Steven was so happy to see us again and I was too. Though I felt weak from the battle. Can gems feel that way?
"What happened?" Pearl asked.
"We went to the kindergarden" We said. Though it was more of Amethyst saying that. She said it slowly.
"You WHAT! She isn't ready!" Pearl screamed.
"Well she was fine with it" We said.
"She hasn't been taught a lot, you could have hurt her!" Pearl screamed.
"She knew what she was doing" We said.
"This is the second time Amethyst!" Pearl screamed. There we go again they started to argue about me going to the kindergarden. I guess that's what you call the place we were just at, but no more thinking I need to end this.
"Guys I am fine nothing happened to us" We I said.
"You stay out of this" Pearl said.
"But I don't, no she's right, wrong you, I ugh" We said. We started to crumble down and poof we went back to our normal bodies. I rubbed my head. All that fusion gave me a headache. I tried to get up, but it was like all my strength has left me. Steven came over to me and tried to help me up, but I fell right down. I landed in Steven's lap.
"You guys ok?" Steven asked.
"Yeah just a little pain" Amethyst replied.
"We did something that took up our energy a lot of mine I guess" I added as I saw Amethyst getting up with a little trouble. "I think it happened with my gem" I looked at my gem and saw a little black in the gem. I quickly hid it before Steven saw it. Why I did it was because I didn't want them to worry about it since they seemed so concerned about Amethyst and I going to the Kindergarden.
"Who taught you to fuse?" Pearl asked. I looked at Amethyst. Pearl saw and looked at Amethyst. "Uh good job Amethyst"
"Great another clod" Peridot said still with her hand on her face.
"Wha… What do you mean?" I asked.
"Pearl is a Pearl, I don't know what Steven is, Amethyst is a defective clod that has been in the ground for less time then she was suppose to, and Garnet is 2 clods. Now that you're here you're just another clod added to the list. Where are you from anyway?" Peridot asked.
"Uh I guess homeworld, but I came here on a ship here not that long ago" I replied. Peridot just stared at me. She went over to Steven and I and observed me. She kept looking at my gem.
"Hm interesting you don't look like a gem from homeworld as far as I saw and you said you came on a ship?" She asked. I nodded back to her as much as I could. "Are their more?"
"I think, but they well I think went under water. I'm not too sure" I replied. She was still examining me. "Are you from homeworld?
"Yes... Your gem does look like it's been in a wall for thousands of years, but it doesn't look like you came out on time. You seem to be way past when you were suppose to form." Peridot said.
"What do you mean?" I asked.
"Peridot don't make the same mistake as before" Steven said.
"No Steven I want to hear this myself. Peridot what do you mean that I was past my time to form?" I asked. Peridots eyes were shaking she looked at Steven then at me. "Peridot please"
"Well all gems when created have a certain point of when we are suppose to be made. You just stayed there for way longer than you were suppose to be. Types of gems have a time limit of when your suppose to be in the ground, you just stayed there longer." Peridot replied.
"So what Peridot if we are different. You said the same to Amethyst. Just because we are different doesn't mean we are wrong. We are unique. So what if we stayed in too long or too little a gem shouldn't be based on size. Who cares!" I said while tears rolled down my checks. Peridot didn't look to happy as she looked at me. She stepped back step by step then turned and ran into the bathroom. I got up slowly with tears still running down dripping on the floor and stood their for a second.
"Tabby are you…" I put my hand up so Steven knew to stop talking. I kept my head low. Why? I… I need some time to think. I turned and started to walk out.
"Where are you going?" Pearl asked. I didn't respond back. As I reached the door Garnet came inside. I bumped into her. I looked at her tears still going down my face and she looked back at me. I looked back down bumped into her and ran out of the house, down the stairs, past the beach. I went through the town trying not to make contact with anyone. I don't care where I went I wanted some me time. As I got out of town I looked for somewhere where I could relax and take in everything that just happened to me, to Amethyst. I looked around and saw a hill far away from the town. I ran towards it. As I reached the top of the hill I saw the whole city. I saw the sea and where Steven's house should be. I sat down at the tip of the hill looking at the beauty of the sea. It's always so pretty. It made me feel much better. Whenever I feel bad this always makes me feel better, but still what Peridot said about me. She said it about Amethyst. We are different from the rest. How can she say that? If she really is from homeworld. Does she know about my gem and me. Maybe I shouldn't have been mean, but she did hurt my feelings. My gem started to act up it was like their was something attached to my body pinching it, but their was nothing. I looked at my gem and saw it flashing red. What is happening to me?! All of a sudden it stopped. It didn't last too long, but why? So many questions I ask that never get answered. What is that? I can tell a gem is behind me… Peridot. Great.
"I don't want to speak to you Peridot!" I yelled.
"It's not Peridot!" The voice yelled back. It sounded like Amethyst. I heard her come over and sat right next to me. I moved my gem so she wouldn't see it. Maybe, no I can't I'm too scared. "Hey you ok?"
