#*a crystal gem

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Aquamarine weakly looked up when she heard a noise from outside her cell door, crying out in surprise when it suddenly broke open with a loud bang.

When they’d raided a Homeworld prison to find other Gems, Amethyst really hadn’t been expecting to be assigned to the solitary section. She thought Garnet would have been a better choice since she commanded respect a lot more easily than a little overcooked Amethyst did.

Good news was there was only one cell in the area that was occupied.

Bad news was that she was thoroughly unprepared to deal with what she found inside after bashing in the door.

“Ummm…” Amethyst said, taking a slow step inside, hands up. “Can you… walk? Or talk? ‘Cause we’re… here to help.”

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{ @cxbiczirconia gets a starter }

“Hey, not quite a stranger,” Amethyst greeted from her perch in front of Steven’s TV. “Sup? If you’re looking for Pearl, she and Garnet went out to get stuff.”

Shopping, specifically, but hopefully Zirconia wouldn’t ask about that, because then the discussion would probably lead to revealing why Amethyst hadn’t been invited this time. No one needed to repeat that story.

“Just me, right now.”

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{ @cloakanddaggergem gets a starter }

Amethyst darted behind a bush when she saw the other Gem, peering out cautiously. She’d never seen this kind of Gem before, not even from descriptions or drawings from Pearl and Garnet, but... something about her unsettled Amethyst.

She waited to see what she’d do, simply observing for now.

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{ @squaremomfusion gets a starter } "Garnet, Garnet! I found a bunch of old photos!" Amethyst cried. "They were buried in my room, check em out!" She rushed up to Garnet, fanning out a few of the photos to show her, grinning widely. "There's even one of Ruby and Sapphire somewhere in the pile!"

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"Amethyst I told you to stay out of my room. You know this is when I have my dance practice." terrifyingxrenegade

{ @terrifyingxrenegade }

“Oh, um, sorry P. I totally forgot what time it was. I just… needed help with somethin’. Yeah.”

She hadn’t actually forgotten, neither did she need help with anything (though she was thinking of possibilities). She really just wanted to see what Pearl actually did when she was dancing. It’d been a while since all the Gems had gotten to dance together.

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{ @smugxscientific gets a starter }

“Yyooo!” Amethyst cheered, standing up from where she’d been sitting on the porch. “Is that really you?”

She jumped up onto the railing and then down onto the beach, examining the other’s face. “I mean, I know P said somethin’ about seeing you again, but I wasn’t expecting you so soon.”

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{ @herxpearl gets a starter }

Amethyst flipped her whip forward without thinking the second she saw the unfamiliar blue Gem. She hadn’t meant to be so forwardly aggressive, but after the entire incident at the zoo, she couldn’t take chances.

Of course, the second she saw it was just a Pearl, she felt a little bad. “Yo!” Amethyst called to her, following her whip to where the other was and trying to make eye contact. “How’d you get here?”

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{ @thexmonarch gets a starter }

Oh no. Ooohhhoo nnnoo. This couldn’t be happening. This couldn’t be happening.

Amethyst clutched her whip in shaking hands, peering through the bushes at the Gem monarch before her. What was Blue Diamond doing here, again? Amethyst knew she needed to tell Garnet and Pearl, let them know that this was happening. But she was too paralyzed with fear, unable to speak in fear of getting caught.