"Pearl, are you feeling okay about this?"
"I'm actually not."
Onyx chuckled. "Here, just take my hand. Garnet said we've got to dance like us. Not like ruby and sapphire."
Pearl nodded. She proceeded to take his hand and the other on his shoulder.
Onyx put his hand on her own and one on her waist.
Pearl shivered in his touch. "Don't be so nervous. It's only me." Onyx said softly to her.
Her face flushed a turquoise color as she looked away from him.
The two began to dance on the sand. "Are you sure you dance like this?" Onyx asked. Pearl didn't answer.
Onyx sighed. "Come on, P. If you want to fuse with me, you've gotta dance like you."
"I don't know how to dance like me..."
"Yes you do. I've seen you dance multiple times with Rose." Onyx said with slight disappointment.
Pearl knew how to dance. She was just too embarrassed to show it to the one she loved. Rose and her had been dancing for a long time now. But she had trouble doing it with her when they did it on their first time.
Onyx began to slow down the sway of their dance. Pearl picked it up a bit to make him know that she was still with him.
Onyx smiled. "Are you ready now?"
Pearl hesitated at first. But she answered, "y-yes I am..."
Onyx spun her away from him as they were a few feet away from each other.
Onyx bowed as his gem started to glow. Pearl did a graceful bow and her gem glowed as well.
Pearl spun in place as she looked over to Onyx who was offering his hand to her. Pearl did her ballet routine as she skipped towards Onyx.
Onyx had a more patient type of dancing.
As Pearl made it to him. Onyx grabbed her left arm and spun her twice, then dipped her down.
They looked at each other and smiled.
A light began to cover the two Gems as they fused together...
Pearl opened her eyes from her dream. She felt sad that it didn't finish. "Even my 'dreams' make me guilty."
She sat up as she stretched her arms. "I wonder how the others are doing."
She was about to stand up, but she forgot one thing. She looked around to try and find it, but she found nothing. "Where is it?"
She began to panic as she spun around. "Where is the arm?!"
The pale gem ran towards the door and went out of her room.
She saw that it was still dark out.
But to her surprise, someone was cooking something up. She saw that it was Onyx.
"Probably just a dream again..." Pearl said to herself.
She walked over to the counter as she sat down. Onyx looked over to her. "Oh, Pearl. Did you have a nice rest?"
Pearl didn't answer. She just wanted to get away from her dream.
Onyx wore a confused face. "I know that you know that this is only a dream." He said bluntly.
Pearl's eyes widened. "What?"
"Pearl, I'm in your dream!" Onyx said with a huge smile.
"B-but how?!" Pearl asked frantically.
"Well...I'm guessing I can talk to other Gems by dreams."
"That's what Steven has." Pearl had put her hand on her chest.
"Really? He never told me that. Well, a boy's gotta keep some secrets." Onyx said as he poured down some of his soup on a bowl and gave it to Pearl.
"But how is this possible? You're already shattered! Don't play tricks on me Onyx!" Pearl yelled as she held her head.
Onyx saw that she was about to breakdown. He came to her side as he held her shoulders.
"Calm down, P. I'm alright!"
"You're not! Get out of my head!"
Onyx groaned and went for it. He smashed his lips onto her own. Pearl had tears running down her face. Her body grew weak.
Onyx separated himself. "I'm me, okay?"
"Bu-but-"
"No buts Pearl. I forgive you for what you have done. So you've gotta forgive yourself too."
Pearl closed her eyes tightly. "I know you're having a hard time forgiving yourself. But please understand this, you've gotta be strong for me. Strong for Steven!" He added.
Pearl opened her eyes. "How?"
Onyx smiled. "You've just got to forget about what happened. I still love you Pearl. Nothing can change that."
"Where are you? I need to find you..."
"You can see me again tomorrow. Make sure to pop my bubble tomorrow, I might be okay. Just don't be such a bully to yourself."
Onyx wiped away some tears from her face as he kissed her gem. "I want my nerdy Pearl back."
Pearl blushed as she playfully pushed him. "Stop..."
Onyx laughed at this and looked at her sincerely. "I'm gonna go now, don't rush and try to pop the bubble now. I'm still incomplete. Just remember not to be so hard on yourself."
Pearl nodded and closed her eyes.
