Spinel wandered along the beach side, drinking in the sunshine as it casted over the city. She adored these moments, away from everything, not necessarily being alone, but simply being outside, in the sunlight, by the beach. It was nice.
Then she noticed something.
Something pink walking along the beach side as well, heading directly toward her.
It was a gem, she knew that much, one that looked familiar, though she couldn't place how so.
"Hey!" She called, waving the stranger over.
The gem looked away from her target toward Spinel and changed direction to converse with her.
Spinel looked the gem up and down as she approached, she was comprised of mainly water, though floating inside of the water was some kind of pink liquid that tinted the white gem slightly.
Antarcticite moved closer to the pink gem, her guard slightly raised at being found so easily and so quickly. Being pink did not make this mission any easier, though she mildly enjoyed the idea of a challenge.
Spinel smiled at her, which was weird.
"Hello." Antarcticite muttered, eventually stopping a couple feet from her presumed enemy.
"Hi! I saw you walking and I just figured you might want company." Spinel explained, still mulling over the idea of mentioning that the gem looked so familiar to her.
Antarcticite glanced around the beach, making sure no gleaning eyes could see her before coming closer to Spinel.
"Okay." She answered, she couldn't quite comprehend why her enemy was being so kind to her, despite her previous actions and current intentions.
Spinel bobbed excitedly for a moment, slinking to Antarcticite's side and gesturing toward the scenery.
"Earth is beautiful, huh? My di- my friend really likes it here, are you planning on staying?" She asked, glancing back at New Homeworld, it was well past completed now, but there were still a few vacant homes left.
Antarcticite stared at the gem in near disbelief, if her face could replicate such an emotion.
This was the same Spinel, right? The one the creator had shattered? The one she had deliberately stole for the express purpose of using it against her current enemy?
Spinel hesitated, not wanting to seem to forward, but she simply had to know.
"I know you."
Antarcticite readied herself for the pink gem to attack, watching intently as Spinel rubbed her eyes in effort to recall the information she lacked.
"Weren't we friends or something?" Spinel asked, for a moment Antarcticite dropped her guard, was she playing some sort of joke?
Then it clicked.
Antarcticite smiled ever so slightly, looking away from Spinel, it makes sense.
"Yeah, we were, I'm Antarcticite." She replied, feigning a sickeningly sweet voice, she held out her hand, forcing a small amount of the pink liquid to her large fingertips.
"Yeah?" Spinel repeated, still not sure if she was correct, she hesitated, reaching out to grab the gem's hand.
"SPINEL!"
Steven's voice caused Spinel to jerk her hand away, as though she got caught doing something bad, her head swiveled to face him just as his shield frisbeed in between her and Antarcticite.
Steven leapt from Lion, launching himself in between the two of them, still holding his bag of donuts he had bought with Connie.
He pushed Spinel away and she stumbled to the side confused and outraged.
"Connie, get the gems!" He called to the girl, she nodded and continued to ride Lion toward the beach house.
"What the- Steven?!" Spinel gasped in shock, still reeling from his sudden appearence.
Antarcticite grew her fingers into icy talons, and swiping at Steven's shield.
He blocked the attack, glancing back at Spinel to make sure she was out of harms way.
She was charging straight at them.
"Spinel, stay back!" He yelled, pushing Antarcticite's talons away from himself and throwing the enemy off.
Spinel hesitated for a moment, why couldn't he just let her help him?
Spinel was drawn from her short thought by the large pink bubble that wrapped around her in a near instant. She shot a glare at Steven, who was too preoccupied by his fight to notice her dagger eyes piercing the back of his skull. He hamster balled her, and it was unfair! She could have helped, she could have fought too.
Spinel rolled herself to the side and promptly sat on the ground with an irritated huff, crossing her arms as she watched the battle unfold without her.
Peal, Garnet and Amethyst had joined the fight, taking swipes at the gem, narrowly avoiding Antarcticite's attacks. If it weren't for the fact that she was sidelined without a second thought, Spinel might have been entertained by the fight.
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Steven Universe Fic (Season 2)
FanfictionSYNOPSIS: It's been eight months since Steven's returned from the Kindergarten, things are going well, especially now that Spinel is fully healed. though, there are still problems he needs to fix. Until The Creators come out of hiding to finally re...
