We are the Crystal Gems
Diamondseed345
Pokémon Trainer
- Pronouns
- He/him
"PEARL-" The two were then enveloped by light, and saw something that they didn't see the last time they used the platform.
They were in Space, in a concentrated beam of light, with a Pixelated effect all around them. Elliot was almost spinning, all the while Peter was almost screaming.
Elliot however, was freaking out on the inside.
"Turn us around!"
"C'mon! Go back!!"
"Take us back to the temple!!"
"Pearl didn’t get on the platform!!"
Nothing could stop them from going where the platform was taking them, and they could only wait.
But as quickly as they left, Elliot and Peter landed on another platform. They had fallen in a position that made it look like they had dogpiled one another, and the scent of the ocean surrounded them.
A plume of gas surrounded Elliot, and he felt something cold on his back for a moment, before heard a clattering noise. Peter had poofed from the impact, and the Pearl that created his physical form that rested on Elliots side.
But then... voices.
"FINE, can we at least spy on Pearl spying on whatever Steven is doing with his human friend?"
Pearl?
"Nope... I saw something that was going to happen at the temple... keep an eye out for anything you find suspicious."
"Like that thing on the warp pad over there?"
"...That might be it."
Elliot could hear footsteps, and someone poking his head. "Eww.... it's a dead human! It's weird how they don't even poof... they just rot and all that."
Elliot then groaned from the pain in his torso caused by the impact.
"Op- nevermind, it's alive!" Elliot lifted his face off the ground, to see a woman right in his face, a purple woman at that.
"Wha- why... are you purple?"
"If it's alive, tell it to leave."
"You heard her human, beat it."
"What? I... don't even know where we are..." Elliot said, grabbing the pearl that Peter came from.
"Doesn't matter. Amethyst, throw him over the fence if you have to."
"Rog-"
"Wait! Who even are you? I have no idea what's going on..."
"Human..." Elliot saw another woman, this one tall and wearing shades.
"You must trust us. There might be a gem monster in this place, there for you should-"
"Wait a minute! A gem monster? Like some weird thing with chicken legs with a crystal stuck in it?"
"Hold on you seen one?"
"Of course! It had a blue color, and was in the Mystery Canyons, I suggested we hide in one of the holes there, but the three of us couldn't fit inside, but then we found a platform similar to this one. Turns out it was a teleporter!"
"Holes? What were they shaped like?"
"They were shaped like people! They had all sorts of different shapes and heights!"
"That sounds like..."
"The Kindergarten."
"How did he warp here? Humans can't warp can they? Maybe the gem he found took him for a ride?"
"No, corrupted gems can't use warp pads. Maybe the pad malfunctioned. After all... they are getting old-"
"Um... pardon me, but do you know how all this works? Me and my buddy used that "warp pad" to get out of what looked like an ancient temple, and one of my other friends got left behind! Peter got claustrophobic, we both wanted to get out, and she couldn't get to the platform in time!" Elliot said, pushing the hair off his forehead in his stress. Pushing the hair off his forehead would prove to be a mistake, as... his deformity was exposed.
"I just want to go back and he-"
"A gem!?" Both women yelled. In less than a moment, Elliot had been restrained with what looked like a whip with beads and a crystal at the end of it, dropping Peter in the process.
"Is it seriously a gem!? Why isn't it a monster like all those other ones??"
"It's a homeworld gem!"
"A WHAT?! How did it get here?! You said they can't use the Galaxy Warp anymore!"
"I didn't see- we have to call Pearl!"
Did they know the Pearl Elliot and Peter knew?
"No need to, I'm right here." Another voice said. It was another woman, same build as Pearl, but instead of a haircut similar to cinnamon rolls, her hair was swept back. The gem embedded in her body was on her forehead like Elliot, instead of in the stomach like his first companion.
"Pearl?"
"It's a homeworld gem! She warped from the Kindergarten, we didn't even see her coming!"
"Please! You have the wrong guy, I don't even know what you're talking about!"
"Who are you?" The Pearl asked. "How'd you get here?"
"I'm Elliot... I didn't mean to trespass if I did!"
