A/N: Aaaaaaa! as promised! and I want to thank those who followed and faved me and this story! like, MorriganVanHellsing. I really appreciate it. And the reviews warm my heart, as always. :3 So, the story must go on. Say hello to Chapter Fifty! it's also short, but I promise you, the next one is going to be much longer.
A Triangle in the Stars
Chapter Fifty: The Failing Steps
Garnet had her arms crossed, walking through and staring into the darkness she had seen before. They had long since exited that room. But there was still quite some tension from Pearl. Said Gem looked around, frowning. She sighed, narrowing her eyes, "There should be a staircase here. Where is it..?"
Amethyst gasped, and pointed upwards. There were the stairs, higher up—the lower section of them must have eroded and weathered away. The pale Gem followed her finger and then gasped too, much more dramatically, "Oh my stars! it's happening much more quickly than we anticipated!"
But that shouldn't have been possible. No way could an entire bottom of a staircase have collapsed on its own, even in such a large time lapse. The fusion sighed, "We're going to have to get up there somehow..." and then glanced at Amethyst. She spared Keyhole a glance too, if only to let him know they still acknowledged him.
Amethyst got out her whip and prepared to strike it up there, so they could climb up. The Gem and the fusion waited, the former trying not to freak out anymore. When the Illictic Cashid finally reconnects with this place, everything should be restored to its former glory. The purple Gem whipped, and it eventually caught. She began to climb up. Keyhole wanted to be last, so she gestured for the other two to go next.
Pearl nodded, and grabbed onto the whip carefully. She began shimmying up it, eyes narrowed with concentration. Garnet waited until they were both on the stairs before she started climbing up herself. Amethyst got up there and jumped onto the stairs, which held her weight just fine. Pearl also jumped onto the stairs, but with grace. She looked down, waiting for Garnet now. The fusion took a while, but eventually she managed to climb onto the stairs too. And then she, once she stood up, looked down at Keyhole, and shouted, "We're all up here now."
Keyhole climbed up too. He jumped on and he smiled, "Alright... that was good."
"And our journey has yet to end," Pearl shortly replied, and turned around and started up the stairs. Garnet nodded and smiled back at Keyhole, and then followed Pearl. Amethyst led the way, way up ahead of everyone, laughing all of a sudden.
Pearl frowned a little, "What's so funny?"
Garnet was somewhat wondering what it was too. She had a bit of an idea, however. Amethyst was about to answer when there was a cracking noise and a step gave out underneath her. She grabbed onto the staircase, trying to pull herself up, but ultimately having no footholds to do so, and it was a long fall downwards.
"Amethyst!" Pearl shouted. Garnet sighed and ran forward, grabbing Amethyst and helping her back up. The tall Gem followed, her frown deepening, "Now we have to worry about failing steps this time? ugh, I'm tired of this!"
Garnet exhaled. She was tired of this too. But they were almost there, to the end of their long journey. And they could finally go back home. Amethyst smiled a little, "Thanks, Garnet..."
Keyhole looked up and was bewildered by the number of steps.
"You're welcome," she looked up too, and grimaced. She stepped ahead, and began to mark the safe spots. Again. Pearl followed her steps. Again. This time grumbling about their rotten luck. Amethyst followed, careful but not too careful. Keyhole mostly just used his powers to avoid the trick steps. They had a long way to go up these stairs, but they eventually found a door. Garnet stepped over, still being careful, and opened said door. It led to another hallway, with yet more doors. Zodiacs of every kind were inscribed everywhere. She hummed and walked in, and Pearl trailed behind her, defensive and cautious. The pale Gem hoped to find information on the machine they found in the basement, but that was unlikely. Amethyst displayed interest in said inscriptions, but confusion as well. Keyhole pursed his lips and narrowed his eyes as he looked around. And so they continued on their merry way.
A/N: And that's that! I hope you enjoyed this chapter, everyone! Ace had Amethyst and Keyhole, and I had Pearl and Garnet. :3 Next chapter is coming Thursday!
Note: I'll be resuming college tomorrow. But that won't stop me from updating, especially since these chapters are already prewritten and ready to go and I only have four classes this semester. However, at a certain point, I'll have to start converting the roleplay into chapters again, but I hope I won't stray too far from once, or twice depending, a week.
Also, PREPARE FOR THE SOLAR ECLIPSE! IT'S COMING TOMORROW TOO! if you guys can get any pics, I'd love to see them. You can submit them on my Tumblr, The Cosmic Blogger! ((stupid links)) and I hope you all have a wonderful day and week. :3