Hello my fellow readers, here is a new chapter.
Before we begin I want to address on why my OC acts the way he does to the Crystal Gems and differently to others, well the answer will be told shortly.
Please enjoy.
Chapter 10: Gem or Human/The Message
Outside the house Prism and Steven were sitting on the beach feeling the wind flowing through their faces and watching the ocean waves pass. "Bro can I ask you something?" Steven said.
"Sure, what's on your mind?" Prism replied.
"Well remember when you said you would try to get along with the others? You haven't done it yet and you did tell me you would." Steven said, reminding Prism of what they talked about before.
Prism began to think back at that and sank into deep thought. A few minutes later he looked at his little brother before speaking, "You're right I haven't. But there is a reason why I act the I am now."
"Why?" Steven asked.
"If I tell you will you tell the others?" Prism said.
"You know I have to." Steven replied.
"Okay then. But there's someplace we need to go so that you'll understand." Prism said while getting up.
"Sure." Steven replied while doing the same thing.
Prism then picked Steven up and placed him on his back, then he told him to hang on tight before using his accelerated speed. They rushed through Beach City like a tornado, and Steven loved it when his brother used his speed while he was riding on him. They traveled for miles and miles until they finally reached their destination.
It was the Kindergarten Peridot took Prism once before, but now he took Steven there. "Bro where are we? This place looks very creepy." Steven asked. "Remember when I told you about the Kindergarten? Well this is it, welcome to Kindergarten Prime." Prism said.
Steven observed every area while the two of them were walking through the canyon. Clearly Steven was a little scared, but as long as he was with his brother then everything would be find. As they continued walking Steven asked Prism what the Kindergarten was since the only detail he told him was the name itself.
"The Kindergarten is where most Gems come from little brother. In fact, me, my sister Peridot, and Lapis were all born here and was raised on Gem Home World. Plus there's another Kindergarten somewhere called Beta. I don't know where it is, but I'm sure we'll see it someday." Prism said.
"Okay, but can you tell me why we're here?" Steven asked.
Prism then spotted a nearby smooth rock and placed Steven on it before beginning his explanation.
"You know that me, Garnet, Amethyst, Pearl, and mom came from space right? Well after the Rebellion War me and the Gems became trapped on this planet. At first I thought Earth wasn't all that great and was completely boring, but then I noticed that mom was acting human by observing what human mothers should do to with their child and how to take care of them. She nurtured me, helped me when I needed it, and cheered for me when I succeed in something unexpected. I liked it when she did that and I didn't even ask why she did it, but then one day I noticed where she got it from and I thought I should try it. So from day one I read books on how human teenagers acted and what they normally do. Some of it was okay while others were a bit disturbing, but I managed to act like them and do what they do. My number one rule though is that I would never tell anyone about it because if so they'll try to mold me into something they want while I want something I want. And to be truly honest Steven, most of them do get on my nerves. I understand that everyone has flaws and that's okay, but sometimes you want to hear what you want to hear. Understand?" Prism said, explaining why he doesn't listen to the Gems often.
Steven went wide eyed from hearing that, but before he could reply the Crystal Gems suddenly appeared from a warp pad Prism didn't know about. "There you two are." Pearl said before all three of them slid down the small rock. "Prism why of all places would you bring Steven to Kindergarten?" Garnet asked assertively.
"We just wanted to talk alone." He replied while looking away.
"Guys please understand. Prism isn't always a jerk, he just doesn't know how to really be himself or happy life can really be." Steven said.
"Yeah that's an understatement. Steven we all know Prism does good on missions and stuff like that, but the way he is now will never change, he'll be the know it all who betrays his own family and does things on his own." Amethyst said, being harsh with her words to Prism.
"But-" Steven said before getting interrupted.
"Amethyst is right Steven. Prism doesn't listen to us and he even sided with the enemy. I gave him a chance to make his own choices, but back with Peridot was completely reckless and Rose would never approve of that." Garnet said.
Hearing that made Prism go wide eyed before Pearl spoke, "You always sneak out and never do things the way it should be. Why are like this Prism? And why do you hate us after we saved you from that godforsaken cave?!"
What Pearl said made Prism feel uneasy. He then looked at the Crystal Gems and began to cry as tears fell from his face. Seeing this made everyone feel concerned for him, even Steven.
"Bro it's okay. It's okay let's just talk about this." Steven said before reaching out for his brother's hand.
