I watched as the Gems tried to force Peridot to talk about the Cluster but of course it didn't work. It seemed that they didn't understand that making Peridot scared didn't help our current situation as they left I watched from my bed as it started to rain and Peridot ran out from the bathroom and cling onto Steven. Steven explained to her what rain and thunder was and she seemed to find Steven more useful. Due to being on the top bunk and not speaking, Peridot seemed to forget that I even existed. Peridot told Steven to take her to the Kindergarten, Steven asked Peridot to wait for a minute and she went back into the bathroom.

"Hey, Suha…!" Steven whispered. "Want to come along?"

"I don't think Peridot would appreciate me coming with you." I explained. "Go have fun without me."

"Well… I know that even though your power is hard for me to understand, but I know that it's really useful, after all without you we wouldn't have been able to find out about the gem fusions and catch Peridot." He explained.

"Are you trying to convince me to come with you through compliments?" I asked him narrowing my eyes.

"Yes…" He said and I jumped off the bed.

"Alright I'm coming." I said. "But if Peridot sees me she'll freak."

"Well you can make yourself invisible right?" He said and I frowned.

"Just don't forget I'm here.." I said and with a quick glow of my Gem I was gone.

"That's so cool..!" Steven whispered. "Alright Peridot I'm ready." Peridot walked over towards Steven. "We can go to the Kindergarten-"

"Yes!" Peridot cheered.

"But…"

"No! A catch… Fine! What are your demands?!" She asked angrily.

"You're gonna have to hold my hands the whole time." Steven smiled and Peridot angrily grabbed his hand and they walked to the warp pad. I walked over towards them, careful not to touch Peridot and gave Steven a nudge. With that we arrived back at the Kindergarten. Peridot dragged Steven to where we wanted to go.

"This place just gets worse every time I come here." Steven said.

"I know, it's been so poorly managed." She looked over at Steven. "It must've been in way better shape when you first emerged."

"Emerged?" Steven asked.

"Yeah, you're some kind of Quartz right?" She stopped moving looking around. "You must've been made here."

"Uh, I came from my mom and dad." Steven said.

"Are those some kinds of rocks?" Peridot asked confused. "Or another planet?"

"Nope." Steven laughed. "My Dad's from Earth but my Mom's a Gem." He showed his gemstone.

"You're some sort of hybrid? How is that possible?"

"The story to that is a ballad I like to call "The Story of Rose and Greg."" Steven said happily. Peridot placed her hand up in a stop motion.

"I don't care." Peridot said. "But I am curious about that other Gem around you."

"Which one? I know Amethyst is from Earth and I think Pearl and Garnet are from Homeworld."

"I don't care about that defective Pearl and fusion weapon, I mean the dark grey, brown one. She's very intriguing." Steven paused and looked down at his other hand that I was holding. I gave his hand a squeeze and he nodded.

"We'll Pearl thought she was some kind of human and Serendibite hybrid, but now no one really seems sure anymore…" Steven mutters.

"A Serendibite? Her? Impossible. Honestly Serendibites have been discontinued since late Era One. I'm not entirely sure why but all those that were left were used throughout the war, they've been discontinued for years and judging by her actions she doesn't seem very old. I'm more curious of her strange powers.."

"She has a lot of different powers and probably more to come. If you mean what happened before I'm not sure what it actually does." Steven looks around. "Where are we going?"

"To the Prime Kindergarten Control Room." Peridot explains.

"You sure this is safe? Last time I was here there was a bunch of fusion monsters." Steven asks.

"Yes, I was checking their progress." She says.

"What's the deal with those things?" Steven asks as they slide down due to the elevator no longer being of any use.

"When it became clear that the Earth was no longer a viable colony, Homeworld decided to use it for something else: a series of experiments. A Gem geo-weapon." They made it to the center of the room.

"Oh? Did you help?" Steven asked.

"Negative. I wasn't lucky enough to be around for that. But I read a few hundred years of reports!" Peridot laughs and walks over to the right side of the room.

"This is where you need to be right?" Steven asks as she leads him over.

"Yes! I'm going to have to remove this panel to return power to this room so…" She narrows her eyes. "Can I have my hand back now?"

