Amethyst had forgotten how great it felt.
She'd forgotten how amazing it was to be big and strong and powerful.
She'd forgotten how great it felt to be Sugilite.
There was something about how Garnet's confidence and strength were so overpowering, how Amethyst's own brand of casual care free attitude was so liberating when combined. Unstable, perhaps. But Amethyst wasn't concerned. She was having way too much fun trying to smash the communication hub, too busy getting Pearl to shut up.
She failed to notice when Pearl and Steven left. Se failed to notice when Sugilite destroyed the warp pad. Failed to notice when Sugilite's own personality started to slowly push her and Garnet into the recesses of consciousness.
One moment it was her and Garnet. The next it was only Sugilite and all her boredom, arrogance, power, and obnoxious entitlement.
Once that happened Amethyst wasn't aware of anything more than Sugilite's suffocating emotions.
Pride. Abandonment. Disbelief. Anger. Simmering anger which lasted almost an entire day. Boredom. Frustration. Determination. Surprise. And then it all came crashing down with a bang! A powerful, sharp pain nearly split the smaller purple Gem's head in half and in a flash her and Garnet were lying on Beach City beach, her brain feeling like it was trying to pound its way out of her skull.
Then Pearl is hugging them both, tears and snot running down her narrow face. It hurts, because she's starting to realize the rest of her body is just as sore.
She'd really overdone it this time.
She can't believe she lost control like that. She can't believe she let Sugilite push her into the passenger seat of their shared mind. She can't believe she put Garnet and Pearl through that. She can't believe she let Steven see her screw up that majorly.
She shouldn't be surprised. That seemed to be all she was good for since Rose...
She sighed.
"Amethyst, you alright?"
The short Gem forces a smile as she looks over to the even shorter half-Gem. She truly adores the kid. It's hard not to. But sometimes he's so much like Rose, showing up just when she starts feeling really bad about herself. She'd had a lot more days like that since Rose...
"Aw," she starts, "what's the matter, Ste-man? You think a little fusion-gone-wrong is gonna get me down?" It's easier to let him think she's just as indestructible as Garnet and Pearl. It's easier for her to make sure he doesn't worry about her. He really shouldn't bother worrying about her in the first place. But that's just Steven.
Steven smiles back, still cautious but willing to believe his friend is being genuine in her jest. Nonetheless he hugs her around her neck and Amethyst, though taken aback, hugs him back with one arm and ruffles his hair.
I told you I'd be doing some present day stuff. But I'll still do past stuff too. But this popped in my head during class today so I thought "why not?"
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I'm out. Peace.