Chapter one: "It's great to be back"

It was another sunny day at Beach City. I, Rekirts of the creed, was on the roof of the french fry restaurant as I watched the residents went about their day. I have been in Beach City for about two years now and I have seen some weird things. To be honest the weirdest thing about this town is the fact that so much happens here and no one seems to care. But I guess that's normal since all this crazy stuff has been going on for thousands of years. Or at least, that's what I have heard.

The warm sun was so nice and nothing seemed to be going on. With a yawn, I decided to go find a place to take a nap. But as I began to turn around, I saw someone I have never seen before. She was a fairly short girl-no bigger than a peridot-with her aqua hair that reached to her thighs. Every time the wind blew, her hair moved like a river; slow, smooth and graceful. There was someone beside her as well. An older man that I could only assume was her father. He was pointing in multiple directions giving her choices on where to go next. She pointed to Fish Stew Pizza and that's where they went. Still on the Fryman building, I wait until they left and were out of sight to finally drop to the ground and then enter the restaurant.

The store bell rang as I entered and I made my way to the counter where Kiki Pizza stood.

"Hey Rekirts. Welcome" She said. "What can I help you with today.".

"I'll take a pizza." I said. "And maybe the names of the people that just left."

"Hold on. Let me get your pizza first." She said as she wrote down my order.

I thanked her and made my way to a set next to the window. As I waited, I started to thinking about the girl and her father. That girl. By the looks of her, she is no older than 13, which makes her three years younger than me. She's probably timid as well by the looks of it. And what was that feeling I had coming from her aura? I've seen that kind before. Could it be… No, it couldn't be. There has only be one instance of such a thing and that's-

"Here you go." Snapping me out of my thoughts, I looked at Kiki as she put down the pizza. Fresh from the oven, it's heat allowing the smell to hit my face. The sweet cheese and salty fish was enough to make me forget everything and do nothing.

"Rekirts!"

I looked away from the pizza and faced Kiki. "Oh, sorry."

"It's ok. Like I said, those people you wanted to know about. Their names are Abigael and her father Tom. They just moved here from the Great North I think."

"I see. Thanks Kiki." My focus was back on the pizza.

"Rekirts, are you listening?" she sounded a little annoyed.

"Sorry." I said, refocusing on Kiki. "I guess I didn't realized how hungry I was. But yeah, I should probably say hi and welcome them in the town. Thank you."

"Any time." With that, she went back to work.

Filling my belly with one of my favorite Beach City dish, I felt so relaxed that I had completely forgotten about what i wanted to do. I looked out the window and I remember something else I wanted to do. You see, I had just came back from a mission with other creed members and decided to look around town to see if anything happened. Before settling down here, I was always on the move and even now I don't have anything that I would call a home. I made sure to leave the money I owed on the counter and left to go to the barn outside of town where one of my closest friend lives.

Her name was Peridot, the self proclaimed leader of the Crystal Gems. She was a short, green gem with her yellow hair in the shape of a triangle. Her gemstone was located on her forehead in the shape of an upside down triangle. She lived with another gem named Lapis Lazuli. She was almost twice the size of Peridot with her blue hair looking a lot more fancy. She had a dress with a ribbon wrapped around her waist and her gemstone was on her back in the shape of a teardrop. They acted like college roommates, but from what i have been told it wasn't always like that. Must of been pretty ruff.

By the time I got to the barn, the sun was already setting. It was a long walk which was why I left town relatively early. I could've gotten there faster, but I wanted to walk off the the pizza I just at. And wouldn't you know it, it was at that time I remembered something mind blowingly important. Or at least, remembering it made me feel bad. My eyes shot open and all the blood in my body drained straight down to my feet.

Of course i did what any reasonable person would do. "Aaaaahhhhh. I forgot about….. Oh never mind. It really isn't important."

"What isn't important?" I looked up to see Lapis using her water wings to float down in front of me.

"Hey Lapis. It's nothing to worry about, really. Anyway, I just got back and I was wondering if I could stay with you guys again."

Lapis retracted her wings back into her gem and crossed her arms. "Sure, but I thought you would have your own place by now."

I rubbed the back of my neck. "I could. But then I would have bought a house only for it to collect dust." As I mentioned before, I'm always moving. Even now I would revive missions that would keep me away for at least a week. In other words, it was kind of pointless.

She kinda glared at me for a bit but shrugged her shoulders. There wasn't much Lapis cared about, but I guess another roommate wasn't anything she had on her wish list. I thanked her and proceeded in the direction of the barn.

Now the barn itself was interesting for lack of a better. It used to belong to a guy named Greg Universe and, after a quarrel between Peridot and a group called the Crystal Gems, things got complicated that ended up with the barn receiving a hole in its side. The grain tower was moved to seal the hole that was made during said quarrel and then filled with water and fish(don't ask me why). Above the door was a truck that was somehow perfectly positioned so that it wouldn't fall with a tv and an umbrella on the trunk. Everything about the design of this place seemed unbelievably and unnecessarily over the top and complicated. Sometimes I just had to turn off my brain just to appreciate it.

"Hey Rekirts." Coming out of the barn was Peridot. "Good to see you again."

"Hey Peridot. I see you've been practicing your Earth speech."

"Wow, thanks. Hey you should come and see my latest mep morp that reminds me of the day I defeated Jasper." Mep morps was just another name for art.

"No thanks. I just need to sleep."

"Oh right. You humans need 'rest'."

"Thanks for letting me stay here. It means a lot."

"It's fine. Just make yourself at home."

I went into the the tent to the left of the barn. The tent was a common brown camping tent with a white and green flag. There was nothing much in the tent. Most of the stuff in there were things I brought back from my journeys. It made me smile as I thought of the how nice everyone had been to me in these passed two years. Looking back, I was so surprised to find how kind the people and gems here are. When I got here, I was greeted with hellos and open arm kindness. Maybe that is why I like it here so much.

Pulling up the sleeping bag and pillow I keep stored in the corner of the tent, I proceeded to get ready to sleep. While I didn't do much today, it was nice to finally say that I could sleep with both of my eyes closed. Getting into the sleeping bag and lying on my pillow i thought, It's great to be back. And after a few minutes, I drifted off to sleep.