p style="margin: 1em 0px 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"span style="font-weight: bold;"OK so this is chapter 10, I like to think the story is coming to an end but there is still work to do. Again the story is based on "we are the crystal ducks" by a style="color: inherit; text-decoration-line: underline;" href=" /m9W-fjJ7rDJo1IIASifZanQ" target="_blank" rel="noopener" toonfreak/aand the cover image it's made by a style="color: inherit; text-decoration-line: underline;" href=" redirect?z=https%3A%2F% .com%2Ftttooohappym=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener"tttooohappy/a in deviantart, who helped me with constructive criticism. br /br /Again please comment and tell me what you think of the story, so I can improve. /span/p
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p style="margin: 1em 0px 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"The bright thick yellow path dwindled down to fin lines spreading vertically over the warm heated concrete road. Amethyst could feel the wet texture of the drippings on her bean pads as she walked over them along with the rest of the group. Eventually however the dove maiden anded on the ground a few meters from them and sighed./p
p style="margin: 1em 0px 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"The thick line had now turned on a trail of measly yellow drops that disappeared a few meters ahead. "It looks like we ran out of paint" Pearl said looking at the group worried. "Well we are already here plus this is a secluded area, how hard can it be to find them?" asked Bismuth. "Ok…but how are we going to find Pink?…she could be in any of these homes…" asked Amethyst. "Well there are vehicles parked in front or in the homes perimeters so…lets look for the vehicle we were following." Peridot said. "One by one?!, that will take ages!" whined Amethyst. "Well it's the best we can hope for now" Pearl chirped and ascended above the trees as she flew around looking for the houses./p
p style="margin: 1em 0px 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"They walked for what felt like an eternity, each road curving or turning into another one, rows of houses that were completely similar, shifted from beige or yellowish into white or bluish ones. All of them perfectly lined up with at least two floors a chimney and green patch of land, the majority of them with fences that partially blocked the view of the gardens. Most of them had at least a vehicle settled at their front or in their gardens./p
p style="margin: 1em 0px 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"br /"Hey what is with these people variety it's like they are all the same house in different colors." Amethyst said "The diamond corporation is responsible for most of the settlements, maybe they designed it that way." Peridot said. Garnet took the chance to go sniff at the gates, most of them smelled like a mixture of grass and flowers yet one of the things that caught her attention was the smell of basals everywhere, not a faint passing smell but a strong imprinted /br /"Uhmm guys I think we should come see this." Garnet said poking her head through one of the fences. The group followed and each of them had their head poked in. Inside of a garden, there was a very tiny wooden house, where a small pug could be seen with it's head poking out of the house, a rope laying next to it hooked up to the house. "What is that thing?!" Asked Amethyst confused. "Oh that basal dog?, they call it a pet, humans have a tendency to breed basal creatures to keep in their homes for their own amusement, basal felines are quite common among human females, they love having them on their laps as well as some mini versions of basal dogs, I think these are called lap pets". Peridot said pointing at the small dog. br /br /Bismuth shook her head in disapproval "Who would ever do that to a basal?!, its either you eat it or you let it go, I mean look at it!" Bismuth said and jumped into the garden. "Bismuth no!" Pearl whispered. "It's eyes look like they will pop out of it's skull and I can hear it trying to breath from here, it's as if it's lungs were tiny raisins!" She said and went to bite the rope off of the miniature house. "Thee buddy be free." She said. The dog yawned upon hearing her and as soon as it opened it's eyes began barking as bismuth /br /"ARF ARFARFARFARF! ARF ARF!" The basal yipped and yapped trying to jump at Bismuth. The canine lady looked surprised but retaliated when she heard a door opening and rushed out of the garden. The group fled as they looked back to see a human female stepping /br /"Mr Pickles, what has gotten into you?!" The woman asked scoping the pug up in her arms and walking back into the house while the tiny dog kept on it's ranting high pitched barks. "That's enough outside for you young mister." She said before closing the /br /"Ok new rule!, leave the pets alone!" Pearl said "Why would anyone have that thing all locked up in the first place?!" Bismuth asked. "These are humans, they don't have to work