Hello guys, and welcome back to my story. Please enjoy this chapter! You are going to LOVE it. I'm going to try a new format, so tell me if you like it or not! If you do, I will keep doing it for a while. If you don't, I won't be doing it for a while! NOTE: Please note that I am trying to give this chapter a little lazy feeling while you read it due to what happens later farther in. Onto the story ~. THERE WILL BE A SECRET THING IN THE CHAPTER TITLE. SEE IF YOU CAN FIND IT, AND COMMENT IT IN YOUR REVIEW AS WELL.
Chapter Steven: Bonding with Amethyst
Amethyst was very excited.
Today was the day she had to just herself and Alexandrite. It would be the day nobody would forget. It would be an awesome day where they would bond happily and live in peace together. She was very nervous but excited.
How good was it to talk to Pearl about it first? She figured it would be better for her because Pearl was very smart and had a very good taste in answering questions and giving advice.
Amethyst ran towards the Temple door, and when she arrived, Garnet was on the couch. Pearl was nowhere to be seen, so Amethyst figured she was probably over in her room, mooning over Rose Quartz – but she could be wrong.
Garnet noticed Amethyst coming by. "Hello, Amethyst," she said calmly. "Yo," Amethyst replied softly.
Garnet could sense that Amethyst was looking for Pearl because it was obvious – if Amethyst was looking for Garnet, then wouldn't she have told Garnet right away?
"Pearl's busy right now," Garnet said, adjusting her visors, "so if you have a question, feel free to ask me."
Amethyst was very nervous.
She didn't usually talk to Garnet much, so it was hard to ask her questions as important as these. She hesitated a bit but finally got the courage to ask the question that was fizzing up inside her.
"Um, can you tell me about bonding?" Amethyst asked, feeling suddenly shy. It was so out of character for the loud but fun Amethyst to be shy.
Garnet was surprised, but Amethyst couldn't tell. "Well," Garnet started, "bonding is a true sign of love. When you bond with someone, it means the person or people you have bonded with are bounded to you with a strong feeling a love. It is a feeling everybody should feel, and it is a feeling nobody should forget. When Ruby and Sapphire first met, they had bonded with each other and their love started building me. Without love, I would not exist."
Amethyst was in awe.
She had noticed that Garnet had done all that truthful speaking just to advise her like a true leader. A true friend. A true Crystal Gem…
She gave Garnet a huge hug. She couldn't tell if Garnet was surprised or not, but she didn't want to give Garnet too much affection due to accidental fusion of Sugilite. Once they are together, they are hard to separate apart…
Amethyst picked up Alexandrite and headed to her room by using her gem glow to open the Temple door. The day would be so exciting for her to bond with Alexandrite. Love is such an amazing feeling that everybody should experience, just as Garnet had mentioned in her short but wise speech.
Alexandrite yelped in excitement. She could barely wait to start becoming friends with Amethyst. Amethyst had done truly remarkable things, like turn into animals or stretch her limbs really far.
When Amethyst arrived to her room, Alexandrite looked really excited. There was so much junk in there! It was a dog's dream to see all the gorgeous treasures waiting for them in Amethyst's room.
Amethyst kissed Alexandrite on the head. Alex looked happy to know that Amethyst loved her, so she responded with a gentle lick.
Alex decided to sniff around a little bit. She wanted to find some food. Of course there would be food in Amethyst's room, but Alex didn't know that until this happened.
Amethyst knew dogs had to stay fit. She still gave Alex a little junk food once in a while, but she had to make sure it was still edible for creatures like the dog.
Amethyst searched for a good dog food. When she found the extra dog food bowl, she put some dog-friendly pastries in there. Alex, of course, gobbled it up greedily.
After giving Alex some water, they began to start playing.
First of all, they played tug-of-war with Pearl's wand (just another duplicator wand she had found).
Surprisingly, Alexandrite won.
That was a surprise to Amethyst because due to being a gem, she had a lot more gem strength than the average human.
She had super human strength.
Steven did, too.
Every gem has their abilities, weaknesses, and flaws, but a lot of them were made strong.
Alexandrite barked in excitement because she was having fun.
Amethyst gave her a supportive smile.
What to do next?
Alexandrite jumped in the last chair. Amethyst groaned because she lost at their little game of Musical Chairs, but still gave Alex a supportive, inspiring, heartwarming smile.
Alexandrite licked Amethyst's hand.
It was such an amazing thing to see. It was a very heartwarming thing to see. They had only done two activities together, yet they already had such a strong bond.
Who knew a strong bond could make life so good?
Amethyst headed to Garnet to tell her the good news.
"What is it, Amethyst?" Garnet asked, removing her visors. They disappeared similar to dust particles in the wind.
"G, I don't think you can break our bond…" Amethyst said.
"Well, what did you do?" Garnet asked, her three eyes kindly peering at Amethyst.
"We bonded by doing two activities…."
"Well, Amethyst, that's great!"
"I guess…"
"You did such a good job, Amethyst. I'm really proud of you."
Thank you for reading this chapter! Stay tuned for chapter eight, when Garnet bonds with Alex :3
