[Center][b][h2][color=7bcdc8]Aquamarine[/color][/h2][/b][/center]

[center][@Archmage MC][@December][/center]

Pounding echoes rang off the walls of her starlight grotto causing dark ebony eyes to snap open, the world slowly coming back into focus around her. The natural cerulean bio-luminescent glow that normally made up the room of the Temple was flooded red, the alarm once set up by Marry flashing their warning though the sound had been disabled by the rooms single occupant long ago as the testing of the system had not been the most pleasant. The gem raised from her laying position, gently wiping the wetness that had stained her cheeks without permission as dreams had haunted her. This was not a day to think of the past but a day to gaze on a better future. She softly pushed up to a standing position to answer her fellow Crystal Gem, the pattern on the door etching itself before swirling open just as she moved to stepped out. Aquamarine had waited for so long, caring continually for the Kindergarten, guarding not only the humans above but the younglings that were below in hopes that their lives could see the light of day or the moon of the night. It almost felt unreal, as if she still might be dreaming but the blue woman knew this to be real and her heart felt instant relief if not a gush of excitement on what they each might be like but she couldn't relax just yet. The smile she had held upon exiting her room dropping as she looked seriously to the way out of the Temple since the alarms out of the rooms would not be the Kindergarten but danger. Aquamarine wanted to go to them, she had always meant to be the first one to greet them but it seemed fate had other plans. 

[color=7bcdc8]"Vert is probably out wandering and Sodalite should already be at the Kindergarten if I had to take a guess. Cavan...Marry...I will need you to go first to the Kindergarten while I handle things here in a timely manner. Marry, if you could so kindly leave a portal open for me, I would be much appreciative. The wrap pad does not drop in the best of locations to get where I wish to quickly get to after defending. We have already wasted enough time....I wish to see they are safe with my own eyes...but their protection is more important to me than what I wish....Please, protect them and care for the ones that wish to stay. Answer their questions if you can as I am sure they will have questions and I don't want them feeling tricked by not having all the answers they seek right away. Stay safe you two, a fight might be on our hands soon."[/color] Aquamarine stated before moving towards the Temple exit with swift grace, her hand instantly on her gemstone as she drew her weapon. The soft warm aura that she normally gave out becoming a fierce coldness as her eyes sharpened towards the Seekers drawing near. If she played this right, they would never see her and hopefully anyone on the other end would think it was some malfunction. Only one might know it was her and [i]that[/i] gem was the last one she could wish to be near her sanctuary or the Newborns she had cared for. A slight pang stung at her heart, a glimpse of sadness and a tinge of anger flashing in her eyes before disappearing. Aqua pushed her feelings aside, her mind calculating on what was ahead for if HomeWorld was this close...not all the Newborns would stay and that hurt more than she could explain but it was their choice. She would never force them to be by her side. She would not make them be anything more than what they wished or wanted to be. They could be so much more then just what they were designed to be....Aquamarine herself was proof for that but they had to want to see that. It wasn't possible for every Gem.

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[center][b][h2][color=f26522]Maeve[/color][/h2][/b][/center]

[color=f26522]"That should be the last one." [/color]

A smile lit up her face as she handed the box over to the man inside the back of the truck.
[color=a36209]"Is that really all we have? Huh...we really need to be a bit more pack rat-ish if this is all we have."[/color] He chuckled with his voice filled with mirth and merriment.

[color=f26522]"Or maybe we should have rented a smaller truck."[/color] Maeve giggled as her father jumped out, locking up the back so none of their possessions would come tumbling out. It was strange to most to be moving in the middle of the day to no where in perticular but it didn't bother the pair. They had never been what others would call normal as her father knew more than most humans and Maeve...well as far as they knew, she was the only one like her. It was sad not being able to share that with anyone. At least she wasn't alone and she knew that her dad would always be there for her.

