Rhodonite`s eyes snapped open, the pupils in her eyes quickly constricted revealing their dark blue color that had bits of pink in the iris. She was still in her meditative stance, like she was before, but something was different, like a thousand years went by. She felt wiser, and she looked at herself, the hands that were unfamiliar, but now she knew what they were.
"I have Sodalite`s hands, and her eyes. But I have Rhodochrosite`s poofy hair and her tiny feet." Rhodonite stood up and actually analyzed herself.
She began to pick her form, she knew she had to regenerate soon, and she wanted to. Her outfit changed, the once sloppy yoga pants turned into dark blue skin-tight leggings with knee pads for protection. The cropped tank turned into a pink blouse and she formed darker pink archer elbow pads for arm protection, since the blouse didn't have sleeves.
"Let`s not forget, I`m a Crystal Gem, too." Rhodonite smiled as she put black stars on her pads and put on big one on her chest.
"It`s been two weeks, we better see if Rhodonite`s ready to regenerate." Garnet said, opening up the door to the room full of bubbled Gems.
"Are you sure about this, Garnet?" Pearl asked.
"Absolutely, if I am correct, she`ll be back to normal, better even." Garnet said.
The five Gems walked in and quickly found Rhodonite`s bubbled Gem. Steven, without being told, ran and popped the bubble and Rhodonite`s lifeless Gem fell on the floor.
"Be ready for anything." Garnet warned the other Gems.
The Gem began to glow and the figure of Rhodonite began to form, and it was a normal Gem form, and the white figure reared up. Suddenly, cracks and growls as the figure grew its six legs and long neck and tail. You could hear Rhodonite`s back crack and see her body lurch as though she was being socked in the gut as jagged spikes stuck out of her back. The crest on her head stuck up in anger and Rhodonite`s eyes opened in the monster. The Gems formed their weapons. The monster thumped on the ground, still white in the form-building process. Its gaze was fixed in the eyes of the Gems.
"Don`t think you won`t see me again if you step out of line!" The beast roared before shrinking back into the regular humanoid form. The crest died down into her mohawk and her new form, clothes and all appeared in full color, much to the Gems` relief.
Rhodonite clutched her Gem and pulled the two weapons, the pink mace and blue battle ax and threw them into the air. The two weapons then melded into a dark pink and blue tomahawk above her head, she snatched it from the air and held it to the necks of the Gems.
"You poofed me." Rhodonite growled.
The Gems were too shocked to even speak. Rhodonite then dropped her weapon and pulled the other Gems into a group hug, "And I thank you for it."
The Crystal Gems smiled and pulled each other closer.
I have to admit, I`m kind of glad to have Rhodonite back...
Sorry this chapter isn't as long as usual, I guess I would consider it a "connector" scene. :)
Are you guys excited to see Rhodonite, Steven, and the modern day Crystal Gems? Or do you miss Sodalite, Howlite, Rhodochrosite, and the original gang?