"HUH-WAH?!" Pearl was shocked when Steven re-emerged from her gemstone, and explained the odd situation. The family member was well aware of the smaller Pearls within her gem (it was basic Homeworld anatomy after all), but she had NEVER heard of any cases where the internal tiny Gems disobeyed their host...
Steven shrugged. "She seemed really sad, lonely, and stressed out...like she needed a vacation or...something..."
Pearl huffed in disbelief! "This...doesn't make any sense! She's in MY head, controlling MY gemstone! I can't function properly unless she does her job!"
"She seemed to feel...under-appreciated..."
"Under-appreciated? UNDER-APPRECIATED?! She's a part of MY brain Steven! What am I supposed to do?! Hug her? I can't exactly go into my own gemstone on a whim!"
"Maybe you could write her a thank you note?" The boy suggested, thinking a nice note would (at least) make the Surface Pearl know how helpful she was.
Pearl "herumphed" with stubbornness! "Honestly! She is being absolutely ridiculous! It would be the equivalent of a human's heart not beating because it feels "unloved". She's a part of my own thought process! Surface Gems can't just rebel like this! I've never heard of such a thing!"
It seemed someone had (not only) been listening in on the conversation, but also did NOT like what she heard. Pearl's gemstone suddenly glowed brilliantly! In a flash of light, a massive anvil appeared, and landed directly on the Gem's foot!
The shocked Pearl howled in pain, as she held her foot and hopped about! It was an immediate good thing that Gems had no bones-if they did, every single one in Pearl's foot would be broken right now...
"OHMYGOSH! PEARL! ARE YOU OK?!" Steven shouted in concern!
"THAT CLOD! THAT EVIL THING! SEE IF I DO ANYTHING FOR HER NOW!" Pearl entered her room in the temple. Perhaps some rest would do her good...
As the days went on, chaos ensued. Pearl's gemstone would activate randomly on its own and spew out anything from garbage (mostly empty food containers), to broken precious artifacts. The Surface Pearl was taking her rage out with a vengeance!
The Crystal Gems were eating dinner at the kitchen table when Pearl's gemstone lit up again.
At this point, the family knew exactly what to do. Everyone picked up their plate and moved as FAR away from Pearl as possible. A MASSIVE Chinese vase flew out of their family member's forehead, and proceeded to hit the opposite wall- shattering it into pieces! This was immediately followed by a gargantuan pile of soil, and a ripped up fern falling from the gemstone onto the table. Pearl fumed! She was now completely COVERED in dirt! The large vase had (apparently) held the plant previously.
Pearl's gemstone stopped glowing. The family sighed with relief, as they returned to the (now incredibly filthy), table.
"Why don't you just send her a note like Steven suggested P? It would literally take...like...less than five minutes!" Amethyst proceeded to eat both her food AND the plate.
"...and admit that this behavior is acceptable?! ABSOLUTELY NOT!"
"Jeez you're stubborn..."
Garnet mumbled: "(At least it wasn't another meat cleaver or shotgun...)"
Amethyst nodded. "How much crud do you have stored in there anyway P?!"
Pearl stuck her nose in the air! "She will run out of ammo...eventually. I would also like to point out, that there was only ONE shotgun and ONE meat cleaver in there!"
"Yeah...but...WHY?" Amethyst was baffled that her friend would keep such things in her gemstone in the first place.
"WELL! For...erm..hunting and cooking of course!"
"Of course..." Amethyst rolled her eyes- knowing full well Pearl had never hunted ANYTHING in her entire lifecycle.
Sure enough, the ammo became less destructive as the days went on. "meat cleavers and shotguns" had been diminished to: "paper and pillows".
After literal weeks of items being tossed from the gemstone, it seemed that the chaos had finally stopped.
Pearl sighed. "Thank the STARS that's over with! It's a good thing I keep my sword collection OUTSIDE of my gemstone. I can just utilize those instead of the spears!" Pearl nodded in agreement! She felt extremely proud of herself! She had defeated...erm...HERSELF! Huzzah and such! Now that Pearl thought about it, this entire fiasco had been rather ridiculous...
Her train of thought was suddenly interrupted by the most ominous series of noises...
"WOuLd YoU LikE tO EnGagE iN CoMBaT?!"
"WOuLd YoU LikE tO EnGagE iN CoMBaT?!"
"WOuLd YoU LikE tO EnGagE iN CoMBaT?!"
"WOuLd YoU LikE tO EnGagE iN CoMBaT?!"
"WOuLd YoU LikE tO EnGagE iN CoMBaT?!"
"WOuLd YoU LikE tO EnGagE iN CoMBaT?!"
"WOuLd YoU LikE tO EnGagE iN CoMBaT?!"
"WOuLd YoU LikE tO EnGagE iN CoMBaT?!"
Literally DOZENS of Holo-Pearls appeared in the house from the gemstone...all at the same time! Pearl froze, sweat on her brow, as she realized that she was completely surrounded!
All the Holo-Pearls shouted in unison: "ADVANCED MODE INITIATED!"
"(oh stars...)" Pearl mumbled to herself completely defenseless, before the massive group of Holo-Pearls attacked their original host from every possible angle!
Garnet, Amethyst, and Steven attempted to help by battling the fake Pearls as quickly as possible! The horrific things slashed, destroyed, maimed, and made scraps out of the house in a whirlwind of blades and violence!
Try as she might to dodge the holograms, Pearl became overwhelmed incredibly quickly with no way to defend herself! Her form almost instantly poofed away as the sword fighter retreated into her gemstone!
By the time the remainder of the Crystal Gems had destroyed the holograms, it was too late. Pearl would have to reform as she had many times before. Steven placed her gem on one of the couch's pillows for safe keeping...
Meanwhile, inside of the gemstone, Pearl attempted to focus on what her new form should look like. Her eyes were shut to help her concentrate...
"A-HIM!"
An annoyed grunt caught Pearl's attention! She opened one of her eyes and glanced up in a state of shock!
It was her Surface Pearl! "Glad I FINALLY got your attention! We're going to have a little chat! There are...some things I must discuss with you. Come now! The tea is getting cold..."
HOLY SWISS CHEESE YOU GUYS!
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I love writing humor and cheering people up with my silly stories! (Almost every story in my fic history is a Steven Universe comedy, or...at LEAST...a partial comedy).
I'm just...so glad and so grateful that you guys liked the first chapter so much! I'm going to try my best to make a story EVERYONE can enjoy and laugh at!