MY Universe

NightTerror

You were shaken awake by a flurry face. Lifting yourself to a sitting position and cradling your left arm in your hand. You had no feeling in the left arm, but it felt reassuring to cradle it. You looked up and smiled, or tried.

The odd figure soon came into view, a young girl with long foamy pink hair fluffed  quiet lazily onto their shoulder, even if it was in a long ponytail. The girl seems to get taller as you turned and hesitantly jumped off the bed. You landed on the ground wincing as you forced your weight on the bad ankle.

You'd smile and mumble swears standing tall. The young girl was much taller than assumed and fairly skinny. Staring down at you, you soon remembered where you were. Looking around you go to the short railing of the loft and hop up to sit on it. Nearly slipping off when you sat on the silky formal dress.

"You seemed to have had another night terror. I came up when I heard you scream and saw you crying."

The sympathetic voice calmed you. The deep ringing of the voice in your head was a wake-up call to the real world. You'd turn shifting your legs from side to side. Uncomfortably looking at their abdomen, as you were too tired to try and look up.

"I'm fine. I remembered Ruby. I should've tried and helped her."

Your voice trailed to a low whisper as always when you spoke of Ruby. The tall lean gem shielding you from your punishment when you were too frightened to move. Taking the blow. 

"Sapphire, that was five years ago. I know you can handle it, but you must talk to us. Was your bond with the ruby really that strong?"

The tall girl sat next to you, peering down at your face. You seemed to remember what happened that day so clearly it was frightening. 

"Stephanie, I am fine. Really, I must ask you. How are you doing? I heard you had a memory from your mothers past again. I know it's hard being the daughter of the famed Steven Universe and XXXXXXX but you must try and conquer it!"

The name of the mother seemed blurred from your ears when you said it, but you dismissed this as normal. The tall girl looked back and smiled as always. So ignorant. You sat aside the rude comment you had for the girls behavoir toward her destiny, and took it as a sign of denial.

"Sapphire, don't bring up my past, I know you had really strong bonds with your diamond and her citizens. Ever since most Rubies were replaced with Quartz. You were under the serving of the 'new' Pink Diamond. Of course it may have been uncomfortable."

You growled at the mention. 

"Why make a new Pink Diamond. She was hated years ago. I am only a new Sapphire, to replace the off-color one which went missing long ago anyway. Maybe we fit together in some way?"

The weird rambling near the end of your statement took Stephanie off guard. She merely chuckled and looked at you with concern hidden behind the bright grin. Her white pearls for teeth but the original Pearl to shame.

"What do you think about Black Pearl and our Pearl? Now that I think about it, when we met at the field for the first meeting with Garnet after a few years they hated each other."

Stephanie shrugged. Glaring you straight in the eye, the mood shifted quickly, and you felt for your left arm, quietly rubbing your smooth gem that was place on the center of the wrist. You'd look away and wince.

"Don't change the subject. Do you really think you'd match with that fake diamond?  You are better than her, don't compare yourself to her, Sapphire."

"We came into this world for the same reason, and she barely accepted me for my disposable arm. I am only attached to her because of my light pink hair and skin. We are pretty similar anyway."

Stephanie growled, any mention of the diamond* seemed to rattle her nerves.

Thankfully the soon to turn violent mood was interrupted by Garnet walking in and grabbing you off the rails. Setting you gently on the ground and grabbing your hands to ink you away to a table.

Garnet glew a gentle purple and seperated, Ruby walking away and grumbling, the blue Sapphire smiled and tightly embraced you.

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*Diamond= Pink Diamond was soon replaced after the diamonds learned of Steven and his attachment to her. Soon after Stephanie was ordered dead, any mention of the new PERFECT pink diamond is dismissed or not taken lightly by her.

[NightTerror End]