just poof? How could you stay formed after that? And why is there still a mark?" I blink. "I ask myself that all the time…" She looks back at the sky. "Hey, we're both different, but at least we have each other, right?" I say, trying to be optimistic. Just like Steven. She smiles and says "Yeah." I hold out my hand for a fist bump. She returns it. We both smile. Even though Steven isn't here, we still have each other. It's nice to have people who care about you.