Prism backed up a little before speaking with dry tears on his face. "I don't hate any of you. I didn't ask for this life, and I didn't ask for your help 5,000 years ago. I'm not human but I want to be because everything that's happen up til now is because of me. I can't remember my past, I said goodbye to a girl I just met, met a Gem sister I never knew I had, and found out that there's a geological bomb sleeping underneath the Earth's crust. I didn't ask for any of this!" Prism said, opening up to the Gems before summoning his crystalline boots and zoom through the Kindergarten.
Everyone was very shocked by what Prism said, apparently he was going through all that bottled up pain and didn't tell anyone. Steven stared out into the canyon to see if he would come back, but after twenty minutes had passed he was wrong.
"C'mon, let's go find him." Garnet said before everyone began to chase after Prism.
They looked everywhere for him, checked the Gem holes too and didn't find anything. Then while Steven was looking around he found Prism in a different Gem hole.
"Guys I found him." Steven said, calling out to the other gems.
They all got to where he called them and saw Prism curled up in the beetle position at the very end of the hole. "Bro, are you okay?" Steven asked and got no response.
"Pearl you need to talk to him." Steven said while looking at her.
"What? But I don't know if he'll listen." Pearl replied, sounding nervous about this.
"Pearl, you and Prism share a connection. It'll work and then me and Amethyst will talk to him." Garnet said while placing her hand on Pearl's shoulder.
Pearl nodded before entering the hole. "Prism, sweetie. Me and the others may not know what you're going through and that it was upsetting you, but let's talk about this." She said with a kind and concern voice.
"Can't. None of you can which is why I keep my problems to my self. I just though being human would help me get by, but I've been so blind by that fact. I can't be anything else. Mom always told me to be myself and for a long time I had no idea what that meant." Prism said with his head in his knees.
Pearl was getting nervous on this situation, but then she thought of something, "That's an easy thing to learn Prism, just learn that sometimes when someone says something to you then you'll need to listen because it could be important. Rose taught you that and you did pretty well, but then after she left you went back to your roots. We love you Prism, Steven does too. You stayed here because of the promise you made to Rose when actually you stayed because of your brother. Let us help you, can we be a family again?" She said while offering her hand to him.
Prism looked at it before looking at Pearl. She smiled at him and that made him grow a smile before accepting her hand. Afterwards when they got out of the hole Pearl explained what they talked about to Garnet and Amethyst and they understood. Then all five of the shared a family hug and Prism made another promise, to never cause too much for the gems again.
End of first half.
On the beach late at night Steven, Prism, and Greg were tinkering with sound equipment to help make a new song. Steven found a voice emulator and made himself sound like a robot.
"I am a robot, I know everything that happened on New Year's Eve and Halloween last year." He said in his robot voice.
"*chuckle* oh no I have a robot brother, how much oil will I need to feed him." Prism said, amused by what Steven did.
"Hey guys, what do ya think of my new cover art?" Greg said, showing his sons what he made.
Looking at it Prism noticed that it looked like Lapis Lazuli and he instantly frowned. "Uh, are you ok Prism?" Greg asked. "Huh? Oh yeah, nice art dad. Hey I'm gonna use your guitar for a while okay." Prism replied while picking up Greg's guitar and going to the front of the van to play it a little.
"Hey Steven did I do something?" Greg asked, concerned for Prism.
"No dad. Prism just misses Lapis." Steven replied.
"He does, does he? Maybe I shouldn't have shown you the picture." Greg said, feeling bad for making Prism feel lonely without Lapis.
"Dad it'll be fine. Maybe there's something we can do together that'll help him feel better." Steven said while searching for something.
However before he could find anything a large sound wave began to burst through the air and the sound it was making was very irritating. Prism, Steven, and Greg covered their ears to it and they all wondered where it was coming from until they all turned their heads to the Temple.
"I'm guessing the others are back." Prism said.
"Yeah, c'mon let's see what that sound is." Steven replied before him and Steven went toward the Temple while Greg stayed behind.
Inside the house Prism and Steven saw the Crystal Gems dealing with the Wailing Stone, a unknown object that was the cause of the irritating noise. "Guys what the hell is going on?" Prism asked.
"Prism, language." Pearl said.
"Sorry, but seriously what's going on?" He replied.
"It's the Wailing Stone. Normally it wouldn't do this unless something or someone is trying to send us a message." Garnet said while covering her ears.
