Red As A Bloody Rose

Childhood

"Tamara!" A voice scolded.

"I-I'm sorry papa!" A young red headed girl responds.

"You brat! Can't you do anything right?!" He yelled at her, the girl flinching.

Tamara woke up, eyes painfully opening.

"Take it easy, you've got a fever much higher than a normal human!" Red Pearl scolded.

She coughed, smoke coming from her mouth. Pearl came next to RP, handing her a glass of water. She finished it quickly, grabbing the sheets covering her to throw them off.

"I'm fine, I just need some fresh air and I'll be good to go!" She growled, standing up from the couch she was previously on.

Her legs wobbled, as she tried to resist how hot she felt.

"NOPE!" Both pearls said, pulling her back down to sit.

"You need to rest, you greatly weakened your physical form from how much heat you produced. Any more stress to your body and you could start to burn yourself up!" Pearl said, RP nodding at her words.

"I.... I need to get up...." She mumbled, the two pearls lying her back down.

A blanket was placed on her, Steven running in with a cold cloth. He placed it on her head, Garnet walking in with multiple fans and a bag of ice.

"Rest. You won't be able to do anything like how you are now." Netty told her, brushing hair away from the girl's face.

She groaned, shutting her eyes to let sleep take her once again.

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It was a beautiful day outside. Birds were singing. Flowers were blooming....

A perfect day to be burning in hell.

Then again.... This wasn't one of those days, was it?

"Tamara." A voice called, patting her head.

"Papa, look what I can do!" The young girl said excitedly.

She held out her hand, creating a flame the size of a quarter.

"Good job! I'm so proud of you!" He cheered, pinching her cheeks. "Hey kiddo.... Promise me something, will ya?" He suddenly said. He held out a closed fist saying "Promise me that you'll use your power the way that you want to. Never let anyone dictate how you use it. Consider it.... Part of the Sparks oath."

She smiled widely, giving him a fist bump.

"I promise!"

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Tamara woke up, rubbing her eyes. She turned her head to see it was only Steven home at the moment, waiting by the bathroom door.

"What's going on?" She asked, standing to walk over to him.

"You're awake! Well, we found Peridot, and now she's locked herself in the bathroom until further notice. Do you think that you could get her to come out?" He said.

She thought for a second before nodding, wanting to prove herself to the gems. She knocked on the door, hearing something move around inside.

"Go away!"

Oh this little-

"Yo, Peridot was it? I need to pee, so get outta the bathroom." She said plainly.

"I would rather be back in a bubble!" The green gem yelled from the other side.

"Word? Say less," Tamara said, reeling her arm back.

With a strong punch, the bathroom door swung open, Peridot staring at her with a shocked expression.

"You- you're-" She stuttered, Tamara picking her up.

"Out." She said throwing the green gem outside.

*10 minutes later*

Tamara sighed, seeing the gems all talking with Peridot.... She's made a choice that will either backfire horribly, or backfire horribly.... Screw it.

"Gems.... I need to tell you guys something, okay?" She said, a feeling of fear and nervousness pooling in her chest.

Peridot took that as her queue to leave.

"I.... I think that it's time that I told you guys a few things regarding how I met the diamonds." She said, gaining all of their attention. "I never met RP or Netty until I was10, but until then I had zero experience with gems.... Get ready because this might make you a bit sick."

She took a deep breath, before beginning.

"Okay.... To start off, I should say that I was originally born in Los Angeles, and everything was perfectly fine until I turned six. To put it simply and to keep this all kid friendly, let's just say that my father wasn't the nicest person." Tamara said.

Steven raised his hand.

"So.... Was he mean to you?" He asked.

She sighed, saying "Okay Steven, you know how the gems poof, right? When their physical form takes too much damage, they retreat into their gem temporarily, and you can't interact with them.... Now imagine the gems getting hurt to the brink of poofing, but never being able to."

All the gems froze up, an icy chill going up all of their backs. They didn't like where Tamara's story was going.

"I ended up constantly getting that badly hurt, up until I turned nine, when I managed to run away. I'm surprised that I even lasted a few days on my own before Blue Diamond found me." Tamara said.

Some of the gems like Pearl and RP were crying, while the others seemed disgusted at how a human could do that to another human.

"So, once I got to Homeworld I was introduced to Red Pearl. A week later I ended up with Netty, and the rest is as you see it!" She said somewhat dramatically. "I really hope that you don't think any less of me!" Tamara said, making finger guns.

Everything was uncomfortably silent until Steven wrapped her in a hug.

"Steven-"

The other gems followed suit before she could complain, and you know what?... She let it happen. Tears ran down her face, as she sobbed quietly, skin glowing a slight red color.

Was it the family she asked for? Absolutely not.

Was she gonna risk her life for their dysfunctional butts? Absolutely, even if it kills her!

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*Somewhere in Los Angeles*

".... Hello, am I speaking to Mr Universe? Perfect! I was hoping that we could make a business deal, it might be a small travel, but it'll be worth it for us both! My name? Oh, where are my manners....

Call me Cole.... Your new best friend!"

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Traumatized ocs hit different.