A/N: IMPORTANT MESSAGE, EVERYONE! the review system is going absolutely crazy. I get messages that I received a review in my email, but, when I go to reply, they aren't there. This is freaky and frustrating, because I really want to be able to discuss these chapters with you. I hope it's fixed at this point, but I recommend you to copy and paste these reviews before you send them so you can resubmit them if they don't show up, and you'll know because I usually get to reviews within at least thirty minutes to an hour. If I don't get back to you within that time frame, or within a day, something went wrong. Just letting you know.

Okay, so it seems that the reviews are only EXTREMELY delayed in getting here; I just looked and saw those reviews... welp, still letting you know the deal.

With that said, the story must go on, a day earlier than usual! we're back to Bill, played by me, and Steven, played wonderfully by Ace, now! this chapter is especially when everything kicks off. Things are going to be heavily serious from here on in. With comic relief added in, of course. X3 SOOOO CHAPTER FOURTEEN! GRACE US WITH YOUR PRESENCE!

A Triangle in the Stars
Chapter Fourteen: Trouble at the School

Sunlight was pouring in through the windows of Steven's and the Crystal Gems' home. It couldn't be no more than ten in the morning. Bill was still fast asleep, clutching onto one of the stuffed animals for some odd reason and his leg twitching every now and then. Steven soon woke up, yawning and stretching. Bill was still asleep, but his "chest" wasn't heaving. He didn't need to breathe, after all.

Steven looked upon him with a smile. He decided, in payment for dinner last night, he'd make them breakfast. So he slipped out of bed, being careful not to wake the little guy, into his usual clothes, and then into the kitchen, where he began making pancakes. Bill clutched the stuffed animal a little tighter, cuddling with it in his sleep. Of course, had he been awake, he wouldn't have ever dared. He made a little noise, a snore of sorts, as his dark slumber took care of him and assuaged the effects of the meltdown he had yesterday.

Once the pancakes were all warmed up, the boy sprayed whipped cream on them, and placed strawberries on the top, expertly. He scrounged around in the fridge for some sort of dessert sauce to pour on them. Bill twitched some more, a sign that he was waking up. Steven found some hot fudge flavored syrup, and started to squeeze it over the meal, smiling. He then divided it into two, and put one half on a different plate.

The smell of breakfast wafted to the demon's unseen nose. This caused him to stir. His eye fluttered open, and he was back in the waking world. With all the senses that came with it. Like the weight of something he was holding...

He soon realized, and, eye wide, let go of the stuffed animal. He wanted to skewer it too, but he didn't for some reason. He looked towards the kitchen, eye narrowed now.

"Hey! Bill! I made us breakfast!" Steven called, cupping his hands around his mouth.

"Heh, that's rather nice of you," Bill smirked. He then scooted away from the toy, frowning slightly. He was actually kinda embarrassed, especially since he knew Steven had seen him like that, but he hid this expertly. Steven brought up the plates, along with forks and knives, and set them on the bed. He picked up the remote and turned on the TV, to the cable.

"Let's see what's on..." he changed the channel a couple of times, frowning.

Bill yawned, and then suddenly remembered. He smirked a little sadistically, but that quality quickly vanished, and he suggested, "Hey, kid. Tune in to the news channel, why don'tcha?"

He wanted to see the aftermath of the chaos, and maybe even some footage of the chaos unfolding. The demon pointed to the plate and his set of a fork and knife and levitated them onto his lap after he sat up properly, still grinning.

"News channel it is, then. Uh... local news? or national news?" Steven asked, looking up, frowning, trying to remember the numbers as he took a bite of his breakfast.

"Local," Bill replied, and then he took a bite of his breakfast too. He hummed slightly with delight. This was really good. If there was one thing humanity did well, it was food. They certainly didn't disappoint.

The boy turned the dial to the right channel at last. There was a breaking news sign, as well as a picture of the school they visited just the other day. A woman was speaking, but Steven talked right over her.

"Look! that's the school we visited yesterday, with Sadie!" he exclaimed, stuffing another bite in his mouth.

"Yeah, yeah, now shush!" Bill then grinned, staring at the television with a wide eye now.

The image then cut to an actual video of the school itself, along with several ambulances parked at the front, and the same woman who had been talking was standing at the entrance of the school.

"Breaking news!" the anchorwoman announced into her microphone with a neutral, but concerned, expression, "we come to you live from Beach City High, where some strange things have been happening to the students and to the staff. Not to mention dangerous."

Bill tried his best to keep from grinning. He maintained a neutral expression throughout, but he was literally on the inside bustling with joy. Steven kept watching silently.

"We've had witnesses report that the lights turned off while the hallway was crowded, resulting in some rather bad accidents. And, in the chemistry lab, things fared much worse," and it cut away to the footage from a security camera.

It showed a class in the lab, getting ready to do some sort of project. On a whiteboard, instructions were written in black. The students began to work...

