Another week passed and I was still not allowed to go on missions. I suppose it made sense but I couldn't help but feel lonely whenever everyone was gone. Unlike Steven I didn't have any friends outside of this house… or any family. I never had a Dad or Mom, I never had anyone. All those that used to be around me had no choice, whether that be school or at the orphanage. Whenever kids sat by me, it was as though I didn't exist. My very being didn't live and I was forgotten. I'm sure that they don't even realize I'm missing. Most of my days were spent on the beach, with the hot sun radiating off my body.

Of course there were instances of interesting moments within the Beach House but I hadn't helped in the accomplishment. Sometimes I think about going down to Beach City and meeting people, seeing if there were any kids my age I could talk to… but the fear of rejection continued to grow within me. I still ignored Steven's dad whenever he came, with the same fear of rejection I felt even stronger with the feeling of parents. Amethyst didn't seem to know what do you with me and although she tried to cheer me up, it was to no avail. Pearl was even stiffer around me and I'm sure it must have been because of that Gem Peridot, confirming I'm not a Serendibite but something strange. I knew I was half human, that's one thing I was certain about. But all of my identity was hidden.

There have been different moments that caused me to question my understanding of the Gems. One would be when they returned from one of the Gem battlefields with Rose, Steven's mother, scabbard. Pearl showed her addiction with Steven's mother, her deep love that I couldn't help but understand. Secrets that Pearl never knew about Rose continued to seem to grow. Steven knew about Rose's underground cave filled with weapons, he knew where his mother's sword was and was able to access Lion's mane which had different items of Rose's.

Pearl's feelings towards Rose only seem to distant herself from Amethyst and Garnet. Amethyst seemed to view Rose as a mother figure in her life while Garnet viewed her as a close friend maybe something even stronger. Pearl's feelings also seemed to conflict with Steven as well. She confused Steven as Rose and even wondered about any memories that Steven had of Rose before she created Steven. I made me wonder many things about myself as well. Steven told me how Pearl would reenact moments she had with Rose with Holo Pearl. Steven often told me everything about his life, because he felt I was the only one who could sort of understand. All of the conflicting emotions he felt about his mother he shared with me.

I felt very much like a confidant when Steven would tell me about how he first summoned his shield, how his Dad wants to show the Gems that he is able to be of us to, how he accidentally destroyed the Lunar Sea Spire because of his mistake, the different rooms in the Temple, the different citizens of Beach City, his fear of shape shifting, the first time he met Connie, Tiger Millionaire, the fusion of Amethyst and Pearl known as Opal, how the Gems are thousands of years old and how he almost aged himself to much.

The room in the Temple that he often felt conflicted with, Sugilite, killing the Steven from the first universe, healing Amethyst's gemstone, Lapis and her need to leave Earth, his Dad lying to him about his broken leg so he could spend time with his son, the Gems fusion Alexandrite, his new creation the Watermelon Stevens, Garnet's future vision, the video that his mother made for him his fusion with Connie known as Stevonnie and the Gems lying about a test they made for Steven.

Jealousy always seemed to remain when I was with Steven but I tried to hide it as much as I could. I just couldn't believe that although we were so similar… we had such different lives. Sometimes there would be days when his mother's room with Connie for hours but for them it felt like minutes. Steven had a parent who told him stories about his other parents.

"Why are you looking at me like that?" Steven asked confused. I looked up at him and put on a smile.

"Nothing, sometimes I space out you know." I said, not wanting to speak about my feelings.

"My dad's coming tonight, we're going to rock on and eat pizza!" Steven said. "You should come!"

"Maybe next time." I muttered.

"But you always say that!" Steven says. "Come on! He's a really nice person! You're friends with me so you'll definitely like my dad! We act a lot alike, plus he's an awesome musician!"

