The Question is 'Why'?
Amethyst POV:
Sighing for what seemed like the hundredth time that day, I rested my head on my hand, laying down in the sand on my side as I watched Stellar play with her new 'friend'. My stomach twisted in knots, hands itching by my side as they curled uncomfortably tight under my head. As Stellar laughter reached my ears once again, my face contorted into annoyance; turning my body to the other side to block some noise from the joy fest that was happening feet's away from me.
Ugh, can't they be a little quieter?! I thought to myself as I closed my eyes in attempt to take a nap. But more so to try to ignore the boiling feeling that was accumulating throughout my entire body as Stellar laughter once again rang through the air. We were supposed to work on my new move today, I was gonna show her how much I improved!
My mind went on to imagine the amazement Stellar would be in as she watched me ace my new move. Smiling to myself, I rolled onto my back with both my arms behind my back, knee arched as I got into a more comfortable position. But my eyes snapped open again as I heard a small purr and another laughter reach my ears, instantly a frown met my face. Sitting up I looked over to the large crystalized cat and Stellar who were currently playing. If playing meant throwing someone up and down with your tail repetitively.
"Hey kiddo! When are you going to be done?! We have to go look at my new move I was telling you about!" I screamed over to Stellar, with a small cheeky smile when I saw Stellar telling her cat to stop throwing her around.
I watched as Stellar was set on the ground, and ran over to me. Getting up on my feet, I brushed off the remaining sand that was on my clothes and waited expectantly as Stellar stopped right in front of me.
Stellar's POV:
"Ummm Amethyst, can we do it tomorrow? I want to hang out with Sebastian today!" I said with an excited smile.
"What? We planned this since last week, remember?" Amethyst said as his smile disappeared, and was replaced with a slight frown.
"I mean I know, but I kind of just thought, since Sebastian joined our family yesterday, he has some time to get used to it here." I said, fiddling with my fingers, not noticing Amethyst hand clench up.
"So you're just going to ditch out plans for a cat you just met yesterday!" Amethyst yelled, which triggered Sebastian to walk closer to me and him.
"No, Amethyst, that's no-" I began but stopped when I heard footsteps behind me.
Seeing a large shadow cast over me, I looked up and saw Sebastian standing over me protectively while snarling in a low tone. Looking over to Amethyst, I noticed he stood his ground with his arms crossed and stared at Sebastian with an annoyed expression.
"What you stupid cat! Gonna hurt me?!" Amethyst screamed.
Sebastian roared and got into a defensive position before relaxing as I placed my hand on his front leg.
"Amethyst! Stop it!" I screamed, not looking him in the eyes as I was fully focused on calming down Sebastian, not noticing the pained look on his face.
Amethyst scoffed as he put his hands behind his head and walked away.
"Enjoy playing with your precious cat!" Amethyst said, irritation lacing his words as he turned to the temple.
With a worried gaze, I looked over to Amethyst and yelled out to him.
"We can do it tomorrow! I promise!"
"Forget it, you don't need to if you don't want to. I'm just bothering you right?" Amethyst replied without looking back.
"Amethyst, wait a second!" I yelled out, but fell on deaf ears as Amethyst continued to walk with his hands behind his head.
I watched as Amethyst figure slowly got smaller and smaller as he walked away, worry filling me at the thought of him being mad at me. Sebastian bent his neck down to nudge his face into my side to get my attention, then again when I wasn't responsive the first time. Turning my head to look at him, I just smiled softly and rubbed his face up and down in a soothing manner.
"What do you think I did wrong?" I asked softly to Sebastian, looking towards the temple.
Just getting a whimper in reply, I began chuckling.
"I don't know Stellar? Maybe something you said?" I said in a low tone to make up a voice for Sebastian.
"Hmm, maybe… Maybe…" I said in my regular voice. "It'll probably go away tomorrow… I hope…"
-Next Day-
Waking up, I noticed someone rummaging through the fridge and one thought clicked in my head.
"Amethyst!" I said to myself as I scrambled out my bed and ran down the stairs.
