Steven Universe: The Diamond Legacy

Heart to Heart

Happy New Year everyone! Hope you had a great holiday!

You're all in for a treat because I'm starting off the year with an exciting new chapter featuring everyone's favorite Fusion *drum roll* Garnet!

I want to make a special shout out to @L0veCl0udy who is a huge Garnet fan and  a supporter since the beginning. This one's for you!

Also go check out her Garnet fic The Runaway, it's very good.

Important note: You might have noticed Garnet asked a question in the last chapter and in 'A Growing Bond'. In a podcast with Rebecca  Sugar, she stated Garnet never answers questions in her current form. This is over thirty years later and her form is different. But old habits die hard, and she still doesn't ask questions unless it's rhetorical ('A growing Bond) or she knows exactly what the answer is. (The Secret Training Grounds)

With that said, onward to the chapter starring our Quarter-Gem heroine and a Fusion made of love.

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I sprinted across the training arena , slashing the numerous  targets peppering the area. It wasn't as simple as hitting them with my sword. The arena modified itself to challenge my abilities. Some targets floated in easy range, others I had to use my abilities to reach, floating up to inaccessible ones hitting them with well aimed photon bolts, shooting my sword beam, and climbing over the rough terrain to punch them. It was so much fun, and a great way to blow off some steam and utilize my powers without fear of harm or judgment.

Okay maybe there was judgment, my friends cheered me on outside the arena.

I see you there! I narrowed my gaze at the final target, floating teasingly far above me. Too far off for my sword beam or photon bolt. I had a hunch what I needed to do. Here it goes! I made a floating leap, outstretching my arms to create a pink platform I landed on, I jumped from the platform and fluttered from there, repeating the process (Jump! Platform! Flutter! Jump! Platform! Flutter!)until I was close enough to the target to smack it with my fist. A virtual crowd cheered and the training arena dematerialized it's obstacles.

"A new record!" I cheered, seeing my high score.

"Nora that was awesome!" Skyla ran over and high fived me!

"You beat your high score way to go!" Chalcedony also high fived.

"Great job Nora, you're really getting stronger at this." Selene rubbed my shoulder.

"Thanks." I sighed, pulling a thermos out of Bear's fur and swigging it down. "Man, what a workout! I should keep doing this instead of going to the gym."

"What's a gym?" Selene asked. "It's a place where humans and Gems go to work out their bodies." Skyla explained. "Nora and I are members of a gym back in Gardenville, we usually work out together on the treadmills. Right Gym Bud?"

"Right!" I grinned, looking at Gem companions. "Is everyone done with the Target Grounds?"

What was so awesome about the arena it was custom made it's obstacle course to every member of my team. Every Target Run was unique depending on who was in it, and the terrain tailor made to each Gem. Skyla's utilized fountains and icicles, Chalcedony's had stalactites and overhangs for her Clawshot, Selene's was a wide plain with far off targets and flying blocks making it challenging for her to aim her Arm Cannon.