Prologue
Jet_dabom39: Hey guys is everyone here?
StopPlayingThisGameRightNowAndGoPlayMyRPG#shamlessplug1: Peter in the group chat!
MyNameIsTreeSap25: I was born ready!
SlayQueen69: You guys are in desperate need of some sass!
Jet_dabom39: Now I'm sad I didn't get a big entrance… :(
StopPlayingThisGameRightNowAndGoPlayMyRPG#shamlessplug1: do you even know how to have a big entrance? XD
SlayQueen69: So it's Alice's turn to pick the adventure right?
MyNameIsTreeSap25: For the last time call me Amber! It's in my screen name too!
SlayQueen69: ;)
StopPlayingThisGameRightNowAndGoPlayMyRPG#shamlessplug1: Ok that's enough girls, stop fighting.
Jet_dabom39: I didn't know Amber and Naila were your daughters Peter…
StopPlayingThisGameRightNowAndGoPlayMyRPG#shamlessplug1: Shut up.
HeyYou...YeahIt'sMe: So which map is it Amber?
SlayQueen69: Um...who are you?
HeyYou...YeahIt'sMe: Amber knows me.
MyNameIsTreeSap25: Arabella, how'd you get here?
HeyYou...YeahIt'sMe: I have my ways.
Jet_dabom39: You don't have a number after your username, that's so cool!
StopPlayingThisGameRightNowAndGoPlayMyRPG#shamlessplug1: Even my incredibly long name had been taken once before me…!
Jet_dabom39: You're awesome! Join us!
HeyYou...YeahIt'sMe: Great!
SlayQueen69: But...
MyNameIsTreeSap25: I choose… Mole's Mountain.
StopPlayingThisGameRightNowAndGoPlayMyRPG#shamlessplug1: Ugh. Fine, let's go.
My character is already at the entrance. I knew it was my turn to choose. I look at my avatar. She's nothing like me, but that's what games are all about, right? She has metallic green hair, tied up into a ponytail. Dark metal armor, with green highlights, is worn beneath her pale green robe. She's an expert sword fighter, a heroine in her own right. I wish I could be her, but I'm not.
In reality, I'm no fighter. The only thing I share with my avatar is my green eyes. Instead of armor, I wear jeans and oversized t-shirts. Instead of a heroine, I'm a 9th grade student. And that's not even the best of it. I have long red hair, and I couldn't ever put it up even if I wanted to.
You see I have this secret… I can trust you with it right? An orange gemstone is set in the back of my neck, right at the base of my skull. I've always known the smooth, round gem to be an Amber, as in fossilized tree sap. The stone is the reason for my self proclaimed nickname and my screen one. Strange, yet beautiful.
I've never really understood that part of myself, but I know it's something I have to hide. Who knows what people would say if they saw it?
I can't even tell my friends. Jeremy, Peter and Naila all go to my school, and if I told them the whole school would know by morning. Well, that would mostly be Naila's fault- she can't keep a secret even if her life depends on it. And if I just told the guys I know they would tell her, if no one else. Besides then she would be offended.
I guess I could tell Arabella, she lives in the neighboring town, and she keeps secrets so well that sometimes I think she hides things even from me. And the scary thing is that I'll never know what she really thinks, she's too good at hiding her feelings when she needs to. I wish things could go back to the way thing were between us, before we kept secrets(except the gem), before middle school started. High school hasn't made things any better. I can't bring myself to dump everything on her.
I cast these thoughts aside as Peter, the last to make it to Mole's Mountain appears. Time to play videogames.
Author's Note: Thank you so much for reading the prologue! I hope you continue and read chapter one. My friend(author of Harmony, another Steven universe fanfic, you should check it out #shamlessplug) and I have been working really hard on this story and hope you will enjoy it. I'll be posting every Tuesday if possible so please follow and keep reading!