Th pale gem busted her eyes wide open as she sat up quickly.
She looked down to see the metal arm right beside her. She smiled and laid back down.
"I hope you're telling the truth...I don't want to lose you forever..."
Lapis couldn't sleep.
Her eyes were tired, but for some reason she couldn't sleep. She shifted away from the bed as she took light steps towards the door.
The gem went out of the house and stood there on the porch. She let out a sigh.
"Why did you have to leave me..."
She looked into the night sky and a cold breeze touched her skin lightly. She hugged herself.
"I wish there was someway to bring you back..."
Suddenly, something caught her eye. There was someone down the beach. It had a black robe just like him.
She couldn't believe what she was seeing. Was it really him?
She quickly went down the steps and stepped on the sand to get a closer look at the figure.
The figure was just standing there. The robe it wore followed the winds direction.
Lapis got a little nervous. She didn't know if she had fallen asleep on accident and this is all a dream, or maybe this was real...
The closer she got, the more her heart paced faster. "H-hello?" She let out as her mouth was shaking.
The figure turned its head to face her.
It was him.
Her eyes widened as she began to breathe faster.
But something was off. He had no pupils. And he looked a little more agitated than Onyx.
"It's Nyx...right?" Lapis asked.
Nyx chuckled. "That's my name..."
Lapis stood beside him. She still pondered if this was real or a dream.
Nyx noticed this and looked at her. "Something wrong, Ocean gem?"
Lapis looked back at him. She shook her head. "This has got to be a dream...right?" She asked the gem beside her. She began to feel like she was going crazy.
Nyx kept looking towards her. She looked like she was about to have meltdown. "Woah, easy there, Ocean gem. Okay you're right. This isn't real."
Lapis was relieved that she wasn't going crazy. But she felt sad that it wasn't really him...or them. "Then what's happening? How are you talking to me if you're gone?" She asked as she felt tears go down.
Nyx wasn't really the hopeless romantic one. But he didn't know what to do. His other half was probably floating around Pearls dream.
He sighed. This wasn't even his decision...
"Okay. We have to split for awhile and choose who we talk to." Onyx said as he floated in the darkness with Nyx.
"Look. I might remember what I am or was, but I'm still not taking orders from you." Nyx replied.
Onyx rolled his eyes back. "But you still feel the same don't you?"
Nyx got confused. "Wait...If I do feel the same about those two, and we are two different Gems..."
Onyx flinched. "Holy mackerel. You just blew my mind."
"Aren't you gonna be mad at me for feeling the same?"
"Well...you ARE apart of me now. Since you said so yourself." Onyx said.
"And if we are separated as our own Gems. Then YOU will be unbalanced." Nyx continued his theory.
Onyx nodded. "So that means...you are still me! And you forever will be...If you decide to leave me for a long time and decide to be your own gem again, then I'm pretty sure I will be shattered."
"Its because I'm the one who's making your gem intact."
"That makes...so little sense to me, but let's just say that we can't- er...I can't live anymore whenever you Decide to be your own gem."
Nyx nodded. "So...who will you pick?"
Onyx wore a questioning face. "Huh?"
"Pearl or Lapis? We have to talk to them remember?" Nyx reminded him.
"Oh yeah. Let's just roll a die or something." Onyx requested.
Nyx groaned as he shifted his finger into a pen. He drew on both of his palms. Then held it out to Onyx.
"Okay. Just pick one and we'll be on our way."
Onyx looked at his fists intently. He tapped his left hand. "This one?"
Nyx opened up his left hand to show Onyx who he had gotten. "Looks like you got, Pearl."
Onyx gulped. "Oh geez."
"What's the matter? You still on about that thing you saw?"
"Yeah, kinda'."
Nyx scoffed. "I'm pretty sure it was all an accident."
Onyx had a straight face. "You were the one saying that the human was kissing her and we should take revenge."
"That was me? Pretty sure it wasn't." Nyx denied.
Onyx started to float away from him. "I can't believe that THE white diamond is so good a lying."
"I'm not lying!"
Nyx got out of his train if thought as he looked back to the blue gem. She had been looking at him for a few minutes while he was thinking away.
"What?" He asks. Lapis flinches as she looks away.
"N-nothing..." She replied.
