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"This doesn't look good at all," Pearl says worriedly.
"Yeah, this place. It's overgrown." Alex looks around and sees Steven trying to touch the moss. "Steven! Don't touch that!" She shouts.
Garnet throws a boulder at the rock and catapults Steven into Pearl's arms.
"You have to be careful, Steven!" Pearl says as she puts him down.
"Why? What is that stuff?" Steven asks her.
"It's the moss that Rose Quartz raised on the hill," Garnet answers as she folds her arms.
"My mom planted this stuff?" Steven questions.
Alex looks away bitter.
"Rose Quartz used to climb that hill every spring and then to the moss at the op. But now that Rose is...gone, the moss on the move!" Pearl explains.
"It's lost," Steven says disappointed.
"It's not lost. It's gross." Alex says slightly snarky.
"Yes, but Rose loved it anyways. She saw beauty in everything, no matter how gross. Fortunately, I know just what to do in this situation." Pearl says,
She stands in front of the other Gems. She smiles, opens her eyes, jumps into the air, spins around and strikes a pose.
A glowing, white blob falls out of her gem and into Alex's hands."Is this... police tape?" Alex looks at her.
"Isn't this great? This way, we don't have to use magic. Humans will just see this and walk away. "Pearl says.
"I don't think that this is going to work," Alex mutters quietly.
The Gems puts tape all around the entrance of the swamp.
"Who wants to get some lunch?" Steven asks.
"I do," Alex says as she puts her hands into her pockets.
"Nice. Let's go!" Steven cheers.
They walked towards Fish Stew pizza.
"Hey, is that the salty jerk?" Alex says pointing at Lars.
"Lars!" Steven yells.
"Got a high five for you." Steven starts to run towards Lars with his arm raised high, " from waaay down tooooown!" he yells.
"No, Steven! No high fives!" Lars whisper yells.
"Mmmmm, okay." Steven high-fives his chest and Lars slap it away.
"Steven!" Lars yells.
"So... how come you're not at the Big Donut?" Steven asks
"I don't spend my whole life at work. I do... other things." Lars answeres as he flips his jacket over his shoulder.
"Like standing against this wall?" Alex asks unimpressed.
"What does it look like?!" Lars says angrily.
"It looks like you are doing absolutely nothing," She says bored.
"That's the plan, Al-ex. Just playing it cool today, you know?" Lars says grinning.
"Say my name like that again and I'm gonna show "cool". "Alex snaps at him
"We three are so much alike," Steven says.
"I hope not!"
"Excuse me?"
Lars and Alex say at the same time, glaring at each other.
"You want to get a fresh pizza out of the oven, but you don't want to seem too desperate, right? Well, there's no need to be ashamed, Just walk right in and ask. That's what I always do." Steven says.
"Ah, uh Steven, don't go in there right now!" Lars whisper yells.
"Hey, there are Jenny and her friends," Alex says looking in through the window.
"How do you know these guys?" Lars asks her surprised.
"I talked to them a few times. They're pretty cool I guess... not as cool as the Crystal Gems though." Alex says grinning at Steven.
"What's so cool about you and your magical friends? " Lars asks her snarky.
"I can cut you in half with my katana," Alex tells him coldly.
"Lars, They already passed us," Steven says.
"What? All because of you?!" Lars snaps at Alex.
"Whoops," Alex says smirking.
"Alex! Now let's go and help Lars." Steven scolds her.
"What? Why me?" She questions.
"Because Lars is our friend and because you are the only one that ever talked to them. Come, on." Steven answeres and walks away.
"First of all Lars is not my friend and second... forget it." Alex groans as she follows him.
"Hey, guys!" She greets them lazily as she puts a hand up for a high five.
"Hey, Alex." They greet her and high five her.
"Hi! My name's Steven." Steven says as he puts his hand up for a high five.
"Buck Dewey," Buck says and high fives him.
