So, after all of the tension from the past two chapters of this arc, how's about some nice fluff to end out the 'A New Gem' arc of this story? Ready to find out what it was that Dean got for Bayley to take to school for her presentation? Read on to find out, my loves, and enjoy. =)

Making sure she had everything in her backpack before leaving for school, Bayley made sure the last thing she put in her bag was what she was going to take to school for Mr. Regal's class. Taking one last look at the object, Bayley nodded at it. 'This has to be okay for me to take in. It's something important to Dean and the others, so-'

"Oh! Morning, Bayley. Didn't think I'd catch you before you went to school," Sasha's voice cut into Bayley's thinking.

Jumping in place a bit, Bayley turned to the magenta-haired Gem, who was sitting on one of the stools around the kitchen island reading a book. "Morning, Sasha. I wasn't expecting to see you in here."

"I was feeling a bit restless, so I decided to come and read one of your books," Sasha held up a book with a black cover that had a picture of a girl holding a candle. "I have to say, Bayley. I never thought you'd be into something like this."

"Well, Coraline's one of my favorite books to read around Halloween. It's so spooky that it just fits that time of year pretty well," Bayley shrugged.

"Halloween?" Sasha asked, tilting her head to the side in confusion. While Sasha had been in creation for a good number of years now, there were still some things about humans that she didn't quite understand.

"Wait. You don't know what Halloween is?" Bayley asked, surprised to hear this. "I'll have to tell you about it some time. Halloween's one of my favorite holidays of the year, and I'm sure you'd probably like to celebrate it."

"I'd like that," Sasha said, just as knocking could be heard at the front door.

"Oh! That's probably Sami. I should probably let him in," Bayley said. Stashing what she was taking to school in her backpack, Bayley headed over to and opened the door. "Morning, Sami!" Bayley greeted her friend with a smile.

"Morning, Bayley," Sami returned her smile. "Are you ready to head to sch-" The redhead soon found himself stopped in his tracks when he saw Sasha. Moving to stand behind Bayley, Sami scaredly pointed "Bayley! It's-it's that girl from yesterday!"

"Yeah. Sami, that's Sasha. Don't worry, she's not gonna hurt us," Bayley tried to calm her friend down.

"I'm not sure I can believe that after she tried to attack the both of us yesterday!" Sami almost shouted.

"I should...I should probably apologize for that," Sasha slid off of the stool as she put Bayley's book down. "You'll have to forgive me for my behavior yesterday, one called Sami. I wasn't really myself when I formed back into myself, and...I was harboring some anger towards Dean, as you and Bayley saw. If I scared you any yesterday, I'd like to apologize, and...like with Bayley, I'd like to be friends." And, to show that she was being genuine, Sasha held out her hand to Sami.

At first, Sami couldn't help but flinch away from Sasha's hand, lest he end up getting hurt by her in some way. But, upon seeing that it appeared to be a genuine handshake, Sami took and shook Sasha's hand. "OK, Sasha. I'd like to try to be your friend, too. ...Although, when it comes to talking to me, you can drop the "one called" stuff. It's just Sami, OK?"

"OK, one-Sami," Sasha smiled as she shook Sami's hand.

Smiling at the fact that one of her best friends and her new friend were starting to build trust in each other, Bayley was almost set to say something when a look at the clock showed that she and Sami only had a couple of minutes to get to school on time. "I'd hate to cut your handshake short, but we have to get to school soon, Sami. We don't want to be late."

"Right, right!" Sami shook his head. Taking his hand out of Sasha's, Sami said "I'll see you later, Sasha. I hope I can come visit you again."

"OK. You two have a good day at school," Sasha waved the two teens off. Heading back to her seat as she picked up Bayley's book and continued where she left off reading. The magenta-haired Gem was feeling proud of herself that she was doing more in the way of making up with those she had hurt during the small window of time she had been back in a stable form. Now all she had to was work on building trust in everyone again. Which, she hoped wouldn't be too hard for her to do.

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Sitting in Mr. Regal's class, Bayley kept threading and unthreading her fingers together as she sat in wait of when she'd have to present what she brought in to present. It still surprised her greatly that Mr. Regal allowed what she brought in as she was thinking it was something that wasn't going to be okay to present; but after getting the greenlight from her teacher, Bayley felt an immense wave of relief wash over her.

