A Gemling's tale

Chapter 1

// Note: Perspectives will change from gemling to gemling. Their names are usually revealed. More information is on my Instagram and my friend's.

The blue cub's eyes fluttered open as she looked around. Her brows furrowed and she yawned softly, sitting up. She examined her surroundings, whimpering softly. Everything seemed so peaceful. Especially after the encounter with surviving the longest when her mother attacked and killed all of her siblings; Jaspilite, Lazuli, and Citrine. Countless cubs of Lapis' too...

Cherry blossoms were blooming from a cloud which she was sitting on... How? She wasn't even going to figure that out herself. Her dark blue eyes continued to observe everything. It was daylight although there was no sun, just the light of the sky and the large stars in the sky. The blue cub stood up, brushing herself off. Her legs wobbled and she whimpered, softly, nearly falling over. She curiously patted herself all around, whimpering softly. This looked nothing like Steven's house. For a fact, this didn't even look like Beach City. Her brows furrowed and she started to walk, searching around. Why was she awake? Was that all a dream? Did her mother really not attack?

As soon as the blue cub tried to talk, her eyes widened and she let out a choked sob. Her striped hand rested against her throat and she pulled it away, looking down to the blood over her hand. She quickly wiped it off into her blue skirt similar to her mothers - Lapis of course. She sniffled softly, trying to speak once again as she succeeded in doing so although it was soft but gradually got more stronger and louder.

"Ciiiitrine...? Maaaammmaaaa...?" The cub took a while to speak, sounding it out as she did so in case her throat started to hurt again. It wasn't long before she got a response which was soft but loud chirping. A Jasper cub was bounding her way. The blue cub's eyes brightened but she backed up a little, looking overly intimidated. "Wh- Ja... Jaspilite..?" She murmured to the cub who reached out to shake her hand, overly energetic. The Jasper cub looked dying similar to Jasper. In fact, she actually looked like a mini version of Jasper but more innocent. Plus, her hair was up in a ponytail and it looked rather short. But her gem had multiple cracks in it, her arms were bruised and there were small cuts on her faces that looked like they had never healed over.

The Jasper cub shook her head, brightly smiling as she held onto the blue cubs hands. "Nope! I'm not Jaspilite! I've never seen a Jaspilite around here for a matter of fact. But who are you? I'm Jasper! Well.. My Mama Bruneau usually calls me Red Jaspy but you can call me whatever you like." She loudly chirped, proudly smiling as her fangs glinted. Red Jasper examined the blue cub. The blue cub had stripes on her arms just like a purebred Jasper or well... An actual Jasper. The blue cub had a large stripe on her knee and a few going down her leg. Her toes were a nice red orange just like her stripes. "Heh, you kinda look like.. me!!"

Her head tilted to the side, the blue cub raised a brow. "Jasper..? Red.. Jaspy..?" She chirped. "Well, Hi Red Jaspy.." She murmured. "My mama was a Jasper too. But.. But she attacked me and now I don't know where my other Mama, Lapis is. I don't even know where I am. Plus, this isn't Beach City and that means I'm not home.." She sighed sadly. "Anyway.. My.. My name is Lazuli.." She softly chirped, gently holding onto Red Jasper's hands.

"Wow! That's cool! But Beach City? I've never heard of it. I'm from Homeworld and I was killed while training with a Red Jasper. She was super duper strong and I was no match for her. Mama seems really upset about it though." Red Jasper frowned and she started to look upset before her look brightened. "Oh, and yeah! I forgot to tell you but this is the place where dead gems come! This part is where all of the gemlings usually are."

Lazuli paused for a moment before she felt her heart shatter. It was nearly as if she felt her gem shatter too. "D-Dead?! What?!" She sobbed, her blue eyes wide. "So.. So... My-My Mama... She actually killed me.." The blue cub softly cried. "She.. doesn't love me anymore..?" The cub cried, fat tears rolling off her cheek and onto Red Jasper's hands. "I knew it.. Jaspilite was r-right." She weakly hiccuped, moving closer to the Jasper cub before tightly hugging her, hiding her face. Gladly, the Jasper cub was the size of Jaspilite which made her continue assuming this was her actual sister although it wasn't. "Mama hates us.." She sobbed.

Red Jasper patted Lazuli's back, frowning softly. "There there... How about we go find your Mama? I know where we can see everyone's parents. It's easy." She cooed. "Not the Mama that killed you but the Mama that loves you?" Red Jasper cooed, picking up Lazuli who frantically nodded.

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With a loud squeal, the yellow cub's eyes flew open and she shot up off the ground. "Wuh?! Who! Who goes there?!" She loudly squealed, her shiba inu like brows furrowed as she furiously yapped. Of course, she thought Jasper attacking her was a dream. A dream just like Lazuli thought. The yellow cub glanced around before looking down to her hands. The bandages were still on them from when she was climbing trees. Tears formed in her eyes as she started to look around, starting to realize she was alone. No one was with her. Not even her mother nor her sire. "Ma.. Mama..?" She hiccuped, her brows furrowing as she let out a weak cry. It wasn't long before a figure came up behind her, reaching down to gently grab her and then pick her up. Obviously it heard the yellow cub crying.

"Do not be afraid my child." The voice cooed, looking down to the cub as she cradled it in her arms. "I'm only your worst nightmare!" She spat, baring her fangs at the cub as the voice wavered and shook like an earthquake. The voice was so familiar but she didn't have time to think about it nor look back to examine what kind of weapon she had. The figure immediately summoned her weapon, raising it in the air as she was about to chop the cub into pieces. That was until the yellow cub wormed her away from the figure, running away. Her immediate place to retreat was a cherry blossom tree in which she climbed as her life depended on it. The cub sat up in the tree, glaring down to the figure. It appeared to look like another Jasper cub. Dyingly similar to her mother although it's gem was cracked. She tried her best to examine the weapon, her eyes widening as she tightly clung to a branch. The weapon was an axe with a small diamond like shape.