Amethyst rolled over, glancing over the edge of the cliff. Sure, this place was abandoned for a while, but since when had a hover come near it?

Ruby, next to her, tapped her on the shoulder. "Two Quartzes?" she asked. "Are you sure?"

Amethyst rolled over again, pushing up against her partner. "Of course I am. And the hover stopped here, remember?" She motioned her head in the general direction of where it stopped. There should be a patch of dried grass around there… "And who would need two Quartzes?"

"You're a Quartz, remember?" Ruby said, nudging her. "And you're my size."

Amethyst shrunk in her shoulders and hung her head. A small Quartz. It was the reason she never showed her face around Gem society. At times, she wondered if anyone other than Ruby knew she existed.

Not that she was complaining. An empty kindergarten to live in, all the luxuries that she'd steal… Yeah, that was better than whatever sea spire some Gems could make.

"So, Amethyst," Ruby said, getting up and dusting her shorts off. "We should get going."

Amethyst nodded, groaning and pulling herself up off the ground. She pushed sand and grass off of it. "Good idea."

They started running down the hill, landing on that rock they'd watched one of the Pearls jump on. Two Pearls, Amethyst thought as she pressed her hand on a stone sticking out. What Gem needed two Pearls?

The button glowed white for a moment before stairs slid out from their positions on the cliff. Odd. They seemed a lot louder the first time. This time they were absolutely silent. Ruby booked it down the stairs, kicking down dust.

Amethyst shuffled down beside her, stopping at a window. Blue light peeked from underneath it. What in the…? She peeked into it and saw one of the gems that she thought was a Quartz. It looked like it at first glance, but didn't have the uniform for it. She wore a ball gown behind those pink ringlets. She then noticed that there were two other faces in the room, holograms that were the source of the blue light.

"Pink Diamond," one said. She had blue skin and hair. "Before discussion starts, is the room secure?"

A Diamond? She felt a grin on her face. This was going to be better than she thought.

"Wait a moment, let me double-check." The chair she was on creaked as she stood up and Amethyst ducked. She needed to run. A door opened, the pink-haired Gem paused, then the door creaked shut.

Amethyst leaped up and ran down the stairs, grabbing Ruby by the wrist. "I'll explain at the bottom," she hissed.

The window opened and Amethyst's heart stopped. She turned at the stairs before grabbing Ruby with both arms and jumping. She bit her cheeks not give a cry as she hit the ground and rolled.

She stood quiet for a moment, waiting for the window to close again. It did, and Amethyst let go of Ruby. She leaped up to the ground, melting some sand beneath her. "What was that for?" she sputtered.

Amethyst opened and closed her mouth like a fish. "We were about to get caught." Then she remembered by whom. "We were about to get caught by a Diamond." Amethyst got to her knees, chuckling. She slapped the sand off her back.

"That's stupid. Why would they let a Diamond here?"

"Beats me." Amethyst stopped, then started laughing. "Any idea how great this is, though?"

Ruby grabbed Amethyst's shoulders and shook her. "Quiet down! And what?"

"A Diamond is staying here," she started, the grin widening even further. "Meaning…"

Realization dawned on Ruby's face. She started laughing too. "This is going to be such a good raid… Any idea how much stuff we'll get?"

"Exactly!" She slapped Ruby's shoulder. "Come on, let's get this party started." She cracked her knuckles and loosened her body. She felt herself shrink, turning into a cat. She winked at Ruby before opening the door and scoping the place out.

The room was empty in the sense nobody was there. She grinned at the loot that was inside the first room alone. Cushions for her room, that was definitely something. She found herself lingering longer than she should have, her claws instinctively scratching into the carpet floor. She blinked then stepped out onto the porch. "It's clear. A bit creaky, though, Rube."

She shifted back into her usual form and scratched her short hair. She walked in on her toes, watching all the halls. Still empty. "Be careful," she whispered at Ruby. "The Diamond's still awake."

