Chapter 6: What started it all
The full Moon shined it's light on the Lunar Guardians. To every creature surrounding, they heard running feet, rolling wheels, and battle cries. To the gems about to fight, it sounded like silence. Rose and Garnet charged ahead, ready to take the first on slot of fight. The armies quickly moved closer and closer to each other.
"Crash!"
The full force of both armies collided. Garnet and her horse charged through enemy ranks knocking down gem after gem. Rose Quartz pranced around on her horse, smacking the guy gems with her shield. Emerald pulled her twin swords from her shoulders attached her horse's grassy hair to it. As she swung at her enemies,the hair acted as a whip leaving slash marks over faces and backs. Gems screamed in pain, as Emerald's horse whipped her opponent as she rode by. Argonite slammed her drums into the head of Sunstone. He staggered backwards.
"Come here you ugly giant!" he screamed.
Argonite face turned red with anger, while she summoned her weapons and created a triton. Argonite slapped Sunstone with the back of her triton. In retaliation, he launched fireballs into the fusion gem's face. The gem screamed in pain, now she was really angry. Half blind, Argonite, began to stab blindly at her opponent. In the distance, Amethyst lined up her troops.
"I need four gems to a cannon, Ruby connect the cannons and wait for my signal!"Amethyst ordered. Ruby darted inbetween cannons, connecting them to a purple string. Amethyst lifted the string to her face.
"I feel how I want to feel," she whispered.
The purple cannons lit up the night as they drew in energy. With a loud crack, purple balls covered in purple fire flew towards the fighting gems. Further into the battle, Garnet watched the fire balls land on male gems.
"Good," she murmured.
Suddenly, Garnet was knocked of her horse by Obsidian.
"Finally, a second chance!" Obsidian shouted in excitement as he raised his weapon above his head.
Garnet's horse bucked Obsidian in his back, inches away from his black gem. Obsidian was launched into the crowd, leaving Garnet and her horse.
"Good thing your on my side," Garnet cooed.
The red gem mounted her horse once more and charged after Obsidian. When Garnet found Obsidian still dazed from hitting the ground hard, she let her horse trot on top of the dark gem. Then she rode off to help Argonite. Unfortunately, the fusion gem wasn't doing so well, with every hit landed on Argonite, the closer she came to separating. One last fireball hit the gem on her stomach, causing the gems to finally separate.
"Fresh meat!" Sunstone yelled. Out of no where, male gems started pouring to the two fallen gems. Pearl and Citrine clung to each other, waiting for their death to come. But Garnet wouldn't let that happen. Her red horse knocked the male gems out of the way, while she leaned down and grabbed the two gems.
"Thanks Garnet," Citrine said while she clung to the horse.
"I thought we were in trouble," Pearl said.
Garnet rode away from battle, to the tent were Turquoise stayed in the far distance.
"Oh hey guys, back so soon? What happened to the fusion? " Turquoise greeted.
"Sunstone happened..." Citrine said with her head bowed.
"You all must need the medical tent,"
"Can me and Pearl just our horses, I feel fine," Citrine lied as she limped towards Turquoise.
The blue gem looked to Garnet for answers, but she just nodded. Turquoise bowed her head and went to get the special horses.
"For you Pearl, I have a horse with a mane that moves like water. Honestly, it shouldn't even be considered a horse, on the account that it moves like a deer. Anyways, since both of you are so light and flexible, you should have no problem moving during battle. Citrine, you get this brown horse. I decided the mane should be yellow and braided, to show that it belongs to you. It's extremely loyal, and smart, so once you mount it Citrine, don't be surprised it takes an extreme liking to you. The horse also has poison in its hoofs, so when it bucks someone, make sure its a gem you want to hit,"
Both of the slightly injured gems nodded.
"Thank you, she's amazing, " Citrine beamed as she gently petted her new horse.
The officers mounted their horses and took off to the battle grounds.
"Be careful you two, you're easy targets now that the warrior gems know your slightly hurt," Garnet warned.
"We will, " Pearl assured.
Garnet nodded and took off to help Rose who was now locked in a heated battle against Sunstone. He launched fireballs at Rose's face just like he did Argonite. Instead if it burning her curls, Rose's horse quickly placed bubble shield around them.
"You wouldn't do so well without that stupid animal helping you!" Sunstone called out.
Suddenly Garnet bursts through the crowd, and socks Sunstone in the back of his head. He turns around to see an angry red gem, sitting on her equally intimidating red war horse.
"Well well well, isnt it the mighty and powerful Garnet. You got me off guard there, that won't happend again," Sunstone sneered.
Garnet remained silent and charged at the gem. Behind Sunstone, Rose lowered her bubble, and launched her sheild at his head. Garnet and her horse let down a hailstorm of punches and hits onto Sunstone. He had had enough.
"Retreat!" Sunstone called out.
"See you girls later..." he sneered as he rode is fire into the distance.
But Rose and Garnet weren't finished yet. They both nodded at each other and drove the warriors further inland. In the distance, they saw plumes of light, signalling thay the Sun warriors were warping somewhere else. Citrine and Pearl followed up behind their generals.
"Do we follow them?" Pearl asked.
"Later Pearl... Let's go back to camp and pack up, we have to make sure they stay in our sights," Rose said.
The two colonels nodded, and went towards the troops that didn't retreat into their gems.
"Okay girls, I'm going to need this half of you to search for retreated gems,we can't allow our fallen comrades to be trampled on. The rest of you, help pack up camp and wait for our signal!" Citrine ordered.
The troops saluted, and took off to their duties. Rose and Garnet stayed were they were on their horses, and watched the sunrise together.
"This can't be reversed Rose," Garnet. stated.
"I know, its probably going to be a wild goose chase, but we need to find out were they are, or else they'll attack the spire without us even knowing," Rose stated. Garnet solomly nodded. This was only the begging to many battles to come.