Yo Everybody, here's Part 3 and the finale to the surprisingly turned into a three-shot, request; Amazon Valekyria. This chapter was done for a while, but I had wanted to get my Chapter 25 finished so that's why I held off on uploading this. Once again, I like to thank Lavits for helping me out in writing this. I couldn't have done it without him.

And to the anonymous guest who had requested this three-shot. I'm truly sorry for taking this long to get this out to you. But finally with this, your request is complete.

Now without further ado. Sit back and enjoy.

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Chapter 26: Amazon Valekyria: Finale

The three teenage Amazons and Garnet left the house next to the courthouse. As Garnet looked around he spotted a large set of white marble stairs close to the building they just exited. Upon the stairs was a large matching white marble building with cylindrical columns in front of it holding up the overhang. A statue of a woman with wings on her back and a crown of leaves in her hair was at the top of the steps. She held an hourglass in her outstretched hand. "Woah! That place looks important." Garnet's eyes were shining with wonder.

He was taking in the ancient, but beautiful architecture around him. At least, it should have been ancient, but it was all in prime condition. The pictures he had been shown in textbooks while studying the history of Vacuo were all pictures of mostly crumbled buildings. Relics of a long time ago.

"That's our courthouse. It's where we try our people who have wronged our customs. I would make sure you don't end up there, Garnet. That statue is of the Goddess Nemesis. She does not tolerate those who disobey our customs." Nora warned in a low tone, glaring at him. Garnet's eyes widened as he started to shake slightly.

Seeing the fear that her friend was causing the young man, Yang hit Nora on the shoulder. "Nora, stop scaring him. She's actually the Goddess that keeps the world of good and evil deeds in balance. She's pretty fair and just. I'm sure he's plenty frightened after coming to a world he knows nothing about, without you threatening him with a goddess, Nora." Yang gave Garnet an empathetic look, not able to imagine how nerve wracking it must be to suddenly awake in a strange new world.

"Oh, come on Yang! I was just teaching him about our customs! It's what your mother wanted us to do!" Nora explained with a cheeky smile, showing she was doing anything but.

Yang sighed and looked to Garnet with a small smile. "Don't listen to her. Unless you do something seriously wrong like murder, you will be fine."

Garnet started to smile again as he felt relief that they weren't as extreme as they could be with their punishment. Yang started to walk past him, Pyrrha and Nora following her, and she looked over her shoulder towards him with a smirk.

"Yeah, crimes like theft only take your dominant hand." Yang snickered with Nora, Pyrrha hid her giggle behind her hand as Garnet got worried again.

The red haired boy swallowed nervously, rubbing his wrists as he ran to catch up with them. "That's not funny!"

"I think it's pretty funny! Hahaha!" Nora skipped ahead of the group, laughing, happy to have another friend to mess with. She then got a great idea that went hand in hand with showing him around as well as messing with him. "Ooooh! I know where we can show him next!"

Pyrrha and Yang stopped and looked to their orange haired friend, wondering what she is thinking.

"Let's go to the training grounds! That's a huge part of our customs!" Nora had a wild look in her eyes as she stared at Garnet, wondering if he could put up a good fight in the arena.

"Well…? She's not wrong?" Yang put her hands out to her sides level with her shoulders, shrugging. She looked to her older sister, wanting her input.

"I think that's a grand idea! Sparring and combat is the basis of our people's customs." Pyrrha agreed immediately.

"You're just saying that, because you want to fight someone." Nora pointed to Pyrrha, reading her like a book.

Pyrrha looked away and blushed slightly, embarrassed to be seen through so easily. "I-I have…No idea what you mean! I simply wish to show Garnet about our culture!" At seeing Nora still smirk, Pyrrha changed tactics. "Hush, Nora! Or I will be the one to give you a fight!"

Nora just smirked wider. "Bring it! Princess!"

Pyrrha blushed deeper at the nickname. Nora had been calling her that since they were kids, but lately it was starting to get to her. Not in a bad way, she liked it when Nora treated her like that. It made her feel warmer.

While this time, the name Nora called her seemed more of a taunting, Pyrrha couldn't help but think of the times when Nora did call her that out of respect or adoration. They were few, but that made them more special to her.

Not able to meet eyes with Nora, Pyrrha kept looking away from her, but mumbled out her answer. "Fine then…Let's show him the way of the Amazons of Valekyria."

Nora smirked and grabbed Pyrrha's wrist to tug her along. "Come on, then!"

Garnet was left wondering what was going on. "Uhh…?" He gave a perplexed look to Yang, who just snickered and took off after her sister and friend.

"You heard her! Let's go!" Yang waved for Garnet to come along.

-x-

Making their way through the city at a breakneck pace was wearing Garnet out. They may all be trained from a really young age to be warriors, but he certainly wasn't. It took all his energy to keep up with their jogging pace. Garnet was trying to tell them to slow down, but they didn't listen.

As they took a few turns and ended up in the northern part of the island, Garnet could see a high structure further ahead, and wondered what purpose it served. It looked important.

