Updated as of 2-23-18


Amethyst found that she couldn't sleep well that morning. Of course she had been used to sleeping during the day all her life since she'd grown up on the boys schedule then on Max's. For some reason she couldn't fall asleep until the sun was just going down. As soon as the sun was hidden the boys came into the main cave from the elevator shaft. Paul went straight over to the bed and jumped onto it so he was sitting next to her. Marko walked over as well and shook her shoulder gently.

"Come on Amethyst, wakey wakey," he said.

"No, go away," she groaned as she turned over.

"Paul, she won't get up," Marko whined. "Use your tickle powers." Suddenly Amethyst sat up.

"I'm up! Don't tickle me!" she blurted before falling back against the pillow. "So tired," she complained as she closed her eyes.

"You slept all day." Marko said. Amethyst shook her head against the pillow.

"I couldn't sleep, too excited."

"About what?" Paul asked as he laid down next to her on his stomach.

"About being back with you guys after so long. I thought if I went to bed... I'd wake up and it would've been a dream," she admitted as David and Dwayne came into the main cave.

"Aw we missed you too, Pidge." Marko said. Amethyst smiled.

"You haven't called me that in a while." He smiled.


After Amethyst got up she walked around the cave, smiling. She felt so at home, even more so than at Max's house. She stopped, grinning wider when she saw a bunch of child's drawings up on one of the caves walls. Marko popped up next to her.

"Remember these?" he asked as he put an arm around her shoulders. She nodded. There were tons of pictures; the cliché green grass and blue sky with a sun in the corner of the paper but instead of blue the sky was black and the sun was replaced with a white moon. There were a few pictures of the water at night and some comical drawings of Marko's birds. Her eyes landed on a drawing that had been previously ripped but was now taped together.


Little five year old Amethyst was quite the artist. Whenever she and the boys were at the cave they could find her laying on her stomach in the fountain, drawing. She would draw most things she saw: The night sky, the beach, Marko's birds, the green teddy she carried with her everywhere and anything else she found interesting. Mind you these were the drawings of a child.

One night after the boys and Amethyst went back to the cave she went into the fountain and didn't come out for the next hour.

"Whacha doin' in there?" Paul asked as he came over and tried to peek in to see what she was drawing.

"Don't look yet!" she yelled as she covered the drawing with her teddy. Paul put his hands up in surrender.

"Alright, alright, I'm not looking." He said before he went to sit on the couch.

Once she was finished drawing Amethyst climbed out of the fountain, the drawing in one hand and her teddy in the other. She ran over to Paul and got on the couch before she held out the drawing to him.

"Now I can look?" Amethyst nodded shaking the paper slightly telling him to take it. He grinned as he looked at the drawing. "Hey Marko, come're."

"What?" Marko walked over and looked over Paul's shoulder form behind the couch. He smiled and looked at Amethyst. "Good job, Pidge." She smiled proudly. Dwayne came over and looked as well. He smiled and ruffed her hair.

"Hey," she whined fixing her hair, with a laugh. She took the drawing back and ran over to David who remained in his chair. She held up the picture for him to take. David glanced down at her before taking the picture with a quiet sigh. He raised an eyebrow at the drawing of him and the boys with Amethyst next to David. All of the faces were smiling but his. Instead he had an angry face. He gave it back without a word but with a slight glare. Amethyst frowned as she looked at the picture. She ran back to the fountain and climbed in.

That morning, after the boys went to sleep, Amethyst sat on her bed and looked at the drawing. Little silent tears rolled down her small cheeks. Without thinking she ripped the picture in half and threw it away.

The next night before Amethyst woke up Paul went to wake her but stopped when he noticed the ripped up drawing on the floor. He picked it up and noticed that the figured representing Amethyst had been scribbled out with black crayon. He frowned and looked at her, she was still asleep. Paul turned to glare at David before he walked over to him.

