Jack was the master of pranks. Coral was a mute Pearl. Although out the seven months, Jack and Coral spent the day together, along with their friends. Coral taught Jack everything about gems so he could know her a bit better.

However, little did Coral know, Jack was madly in love with her. Coral and Jack became inseparable, as they spent everyday together, pulling pranks and hanging with their friends.

For the first time, Jack had met Boogey's girlfriend, Tia, a blue skinned vampire. Two months after Jack's PTSD had been helped out, Tia came to the prankster and his friends for help when Boogey had amnesia, due to suffering many life-threatening accidents while trying to get revenge on Grim for sending him to the Nightmare Realm by making him lose his job and then taking Horror's Hand in order to conquer Earth.

Soon, Boogey was fixed and Tia was happy. Boogey and Tia started to rebuild their relationship, which was broken when Tia was forced to go into hiding, due to a crime she was framed for, and when Boogey was banished to the Nightmare Realm.

Through time, Coral and Jack's friendship grew stronger. However, Jack saw Coral more than a friend, and he decided to confess with a surprise.

"We both have awful pasts.

I had a pumpkin and you have a crack.

A reaper and diamond took away what we both had: a head and a voice.

I have my head back, but you still don't have your voice.

But I assure you, you brought what I had taken away, and I promise I'll bring back what you had lost.

We lived in loneliness and despair, but in the end, we met with goodness and blessing.

We both have friends and a good life.

Through these days, weeks, months, we became closer.

I comforted and made you feel like the beautiful gem you are today.

You helped me with my condition and made me feel calm and happy.

We both are different, but same.

You're a beautiful jewel, and I'm a silly, but caring Jack.

The more time we've spent together, the more I realized that I've seen you more than a friend.

Which is why I want to turn our friendship into something different.

It'll be the start of something new.

Te Amo."

Jack stopped reading and looked at Boogey, Tia, Ivy, and Cat, waiting for their approval. "So," Jack started nervously, "What do you think? Is it good or not?"

"No," Boogey answered before saying, "It's awesome!" he gave him a thumbs-up.

"Really?" Jack asked with a happy smile, "I didn't think it was that good."

"Sure, it was," Tia commented, "It's probably even better than the poem I wrote for Boogey." She then looked at her boyfriend, who looked offended. "No offense," she whispered, hugging him, "I'm glad we're back together."

"I just have two questions," Cat said with a raised eyebrow.

"What's that?" Jack asked her, wanting to know.

"I was just wondering, what kind of crime did Tia get framed for?" Cat asked.

Boogey gasped in shock, and Tia looked uncomfortable.

"Oh..well," Tia tried to explain, when Boogey looked at Cat with a angry look.

"Who taught you to ask these questions?" Boogey asked her, "your sister, your dad, or your teacher?"

"Excuse me?" Ivy said, feeling offended.

"Calm down, Boogey," Tia told him, patting him on the back, "No need to be angry."

"I'm sorry," Boogey apologized before adding, "But it's just that you've been into hiding for 3 million years that we never been doing any of the good times together, just like we did back in our teen years. I still blame Eris, I mean she's the one that enjoy chaos and discord. So she has to be the one that framed you."

"I know," Tia told him, sporting a smile, "I miss the good times too. Besides, the person who framed me was captured, and we see Eris everyday, so it wasn't her."

"Yeah, but who could it be?" Boogey asked, uncertain.

"It doesn't matter," Tia told him, "What matters most is that things are back to normal."

"Anyways," Cat started, rolling her eyes after Boogey and Tia started to lovingly hug and kiss each other, "My second question is: What does 'Te Amo' mean?"

Jack blinked twice and asked with a smile, "What do you think it means?"

Cat grimaced, "It means something romantic related, doesn't it?" Cat said, groaning after Jack nodded to answer her question, "Romance is great and all, but I can't stand it sometimes."

"For some reason, I don't blame you," Jack told her, "I know kids like you don't like mushy stuff."

"You got that right," Cat said, sticking her tongue out as she saw Boogey give Tia another kiss, "Do you two mind doing your couple stuff somewhere else?"