The building was on a hill, as well as several stairs just like the courthouse. The difference being, that there were 3 giant statues at the end of the steps and in front of the building, instead of just one. On the left was a statue of a beautiful woman with flowers and fruit in her hair and a basket of grain in her arms. The right statue was of a curvy, tall woman who wore fine clothes that hugged her body perfectly. Her hair was pulled back by a hairband, except for her bangs, and the style was done in a ponytail. She was truly a being of beauty. The middle statue was of a gorgeous, happy woman. She had a golden crown on her head and was wearing fine clothing of embedded jewelry. Hers was the biggest statue on the island, so Garnet knew she must be pretty important to their culture.

As they took one last turn, to the east, off of the main roadway that connected the city, the other girls stopped in an open area. The place wasn't completely empty however, as there were straw, round targets on one side of the field with arrows sticking out of them. Circular rings dotted the ground in another location from the arrow targets. Cleared off from grass and replaced with dirt for maneuverability, meant as arenas for sparring and working out in a clear environment. There was a small building, next to the rings, made of basic stone and wood as it wasn't that important of a building since it was for storage and slight shade if people wanted to watch a sparring match out of the sun. Behind the building was a dug-out well of fresh water for refreshment after a tough time training. Weapon racks with basic weapons were aligned with the rings for easy equipping if needed.

Further back, but still adjacent to the training grounds was a huge circular building with grand carvings on the sides depicting mighty heroines in epic battle poses. Two more statues aligned the front of the grandiose structure. The left sculpture was of a young girl with a quiver on her back and a bow in her hand. She wore a simple, light dress and kept her hair in a bun. The other statue on the right was of a tall and strong woman with a round shield and spear in her hands. Under her ornate helmet was a masterfully carved face of a calm and intelligent demeanor.

-x-

As the group came to a stop in the open field, Garnet fell to his knees out of breath from the 12 minute sprint through the city. "Ughh…I feel like I'm gonna die! I'm not…*breathes* feeling very well…*breathes again* you know!" Taking a few more deep breathes, he could feel himself getting hotter. His slight fever from last night was getting worse and he needed to get some rest.

"Garnet, are you alright?" Yang approached the heavy breathing boy and kneeled down to put a hand on his shoulder.

"No, I am not. Can…Can you help me get to that shade, I need to cool off. I think my fever is coming back." Garnet gets back up wobbly and Yang grabs his shoulders to steady him.

"Oh! Sorry Garnet. We didn't know you still felt bad. You should have told us." Yang put an arm around him to keep him steady as she led him to the shaded building next to the arenas.

Garnet weakly mumbled out his defense. "I did tell you to stop…You just didn't listen."

"Oh…Sorry again. Here. I'll go draw you some water out of the well." Yang sat the boy down and went to the well behind the building to get him some water to cool off.

Pyrrha and Nora were too busy discussing who was going to trounce who in the arena to notice that Garnet was burning up. As they turned around towards the building to ask Garnet who he thought was going to win, they saw him sitting against the building under the shade, breathing hard.

The pair rushed to him to see what was wrong, but Yang beat them to the punch with a bucket of water and set it beside him. She picked up a wooden ladle and scooped out some water for him to drink and offered it to him.

"Th-Thank you…" Garnet got out as he started to sip on the clean, fresh water.

"What happened?" Pyrrha asked, confused why he seemed to be so unhealthy.

"He never really fully recovered from his night in the ocean, sister. We should have noticed." Yang explained, hanging her head down.

"But he seemed just fine a moment ago, what happened?" Nora wondered as well.

Finishing his third ladle, Garnet spoke up. "The run here was exhausting! I don't know how you didn't even break a sweat." Garnet's face was red from the sun and heat as he splashed some water on himself.

"That was just over 2 kilometers though. That's not that far. We do more than that every day." Nora asked, puzzled why he couldn't cover such a 'short' distance, even if he was sick.

"Well, I don't. Where I come from, we use cars for transportation. We don't really need to walk everywhere." Garnet explained as he was starting to feel better. Yang, squatting next to him, put her hand on his forehead to feel his temperature. He still felt pretty hot, but she didn't think he was going to suffer heat stroke.

"Cars?" Pyrrha asks, wondering what he means.

From his position next to Yang's, and how she was leaning over him to feel his head. Garnet could see Yang's cleavage and he looked away. Luckily his already hot face was hiding his blush from the others. "Uhh…Y-Yeah. I guess you don't have cars here since that's pretty high-tech for this world. Think of them like metal horses, I guess."

"You have metal horses?! Your world is amazing!" Nora screamed, wanting to know more. That would have to wait though.

"His fever is back to when it was when we found him, Nora. He needs to rest again." Yang turned to her sister and friend behind her to inform.

"Awww…I wanted to see how good he was in a fight!" Nora whined out, bummed that she didn't get to see the person from another world in action.

"Come on, Nora. You can still fight me!" Pyrrha grabbed Nora's shoulder and smiled, wanting to cheer her up.

"You're on!" Nora rushed to the arena with a smug Pyrrha behind her, happy she could change Nora's demeanor so quickly.

-x-

Yang decided to watch the fight next to Garnet since she was given orders by her mother to watch over the boy. She also didn't have anything else to do since Pyrrha and Nora already had partners. They began to do some martial arts training to warm up before they really got started. Blocking and deflecting blows from each other was simple enough to the two as they were perfectly in sync. Garnet was amazed at their performance. They seemed to shrug off blows that connected like they didn't even feel them. He sometimes noticed that especially hard blows that made it past their defenses would leave a shimmer along the part that was struck, as if there was something protecting their body.

