/ So, the reason why the last two chapter came out, both late and at the same time, is because my wifi went out for an entire week, and why I had an extra chapter was because I was planning on releasing the last two, this one, and the next one within 48 hours, but that didn't work out, and I didn't want to make you guys wait! So, thank you for reading, and putting up with my wifi issues. Here you go.
Chapter 13: Tomorrow
It wasn't long before Garnet awoke, she was planning to go on a mission, however the others were already awake for a different reason. Amethyst had a camera and had recorded Ivory and Pearl together last night, she had the tape and was playing it.
"Amethyst, turn it off!" Hambergite giggled and stopped the tape.
"What are you guys watching?" Ivory asked, kneeling by them, while Pearl really had no interest in whatever they were watching.
"Just the dance you two did last night..." Connie smiled. "You got all dress up, and you looked really nice and then the last dance you did was amazing... I wish I could dance like that."
"I've you dance before Connie, and your style is much better, and more important." Ivory replied.
"How is it more important?" Connie asked, tilting her head a little.
"Because it's your own, but I could teach you sometime if you really would like to know." Ivory smiled, slightly blushing, she really hoped Pearl wasn't aware of the tape with the two of them on it. She didn't think Pearl liked being video-taped. "For now, let's get cooking! I didn't make a digestive system for nothing!"
"She made a digestive system?" Connie looked at Steven curiously. Steven just shrugged as the two went to the kitchen.
"Oh, wait! Ivory, why don't we go get donuts instead?" Steven suggested.
"Where?" Ivory answered, stopping in her tracks.
"Well, I think it'd be cool for you to meet some of the citizens of Beach City, they are my friends." Steven added. Ivory stood for a moment thinking.
"Alright, but Lapis has to come with us." Ivory pointed at Lapis whom was sitting on a chair, swinging her feet, and eating a sandwich; She really looked happy for once.
"What?" Lapis looked around.
"I want to come!" Ammolite sat up and pulled Hambergite to come with her. "Hambergite wants to as well!"
"Nooooo…." Hambergite had really grown accustomed to sleep, and enjoyed it at this point, and she was still sleeping currently.
"It's a field trip!" Connie announced, then her phone rang. "Dad's outside, bye Steven!" Steven stood up and ran after her.
"H-Hey, I should at least walk you out!" Steven ran out the door. Pearl approached Garnet with the information she got form Ivory last night.
"Ivory told me a lot, apparently Jet and her were very close until her little incident with Jasper. Jet was from kindergarten as well, but she advanced quickly among her superiors, like the diamonds and Jasper." Pearl started explaining, "Apparently, this Jet looks a lot like Rose. Gem placement on the naval, big woman with big hair, and extremely strong. She enjoys taunting and playing with her opponents." Pearl continued. Garnet listening closely.
Steven, Ivory, Lapis, Hambergite and Ammolite were walking throughout town, the first two to meet is where they were getting breakfast. The Big Donut.
"Yeah, she's my main squeeze..." Lars said to the customer inside.
"Glad to see someone likes you." a buff man sitting, eating a donut said. Steven slammed open the door.
"Lars! Sadie!" Steven's smile widened, "Mr. Smiley!" the two employees were there, but a customer as well.
"Hey Harold." Ammolite greeted Mr. Smiley, he was a bald, dark-skinned man with a mustache, wearing a collared blue shirt with a geometric print of periwinkle circles and bright yellow triangles tucked into dark gray mid-thigh length shorts, light brown-red boots, and a fanny pack with a periwinkle strap.
"Hey, Ammo!" Mr. Smiley greeted.
"Ammo?" Hambergite looked at Ammolite in a questioning manner.
"Oh, great Steven… You brought more of your frea—! Friends!" Lars said, seeing Ivory and Lapis, blushing majorly. "Ivory, h-how are you?"
"Great!" Ivory replied, smiling blissfully. "Where's Sadie?" Unknown to Lars, Ivory actually really liked Sadie but couldn't say much to her.
"Oh, she's behind the counter. But can you introduce me to, uh, your blue friend?" Lars said. Pointing to Lapis. "That one."
"Oh, Lapis?" Ivory said, then whispered to Lapis. "Are you okay talking to someone else?"