"Rude," Boogey muttered, giving her a offended look, "We were just getting to the good stuff."

"I don't think she can help it, Boogey," Tia told him, patting him on the back, "Me, you, Ivy, and Coral are millions of years old, Jack is 600, and Cat is eight."

Just then, Jack's phone rung. He had gotten a text message from Coral. Despite her inability to speak, Coral carried a phone on her so she could send text messages to her friends. Jack took a look at the message Coral had sent him. It was a picture of a portal, with a text underneath saying, "Meet me at the Redigo Accentus Garden. It's urgent."

"Who's that, buddy?" Boogey asked, curious about who texted Jack.

"It's Coral," Jack answered, showing everyone the text, "She sent me a picture of some portal and told me to go meet at the Redigo Accentus Garden."

"A portal?" Cat asked, getting really interested, "Do you think it leads to Earth? If it does, Coral is really lucky!"

"Leads to Earth?" Jack asked, getting confused, "Why would Coral be lucky if the portal could lead her to Earth?"

"Because portals here are really hard to find, and I've heard that a lot of them lead to Earth," Cat explained in a rapid pace, sounding really excited, "Can Ivy and I come with you, Jack? We have been wanting to go to Earth for a long time, but Dad wouldn't allow us! Can we go with you? Please?"

"We don't if it actually leads to Earth.." Ivy said, sounding unsure.

"Come on, Ivy!" Cat pleaded to her sister, "We've been trying to the portal behind Dad's back for years. This could be our chance!"

"Well, I don't mind you two coming along," Jack told them.

"Great!" Cat said as she began to tug on her sister's arm, "Come on, sis! We'll be able to see what Earth is like!"

Jack looked over at Boogey and Tia with a look that Boogey immediately recognized.

"Oh, sorry, buddy," Boogey said, declining the offer, "As much as I like to attempt another nasty vengeance on Grim, Tia and I have a date tonight. I can get revenge on Grim another time."

"Suits yourself," Jack said, walking out the door with Cat and Ivy. It didn't take long for them to reach the garden. They called out for Coral once they got there. But Coral was no where in sight.

"Where could she be?" Cat asked, turning to Jack, "You said she'd be here!"

Jack was about to answer when he heard Ivy say, "There she is!"

Jack and Cat walked over to where Ivy was. Down a hill, there sat Coral. She was just sitting, like she waiting, which she actually was.

"Coral!" Jack called out to her. Coral looked at him and stood up as he ran over and started to show her the text, "I got your message! Where's the portal?"

To answer his question,Coral crouched down and opened up a coffin that was in front of her. Jack, Ivy, and Cat looked into the coffin and saw the exact same portal that was on Jack's phone.

"Wow," Cat said in awe, looking up at her friends,"Dad's really smart. I'd never knew he would hide a portal in a coffin."

"Me either," Ivy said, and looked down at the portal, "But I don't think we should do this. Dad hides these portals so monsters couldn't use them for their own gain. Besides, what if something goes wrong? You should never enter a portal unless you know what's going to happen."

"Quit being a worrywart!" Cat scoffed at her, pulling an annoyed look, "Nothing's going to happen, so let's go!"

Cat started to tug on her sister's arm again, trying to drag her into the portal. Jack held Coral's hand in his and asked, "Are you ready for this?"

Coral smiled and nodded her head to answer his question. The trio then jumped into the portal, curious if it leads to Earth.

"Wow, we're here!" Cat said with a smile, sounding excited and happy," Blue skies, golden sun, fluffy white clouds! Yep, this must be Earth!"

"Yeah, but something doesn't seem right," Jack said, feeling a bit worried.

"What do you mean?" Cat asked with a confused look, "I don't see any supernatural activity here."

"No, not that," Jack corrected her, pointing at a nearby arcade, "This. I don't remember this arcade in Endsville."

"Maybe we're in a different town," Ivy told him, looking around.

"Perhaps you're right, Ivy," Jack said, turning to her, "This town doesn't really look like Endsville at all."

As the trio looked at the unfamiliar city, Jack heard a voice, "Are you my dad?"