"Is Elliot a type of Quartz?"
"No, it's a human name... and I'm starting to suspect what this gem is." The woman in shades said.
"That's because I am human! People have called me a demon or monster because of the deformity on my forehead, but I haven't done anything to warrant that name! I'm not what they call me, and I'm not what you think I am!"
"Enough of this!" The Pearl yelled, pulling a spear out of the gem on her forehead, similar in style to Peters trident.
"Don't you play dumb with us. You're on our home turf, do you think we were made yesterday? Did you really think pretending to be a human would work? Your gem is right there!!"
She pointed the spear right at Elliots head, specifically at the horn like deformity.
"My... gem? I don't understand... I'm not..." Elliot tensed up, bracing for what he felt would come next. His breathing became heavy, and he practically started to hyperventilate. Was this where he would die? Impaled by a spear because of a mistaken identity? No... no, he couldn't die here.
"Please... don't... hurt me..."
Nothing. Nothing?
He opened his eyes, and the three were staring at him.
"Pearl. The woman with shades said, placing a hand on her shoulder. "Group huddle... right now."
"What? But she's clearly-"
"Like I said."
The two huddled in a corner, and Elliot could hear what they were saying somewhat.
Gems, someone named Steven, Homeworld, and humans. That was all he could really hear. Then, the restraints came undone.
"Hey..." The purple woman said. "Hi?"
"Elliot, right?"
"Yeah..."
"Cool beans, I'm Amethyst."
Elliot put his hand out for a handshake.
"Nice to meet you... I guess?"
"Wow, you really like human traditions don't you? Unless you're like the Little Man..."
"I guess I do?"
"You like eating and shit like that?"
"I... definitely have a thing for it... and I kinda have to."
"Great! You'll fit right in with us then!"
"Fit in with what?"
"The Crystal gems." The woman in shades said, having walked over during the conversation. Pearl could be seen holding Peter's gem, though she didn't appear hostile this time.
"My apologies for what we did... perhaps we got on the wrong foot?" She held out a hand.
"I'm Garnet, would you mind telling me your name?"
"Elliot..." He pointed to Peters gem. "That's... Peter."
Chapters end.
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They were in Space, in a concentrated beam of light, with a Pixelated effect all around them. Elliot was almost spinning, all the while Peter was almost screaming.
Elliot however, was freaking out on the inside.
"Turn us around!"
"C'mon! Go back!!"
"Take us back to the temple!!"
"Pearl didn’t get on the platform!!"
Nothing could stop them from going where the platform was taking them, and they could only wait.
But as quickly as they left, Elliot and Peter landed on another platform. They had fallen in a position that made it look like they had dogpiled one another, and the scent of the ocean surrounded them.
A plume of gas surrounded Elliot, and he felt something cold on his back for a moment, before heard a clattering noise. Peter had poofed from the impact, and the Pearl that created his physical form that rested on Elliots side.
But then... voices.
"FINE, can we at least spy on Pearl spying on whatever Steven is doing with his human friend?"
Pearl?
"Nope... I saw something that was going to happen at the temple... keep an eye out for anything you find suspicious."
"Like that thing on the warp pad over there?"
"...That might be it."
Elliot could hear footsteps, and someone poking his head. "Eww.... it's a dead human! It's weird how they don't even poof... they just rot and all that."
Elliot then groaned from the pain in his torso caused by the impact.
"Op- nevermind, it's alive!" Elliot lifted his face off the ground, to see a woman right in his face, a purple woman at that.
"Wha- why... are you purple?"
"If it's alive, tell it to leave."
"You heard her human, beat it."
"What? I... don't even know where we are..." Elliot said, grabbing the pearl that Peter came from.
"Doesn't matter. Amethyst, throw him over the fence if you have to."
"Rog-"
"Wait! Who even are you? I have no idea what's going on..."
"Human..." Elliot saw another woman, this one tall and wearing shades.
"You must trust us. There might be a gem monster in this place, there for you should-"
"Wait a minute! A gem monster? Like some weird thing with chicken legs with a crystal stuck in it?"
"Hold on you seen one?"
