The next day Amy watched Pearl make bacon, eggs and toast. She was quite intrigued by how cooking took place as she asked Pearl how it worked. Pearl was more than happy to explain her and Amy sucked it in like a sponge. Pearl let her flip the bacon and butter the toast.

"Thank you Amy. If you want too I can teach you tomorrow morning how to cook. There's books too that will teach you."

"That sounds fun Pearl, thank you. So if this food stuff any good?" Amy asked picking up some bacon and sniffed it.

"I don't like passing mush. That's more Amethyst's thing. You can try it if you want."

Amy studied it. It did look good...

"Ok. Here I go," she said and closed her eyes.

She placed the bacon in her mouth and she looked at Pearl confused.

"You have to chew it," she said chuckling.

Amy nodded and started chewing. It was so good. Wow I... like this! No wonder Steven eats this all the time!

Amy looked back at Pearl.

"You have to swallow."

Amy nodded and smiled. She swallowed it and felt super weird.

"That was so good... it was different."

Pearl grimaced then forced a smile, "It's for some people."

"Does all food taste like that?"
"From what Steven has said it all has different tastes. Even the same food can have different taste. It depends how you make it."

"Can you teach me to cook? It sounds fun."

"Sure! It'd help a lot if I was gone and you were here. You can cook for Steven sometimes. Let me find some cookbooks and we can try things together."

Amy glowed with excitement when Steven stumbled down the stairs rubbing his eyes.

"Good morning Steven," Pearl and Amy said together smiling at him.

"When are you going to the barn?"

Amy blinked, "Oh Peridot! I have to go!"

Amy had completely forgotten about Peridot because she was tasting bacon and talking to Pearl about food. She stepped on the warp pad and tried to relax herself. She wasn't ever going to get used to the warp feeling and she was afraid of the warp stream. It just looked weird in general and it reminded her of the bright lights from the ships.

She reappeared on the warp pad on the hill by the barn. She stretched and hurried her way to the barn seeing that Lapis was sitting on top of the barn watching the clouds. Amy stopped in front of the barn listening to see if Peridot was awake; for some reason Amy felt that it would make her mad if Amy did wake her up. Amy took one step in and Peridot jumped down from the loft.

You're late," she stated with a blank expression.

What is late?"Amy asked .

Peridot shook her head and headed for the ladder to the loft.

"I found you some books so you can understand humans and their language so you can live on this planet. I don't think you have any intentions of living in Homeworld so it'll be better just to focus on the English. Humans actually have more than one language, so we'll just focus on the one you need here. These books are for toddlers or small humans but since we have to start from the bottom, they'll work. Are you ready?" Peridot asked Amy nodded.

Over the next couple hours Amy learned the alphabet and basic objects. Peridot started on numbers and Amy flew through those too. She was naturally smart and curious which pleased the little green gem to no end. Amy had a lot of respect for the small gem and Peridot really liked that though Amy's next question would shock her a little.

"What are emotions?" Amy asked.

You don't know what that is? You experience them everyday.

"I-I do?"

"It's a feeling... It is an affective state of consciousness in which joy, sorrow, fear, hate or the like, is experienced, as distinguished from cognitive and volitional states of consciousness. When they captured you off of your planet you felt fear. When you talked about Pink Diamond being shattered, you were sad. You probably feel happy or joy when you are with Amethyst or Steven. From what I'm told love and hate are two of the strongest emotions you can feel."

What is hate?" Amy asked.

"It's an intense feeling of dislike... Like if someone was mean to you and you feel aggravation towards that person you probably hate them. You're annoyed by them pretty much. Love is a strong emotion where you care for someone a lot. I haven't really experienced this yet but I know someone who has: Garnet. You remember when you asked what fusion was? (Amy nodded) Garnet is two gems fused together: Ruby and Sapphire. Fusion is a special process but sometimes you can love the gem you fuse with.

"Garnet's fusion is held together by the love Ruby and Sapphire. You can be in love with someone completely different from you. I've only met Ruby and Sapphire a few times but I can tell you they are vastly different. If you want I have a video you can watch to see what love can look like."

"A video?" Amy asked.

