Amethyst Unleashed

Leggy's Trail

AN: Well, guys. I finally decided to update. Now, I know some of you are wondering why it took so long to update. Well, it's just that with everything that's happening in the canon, I figured that no one would be interested in this story. But, after a lot of demand, I decided to bring this story back. But please remember, I made this story directly after the events of the Wanted Arc. So don't expect anything to be canon-compliant.

"Okay, Peridot, how do we find Leggy?" Steven asked once they had warped into the Prime Kindergarten.

"Well, if modify the Gem Pad's signal locator to retrace the signal back to its original broadcast point, I might be able to get the ruby's last location," said Peridot.

"Okay. Uh... could you repeat that; this time with less big words?" said Carnelian.

Peridot rolls her eyes. "I'll have my Gem Pad find the place where the message was sent from."

"Oh, now I get it," said Carnelian.

The warp pad goes activates before revealing Padparadscha and Ocean Jasper, the former riding on top of the latter's back as they stepped off the crystal platform.

"Sorry, we're late. Turns out my delayed vision also affects me in my sleep. But don't worry, the Famethyst filled me in," said Padparadscha.

"Glad you can make it. We'll need all the help we can get," said Steven as the rest of the Famethyst warped into the Kindergarten along with a very angry Holly Blue Agate.

"I can't believe I'm being roped into this," said Holly under her breath.

"Okay, everyone. The Gem Pad picked up the signal. It's somewhere in the Northern section of the Kindergarten," said Peridot.

Ocean Jasper writes something in the ground.

"Ocean said she's gonna check around for any signs of the gem that attacked Leggy," said Padparadscha.

"Okay. Just be careful," said Steven as the corrupted gem heads off. "Okay, everyone. Let's go."

The group headed off to the northern section of the Kindergarten.

(Meanwhile...)

At the top of one of the cliff faces, Jasper stealthily watched the group as they head deeper into the Kindergarten. The rubies stood on both sides of her with Eyeball keeping her death glare focused solely on Steven.

"Wow, they brought a human with them. How pathetic," said Army.

"Yeah. Right, Jasper? Jasper?" said Eyeball, looking up at the orange quartz.

As Jasper continues to survey the group, her eyes then fall on Carnelian. She silently hissed and clutched her head as memories of their last encounter flashed through her mind.

"Go ahead! Do it, Ultimate Quartz!" Carnelian spat, tearfully with her form beaten and her gem cracked as Jasper held her down.

Jasper tightened her fist at the memory and tries to focus her gaze on the group below but it soon falls on Skinny, causing a flash of memories of their conversation after Rose Quartz escaped with a fatally injured Carnelian.

"This is all your fault! Carnelian's gone because of you!" Skinny shouted, tearfully.

Jasper closed her eyes and grunts as she tried to suppress these memories. By the time she finally managed to do it, she opens her eyes to find Steven and the gems already gone.

"I'm guessing Carnelian's not the only one you've had a troubled past with," said Eyeball.

"Skinny wasn't too happy when she found out about what happened," said Jasper. "I tried to explain to her that I wasn't trying to hurt Carnelian and I didn't mean to crack her gem, but Skinny didn't want to hear any of that. She blamed me for what happened and... she had every right to do so."