Author's Note: Well, I guess this'll be the last chapter I post here before we go on to 2015. I hope everybody who stuck with me then will do so now, and yes I'm also directing this at Trollface-Mastah, my dearest friend and confidante. Still, being the "Yoko Ono" of the SU fandom is something I might not be able to live down. (And don't ask why, either; it's best if nobody talked about all the hell I had to go through the last several weeks.)

Anyway, enjoy and make sure 2014 goes out with a bang!

-Voltalia

As Tanzanite led her guest into her room, she couldn't help but notice how amazed he was by all this.

There seemed to be an infinite amount of space here, not to mention a giant collection of parasols and bullet guns dating back to the seventeenth century as well as a five-foot-long petrified wood table. The path they were walking along also seemed to be illuminated by some sort of bluish-violet radioactive light from beneath the translucent tiled floor, and it was perfectly aligned with every step they made. Right along the end were Jade, Diamond, and Garnet like Tanzanite had said a little earlier; and like she had stated then as well, the kids Aquamarine and Fluorite and Topaz happened to be there.

"Just a group of tightly-knit friends, huh?" the twenty-year-old human Greg asked like he was somehow disbelieving of his hostess's answer.

"Yes, yes we are." Tanzanite politely insisted. "Don't we act like friends to you?"

The guest shrugged to himself again and said nothing. Tanzanite took it as an inconclusive answer and moved on to introducing everybody in the room.

"Jade?" the blue Gem called out to the green muscle-bound Gem. "There's someone here I'd like you to meet."

Jade quickly craned her neck to meet Tanzanite's face. "Who's this hippie and what's he doing here?" she asked while scrunching her face in concentration.

"Isn't that the guy Rose brought here earlier this week?" Aquamarine asked as well, tilting her head in the process.

"No, he isn't." Tanzanite answered. "His name is Greg Universe and Rose says he seeks fame here."

"...I see." was all the hot-pink Garnet had said to that.

"I gotta say, he doesn't look like he'd be a child of the universe. He looks more like a hobo." the bluish-black Fluorite commented without the slightest bit of irony.

"He's not a child of the universe, Fluorite." Tanzanite was quick to point out. "That's just his name, or so Rose says." She shook her head a bit. "Anyway, if his expression is anything to go by, I believe he's unable to go back home for whatever reason and he needs to stay somewhere. If you'd like to, he can stay here for the time being." She briefly glanced at the darling orange Gemling Topaz. "And yes, Topaz, that includes you too."

"Well, actually, my aunt Carole and uncle Jared live just a few miles from here." the long-haired rocker quickly spoke up. "I could just stay there."

"But wouldn't you like to stay here, at least for just one night?"

"I don't know... I just met you guys."

"Please just stay here for now. I promise you'll be with your aunt and uncle later. We don't mean you any harm, honestly."

The long-haired rocker thought about it for a second and acquiesced. "If you say so... but remember what you promised me, alright?"