In the fight, it seemed like Nora was pushing Pyrrha back with hand to hand combat, but as soon as Nora pulled out her blessing from Athena, her giant pink and white Warhammer, Pyrrha did the same thing with her blessing, a red and black shimmering shield and sword materialized in Pyrrha's hands respectively.

Pyrrha brought up her shield to intercept Nora's mighty hammer and the ground beneath her cracked as it came down. A black glowing light shimmered around Pyrrha as the force was absorbed and she seemed to be unfazed by the might of Nora's hammer. Garnet definitely noticed that time.

The red haired Amazon shield bashed Nora away and pressed her advantage by rushing in close with her short sword. She knew Nora had a tough time dealing with people at such a close distance. Her two handed Warhammer was difficult to swing so close to the body.

-x-

"So what did you mean, 'metal horses' and 'hitek'? Your world sounds very strange, Garnet." Yang decided to bring up some conversation while they wait for Pyrrha's and Nora's fight to finish.

Snapping Garnet out of his trance of the fight, he shook his head and looked to the tall blonde next to him, feeling well enough to speak normally. "Oh, umm…Well, it's called 'high-tech'. It means technologically advanced. Metal horses was the easiest way to explain what cars were since there is probably nothing in your world to compare them to, besides actual horses. Cars are man-made machines that are powered using an engine and wheels. Pretty much everyone in my world has one. Transportation has come a long way in my world. We can fly around the world with things called planes, too." Garnet smiled to Yang after he finished.

Yang looked over to him like he was crazy. "You can fly?! That's…How?! Show me!" Yang was really excited to see him soar through the air, not understanding what a plane was. For all she knew, it was an accessory that you wore to help you fly.

"Um…No, I can't fly. The plane flies us around the world. It's piloted by a person, but they are specially trained people. Think of the plane similar to the car. A huge piece of metal that we get in and then it lifts off and we go to our destination." Garnet explains the best he can, the concept of flight in his world.

"Ok, now I know you're messing with me! You expect me to believe that you climb into a hunk of metal and it takes you where you want to go? I'm not stupid!" Yang feels offended and turns her head away from Garnet, crossing her arms.

"No! I swear I'm serious! It's a lot more complicated than I make it out to be. I'm just trying to put it into the simplest of terms so you can understand!" Garnet backpedals, not wanting to offend the girl that saved him from dying on the beach, and just helped him out again with finding him shade and water.

Yang turns back around to face him, furious. "Oh, so I'm simple? Is that it?!" Yang gets up in a hurry, turning back around to face the redhead sitting on the ground. "Well, why don't you just go get yourself some more water, since you're so smart?!"

-x-

At the shouting coming from Yang, Pyrrha and Nora stop their spar and see what's happening. Yang starts to storm off, while Garnet sputters and shouts for her to stop.

"Yang, what happened?" Pyrrha asks as she grabs her sister by the shoulder and stops her, worried.

"Why don't you ask him, since I'm so simple?!" Yang yells, looking at Garnet who started to stand up.

"I'm sorry, Yang! I didn't mean it like that!" Garnet then mumbles to himself so they can't hear him. "I'm so bad at talking to people, gahh!" He grips his own head, infuriated with himself as well as feeling the fever work him over. The girls did hear his cry of frustration though, as he continues. "It's just…My world is similar to your world, but in the far future. We've made significant strides with technology."

"There you go again, using that word. I don't know what that means! Tek-nology? You're not making sense!" Yang shouted, frustrated with him.

"It's just really hard to explain my world. I didn't mean to upset you, Yang. I'm so sorry." Garnet showed on his face that he was truly sorry. His big silver eyes were slightly watered, on the verge of outright crying just from upsetting her.

The face took them all aback, stunned that he would be so worried about hurting her. Now Yang started to feel bad about snapping at him. She gripped her right arm in her left and looked down, feeling bad about hurting Garnet. "Wow…" Yang breathed out, not expecting him to care about her feelings after just meeting her. She rubs the back of her head in awkwardness, not knowing what to say. "I…I guess, it's Ok. I shouldn't have snapped at you like that. I'm…sorry too." Yang mumbles the last part, but he hears it all the same.

Garnet smiles, seeing that she wasn't too upset with him anymore. "Hey, maybe instead of learning about my world, you could teach me about yours, Instead? Who are those statues of over there?" He tries to change topics to lift everyone's spirits and it works.

Pyrrha pats Yang on the shoulder and the blonde smiles at her sister. "Fine…" Yang looks back up to Garnet and sees what he is pointing to. The statues in front of the Grand Hall on the hill.

"…Well, the one on the left is Demeter. She's the goddess of the harvest and grain. She provides us with crops and helps us survive through the winters. The one on the right is Aphrodite. She is the goddess of beauty, love, and desire." While Yang was explaining, Pyrrha was thinking about the tale of Aphrodite and what that meant for their people as a whole, and for herself and her coming pilgrimage. Garnet cut in to talk after hearing about the one on the right.

"She really is beautiful. I can tell from here." Garnet sends a gentle smile to Yang, telling her to keep going.

Yang obliges, a smile on her face too, seeing that he was paying attention and actually wanted to learn about their world. "Well, the one in the center is the most important of all. The goddess, Hera. She is the queen of all the gods. She represents marriage and birth, for there is nothing more sacred." Yang caught herself staring into Garnet's eyes again and looked away, snapping herself out of it.