No doubt, there was a bulky, purple man shoving macaroni and cheese down his throat, standing in the middle of the kitchen.
"Hey Amethyst! How's it going! Are you re-" I said walking up to him, before stopping as he walked passed me without a single word, throwing the cardboard box in his mouth and chomping it up as well.
Turning around, I just smiled and tried again.
"Hahaha! Just preparing the mind for th- Ok now you're walking away." I said as I watched Amethyst walk out the door.
Sighing to myself, I looked down at the floor and frowned, not noticing the two gems behind me that just entered through the temple gate.
"Princess, what's wrong? You look down." Garnet said in a nonchalant tone as he kneeled down to look at me.
Looking up at him, I put on a fake smile and hoped it would suffice. "It's nothing, Amethyst and me are just in a little argument, that's all!"
"Amethyst and you? Argument? That's new." Pearl said, standing next to me with a hand on his chin.
"Yeah, but it'll pass by soon! Don't worry!" I said, beaming up to them as best as I could and slowly turned to walk outside. "I'm going to go outside now! I'll see you guys later!" I said, turning my head once more to smile at them and wave before opening the door and leaving.
"I hope it'll pass by soon…" I mumbled to myself before walking towards the beach where Sebastian was sleeping.
No One's POV:
Amethyst continued to ignore Stellar as days passed, and Stellar progressively got more down as her attempts to talk to Amethyst were proven futile. Going on to the tenth day, that's when the storm finally hit.
Garnet and Pearl were sitting at the counter when Amethyst was passing by and got some random food from the cabinet. They were conversing with each other before they saw Stellar walk in with a tired out expression and smiled a little when she saw Amethyst.
"Hey Ame-" Stellar began but stopped when Amethyst walked pass her and walked out the door, effectively wiping the smile off her face. "Ugh, I'm so stupid!"
Garnet and Pearl looked at each other before getting off their chairs.
"Stellar, what's wrong? I thought you said it was going to get better." Pearl asked worriedly.
"It's nothing." Stellar said, giving a quick smile before running outside, ignoring the calls that were coming from behind her.
Opening the door, she ran while looking at the floor and closed her eyes to stop the oncoming tear, not noticing the person that she was about to run into.
"Umph!" Stellar cried out, as she bumped into a solid body that stopped her from falling back by holding her waist.
Looking up, Stellar noticed Amethyst with an unimpressed face. Tears built up in her eyes and she put her face into his neck, closing the distance between their bodies.
"Amethyst, I'm sorry! I didn't mean to make you angry, I was acting stupid and…. And…" Stellar said, but couldn't continue as her voice began to crack and turned her sentence incoherent.
Amethyst looked down at the little bundle in his arm, hesitating to take his other arm out of his pocket. Sighing, Amethyst backed up and loosened the hold on Stellar's waist.
Stellar's POV:
Feeling the hold loosen, I continued to cry and looked down at the ground.
Maybe he does ha- I thought to myself, before a hand lifted my chin upwards to stare at Amethyst nonchalant eyes.
"Ame-" I started, before lips met my forehead and my eyes widened.
Amethyst took his other hand out of his pocket and wrapped it around my waist, taking his other hand to cradle my head and pulled me closer, resting his chin on the top of my head. My eyes softened and tears continued to run down my face, body shaking as I curled deeper into his embrace.
"Put your arms around my neck." Amethyst said softly.
I let out a small smile, "Ok." I said, voice quivering as I followed his command and let him lift me up to cradle my body close to his.
I felt a swift wind pulling downwards on our bodies, then my hair gravitating up as we fell. Amethyst had jumped over to the shore of the beach, where the sun was steadily setting.
"I'm sorry Amethyst. I'm really, really sorry." I said softly, one last tear flowing down my eyes as Amethyst sat down in the sand, repositioning me so I was sitting on his lap. "I'll stop being stupid, just don't hate me! Please…"
"Stellar, let's get one straight, I may be angry with you, but never to the point where I hate you. I could never hate you. And second, I'm the stupid one." Amethyst said calmly, staring straight ahead at the scenery.