for things as hard as we do, so they get bored and start doing things like those…although I will agree that thing was hideous and completely annoying." Peridot said licking her hand. "Meh it was kind of funny from how ugly it was." Amethyst /br /The group kept walking while searching for the vehicle. Going as far as having Pearl fly above the houses and looking around. While she did the group followed her in silence, each of them with their own thoughts. Bismuth began to wonder if they would see another native anywhere near that place, she even wondered if humans would go as far as trying to keep natives as they did basals. Garnet seemed to share the thought as she would give a sharp look the houses gardens as if to try to see what was inside. br /br /After hours of walking, Pearl flew back down to the group. "Found anything?" Asked Peridot impatient "I think we are close but I also found something." Pearl chirped and went back on the sky again. The group followed after her only to find a blue bird maiden flying from tree to tree frenetically in the distance. She perched herself on a branch eying the road sharply, giving Pearl the chance of approaching her from /br /"Excuse me?" Pearl asked making her jump "Who are you?!" the lady asked staring at Pearl up and down "Who sent you?!" She asked before spreading her winds getting ready to take flight. br /br /"Please we don't mean any harm, we are just passing bye and we noticed you looking distressed, maybe you can give us a hand around here." Garnet said. "Forget it, I am not saying in this place for any minute longer." She said huffing. "Please a friend of us got taken here, we are just looking for a long black human vehicle…from the diamond corporation." Bismuth said. "Oh stars no!, I am not going to butt heads with that people!, your friend is screwed" She said getting ready to fly. br /br /"WAIT!, can't you at least give us some directions?, we need to locate the house please for our friend, she also wants to leave, we just need to orientate ourselves!" Peridot asked as she climbed up on the branch and pulled her ears down. The bird sighed and looked down."What's your friend's name and what does she look like?" She asked. "her name is Pink and she is a little Pink bunny, my name is Peridot and these are just Pearl, Garnet, Bismuth and Amethyst." The cat maiden /br /The bird sighed "I am Lapis, Lapis Lazuli and I have heard rumors about those three females taking in a little pink bunny but I am not going to risk my feathers into this ok?…fly three meters higher than the trees and you should see a huge white home in the distance, it's surrounded by gates but if you see that long black vehicle on it's territory then that's most likely those females home." She said /br /"What direction should we head to?" Asked Amethyst. Lapis flew up and Pearl followed her, she pointed at a blurry spot further away. As the sun was setting, below it's rays a blurry house seemed to stand up form the others, green walls around it, going above other homes in the still space. "It should be that one over there, I don't know why the diamond corporation females dragged your friend in but I am not risking going in there." Lapis said and looked at the other side where other houses could be seen. "I don't know why anyone would risk going in there." She said and with that she flew away from the sun and towards the main /br /The others stood quiet and gulped, Peridot watched the bird go curious. What could she possibly be running away from to be in such a hurry?, either way the group kept heading towards the /br /An hour later the sky no longer had warm colored sunlight on it's surface and the surroundings were getting a bit darker. Pearl descended on Garnet's back and practically collapsed due to tiredness. "That's it, this is it" she said as they all looked up. The house was surrounded by green bushes indeed and only a single black iron gate allowed them to see the inside. A huge white houses with columns on the front stood in the middle of the biggest garden they could see. The house looked like it had three stores and four balconies on the second store, each of them connected with tiny tables and chairs. The garden had the biggest artificial lagoon they had seen, with clear water on a blueish floor. A fountain was located on one of the corners where many basal bird were bathing and a small orchard was settled across from the artificial lake, all in all the place was full of flowers trees and bushes. br /br /"Oh my stars…how are we going to get Pink out of here?" Asked Bismuth "Does she even want to leave?