In a soft voice, smiling at Yang still, Garnet asked and pointed towards the other two statues in front of the tall circular building to the east of the training grounds. "And those two? Who is the one on the left?"

"The building is called the Hall of Legends. The battlegrounds to fight for honor. That statue is of Artemis. The goddess of the hunt. Through her, we connect with the animals of nature. Becoming predator and prey as we are all a part of the cycle of life." Yang explains with a smile, remembering that Artemis blessed herself and Nora earlier today when they went hunting for the feast.

"The one on the right is Athena, right? The goddess of Wisdom?" Garnet interrupts her thought as he finishes for Yang, explaining the statues title.

That got their attention, though. How did he know one of their goddesses? "You know of Athena?" Pyrrha asked, suspicious of the boy.

"Yeah, I mean somewhat. She's the goddess of wisdom, right? Like I explained to the queen earlier, I studied some of Vacuo's culture in school. I know you don't know where that is, since it's a part of my world, but Vacuo's kingdom used to be like this one a long time ago. At least, somewhat similar. Amazing how our worlds worship the same deities." Garnet explained, fascinated with the how their worlds were millennia apart, but this world was potentially destined to end up where his was.

"So you know what will happen with our world, then?" Pyrrha asked, intrigued to learn of the future.

"No, no! Like I said, it was a long time ago. And while our worlds may be similar, there are some differences." Garnet waved his arms back and forth, trying to correct her. "Like for instance, the Amazons don't exist on my world. They are just myth, a fairy tale. Also, those lights that you fight with, I've never seen that before. We definitely don't have that!"

"You mean our blessings from Athena? How does your world not have this gift? Surely someone has unlocked their aura on your world?" Pyrrha asked, perplexed.

"Aura? Like…how you feel? How does that help you summon those cool weapons?" Garnet scratches his head, confused.

"Aura is a part of all living creatures. It protects us and makes us stronger. Through aura we can summon our personal weapons of Athena. The gifts she decided to bestow upon us." Yang explains it like it's common knowledge. To them is was, though.

"So I could get that too?!" Garnet asks excitedly, but then gets dizzy and puts his back to the wall to rest, still not one hundred percent healthy.

"Easy, Garnet!" The three girls stride to him at a brisk pace and check on him. Yang puts her hand on his head again. "You still have a fever, Garnet. You need some more rest." His head was burning up and she gave him a worried look.

"You're right, sorry. That just sounded so exciting, to be able to call upon a weapon from nothing. Should we go back for now, though?" Garnet spoke as he got up again.

They decided to help him up, but before they could answer, they were interrupted by the call of two members of the council behind them.

-x-

"Is this the man we heard of?"

When the group turned around to see who asked, they saw snow white hair with fierce blue orbs and ashen black hair with hard golden eyes staring at Garnet.

"Lady Cinder, Lady Winter. It is nice to see you." Pyrrha respectfully bowed, even after their harsh call out to her new friend. Nora regretfully followed and Yang did too, a moment later after Nora.

"His name is Garnet. He's-…" Yang began to explain, but was cut off by Cinder.

"I don't care about his name. Is the prisoner behaving himself? We heard shouting a moment ago." Cinder and Winter's glare never left the boy.

"What? He's not our prisoner. Our mother told us to show him around the city and to…" Yang's defense fell off as she remembered the rest of what her mother said. 'Watch him and keep him under control…He is a prisoner, isn't he?'

After Yang stopped mid-sentence, the white haired woman continued. "What did he do that caused the yelling? Should we help escort him to the courthouse?" Winter suggested in a sharp tone. The mention of the courthouse caused Garnet to reflexively grip his wrists again in fear.

"No, that won't be necessary. Nora and I just got into a small fight, is all. We were sparring." Pyrrha calmly half-lied. Saying that Garnet insulted the second princess wouldn't help his case any.

"Are you sure, princess Pyrrha?" Winter asked, not taking her eyes off of the boy who was shrinking in on himself from the intense staring.

'Princess?' Garnet thought. 'Wait! She's actually a princess? I thought Nora was kidding?! Then that means…' Garnet looked over to Yang and it clicked. 'The queen did say that her daughters would be showing me around…' The awkward boy had no idea that he was hanging out with royalty the entire day. That made things so much more stressful.

"Yes, I am. Thank you for your concern, but we have it handled. Our mother gave us this task and we will complete it, as asked of us." Pyrrha stood taller and straighter as she finished, commanding them to back off.

The two members of the council walked forward, closer to Garnet. They made it to the edge of the storage building and stopped, glaring at Garnet. He just sank further in on himself, scared of these two women who were nearly two feet taller than him.

"What is your business on our island?" Winter asked of Garnet with a bite in her words.

"I-I'm sorry. I just kinda ended up here…It wasn't planned. Me and my family were on a boat in the middle of a storm and it crashed. I haven't seen my family since…" Garnet started to tear up, trying to hold back tears as he realized how alone he was in this world.

Cinder and Winter hesitated as they saw tears pool in his eyes. They didn't expect to be considered bullies to, who they saw as, a small child. They were just looking out for their people.

