The Missing Diamond

Chapter 23 the question

Amethyst and I walked up to ruby and dad I saw iris's Wheel chair and her laying on rubies lap "ruby" I said "oh boy so she's all the way out here" "how did iris get all the way out here on her own?" I asked "can't she like teleport or something" "oh yeah she can" we walked up to them "h-hey guys" I said and waved they looked at me was iris asleep? "Steven how'd you find me?" She whispered "we sensed you" amethyst wiggled her fingers ruby put a finger over her mouth telling us to whisper "we heard you ordered pizza" "ruby was just telling me about your mom" "oh are you okay?" I asked "Well I fell in love with rose quartz and she fell I love with Greg universe sure she never told me she used to be pink diamond but I never told her I was Gregory Demayo" "so how are you holding up ruby?" I asked her she was stroking iris's hair "I'm okay" she grabbed a pizza box "want a slice?" She offered to me "uh thanks" I took a piece "wait really? You seemed so sad before"  I said "yeah but me and Greg talked it out I'm fine now" amethyst took my slice of pizza "you sure?" I asked her "yeah sapphire was kinda right about everything we really just stay garnet because rose told us we were the answer" "but you raised a wonderful girl together sure she's not your own but you still care about her" ruby looked at iris "we did but I want to do things on my own I'm up here eating pizza and reading comics I don't even know if sapphire would want to but I don't have to know" she jumped up waking iris up "huh what's happening?" She sat up "I wanna be like this i don't wanna be garnet I wanna be free" "sure" "I guess" "w-w-what!" Iris and I both said "b-but you guys love each other and you love iris you're my favourite couple you're like sugar and flour I love eating them separately but I still love cake what would sapphire want" "I don't want to know what sapphire want's I'm seeing my own future now but it's nothing but ruby" she said iris and I both quietly freaked out dad came over "relax kiddos this could be what she needs" "but dad what if the never fuse into garnet again we need them back together" I looked at dad "we'll that that's not our call to make ruby's gotta want that for her self if she wants to be garnet again she will" "but dad" I heard banging ruby was jumping on dada can "so where you wanna go after this dude you gonna stay out here?" "I wanna be free I want to be in the wilderness facing danger in every turn not needin nothin with nobody to get me just like this guy" she showed a dolphin comic "hmm do you mean something like this?" I showed a cowboy comic ruby jumped down and grabbed it her eyes widened "that's even better I can be a cowboy" "I know just the place" dad said "thank you Greg" "alright alright if this is going to be how it's gonna be i'll support it" "yeah me too" iris said as she wheeled up to us ruby squeezed her "ah ruby too tight" she let go "sorry I'm just so exited" iris smiled we went into the van and drove off we arrived "y'all ready to Wild West?" Dad said "as long as someone is pushing me yes" ruby bursted through the back door she hopped out and walked out of the van amethyst and I got out to go with her while dad helped iris out of the van then they came over to us ruby grabbed the comic book from her hat "here I am on the open range at least you understand me horsy" "oh ruby we need to get you a steed" amethyst shape shifted into a horse ruby hopped on we went on until we reached a bush "what do you thinks on the other end?" Iris asked "I don't know but imma bout to find out" she went in the bush and heard her yell "Ruby are you okay!" Iris shouted "yep I'm fine" she jumped to the other side so did amethyst we went back and grabbed the van and went over the ravine I walked beside ruby and horse Amethyst  while iris and dad drove in the car it was getting dark we went to a spot and set up camp ruby started singing 

This ol' Ruby Rider is Ruby ridin' alone
She's a sturdy solitary stone
This ol' Ruby Rider, not a fusion no more
Now the dirt and the dust and the danger is my new home!

I used to think I would always be by your side
But lately you've been rather cold
One look in your eye could make an honest gem cry
But Ruby Rider don't need no one to hold

This ol' Ruby Rider is Ruby ridin' alone
She's a sturdy solitary stone

Yee-haw

I fell half asleep listening to ruby singing normally it's garnet who sing's me to sleep but she's half of her I heard her jump down and walk over to me she sat near me and she played with my hair "I know your still awake" she said softly I opened my eyes "how did you know" she touched my nose "I've known you you're entire life" I smiled "I understand if you don't want to fuse into garnet again you looked like you had fun today" I said "all that stuff I sang about it's not true" "what?" I asked "I still think about her like what would she want what would she do" I smiled "I wanted to be an alone ruby but i'm not even good at that" "you're good at a lot of things like raising me with sapphire" "I wanna be garnet again but I don't want to be told to be fused as garnet by someone else" I got out of my sleeping bag and slid over to the comic books "what about this" I showed her a page she had star eyes "this is perfect" we went home steven went  then came back out with sapphire "ruby!" She ran over to her "oh ruby I'm so sorry about what I said" "no you were right we were told to be together by other people but now I want to be with you by my choice now all I need is your so what do you say" she got on her knees she looked up at her "sapphire will you marry me?" Sapphire covered her mouth "yes ruby I will marry you" "yes-haw" she picked up sapphire and spun her around she threw her in the air and caught her amethyst walked up to us still as a horse pearl looked  frightened "pst it's me imma horse" I giggled and watched them hug they came over to us and hugged me "Ruby said this was your idea" I nodded she smiled and hugged me "thank you"