"I said no Steven!" I yelled without thinking. "Why can't you understand?! I don't want to meet your stupid Dad!" A black light shot from me and a ray hit Steven and falls gently to the ground "Oh my god! Steven!" The light disappeared and Steven's body looked as though he was in a deep sleep. "Steven? Please! I'm sorry! Please wake up!"

I grabbed him and hugged him. "I'm sorry… I'm sorry…" Dark crescents floated up into the air and the light in the room grew darker, the shadows were growing even more dominant but I continued to apologize. I checked his gem to see if I accidentally cracked it, the moment I touched the gem I felt myself collapse to the ground.

'Why don't you listen?' I heard a calm and soothing voice ask. 'Please, I just… I'm worried… Can't I be worried about you… I know… I know… I'm sorry… But…'

An extremely loud noise woke me up. I saw the Gems surrounding an object Garnet washolding. A brown and gold stone with a button on top and a hole in the top third of it. Amethyst was covering her ears.
"What's happening?!" Steven yelled as he came through the front door. I could see that it was already nighttime.

"It's the Wailing Stone!" Pearl yelled.

"Make it stop!" Amethyst yelled.
"It just activated on it's own!"

"It won't shut up!"

Garnet placed the Wailing Stone down on the ground and put her fist on top of the button. It stopped making the sound but the moment Garnet released her fist, it came back much louder. Pearl walked over and told everyone to stand back. She bubbled it but the bubble expanded and popped. Steven walked over still covering his ears and placed his arm through the hole. But the sound came through his mouth in a wail. Garnet quickly took Steven's arm away and put all of the couch's pillows around the object and in the hole then placed Steven and I on top of the pillows.

"You don't understand. That thing's been dormant since we found it." Garnet said walking away from us.

"I haven't heard a Wailing Stone since we used them for the rebellion and I've never heard it sound like that." Pearl said pointing to it.

"Someone is trying to send us a message." Garnet decided.

"But who?! We rounded up all the Wailing Stones on Earth and we're not sending this signal to ourselves! Unless.." Garnet and Pearl looked at Amethyst. "Amethyst! Is this a prank?!"

"No way! I want it to stop! I don't like it!" Amethyst yelled angrily putting her hands through her hair. Steven hopped off the Wailing Stone and walked over to the rest of the group.

"If it's not coming from Earth than a Gem must be sending this message from space." Garnet said.

"Is that… what some Gems sound like?" Steven asked.

"No. No. We should be hearing a voice. Maybe the signal is too advanced for the Wailing Stone to process? That would explain the distorted audio." Pearl said.

"Audio? My Dadio knows Audio!" Steven said happily.

"You mean Greg?" Amethyst asked.

"Yeah!"

"I don't know…" Pearl whined.

"Don't whine. Let's try it!" Garnet said and they walked out the door. Steven looked over to me.

"Aren't you coming?" Steven asked.

"Don't you remember what happened…?" I asked.

"Remember what?" Steven asked. "You know you shouldn't sleep on the floor." I didn't say anything in return but got up from my seat and followed the group. After what I did to Steven, I couldn't help but swallow my pride and finally meet his father. By the time I walked down to Greg's van, they had already explained what happened. Greg placed down some cushions for everyone to sit down on. It went in this order from left to right: Pearl, Garnet, Amethyst, Steven and me. Greg was placing some of his audio equipment out as we watched.
"I can't believe it! You need help with sound stuff?! You've come to the right guy!" Greg said happily, eager to help. "Aha! Lubitz Cardioid Condenser 680! It got warm tones without too much top-end." It was an ordinary microphone with a light blue handle but it had a large, pale pink foam microphone cover.

"Plus it's got a big honk and sponge thing." Amethyst said.

"I know! Isn't it awesome?!" Greg said happily and took the pillow out of the hole and placed the microphone cover inside. "I'm also adding some reverb and low octive effects. I'm also adding some fuzz because who couldn't use more fuzz? Now if I directly input the Wailing Stone and run it through a flanger, we might get what you're looking for."