One, using a blender, got acid splattered all over his face and screamed. Another, mixing chemicals together, watched in horror as a hand emerged from the beaker, black and almost cartoonish, and frankly impossible. The same thing happened to all the others trying to get chemicals to react to one another, but with different-colored hands. Demons. Trying to pull themselves out. The students started running out, screaming, and the teacher pulled the fire alarm, right before she, too, ran out.

Bill held back a chuckle and a grin. He glanced at Steven, knowing he would be horrified. He wanted to see his face. And he was right. The boy was indeed horrified. The demon, meanwhile, feigned concern, eye wide and a hand on his "chin", "Oh, this is just so horrible!"

The footage soon switched to a different scene, with the lady unusually silent, to a scene of a quiet hallway, a few students walking through it. A horrifying roar rocked the school, before an indescribably terrifying beast emerged from the other side of said hallway and began running after the students, who also ran, for their lives, screaming. This beast had multicolored limbs, all in the wrong places, looking like a twisted spider. On what could be assumed to be its back was a strange jewel.

Steven recognized it. It was the last straw, actually. He hopped off the bed, gasping, "It's a Gem Monster! come on, Bill, we gotta go fight it!" he exclaimed, already beginning down the stairs. "I thought we had rid everywhere of them..."

"Ugh.. do we have to?" Bill groaned, beginning to eat more of his breakfast. He was really starting to enjoy watching the mayhem he'd caused, and didn't want to be interrupted. And then he glanced at the boy's abandoned breakfast and actually said this, "At least finish your breakfast, kid."

"Fine..." the boy started back up the stairs, climbing back onto bed and grabbing his breakfast plate, "but we have to help them! Garnet, Amethyst, and Pearl aren't around to help us with this one! someone could get really hurt! more than they probably already have!"

"Eh.." Bill kept eating. And, when he was done, he narrowed his eye and crossed his arms. The news showed more footage, such as the hallways getting crowded and the lights flickering on and off, as well as blue screens on a lot of the computers. More footage of the Gem Monster, which made Steven rush his breakfast. He was done soon after Bill was.

Bill couldn't help the grin that spread across his eye at all that chaos. It all came together. He thought they were mediocre at the time, but now it all added up and absolutely terrified everyone and even harmed a few. He allowed a quiet chuckle, but he made sure Steven didn't hear it. And then he immediately frowned again, acting concerned once more. But in reality he just didn't care and was bustling with joy.

Steven soon grabbed Bill's hand and ran to Lion. He hopped onto his back.

"We need to get to the school! stat!" he shouted to the big guy, who, surprisingly, opened his eyes at that, and stood up as well. He began to run in a circle around the room, faster and faster. Bill couldn't even complain. His eye was wide out of shock now. He held onto Lion's mane with the one hand that was free, yelping a little. And then Steven let go to hold on with both hands, and the demon promptly grabbed onto the fur with his other hand.

A circle of pink appeared, and Lion leapt through it, bringing them instantly to the front of the school. He slowed, and eventually sat down to let Steven and Bill off. Bill's eye was wider than ever, and his pupil was a mere pinprick. His hands had gone white due to clutching onto Lion's mane so hard, and it felt like he couldn't let go.

The anchorwoman merely stared at the sight. She was used to this, having seen and reported so many weird things before in this town. Her camera and ambulance people were too, although slightly surprised. They blinked due to shock.

"Come on, Bill, we gotta go defeat the Gem Monster and fix the school!" almost drunkenly, Steven dizzily ran to the entrance, afraid his breakfast was about to come right back out his mouth.

After a while, Bill finally let go and tumbled off Lion. He then, almost as dizzily, followed Steven, grumbling to himself. He, like Lars with the picnic and Sadie with the school, really didn't want to be here. He'd much rather be at Steven's home continuing to watch the chaos unfold. Not to mention, he was also quite embarrassed right now; he wasn't acting his best, and people were watching. He soon shot a dangerous glare at the staring news-people and ambulance pilots, pupil flashing a deep blue, and they, shuddering, returned to their business.

Steven darted into the building, which had been evacuated now. The entire students and staff, save for some who had been transported to the hospital due to severe injuries, were in the parking lot now, watching from a safe distance. The boy paused to settle his stomach, holding a hand against his mouth. He sighed, and began to walk down the hallways of the building, hoping Bill was trailing behind him.

And the demon was. He frowned at the thought of having to undo all this beautiful damage. He looked around, for the gem beast and all those demons that were running wild by now. Since the halls were no longer crowded, the lights were on and perfectly fine. A roar soon rocked the building once more, and then the beast appeared at the end of the hallway. Steven gasped, and started running the other direction. Bill's eye narrowed, and he watched Steven disappear down the hallway. He scoffed. He then glanced at the Gem Monster, and waved a dismissive hand before he wandered down another hallway. The monster soon followed Bill, of course, using its long limbs to bound forward...

A/N: And this starts an arc. I'm not saying what it is though, but you'll find out soon enough. Nyeh heh! I was also the news reporter and Ace described the footage quite wonderfully, and she also played Lion. :3
Well, I hope you enjoyed that! we certainly enjoyed RPing it. I'll see you next Friday or Saturday unless you have reviews to send me!