"Okay, look. I was sent here to tell you that...we are okay. We just need you or Pearl to pop the bubble for us so we can come back...hopefully." Nyx explained.
Lapis listened carefully. "Should I wake up and do it now?" Lapis asks.
Nyx shook his head. "No. We aren't complete yet. We need you to do it tomorrow, or it won't work."
Lapis nodded.
After the explanation. The two fell silent. The only noise was the water crashing on land.
Nyx turned around and started to walk off. "Well, since you know what to do. I'm gonna go now."
"Wait!"
Nyx looked back to see Lapis running to him.
He was met by a warm kiss on his lips. He froze.
He didn't like real physical contact with other Gems...but he felt...nice and warm.
He kissed back instinctively.
The two broke the kiss as they looked each other. Lapis had her eyes shining as she looked at him.
Onyx's face suddenly went warm as he scratched the back of his neck. "Well...I Uhm...yeah. I'll be...you know..." He turned quickly and fast walked away from embarrassment.
Lapis giggled as she touched her lips.
She thought she'd never feel this again.
Feeling of love.
Feeling of freedom.
Lapis opened her eyes as she stared at the ceiling.
It was starting to light up from the outside. She knew it was not long before dawn came.
She sighed and looked over to her left. She saw that Steven and Peridot were back. Connie was still there, sleeping beside the other two.
Lapis felt her mind and heart float, knowing that he might be back.
She felt unbelievably happy. She took the stuffed bear once more as she hugged it tightly and closed her eyes.
She felt it again.
And she loves feeling it.
Steven felt Lapis shift a little in her sleep.
He still felt heavy with guilt. He couldn't stop thinking of Onyx's face.
He had a face of worry, pain and sadness. He even faked a smile before he poofed away.
"Everything's gonna be alright."
His eyes stung. He couldn't close his eyes without them hurting. "Why were you so calm?" He asked no one.
He sighed and turned his body around. He was face with his best friend, Connie.
She looked so calm and peaceful. She hadn't heard the news about Onyx.
But as he could see, it was already gonna be dawn. So the news will be broken to her soon.
He just felt really guilty. He knew that it was his fault.
He sighed once more and turned around again to face Peridot.
To his surprise, she was staring back at him.
Both of their eyes widened.
Peridot cleared her throat. "Are you doing okay, Steven?"
Steven blinked. "Y-yeah...well, not really." He said as quietly as he could.
Peridot swallowed a lump in her throat. Her face heated up for some reason.
"Peridot...are you blushing?" Steven questioned.
Peridot dug her face into the pillow and began to say nonsense under it.
Steven smiled and let out a small chuckle. He patted Peridots head as she shivered in his touch.
The Homeworld gem still wasn't used to human affection. Especially touching.
But she somehow felt...good.
Steven still didn't feel that great. If only he could apologize to him...
A sudden glow came from the boys gem. He lifted his shirt up and hears the temple door open.
He quickly shuffled off the bed as he walked towards the door.
Peridot looked over to what he was doing. "Steven, what are you doing?" She sat up.
Steven didn't reply as he stepped into his mother's room. Peridot ran for the boy. "Steven!" She screams.
She looked back to see if she had awoken any of the sleeping companions. She was lucky they weren't awake.
She touched the temple door with her hand as she sighs. "Earthlings really confuse me."
As he heard the door close behind him, he sighs. "Room, I want to talk to Onyx."
Much to his disappointment, nothing happened. "Room, can I talk to Onyx?"
Still nothing. He became desperate. "Room...please."
He went down to his knees as he started trembling. "I just want him back..." He whispered with a shaky voice.
He just stayed like that for a couple seconds.
He gave up and stood up. He sighed.
"Room. Get me out..."
"Steven?"
Stevens body froze. He looked back slowly to find, none other than, Onyx.
Steven looked at him directly. "Even if you're a cloud. I just want to say...that I'm so sorry for what I've done. I shouldn't have came to mess things up...its my fault you got shattered..."
Onyx chuckled. "A cloud? It's me Steven. Your mom's room brought me here for some reason."
Stevens eyes widened. "Wait, you're alive?"
"Well...not exactly. I'm in pieces, but still have my physical form in my gem. I just can't release my physical form since I'm in pieces."