Jack looked around, trying to find the owner of the voice. "Down here," it said again. Jack looked down and saw a blue girl with a teardrop shaped gem underneath her left eye.

"Are you my dad?" she asked.

"What?" Jack said in shock, wondering why she would ask such a thing.

"I'm looking for my dad," the blue girl stated, looking at him straight in the eye, "I need to find my dad. So, are you my dad or not?"

"No, I'm not," Jack told her, shaking his head to answer her question. The girl sighed and water-looking butterfly wings grew out of her back. With that, she flew off.

"That was something," Ivy said. She, Cat, and Coral were watching the entire thing. Cat burst out laughing as Jack's face grew red with embarrassment. "I can't believe that girl thought you were her dad!" she laughed, tears pouring out and she was holding her stomach, "That's priceless!"

"No, it's not!" Jack told her, his face turning more red.

Jack looked over at Coral, who was horrified. There was this look she had. Jack understood that she was remembering her punishment from White Diamond.

"Coral...do you know her?" Jack asked, only to receive a nod from her. Coral started to use sign language, and as always, Jack understood. His face turned from embarrassment to complete shock.

"Her name is Aquamarine, and she was there during your punishment?" Jack asked, and Coral answered using sign language, "That's a great idea!"

"Uh, I don't understand sign language like you and Ivy can, Jack," Cat said before asking him," What did she say?"

"Coral says that the girl's name is Aquamarine," Jack said, starting to translate, "Aquamarine was there when White Diamond made Coral mute and banished her to the Underworld. Coral thinks we should keep an eye on her. Aquamarine is a Homeworld gem, and they can be dangerous when they're on Earth. They could be trying to make new gems or try to add humans to their zoo."

"Well, the kidnapping humans for a zoo thing sounds like a bad idea," Cat said before asking Jack, "But what's wrong with making new gems?"

"Four months ago," Jack started to explain, "Coral told me that gem creation depend on life energy, which comes from a planet. Which is why they use injectors in order to drain the life energy needed to create the gems. If they did that, it would mean extinction to the human race."

Ivy and Cat became shocked at Jack's explanation. Gems were very unique in their own way, but they didn't know they needed life to be created.

"We have to follow Aquamarine and see what she's up to," Ivy decided, taking Cat's hand, "We need to make sure she doesn't harm anyone. The Underworld is very good part of Earth, if Earth is destroyed, it will bring the Underworld with it."

"That's good to hear," Jack said before starting to frown, "But we'll need to look for her."

As her friends were thinking of what to do, Coral turned and saw that on the other side of the road, were two kids. One of them was a boy with dark curly brown hair and wore a red shirt with a yellow star on it, blue jeans, and pink flip-flops. The other was a girl with dark skin and long, black hair. She was wearing a sky blue shirt and grayish brown jeans and red shoes. She was wielding a pink sword in a scabbard on her back.

Jack, Ivy, and Cat saw the two humans that Coral was looking at and started to look and listen to them.

"Connie, do you really think there could be another gem like me?" the boy asked the girl, seeming uncertain. Coral eyed the boy suspiciously upon hearing the last word. The boy looked human, but if he was a gem, maybe his gemstone was hidden underneath his clothing.

"Well.." the girl, named Connie, started to answer, "You know more about gems than I do, but it couldn't be impossible. You exist."

"Hmm..." the boy thought before saying with a straight look, "She didn't look half human though. She was blue and...had wings."

"I didn't know there were human-gem hybrids," Jack said, looking at Coral once he heard the boy say "half human".

Coral shrugged and shook her head, telling Jack that she didn't know such a thing existed. "I think they're talking about Aquamarine," Ivy told them, breaking up their thoughts.

"What if she's adopted?" Connie asked the suspicious and uncertain boy, " What if, she crashed-landed in the big city and was taken in by a lonely millionaire with a heart of gold?"

"And a house of gold," the boy added, no longer feeling doubtful. Coral and Jack looked at each other with worry. "I know I tried to control the universe once," Jack told her, "But I'm really worried about those kids. They could get hurt by that gem."

Coral nodded her head, understanding Jack's feelings of worry. "But one day," Connie continued with her theory, "He went on a business trip to Beach City, but he never came home."