"Thank you for that...rather informative presentation, Mr. Amore. I'm sure your family members would love the way you talked about their..."bling" in class," Mr. Regal offered up as positive remarks to a grinning boy with an impressive crop of light blonde hair. "And now, for our last presentation from Ms. Bayley Martinez. Bayley, would you like to come and present what you've brought in?"

"Y-Yes, sir!" Bayley nervously chirped. Swallowing a sudden dry lump in the back of her throat, Bayley stood from her seat with her presentation piece in hand and proceeded to make her way to the front of the classroom.

Seeing Bayley now standing at the front of the class, Mr. Regal said "Whenever you're ready, Bayley, you may begin."

"O-OK, Mr. Regal," Bayley nodded. Taking one last breath in before letting it out, Bayley held up what she had brought in to school as she began her presentation. "This is something that's been in my family for a number of years. I-It's called an ocarina. It's a musical instrument that belonged to someone my dad and my uncles said helped raise them when they were younger. Ever since she passed the instrument down to them, they've kept in good condition so as not to break it or anything. And, if I could play it, I'm sure it'd make some really pretty music. And...that about wraps up my presentation. Thanks for listening, everyone."

Seeing that the brunette was done with her presentation, Mr. Regal said "That was a very good presentation, Ms. Martinez. I did find it quite interesting that what you brought in is as close to a genuine ocarina as most people could find, especially since it's in such good condition. You did very well with your presentation, Bayley."

"Wow. Th-thank you, Mr. Regal," Bayley smiled a bit as she felt her cheeks start to warm slightly.

"You're very welcome, dear," Mr. Regal said with a smile of his own. After Bayley took her seat, Mr. Regal stood from his as he went back to the front of the class. "OK, students. I would like to take the time to say that all of you did very well with your presentations. You should all be very proud of what you've done to honor the family legacies that surround what you all brought in to share with the class. So, at this time, I'd like you all to give yourselves a round of applause." As the students clapped for themselves and their peers with some throwing in a cheer here and there, the bell rang to signal that it was the end of the day. Watching as his class all stood and began to file out of the room, Mr. Regal made sure to say "Now, don't forget to come in tomorrow ready to leap into our next lesson, children."

Walking along with Sami and Finn, and then being joined by Becky and Paige as they headed outside, Bayley looked down at the ocarina that she was still holding in her hands. There was something about how the smooth pink ceramic instrument in her hand looked that felt...oddly familiar, almost as if she had seen it somewhere before. 'Ehh, its probably just some kind of weird déjà vu-y feeling that I'm having. It's probably nothing,' Bayley thought as she went back to talking with her friends. After the success of her big presentation, Bayley was just excited to tell Dean and the others how it went, as she was feeling a bit proud of herself for being able to represent herself and her fellow Gems in front of some of the humans they had sworn to protect.

Aww, Bayley did so well with her presentation to the class of her "family's" ocarina. Still not sure why I went with an ocarina, but I think it was a pretty good idea...even more so since it would appear as though something about the ocarina strikes Bayley as pretty familiar. *shrugs* Who knows? Maybe, just maybe, it is something that's familiar to Bayley. And...maybe she'll find out more about it in the future. *insert mischievous grin here*

And, with this chapter ends the 'A New Gem' arc of Bayley's Universe. I really did have a lot of fun with writing this as I was able to bring in some backstory building that I hope you guys all enjoyed reading, and I was able to introduce another mainstay character to the story in Sasha, who seems to be rebuilding bridges with the others and taking to learning about some of the human stuff Bayley likes pretty well (after all, it is pretty dang cute to think of her as being a bit of a bookworm). Maybe with us now being in the holiday and Christmas season, I can make my next arc holiday-oriented. After all, since I've hit a bit of a wall with the other Christmas thing I was working on, maybe by working on something Christmas-y here, I could maybe get my wheels spinning for that other story (even though it's two different genres entirely). *le shiki shrug* I'll see... *clears throat* Pardon my rambling, everyone. ^^, Anyways, I hope you all have enjoyed the 'A New Gem' arc. Don't forget to R&R please, and I'll see you all in my festive holiday arc of this story. =)

(One last thing *le shiki94 promotion of a friend's work goes here*: One of my good friends here, StarshineGoomba, is working her way back into writing after some personal stuff sidelined her from writing for a spell. She just recently updated one of her stories, Bad Things, and I recommend you go give it a try if you want something good featuring our adorable cinnamon rolls Bayley and Sami Zayn together in it. =) )