Updated as of 4/8/18


After getting some cotton candy with Marko the two somehow got separated in the crowd. Amethyst finished her treat and discarded the stick in a nearby trash bin. She looked around for any sign of the boys but didn't see them.

"Hey, you lost?" She turned to look up at the Surf Nazi with green hair and a bunch of tattoos that had spoken.

"No, I'm not," she said as she turned to walk away from him.

"Well, then you wanna come to a party with me?" he asked as he boldly put an arm around her shoulder's. She opened her mouth to protest when suddenly she was pulled away and against someone else's chest. The person put an arm across her chest, holding her left shoulder in their right hand.

"Keep your hands off her." Amethyst looked up in shock to see David staring down the guy. The Surf Nazi huffed, glaring at David, before he walked away.

"Thanks," she said as David removed his arm and she took a step away.

"Don't wander off on your own," he scolded.

"I'm a big girl; I don't have to be with one of you all the time." She crossed her arms with a frown.

"I'm sure you could've handled that guy on your own," he said with a condescending smirk.

"You didn't have to help me!" she snapped.

"You're impossible," he growled slightly, with a glare at her. She bit the inside of her lip as the rest of the guys walked up behind David to join them. Marko noticed her expression and pulled her away from the group.

"I don't see why he's getting all worked up," she said to Marko.

"He's just trying to protect you."

"I'm not a child anymore."

"But you're a girl," she gave him a look and he raised his hands in defense. "Let me finish, that guy was a lot stronger than you. You wouldn't have been able to ... stop him."

"Yeah but when I'm turned I'll be able to take care of myself," she protested.

"But you're not 18 yet, you're still human, for now we have to protect you," he explained as he stoked her cheek. "We just don't want you to get hurt."

"I'm sorry." Amethyst looked down at her feet.

"It's fine," Marko assured her before he lightly kissed her forehead.

"Come on; I have to go apologize," she said, reluctantly. He nodded with a smile and put a gentle arm around her shoulder.


When they returned to the rest of the group, Amethyst tapped David on the shoulder. He turned around, a glare still frozen on his face.

"I'm sorry about before," she said. He gave a barely noticeable nod before he turned away. Amethyst sighed and quickly walked away from the group. Marko went to go after her but Paul stopped him with a look.

Amethyst felt like she just couldn't win with him. She'd make him mad with whatever she did but could never fix it. As a child whenever she made him angry, or did something wrong, she'd always apologize but he'd dismiss her apology like he'd done just then. She never understood why he'd get so upset then seem to not even care later.

Amethyst was so lost in thought that she didn't noticed the Surf Nazi from before lurking in an alley as she walked by. She let out a slight yelp as he pulled her into the alley and pushed her against the wall, a hand covered her mouth. Amethyst froze as fear consumed her as she saw the look on his face. She didn't know what to do; she tried to move her arms to put him away but as Marko had said, the guy was too strong. Amethyst closed her eyes tightly knowing what was going to come next when suddenly the guy was ripped off of her. She kept her eyes closed as she heard the sound of someone getting beat up before a dumpster opened and a loud thud before it was closed with a hard slam. Amethyst jumped when someone touched her shoulders and her eyes flew open.

"You're okay," Dwayne soothed her. He caught her as she suddenly hugged him tightly. He held her comfortingly, stoking her head softly as her shoulders started to shake.


The two met back up with the group once Amethyst had calmed down.

"Hey, what happened?" Paul asked when he saw how Amethyst was clinging to Dwayne's arm and the tear stains on her cheeks. Her eyes were only slightly red.

"Surf Nazi jumped her," Dwayne answered. Paul and Marko couldn't help but growl. "I took care of it." Amethyst avoided looking at David all together. She didn't want to know how much he didn't care. instead she chose to look up and saw the Ferris wheel with all its lights. She tapped on Dwayne's arm. He looked down at her.

"Will you go on the Ferris wheel with me?" she asked quietly. He nodded with a soft smile.

"Of course."

...

After a few minutes waiting in line the two got on the Ferris wheel. After going around once Amethyst let go of Dwayne's arm, realizing she hadn't let him go for a while.

"Are you alright?" Dwayne asked her. She nodded but he didn't look convinced.

"I am," she insisted. "Thank you.." He put an arm around her shoulders and she gladly leaned against him. They sat in silence for a while until they stopped close to the top. "Hey Dwayne?"

"Hm?" He looked down at her.

"Can you teach me to ride a motorcycle?" she asked as she looked up at him.

"Of course, but what for? You can always ride with one of us."

"..Cause it'll be fun," she answered simply with a slight shrug. He chuckled.

"Alright then."

...

Once off the Ferris wheel they met up with the others. They could see Amethyst's mood had improved and she wasn't thinking about what had happened.

"Dwayne's gunna teach me to ride a motorcycle!" she told the others excitedly.

"Huh? Why? You can just ride with me," Marko whined.