"That's…!" 'So sad…' Cinder tried to remain unbiased and not trust the boy with such a cute and innocent face, but his adorableness was overwhelming. "So you have nowhere else to go?" Cinder's eyes softened from her glare as she relented in her attempt at an interrogation. Winter wasn't faring any better with her resolve.

Garnet shook his head sadly, pulling his knees up to his chest and holding them. He inadvertently put on the sad puppy dog display as he still had tears in his eyes.

-x-

Cinder and Winter broke down. The two women rushed to his side to calm him down and stop his crying. They couldn't handle the sadness that radiated from the boy. He seemed so broken, how could they ever think of him as a threat?

"It's Ok! Don't cry. We're sorry if we scared you! Right, Cinder?" Winter tried to cheer up the boy who was hugging his legs as best she could. Cinder and Winter kneeled down next to Garnet to get within range to comfort him.

"Right! We were just worried for the safety of our people. We didn't know who you were and not knowing one's enemy can be lethal. N-Not that we think of you as our enemy anymore! You weren't what we were expecting, is all. You clearly wouldn't hurt a fly, right?" Cinder stuttered as she tried to explain their actions towards the clearly innocent young man. She gave a smile as she finished, trying to seem nicer to him.

Garnet shook his head, no. He really had no idea what his secret weapon really did to people, or even that he had one to begin with. "Of course not. I don't want to hurt anyone." He rubbed his arm over his eyes to dry his unshed tears. He thought it was strange that the two 7 foot tall women were now coddling him, instead of threatening him like they just were a moment ago. The red haired boy was broken from his thoughts when Winter started to speak again.

"Well, would you like us to accompany you on a tour of the city? I would be glad to show you around, Garnet. Think of it as a way to repay you for the mistreatment we showed you." Winter asked in a voice you might talk with when addressing a small child. She was knelt down beside Garnet on the ground.

'That's rich, considering you didn't even want to know his name, but a moment ago…' Yang thought, annoyed that they were all over Garnet now.

As if sensing Yang's distaste of the idea, Garnet answered. "Oh, thank you, but that's not necessary. The queen ordered for her daughters and Nora to escort me around. I would hate to disobey royalty, sorry." Garnet let them down in a small voice.

Winter stood back up with a pout. "Fine…I guess I'll see you some other time Garnet, maybe at the feast? I'll save you a seat." She sent a wink towards Garnet and waved good bye to him as her and Cinder walked off. The action made him blush and look away.

-x-

"What just happened?" Garnet asks, the most confused he's been all day, and that's saying something considering he found out he was transported into another world.

"I'd rather not think about it…" Pyrrha answered for everyone else, a little creeped out that Cinder and Winter were flirting with Garnet. Yang nodding along while Nora busted out laughing, hugging her sides.

Garnet had a tear drop over his head as he looked at Nora, having the time of her life.

"Ok?...So what now? Strangely, I'm feeling better after that…Ordeal…We can continue to explore, as long as we take it slow." Garnet reminded them that he wasn't able to just get up and sprint several miles like they could. "Oh, right! What was that about a feast?"

Pyrrha's eyes widened as she remembered the feast that the city was putting on for her. Nora stepped up after recovering from her laughing fit and put her hand on Pyrrha's shoulder.

"Pyrrha here, is going on her pilgrimage! She turned 18 recently and as is the custom, when you reach that age you leave the island for a time to carry on our race. The feast is a sendoff!" Nora gave Pyrrha a happy smile, proud of her friend. Inside, Nora was a different story, however. Pyrrha looked away when she saw her friend smile. Nora paid the motion no mind and continued explaining to Garnet the reason of the pilgrimage.

"You see, the reactions that Cinder and Winter initially had of you is not a rare thing with us Amazons. We have had bad experiences with men. We have all been told stories of how our sisters used to be captured and sold as slaves by men, back when we would go out into the world regularly. Since then though, we never leave the island unless we go on a pilgrimage." Nora then looks back to Pyrrha who regained her composure, both carrying a smile on their faces. Nora was still explaining to Garnet, but she felt like she had to tell Pyrrha something. Somehow, without saying it outright. 'Don't go…'

"The point is to find a man who you may see as a suitable father of your child. But again, it's just for continuing our people. When you return, you aren't allowed to take the man with you to our island to help raise the baby. Men are forbidden here." Nora's smile didn't waver even after she purposefully warned her friend, but it made Pyrrha's smile vanish as she looked away again. Nora then looked back to Garnet to explain what she means.

"You are a special case, Garnet. Since you came from the eclipse portal, we believe you may have been sent here by the gods. So we are giving you a chance to prove that you can be trusted to live here."

"Oh! Well, thank you for the chance. I really appreciate you all looking out for me, I mean it." Garnet then looked to Pyrrha, sad for his friend. None the wiser of what was happening between the two friends. "Really, though? You have to find someone and then leave them behind to raise the baby on your own? Is there no way around it?" He just wanted to help, but he was accidentally making it worse as Pyrrha was starting to break.

"Th-There isn't, Garnet. It's the way of our people…" Pyrrha replies as she turns around and looks away from everyone. "I…I should go get ready for tonight's feast and when I leave after. I want to…" 'To stay.' "…To be ready." Pyrrha walks off, tears threatening to fall away from her face as she leaves.

The rest watch with sad faces, hearing in her voice how sad she was.