"Yeah kind of. Peridot just upset me. I mean if we are different who cares. The first day I came here I saw how you guys were. How each of you were different. Why doesn't Peridot see this?" I asked.
"Peridot's a nerd don't listen to her. She was taught that way so she think that it's the same here at Earth" Amethyst replied. I looked at Amethyst who was looking at the sea. "I never got to ask you something."
"What is that?" I asked.
"What was it like doing nothing for thousands of years on homeworld?" Amethyst asked.
"Well it was really quiet. I didn't hear anything so I never learned that much. It was really dark so I was scared at first, but after awhile I got use to it. It felt so nice though I felt as if something was missing" I replied.
"Why didn't you come popout?" Amethyst ask.
"I tried for a long time, but it was no use. When I was free I wanted to see where they were gonna take me before I released myself from my gem. So the end result is here. If I didn't wait I would be at homeworld still doing who knows what." I replied.
"Sounds like fun." Amethyst said. I looked at her and she looked at me. She started to laugh. "Haha I didn't mean it."
"Now it's my turn," I said.
"Ok what do you want to know?" She asked.
"So how did you feel when you popped out too early as Peridot said?" I asked. Her face changed to a straight face.
"Well I didn't really think about it. I tried to have fun, but I was scared a little too. Though when I meet Garnet, Pearl, and uh" She replied.
"Who is the last person?" I asked.
"Rose"
"Rose? Who is that?" I asked.
"I shouldn't be telling you this yet. Well before Steven we had Rose. She was…" her eyes started to tear up. She looked away from me I guess so I wouldn't see what she was doing. Maybe she doesn't want to talk about her yet.
"Uh let's forget that question uh where is Peridot and the others?" I asked. Amethyst looked back at me.
"Peridot's still in the bathroom doing who knows what in their, Steven is back at the house making sure she doesn't escape, and the rest of us went looking for you" Amethys replied. I looked back where the house would be. "You made us worry even me" I looked at her.
"You care?" I asked.
"Well yeah we are gems aren't we?" We both smiled at each other.
"Oh I forgot to tell you thank you so much"
"For what?" She asked.
"For teaching me how to fuse. I wouldn't have known how to until you showed me" I said.
"Well you did most of the work I just danced." Amethyst said.
"I still should thank you." I said.
"Ah thanks guy. Don't worry about anything. Crazy stuff happens here all the time" Amethyst said.
"Thanks for talking to me" I said. I looked down. Should I tell her about my gem? I looked at my gem. It looked normal. Was it a hallucination?
"No problem, ready to go back?" She asked. Before she was about to get up I hugged her hand. She stopped trying to get up. I looked at her. She looked back at me. Tears were coming down my checks.
"I… I'm too scared Amethyst" I replied hugging her hand closer.
"There's uh nothing to be afraid of. I'll be here by your side" Ametyst said. I looked back at Amethyst.
"Thank you Amethyst. Let's get going" I said. We both got up and started heading home. Tears were still dripping down my face. We went through the town and through the beach to Steven's house. When we got to the door we stopped. We both looked at each other. I knew what she was gonna say. She would ask me if I'm ready. "I'm ready Amethyst" I said. Amethyst reach for the door and we walked inside. I didn't see Peridot, but Steven was at the bathroom door. Peridot must be in the bathroom still.
"Peridot someone is here you wanna say something to her?" Steven asked Peridot. There was no response.
"Where else could she…" Pearl said staring at me. Her and Garnet just came inside. Pearl froze at the site at me. I turned still a little unhappy from before. "Thank goodness you're ok." Pearl came over to me and gave me a hug.
"Pearl I'm ok" I said being squashed by her. All of a sudden I felt another person or shall I say gem on me. Then another was on me and another. Everyone except Peridot was hugging me. It was a long hug too, but after a minute it was over. "I'm fine. Thank you everyone." Steven started to yawn.
"Bedtime Steven" Garnet said.
"Aww Garnet a little more?" Steven asked.
"We have a big day ahead of us." Garnet replied.
"Oh ok" Steven said. "Peridot can I come in I need to use the bathroom?" The door opened and when Steven went inside the door immediately closed. The gems started to go to their rooms, but I didn't move.
"You coming Tabby?" Pearl asked.
"Uh yeah I just want to maybe say goodnight to Steven." I replied. Actually I haven't done that and Steven told me about it so I wanted to do it, but that wasn't the only reason why. "Can one of you stay behind so I can go back in the temple?" They looked at each other and Pearl stayed behind. When Steven was ready for bed I tucked him in. He seemed very tired.
"Night Tabby" Steven said.
"Night Steven" I said. I started to turn away from him when I realized I forgot to ask him something. I turned back and looked at him. "Hey Steven" I whispered. He opened his eyes again. "Can you help me out with something?"
"Sure what is it?" Steven asked. I went close to his ears and whispered it to him. Then when I finished I let him go back to sleep. I went to Pearl and she opened the door to her room. We went inside. For a while Pearl and I talked about what happened and how I felt about Peridot hurting my feelings.
