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The Stranger in the Kindergarten

CH. 2: Discussion

The Alpha Kindergarten.

"Thank you", the mysterious gem said, her head falling back as her eyes drifted shut. Steven quickly braced himself as the gem poofed, then reached over and grasped her gem before it could hit the ground.

Running his thumb over the gem, he couldn't help but notice its near perfect resemblance to his very own. Getting up off his knees and looking towards the gems, it was all to easy to read the emotions each of them were feeling.

Pearl seemed to be reacting the strongest, her pacing and nervous murmurings making her worry evident. Amethyst was trying, and failing, to maintain a laid-back mask over her own feelings on the current turn of events. Garnet stoic features were completly unreadable, though considering her nonchalant attitude, she may have forseen it all already.

Before he could ponder this thought further, his and the gems attention was caught by Peridot speaking up.

"While I enjoy standing around in a dusty old canyon as much as the next gem," she said , her voice dripping with sarcasm "I think it best if we leave before more mutants come."

"She's right, we can't stand around all day. Let's bubble these gems and head back to the temple, where Steven and Peridot can explain to us why they were hear in the first place," Garnet said, crossing her arms and looking pointedly at Steven.

"Okay, Garnet," Steven said, slipping the gem into his pocket as he did so. As he and the gems went to work bubbling the forced fusions, he began to wonder what would become the gem in his pocket.

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The Temple, the next day.

"I think we should leave her bubbled, just to be safe"

"What, for saving Steven?"

"We have no idea what she might try to do if we let her out."

"What's she gonna do? There's three of us and only one of her."

"There was only one Jasper too."

Steven couldn't help but sigh at Pearl and Amethyst's usual arguing. It was the day after the appearance of the strange gem, and no one had been able to decide what to do.

Pearl had insisted to keep her bubbled, saying that she could be dangerous and try to hurt Steven. Amethyst on the other hand, argued the opposite, saying that if she wanted to hurt Steven she would have left him to the forced fusions.

Garnet had been silent throughout this, more than likely debating with herself. And as for him, he wasn't sure who to side with.

One side of him agreed with Pearl, using his dealings with Jasper as an example. The other side agreed with Amethyst, and stemmed off of the gems condition and willingness to protect him.

He knew that either side had consequences. If he sided with Amethyst, they could be freeing another gem like Jasper. If he agreed with Pearl, they could be imprisoning an innocent gem.

As he listened to Pearl and Amethyst's increasingly louder argument, he couldn't help but look over at Peridot nearby. Thinking of her, he realized that he had taken a risk with her.

If he hadn't released Peridot, the gems would have never learned of the cluster below them. They would have continued on like usual untill the cluster emerged and destroyed the Earth in the process.

Finally coming to a decision, Steven made to stand up, catching the attention of the gems and quieting the two still arguing. Taking a deep breath and looking at the bubbled gem in his hands, he spoke.

"I think, we should give her a chance."

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And there's the second chapter of my first ever story. If you guys wanna tell me how I'm doing then feel free to comment below but no flames please. Thanks for reading my story, bye.