"Then how come you're here with me?"
Onyx thought of it. "I'm guessing it's because of the room. I may not be able to release my physical form. But since there's nothing real in this room except for you, that means the room transported my presence inside my gem into the room."
Stevens brain stopped working as he was explaining. He shook his head. "I guess that makes...sense." He said, acting like he listened to his explanation.
Steven walked over to the gem. "I'm sorry about what happened. I never meant for that to happen." The boy cried as he looked down.
Onyx smiled. He knelt down and put a hand in his shoulder. "Steven..."
This made the boy look at him. He was crying. "I know you didn't mean to get me shattered. What you did back there was unbelievable! You looked awesome little man!" He said as he ruffled the boys curly hair.
Steven let out a small laugh. "But I got you killed. Why aren't you mad?"
"Well, for the most part, I got myself killed. If I hadn't just went in the ocean and warped that thing down in the kindergarten, none of this would happen." Onyx paused. "But hey, you did great. You can work your shield flawlessly. I don't know how that thing got through it, but maybe it's because you weren't ready for it."
Steven nodded. "Yeah. I'm getting a lot better with it. But I keep thinking...that I can't do the things my mom could do..." He sighed.
Onyx looked at the boy. "Steven, no matter what they say, or what they do. You are you. Your mom gave you your own physical form for a reason. That's your gem now. Not Rose's. And it's your shield. Even this room."
"But what about you guys? I can't be a great leader like my mom..."
"Steven. I know you can be a great leader, but not now. You're still young, so Garnet is in charge. You will be greater than Rose. Because there is nothing like you in this universe." Onyx said with a wide smile.
Steven smiled and wiped away his tears. He then hugged the gem infront of him. "Thank you, Onyx..."
The dark gem hugged back. "Don't worry about it."
Onyx stood up and looked down towards the boy. "You better go back now. The Gems might be wondering where you are."
Steven nodded as he walked towards the door that had been summoned by him. "Hey, Steven."
The boy looked back. "Can you do me a favor and pop my bubble?"
Steven nodded once more as he ran out of the room. Onyx poofed into little clouds as the door shut.
"Are you sure about your decision, Onyx?"
"I don't know as well, Amethyst. I just accepted it so they won't kill us." Onyx answered quietly to Amethyst.
The pale gem turned back to them. "Anyways, here is the warp pad, we use this to travel into millions of-"
"Seen it." Onyx and Amethyst cut her off with dry expressions.
Pearl's face went from proud to annoyance. "W-well then...I'll show you the rooms."
Pearl opened the temple door as it opened, they saw water everywhere. The three Gems entered the room as the door closed behind them.
"Huh...this is a weird room." Amethyst commented. Pearl turned once again to the two. "Excuse me, but this is MY room. So show some respect."
Onyx scoffed. "Never knew that a Pearl needed a whole room for herself."
Pearl fumed. "What does that suppose to mean?!"
Onyx lifted his arms in defense. "Hey, I never said that you didn't need a room. I just said that I never knew they Needed it."
Pearl groaned and turned her back to them. "Fine. As you know now, that this is my room."
Amethyst scratched her hair with her foot as she was on all fours. "Hey...'Pearl'. Why is your room so wet?"
Onyx held in a laugh as he cleared his throat. "Hey, Pearl. Are you thirsty?"
Amethyst bit her tongue to keep her from laughing. Pearl had aa puzzled face. "I'm quite quenched. Why do you ask that?"
Amethyst let out her laughter as Onyx just face palmed. Pearl just turned around as she didn't know what was up with the other two.
Amethyst stopped laughing as she crawled up to Onyx's back. She yawned. "Hey, I'm kinda' tired. Do you know where we can sleep?"
Pearl was more than confused. "Gems don't sleep."
Onyx supported Amethyst as she snoozed on his back. "Yeah, but Amethyst learned sleeping because she was made here on earth."
Pearl hod a shocked expression. "She came out of the kindergarten?"
Onyx nodded. "Yep. But she's pretty special. Not like those mindless servants, she actually has her own 'feelings'."
Pearl looked at the small purple gem with suspicion. "Atleast she has a 'guardian' with her."
Onyx rolled back his eyes. "So, do you have a room for us, or some sort of bed?" He asks.