"Sist-…!?" Yang tried to call out, but a hand on her shoulder grabbed her attention and she saw it was Nora.

The orange haired Amazon shook her head with a sad smile. "Let her go, Yang. She needs to figure out what she wants." Nora looks down at her feet as Yang gives her a sad frown, knowing what's going on.

Overhearing them talk, Garnet spoke up, confused. "Wait, I thought she said there is no way out of it? What am I missing?"

"Garnet…Do you remember when I talked about the goddess Aphrodite?" Yang turned to look at her small friend.

"Yes? What about her, Yang?" The question wasn't triggering anything for Garnet, but Yang continued to help him out.

"Well, Aphrodite was cursed for having an affair while married and tempting others besides that. The curse gave her the sex of a male and cursed her descendants to have the same. Our mother is a descendant, queen Glynda, as well as Pyrrha…" Garnet mistook Yang's sad tone as a bad sign, but the 'curse' wasn't really what made her sad. Her sister was the cause, for being indecisive.

"Oh…I can't imagine how hard her life has been." Garnet softly spoke.

"What? No. You don't understand Garnet. We don't see what happened to Aphrodite as a curse, more of a gift actually. It keeps us from having to go on the pilgrimage if the gifted one finds someone on the island they like. It's their choice. That's what Pyrrha needs to figure out." Nora explains, massaging her knuckles nervously. She is snapped out of her nervous habit though, by a booming voice beside her.

"There's nothing to figure out! I'm done letting you two do nothing! She likes you, Nora! I know she does. Just talk to her! You're the only one who can keep her from making a huge mistake!" Yang shouts, her fists shaking.

"Then why hasn't she said anything, Yang!? Because she's afraid? We both know there's nothing that Pyrrha is afraid of!" Nora shouted, equally frustrated. She turned around, not able to face her friends anymore. Garnet was well and truly lost to what was happening. This, whatever this was, had apparently been going for quite some time and he was just there to watch. Able to do nothing.

"So, what...? Will you just let my sister leave and break her heart, Nora? She is afraid! She's afraid that her greatest friend won't return her feelings!" Yang reached out to grab Nora's shoulder, but Nora spun around on her own.

"I'm afraid, too!" Nora clenched her eyes closed, crying. "The one I love is going to start her own family soon while I stay here and watch! If she felt the same way, why doesn't she say it?" Nora didn't wait for a response, storming past Yang and Garnet.

Yang reached out for her friend to stop, but couldn't find her voice to call out. She closed her eyes and shook angrily, feeling helpless. "Tch… Idiots!" Yang called out to no one and everyone.

"Yang…? What do we do? Should we follow her?" Garnet didn't want to leave them hurting alone, but he also felt like it wasn't his business. He had just met them today, what could he do?

"No…I don't know…" Yang shook her head rapidly. "Just…*sigh*…They want to be left alone, then fine. Let them be alone…" Yang didn't mean it, but what could she say to them if she did pursue? Nothing came to mind, so she stood there with Garnet next to her.

"There's still time before she leaves, maybe they will see that and work it out?" Garnet tries to cheer Yang up by giving her hope. It's all that's left is hope that they will come to terms with their feelings with each other. It did lift her spirits somewhat.

This girl who Yang found on the beach, turning out to be a man, then becoming a friend. It was unthinkable, but now it's real. If that could happen, then maybe Pyrrha and Nora could stop being so stupid.

Finally cheered up, Yang turns to Garnet with a smile. "Maybe you're right, Garnet…But if they don't talk after the feast, I'm making them talk."

"Oh, boy…" Garnet gets worried about the forceful approach, but it's not like he has a lot of experience with this stuff. 'Maybe it could work?' He shrugged in his head and decided to change topics now that Yang was calmed down. "Well, until then…Do you want to show me around some more? This city really is amazing."

"Sure." Yang playfully shoves Garnet forward, just rough housing around, but he certainly wasn't expecting it as he fell face first in the dirt. "Sorry!"

-x-

Pyrrha had made her way to the palace west of the city without thinking about it. It was her home, so it was the place she spent most of her time. Her body must have been on autopilot and dragged her there through her tears and strife.

She ran into her room and went to the balcony at the opposite side of the room. She went out there sometimes to think and meditate while feeling the cool breeze wash over her. 'I can't do this! I've done everything right my entire life without a second thought, but this…I love her, I can't leave!' Pyrrha was shaking as she hugged herself, crying over the railing. She could see the city stretched out in front of her. Remembering all the places she and Nora would go to, to enjoy their lives together.

"Pyrrha?"

She froze. Of course she would recognized that voice, it was her mother's. Trying to cover up her weakness, Pyrrha wiped her tears away and tried to stand taller for her mother, the queen.

Her resolve crumbled as she saw the face Glynda was giving her. Worry and sadness. She already knew, there was no hiding it.

"Pyrrha what's wrong? Are you nervous about the pilgrimage? We all are, my dear, it's quite normal. I was too." Glynda approached her daughter and brought her in for a hug. She knew something was wrong when Pyrrha didn't hug back.

"Mother…I…I can't go…" Pyrrha finally held onto her mother as she cried into her shoulder.

"Pyrrha…What brought this on? You seemed so ready earlier today." Glynda ran her fingers through her daughters crimson hair, soothing her.