"I...guess I'd watch a movie of that," the boy told Connie when she finished her theory.

"Or read the book, or neither," Connie added hysterically," 'Cause it could be reality, Steven!"

"We should go with them," Ivy told Jack, Coral, and Cat, who looked up from the kids, "If they're alone, they could get hurt."

Making up his decision, Jack and Coral approached the two kids, followed by Ivy and Cat. "Hey, kids!" Jack called out to them, catching their attention.

The two kids, Connie and Steven, looked at the four figures approaching them. They grew shocked and horrified upon seeing Ivy and Cat.

"Woah, there's no need to scared," Ivy crouched down to their level and tried to assure them, "My sister and I are nice demons."

"That's a good thing," Connie said, relieved, and looked at Jack, "I don't think I remember you around."

"Oh, I'm from Endsville," Jack said before then remembering what happened on Halloween night, "At least I used to until Grim happened."

"You know Grim?" Steven asked, confused at the supernatural human.

"Yeah, and no, we're not friends," Jack answered, seeming to know what Steven was gonna ask him next, " 'Friend' isn't the term I'd use, and don't even ask me about the stitches on my neck."

"Anyways," Steven said, brushing off Jack's strange answer and eyeing Coral, "Do I know you? I don't know if I ran into another Pearl other than the ones that belong to Yellow and Blue Diamond."

"She doesn't belong to anyone," Jack corrected him, "She's with us. Her name is Coral."

"Nice to meet you, Coral," Steven said, shaking Coral's hand, Connie walking up to his side, "I'm Steven, and this is Connie."

Coral smiled, shaking hands with Connie and waving her hand at her.

"My name is Jack," Jack introduced himself before introducing the rest of his friends, "This is Ivy and Cat."

"We heard you two talking about a short gem," Cat told Steven and Connie before saying, "Blue and her gem was under her eye?"

"Did you guys run into her?" Steven asked with a surprised look.

"We did minutes ago," Jack answered, his face turning red upon remembering the embarrassing moment.

"He asked him if he was her dad, and it was hilarious!" Cat said as she started to laugh.

"No, it wasn't!" Jack told her in a loud, angry tone.

"Whoa, relax, Long Nose," Cat said as she stopped laughing and tried to calm him down, "It was just a joke."

"Sorry," Jack apologized, calming down as he then said, "But after all what Grim put me through, I can't decide what's worse: him chopping my head off, sending me to the Underworld, or the fact that a gem just asked me if I was her dad?"

"Grim did WHAT?!" Steven said, shocked and horrified. Jack froze and saw the gaping mouths of Steven and Connie. He forgot they were listening.

"Your head was chopped off?!" Connie asked in shock.

"I'll explain while we look for the blue gem," Jack told them as he and his friends walked on the sidewalk with Steven and Connie.

"So, that's what happened," Jack finished explaining his story to Steven and Connie. Steven started to feel sympathetic while Connie tried to look for Steven's friends and the gem's "dad".

"I'm really sorry, Jack," Steven said sympathetically, holding Jack's hand in his, "That was a pretty mean thing Grim did."

"I know," Jack told him, "But I wanted to live longer, that's why I asked for immortality."

"But Grim's like... well, the Grim Reaper!" Steven said, trying to set up a point, "What did you expect him to do when you tricked him?"

"To be honest, I never thought of the consequences," Jack confessed with a frown.

Cat sat next Connie, who had squeezed a leaf into her hand and held it up. She opened her hand and let the leaf blow away in the wind. "Yup, there's wind."

Cat stood up and her horns and antlers started to twitch uncontrollably. Ivy's horn and antlers did the same. "Cat and I can sense any species of person or animal with our horns and antlers," Ivy told Steven, "They twitch like this when they're nearby."

"Man.." Steven sighed, feeling guilty, "I just feel like I was here with Onion and all his friends. Poor Sour Cream missing his brother, and Barb missing her daughter, and her mailman. And this new Gem is missing her dad! I know what it's like to have your dad taken away. She must be so scared."