"I've met him before." Lapis said, loud enough for Lars to hear.
"R-Really?!" he shouted, catching even Sadie's attention.
"Yeah, it was when I was in a mirror!" Lapis crossed her arms, not exactly fond of that experience. Ivory walked over to Sadie, the short woman looking over the counter at the commotion, which was basically Lars attempting to talk to a bitter Lapis, and Harold and Ammolite talking to each other, trying to get Hambergite involved.
"Five donuts please." Steven said, laying the money on the counter.
"Usual chocolate ones?" Sadie said, "You've been gathering a lot of company. You sure they'll like it?"
"Lapis likes chocolate, I think. Hambergite and Ammolite eat anything that isn't moldy, or looks gross… Ivory, Ivory!" Steven looked up at Ivory, "Will you eat chocolate donuts?"
"Donuts are donuts in my opinion." Ivory chuckled.
"Great! Five donuts." Steven repeated, Ivory looked at the fridges.
"Lion Lickers…?" Ivory opened the fridge, picked one up and looked at it.
"Put that back!" Steven ran over to Ivory, put the item back on the shelf and slammed the fridge's door shut.
"Wh-What's wrong with it?!" Ivory rubbed her hands on her shirt, thinking it might've been toxic.
"They're horrible..." Steven hissed.
"Steven, donuts are ready!" Sadie handed him a small box and the five were off, to eat their donuts.
"Bye Harold!" Ammolite giggled as she left. Lapis waved goodbye to everyone, Hambergite didn't say a single thing, and Ivory ruffled Lar's hair.
"See ya." Ivory smiled, and walked out, as she was the last to leave.
"So… cool..." Lars muttered.
They eventually passed by Fish Stew Pizza, seeing Ronaldo, Sour Cream, Buck Dewey and… Onion… on the way. For some reason, Ronaldo was really pissed at Ivory, saying they'd met before. Ronaldo is moderately tall, has a thick build, and a tan similar to Steven's. His hair is a dark blond, and resembles curly fries, and wears glasses, as well as an apron, and underneath this, he wears a burgundy collared shirt that he leaves untucked and tan cargo shorts that reach his knees and wears gray wrap around sandals.
"Where do people like you come from?" Ronaldo asked, part of him genuinely curious, but his tone was completely bitter, which wasn't like him. He is a good-natured person.
"Well, I don't know about the others, but I came from Earth." Ivory replied.
"So you're human?" he crossed his arms.
"No… I don't think so. What requires you to be human?" Ivory said, Ronaldo stared at her blankly, as if she didn't know what a human was in the first place.
"Well the six traits of living are being made of cells, obtaining and using energy, growing, reproducing, responding to the environment, and adapting to it, but to be human, would mean you'd have to have a brain that can acknowledge creation, and love and care for it. To be human would to be born with the desire to be happy and love one another, and to be passionate and leads to our behavior." Ivory thought about Pearl, and how Pearl thinks about Rose. "To be human, is to be rational, and have reason, and to make moral choices, to have a conscience." Ronaldo explained.
"Neat." Ivory replied, "I guess I am human."
"No you're not." Hambergite broke in. "To be human, is to age, and go through processes to stay alive, humans are made of cells, not gems, your gems is made of… cells." Hambergite forgot Ivory was organic, "But your form is made of light!"
"Are you guys aliens?!" Ronaldo shouted.
"Yes." Hambergite crossed her arms.
"I totally have to get this for my blog!" Ronaldo messed with his phone, in attempt to get a picture of them all.
"So… you're the new girl Lars was talking about." Sour Cream muttered, one earbud, and another out. Sour Cream is a teenager with pale blonde hair styled into a point, ice blue eyes, and a long, angular face; He is often shown with a concerned facial expression, but he's actually rather "chill." He wears a blue-gray hoodie over a gray-blue undershirt, orange phat pants, and bright sea-foam green tennis shoes. His pants can convert to shorts, an odd but cool function.
"Man, he wasn't lying. Chick is cute." Buck Dewey spoke up, only loud enough for Sour Cream to hear. Buck is a teenager with dark brown eyes, covered by a pair of shades at this point, dark brown hair, and brown-coral skin. He wears an overly large red button-up shirt with unbuttoned cuffs, a white shirt with a yellow lightning bolt design, dark blue slim-fit jeans, and cyan and blue sneakers with white soles.
