A/N Warning: Negativity and Self-Hate

She was just like the rest of them: a creature, a monster, something that shouldn't have existed in the first place. The Kindergarten was full of things like her, so why did she keep coming back here?

"Hello? Amethyst? Are you here?"

Amethyst peeked out from behind a rock and saw the familiar figure out in the distance. How could she not? Her white dress and her pink hair stood out from the ugly purple and gray on the environment. This gem was beautiful while she was just a clone of something horrible and unnatural.

"Rose, are you sure we should be here in the first place?" There was the other gem. This gem was beautiful too with her orange hair and nice clothes. She just wore some loose shirt and black pants that they gave here when she was created.

"Rose's policy is "no gem left behind". If there is a gem in here, then we have to make sure he or she is okay," the third gem explained. This gem radiated with power. There was no doubt that she was a fusion, whatever that was. Amethyst vaguely remembered the scientists talking about it while they took care of her. They wondered if gems like her were capable of fusion due to being created from the Earth's material.

Fusion: it was a good word. It meant being combined with something as far as she knew. If she could fuse like the tall gem, maybe she could almost be like one of them. Then she wouldn't have to be all alone in the Kindergarten anymore. It was a dream at least. Perhaps she could try it at least once before it's all over.

"That's right Pearl, and I know I saw one here just the other day. If there is a gem willing to not fight during the Gem War, then it's worth asking him or her to be on our side," Rose commented and kept walking. Amethyst wondered if all organic gems were as diverse and beautiful as she was. As far as she knew, all of her "brothers" and "sisters" looked almost exactly like she did except for minor differences due to coding and genetic sequences. There were so many differences between the group and her. She kept promising herself that if the group took another step, she would bellow and make them go away. However, they kept moving closer and Amethyst stayed silent.

Finally one step was too much and she roared out, "Go away!"

She was a freak of nature: why would they even want to come near her? Don't they know they might get her disease too?

The footsteps finally stopped, but they weren't going away. She probably scared them in their places.

"Amethyst?" one asked. She couldn't tell. The noises were getting louder and things were getting hard to distinguish. She didn't know how much more she had.

"Amethyst, are you okay?" It was Rose. That much she could tell. Rose was coming near her. Why? She was going to get sick too now.

"G-go away! I-I-I hate you all!" she screamed as she began running away from all of them. At least, she thought she was running away. Normally the floor doesn't get closer when you start running away.

"Garnet!" Rose yelled, and Amethyst felt something hold her. It was a long time since anyone has done that, and for a moment, Amethyst didn't do anything. It was a small thing she finally take ease in.

It was another few moments before she felt another hand touching her forehead. Words were exchanged, but Amethyst couldn't process it at this point. Everything was going to a haze. She supposed she should had been sad that it was finally going to end, but to be honest, what she didn't even have an existence to be sad for. Who was going to miss something that wasn't supposed to exist in the first place? Other freaks of nature she supposed, but she was the last one.

Good riddance.

"Amethyst? Are you waking up? Oh thank goodness," a voice said through the darkness. Amethyst was immediately discomforted. Her environment was solid like her rocks, and it wasn't cold like the Kindergarten was at night. Everything felt too comfortable for her tastes.

"Where am I?" she asked slowly as she tried to open her eyes. Sunlight was shining through somewhere, but she had never expected it to be this bright. Cloud cover was also expected at her home, so she definitely wasn't there.

She heard a sudden gasp besides her and hands quickly pushing her back into the squishy material much to her disdain. Someone was saying something about resting after recovering from something and someone else laughing about hens.

"You're in the temple Amethyst," a third voice answered, "it's where we live."

It took a moment for the words to finally sink it.

"The temple?!" she yelled as rose from bed again despite the cry of worry from the side. "You mean the place where Rose Quartz lives?"

"Well, me and a few friends of mine." It was the first voice again. Amethyst turned her head to meet face-to-face with the legendary Rose Quartz.

She was more beautiful up close. Amethyst felt sick.

"DON'T LOOK AT ME!" she screamed and covered herself in blankets. She saw the look of pure shock on Rose's face before she shielded the world from herself. She was going to make the world sick, just like she did with the others. It was going to happen all over again. She couldn't let that happen. Not again. Not like with –

Amethyst's stream of thought stopped. Two strong arms wrapped around her body through the blankets. She finally realized that she was crying.

"Amethyst, I think I know what's going on, but you stop me if I'm wrong, okay? There was a mutation with the recent strain of Earth Gems, but I don't think it was incurable. I think Pearl was able to pull through with what we have and cured you. Of course, we're going to have to keep you under watch since this is our first time doing something like this, but I think you're going to be okay. After all, all of us took turns looking after you and we're still okay," Rose explained.

Amethyst began to calm her voice to ask a very important question. "Why?"

There was a pause, and Amethyst began to fear the answer. Finally, Rose began to speak again. "Because I believe nothing from this Earth can truly be evil, and you are not exception. As of right now, and if you choose to accept it, I would like to think of you as my friend Amethyst."

Amethyst didn't immediately answer. She wouldn't answer for a long time, but when Rose saw her escape from her blanket cocoon a few days later with stars on her pants, she couldn't help but gather her new friend in arms and laugh the rest of the day away.