"You got your dad back," Connie said, starting to assure him," And you'll solve this too. We'll solve this, together."

"Thanks, Connie," Steven said as he smiled at her, who smiled back, and looked at the entire forest they were in, "Let's turn these woods upside down."

With that, they all started to search the forest. Jack, Ivy, Cat, and Coral started to search the trees. "Hello?" Jack called out to the tree, "Anyone named Sadie, Onion, or Jamie up there?"

After hearing no response, Jack sighed and looked at Ivy. "Any luck?" he asked her.

"Nope," Ivy answered as Cat walked over, her horns and antlers twitching controllably like before. "My horns and antlers are twitching, but I can't sense any humans, so they're not up these trees."

"What about you, Coral?" Jack asked, turning to look at his gem friend, who shook her head as an answer.

"Onion, Lars, Sadie, Jamie!" Steven said, climbing and searching into a log, You here delivering packages to some mail boxes.

Then, Jack, Coral, Cat, and Ivy saw the same gem from before, landing on a tree that was behind Connie. Her smooth landing attracted Connie's attention, which she saw her with a smile.

"Steven, it's the Gem!" she called out.

"What?" Steven said, sticking his head out of the log.

"She looks just like my drawing," Connie said before turning to the gem, her arms spread wide out, "You don't have to be afraid, we'll help you. Jump down into my arms, my body will break your fall."

"Are you my Dad?" she asked after a moment.

"What?" Connie said in confusion before answering, "No, I'm not your dad. But we can help you find your dad."

"I'm not looking for your dad," the gem corrected Connie and continued,"I'm looking for my dad. I need to find my dad."

"Right," Connie said, and shrugged, "Well, we'll...help you."

"Connie, wait!" Steven said as he struggled to get out of the log he was stuck in, "Be careful!"

"Connie," the gem said upon hearing Steven say the name and asked with a smile, "Are you Connie?"

"Yes, I'm Connie," Connie said in a friendly tone, "Me Connie. Connie friend."

Chuckling, the gem sprouted water wings and flew off into the air, flying in a circle above Connie. "Topaz!" she called out as she flew, "I found one, I found one! I found a Connie!"

"Steven?" Connie said, confused and nervous as to why the gem was flying above her.

"Connie!" Steven said in alarm, trying to get out of the log.

As Steven struggled, gigantic footsteps were heard. Connie drew her sword, prepared for whatever was coming. The trembling footsteps stop when a large yellow gem stepped out. She had cream colored hair and wore a brown suit with a yellow diamond on it. Sticking out of her body were four humans, their voices were muffled due to their mouths being stuck in her body somehow. Eyeing the two gems, one on each side, Coral knew that it was a fusion.

"Another gem!" Connie said, horrified as she looked at the humans trapped in the gem, "She...she has everyone!"

"Let them go!" Steven called out to the gem in horror.

The gem unfused into two gems, each carrying two humans in one arm. They ran towards Connie and and in a bright light, they merge her into the body of their fusion.

"Connie!" Steven said as he broke free of the log and ran towards the fusion. The gem landed on the head of the fusion, looking down at the human in the fusion's body.

"Look at organics squirming around," she said, giving a disgusted look.

"Give me back my friends!" Steven demanded as he summoned a pink shield, being followed by Ivy, Cat, Coral, and Jack. Coral summoned her sword, Jack got into his fighting stance, and Ivy and Cat's hands glowed purple.

"Don't listen to that Steven," the gem said, rolling her eyes, "He's not my dad."

Standing up, the gem took off the ribbon in her hair, turned it into a wand, and pointed it at Jack, Coral, Ivy, Cat, and Steven. It shot a blue beam and it picked them up. The gem lifted them in the air and whirled them around, laughing as she did so. When she had enough, she throw them at a tree, knocking them out.

The two gems then walked away. Little did Jack know he was gonna run into his old enemies.

Note: I ran out of ideas, so I changed the summary and decided to make a chapter that takes place during the Steven Universe episode, "Are you My Dad?", in which Jack, Coral, and their friends meet Steven and Connie. Also, this was my first time writing a poem, so you can review on it if you want. I'll be working on Chapter Six soon.