"Of course! It had a blue color, and was in the Mystery Canyons, I suggested we hide in one of the holes there, but the three of us couldn't fit inside, but then we found a platform similar to this one. Turns out it was a teleporter!"
"Holes? What were they shaped like?"
"They were shaped like people! They had all sorts of different shapes and heights!"
"That sounds like..."
"The Kindergarten."
"How did he warp here? Humans can't warp can they? Maybe the gem he found took him for a ride?"
"No, corrupted gems can't use warp pads. Maybe the pad malfunctioned. After all... they are getting old-"
"Um... pardon me, but do you know how all this works? Me and my buddy used that "warp pad" to get out of what looked like an ancient temple, and one of my other friends got left behind! Peter got claustrophobic, we both wanted to get out, and she couldn't get to the platform in time!" Elliot said, pushing the hair off his forehead in his stress. Pushing the hair off his forehead would prove to be a mistake, as... his deformity was exposed.
"I just want to go back and he-"
"A gem!?" Both women yelled. In less than a moment, Elliot had been restrained with what looked like a whip with beads and a crystal at the end of it, dropping Peter in the process.
"Is it seriously a gem!? Why isn't it a monster like all those other ones??"
"It's a homeworld gem!"
"A WHAT?! How did it get here?! You said they can't use the Galaxy Warp anymore!"
"I didn't see- we have to call Pearl!"
Did they know the Pearl Elliot and Peter knew?
"No need to, I'm right here." Another voice said. It was another woman, same build as Pearl, but instead of a haircut similar to cinnamon rolls, her hair was swept back. The gem embedded in her body was on her forehead like Elliot, instead of in the stomach like his first companion.
"Pearl?"
"It's a homeworld gem! She warped from the Kindergarten, we didn't even see her coming!"
"Please! You have the wrong guy, I don't even know what you're talking about!"
"Who are you?" The Pearl asked. "How'd you get here?"
"I'm Elliot... I didn't mean to trespass if I did!"
"Is Elliot a type of Quartz?"
"No, it's a human name... and I'm starting to suspect what this gem is." The woman in shades said.
"That's because I am human! People have called me a demon or monster because of the deformity on my forehead, but I haven't done anything to warrant that name! I'm not what they call me, and I'm not what you think I am!"
"Enough of this!" The Pearl yelled, pulling a spear out of the gem on her forehead, similar in style to Peters trident.
"Don't you play dumb with us. You're on our home turf, do you think we were made yesterday? Did you really think pretending to be a human would work? Your gem is right there!!"
She pointed the spear right at Elliots head, specifically at the horn like deformity.
"My... gem? I don't understand... I'm not..." Elliot tensed up, bracing for what he felt would come next. His breathing became heavy, and he practically started to hyperventilate. Was this where he would die? Impaled by a spear because of a mistaken identity? No... no, he couldn't die here.
"Please... don't... hurt me..."
Nothing. Nothing?
He opened his eyes, and the three were staring at him.
"Pearl. The woman with shades said, placing a hand on her shoulder. "Group huddle... right now."
"What? But she's clearly-"
"Like I said."
The two huddled in a corner, and Elliot could hear what they were saying somewhat.
Gems, someone named Steven, Homeworld, and humans. That was all he could really hear. Then, the restraints came undone.
"Hey..." The purple woman said. "Hi?"
"Elliot, right?"
"Yeah..."
"Cool beans, I'm Amethyst."
Elliot put his hand out for a handshake.
"Nice to meet you... I guess?"
"Wow, you really like human traditions don't you? Unless you're like the Little Man..."
"I guess I do?"
"You like eating and shit like that?"
"I... definitely have a thing for it... and I kinda have to."
"Great! You'll fit right in with us then!"
"Fit in with what?"
"The Crystal gems." The woman in shades said, having walked over during the conversation. Pearl could be seen holding Peter's gem, though she didn't appear hostile this time.
"My apologies for what we did... perhaps we got on the wrong foot?" She held out a hand.
"I'm Garnet, would you mind telling me your name?"
"Elliot..." He pointed to Peters gem. "That's... Peter."
Chapters end.
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