[color=a36209]"Are you sure you want to come? You are all grown up now and you hardly need to hang around me..."[/color]

[color=f26522]"Hey, you know you'd be bored without me. Besides, you've chose some pretty interesting places in the past and I want to see the next one."[/color] She smiled.

Alastair Burne gave a warm smile to his only daughter at her reply. He knew that she would need to spread her wings and leave him eventually but deep down relieved that she hadn't left him just yet. Sure, she usually had a place of her own when they moved but she always stayed close by. Maybe she was just as afraid of being alone as he was or maybe she feared what others would do if they found out what she really was. Maeve's mother sure had been afraid of that. Afraid of what any humans might do if they found she was not like the rest. Star had become one of his closest friends and when she had said she had to leave, he demanded to know why. Why did she have to go?

She had told him everything then.Trusting in him what she couldn't with any other. Star Sunstone...a Gem...an alien to this planet...a fighter against Earth...had trusted him a human with her life and begged he tell no one before letting her go. Alastair hadn't let her go though...he had joined her. They ran away together, his heart moved by her and it was probably in that moment...looking into those reddish brown eyes glistening with tears that he fell and hard.

He continued to teach her about the world she was stuck in and slowly showed how much he cared for her. Maeve was a proof of their love and proof on how much Star had changed over her time with him.

[color=f26522]"Dad, hello?! Dad?"[/color] Maeve said, waving a hand before his face in attempts to bring him back to the real world. He blinked a couple of times, slightly startled as he was now looking into green eyes so much like his own only Maeve had a way to look at someone and seem as though she was looking straight into your soul with those expressive eyes that now showed worry. [color=f26522]"I lost you there for awhile, you alright?"[/color]

[color=a36209]"Yeah, just drifting through memories."[/color] He said with a smile that didn't quite reach his eyes.

[color=f26522]"You're missing her." [/color]

[color=a36209]"Every day but I wouldn't change the outcome for the world and neither would she."[/color]

[color=f26522]"I wish I had gotten to meet her, if only once."[/color]

[color=a36209]"I know Sundrop. I know."[/color] Alastair replied petting her wild wavy red hair before putting a hand on her cheek, careful not uncover her make up covered freckles. [color=a36209]"Shall we get going? I've got catacombs to look at and you have a city to explore."[/color]

[color=f26522]"Crystalisis here we come!"[/color] Maeve grinned and then held out her hand. [color=f26522]"Now fork it over."[/color]

[color=a36209]"I think you should drive the truck."[/color]

[color=f26522]"The truck is in your name, I'm not allowed to drive it. Hand over the keys Dad. You act like I am a horrible driver."[/color]

[color=a36209]"I trust you...I just...please be careful...don't...you know how I feel about my van."[/color]

[color=f26522]"I swear if I wasn't your daughter and that if I hadn't seen the many pictures of you and Mom...I would believe you were married to that hunk of junk."[/color]

[color=a36209]"Don't say that about Belinda! Shhhhh, she didn't mean it...she loves you too..."[/color]

[color=f26522]"I promise the old gal will get there in one piece."[/color] She sighed, rolling her eyes a bit at the grown man with his cheek to the side of the van and petting it lovingly.

[color=a36209]"All the greats have a van."[/color] he exclaimed.

[color=f26522]"Yeah, yeah. You have told me many times. Now keys."[/color] Maeve said, a raised eyebrow as he pitifully handed over the keys like a child having its favorite toy taken away. She shook her head, hopping into Belinda as her father started the truck as well as started their new adventure. She had heard the City had strange happenings going on every once and awhile but nothing was told to what strange meant. Maeve had had hope in Gravity Falls when they spoke of weirdness and though strange as it was...she hadn't found what she was looking for which is why they hadn't stayed long enough to fully unpack since it was a move for her. She wanted to find more like her mother. She wanted to learn more about herself and only they would have the answers. Maeve hoped that her mother hadn't truly been the only one. That thought in mind, Maeve turned the key and drove forward to her new life in a new place.