Amethyst doesn't immediately fall in love with the idea of fusion. Something in the back of her head tells her that the type of fusion her new friends talk about isn't right. That there's something distasteful about how they talk about it. She thinks it's the residual leftovers of any programming Homeworld might have attempted. But it's so small, and so faint, that it's easily ignored.
Still, she can't help but be a little wary when on one the missions she's actually been allowed to go on, she meets Sardonyx.
This massive Gem is elegant and loud and quirky and a little arrogant. Not completely in a bad way but in a way that could easily be interpreted as obnoxious. And while Pearl by herself is able to bite her tongue, Sardonyx has no qualms about making subtle digs at the smallest Gem.
It bothers Amethyst more because the other half of Sardonyx is Garnet. And she actually likes Garnet.
She watches as the hammer-wielding Gem leaps and flies through the air, smashing - "It's not called smashing. It's a lot more sophisticated than that." - any and all obstacles in her way. All the purple Gem can tell is that things that were once whole end up shattered in the wake of that giant mallet. In other words, smashed.
Until she met Sardonyx, Amethyst hadn't thought she could feel any smaller.
That's how she found herself staring into the reflection of one of the shining purple quartz that grew out of the ground in her room at the temple. She scoffed. Even some rocks were bigger than her. She looks down at her hands before one fiddles with the hem of her light blue shirt. There's something wrong with her. She's not like her new companions. She's small and chubby and not as strong.
She falls back and lands on her butt, hands gripping at her hair. Stupid Sardonyx. Stupid Pearl. Stupid Garnet. Stupid Rose. Stupid me. Stupid, stupid, stupid.
She's frustrated, and she can't exactly pinpoint the real reason why. Which in turn only makes her all the more irritable. With a flick and glow her whip is in her hand, and it lashes out against the quartz and splits it easily. It's reflective pieces lie in shambles. But Amethyst still isn't happy. Her room is huge, and there's plenty of gems to break. So she does.
She goes on for an eternity, wrapping her whip around a gem, yanking it from the ground, and sending it flying across her section of the temple. Some just get slashed and others crushed.
Some she just smashes. Because screw sophistication.
She's huffing and puffing and crying when she realizes she's not alone. She wipes furiously at her eyes, trying to erase any evidence of weakness even though she knows Garnet's already seen. Her whip disappears in a flash and they're left in silence.
Once again, Amethyst finds herself sitting on the ground, curled in on herself, knees drawn up to her chest. Without a word Garnet walks over and takes a seat next to her on the ground amidst the rubble. All three of her eyes are soft and gentle as she looks down at the small, young Gem. She places one hand on top of lavender hair, gently petting. She knows nothing she can say will fix whatever inner turmoil Amethyst is feeling. She's seen all the possible outcomes. Only Amethyst can fix herself. But for now, Garnet can sit and wait and be there.
Later, when Amethyst has calmed down, Garnet introduces her to Ruby and Sapphire. The three get along infamously.
I love Sardonyx. I just wanted to put that out there. But I felt like Amethyst and her would have always had a rocky history. I mean come on, she made my precious baby feel like crap. Again, I know the ending may seem a little rushed but it's trickier than I thought to write endings for these.
If I had to pick a CG besides Amethyst as my favorite it would probably be Garnet. I just love how calm cool and collected she is. Plus she is the manifestation of love! What's not awesome about that?
I'm out! Peace.