"Steven releases her hand and mine. "Okay! But stay where I can see you!" Peridot touches the blue wall and the outline of a square appears. She pulls onto the panel but she was unable to get it open."It's over.. I can't show you anything, let's go back."

"Mind if I try?" Steven asks smiling.

"Go ahead, know yourself out." Peridot says and walking away crossing her arms. Steven bends down and with one pull he was able to open the panel, showing a bunch of blue and green cords. Peridot exclaims in shock.

"There you go!" Steven says and they trade spots.

"Alright.." Peridot says and puts her knees on the ground. "This over here-" The lights true on and the green and blue light reappear. "It's not perfect, but it'll deal for now." She groans and tries to reach the green hand print. "Come on!" As Steven tries to help Peridot I touch the hand which had a yellow diamond on it. It lights up yellow and different files appear."Woah! It's on! But how?!"She takes a deep breath and laughs. "Maybe it could feel my amazing presence!"

"Suha…" Steven mutters anxiously and the hand lowers itself.

"These are the early attempts at artificial fusion." Peridot explains.

"That's a lot of gem shards..!" Steven whispers.

"We were growing them here at this very site, but these were just prototypes for the final product." Peridot presses a button and the Earth appears showing something bright yellow with a white diamond on it. "A single, giant artificial fusion comprised of millions of gem shards. The Cluster."

"Peridot, you're saying… there's a giant mutant gem the size of the Earth under us right now?!" Steven asks panic in his voice.

"Oh no, when it forms it'll be much, much bigger than the Earth. Right now it lies dormant, incubating in the Earth's core. But when it emerges and takes its physical form it will destroy the planet. The prototypes are already emerging, the Cluster is next. If we can't get off this planet we've got to stop the Cluster!"

Steven sweats anxiously as Peridot looks at him. "I'd thought it be impossible but now we have a chance."

"What is it?" He asks and Peridot places her hands on his shoulders.

"It's you Steven!" She says happily and all of us climb out of the Control Room. "Now that your filled in, we can get to work!"

"Uh… how am I supposed to help?" Steven asked.

"Well, you have all the information we need about Earth's erratic behavior. But that together with my extensive knowledge of the Cluster and we just might be able to stop it!" She says walking back towards the warp pad.

"No Peridot I don't think you get it!" Steven says chasing after her. "Just because I know how clouds work doesn't mean I know how to stop a giant mutant in the center of the Earth! Besides, the only reason I know about stuff like clouds and rain is because my Dad told me."

"What are you talking about?" Peridot asks stopping

"I used to be really scared of thunderstorms, just like you. Then Dad explained how rain and all that stuff works, then I wasn't scared of rain anymore."

"Well I'm sure you have other knowledge about how this planet works." Peridot says confidently.

"Sure, but none of it is gonna help us. If we wanna stop this Cluster thing then we'll need help from the Crystal Gems." Steven says.

"I said I don't need them! Let's just warp me back to the bathroom or whatever you call it and we'll take care of this! If it looks really bad, then we can just ask this 'Dad' for help right?" There was a broken scream that echoed across the Kindergarten walls. 'Form! Form!'

I clutched my head in pain and my invisibility cloak disappeared. "You! You followed us!"
"Duh!" I yelled angrily. "But we have a bigger problem!"

"Gem mutants!" Steven puts me and Peridot in a bubble and we run away from them. There were six, large Gem mutants that were chasing us but we ended up being cornered. We panicked as the Gem's got closer.

"Leave us alone!" I yelled angrily.

"Help! Help! Help!" Different voices screamed.

"Hang on!" Garnet's voice yelled as the Gems appeared and poofed all of the mutants.

"Peridot, there's no way we can stop this thing in the Earth on our own, we need the help of the Crystal Gems." Peridot looks at him nervously and the Gems jump over to us.

"Steven are you alright?!" Pearl yelled and I looked at the ground.

"Move aside Steven." Peridot says and pushes Steven behind her.

"Peridot!" Amethyst yelled gritting her teeth.

"What are you three doing here?!" Pearl yelled angrily.

"Steven I thought I told you to keep an eye on her." Garnet asked.

"I know but-"

"He did what he was told!" Peridot says and looks back at Steven and then back at the Gems. "Alright… listen up you clo- Crystal Gems. I made up my mind. I have something to tell you about the Cluster."