"I guess." Ivory shrugged.
"Is it true that you're his girlfriend?" Buck chuckled, but just the one chuckle. It made him look kind of smug.
"Huh? I think you mean Sadie, not me." Ivory blinked hastily.
"Nah, he said new girl with rad hair and a cool style." Buck smirked, "What's your name?"
"Ivory." she answered.
"Like, elephants?" Sour Cream started.
"Y-Yea..."
"Man, that ain't cool. Well, the name's cool, but poaching..." Buck looked away, "It ain't right."
"Thanks…?" Ivory said, as a little boy ran up to Ivory and pulled on her wrists, hard. "H-Hey…! Oh, hi." Ivory looked down at Onion, Onion is a fair-skinned boy with a small tuft of blonde hair and a chubby face. He wears a white sweater, a periwinkle shirt tied around his neck, and pale red footie pants. His most recognizable trait is his onion-like head. He also does not have any visible ears. Steven doesn't really believe Onion is human, no one really knows because he doesn't speak. He waved his hand, almost saying: "Gimme." Ivory looked at him in a confused manner. "What?" he waved his hand again. Ivory took off her arm guards, or wristbands at this point, and handed them to him. He took them, ripped them up and threw them on the ground, and ran away. They vanished into clouds right after.
"Uhh..." Sour Cream moaned, "That's Onion, he's my little half-step-brother."
"He's a good kid." Buck added.
"You guys come for something?" Kiki leaned over the counter. Buck rest against the counter, not looking at Kiki. Kiki has dark eyes and curly, dark brown hair. She wears a white apron, light cyan shirt, dark gray leggings with light gray cuffs, and black shoes. She keeps her hair worn back in a beige cap to protect it.
"Kiki, is Jenny available?" Buck asked.
"Yeah, she'll be out in a sec." Kiki replied, then looked at Ivory and the others. "Oh my gosh, I love your hair." she said to Ammolite.
"Oh, thanks!" Ammolite blushed, the bright silver rising to the surface of her cheeks. Hambergite put a protective arm around Ammolite.
"Mine..." Hambergite muttered.
"Hey, is Kofi or Nanefua here?" Steven peeked his head over the counter.
"Kofi is, Nanefua resting for now though." Kiki replied. "Well, Kiki, this is Lapis, Ivory, Ammolite and Hambergite."
"H-Hi." Ivory greeted nervously.
"Hi, again." Ammolite smiled politely.
"Hey." Hambergite looked away from them all.
"Hello! You're Kiki, right?" Lapis greeted eagerly.
"Yes." Kiki nodded. "Would you like to order something?"
"No, just… say hi." Lapis said, she wasn't usually like this. Lapis was almost always composed, and being shy and eager wasn't exactly a sign of that. Jenny came out from the back, throwing her apron off and coming over the counter.
"I'm here guys." Jenny announced, She has brown skin and wears her hair in a puffy bob hairstyle, she also wears large gold earrings, a pale cream-colored shirt, a dark brown leather jacket with a beige fur-trimmed collar, lavender shorts, and mint-colored flats. It was obvious Kiki and Jenny were twin sisters. "Who's the new crew?" Steven giggled.
"That rhymed..." Steven chuckled.
"Hey Steven, these guys with you?" Jenny asked.
"Yeah, they're all with me. That's Lapis, that's Ivory, that's Hambergite, and that's Ammolite." Steven pointed to each person as he said their name. "They're living with me for right now."
"You sure know a lot of girls." Jenny replied, "Well, we'll see you later Steven."
"Bye!" Steven waved, and steadily, each gem did the same.
The gems were back in the Temple, and at this point, Garnet, Amethyst and Pearl hadn't arrived yet. It was starting to get dark out… Ivory couldn't help but feel a twinge of worry. Steven reassured her everything was fine. Hambergite, Ammolite and Lapis were talking about everyone they had met today, and Ivory put in a few words, when she was asked her opinion. She couldn't help but be worried about them.
12 HOURS REMAIN