Steven universe – Tale of the lightning gem
Chapter 13 – homeworld county line
"Moonstone, where are we going?" Orthoclase asked Moonstone who had her hand around his as they ran down the streets of homeworld hitting every turn as they ran.
"I'm taking you to meet my friends remember?" Moonstone said with a smile across her face.
"I know that…but where?"
Orthoclase and moonstone had left Yellow diamonds quarters and continued down Manny different paths. It seems they were leaving the main area of homeworld. Orthoclase had thought that Moonstone's friends were in the main city of homeworld.
Moonstone had stopped running and so did Orthoclase. They were in front a long sidewalk like path that had tall blue grass that was waist height. In far distance, many lights could be seen within many small homes.
"I didn't know that this place was here…" Orthoclase said surprised.
"Well…these are gems that don't want to live within the main city of homeworld." Moonstone replied.
"Why is that?" Orthoclase asked.
"Well…many reasons…really…" Moonstone said rubbing her arm. "Come on, let's go." Moonstone took Orthoclase's hand once more and they headed down to small homeworld town.
The small town was very lively. Manny gems were sitting outside their homes talking and socializing. The homes that the gems lived in were small, some big and some large. The grass that was around there was green and some strangely red. Once Orthoclase had entered the small town, everyone gave him strange looks and glares.
Moonstone had grasped his hand tighter and they sped up the pace. Orthoclase had noticed the strange looks that he was getting and looked at everyone that he passed by.
"Why is everyone looking at me like that?" Orthoclase asked.
"Just keep moving." Moonstone said in hurried tone.
Orthoclase and moonstone started to pick up the pace. Moonstone had brought Orthoclase to particular decorated home. Moonstone knocked on the door and waited for an answer.
"Who is it?" Answered a light voice
"It's me, moonstone." Moonstone answered
"Oh, it's moonstone! She's back!"
Locks were being unlocked around the door and the door opened. There stood a gem with brown skin, a tail, long cat like ears, pointy teeth, yellow eye's and slit pupil, and his gemstone was placed on his chest.
"Hey Tiger's eye!" Moonstone said happily.
"Moonstone, I thought you'd never come back!" Tiger's eye said in a cheerful tone. Tiger's lays his sharp eyes upon Orthoclase and stares at him for a moment. "Who's this? I've never seen him around before.
Moonstone was hesitant for a moment. "This is the gem I was telling you about…Orthoclase." She whispered.
Tiger's eye raised an eyebrow "Alright, come in." he said stepping aside allowing both Moonstone and Orthoclase to enter his home. The inside of the home was white. The chairs and sofa was black and there was one light bulb in the ceiling.
"Where's everyone else?" Moonstone asked.
"Downstairs. And lapis is here too, and so is howlite." Tiger's eye said.
"Down here." Moonstone said, and then the three of them went past the open door and heading down the stone steps. Voices could be heard coming from a room down below.
"What do you mean you don't trust him? I mean so what if yellow diamond and the rest of the diamond authority are taking interest in him! He's not like that!"
Orthoclase recognized that voice "Lapis?" he whispered silently. The three of them arrived downstairs, the room was open with lot's chairs, and the room itself had different colors. Standing in the middle of the room was lapis, who turned to look at Orthoclase moonstone and Tiger's eye.
"Hey guys!" Lapis said waving to Orthoclase and Moonstone.
"Hey lapis," Moonstone said walking up to her. "Is everything ok?"
"Well yes…and no. isn't that right howlite?"
Howlite leans back in her chair looking away from lapis and everyone while scowling.
Moonstone sighed "Him too?" she said sadly.
"Basically," Lapis said glaring at howlite.
"What's wrong?" Orthoclase asked looking at Moonstone and lapis. Moonstone rubbed her arm and lapis rubs the back of her head.
"Why is everyone so hesitant on this? I'll just say it then." Howlite gets to his feet and walks over to Orthoclase and stares at him. "We know that Yellow diamond and the rest of diamond authority has taking a great liking to you…that and she's been training you personally."
"And what's wrong with that?" Orthoclase asked curiously.
"First off…we all know that Yellow diamond, the diamond authority, and the rest of the fools that support them are nothing more than dictators! We are suppose to look up to them and let them walk all over us because they are suppose to be "Perfect" and "Better" than us. And here you are…one of those supposedly perfect gems!"
"Howlite, stop it already! I told you he's not like that!" Lapis screamed
"How can you just trust somebody like that? What the heck's gotten into you?!" Howlite screams back at Lapis.
Orthoclase looks at the both of them "so…you don't like Yellow diamond?" he asked.
Tiger's eye sighs "No one down here does…" he responded "Everyone that lives down here in this small town are against the diamond authority…and they refuse to live in the city of homeworld." He explained.
"I see…" Orthoclase said looking down "That explains the hard looks I got when I arrived here…"
"Ortho…" Moonstone whispered.
"And give us one reason why we should trust you?" Howlite asked crossing his arms and glaring at Orthoclase.
"I don't have one." Orthoclase responded simply. "I can't force you to trust me. Nor can I change your mind…if that's how you feel about me then…I guess that's it."
"W-wait, Orthoclase!" Moonstone said putting her hand on his shoulder "Just hold on a second ok? We just half to show them tha-"
"Moonstone, lapis it's ok, and thanks for trying to introduce me to new people." Orthoclase said looking at Moonstone. He turned around walked towards the door "I should leav-"
"Hey hold on." Said a gentle voice, everyone turned around, looking towards the direction from the other room. She steps out through the shadows, half of her clothing was black, with streaks of orange, her skin color was pale, and her hair was fire orange, she had a comb that held it up, and her eyes were red with small color of orange.