That stopped Ruby in her tracks for a moment as she stared out into space. Her fists clenched, and Amethyst put a hand on her shoulders. "It just means we'll be quiet, right?"

Ruby turned around, her teeth clenched. "I just remembered something," she said. "Let's… let's just get this over with." She pulled herself away from Amethyst and started at a cupboard with seashells all along it. She opened it quietly and piled a few in there.

"When we get back, we can… I dunno… do something with them, I guess," Ruby said, holding them in one hand. She closed the cupboard. "Aren't you grabbing anything?"

"Of course," Amethyst said, then noticed the angry expression on her face. She decided just to let her vent it quietly, before she burnt the place down. She reached for those pillows on the couch, bunching them in her arms. She noticed something hanging from the wall in the hallway to the right of her.

Her eyes traced it for a moment before she saw something just beside it. A sword cabinet. They were bright silver, reflecting anything in front of it. Amethyst tapped at the lock over its edge and growled to herself. She pulled her weapon out with a flash, stopped to check for anyone, and used one of its thorns to pick the lock.

It gave a click, and she pulled the cupboard open. Ruby'd like this. More so, Amethyst would like it if Ruby learned sword-fighting over randomly punching things. She glanced at Ruby and a smile cracked on her face. She crept up away from the hall. She knelt down and poked Ruby's shoulder.

Ruby turned around and Amethyst held the sword up. "To my lady," she said cheekily.

Ruby blushed furiously and grabbed it. "Wow," she said. "I might actually try using this one," she said, lifting it by the blade. "Thank…" Ruby looked up and all the colour drained from her face. "Ammy," she said.

Amethyst turned around and stood up, but stopped with her knees still bent. In front of her was a Sapphire. This was the first one she'd ever seen. She gulped. The Sapphire gasped. She raised her gloved hand to her mouth slowly.

"Ruby!" she hissed. "Ruby, do something!" She started backing away, and heard Ruby's sword clatter to the ground.

"What? What can I do?" she said.

Amethyst felt panic welling in her. This was the first time they'd been caught mid-raid.

"I-I don't know," she said, starting to turn. Then she ran. She dropped everything she had, her weapon disappearing in the same flash it came. She swore at herself. How could she have been so stupid?

She bolted up the stairs, noticing the blue light from the window was dimming and switched. No. No. No-no-no-no-no-no. Ruby, please be running, she hoped. Please. She stopped at the top of the hill and turned around. There was Ruby, just starting her climb up the stairs. Thank the stars. "I'll be back home!" she shouted.

No response. Amethyst's shoulders tensed, but loosened when she remembered it was still Ruby, and she was still coming up.

She kept running. The grass got longer, whipping at her face until it cleared out after what felt like forever. It cleared out, revealing a steep incline into a canyon.

The abandoned kindergarten stretched out before her, and Amethyst breathed a sigh of relief. Running to the nearest hole, she slumped down in it and waited for Ruby.

She heard laboured sighs and stiffened. She risked a glance out the hole and saw the dark red silhouette of Ruby.

Then another one held in Ruby's grasp. It was dark blue in the moonlight. "What?" she hissed to herself. "Ruby? What is this?" She crawled out of the hole and ran to Ruby. "What on Earth?"

She glanced at the silhouette and stiffened in anger and fear. "Oh no…" she whispered, pulling a lock of her hair. "Ruby, how could you?"

"I didn't know what else to do!" he shouted, desperation in her voice.

"Poof her!" Amethyst shouted.

"Ex-Excuse me…" a voice said, deep and calm. The two Gems turned around to face the silhouette. "Why—Why am I here?"

Amethyst's skin prickled again. How had Ruby done this?

Why had she kidnapped a Gem?

AN: When Stevenbomb destroys all your headcanons and much of the plot relied on them... v.v

Deathbright, did you think I wouldn't have Ruby and Sapphire here? I mean, why else would a Sapphire be on the crew? ;D