Not my best work, but not my worst. Again sorry about the delay, a lot of school.
Lapis paced around her quarters, anxiously awaiting any news from Pink Diamond about Aqua. "Where could she be, what if something happened, where is Pink Diamond, it's been hours, what if Aqua got hurt?" More and more questions raced through her head, making her sick with worry. Lapis wasn't used to being alone like this, no matter what she always had Aqua, now she was completely alone, with not even the once annoying glow from her gem to accompany her.
She could feel her eyes start to water, making streams on her face. "I can't be alone, I'm too weak, too fragile, too useless." Her thoughts clouded her mind, all she could think about was Aqua, the last time she saw her, the last time they fought, the last time the reveled in each other's company, all the good and bad memories came to her.
She couldn't take it anymore, she couldn't sit there not knowing where her friend was, she was rotting in her own madness, and it was killing her. She made up her mind, she was going to Pink Diamond's place, she was determined to see Aqua, no matter what.
Blood was everywhere, staining the floor, the staircase, even bloody handprints littered pictures and walls. Aqua limped through Rose's house, her body being supported by Rose. "It'll be okay, we just have to make it to Pearl, she has some of my tears, they'll help."
Aqua looked confused, "Wait, so Pearl just walks around with a jar of your tears? What else does she got, some of your blood too?" Rose chuckled at Aqua's comment, "Well, no blood, but yes, Pearl does have a vial of my healing tears. I would have warped you to my fountain, but you're much too weak right now."
Aqua flinched at the word 'weak', she knew Rose didn't mean it like that, but it just reminded her of her time in the cellar with Jasper, she just kept calling her weak over and over again, and she was starting to believe it. "Would a strong gem really be here, prying onto somebody, clinging to life, sobbing like a small human child?"
She needed to lighten the mood, the pain was unbearable, "Hey, Rose, look, haha I gotta crack, get it a crack? Like what humans have, I know, that was awful." Despite the terrible joke Rose still cracked a small smile at the gem, chuckling lightly. "Yes I suppose you're right, I'm pretty sure their cracks are a little less painful though."
"Yeah, true, it feels like one of those- what are they again, trains? Yeah that's it, it feels like a train crashed into my head." She held her gem for dramatic effect, she actually was really scared, but she couldn't be not right now, any more distress could exert her crack.
After what felt like centuries, they finally made it to Pearl's quarters. It was surprisingly big for what's technically a 'servant's quarters', one wall was like all stones with a mini waterfall slipping out between them, the opposite wall was set up with two huge, ballet mirrors and a rail attached to it, the remaining walls were a simple all white marble, decorated with neatly placed pictures of Rose, Pearl and Rose, and the Earth.
A huge, white, oval shaped bed was placed in the middle of the room, seemingly suspended in air, the bed looked like it's never been slept in and was way too neat for Aqua's taste. Pearl was dancing by the ballet mirrors, her eyes closed, unaware of the visitors in her room. Rose watched her in awe, forgetting about Aqua for a brief moment.
"Sorry to interrupt, I don't want to be the downer here but I'm kind of you know dying." Both the gems looked at Aqua, suddenly startled. "Rose, come bring her here, what happened?" Rose helped Pearl lay Aqua on Pearl's formerly pristine bed. They propped her head up with a pillow, taking some of her ripped, ruined clothing off.
"I'm afraid Yellow Diamond used some of her advanced interrogation techniques on young Aquamarine here." Pearl looked disgusted and terrified at the same time. "Probably because I ruined her perfect bed with my filthy blood." Aqua tried to relax, but she just couldn't, it was too much for her, she just wanted to give up at this point.
"Pearl, where did you put my tear vial at? It is essential for Aqua's life right now." Pearl nodded, snapping out of her shock, and searched desperately for the vial. "It'll be okay Aquamarine, just think of something happy, something that, if you were to go now, you'd be glad it was on your mind." Rose's advice was always the best.
Aqua thought of Lapis, of her smile, her insecurities, her power, her beautiful wings, and all the time they spent together. Even for thousands of years it still didn't seem like enough, she needed more time with her, she came to the realization awhile back that she loved Lapis, like fusion worthy love. If anything, the only thing Aqua would regret about her death is that she didn't say goodbye to Lapis.
"Found it!" Pearl rushed to Aqua's side, her shaky fingers struggling to open the vial. Rose gently took the vial from Pearl, who just started to cry in frustration, she opened the vial, pouring the tears onto Aqua's eye's, seeping deep into the cracks.
"Hey, it's almost like I'm crying, like it's an actual eye, cool." Aqua's voice was scratchy and tired, she just wanted this to be over with. Everyone waited anxiously around her, when, suddenly, Aqua's gem glowed bright, bright enough to illuminate the deepest craters in Homeworld's moon, as the glowing subsided a little, a perfectly uncracked Aquamarine gem was in place of the formerly cracked one.
"Rose, than-" However, Aqua was cut off by the sound of a door opening. Everybody stopped cold in their places, turning slowly to see the intruder. A very furious, but scared, blue gem stood in the doorway, wings out and sword drawn. "She's your friend, how could you? I should have known, you don't care about other gems, you only care about the Earth, traitors."
Aqua looked at her usually sweet friend, who was almost unrecognizable through her rage, she didn't understand, did she think Rose was the one who hurt her? Aqua was too weak to do anything, the only thing she managed to mutter out was, "Lapis?"