The three figures had appeared out of nowhere. A beam of blue light and suddenly there they were.
Amethyst scurried back, curious but cautious. This was the first time something new had entered the Kindergarten.
One was big and tall and had a massive amount of hair. Amethyst ran a hand through her own short strands.
The second was shorter but broad shouldered, carrying herself with purpose. Her three eyes scanned the surrounding area, on full alert for anything.
And the last was the smallest of three, thin and frail looking. She carried a weird looking, twisty stick, poised and ready. Amethyst thought her nose was funny.
She watched from one of the upper ledges of the cavern, listening as the three strangers talked, unable to make out the words. Finally, the three newcomers split up, going in different directions to search the dead canyon.
Walking on all fours, Amethyst followed after the smallest member. The thin being looked up at one of the injectors, studying it, their mouth set in a thin line.
The small Gem grinned before launching herself off the wall and curling into a ball mid-flight. She zoomed toward the newcomer.
Pearl straightened, listening before jumping high just in time to dodge whatever had come at her. She pointed her spear down and fired a blast, only to miss as the thing shifted right and did a u-turn back toward her.
She ground her teeth, planting her feet, ready to defend, only for the ball to swerve last second, going around her. A loud raspy laugh followed the spinning Gem, until it came to a skidding stop, looking up to meet the covered gaze of the second biggest intruder.
Garnet stared down at the small runt of a Quartz who bore a black diamond on her clothes, and the small Gem stared back, eyes impossibly wide. The red Gem was bigger than Amethyst thought, and now, looking up at her and those imposing gauntlets, she thought she might have made a mistake.
A moment of silence passed between the three, Pearl waiting for Garnet to make a move. Finally, with a hum, the tallest made her weapons disappear and kneeled down to the new Gem's level. Amethyst still flinched, but held the visored gaze.
"Hello."
Indigo eyes blinked.
"Garnet, what are you-"
The taller held up her hand, placating Pearl. The thinner Gem's hands gripped her spear tighter and shifted nervously.
"Hello," she repeated.
Amethyst's brow furrowed. "Hel...lo..." Her voice was just as raspy as her laugh earlier had made it seem. She'd never had to use it before. Not really. No one to talk to in the Kindergarten.
And finally Rose joined the group, black eyes scanning the situation before landing on the smallest Gem. "Who do we have here?" Obviously an amethyst. And an unassigned one at that, given the black diamond.
"It would seem," started Garnet, standing back up. "That she was left behind."
Pearl looked to Rose. "What are we going to do with her?"
Rose hummed thoughtfully, a small smile spreading across her face. "Well, we could take her with us back to the temple."
"You do mean bubbled, right?"
"Well-"
"You can't be serious."
Amethyst watched as the newcomers talked, before boredom quickly started to set in and she stood back up, walking over to the biggest of the Gems, chubby hands grabbing a fistful of the dress, studying it before she looked up and saw the pink gem at the giant's stomach.
Suddenly she was smacked back by the rod of Pearl's spear, the lanky Gem moving to stand between Rose and the defective soldier. Amethyst was back on all fours, caught off guard, slowly backing away from Pearl.
"That was hardly necessary," admonished Rose, moving passed her knight and over to the Kindergarten Gem. Amethyst backed up further, and Rose's expression softened. "It's ok. I won't hurt you."
Dark blue eyes shifted between Rose and the other two before, with a heavy huff, Amethyst carefully approached Rose once more. "There you go." One hand reached out and sat itself on Amethyst's head, combing carefully through tangled short, lavender locks.
The smaller Quartz leaned into the touch and Rose had a full blown grin on her face as she picked her up, holding her to her chest.
"Rose, this is a bad-"
Rose looked to Garnet. "Garnet?"
The second tallest Gem paused, before a small smile appeared on her face. She nodded.
Rose nodded back, a bright gleam in her eyes as she looked back down to the Gem she carried. "You're gonna come live with us, ok?"
It meant leaving the Kindergarten. It meant going outside her small existence. It meant finally having something other than rocks to keep her company. It meant going with this nice Gem. It meant an adventure.
"O...K..."
So there's that. Ha. Finally got that out of the way. But yeah, here's my take. It's not my best work but hey, whatcha gonna do. I tried to make it work.
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I'm out. Peace.