Amethyst wasn't sure how she felt. She was hardly sure of anything anymore.
She remembered all the times she'd gotten mad at Pearl, all the times Pearl made her feel bad about herself. Amethyst had been tired of all that, she wanted it to stop.
This, however, was not what Amethyst meant.
Sure, she and Pearl didn't always get along. But Amethyst still valued Pearl as a teammate, as a friend, and maybe even as something more. Amethyst was in no way happy now that Pearl was gone.
She found herself talking to Peridot a lot more. The two would spend hours in Amethyst's room, quietly talking to each other... sometimes crying... Sometimes even singing. Amethyst realized how much she missed Pearl's voice. She never said so, but she really liked it when Pearl sang. She enjoyed the flowing melodies, the passionate lyrics Pearl came up with.
She tried to write something for Pearl. A song. Maybe it was her way of coping. Maybe apologizing to Pearl, feeling that it was her fault Pearl's gem got hit.
Either way, Amethyst wasn't happy with what she came up with. Maybe she'd ask Steven for help later, since he was the better songwriter.
Speaking of Steven, there he stood at the door now. "Amethyst? Peridot?"
The two Gems sat up to face him. "Oh, hey Steven," Amethyst said. "Whatcha got there?"
Steven looked down at the bubbled object in his hands. "Oh, this? I found it in Lion's mane. Mom must have left it there-it is a Rose Quartz bubble after all. Have any idea what it might be?"
Amethyst crawled over to get a closer look, while Peridot, feeling extremely irrelevant to the scene whatsoever, stayed put and remained silent. Sorry, Peri.
"It looks like that gem-fixing thingy Rose was trying to make. She never figured it out, so I guess she bubbled it to save it for some point in the future when maybe she found an answer. I think she was trying to heal corrupted Gems, but I don't think it ever worked," Amethyst sighed.
That makes sense, Steven thought. My mom did want to heal corrupted gems. Hmm... would it work on a shattered gem? He contemplated this to himself and decided if he could fix the small bubbled object, there would be no harm in trying to fix Pearl. But he didn't know the first thing about how his mother's device worked.
Amethyst's voice interrupted his thought. "Hey, while you're here Steven, I wanted to ask you if you could help me figure this out. I... Well, I'm trying to write a song, but I can't figure out the melody. Can you take a look at it?" She handed him a sheet of paper, onto which she had scribbled down the lyrics.
Steven read over the verses, then over again. "Amethyst... this is beautiful! I didn't know you could write like that!" He wiped a tear from his eye and leaned forward to embrace the purple Gem in a hug.
"Thank you, Steven," Amethyst whispered with a small smile. "Think you can find a melody?"
"Yeah, I can go get my ukulele. Just a sec."
A few moments later, he reappeared at the door, ukulele in hand. Amethyst let him in, and he started to hum a slow tune.
The three small gems (Peridot was still there, and still felt somewhat irrelevant, sorry again Peri) lay on the floor in Amethyst's room, as Steven played the new song and the scene faded away, bringing you back into reality with the realization that this chapter is over.
AN: I can't tell if that ending was really stupid or really cool, but I'll leave it anyway. Hope you enjoyed. Sorry I didn't write an actual song for this chapter. I might at some point, but my own songwriting skills are no match for Steven's (and by extension Rebecca Sugar's). Also I have trouble getting inspired to write songs, even more so than I struggle getting inspired to write chapters.
Well thats all i got. Pleasepleaseplease leave a review; they make me waayyy happier than they probably should :D!
~Pikminsanity