"A-amber…" Howlite said surprised "when did you get back?"
"I've been here for awhile. I just decided to rest up a bit." Amber said with a gentle smile. She then looks over at Orthoclase "So you're Orthoclase right?"
Orthoclase turns to her "Yes." He responded
Amber walks over to Orthoclase and smiles "Names Amber, I've heard a lot about you." She said happily "It's nice to finally get to meet you."
"Thank you." Orthoclase said nodding.
"Sorry about them. They have their reasons, trust me. But I can tell you're good at heart. I hope you can forgive them."
"It's no problem at all." Orthoclase said.
Howlite sighs and looks at Orthoclase "Look…sorry ok…I just…it's a long story. Sorry for, judging you before getting to know you…"
"It's ok, everything's fine." Orthoclase said nodding.
Howlite gives half smile "That's good…thanks."
Moonstone and lapis stood there smiling, relived that everything is finally going well.
"Hey Ortho, want to see the rest of town, you'll really like it!" Moonstone said cheerfully.
"Sure. That sounds nice." Orthoclase nods.
Moonstone takes Orthoclase hand and they ran out the room followed by lapis. And then they left the whole house.
Howlite sat back down on the chair and sighed. He rubs his hair "Amber…I got to ask you. Why do you trust him so much?"
"I sense he has a strong fighter's spirit within him. You know I never doubt a fighter's spirit." Amber said chuckling.
"Yeah…that's true." Tiger's eye said as she leans off the wall and goes back to the other room. As tigers eye heads back to his own room he starts to think about Orthoclase "So…that's Yellow diamonds favorite huh? He doesn't seem like much at all…well…I guess I better keep an eye on him every once in awhile."
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"It seems amber has already taken a liking for you Ortho." Lapis said tapping his shoulder.
"She has?" Orthoclase asked looking at lapis
"Yeah, when it comes to gem warriors Amber is a veteran. She's been a warrior for a very long time." Moonstone said.
"I see." Orthoclase said. He looks around at the area they were walking past. The area they strolled down didn't have many houses. The view that they were given was astonishing. Stars covered skies and the mountains that were in the background were large.
"When it comes to places like this in small town homeworld, it's beautiful, even if it isn't lively." Moonstone said softly. "Lapis brought me here when I first met her."
"Yup, you should have seen the look on her face when she seen the flower field." Lapis said giggling.
"Flower field?" Orthoclase said curiously
Lapis looked at Moonstone and they nodded.
"Follow us!" Lapis said as she and moonstone started walking.
Orthoclase follows Lapis and Moonstone. When it came to nature, Orthoclase was fascinated with life and beauty. It was something he didn't know he cared about so much.
They rustled their way through thick bushes, Lapis and moonstone were already ahead. Orthoclase hurried forward. Finally he arrived in open space. His eyes widened a bit. The flowers that were in front of him were tall and blue, with small glowing light's hovering around them. Lapis and Moonstone smiled at each other.
"So what do you think Ortho?" Moonstone asked.
Orthoclase walked forward and kneeled down. His eyes were transfixed on the flowers; he reaches his hand out and picks a flower from out the ground. He stands up, and turns to moonstone.
Moonstone blushed and stared at Orthoclase. Lapis grins and holds her hands to her mouth holding in her squeals.
"Here you go…moonstone." Orthoclase said handing her the flower. Moonstones hands trembled. She takes the flower, blushing all the way to her ears. "You gave me a flower once…so…it's good that I give you one back as well."
"T-th-thank you Ortho…heh…" Moonstone said in a trembling voice.
"Is something wrong?" Orthoclase asked.
"NO! It's fine! Everything's fine! Thank you!" Moonstone said quickly.
Lapis was giggling in the background.
Orthoclase looked up at the sky. He then looks back at the way he came.
"Well…I did have fun. It was interesting meeting you're friends as well. Thank you both for bringing me here." Orthoclase said.
"No problem at all. Sorry if it didn't go the way we thought it would, but next time we hang out we promise it will be better!" lapis said
"Right, we'll all have a good time!" Moonstone said nodding and smiling.
Orthoclase nods. "I'm looking forward to it. Well…I should be heading back to Yellow diamonds palace. I'll be on my way. And thank you again lapis and moonstone." Orthoclase said.
"No problem Ortho! We'll see you later!" Lapis said waving.
"bye Ortho…and thank you for the flower!" Moonstone said while blushing. Orthoclase waves, goes through the bushes and walks off, back to homeworld city.
"You know…it would have been nice if he smiled." Moonstone said twirling the flower.
"You know…he's probably getting close to that. I can't wait when he does." Lapis said lying in the bed of flowers.
Moonstone smiled softly while looking at the flower. "Me too…" she said softly.
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Orthoclase had arrived back in homeworld main city, and made it back to Yellow diamonds palace. Moonstone and the bed of flowers was the one thing he was thinking about along his way back to Yellow diamonds palace. A warm feeling was covered all around in the inside of his chest. And it made him happy.
"So…you must be Orthoclase. And I correct?"
Orthoclase's daze was instantly broken by the high pitch voice. Orthoclase looked up, seeing the complete Yellow skinned gem that was in front of her. Her nose was long, and her hair was extremely yellow, and her eyes were narrowed and tight. Her suit was dark yellow, with light strips all over them.
"Who…are you?" Orthoclase asked.
The yellow gem raised an eyebrow. "Who am I? I'm Yellow diamonds pearl." She said walking towards Orthoclase.
"Yellow diamonds Pearl?" Orthoclase repeated.
"Yes…that's right…and one other thing." Yellow diamonds pearl said getting In Orthoclase face.
"I, HATE, YOU."
End of chapter 13