Pearl tried to bubble it, but the sound waves easily broke it. Prism placed both arms through it to shut it up and in return when he opened his mouth he sounded like a compilation of dubstep.
Garnet then settled the problem by removing Prism, covering the Stone with pillows and placing both Prism and Steven on top. "Thanks Garnet." Prism said before she nodded.
"So you all send this thing is trying to send a message?" He asked.
"Yes but normally it wouldn't sound like this. Amethyst is this a prank?" Pearl said while looking at Amethyst.
"Are you crazy? I just wanted it to stop, plus why would I do something like this?" She replied with narrow eyes.
"Girls calm down. Prism said before Pearl and Amethyst stopped arguing. "Look, let's just find a way to decipher the message and see what it tells us because I'm pretty sure none of us want to hear that sound again." He said.
The Gems agreed to that, but that had no idea how until Steven came up with an idea. Since the Wailing Stone uses sound, he thought dad would be able to help.
Going outside Greg was happy to help as he was connecting a audio device into the stone and began using his equipment to see what it was trying to tell them.
"Do you really think this is going to work?" Pearl said to Greg.
"Of course, just need to connect the right wires to the stereo box and then..." He replied while using his equipment.
At first there was only sound and it kept changing and changing until it formed a sound that was very soft and relaxing. "Wow, this sounds pretty nice." Prism said, getting into the flow of the music.
"Yes it's nice and all Prism but this isn't what we're looking for." Pearl said with irritation.
Greg continued to find the sound that would match with the message, but then the van power battery die. "See it didn't work. Earth technology can't be compatible with Gem technology." Pearl said.
"Pearl my dad did his best, I'm sure if we try again we'll get something." Prism said while checking on Greg's equipment.
"No. Greg you tried and that's what counts." Garnet said before leaping into the air.
"Sorry man." Amethyst said before doing the same.
"I think we need a new way to decipher the message." Pearl said before leaping as well.
Steven tried to do the same but was unsuccessful, Prism stayed behind because there was something wrong with the way they were using the audio.
Observing the surrounding and checking to see what was wrong Prism scratched his head out of frustration of not seeing it. Greg felt like he couldn't help the Gems no matter what he did, but Steven and Prism believed that what he did was right, but they were just missing something.
"Wait a minute. What if the message isn't related to sound? What about video?" Prism said while looking at the small TV.
"*Gasp* video. Dad what do you think?" Steven asked.
"I think you guys are on to something. C'mon let's go get the Gems." Greg said before him and the boys went towards the Temple. "Hey I can help give me a..." Greg said before seeing no one in front of him and turning over to the Gems on the left.
"I know what we need to do." He stated.
"Greg, it's okay." Garnet replied.
"No it's not. You all don't give me a chance and I want to help. Please, let's try this again." He said.
Seeing how everyone think it was better than nothing they all agreed. Back outside Garnet powered the van engine with her gauntlets, Amethyst started it with the key, and Pearl checked to make sure everything was working in place.
Prism and Steven checked the audio to make sure everything was alright while Greg plugged in the wire and arranged the sound waves. They all still heard the soft wave music, but my changing it up a bit they finally decipher the message on the TV.
"Prism." A familiar voice said on the screen.
"Lapis." Prism responded.
"If you're getting this then that's good, but you and the others are in danger. When I got back home it was unfamiliar and so advanced I couldn't explain. But more importantly I was attacked and got captured by another Prism. He's looking for you. I didn't tell him about you, I swear, but this other Gem was forced too. He's coming to Earth and not alone. Please don't put up a fight, it'll only lead to destruction and devastation. Pax will find you no matter what it takes." Lapis said before the message was finished.
Everyone then looked at Prism to see what he thought of what he heard. In the moment Prism balled up his fists before speaking. "Pax." He said firmly.
"Another Prism, one is already enough but now two?" Amethyst said.
"Prism, are you okay?" Garnet asked.
"I'm good. But for right now, I need to think about this. And dad...thanks." He said while looking at Greg.
Greg smiled before thinking about what was going to happen next. Steven thought about it too, but it was getting late he'll think about the rest tomorrow.
End of second half.
End of Chapter 10.
What did you all think? Also the second half is based on the episode The Message, I do not own it.
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Also I'm gonna be honest here and explain why a lot of dark stuff happens in this story and in Kingdom Friendship. It's because I like a little dark tone within stories now and days, but I'll make sure to add some fun stuff in it too to make it more interesting.
See ya next time.