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Rainbow Quartz stretched her arms to the sky and took a long breath, with her four eyes closed. She took a moment to enjoy the feeling of existence, as she usually did right after being formed. Opening her eyes, she took in the reason she was here, the beautiful sunset on the beach Pearl and Rose thought she would enjoy watching. It was always a gift to be present in these moments, she thought. The sky was a watercolour of blue, purple, orange and yellow and the reflect of the lights on the calm water made it look like it really was a handmade painting.



She loved being alive, she loved being herself, she loved being a manifestation of the two gems’ love and companionship. She took some time to think about her composing parts, because the wholeness of this moment had her on a grateful mood. Rose Quartz, the leader of a rebellion that took place a long time ago, now only real in the memory of a handful of gems on this planet. The fighter, the initiator, the healer. The one who, with just a look, saw potential in all living creature from this planet. Humans, birds, plants, herself. Her long-forgotten Diamond status. Her Pearl. Their history, their love. Rose Quartz, the healer and Pearl, the renegade. The slave, the serve, the tool, the doll. Pearl, the fighter, the loyal knight. Oh, how far she’s come. From being a gem’s toy to be her own gem. To reinvent herself from zero. To take the freedom she fought for and do something with it. She learnt how to fight, she learnt how to build things. It was not an easy task, the one she’s been doing, learning how to be herself, how to understand that her wanting, her curiosities did not need to be just that. That everything she wished to do from that point could be done with the strength of her mind and hands. That now, the only thing preventing her from becoming who she wanted to be was herself. It’s a huge step taking responsibility of your own being.



Rainbow Quartz was a separate being from Rose and Pearl, that’s how she could think of them as she was doing now, with her own judgment. That’s the reason they would fuse in moments like this, they thought of her as a different gem. Sometimes they would fuse for the sake of themselves, as when they were enjoying each other’s company so much they would fuse without even noticing they weren’t hugging anymore, instead there she was, made of love, as Garnet would say. Sometimes, Pearl felt like flying and Rose felt she could go for a dance and they would form her, because she could do both expertly. They would fuse for training times, they would fuse for playing times, they would fuse for Amethyst sake, for her usually enjoyed Rainbow Quartz’s company. They would fuse because they felt lonely, and because they felt happiness, and sometimes they would fuse simply because the view was beautiful, and Rainbow Quartz could see everything better with her two sets of eyes. Once they even fused because they thought Rainbow Quartz would like a specific song they were listening to.



Rainbow Quartz took a moment to admire her surrounding, their lot of the beach was empty except for Amethyst and Garnet who, for some reason, were carrying a huge trunk of a tree to the water. She giggled a little when the trunk slipped Ame’s hands and fell on her left foot and she gave a guttural yell of pain. Next, she looked at Garnet and her blasé face, her calm features and the confident posture of someone who knew she was here to stay. Rainbow Quartz was happy to be here right now, but in that moment, she felt sorrow for herself, because she was not going to be here much longer, because Pearl and Rose were different gems than she was, because they were not Ruby and Sapphire and because Rainbow Quartz was not permanent. She felt the need to be like Garnet, to be present, to be whole. To be permanent – Rainbow Quartz gasped. “Oh, no.”