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So, I messed with Amethyst's personality in this story, but only a little bit. In this story, she's slightly more intelligent, respectful and loving. I did this for Nora's sake, because Pearl is going to drive her absolutely insane throughout this story. Also, I know that there are a lot of AU's where Nora exists and Connie becomes Connor, but no! Connora! Connora for life!
Nora POV
I am the living legacy of Rose Quartz, the former leader of the Crystal Gems. I am meant to lead this rebellion into the future...somehow. I wish I knew how to do that. I mean, I can access Mom's old room anytime I want, but it isn't very helpful. The Rose Quartz I see in there isn't her, it's just how I imagine her being. It's just the person I want to see, not the person she was. I wish it was her. I wish it was the woman everyone describes to me.
Maybe then she'd explain to me why she left. Why my gem isn't like everyone elses. Nobody realizes it except for me, and possibly Pearl. I wonder if she knows but doesn't care, or is too scared to point it out. I know that Mom was pretty scary in her glory days. After all, she was the only gem to ever shatter a Diamond! I mean, seriously, that can't have been easy. Especially not when that diamond knew she was a rebel and on high alert. I wish I was that awesome.
Wait, I sorta am. After all, I'm her still, just in the body of a human teenager.
Pearl POV
Nora is a very special girl. She works so hard to lend a hand in her community, continuously attempts to heal corrupted gems, and even found Bismuth's old weaponry forge. I just wish that we knew where Bismuth went, and if she's okay. Nobody's seen her in hundreds of years. I wonder if the Diamonds might've had something to do with her disappearance.
Amethyst POV
Nora is a great kid, a little moody, but over all a woman I'm proud to call my friend. Sometimes it's a bit terrifying how much she looks like Rose though. Sometimes as she's rounding the corner, I'll swear that I saw her mother instead. She has long, straight pink hair, beautiful pink eyes, and a slender frame. Nora looks like an angel from heaven, I swear. She's gorgeous, and I know that Greg would agree.
Nora POV
I'm back in Mom's room. I know that it won't tell me anything, but I like talking to her, or my imagined version of her, I guess. She doesn't have any of Mom's memories, but it's a nice feeling all the same. Besides, if I focus hard enough, I can make the mirage recognize me as her daughter.
I think it's nice to talk to her, even though I know that she's not really the one there. I wish that I had Mom though, because maybe if I did then she could answer my questions about her. Maybe she'd tell me about the Gem War, and where she got her sword from. After all, A Rose Quartz's traditional sword doesn't look like that. I found one on an old battle ground that is now overrun by strawberries. I have it hanging on my bedroom wall above the bookshelf.
" Nora! You up there?" Amethyst calls. I smile a bit and whistle in response. She comes up and jumps onto my bed beside me. I laugh at my friends antics and fall backwards beside her.
" Hey, Amethyst. What's up?" I ask smiling.
" Eh, not much. I was thinking about visiting the Prime Kindergarten today, wanna join me? You could bring your journal to record any interesting findings." She replies. Ooh, I haven't been to any of the Kindergartens yet. Sounds awesome! Although Pearl might kill me if she finds out.
" ABSOLUTELY NOT! THERE IS NO WAY IN HELL YOU'RE TAKING HER TO THE PRIME KINDERGARTEN!" Pearl screams. Ugh, eavesdropper. She doesn't let me have any fun.
" THAT ISN'T YOUR CHOICE TO MAKE, PEARL! SHE'S ALMOST THIRTEEN!" Amethyst snaps back. I smile and hug her tightly. She is the coolest quartz ever!
Amethyst grabs me by the hand and starts dragging me towards the warp pad. Well, thankfully I have my phone in my pocket so I can take pictures to add into my journal later. And, I could record Amethyst's voice as she tells me the history of the kindergarten.
So, without another word we warp away. I smile a bit at Amethyst as the warp comes to a stop. When I look around at our new surroundings. It looks like some sort of ruins. I look at the large structures positioned around the kindergarten in awe. What are these things? I gaze over at Amethyst questioningly, and she explains to me that the machines are what puts gems into the earth for them to form. They're called injectors. I smile and snap a picture of the one closest to us.
" So you were created here?" I ask. Amethyst nods and starts to walk off. I follow her until we stop at one of the gem holes near the ground.
" This was my hole. Every gem is created in Kindergartens like this one, though some are made on home-world." She explains.
I snap a picture of the hole, and get another of Amethyst standing inside it. We spend the next few hours roaming the kindergarten, Amethyst telling me what she knows about it's history and the machines in it, and the gems who came from here.
Amethyst POV
What the heck does she find so interesting about these places anyways? I mean, honestly? She's a teenager, shouldn't she be out having fun with people her own age?