It was times like these, the warm, sunny type of days that was spent either in the garden or out and about, that Amethyst really enjoyed.

Today she was lazily sprawled out in the soft grass of the backyard, watching Hari and Steven planting another flower to go with the other hundreds enjoying the sunshine. Greg was settled comfortably in a rocking chair, guitar in hand and humming along to a song only he knows.

Dark Indigo eyes lit up with in interest when she saw a smirk dance it's way across Hari's face before she leaned over to whisper in a six year old Steven's ear. Steven cocked his head curiously at her before nodding in agreement at whatever was whispered to him and together they turned to watch Greg. Hari carefully pulled her wand out and with a quick flick a massive snake materialized, it's scales a dark bronze and black. Amethyst tensed, but forced herself to relax when Hari hissed something at the snake and pointed toward Greg.

Amethyst was sitting up now, watching as the snake slithered it's way to Greg and lay across his feet. Brown eyes flicked down casually before returning to the guitar, Greg's brain not quite catching up. When it did Greg did a double take, his frame tensing and hair bristling with each second the snake stayed until Greg was letting out muffled shrieks of protest.

Amethyst lost it, cackling loudly at the sight. It only got worse when she looked over and saw Steven scolding Hari over the mean prank she did before going over to comfort his poor dad.

Hari kept her ashamed look up for five seconds before she broke down and laughed, ignoring Greg's dirty look.

Amethyst plopped back down into the grass after the laughter died down and not for the first time wondered if things would have been like this if Greg had decided to stay in Beach City with Steven.

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Hari leaned back into her chair with a frustrated sigh, tossing the reports back on her desk as she did so.

Another sighting of those strange…. Creatures. This time they attacked a few campers. Merlin, she wished she knew what to do. The problem wasn't capturing them, oh no, it was figuring out what are they are and where did they come from. These creatures were feral at best, but powerful and quick. Some had believed they were just previously undiscovered magical creatures, but Hari wasn't sure.

There was something about them that nagged at her….

She once again snatched the reports up, scrutinizing the pictures intently, looking for something, anything to give her a clue-

There!

On each of these creatures bodies was a gem, either a complete one or just jumbled up variation of gem shards fused together. she had fought and captured both types, and each encounter was painful and had twisted up something inside her. She had felt the corruption in their magic, felt the pain and the confusion and fear as if it was her own.

The ones they captured were sent to the Department of Mysteries for further examination, and if possible, to see if any possible afflictions could be reversed.

But for now, Hari needed more information and now she knows who to get from.

"Amethyst! Would you come here please!?!"

Rapid footsteps reached her ears, and two minutes later Amethyst charged in and leaped on the chair, laughing gleefully as chair spun at the force of her landing. Hari waited patiently, watching as the chair gradually slowed to full stop with Amethyst facing her with a wild grin. That grin dropped quickly from her face when Hari showed her the reports, mainly the pictures.

"Woah.. where didja get these?"

"These are reports given to me by Aurors and civilians alike. These creatures have been attacking campsites and magical communities in increasing frequencies and for a long time we had no idea why. That is, until now." Hari leaned across the desk, eyes locked on Amethyst. "So tell me, do know what they are? Or perhaps why there attacking people?"

Amethyst shifted uncomfortably in her seat. "I'm not as good as explaining this Garnet or Pearl, but, it's like, these guys used to be just like myself, you know? But something happened at the end of the War, a sort of final attack sent by the Diamonds as one last screw you. It corrupted all the Gems still left on Earth, no matter if it's Homeworld Gems or Crystal Gems. If it wasn't for Rose protecting Garnet and Pearl, It would probably only be me and her on Earth."

Hari sat back, mulling over the new information given to her. Greg had told her of his Rose Quartz, how she was a big and beautiful being that loved everything and everyone on Earth. He had told her that Rose had lead a rebellion against her home so Earth continue to stay the way it is, untouched by Gems and brimming with life.

Hari never really trusted his words about Rose Quartz. He talked about her like how so many talked about Dumbledore, as if he could do no wrong. She could personally vouch that Dumbledore had made more mistakes than anyone else she knew, her life being an example of those mistakes and bad decisions. In her experience, those who are praised the most often had the biggest and ugliest skeleton in their closets.

And Rose Quartz wouldn't be an exception to that. Hari can already see some flaws in the stories about her.

Hari pushed those thoughts away and once addressed Amethyst. " Would you be willing to share everything you can with us? Or perhaps it would be better if you could work with us to detain these corrupt gems?"

"I don't know, man," Amethyst said, scratching the back of her head nervously. " I'm not supposed to be involving humans into Gem issues."

"Humans became involved as soon as the corrupt gems decided to make it so," Hari countered. "Hell, As soon as Gems decided to land here they involved humans."

Amethyst grimaced. She was right. Rose had loved everything on Earth but humans always had a very special place Rose's heart. She had loved constantly watching them, even going as far as to interact with them. But it had always been a game to her, liking playing with a pet or a child. She never took them seriously. Pearl's view on humans switched between them being annoying pests to decent enough to tolerate; it depends on how close Rose was to them. With Garnet it wasn't about her not liking humans, it was about humans being too intimidated of her. If they weren't so intimidated, they would have found Garnet to be kind and careful toward them.

Without Rose, Pearl didn't see a point in interacting with anyone, and Garnet was only one Gem, she can't be everywhere at once. Without all of the Crystal Gems keeping them in check, Corrupted gems will rampage in droves.

Amethyst knew what she had to do.

"Where do I sign up?"

XxxxxXAuthor's Note: I'm so sorry it took so long for me to update, guys. And for making this short. I wrote this chapter like three times but it didnt really feel right, you know? I'll try to get the next chaper done faster.