"What? What do you mean you're the stupid one!?" I asked, pulling my face out of his neck, and looking at him.
Amethyst just looked at me and smiled, before lifting his hand up to caress the side of my face, sliding it into my hair, then pushing it behind my ear. His hand lingered for a little bit before reclining his hand behind his body in the sand to hold his torso up.
"I was mad because I thought you forgot about me, and when I yelled at you, I wanted to apologize…. But I didn't know how to approach you…" Amethyst said murmuring the last part, looking away from me.
"Why would you think that?" I asked, letting my arms fall from his neck, onto my lap, frowning slightly.
"Because, you easily befriend people and things Stellar. It makes me worry that you're going to cast me into the shadows, since I'm a mistake and all. It would be easy to replace me, right?" Amethyst said, unmoving from his position with a pained expression.
"Why would you think like that?! How could I ever forget you! You're my family, nothing is going to change that. We're supposed to love each other, no matter what." I said, getting quieter by each sentence.
We sat in silence for a few seconds before Amethyst started to chuckle softly.
"Why did I know you were going to say something like that?" Amethyst asked as he turned his face towards me. "You always know what to say to make me feel better."
"It's true!" I exclaimed with a small pout.
"Yeah, yeah. I know." Amethyst said softly, turning my body on his lap to face the scenery as the sun was now half settled.
"It's beautiful!" I said, stars lighting up in my eyes, not noticing Amethyst staring at me with a soft smile.
We sat in a comfortable silence for a few minutes before Amethyst took one of his hands and took hold of my chin, turning it to the side, back to him where he leaned his torso forward. Leaning his head down, he tilted my head upwards a bit before responding.
"It sure it." Amethyst mumbled loud enough for the both of us to hear, continuing to get closer to my face as I just watched in confusion.
Amethyst closed his eyes, wrapping his unoccupied arm around my waist and just before our lips could touch, I was being lifted off his lap by a tug on the back of my shirt. Looking back I noticed Sebastian was swinging his tail back and forth, and purring softly as he stared at me with one eye.
"Sebastian!" I said happily, as he swung his head back, loosening his mouth to make me land on the top of his head.
"You stupid cat! Give me back Stellar!" I heard Amethyst yell from down below.
The only response he got was a loud meow and Sebastian began walking away, ignoring the yells coming from behind him.
"I'm sorry Amethyst! I can't control his actions!" I screamed, looking back at Amethyst who was running towards us.
Turning my head back, I sat down on my bottom and hugged my knees to my chest with one arm, while the other arm petted Sebastian. Smiling, I looked at the sunset and thought one thing. I love my family so much.
"Sebastian, I'm glad you're here. You'll be part of our family now, aren't you happy?" I said happily, looking down at Sebastian.
No One's POV:
A large figure was looking into a hologram that showed Stellar and Sebastian walking on the beach, specifically zoomed in on Stellar. The figure observed as Stellar conversed with herself.
"Of course I am Stellar, why wouldn't I be?" Stellar said in the deep made up voice for Sebastian.
"Really! Yay! Then stay here forever! Ok?" Stellar said in her normal voice.
"Ok!" Stellar responded to herself in her made up Sebastian voice.
The large figure turned off the hologram and walked away, chuckling wickedly as he walked away from the control pad, out the door, into the hallway.
"So, my little flower has some unwanted pests around her. It's alright, I'll be taking you soon enough." The figure said, smirking as he walked down the dark, dingy hallway. "Seems like that useless gem is doing its job, standing next to the oblivious princess. Wonder what her expression will be like when it happens." the voice echoed, as the figure disappeared into the darkness.
Hey Guys!~
So I hope you guys enjoy this chapter! It took me like 6 hours to write this, not even exaggerating. Must be perfect! (Most likely an error somewhere =-=) I left it on a cliffhanger! Kufufufufu! I'm so evil! (Unless you already have an idea as to who it is or what's going to happen T^T)
Another chapter will be uploaded this week, i don't know when, but I just know...
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