A seven year old Connie lies on the ground, holding a scraped knee, tears streaming down her face.
"Connie!" An seven year old Steven calls, running to his twin's side. "Connie, are you okay?" He asked.
Connie looked at him and tried her best to give an answer, the only thing escaping being a sob before she shut her eyes.
"Oh no, what do I do? What do I do? What do I do? What do I do? What do I do?" Steven asked, looking around. "Oh, what would Dad do?" He asked, holding his head. "…He-…He would kiss it and make it all better… Okay."
Connie didn't know how that was going to help, but she didn't object. All she felt was Steven kiss her knee. Surprisingly enough, after a few seconds, she felt the pain flee until it was no more. When she finally got the nerve to open her eyes, she gasped. There was blood around her knee, but the scrape that had been there had disappeared entirely.
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Opal let out a battle cry, using her whip to throw a large ice monster away. The beast flew into a wall, groaning as it pulled itself to its feet, Ruby flying into it before it could move away. The monster burst into a cloud of blue smoke, leaving a blue gemstone in its place.
"Don't you think that was a little excessive?" Steven asked. "He seemed like a pretty cool guy." Steven commented.
"Yea, it sure was ice to meet him." Connie added, the twins chuckling.
Ruby and Opal groaned, the only one laughing being Sapphire.
"At least there won't be anything else between us and the shooting star." Opal said.
"Yea, then we won't have to listen to their bad ice jokes." Ruby added.
"That's just col-" Connie began, the sound of the cave starting to crumble taking her attention.
Some of the stalactites above began to collapse around them, the Gems jumping out of the way.
Opal quickly looked around. "We have to get Steven and Connie out of here!" She cried.
"What?" Steven exclaimed.
"How are you going to do that?"
Sapphire picked the two up, bubbles forming around the two.
"You can bubble us?" Steven asked, Sapphire warping the two away before she could answer.
"Whoa, that was a doozy." Steven said as the bubble warped into the burning room, Connie appearing soon after.
"Man, what a ride." Connie said. The girl, noticing where they were, looked around the bubble surrounding her. "How do we get out of these things?" She asked.
Steven looked for a moment. "I think we just-" The moment he poked his bubble, it popped, dropping him. He let out a yelp as he landed on a second bubbles, popping it as well, before finally landing on the ground. "Ugh." Steven groaned, rubbing his head. When he opened his eyes, he felt fear wash over him as a green light came from the spherical gem he had released.
The light formed into a humanoid form first, the form standing up before its torso grew elongated, multiple arms spreading out and its head becoming that of the centipeetle mother. The creature soon shrunk to the size of a dog, the light fading and allowing its details to be shown.
The centipeetle, for the most part, looked the same as it did before its defeat, save its new size and only having to four legs now. Its gem, which had once only been the monster's iris, was now its entire eye, the circle its pupil.
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The Halves of Rose
Fanfiction"You don't choose family. They are God's gift to you, as you are to them." - Desmond Tutu. A warrior who lost everything, an experience called an abomination by her own, a diplomat running from her mistakes, and orphaned twins just wanting to live u...
