Crystal Knights: Resurrection

I exhaled, the valley surrounding me with my eyes shut. This is peace. I thought, cracking a small smile. But then a knock at the door. I sighed, getting up and exiting the universal door and opening the door to outside.

"Uh. Package for a Ms. Rald?" A teenage delivery boy said, a package in hand.

"I be she." I shrugged, grabbing the package. "What is it?"

"I Don't know. But it sounds like a bunch of little things. Signature please." He said, sticking out a form. I signed, and then closed the door in his face.

I set it down on the counter in Steven's room, looking at it from all angles, before shrugging and opening the package. It was only then that Steven took notice.

"What's in the box?" He asked in an innocent fashion.

"I. Don't. Know." I said, looking for a knife. "Could be a puppy, or something that'll kill us. Or both." I found a knife, returning to the box.

"Then what's the knife for?" He asked.

"To open the box." I sighed, gently running the edge across the masking tape holding the box shut. "And to stab whatever comes out." Steven gave small nod, the box opening. What was in there was a pile of cards, so varied and numerous that I threw the knife into the wall, and accidentally through Garnet's block hair. "Holy cow!" I squealed excitedly, running back to the universal door. But a hand grabbed my shoulder, stopping me.

"Alright. What is going on?" A near monotone voice said. I nervously turned my head, seeing the red Gem's expressionless face, as well as the hole on her hair that quickly filled itself back in.

"I, just got free cards." I said, showing her the open box. Her expression didn't change. "And you know I'm not much without my cards, right?" She gave a small nod.

"You know that these pieces of paper won't protect you forever." Garnet said. "In time, you will learn how to use your Gem weapon, but that time isn't now." I gave a small nod, returning to my room.

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A week passed, and in that time I had learned a few things. First, only Gem-Knights can be brought into reality, or at least, that's all I've had to work with. Second, every card effect effects something around me; I.e. a spell card by the name of Bustling Winds nearly uprooted one of my room's trees. And third, in history I overheard from the Gems, there was once a meeting place for other Gems; The Lunar Sea Spire, which was swallowed by the seas, thanks to Steven. I just wish I could have seen it. But then it hit me like a rock; maybe my cards can bring it back.

I marched into Steven's room, a smile on my face and announced, "I think I know a way the Lunar Spire can be brought back." My remark was met with laughter by Amethyst, a slight chuckle from Pearl, and Garnet shook her head slowly.

"Look Emma." Pearl said, stopping herself. "The Spire's gone. No way to get it back."

"I'm aware." I sighed. "But with this card, I hope to bring it back to its former glory." I revealed a card called "Terraforming". Under normal rules, it brings a Field spell to your hand, but in my hands, I hope it works the way I want it too. "I'll just need

the statue, and a way there." Pearl nodded, giving the small stone figure as I stood on the portal.

"I'm comin' too." Amethyst said, stepping onto the portal as well. "I wanna see what happens."

"Strangely innocent way to say that." I said nervously, eyeing the purple woman as the portal started up.

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The portal spawned us underwater, and two things happened. 1. My Disk was in a bubble, protecting my cards from the water surrounding it. 2. I couldn't breath. And out of reaction, I began clawing at it, hoping to find the top

I gasped for air once I had reached the top of the water, and Amethyst wasn't far behind, gasping and panting just as I was.

"Pray this works." I said, grabbing my 'Terraforming' card from the bubble.

"Don't bring religion into this." She sighed, slowly shaking her head. I sighed, holding the card high and staring into the field of blue.

"I activate Terraforming!" I shouted, activating the card. Instantly, the water began to ripple, as a small stone platform began to rise, followed by the rest of the tower. I panted as I swam towards the base of the pillar, and once again, Amethyst wasn't far behind.

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The place was a wreck, flooding, water damage and erosion on almost everything on the way up. "Will it be this way when we're done here?" I asked, grabbing the statue from my pocket.

"Nope." Amethyst nodded. "Or, at least, that's what Pearl's told us."

"Exactly how much do you depend on her?" I asked. She shrugged as we reached the top, and the moon was almost directly overhead, and soggy cotton chunks lay at our feet. "Hope, this works." I placed the statue on a pedestal in the center of the platform, and in a few minutes, it began floating away in pillar of light. And for a few seconds, all was quiet, nothing happened.

"Well that sucks." She huffed as she began to walk away. And then it happened all at once. A severe tremble occurred, and the blue-tinted tower began sinking again.

"We're done here!" I told Amethyst, fear tinting my voice as I ran over to her. "Teleport, take us home!" I activated the card, and we were back home.

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We appeared in the front room, to find Steven waiting. "Did it work?" He asked, coming to us.

"Nope.." I panted. "We were... too late."

"Are you okay?" He asked, eyes full of concern.

"Yeah... just a little tired." I smiled. And then I collapsed, falling unconscious on the spot.

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The empty black space of my mind sheltered me after that for a while, only allowing me to float there. But, soon, the evil laughter filled the void.

"Who's there?" I called out, my words trembling a little. But the laughter only continued. "I'm warning you. I have friends, and they will jack you up.." I tried to remain tough, but when you hear evil laughter in your head, it kinda puts you off.

"Oh. How rude of me. You may call me, Trueman." A creepy deep voice echoed. "And I am a force that will visit your world very soon."

"Why? And what will you do when you get here?" I asked.

"All will be revealed in time, miss." The voice chuckled. "But, maybe it's time for you to wake up. And for incentive..." The voice stopped, and my vision began to turn to static. That alone forced me out of my mind, awaking in a cold sweat.

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I hadn't been moved from the place I had fallen, and everyone was crowded around me. "What, exactly happened?" I asked, standing up.

"You passed out." Amethyst said bluntly.

"Exactly how long?"

"Only a few minutes." Garnet shrugged.

"Any reasons why?"

"From the looks of you, it looked like fatigue." Pearl chimed in. "The reason you woke up so quickly was because of your gem." I only nodded, pretending to understand. She shook her head, almost frustrated. "Look. The disk bring your cards to life at the expense of some of your energy. But the jewel in the center gives it back."

"It's like Christmas on my arm." I said, laughing slightly.

"You're missing the point." Pearl sighed angrily. "The bigger the feat, the more of your energy is siphoned to make it happen. What did you do to induce this?"

"Brought the Lunar Sea Spire out of the ocean." I said, proud of my accomplishment.

"Wait." Garnet interrupted. "The Spire is out of the ocean?"

"Sadly, it seemed to want to stay where it was." I said with a bit of bitterness. "I'm sorry. I tried. And I failed."

"Are you joking? Because, quite frankly, I can't tell." Pearl said with a smile. "You tried to bring something back out of the ocean just for us. Even if it didn't work, thank you Emma."

"Don't thank me. I was just trying to help with cleanup." I chuckled nervously. "Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go back to my room and nap. Left arm is killing me." I was lying to them of course. I just wanted to go back and think on somethings. Like who the hell Trueman? Is that a name of a person who exists?