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I sat at the bar and looked at Garnet sleeping on the couch. I let out a deep sigh. "Its been a while since you slept huh?" I whispered to myself. Pearl sat next to me at the bar. "What happened up there?" she asked demanding to know. "Shhhhh!" I said with my finger in front of my lips. I looked at Garnet to see if she was disturbed. She was fine so I motioned Pearl to go outside. I went outside and leaned on the railing. "To answer your question, I knew them before they were fused together. You see I was a father of sorts to the young gems that were alone without anyone else, abandoned because of imperfections." I explained. "What do you mean?" she asked. "Well some gems when they're born or "made" if you must, don't meet standards for their gem type so they abandon them without a second thought." I continued. "That's just horrible. I cant believe that happened!" she exclaimed. "Yes it was. They left them to wander through the streets without any hope. Although I passed the test I refused to enter training due to this fact. I instead trained on my own on top of a hill where I lived in a decent sized house and no one would bother me. That is until I met ruby. He had heard of me training up there for a long time and due to her recklessness challenged me to a sparring match even though I was older than her."i continued. "Really? I don't know why she didn't say anything to me about it." she questioned. "Probably because she was embarrassed. Anyway she lost almost as soon as she started. She was on the ground looking up at the sky crying about how she wasn't strong enough to protect who she cared about. I walked on up to her and helped her up. I asked her who but she wouldn't answer. I put my hand on my chin and thought for a second. Then I offered...

woosh to the past!

would you like to train up here with me? I asked. she looked up at me with a smile "Really?"

I sighed "yes really." I stretched my hand out to help her up and she took it. "I'm Obsidian whats your name?"i asked with a smile "Mine is Ruby!" she exclaimed with joy. Well Ruby wanna get started? I asked with a grin knowing what was in store for her. "y...yes." She stuttered when she saw my smile. "Alright then lets get started!" we trained for days on end doing hand to hand combat to agility to weapon drawing. She was able to draw her weapon easily but it was just one gauntlet. We trained with it in her hand on blocking with it to attacking with it. I have to say it was difficult due to her short stature but she had determination to succeed.

One day however while we were sparring another gem came up to our hilltop. This one was blue with hair that covered her eyes. "Ruby! So this is where you've been for the past week." she yelled towards Ruby who looked down in embarrassment. I then connected the dots and figured out what she was talking about earlier. "She was just training with me to get stronger." I explained for her. She looked up with a thankful look. However the blue gem was less than happy. "Well she needs to come with me." She turned to Ruby "We need to find another place for the others. The building is falling apart and it gets more dangerous by each day." "what do you mean Sapphire?" Ruby asked in worry. "Spinel fell through the floor to the floor below." she explained. Ruby gasped in worry. "Is she alright? What about her gem?" "she's fine you of all people should know she is a sturdy one." I stood there with my hand on my chin and came to a conclusion. "Let me see this building. Maybe I can repair it. While I'm there inspecting it move everyone into my home over there." I said pointing at my home on the other side of the hill. They were both surprised at this. "r..really? You would do this even though you just met us?Ruby asked excitedly but sapphire put her hand up for silence. "Why? What do you want in return?" she demanded. "Nothing. Nothing at all. Lives shouldn't just be spent living in a rundown building and I barely live there anyway." I answered.

She studied me for a bit "fine if you say its okay." she concluded. She started to walk away and ruby pulled on my coat motioning for me to follow her. We walked to the city where the others were holding out. Eventually we came to a really run down building with cracks all over the place. Sapphire was right this place was about break. Get everyone outside so I can check the structure. Sapphire went inside and started yelling for people to get out. I looked at Ruby "how long have you've been living here?" "since we found it when we were kids. Then others came and it just expanded from there." she answered. Then little gems started walking out. But sapphire ran up to me "Obsidian I need your help!" "what is it?" I asked a little worried. "There's a little gem, she's stuck on the top floor! Its highly unstable!" she exclaimed. "Okay okay calm down. Ruby take her and ill go in after the last gem."

I went inside the old building. It was cracking all over the place and pieces of the ceiling were on the floor. "That must be where Spinel fell" I thought. I walked further in and found some stairs. They weren't stable but its the best chance I have if I wanna get up there. I started up the stairs slowly then to the fastest I could go without disturbing the structure. As I went up the stairs pieces of the ceiling and parts of the stairs fell to the floor. "How did they live in this?" I wondered. Eventually I got to the top and walked in. I looked around for the last gem but I couldn't find her any where. I yelled "hello?" to see if someone would answer. I heard a cry from the adjacent room. I ran there to see a yellow gem sitting on the floor with her head in her legs and her arms wrapped around her. "Hey there." I said trying to as friendly as I could be. She looked up at me, she was crying and it looked like she has been for a while. "Are you alright? I'm here to help." I asked she shook her head no and showed me her leg. Alright whats your name? I asked as I picked her up. She whispered in my ear "Sphene." "well Sphene were gonna get out of here so don't worry." I said to try and make her feel better.

I carried her to the stairs but to my surprise they were gone! "I'll have to think of another way" I whispered. After carefully thinking to see if there were any possibilities I concluded that we'd have to go out the window. "Sphene" I said trying to get her attention. She looked up at me "what" she whispered. "There's only one way down from here, we're going to have to jump." her eyes widened and she grabbed me tighter. "We'll be fine okay?" I assured her. I stood up carrying her and found a window . "Are you afraid of heights?" I asked. She nodded looking afraid. "Well me too" and I ran and jumped out the window.

Well I hope you're happy with this. I had fun writing this :p. the past stuff will continue in the next chapter and even the one after that. If you wondering if this is going along with the cannon story, it is kind of. Ill add events that are cannon but they will be altered to accommodate Obsidian. Remember if you have some advice or some criticism about the story please don't hesitate to comment. Thanks in advance and see ya next time.

-Joe