Moonstone

Chapter 4: Spring

"Wow!"

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Moonstone was hiding behind one of the tall white pillars when Antarcticite opened the windows and waited for the others to wake up.

The cloth-filled room brightened as rays of sunlight poured in through the now open windows. They shone on each on the gems, giving them the energy needed for work.

Sapphire was the first. Then Rutile followed by Ruby followed by Yellow Diamond and the others.

Their clothes were disheveled and falling off their bodies. They slowly got up as Antarcticite started handing out their outfits. They then exited the room one by one after they changed their clothes and fixed their hair. Moonstone came out of her hiding place as soon as the last gem left and looked at the sheets.

They look comfy.... She thought, lying down on the sheets.  

She sat up after a few minutes and sighed, thinking what she would be able to do this year. She wanted to make friends with at least one other gem. She thought hard about it and she eventually set her sights on Rutile.

She went up into her room, sad that Antarcticite would not be there for her. She looked at her wall. It had been a plain white wall before she had moved in. She had covered a section of the wall with her drawings and she planned to draw enough memories so the entire wall would be covered. 

She looked out her window at the now green field and noticed how different it was compared to the soft white snow of winter. She then attached her sword to her belt and walked outside and lay in the field behind the school. She stayed there until Antarc came to get her so she could talk to Kongo-sensei.

He and Antarc were waiting for her in the meeting area when she entered. They were discussing something when she cleared her throat to attract their attention. They turned to her.

"Moonstone!" Antarc exclaimed in shock. "We were just discussing your spring job and Sensei said that you should just compile an encyclopedia."

Moonstone nodded her head as Kongo-sensei handed her a check board along with a pencil.  She then turned to Antarc.

"About the nickname..." she trailed off.

"Oh... that. We were thinking of calling you Onwa because of your somewhat mild tone but we thought that you deserved better than that so we thought of Miki to better match your name," she replied.

"I'll think about it."

"Okay!"

Moonstone left the room, thinking about what she could put in her encyclopedia. She came across one of the patrols and quickly climbed a tree so she could hide. She was frightened by the other gems because they looked quite frightening with the exception of Yellow Diamond, Ruby and Pink Topaz.

When the patrol had passed, she leapt down the tree and crawled in the grass, avoiding the other gems. While crawling she came across different flowers, some that she read about and some she never knew existed. 

She then marked the spot on a mini map she brought with her and continued crawling. 

At around noon, she returned to the marked spots and drew pictures of the flowers with thought up names and also drew maps at the side of each drawing indicating where they could be seen.

It was tedious sure but she couldn't resist looking at the soft coloured petals of each flower. Soon, she started seeing weird bugs and insects that she also drew them and mark where they flew off to the most. 

The day was almost finished when she completed her report on the field and walked down the stairs to give it to Kongo-sensei.

On the way there, she had near run-ins with nearly all the other gems. First Blue Zoistite and Sapphire, then Yellow Diamond and Pink Topaz, then Rutile and Padparadscha and finally Green and Red Diamond, She hadn't run into Ruby yet though. 

When she entered, she rushed in so fast that she didn't notice Ruby standing a little way off while Antarcticite and Sensei were talking.

She then calmed herself and waited at the side for Antarc and Sensei to finish. When they did, she walked up to Sensei and gave her encyclopedia findings to him. He noticed how detailed each drawing was and the map was also helpful. 

The descriptions were lacking, however, and he commented on this. She nodded her head and took the papers back and decided to work on the descriptions.

She was about to leave for her room when Ruby stopped her.

"Hey! Who are you? I've never seen you around before," she called out, grabbing Moonstone's hand as well as every single gem around them. 

Sapphire, Blue Zoistite, Yellow Diamond, Padparadscha, Pink Topaz, Green Diamond and Red Diamond all looked at her too, expecting an answer.

"U-um... well.. I'm M-moonstone! I-I'm new here a-and I... i-it's nice to meet you!" She stammered, bowing to Ruby as all the other gem looked at her with clear confusion.

"But no one arrived here last year except Rutile," Ruby protested.

"I-I was b-brought here i-in winter a-a-and Antarc-san taught m-me b-because Sensei was o-o-o-occupied..." she said, fidgeting with her fingers.

"Wow! Another winter gem! That's amazing!" Pink Topaz said, taking Moonstone's hands into hers and jumping up and down.

"I'm Pink Topaz!" She exclaimed, scaring Moonstone slightly with her forward-ness.

"H-hi... Pink-s-s-san..."

The other gems then crowded her and started talking to her happily and she made friends with them all.

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~End~

Hey everyone! 

Sorry for the long delay but... oh never mind I'd just be making excuses. I am sincerely sorry for not being able to publish sooner but I had an issue with Moonstone's nickname. Do you think it should be Onwa or Miki? Onwa was a suggestion by Fayesummers and I think Miki suites her because it means 'beautiful chronicle' in Japanese.

Also, I apologise for lack of opening because I cannot put it there for some reason. Also, also, would you like me to enter the Watty's 2018 with this Fanfiction or a Naruto one. Just asking because I have a Naruto one that I have been working on but haven't posted yet.

Also I have changed accounts due to personal reasons and my new account is MoonDrop24. Hope I can post Moonstone there soon. Do you want it edited or not?

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