"Flangers aside, do you really think a signal like this is compatible with your analog devices?" Pearl asked with a hint of superiority in her voice.

"Don't worry Dad!" Steven said picking a microphone. "It'll work."

"Welp, here goes nothing?" Greg said and turned on the keyboard but the sound came back even louder knocking all of us onto the ground.

"THIS IS EVEN WORSE!" Amethyst yelled.

"I'M SORRY!" Greg yelled painiking.
"DAD YOU CAN DO IT! YOU'RE THE AUDIO DADIO!"

"YEAH!" Greg yelled and started changing some things on his devices making the some muted and like…

"It sounds like music!" Steven yelled.

"Yeah! That's nice!" Greg said changing the sound around.

"But it's not supposed to be music! It's a message!" Pearl exclaimed.

"Alright I got this." Greg said moving more things around making the sound change. "It's changing."

"It almost sounds like a voice." Steven said.

"Aw most got it." Greg said but his van's battery overloads. The Gems stand up but Steven and I continue sitting on the cushions. "Aw great."

"What's happening? Where's the signal?" Pearl asked angrily.

"Looks like the van's battery couldn't handle all of it." Greg says disappointed and takes a seat on the van's inside.

"I knew this wouldn't work! There's just no way that Greg's equipment could interfase with our ancient Gem technology." Pearl said.

"Well it almost worked." I said feeling angry for Greg. "He did much better than any of us did."

"We just have to keep trying. We don't have the latest and greatest Gem tech-" Garnet cuts him off taking the microphone out and placing the pillow back in.

"It's okay Greg, you tried." Garnet said. "Back to the Temple. We'll figure something else out." She jumps back to the Temple.

"What a waste of time." Pearl said following Garnet.

"See you later, Greggory." Amethyst said following Pearl.

"Aw come on y'all!" Greg sighed and took his guitar out and sat down on the sand. "Dad…" And makes a song about the Wailing Stone and his inability to help the Gems. Steven speaks to his father trying to cheer him up. "If it isn't sound than what could it be?" At this point Steven was confusing me because he kept pointing to his eyes.

"Magic ...eye...balls ...Oh! Video!" Greg said figuring out what Steven was saying. "We have to tell the Gems!"

"Video!" Steven yells as he and Greg run up to the house. Everyone returns back to the car and help fix the battery. I watched the tv as Greg tries to change the sound channel. A blue Gem appears on the screen. She was a slim Gem that had cyan colored skin, cobalt blue chin-length hair with long bangs and a fringe that covered her forehead and royal blue eyes. She wore from what I could see a backless blue halter crop top with an upward facing navy triangle that tied into a blue sash ribbon on the back of her neck. The rest of her was difficult to see.

"Steven!" The Gem yelled anxiously. I guessed that she must be the same Lapis Lazuli that Steven told me about.

"Lapis?" Steven asked shocked.

"I did it!" Greg said happily.

"I can't believe my flipping eyes…" Pearl said in shock.

"Everyone! Listen up!" Garnet said.

"I hope you're able to hear this! There's a Gem that's looking for you! She even knew your name! I don't know how! I didn't tell her I swear! She's on her way to Earth! And she's not alone! Steven! Homeworld is not the way it used to be! Everything here is so advanced! I can't even understand it! There's no way anything on Earth can stand up to it! Please! Don't put up a fight! It will only lead to devastation!'

"It's Peridot… she must be talking about Peridot…." Pearl said defeated.

"She's coming for us!" Amethyst said in fear.

"Lapis… she sounds so unhappy…" Steven said and Amethyst and Pearl were freaking out.

"Few!" Garnet said. "We. Got. The. Message."

"What?" Amethyst said confused.

"It's. Got." Garnet said grinding her teeth and walked over to Greg with her hand out in a handshake. Greg looked down and took her hand. Garnet placed her other hand on top of Greg's and held it up."Thank you Greg. We would not have received this message without your help."

"You…" Greg says and tears in his eyes. "You're welcome."