"They call me "Sour Cream." Sour Cream says and also high five him.
"I'm Jenny," Jenny says and high fives him, too.
"I, Alex and our friend lars would like to hang out with you guys," Steven says.
"Your friend, Steven," Alex says as she crosses her arms.
"Who is Lars?" Jenny asks.
"This Salty Jerk back there." Alex points at him smirking.
"Okay. We're cool with it." The cool kids say.
"I'm going to tell him that!" Steven cheers and runs towards him.
"Is that Steven your friend or something?" Jenny asks.
"Nah, he is my little brother." Alex answers.
"You never told us that you have a brother." Bucky points out.
"We're not blood-related and well this is kinda bothering me. And I guess I'm just confused with being not being a real part of our family. He was born in this family. And I'm not." Alex says as she watches Steven talk to Lars.
"Have you asked your guardians about your mom?" Jenny asks.
"I did. But they aren't ready to tell me that." Alex answeres and shrugs.
Time skip.
Inside Jenny's car.
"Where'd you get that red shirt, Steven?" Buck asks.
"I have no idea where any of my clothes come from." Steven answeres.
"Yeah man, living free. I like it." Buch says.
"Hey, check out my shirt." Lars points to his shirt with a snake design.
"Oh, that snake is nasty." Bucky comments.
Oh, yeah, I hate snakes!" Lars says pretending to be cool.
"Oh, what? That's too bad, some snakes are pretty cool." Bucky says.
"It seems the snake isn't the only nasty thing here," Alex says glaring at Lars.
"Sounds like it's time to buckle up!" Steven says and buckles up.
"Quit being lame, Steven," Lars says.
"The only "lame" thing in here is you, Lars," Alex says smirking making everyone laugh inside the car except for Lars.
"Hey, this car is really cool Jenny. "Lars says still blushing from embarrassment.
"It's just the delivery car from my Dad's lame shop. Makes me smell like pizza. Where to, y'all?" She asks as she drives out of the parking lot.
"Oh, can we stop by the Big Donut?" Steven ask,
Jenny drives up next to Big Donut
" That old place?" Jenny asks.
"Man that place is a drag," Buck says bored.
"I think it's great, right Stev?" Alex asks him smiling,
"Yeah." Steven smiles back.
The group drives through the heart of town.
"Funland arcade is the best! Let's do that." Steven says.
"Man, I beat all the "G's" in there like 3 million times." Sour cream says,
"No way!" Steven gasps.
"Yeah, me too," Lars says.
"3 million times eh? What must it take to force a person do it 3 million times? Not having friends? Or not having any hobbies?" Alex asks pretending to think.
Again, everyone laughs except Lars.
"Did you just tried to roast me?" Sour Cream asks grinning.
"Did I managed it?" Alex asks back.
"Yes, you did." Jenny answeres instead of him.
The Group drives neat city park.
"Hey Buck, isn't that your dad?" Jenny points out.
Mayor Dewey is holding a rally.
"Hmm, I like his policies on babies," Steven says.
"Man, he never kisses me like that," Buck says.
"That's rough, bro," Lars tells him.
"It's not rough. The lack of daddy kisses in my life made me who I am." Buck says.
"It still rough. Growing up without parents made me who I am. But I sometimes it's still hard to see people hanging out with their families and I don't have one." Alex says sadly.
"You have me and the other gems," Steven says.
Alex looks at him and smiles softly. "You right, little brother. I have you and the others. And I am really lucky to have you." she says.
The group drives out of town.
"Oh my gosh guys, we should check out Dead Man's Mouth," Jenny suggests.
"What's Dead Man's Mouth?" Steven asks.
"Oh it's this lake where some dude died, or it looks like a mouth? I forget the specifics." Buck says.
"Dead Man's Mouth. Here. We. Come." Jenny says and speeds off.
Time skip.
"We're here," Jenny says.
Alex and Steven look at each other. "This place isn't as cool as it looks, guys. Let's go somewhere else." Alex says.
