"You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth"

~Khalil Gibran


Suddenly, a new voice jumped out from the doorway of the temple as a small green gem walked out. They hadn't met this one yet, the gems had others living with them?

"Who's this guy supposed to be, What is up with your hair anyway, are you sick or something?" Peridot said with a smirk.

Suddenly Peridot flew backwards and went right through the screen door like she had been shoved. "What the fuck did you say about my hair? And I'm sorry but who the fuck are you?" but only Steven was able to also see his stand behind him, arms folded. At this point though, he had no idea what in the world was happening, . As he watched it unfold, he felt time suddenly slow down, and Steven realized how mad he felt that the boy had pushed Peridot. She WAS rude, but Steven didn't think she deserved to be screamed at like that. Steven's frustration reached a peak, and he clenched his fists. Unbeknownst to him, everyone else in the room had started to notice a faint glow around him, getting brighter. Squinting, some of them could've sworn they saw a figure start to materialize behind him.

When the glow faded, everyone suddenly quieted.

Peridot was still dazed from being thrown across the room, and in this pause of silence Josuke shook his head, trying to clear the ringing out of his ears. He looked up and to his surprise, a large woman was standing behind Steven. Did this boy have stand powers?!

And the Crystal Gems were still frozen in place, because the shimmering standing behind Steven was looking an awful lot like

"ROSE!"

Pearl flung herself forward and tried to grab her arm, but she fell right through the figure as it stared at her blankly, dissipating.


EARLIER THAT DAY

"...and your father, he passed through this town, Beach City, on his way to Mexico way back, when going to help Speedwagon. For some reason, I couldn't get much out of him before my phone reception cut out, but I had heard something about finding a woman named Pearl. I don't know, but by the sound of the old man's voice it sounded important?"

"Pearl…?" Josuke questioned. He tried to inquire further, but Jotaro just shook his head, dismissing him with a wave.

"Yes, I'm not quite sure either...never mind this Pearl. We're here to track down the man with the bow. I've been informed through the Speedwagon foundation that an archaeologist working on the outskirts of beach city was supposedly hit by an arrow at his site, but the man fled before anyone could get a better look at him"

"Did he survive or...?"

Jotaro avoided the question and kept on walking. "We're almost to the train stop. Even on the train way there, I want you to stay alert. I've heard strange stories about this area in the past, and who knows what the hell we're going to have to deal with"


"But why would you want to take the train to the kindergarten when we can just warp there, I thought you were the warp-master?" Pearl asked with a smirk on her face.

"I just like trains, please Pearl! We can meet you there!"

"Yeah P! Let us do the thing!"

"Humor him, for one he's saved us from an intergalactic space jail, plus I'll go with, no biggie….the train has a free buffet!"

Pearl just rolled her eyes, but turned to Steven. 'Amethyst is right, I should be less overprotective but I just can't help it sometimes…'

"Alright Steven go ahead, Garnet and I will meet you two there. Amethyst, I want you to keep your guard up if you two arrive before us. We don't even know who or what's causing these strange signals yet, and I have a very bad feeling about this."