…I mean look at this place." Peridot said flickering her tail in excitement."you heard the blue maiden nothing good comes out of those humans." Garnet said. Pearl looked at the gate where two large canine gentlemen seemed to be keeping watch, each of them bulk with cold expressions on their faces. br /br /"Be honest with me, we can't just convince them to let us in can't we?" Amethyst asked "If they are guarding this place they are on those humans' side so I doubt it" Bismuth said. "Ok then one of s go distract them and the other has to dig and get under the hedge." said Garnet. Amethyst and Peridot nodded and went towards the guards, Pearl went to a nearby tree to keep watch and Garnet and bismuth snook to the neighbor house's garden to start /br /Eventually the dogs were barking at Peridot and Amethyst as they taunted them from the top of a tree. The males went up to bark at them and attempt to chase them away. After a fe minutes Pearl flew above the tree to give the signal. Amethyst and Peridot ran off with the guards chasing after them for a few meters before returning to their spots. After a few minutes Amethyst and Peridot went to the neighbor house from behind and spotted the hole. "Alright lets go in" Peridot sai as the two of them went through the tunnel with Pearl behind /br /Once out they started to sneak around careful not to make noises from the inside, not to alert the guards. "psss guys!" Garnet said from behind some rose bushes and the feline maidens and pearl rushed there where Bismuth and her were /br /"OK this is it, we just need to sneak in and get our little Pink back." Pearl said. All of them nodded and slowly made their way towards the front of the house. Sneaking closer, they couldn't see a single window open or doors that they could reach. Everything seemed locked and secured. br /br /"Damn it, how are we going to get in?" Asked Amethyst. All of them seemed deep in thought when suddenly a melody echoed through the air. Sweet tunes and lyrics floated around them. Pearl immediately perked up and slowly walked near the sound. The rest of the group followed her slowly, they were going around the enormous manor. "Pearl what are you doing?, we have been through this!" Garnet whispered. "I have a feeling, just…let me check" Pearl said and slowly reached the back of the building. Large trees and another fountain stood in the back surrounded by numerous flowers and even another orchard full of vegetables located at one of the state's corners. Stone patches lead to a huge white gazebo with white curtains and surrounded by pink roses. Right there three gigantic figures were sitting, each of them at a side at the gazebo, where in the middle a trio of singing maidens were perched on a tiny golden swing. One of them a yellow parakeet and the other a blue singing dove. br /br /Each of them displaying beautiful tunes and tweets. Going closer Pearl froze recognizing the females as their quiet audience. Each of them sitting quietly in a big cushioned sofa, a coffee table below the swing where silvery looking utensils, kettles and plates contained sweet smelling beverages, pastries and sandwiches. The lady dressed in Blue smiled as she listened the music, a fussy pink bunny maiden was tightly held on her lap. /p
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p style="margin: 1em 0px 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"span style="text-decoration: underline;"span style="font-weight: bold;"emstrongInto the human's hole./strong/em /span/span/p
p style="margin: 1em 0px 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"The bright thick yellow path dwindled down to fin lines spreading vertically over the warm heated concrete road. Amethyst could feel the wet texture of the drippings on her bean pads as she walked over them along with the rest of the group. Eventually however the dove maiden anded on the ground a few meters from them and sighed./p
p style="margin: 1em 0px 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"The thick line had now turned on a trail of measly yellow drops that disappeared a few meters ahead. "It looks like we ran out of paint" Pearl said looking at the group worried. "Well we are already here plus this is a secluded area, how hard can it be to find them?" asked Bismuth. "Ok…but how are we going to find Pink?…she could be in any of these homes…" asked Amethyst. "Well there are vehicles parked in front or in the homes perimeters so…lets look for the vehicle we were following." Peridot said. "One by one?!, that will take ages!" whined Amethyst. "Well it's the best we can hope for now" Pearl chirped and ascended above the trees as she flew around looking for the houses./p
p style="margin: 1em 0px 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"They walked for what felt like an eternity, each road curving or turning into another one, rows of houses that were completely similar, shifted from beige or yellowish into white or bluish ones. All of them perfectly lined up with at least two floors a chimney and green patch of land, the majority of them with fences that partially blocked the view of the gardens. Most of them had at least a vehicle settled at their front or in their gardens./p
