BJG

(BTW, I JUST REWROTE THIS, ITS 1000 WORDS SHORTER, AND LESS CRINGEY...I HOPE...REVIEW, TELL ME IF IT BETTER)

This story takes place in a light AU: Where Steven is never born, or simply hasn't been born yet...perhaps events were shifted forward. It's modern day, but Steven hasn't and wouldn't be born. The gem formerly known as Pink Diamond is still with us.
And yes, this is a SU fanfic. Wait until the end of the next chapter

T rating, if it dosen't get M, well, the mlsdkscah qdotdh vchh, jaxzd... c baud cndaq elp a hasdp nasd iljpandq

Our main character is an OC. Deal with it. If there's random italics, it's his thoughts.

Bold text like this is me the author speaking to you. Italics at the start of a chapter are some sort of relevant quote, from persons real or fictional, living or dead.
I might also add OST italics at some point in the future to enhance reading, but don't count on it.

Now then, let the madness begin comrades. This is gonna be interesting.

PROLOGUE: MR AZINDER

"Every journey begins with a single step. This, is step one." - Viktor Reznov

"Mr Azinder, is there something so interesting about your desk that you consider it more important then your lesson? If there is, please share it with the class, I'm sure they would like to know."

" Just observing the scratch marks on the surface, much more interesting then your world geography lesson." 'I know more geography then you, you idioot.'

"Are you disrespecting me Gilbert?"

"No...I'm just...uh..look i know all this all ready." Why did i say that? Damn

"What is the capital of Argentina?"

Argentina, blue flag with sun, Falkland islands, Rio de la Plata, Andes, uhhhh...which one was it...

"Uhh..."

"That's what i thought. Buenos Aires. Now then, class, as you all know Europe is a peninsula, but did you know it in fact is comprised of many sma-"

How did i forget? Ugh...I should refresh on that

As the teacher turned, a grin entered his face. He raised his hand, waving it until the teacher noticed. With a sigh, she responded.

"Yes Gilbert?" Gilbert calmly responded.

"Mrs. Kann, why does the Keystone School Curriculum insist on a system that hurts not only the best and brightest, but also the slow, and the odd, leaving only the mediocre, normal, and obedient to-"

"ENOUGH OF THAT CRAP GILBERT." Mrs. Kann shouted, before quickly regaining her composure. "Gilbert, the school system is the backbone of the modern day society."
speaking quickly, sounding like she was reading a scripted phrase.

Yeah, a society of sheep, it certainly is. Eh, I should get back to work, don't want that bitch tampering with my grades again. Gilbert thought to himself, as he resumed his quiz.

"Done" I said, having finished my quiz on world flags. Vexillology is such an interesting field, so many unique flags,only a few gave me trouble, but as it was multiple choice, even those did not stop me. 'Man I am good at this, I love flags.'

I walked up to the teachers desk, she was playing Candy Crush Saga on her phone. Of course she's playing Candy Crush, never thought I'd see that.

I handed it in. Glad to have it done, I could go back to drawing stuff. All the Maps and vague sketches and charts I could ever want.

Maybe speak to Bayer when he's done. Yeah, that'll work.

I walked back and sat down on my desk. The teacher didn't move her face from her phone. I pulled out a piece of paper from my desk, and started drawing a chart.

"Map of Languages" it said. Drawing on it a simplified version of the relation between languages. I was just adding Afrikaans when I heard Bayer.

"Hey Gilbert!" he said, as I turned around. The teacher was saying stuff about a field trip, something something delmarva lighthouse study, something about seashells and discounts and stuff. I never payed much attention to the details, I just went with the flow of things. Just another field trip. Nothing special.

"Hey Gilbert, who do you think would have won WW1 if Italy joined the Central Powers.

WW1 huh? This should be interesting.

About a half hour later, class ended, the three people who didn't finish complaining til the cows came home.

"Its not enough time!" they said. Of course it isn't, I thought to myself.

I had a decent conversation about WW1. Bayer thought they would still lose, I thought the French would collapse in a communist revolt and Germany would win.

Twas a nice conversation. Humanity has such a habit of pointless wars and killing that amounts to nothing in the end. War is a uniquely Human thing.

Nice to have someone to talk to, good friends are hard to come by.

Anyway, I can finally leave.

Time to go home. I have places to go, things to do, whatever...jeez i bet the ride home won't come fast enough, will it. I hate waiting for them...maybe if i hurry, if they happen to show up a minute or two early, I can get home faster. Ugh

So i waited, and waited, and talked, and waited. Why can't we have one of those nice, order based systems where people don't run late?

I'm sure It would work. How bad could It be?

"Did you see the Gravity Falls finale."

"Shut up." the angsty 12th grader said.

Not so fast "Did you see the Invader Zim trailer."

"SHUT UP GILBERT!" I got the message this time...no need to get myself in trouble. Not worth it.

So I just went into my thoughts, thinking about, stuff... After about 20 minutes, my ride finally showed up. Darn Taxi.

Smells like cheetos and ammonia in here. Long way down, the holiday ro-oad, ohhhhhhh- I just zoned out again, thinking about characters, concepts, stories I read, etc.
Until we arrived back, of course.

Finally home, just before 4. Wooonderful

Glad to be home, I have things to do.

Damn Scots.

I was several hours deep in a strategy game game. Scotland, Poland, and the Big Blue Blob that was France, they were all grinding my gold reserves to dust in a war. Munster and Portugal didn't even help me. This war of attrition wasn't gonna end any time soon. My colonies were up shit creek, without a paddle. Or an army, the french destroyed them.

I leaned over to check the time. Shit, 6 o clock already? There goes my cartoon time...oh well.

"Ugh, of course...now what?"

The answer was dinner. Mmmm. Greens, Spuds, Chicken, just what the doctor ordered. Dad was grumpy, Mom died when I was young. Dad's not a bad man, but he clearly wasn't ready to run things for himself.

The rest of the night turned out to be pretty unremarkable. Got final jeopardy right by sheer luck, Betsy Ross was the only revolutionary era woman I knew. Did some reading of fanfiction, listened to music, pondered a bit, not much to note. Life goes on. As usual. As for tomorrow, what was there realllllly to think about it? Honestly? Field trip eh? Bus right is gonna be miserable, hope I can sit next to Bayer, or Mason. Delmarva, one state over, been there a few times, no clue where the heck the place we're going is, ...something city...dosen't even matter, just another field trip.

After all, how interesting could some sleepy tourist trap of town possibly be?

RING RING RING

RING RING RING

CLICK

"It's me. Did you give them that report I sent you?"

Sigh "Yeah...I did."

"We can't keep this up...they're gonna find out eventually."

"No...don't, don't think like it, It'll be fine...It HAS to be fine. As far as anyone upstairs knows they're some sort of cult."

"Besides, If they find out about...them..you're just as screwed as I am."

Exhale "I know Dewey. I know"

I'm glad to be back in the game. Read my other stories if you want to, The Change is half decent, had some plans for it, never finished most of them. Check it out if you want, the last couple of chapters are on par with this(for now, once i get past the first few chapters of this it's gonna get wayy better. 3-5k per chapter i promise.

Had this idea kicking around since September 2017 or so. If you guys feel interested i'll tell you more about it. And before you ask, the Pink Diamond twist didn't ruin it. It actually made it so much easier to work with.

Please review, if you want to see more follow and favorite, otherwise i won't know if people are reading ! ;P so be sure to do that. Leave detailed reviews if you can, i like that, reviews give me motivation.

Anyway, nyanyanya22, signing off. See you all soon. The fun is just beginning. HAHAHAHAHAHAHHA.