"Can't you stop hurting her feelings? She's just a little girl," he growled as he held out the pieces of the drawing when David gave him a confused look. David took the papers and stared down at them. Suddenly Amethyst was awake. She ran up to Paul and jumped. He caught her and spun her around before putting her down.

"Hey, what's up girl?" he asked with a grin.

"I wanna go to the boardwalk!" She shouted with a huge smile.

"Let's go." David said as he put the torn pieces of the drawing in his pocket.


"Are we going to the boardwalk?" Amethyst asked as she turned to Marko.

"We need to feed." David said from the other side of the cave without looking at her. She nodded.

"So I'll wait here then?"

"I'll drop you off at the boardwalk," Marko said with his signature grin.

...

While the boys left to feed, Marko took Amethyst to the boardwalk.

"Alright, we'll find you when we're done," He said as she got off the back of his bike.

"Okay," she said. He drove off and she walked through the boardwalk entrance. She immediately went to Video Max.

She walked inside and waved to Maria before tapping Max on the shoulder. He turned around and smiled.

"How was your first night back with the boys?"

"Good," She replied simply. "They really missed me. They didn't forget about me like you said they would."

"Obviously I was mistaken." he smiled sadly.

"Is it alright if I come by with the boys later to pick up some of my things?" she asked.

"Of course." Amethyst frowned in concern at him. "I'm going to miss you. You've been like a daughter to me the past 12 years." he admitted. She gave him a smile.

"I'll always think of you as a father. I told you I would still come to visit." she reassured him as she put a hand on his arm. Then she whispered. "Plus David said when I'm 18 I can be turned." He gave a small smile and stroked her head.

"Are you sure that's what you want?" he asked.

"Of course. It's not like I'll miss anything from the day; you never let me leave the house during the day. That's why I'm so pale." she said with a laugh. He chuckled.

"Sorry about that. I did give you vitamin D though."

"I hated those pills." she said making a face. She turned around as she heard the boys pull up on their bikes outside. "We'll come by later or tomorrow night."

"Alright take care," he said before he gave her a quick hug. She ran outside and over to the boys. Paul waved her over. She went to walk past David on his bike to Paul when David suddenly grabbed her arm. Amethyst froze and turned to him, startled. She stared at him waiting for him to speak. When he finally did her eyes widened.

"Ride with me." The rest of the boy's eyebrows went up.

"O-Okay," she said. He let go and she slowly got onto the back of his bike. She swallowed as she put her arms around his waist and felt her face heat up. The red showed up clearly on her pale face causing Marko to snicker quietly. She shot him a look. He grinned before driving off. She held on tighter as David's bike lurched forward.

The boys pulled over by the stairs, got off and walked to the railing. Amethyst put her hands on the railing and looked out at the ocean. She blushed as Paul came up behind her and hugged her from behind, putting his head on her shoulder. She turned to look at him, leaning her head back slightly.

"Can I help you?"

"Nah I'm good," he said with a smirk before he kissed her cheek.

"Hey," she whined as her face got redder. He chuckled before nuzzling his nose against her neck. They heard a low growl and turned to see David glaring. Paul moved away and stood next to Amethyst.

"Sorry," he said to her with a light chuckle.

"It's alright." she said with a shrug. When she turned to look at David he was avoiding her gaze. Marko came over and tapped her on the shoulder. She turned to look at him.

"Hey you wanna get cotton candy like we used to?" he offered.

"Sure, turn around." He raised an eyebrow but did as he was told.

"What are you-?" Marko was cut off as she jumped on his back. He grabbed the back of her legs as she wrapped her arms around his neck.

"Onward!" she shouted as she pointed forward. He chuckled before he ran off. Paul leaned against the railing putting his elbows on it.

"Lucky," he whined. Dwayne shot him a glare. "Aw come on you can't tell me you don't think she's hot now." David turned to glare. "Seriously she's-"

"Paul," David growled warningly. Paul sighed and rolled his eyes.