Peridot is only a fraction of a whole. 1/6th to be precise; she is aware that the number may change, but that is the truth at the moment. She is only a fraction of a whole, and she is so intensely lonely as a fraction, but she has to be right now; she's protecting her other parts.

In a bubble in her hands are five gemstones. Two Peridots, one Pearl, one Sapphire, and one Jet. She wishes they'd seen that Robonoid coming, but it's true that together they're sluggish, unable to react quickly. It's a small price to pay for the comfort they get from being together, but in this case it has become a large price. Peridot is the only one who wasn't poofed by the Robonoid, and now she's running for her life and praying one hasn't locked onto her already.

She slides sideways into an exit hole and prays the robonoid passes her by. After a few tense seconds of waiting, the robonoid moves on without scanning her hole. She lets out a sigh of relief and crawls to the edge to see if any more robonoids are coming. Only when she's certain there's no danger does she make a run for it, back to the cavern where they've been hiding for eons.

Rutile, Rhodonite, and Padparadscha's gems are still lying on the ground. She feels bad for not gathering them up, but at least they're alright. The robonoid must have chased her rather than follow them. Rhodonite's Ruby ought to reform soon, so she can deal with all that.

Peridot pops the bubble. The gemstones fall to the ground, none of them ready to reform yet. She leans against the wall and waits.

The two other Peridots reform first. They don't need to speak; they fuse immediately. This Peridot is a slightly larger fraction: 3/6, or 1/2. But she's not whole yet.

Jet reforms next, a few hours later. Rhodonite's Ruby has reformed, as have the Rutile twins, but Onyx doesn't care. 4/6, or 2/3, it doesn't matter. She's still not whole. She watches Sapphire and Pearl's gemstones intently.

Sapphire reforms after a few days. Padparadscha has also reformed. Amazonite is 5/6, and she at least can bring herself to care about that. She laughs and engages with the other gems while they wait for both Pearls to reform.

Rhodonite's Pearl reforms first, and Amazonite smiles when Rhodonite comes back. She's almost jealous, in a way, that Rhodonite can feel whole with just the two of them. But she prefers not to think of it that way. Soon she'll be Fluorite again, and everything will be okay.

Finally, Pearl reforms, and at last Fluorite is complete. 6/6, 1/1, absolutely 100% whole. She's not a fraction anymore.

She wonders whether someday, 6 won't be enough.


A/N: Well... here's a thing... that I wrote... at 1am... excuse any errors I'm too tired to edit this and I know I'll forget to do it later.

Several of the gems here are 100% headcanon, just my interpretations of what Fluorite's components could be. Now that SU is over I guess we'll never know. Although who knows, maybe they'll drop a bombshell on us in the Broadway musical ;)

Keep reading, keep writing, and above all, keep dreaming!