"Let'check this place out," Lars says.
"Huh, police tape" Sour Cream rips down the tape and everyone walks through.
"I'm above the law. "Buck says playfull and knocks down more tape.
"Next time I tell Pearl to make a fence or a wall in here or something." Alex whisperers.
She hears screams and runs towards it.
She sees the others become engulfed by the moss and it drags them under.
"Damit!" She swears.
"What's going on?!" Lars freaks out.
"It's some kind of magic moss my Mom planted!" Steven says.
"Wait, your mom-?"
The other collapse and get covered by the moss entierly.
Alex looks at the moss and the hill.
"Lars, I know what we have to do." Steven gasps.
"This is all your fault!" Lars sighs and tears up.
Alex narrows her eyes at him.
"I knew if something went wrong today it would be because of you two. Now I'm never going to be friends with these guys. All because of your... weird mom, Steven" He yells.
Steven's eyes narrow in shock and Lars backs off but before Steven could even say something-
Alex punches Lars right into his jaw.
Her punch sents him flying to the ground. "DON'T YOU EVER TALK ABOUT HIS MOM LIKE THAT!" she yells and her left eye glows green together with her gem.
"What do you know about my mom?! I DIDN'T EVEN GET TO KNOW MY MOM! But I do know, she saw beauty in everything! Even in stuff like this." Steven yells and points at the moss.
"And even in jerks like you!" Alex says coldly.
Steven sighs," Now help me get them to the car." He says.
They put the others into the car and buckle them in.
"Hurry! This moss belongs at the top of that hill." Steven says.
"Uh, Steven, I don't know how to drive a stick shift," Lars tells him.
"I'll do it just keep us on the road," Alex says.
"Okay. Ignition!" Lars yells.
Alex moves that stick to the R and the car jolts backwards.
"What gonna happen when we get to the top of that hill?" Lars asks as they drive towards the hill.
"I don't know!" Steven yells.
"You don't know?!" Lars shouts.
"The moss is growing towards the hill. It wants to be there." Alex says.
The moss begins to engulf the car, including Lars, Alex and Steven.
"Aaaah! It's getting everywhere!" Lars yells.
"Let me handle this!" Alex says and summons her Katana.
She cuts off the moss of them all.
"So, you weren't lying that you can cut me in half, huh?" Lars asks her.
She looks at him unimpressed.
Lars parks near the top of the hill, and they quickly carry the others.
"What do we do now?" Lars asks.
"How stupid can you be? We have to go to the to of the hill." Alex snaps as she walks in front of them with Jenny on her back.
"How does she do that?" Lars asks Steven.
"I don't know but she is pretty strong." Steven answeres smiling.
The moss almost completely engulfs and leaves them immobilized.
"Steven..." Lars looks away apologetically.
"What?" Steven asks.
"This sucks!" He yells and the moss swallows him.
"Laaars!" Steven yells.
"Don't worry, Steven. Everything will be fine. Trust me." Alex says as she stood there with her arms crossed as the moss engulfs her.
"What?" Steven asks as the moss swallows him as well.
Suddenly, the clouds clear and the sun comes out.
The moss immediately causes to bloom into pink blossoms.
They fill the air and dance in the sky.
"The moss was just trying to bloom," Alex says as she and the boys watch it.
"Ugh, what happened?" Jenny asks.
"Finally you sleepy heads. You almost missed this." Alex says pointing at the blossom.
The cools kids run towards the edge of the hill.
"You can see all of Beach City from up here." Sour Cream says.
"It's beautiful," Buck says.
"Yeah.. how did we even get here?"
"Lars drove us here," Alex says.
"Oh yeah, Lars! Super cool." The cool kids say.
Alex looks at the pink blossoms flying in the sky and the sun going down. She looks behind her shoulder and saw the others having fun. She smiles at that.
"I guess I really am the lucky one." She whispers.