p style="margin: 1em 0px 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"br /"Hey what is with these people variety it's like they are all the same house in different colors." Amethyst said "The diamond corporation is responsible for most of the settlements, maybe they designed it that way." Peridot said. Garnet took the chance to go sniff at the gates, most of them smelled like a mixture of grass and flowers yet one of the things that caught her attention was the smell of basals everywhere, not a faint passing smell but a strong imprinted /br /"Uhmm guys I think we should come see this." Garnet said poking her head through one of the fences. The group followed and each of them had their head poked in. Inside of a garden, there was a very tiny wooden house, where a small pug could be seen with it's head poking out of the house, a rope laying next to it hooked up to the house. "What is that thing?!" Asked Amethyst confused. "Oh that basal dog?, they call it a pet, humans have a tendency to breed basal creatures to keep in their homes for their own amusement, basal felines are quite common among human females, they love having them on their laps as well as some mini versions of basal dogs, I think these are called lap pets". Peridot said pointing at the small dog. br /br /Bismuth shook her head in disapproval "Who would ever do that to a basal?!, its either you eat it or you let it go, I mean look at it!" Bismuth said and jumped into the garden. "Bismuth no!" Pearl whispered. "It's eyes look like they will pop out of it's skull and I can hear it trying to breath from here, it's as if it's lungs were tiny raisins!" She said and went to bite the rope off of the miniature house. "Thee buddy be free." She said. The dog yawned upon hearing her and as soon as it opened it's eyes began barking as bismuth /br /"ARF ARFARFARFARF! ARF ARF!" The basal yipped and yapped trying to jump at Bismuth. The canine lady looked surprised but retaliated when she heard a door opening and rushed out of the garden. The group fled as they looked back to see a human female stepping /br /"Mr Pickles, what has gotten into you?!" The woman asked scoping the pug up in her arms and walking back into the house while the tiny dog kept on it's ranting high pitched barks. "That's enough outside for you young mister." She said before closing the /br /"Ok new rule!, leave the pets alone!" Pearl said "Why would anyone have that thing all locked up in the first place?!" Bismuth asked. "These are humans, they don't have to work for things as hard as we do, so they get bored and start doing things like those…although I will agree that thing was hideous and completely annoying." Peridot said licking her hand. "Meh it was kind of funny from how ugly it was." Amethyst /br /The group kept walking while searching for the vehicle. Going as far as having Pearl fly above the houses and looking around. While she did the group followed her in silence, each of them with their own thoughts. Bismuth began to wonder if they would see another native anywhere near that place, she even wondered if humans would go as far as trying to keep natives as they did basals. Garnet seemed to share the thought as she would give a sharp look the houses gardens as if to try to see what was inside. br /br /After hours of walking, Pearl flew back down to the group. "Found anything?" Asked Peridot impatient "I think we are close but I also found something." Pearl chirped and went back on the sky again. The group followed after her only to find a blue bird maiden flying from tree to tree frenetically in the distance. She perched herself on a branch eying the road sharply, giving Pearl the chance of approaching her from /br /"Excuse me?" Pearl asked making her jump "Who are you?!" the lady asked staring at Pearl up and down "Who sent you?!" She asked before spreading her winds getting ready to take flight. br /br /"Please we don't mean any harm, we are just passing bye and we noticed you looking distressed, maybe you can give us a hand around here." Garnet said. "Forget it, I am not saying in this place for any minute longer." She said huffing. "Please a friend of us got taken here, we are just looking for a long black human vehicle…from the diamond corporation." Bismuth said. "Oh stars no!, I am not going to butt heads with that people!, your friend is screwed" She said getting ready to fly. br /br /"WAIT!, can't you at least give us some directions?, we need to locate the house please for our friend, she also wants to leave, we just need to orientate ourselves!" Peridot asked as she climbed up on the branch and pulled her ears down. The bird sighed and looked down."What's your friend's name and what does she look like?" She asked. "her name is Pink and she is a little Pink bunny, my name is Peridot and these are just Pearl, Garnet, Bismuth and Amethyst." The cat maiden /br /The bird sighed "I am Lapis, Lapis Lazuli and I have heard rumors about those three females taking in a little pink bunny but I am not going to risk my feathers into this ok?