The next morning Amy woke up seeing that Steven and Amethyst weren't there. She jumped up and began to panic but she calmed down to see they were downstairs in the space they called a kitchen. Crept down the stairs slowly and joined them with a weak, uneasy smile.
"Morning Amy! Do you want to eat?" Amethyst asked shoving a plate with breakfast food into her mouth.
"Amethyst! What did I tell you about eating the plates? Greg has bought several sets lately!" Pearl said frowning.
"It's ok, he can buy more," she said smiling.
"What is eating?" Amy asked.
"It's what the living things on this planet do to live. Since I'm half human I have to eat and sleep to function. I know it's different for you guys," Steven said.
Amy just blinked and stared at him.
"If you want Peridot can explain everything to you. She's really smart."
"Peridot?"
"She's a Homeworld gem but she's a Crystal Gem now. So is Lapis."
Amy scratched her head a little confused, "There's more of you guys?"
"Yup and Peridot is really smart. Lapis can control water and she can fly."
"That sounds fun."
Garnet put her hand on Amy's shoulder, "Things will be fine. You'll fit right in."
Amy smiled sweetly.
"Where is Peridot and Lapis?" she asked.
"At the barn. We will go there shortly. It will be fun and you'll get more friends."
"Friends?" Amy said aloud to herself.
"They're companions that you can depend on no matter what. They'll always be there for you," Pearl said smiling.
"Oh... that sounds nice."
An hour later they were jumping on the warp pad to the barn. Amy was gripping onto Garnet's arm for dear life as they went through the warp stream.
"You can open your eyes now Amy," Garnet said.
Amy opened her eyes to see hill of grass and trees; she practically had stars in her eyes. Steven smiled at her reaction. The world was beautiful and calm; she couldn't believe her eyes. All that time she spent on that planet alone in the storms and even in the chaos it was beautiful but Earth was a peaceful beauty.
"It's so beautiful... Wow."
"This is why we want to protect everything," Pearl said smiling.
"I can see why..."
"I like this place so much."
"Maybe we can show you the snow sometime too!" Steven said as they walked up to the barn.
"Lapis! Peridot! We have someone we want you to meet!" Amethyst yelled.
Lapis and Peridot poked their heads out from the back of the truck which was sticking out of the barn. They saw Amy walking up and they looked at each other.
"Who's that?" Peridot yelled.
"She's Amy and an amethyst like Amethyst!"
Peridot disappeared and came out of the barn to inspect out the new "amethyst" that had showed up. In reality Garnet and Pearl wanted Peridot to check her out mainly because she was a newer gem and she might have some idea who Amy really was. It wasn't unheard of that gems just existed but Amy displayed no magical gem powers but the way she said it Pink Diamond knew something they didn't.
"You don't look like an amethyst... Your frame is small and you're not even purple. As my time as a kindergartner every single amethyst that came out of the ground was big and purple... Except Amethyst over here; she's a special case. Even your gem is two different colors... Are you a fusion?" Peridot asked.
Amy looked at Steven then back at Peridot, "What's a fusion?"
Peridot looked at them then at her, "What kind of clod doesn't know what fusion is?!"
"She's from a planet all by herself," Steven said.
Lapis dropped down from the truck staring at Amy in amazement, "I've heard of natural occurs gems but I've never actually seen one!"
"You've heard of this? How come I've heard of it?!" Peridot yelled.
Pearl chuckled, "You're a newer gem I guess you never heard of such things since it was frowned upon."
"Sometimes a gem will be forming and sometimes an extra element or a shard of gem that formed had no purpose will fuse to make gem making her look like she was fused. My name is Lapis Lazuli."
"That's a pretty name," Amy said smiling.
"Come here I want to study you," Peridot said running back into the barn.
Amy looked at Steven, "What is fusion? Everyone keeps mentioning but I don't know what it is."
"It's when two or more gems got together to form a new gem," Lapis said taking her hand.
Everyone went into the barn and they sat down in front of the chair that Peridot had in the middle of the floor.
"Please sit down Amy. Let me get my tablet and we'll get started."
Amy sat down in the chair looking around at all the objects they had in the barn. It was really interesting in her opinion but then again she didn't know what anything is. She watched as Peridot came back down a ladder and stood there tapping on some rectangular object. Peridot got into her face staring at her eyes.
"Ok Amy... I'm going to ask you a series of questions. Where did you get your name?" the little green gem asked.
"Steven gave it to me."
Peridot looked at Steven, "Why 'Amy'?" she asked.
"We already have Amethyst. So I named her Amy."
"Do you like your name Amy?" Peridot asked.
"Yes. I don't know how to show it though."
"You mean 'write'?"
"I don't know what that is," Amy answered looking confused.
Peridot smacked herself in the face annoyed.
"I'm sorry. Maybe after you ask me questions, you can teach me stuff."
Peridot brightened up, "Really?! You want me to teach you things?"
"Uh yes. I don't know anything."
"Ok we'll do more on that later. What is your planet like?" Peridot asked.
"Well, it was blue, green and orange colored gases. There were constant storms and I remember disappearing a lot but coming back. I learned to predict and avoid the storms. They were quite beautiful and chaotic. It was pretty dim... I miss it a lot. I was there for a very long time."
"Ok... Did anything happen while you were there that was odd and out of the normal you were used too?"
"Yes. A ship came collecting the gases from my planet. They are the ones who captured me."
"Who was on the ship that you can remember?"
"There were a lot of red and yellow... blue gems maybe an orange but there was one that I knew for sure. Pink Diamond."
Peridot almost dropped her tablet, "What?"
"Pink Diamond, she saved me."
Peridot whipped around to stare at the Crystal Gems, "She told you the same?"
"She did," they all answered.