"LAPIS! WE ARE GONNA WATCH CAMP PINING HEARTS! YOU WANNA JOIN US?!" Peridot yelled.

"NO! I'M SUNBATHING! THANK YOU THOUGH!"

Peridot pulled Amy through the loft and they climbed into the back of the truck. Peridot popped in a DVD and the TV flickered on. The words 'Camp Pining Hearts' came on and then it started showing people she had never seen before. Peridot and Amy ended up spending the rest of the day together watching almost the entire season one.

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"You two have been watching this the entire time?" Lapis asked.

"No I taught her some things."

"I understand this romantic video a little better since she explained things to me."

"Oh. Do you like this show?" Lapis asked grinning and Amy nodded.

"It is very informational too and I can see the emotions on their faces while dealing with their situations."

Lapis nodded and shrugged in agreement as she sat down. It was almost nine at night when Amethyst came and got Amy since Steven was already asleep.

Amy sat down on the couch with Garnet who was looking through a newspaper. Amy was able to recognize some of the words but not of all of them since she was still learning. Garnet smiled over at her and Amy's face turned a slightly darker shade of blue. She felt embarrassed but she was going to ask anyways.

"What's it like being in love?" Amy blurted out.

Garnet smiled, "Why do you ask?"

"Peridot was teaching me some things and I asked about emotions. She said you would know about love."

Garnet smiled even wider,"I do."

"Can you tell me?"

"Love is like a feeling that's very special. There's a difference between love for friends and love for that special person. The kind of love I have for Steven, Amethyst and Pearl is different that the love Ruby and Sapphire has that creates me. Maybe one day you'll find love and you'll be able to understand it better."

"Love... so then how is it I feel towards Pink Diamond?" Amy asked.

"That's more of a friendship. She helped you and you want to return the favor. That's what friends do."
Amy smiled sadly.

"Even if Pink Diamond can't come back, you have us, Peridot and Lapis."

"That's true."
"What are your plans for tomorrow?" Garnet said.

"Peridot told me to come back if I wanted to watch Camp Pining Hearts."

Garnet chuckled and nodded.

"Do you want to learn how to fight?"

Amy stared, "What's that?"

"It's more to defend yourself just in case we aren't here to protect you. It will take some time but I'm willing to show you if you want."
"Um... I don't have a weapon."
"When the moment is right it'll appear."
"Are you sure? I'm a lot different than all of you."

"We're all different. I'm always fused and it's considered an abomination. Pearls aren't meant to fight but to look pretty and act as a servant but Pearl rose above that. She can fight and she's smart; she can build things. Amethyst may be small but she's strong and strong willed. Peridot is small and a lot smarter than your average Peridot; she also has metal powers. Lapis is looked at like she's weak but she's a strong individual and she can hold her own.

"Steven is half human half gem. Sometimes his powers works and sometimes they don't. He can fuse with humans or with gems. We all have our differences but that's what makes us all strong in our own way. Just like how your different too; you came from a planet and you were born not because somebody wanted you to be but because it was meant to be."

Amy nodded.

"Will bad things happen if I do?"

"No. Why do you think that'll happen?"

"I don't want to shatter anyone."

Garnet stared at her.

"We just poof them and put them in a bubble so they don't hurt anymore and hurt others."

Amy looked unconvinced but nodded anyways.

Garnet went on to explain how there were corrupted gems and how one day they wanted to heal them. She explained Steven's some what working healing powers and that it may heal them. Amy explained to Garnet about the gem with no face had to have been a corrupted gem but Garnet explained it was two gem shards fused together on purpose.

"So... I am two gem shards fused together..."

Garnet scratched her head but she smiled.

"Maybe so but the thing is you came naturally. That gem monster was forced together and it's completely different."

Amy nodded but it saddened her.

But why was I allowed to come to existence right and they couldn't?

"You should get some sleep, Amy. You have a big day ahead of you tomorrow."

"Ok," she said smiling, "Thank you."

I promise things will pick up in the next chapter so bear with me lol If you have a suggestion or something you would like me to put in the story go ahead and ask; I don't mind :) Well I have to work on my other story until next chapter...