…fly three meters higher than the trees and you should see a huge white home in the distance, it's surrounded by gates but if you see that long black vehicle on it's territory then that's most likely those females home." She said /br /"What direction should we head to?" Asked Amethyst. Lapis flew up and Pearl followed her, she pointed at a blurry spot further away. As the sun was setting, below it's rays a blurry house seemed to stand up form the others, green walls around it, going above other homes in the still space. "It should be that one over there, I don't know why the diamond corporation females dragged your friend in but I am not risking going in there." Lapis said and looked at the other side where other houses could be seen. "I don't know why anyone would risk going in there." She said and with that she flew away from the sun and towards the main /br /The others stood quiet and gulped, Peridot watched the bird go curious. What could she possibly be running away from to be in such a hurry?, either way the group kept heading towards the /br /An hour later the sky no longer had warm colored sunlight on it's surface and the surroundings were getting a bit darker. Pearl descended on Garnet's back and practically collapsed due to tiredness. "That's it, this is it" she said as they all looked up. The house was surrounded by green bushes indeed and only a single black iron gate allowed them to see the inside. A huge white houses with columns on the front stood in the middle of the biggest garden they could see. The house looked like it had three stores and four balconies on the second store, each of them connected with tiny tables and chairs. The garden had the biggest artificial lagoon they had seen, with clear water on a blueish floor. A fountain was located on one of the corners where many basal bird were bathing and a small orchard was settled across from the artificial lake, all in all the place was full of flowers trees and bushes. br /br /"Oh my stars…how are we going to get Pink out of here?" Asked Bismuth "Does she even want to leave?…I mean look at this place." Peridot said flickering her tail in excitement."you heard the blue maiden nothing good comes out of those humans." Garnet said. Pearl looked at the gate where two large canine gentlemen seemed to be keeping watch, each of them bulk with cold expressions on their faces. br /br /"Be honest with me, we can't just convince them to let us in can't we?" Amethyst asked "If they are guarding this place they are on those humans' side so I doubt it" Bismuth said. "Ok then one of s go distract them and the other has to dig and get under the hedge." said Garnet. Amethyst and Peridot nodded and went towards the guards, Pearl went to a nearby tree to keep watch and Garnet and bismuth snook to the neighbor house's garden to start /br /Eventually the dogs were barking at Peridot and Amethyst as they taunted them from the top of a tree. The males went up to bark at them and attempt to chase them away. After a fe minutes Pearl flew above the tree to give the signal. Amethyst and Peridot ran off with the guards chasing after them for a few meters before returning to their spots. After a few minutes Amethyst and Peridot went to the neighbor house from behind and spotted the hole. "Alright lets go in" Peridot sai as the two of them went through the tunnel with Pearl behind /br /Once out they started to sneak around careful not to make noises from the inside, not to alert the guards. "psss guys!" Garnet said from behind some rose bushes and the feline maidens and pearl rushed there where Bismuth and her were /br /"OK this is it, we just need to sneak in and get our little Pink back." Pearl said. All of them nodded and slowly made their way towards the front of the house. Sneaking closer, they couldn't see a single window open or doors that they could reach. Everything seemed locked and secured. br /br /"Damn it, how are we going to get in?" Asked Amethyst. All of them seemed deep in thought when suddenly a melody echoed through the air. Sweet tunes and lyrics floated around them. Pearl immediately perked up and slowly walked near the sound. The rest of the group followed her slowly, they were going around the enormous manor. "Pearl what are you doing?, we have been through this!" Garnet whispered. "I have a feeling, just…let me check" Pearl said and slowly reached the back of the building. Large trees and another fountain stood in the back surrounded by numerous flowers and even another orchard full of vegetables located at one of the state's corners. Stone patches lead to a huge white gazebo with white curtains and surrounded by pink roses. Right there three gigantic figures were sitting, each of them at a side at the gazebo, where in the middle a trio of singing maidens were perched on a tiny golden swing. One of them a yellow parakeet and the other a blue singing dove. br /br /Each of them displaying beautiful tunes and tweets. Going closer Pearl froze recognizing the females as their quiet audience. Each of them sitting quietly in a big cushioned sofa, a coffee table below the swing where silvery looking utensils, kettles and plates contained sweet smelling beverages, pastries and sandwiches. The lady dressed in Blue smiled as she listened the music, a fussy pink bunny maiden was tightly held on her lap. /p