"How…How did you decide to stay with our mothers instead of going on the pilgrimage?" Pyrrha asked slowly, not wanting to give too much away.

"…Oh!" Her mother figured it out. "Found someone, have you? It's Nora isn't it?" Glynda smirked as her daughter froze in her arms, but didn't answer. "I'm busy, dear. Not blind. I see the way you look at her. Have you asked her yet?"

It took a while before Pyrrha was able to respond, but seeing as her mother definitely knew, there was no covering this up. "I haven't…I'm scared mother. If she says no…I don't want to find someone else."

"Then you need to give it your best shot." Glynda whispered above her as she leaned down to kiss the top of her head.

"Mother…?" Pyrrha wondered what she meant.

"If you do nothing, she won't be with you, but if you try, you have a chance. Why don't you take it? You have a pretty good shot. You're the queen's beautiful daughter, and a spectacular warrior. Who could say no to that?" Glynda pulled back to look at Pyrrha's face, but still hugged her. She laughed when she saw her blush.

"Mother!" Pyrrha buried her face in her mother's chest out of embarrassment, making her giggle again.

"Embarrassment aside, you'll do wonderfully my dear. Aphrodite's blood is strong in you, and her allure that was passed onto me and you is the reason we are both in this mess." Glynda laughed again, this time Pyrrha smiled and looked up, feeling better.

"Thank you mother…I guess…I better go tell her before the feast." Pyrrha let go and started to walk away, but her mother grabbed her hand.

"Actually…There's no reason to put the feast to waste. Why not confess to her at the feast? Your sister and Nora did go through a lot of trouble to hunt for it. If there is no pilgrimage to celebrate, why not an announcement of love?"

Pyrrha blushed as dark as her hair at the thought of confessing in front of, basically the whole city. "Ohhh…" She whined out, as she knew her mother wasn't going to relent.

-x-

"Well, what did you think of the Hall of Legends?" Yang asked Garnet as they left the structure, headed for the Grand Hall now that the feast was about to start.

"It was pretty cool. That one carving of that group that stood at each other's backs was really awesome!" Garnet exclaimed, talking about one of the carvings on the wall of ancient heroes that put on fantastic displays.

"Yeah, that one is one of my favorites too!" Yang agreed, walking close to Garnet as they walked up the main road of the city.

"That one female warriors' one-handed lightning hammer looked familiar, though. It kinda reminded me of Nora's, but it was smaller. Still packed a punch though, from the look of it. Who was that big green colored woman that fought with them? They looked really out of place." Garnet asked confused to why there would be colors like that on a proud warrior.

"Ok, so…Don't tell anyone about this, but…When we were younger, me and Nora snuck in and drew on that carving with some colored stone!" Yang covered her mouth to stop herself from laughing. Garnet couldn't help himself though.

"Oh, my goodness, Yang!...Hehehe. That's terrible!" He tried to put on a strong face and not laugh at such a defacement of property, but it was too funny. They both laughed the rest of the way up the steps to the Grand Hall. Garnet really helped keep Yang's mind off of troubling things, like her friends in distress. She made a mental note to thank him for it later.

-x-

The two friends arrived in the hall and could smell the delectable food from the door. On the table, several dishes were scattered around. No two were alike as Yang and Nora had hunted a variety of animals for the feast. Deer, birds, rabbits, even managed to snag a wild boar that thought it could take the two fierce warriors by itself. Meat wasn't all that was on the table though, the kitchen staff at Glynda's palace had managed to create some great looking side-dishes to complement the main courses. Especially the pies and other desserts too, though. Lemon sponge cake, wild berry pie, strawberry pie, something Garnet was very interested in trying, and many others. The long table was able to fit almost 100 people comfortably, and that's how many people were allowed in. Since Garnet was a surprise guest though, it was a little cramped on one side.

Garnet and Yang took a seat near the head of the table along with Yang's mothers and Pyrrha. Yang had talked to her mother with Pyrrha when they arrived, that Garnet was a good person and friend that could be trusted. Glynda took her daughter's' words to heart and agreed that he be allowed to stay in the city.

The council were next at the table order, and then the rest of the higher ups of the city, guard captains and outstanding warriors mostly. Nora was somewhere in the middle with her family. It was where she wanted to be actually. She didn't want to be any closer to Pyrrha, afraid she would see her face and break down.

Glynda decided to start things off by explaining why they are there in the first place. She raised up from her chair and put her hands together at her waist. "Good evening!"

"My queen!" The room exploded into a chorus of greetings for their leader.

"We are here today for two reasons. The first, is that late last night. My daughter Yang and her friend Nora discovered someone washed up on our shores. I'm sure you have heard by now that he is in fact, a man, but I assure you that my daughters have spent all day with him and discovered that he is an honorable person and good friend." Glynda gestured for Garnet to stand up and he did, awkwardly rubbing the back of his head.

"H-Hello everyone! I-I know now that you s-see men as nothing but bad news, b-but I am not like them! I mean you no harm, or difficulty!" Garnet tried to explain weakly, but his stuttering didn't put their suspicions at ease. Low voices could be heard around the hall, bickering about what should be done. It was silenced as Glynda slammed her fists into the table.

"Everyone! If you do not believe his words, maybe you will believe mine as well as the council's?" Glynda gestures to Cinder and Winter and they rose.