"I wanna learn; it'll be fun. Then maybe one of you can ride with me," she said with a smirk.

"If I get to hold onto you then I'm alright with it," Paul said with a wink. Marko hit his arm lightly and rolled his eyes.


Later, back at the cave, the guys all sat down to wait while Marko went to go get some normal non-human food. Amethyst sat down next to Dwayne on the couch.

"Hey Dwayne, can I braid your hair like I used to?" she asked with a small hopeful smile.


At the age of four Amethyst had self-taught herself how to braid hair by watching Dwayne do hers when she asked.

She was sat on the arm of the couch next to Dwayne who was reading a book. At first she just started playing with his hair, which he didn't seem to mind, then she managed to do three small braids without him noticing. Paul suddenly noticed and snickered at the dark haired boy. Dwayne saw the braids and started to take one out but then he noticed Amethyst pouting. He sighed and held the strand of hair back to her. She took it and re-did the braid with a big smile.


Paul snickered quietly from his place on the fountain. Amethyst expected Dwayne to say no but to her, and everyone else's, surprise he picked her up and put her down so she was sitting sideways on his lap. She brushed his hair with her fingers a bit before she started to braid some.

"Hey, do mine too," Paul said.

"Okay!" she said happily. Marko came back into the cave quietly with a box of pizza. He leaned over to Paul as he put the box down.

"She's so innocent," he whispered.

"Confirming she's a virgin," Paul whispered back. David glared at the two and they quickly looked away. Amethyst finished two braids in Dwayne's hair before she went over to where Paul was and sat on his lap like she had been on Dwayne's. She played with his hair before doing three small braids. Paul smirked the whole time.

After the five of them finished the pizza, they decided to go to bed since the sun was coming up soon. Amethyst went to her bed in the main room.

"Want me to stay with you?" Paul asked. She shook her head with an amused smile. He nodded and kissed her forehead before he went with the boys to their sleeping cave further in.

...

The sun was still going down, the sun light no longer entered the cave, but the boys and Amethyst were still asleep. That is she was until she woke up screaming from a nightmare.


Little four year old Amethyst rarely had nightmares since the boys kept her well sheltered and protected. But one night, when Amethyst was dropped off at Max's while the boys ate, she found a monster movie and watched it in the back of Max's store. She regretted it the moment it started but couldn't stop watching it. That morning when she went to bed she was plagued with horrifying, to a four-year-old, nightmares. When it was close enough to sundown she had the most vivid and lifelike nightmare that made her wake up screaming. She quickly covered her own mouth. She knew the boys had really good hearing and didn't want to worry them. She couldn't help but cry, remembering her nightmare. She stopped when she heard one of the boys coming out of the cave. She looked up and saw it was David. He looked slightly annoyed but just the slightest bit worried. She quickly wiped her tears. He stopped as close as he could without being in the sunlight that still peeked into the cave. Amethyst looked down.

"Sorry...there was a spider on my arm," she lied. He could tell she was lying but dismissed it and went back to bed.


Similar to that night all those years ago Amethyst couldn't help but cry. She pulled her knees to her chest and hid her face in the blanket. The night seemed to be a replay of when she was four as she heard one of the boys run out of the inner cave. She looked up to see David with the same annoyed yet worried expression. She quickly wiped her tears and looked away from him. The sun had gone down far enough this time where he could go all the way over to the bed.

"Why don't you ever cry in front of me?" he asked as he walked to stand on one side of the bed. Amethyst hesitated before she answered.

"You always found it annoying... so I tried not to cry in front of you." He quietly sat on the bed beside her for a moment. She couldn't help but let out an audible gasp as he pulled her to him, to awkwardly hold her.

"Go ahead and cry." Amethyst hugged him back gripping the back of his jacket slightly. He rubbed her back silently and put his lips to the top of her head. She didn't know why he was being nice but she didn't want to question it too much. Maybe she was still dreaming. "What's making you cry?"

"Nightmare," she answered quietly.

"What was it about?" He felt her stiffen slightly before she mumbled out an answer.

"You.. killed me instead of turning me." Without himself realizing it he held her tighter, surprising her more.

"How often do you have this dream?" he asked after a moment.

"Since Max confirmed you were vampires."

"Why would you think I would kill you?" He almost didn't want to know the answer.

"You've hated me since I first came here." The pain in her voice made him wince.

"Amethyst." She shivered as he said her name softly. "I don't hate you," he admitted. "Sure I didn't like it when you first came here but I got used to it."

"Don't lie. I know you still hate-" He pulled away from her to hold the sides of her face in both hands so he could look her in the eyes. His gaze was so intense but she couldn't bring herself to look away. He wiped away some tears with his thumbs. Amethyst was thankful her face was already red from crying.

"I don't hate you," He repeated as he put some of her hair behind her ear. She let her eyes close for a moment but snapped them open when she felt David's lips against hers.