"Well, there is the lighthouse up the hill, but you can sleep in my room if you want." Pearl suggested as he held a smile onto her face, not showing any signs of distress.
Onyx nodded. "You know what, we'll stay in the lighthouse for awhile."
Pearl rolled her eyes back. "As you wish." She turned around as she sat on one of the water platforms.
Onyx turned around as he started to walk off, he stopped for a moment. "Hey, Pearl..."
Pearl turned to him. "What is it?"
Onyx looked at her. "I like your leg warmers." He teased as he ran out of the room.
"Hush up!" Pearl growled.
Onyx got out of the temple as he ran up the hill. He saw the lighthouse was unlocked.
He opened the door to find it empty. "Hm..."
He set Amethyst down on the widden floor as he searched for something comfortable to sleep on.
He was unlucky. He didn't find anything in the lighthouse. He sighed.
Onyx came back to Amethyst and lifted her head up. He used his legs as her pillow.
The purple gem felt comfortable. She stirred as she opened her eyes. "Hey, Onyx..."
"Yeah?"
"Aren't you gonna sleep too?"
Onyx thought about it. "Hm, probably not."
Amethyst nodded as she face her 'father-figure'. "Do you think we'll stick together forever?"
Onyx was a bit startled by this question. Sure he knew that it couldn't be impossible, but he knew that the future won't be as friendly to them.
But the purple gem still had an innocent mind. She knew so little. "We probably will If you decide to stick around with me."
Amethyst yawned as scooted closer to his torso for warmth. "I'll stick forever."
Onyx patted her head as he sighed. "Forever..."
Amethyst felt terrible.
She had lost her best-friend. Her father.
The one who saved her from manipulation. The one who cared for her and loved her.
The one she betrayed.
He was also the one who forgave her, even thought it cut him deep.
But he was gone...
She hadn't slept. Amethyst was the type who falls asleep to escape her problems.
But this time, she couldn't even shut her eyes for a few minutes.
She laid in her trash to think of what to do...
The purple gem sat up and slowly stood up. She made her mind.
If she couldn't sleep away from her problems.
She was gonna run away from them.
Steven came out if his room to be met with Peridot. "Steven, why'd you leave?!" She asked pulling on the boys shirt.
"Why? I just wanted to talk to Onyx." Steven said casually.
This made Peridot confused. "Wh-what? Never mind, you shouldn't have left me worried!"
"I'm sorry, but I just needed a little com-...wait, you were worried?" Steven asked with a cheeky smile.
Peridot's face flushed a dark shade of green. "What?! No! That's ludicrous!"
Steven chuckled at her behavior. "Don't worry, Dot. No one needs to know." He headed for the bathroom.
Peridot's face felt hot. She felt embarrassed. "I wasn't worried!"
This made Connie wake up. "What's going on?"
Peridot looked at the girl. "Steven is...exasperating!" She growled.
Connie rubbed her eyes. "Oh yeah, I'm still in Stevens house. How was your morning, Peridot?"
"It's been completely disastrous!" The small gem replied with a huff.
Connie giggled at her temper. "I think you need to keep it down a little bit."
Peridot stared at the human girl. She rubbed her temples. "Fine, I'll 'keep it down'."
Steven came out of the bathroom and sighed. "Oh, goodmorning Connie."
"Goodmorning, Steven. What's been happening when I was asleep?"
Steven laughed nervously. "Well...it's kind of a long story..."
Connie just raised her eyebrow and stepped out of the bed carefully, as to not wake up the Ocean gem. "Tell me, we have all the time we need."
Steven sighed. "Okay, it all started when we heard Garnet say that there was a disturbance in the kindergarten..."
"You make me feel like I'm a thousand years older than you, Onyx."
"...wait, are you?" Onyx replied to the pale gem beside him.
"I'm guessing I'm not. You told me you were already a thousand years old when you found Amethyst. I'm a few years away from you." Pearl replied.
Onyx nodded in understanding. He then looked up in the sky. The two were sitting on the sand, soothing water noises. And the atmosphere was perfect for them.
"Hey, Pearl..."
"Yes?" The pale gem looked at her partner.
Onyx thought of it for a second. "N-no, nevermind."
Pearl put her hand on top of his. "You can ask me anything..."