"My queen." They both bow to Glynda and then turn to the others. "What the boy says is correct. He wishes us no harm. Even if he did, look at him!" Cinder gestured to him and turned back to the audience.

Yang got upset that she made fun of Garnet's stature, her knuckles turned white under the tight fist she made. She relaxed as she saw her sister smile at her though. "Calm down, Yang. They are helping his case. So what if they are teasing him a little. They are saving his place at this city. Isn't that what's important?"

"Whatever…" Yang huffed out as she slouched in her chair. Garnet smiled at her for wanting to stick up for him. She noticed and smiled back.

Cinder continued Garnet's case with the people. "We have nothing to fear from him ladies, and if you're worried about more showing up…" Cinder looked back to her queen and Glynda nodded.

"He didn't just show up here from a different continent. He's here from a different world."

The room gasped at what she said. They all realized what occurred last night and it lined up with what Glynda was inferring. The eclipse portal really did appear last night.

Before the people gathered together could get loud, Glynda continued. "It is true, the eclipse portal opened last night and it let him through to our world. No one else could possibly be with him, for he arrived alone. No other people showed up on our shores…" Glynda gave a sympathetic look to Garnet at what this meant. No one from his family ended up in this world with him.

"We believe that by the grace of Hera, Garnet was brought to us from a different world. For what purpose, that has not been seen, but she has never led us astray before." The room went quiet as no one disagreed with her ideas. So she continued with the second reason for the feast.

"The second reason we are here, all of you should know. My oldest daughter is 18 years old and it is time to send her off on her pilgrimage to start her life as a mother, who I know I will be very proud of." Glynda hugs Pyrrha, as she gets up as well, and kisses her forehead. "It's time…" The queen mutters to her daughter so only she can hear. Pyrrha nods and lets go of her mother.

"Thank you! I am very honored that all of you would come here today to wish me off on my new life's journey…but I'm afraid that I won't be leaving on a pilgrimage tonight." As Pyrrha speaks, Yang, Garnet, and Nora all perk up to what she has to say after that revelation.

Pyrrha continued, stopping a few times as it was hard to say these things in front of such a huge amount of people. "I have…Been blessed by Aphrodite and therefore…Choose to spend the rest of my life with a partner on this island, if they will have me…" Pyrrha smiles to herself and begins to walk around the table slowly.

She makes her way to Nora and the orange haired girl's eyes were as wide as saucers. Pyrrha takes a deep breath, getting herself ready for her confession. She wasn't able to quell the ruby red blush on her face as she started to speak up. "Nora…I'm sorry it took me so long before, but…I'm in love with you! I always have been!" Pyrrha smiled at her nervously.

Nora started to cry tears of joy as snot started to run down her nose too. She lept into Pyrrha's arms, as Pyrrha saw the action coming, and hugged her tight. "Pyrrha, I didn't know what I was going to do if you left! I love you t-too-hoo!" Nora blubbered out, her body hiccupping as she got out her last words, laughing as well. She wasn't able to stop the overwhelming emotions, but it just made Pyrrha smile wider as she cupped Nora's cheek and brought her in for their first kiss of many.

The room filled with cheers as they held each other tightly. Garnet nudged Yang on the arm to get her attention. "Told you they would figure it out!"

Yang laughed, happily as she saw her sister and friend joyful again. "Yeah, you were right, Garnet. Very insightful!" Yang said sarcastically.

Garnet laughed, not bothered by the jab and decided to play along. "Hey, maybe this was why Hera decided to bring me here, to hook up your sister and Nora. Always happy to help!"

"I don't know…I think it was for another reason…" Yang said softly, giving nothing away.

"Oh yeah? Like what?" Garnet cocks his head to the side, curious.

"Just this…" Yang says, with the biggest air of nonchalance, as she leans in and gives Garnet a kiss on the cheek.

Garnet blushes and his jaw drops, not expecting the second princess of a queen of Amazons to kiss him on the cheek. He holds his face where she kissed him and could only stare at Yang's flirty smirk, flabbergasted. He slowly settled down into a small, but embarrassed, smile back at Yang.

He may never see his original family again, but he certainly wasn't alone here. He had friends, good friends, and they would help him out along his life in Valekyria. Given time though, he could always make a family of his own.

End

And done, heh, with the way we were coming with ideas for this request. It almost felt like we were writing a story. Who's maybe I'll take this out and turn this into a legitimate story. I feel it has potential. I'll have to speak to Lavits on this, and see what he thinks.

Hey Lav, if you're reading this. What do you think? Potential collab story or not?

But regardless, as to the story itself. Here we saw Garnet explore the island and learn about their customs. And ends up being accepted as the first man on the island. Not to mention we have a little side romance story between Pyrrha and Nora.

Even though there wasn't a lot of romance between Garnet and Yang. We were trying to go for a scenario immediate love doesn't happen between our lovely couple. So tell you guys tell me what you think. How did me and Lavits do? I really look forward to seeing your response.

But for now, as usual, I hope you enjoyed the chapter. If you did then please as kind enough to leave a fave/follow/and or review. And if you prefer, leave a suggestion and/or request on a request on a one-shot or drabble that you wish to see happen between this couple.

And also like before, be sure to check out Lavits Dragoon's page. And give him your support. Without him, like I stressed, none of this would have been possible. So until then…

See you next time. And have a Happy Holiday ^_^