In the morning when the gems warped with Peridot to fix some machine. I was left with Steven.
"You ready?" I asked.
"Yeah this is gonna be so great! Their gonna be so surprised!" Steven replied with glee.
"So how are we gonna surprise them because I want to thank them in a special way. You know for helping me. And uh Steven sorry for telling you I thought you would know best about this kind of thing" I said.
"It's fine. To start maybe we can do a party celebration? Then again last time I threw them a party I almost died." Steven said.
"Well maybe we can do something different, but let it be a party. Maybe have something all of the gems like all in one" I suggested.
"Seems good. Well each gem is different. Amethyst likes to eat, Pearl likes to be neat and tidy she likes to make food not eat it, and Garnet well she's really mysterious and is really strong." Steven said.
"Hmm maybe for Amethyst we can have a bunch of food out or something for her to eat, Pear we can have ingredients out and maybe a game that is like a game she would play, and Garnet we can make something cool. You know to show we care. Oh and I forgot one person." I suggested.
"Who?" Steven asked. "Peridot?"
"NO uh it's you Steven." I replied. "I was thinking of putting something fun in with the mix since you are always up beat and like to have fun"
"Sounds good where do you want to start with?" Steven asked.
"The decorations" I replied. So we started going around his house and the town looking for decorations. We even snuck in the temple and looked through Amethyst's room and we found a lot of stuff we could use. For days we found decorations. Finally the day came when we set everything up. The gems went on a mission so it was a perfect time to set it up. I set up the lights we found to look like the gems. The cool thing was the lights were the color of the gems. It looked really good when I was done. While I was setting up the lights Steven set up the tables. When both of us were done we went inside. I grabbed ingredients to make pie and went outside to set it up for Pearl. Steven stayed in the house and started to make food for Amethyst and him to eat. When I came in the house to check up on Steven Peridot was stirring a bowl of ingredients together. She looked at me and we just stared at each other.
"Oh hey Tabby Peridot wanted to help out." Steven said coming from the bathroom.
"Yes I thought I would be how you say helpful" Peridot added. I didn't say anything back to her. I went to our pile of decorations and grabbed the blown up balloons. I went outside and tied the balloons onto the tables. I went back in and Steven and I grabbed a big poster and we brung it outside. It said:
THANK YOU!
The decorations were in place and the food was prepared placed on the tables. Everything looked great! We even had a stereo playing music! Steven and I waited in the house waiting for the gems to warp in. Peridot hide back in the bathroom. We waited and waited, but they didn't come. I was worried everything would be ruined by the time they came, but Steven kept me happy. The sun was setting and my hopes died down again. All of a sudden the warp pad activated and the Gems came back! I was smiling once again as I looked at Steven. He seemed ready for this.
"Hey can I show you something?" I asked the gems.
"Uh sure Tabby" Pearl replied. Steven and I grabbed the blindfolds we had and tied them onto the gems heads so they couldn't see anything. We grabbed their hands and guided them outside. I went to the light switch and was ready for them to see what we made.
"Ok you can take off the blindfolds!" I said. As they took off the blindfold I turned on all of the lights and the lights dazzled in the sand. "SURPRISE!" The gems faces were so happy! I'm so glad this worked out.
"What is all of this for?" Pearl asked.
"I wanted to thank you for what you have done so far. You've taught me so much I just wanted to do something special. So I, uh we got things that you each like. Amethyst you like to eat so we made food for you, Pearl Steven told me you like to put things together so I got ingredients for you if you want to make pie or fix things up, and Garnet I got together some rocks and what Steven calls a punching bag so you can train."
"Well this is so very nice of you" Pearl said.
"YEAH! Food gimme gimme!" Amethyst screamed running towards the food.
"Wait! It's not just for you!" I cried. I saw Steven running after Amethyst. I tried to follow, but I felt a hand on my shoulder. I turned and saw Garnet.
"Nice job." Garnet said. We both smiled at each other.
"Common let's enjoy this!" I suggested. Pearl, Garnet, and I went down the stairs and we started to enjoy ourselves. I was trying to get more better at dancing so I danced along with the music. At one point I just kept twirling and twirling till I saw a face appear in front of me. I stopped spinning to see who it was. It was Peridot! She wasn't crying, but she had a tear rolling down her cheek. I looked down. "What do you want?" Peridot didn't speak. She took my hand and we walked over to the side of where all the stuff was. "Thanks for helping before."
"No problem I er…" Peridot said. I looked at her. Then I looked down. She showed me a tape recorder and played it.
"Log base 735 I haven't been keeping track of how long I've been working with the crystal gems, but I do not care. The longer I'm here the more I learn new things. More than what homeworld has taught me. They are defective like these gems and I am no better. Though threw my time here I am not learning hard enough. A new gem popped up and I made her… upset. I didn't mean to it just came out. This mistake happened before and I haven't learned from it. This is still new to me. I hope this doesn't affect us in any way. I just want to say…" The recording ended.
"I'm sorry" Peridot said.