Onyx had his eyes wide open. He felt super awkward for asking this question in such a precious atmosphere.
"Are you sure?" He asked.
Pearl leaned on his side as she held his arm. She looked at his eyes. Onyx already knew she was willing to listen. "Okay then..."
"I was just gonna ask...what if this fails?" He questioned.
"What fails?" Asked a confused Pearl.
"Us. What if Rose doesn't want this relationship between you and me?" Onyx's face fell.
Pearl thought about it for a moment. She knew this was a hard question to just answer and brush it off.
"Well, Rose already knows, even Amethyst and Garnet do." Pearl reminded him.
Onyx sighed. "Pearl, you don't know what's going through their minds. Rose seemed very displeased whenever I told her that I love you. She just hid it with her smile, just to make sure we know that she is nice. Amethyst is becoming more and more distant from me...Garnet doesn't really care."
Pearl saw how much distress he was in by looking at his face. She held onto him tighter.
That's when his most difficult question came. "Pearl...would you choose me, or Rose?"
Pearl's mind went blank for a moment. Her eyes widened and her heart was beating faster. "I-...I-."
"N-no! You don't need to answer that if you don't want to..." He said in defense. Onyx noticed the sudden change when he asked that question. "It just slipped out of my mouth."
Pearl felt relieved. She didn't know how to answer that. She loved Rose. Because she was the one who gave her freedom. She didn't use her for showing off or making her serve her like some other Pearl back in homeworld.
But then there was Onyx. He made her feel romantically loved. He made her feel wanted every single day and night. She knew he would do anything for her. Just like what she would do for Rose.
She snapped out of her own trance as Onyx held her closer. "Whatever I mean to you, you mean more to me than that." He then pulled her into a hug.
Pearl felt her heart melt at this. She felt like she was floating in paradise.
"I love you, Onyx..."
"I love you more, Pearl."
Pearl woke up from her slumber once more. She felt great whenever she slept.
She admitted that sleep was a little funny to her in the past. But that's because she just watched them do it, especially Steven. And she did it for his safety, and he looked quite adorable doing it.
But she never knew how until Steven taught her. And she did it more often.
It was her only way of getting away from reality, at least for awhile.
Her eyes widened with excitement as she remembered what she had to do.
She stood up and went towards a hallway leading into the basement.
Pearl entered to be met with Steven and Lapis. "What are you two doing here?"
"Pearl, look at this!" Steven ran to her with Onyx's gem in a bubble. But his gem was fixed?
She couldn't believe it. How was it even possible.
But she didn't care now. She just wanted him back.
Pearl grabbed the bubble from his hands and popped it. "I'm guessing he had told you two as well?"
Lapis and Steven nodded. "Yeah. He told me to come here and pop the bubble so he could release his physical form again." The boy explained.
Pearl looked at the dark gem as it shined like it was a new made gem. Her eyes had stars in them.
She waited for Onyx to come back. She was excited, they all were.
Garnet suddenly came in the room. Pearl quickly hid the gem behind her. "Garnet?! What brings you here?" She asks with an innocent voice.
Garnet had panic on her face. "Amethyst ran away. Connie and Peridot had told me. I don't know where she is!"
Pearl and Steven were surprised by the news. "What? Why?" Pearl asks again.
"I don't know. I didn't see it coming. She must still be devastated by Onyx's...sacrifice." Garnet answered.
Steven looked down. He knew that Onyx was gonna be back. But he didn't know that Amethyst would run away. "We'll help you find her!" Steven requested.
Garnet shook her head. "No, she might lose control and hurt you."
Steven stepped forward. "I know. But I might be the only one to stop her. She can't hurt me."
Garnet pondered. She decided. "I can't let you in this, Steven. You've got to understand."
Steven looked down in disappointment. "Okay...just...make sure she come back."
Hey guys/gals. Sorry for the super late update.
There were some problems about people hating on fanfic/fanart about SU.
Don't know why. I'm probably gonna get hated by saying this.
So, I'm sorry for the late update. I've upgraded this chapter to a 5k word, since it was a day late.
Ever since Halloween came around, everything went nuts.
Anyways, hope you all enjoyed this chapter.
I'm probably gonna get hate stuff from people in the reviews and my pm's.
Luv u peeps.
-Onyx