"Um ok... How did Pink Diamond save you? Did she tell you that you were an amethyst?" Peridot asked staring at her puzzled.
"She said I looked like an amethyst and a sapphire but I had no idea what either of those looked like so I just as an amethyst. They said... (Her eyes began to tear up) they said I was wrong. How was I wrong when I am me and I was made on my own planet alone? They said the diamonds were afraid of me but I don't know why. They were going to smash my gem until Pink Diamond ordered them not too. She helped me leave the Homeworld.
"I am supposed to go back and help her like she asked. To me it doesn't matter that she's shattered. Somehow she knew something about me that I didn't know about myself. I need to go back and fix things. Can you tell me why she thought I could help her?" Amy asked with pleading eyes.
"Hm... I don't know but do you have anymore information? Maybe I can come up with a couple of theories to test."
"Theories?"
"Yes... It's just an idea but I can review everything you told me and see if I can come with a reason she wanted to save you."
Amy jumped up and hugged the tiny green gem. Peridot's face turned dark green with embarrassment.
"Um... you're welcome... You can let go of me now," Peridot said smiling sheepishly.
"Awww, Peridot. You made her happy," Steven said smiling.
"Yes I see that. I have to get to work so leave me now."
Peridot climbed up the ladder and disappeared onto the loft.
"It will be a little while... I feel like going out today. Do you want to hang out in the woods?" Lapis asked Amy smiling.
"Um what is 'woods'?" Amy asked.
"That sounds great Lapis! Guys is it ok if I hang out here today?!" Steven asked.
"Sure. Amethyst can stay too," Garnet said smiling, "We are going to talk to Peridot and we'll head back to the temple. Come home around dinner time."
"Ok Garnet! Let's go explore!" Steven yelled grabbing Lapis' and Amy's hands taking off for the woods.
Garnet and Pearl climbed up the ladder to see Peridot with crayons and paper scattered everywhere. She was really thinking and staring at her tablet. Pearl and Garnet sat on the couch while she started writing on the papers without even noticing them. Garnet touched her shoulder and the little gem jumped.
"You scared me! Did she have anymore information?" Peridot asked.
"No. We actually wanted to talk to you," Pearl said.
"Is this about her seeking out Pink Diamond?"
"Yes."
"Figures. You can't fix a shattered gem," Peridot said.
"I think Pink Diamond knew she had the ability to fix shattered gems. If she could her power could fall I the wrong hands then she could fix all the gems that have been shattered and some real problems would come along."
"Pink Diamond was shattered to save Earth since she had control of this planet," Pearl said.
"Well then tell her about the rebellion and everything else you Crystal Gems did then. I can tell her my theories and you guys can help her decide. I have things to do and I thinks she's completely harmless."
"You really think that Peridot?" Pearl said looking unconvinced.
"Yes. She won't be able to help you guys when you need if you hold back information."
Garnet tapped her chin, "That is true. I suppose we can start teaching her things too. Let's go home Pearl."
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It was about seven when they finished playing in the woods. Amy entered the barn with Steven looking around. Everything was so fascinating and she saw so many animals and plants. She was more curious to what Peridot was doing so she climbed the ladder and saw her sitting on the ground staring at papers.
"Are you ok?" Amy asked.
"I'm fine thank you. I am working."
"Do you need to ask me anymore questions?" she asked.
Peridot leaned back and looked at the odd gem, "Do you have any powers?"
"Um... I don't know. Isn't that what you're trying to figure out now?" Amy asked looking confused.
"That's true... I don't know have anything yet but if you come back in a week I should have something. Though you can come tomorrow and I can teach you things too."
"Thank you, Peridot. Can I ask you a question?" Amy asked.
"Sure why not."
"Have you ever fused before?"
Peridot dropped her table, "Oh my stars no!" Her face became dark green.
"Well why not?"
"It's an imitate personal thing. You share your thoughts and feelings in the process and your bodies become one. It's more complex but similar to human and animal sex. Some gems fuse with only their kind. Some fuse to fight. Some fuse for love. Fusion isn't able to happen unless you have the consent of both gems. Why do you want to know?" Peridot said looking interested.
"Do you want to fuse?" Amy asked outright.
"What?! No! I've never done it!"
"I haven't either."
"Well one day you'll find someone to fuse with. Be on your way; I'm working."
Peridot shooed her away and she headed out of the barn.
"Are you ready Amy?"
Amy nodded and grabbed Steven's hand.
"I'm still scared of the warping thing."
"It's ok. Let's go and eat dinner!"
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"We sighted Jasper but she got away," Garnet said and Amethyst made an angry face.
"Who is Jasper?" Amy asked.
"She's... she's no one," Amethyst muttered and went outside slamming the screen door.
Steven pulled out his phone and showed her the picture of Jasper holding two corrupted gems.
"Oh."
"She's from Homeworld too," Pearl said, "She told Amethyst she was... wrong."
"But Amethyst is fine."
"We know but there is some truth to the statement. Amethyst is a quartz gem and she was made to be big. It's just Homeworld has their own views on things," Garnet said.
"Jasper doesn't look perfect. She's like me... I have the purple on half my body and she has marks of darker orange."
Pearl nodded.
"Amethyst wants a rematch with Jasper to prove she can beat her."
Amy just stared at them.
'Her feelings are hurt."
"Oh."
"It will take time for her to be ok again," Garnet said smiling.
Amy had the feeling she wasn't going to be alright.
Thank you to the two followers I have :) I'm glad someone likes this and I was nervous no one would like it. Thank you Style (Guest). I'm glad you like it :) I won't be updating until Saturday because I work all week and I work at night. I'll start on the next chapter when I can. I already know what it's called : Peridot the Teacher