One shot. I got a good idea for a scene, but didn't feel like I had the time or effort to write a whole fic, so here's the shittiest thing I've ever made since Away from Everything.
"Speak. Make it quick, I have more pressing matters at hand."
Steven looked up, hands bound behind his back and kneeling on the cold stone floor, Amethyst on his left and Garnet on his right, both in the same situation. Garnet glared upwards, her shades having been removed, revealling eyes filled with both betrayal, sadness and anger.
"No." She said simply and sternly, maintaining eye contact with the looming figure perched upon her throne above them. Steven looked to Garnet, whose eyes had moved to meet another pair of once familiar eyes. But those eyes weren't the same shade of baby blue as they'd been when they'd been captured.
Yellow Diamond sighed, running a hand down the backs of the 2 Pearls perched in her lap, both had hands folded in their laps and were melting into the Diamonds touch. "Why? You will either be shattered, or may meet the fate of your companion and get repurposed. One or the other."
Amethyst scowled, pulled on the rope binding her wrists together. "I don't know what you did to her, but I'm not letting you lay a finger on me." She shouted, earning a shove from one of the quartz guards. Yellow Diamond scoffed, stroking the backs of the Pearls again. "I didn't do anything. She decided to come on her own."
Steven knit his brows in disbelief, refusing to accept that Pearl willingly gave up; willingly handed herself over to the Diamonds and disclosing important information to her regarding their location and weaknesses. "Pearl," he started, inching forward as much as he could before a guard stopped him, now close enough to reach a foot out and touch Yellow Diamonds shoe. "This isn't like you. You..." He trailed off, trying to search his former caretakers eyes for any sign of her old self.
"You were the face of the rebellion." Garnet finished for him rather quietly, sitting up a little taller. "Yeah!" Steven yelled, looking towards Garnet and smiling. "We need you."
"You're pretty important." Amethyst added with a grin. Pearls dainty little expression dropped, eyes meeting Stevens and no longer falling into her new owners touch.
"Close your eyes." Yellow Diamond instructed Pearl, who did as she was told with little hesitation, newfound ownership taking control once again. Yellow Diamonds eyes met Stevens, the hopefulness of the little boys eyes contrasting with the hate in her own. She held one hand just below where Pearl was sitting, using the other to gently push her off of her sitting spot on her thigh and onto her hand.
"Now Pearl, repeat after me." Yellow Diamond ordered, hand outstretched to reach the gems with Pearl sitting on the tips of her fingers. Pearl sat up straight, eyes locked on Stevens glare.
"I live on Homeworld now." Yellow Diamond spoke, grinning down at the Crystal Gems, eyes telling that she had a plan.
"I live on Homeworld now." Pearl repeated without hesitation. Stevens heart dropped. Even if those words meant nothing to Pearl, just hearing her say them without batting an eye was heartbreaking.
"I am just a Pearl." Obviously having fun torturing the Crystal Gems, Yellow Diamond thought of a better phrase to make Pearl repeat; one that would truly make the rebels shatter.
Pearl moved her glance to Amethyst, whom swore she saw something flicked on, then off in her eyes. "I am just a Pearl." The repetition somehow still hurt, though it wasn't Pearls real words, it still stung hearing her say something that she fought against for thousands of years.
Yellow Diamond smiled, the 3 rebels expressions priceless. She pursed her lips in thought, then stroked a finger down the spine of the Pearl still sitting in her lap. She looked down to the Crystal Gems, and spoke the words for Pearl to repeat.
"I am not a Crystal Gem."
Pearls blue eyes met Garnets this time, flickering on and off as she fought to decide who to side with this time; her friends or Homeworld. Pearl stalled, staring into Garnets multicoloured eyes as the fusion subtly shook her head, trying to coax her out of whatever spell that Homeworld put on her.
Taking in a deep breath, she looked toward the ceiling, then back at Garnet. Pearl spoke, slowly pronouncing every syllable in every word, carefully stringing them out.
"I am not a Crystal Gem."
