A/N: Hey guys, thanks for all the wonderful reviews! I hope you enjoy this chapter! -Mali

Two dark eyes struggled to open themselves as a tan girl woke herself up. She felt her surroundings through slightly blurred vision and found human straw; she was back where she started. Lifting herself up, the tan girl wandered around the barn trying to find whatever weapons she could to prepare for the human who had almost killed her. Her desire to exit the miserable planet she was stuck on rang through her head as she found the shovel that cracked her gem in the first place. It had a small dent like the boy had said, but she still wanted to protect herself.

"Come out wherever you are!" she shouted, "I know you live here!"

The barn door opened and a grey-haired human walked in, "How did you get in my barn? Are you a traveller?"

"Kind of… I am stuck on this awful planet and I need to get home…" the tan girl sat down on a hay bale, "Do you know how I can get out of here?"

"Well… I don't have much experience with gem-kind, but I know a friend who does," the man sat down across from her on another hay bale, "What type are you, an amber?"

"Y-Yes, Facet 3F6G Cut 6XA…" Amber paused, "How did you know that I am a gem?"

"I know now, but no one from around here has deep orange hair and tan skin," the uncle paused and crouched in front of the tan gem, "Aaand, who wears a uniform like that on Earth?"

"I don't know. Where is the other human? He lives here so where could he be…" Amber touched the crack on her gem.

"Ooh what happened to your gem?" the uncle lightly put his hand on the cracks of the amber.

The tan gem pushed his hand off, "The other human hit it with this shovel! I will hit something precious to him with it!"

"Uh I don't think Luca would take too kindly to it. He can be a bit grumpy sometimes," the uncle paused, "What was your mission?"

"I have to take back a couple of traitors…" Amber paused, "It's really none of your business."

"Okay, so you are fairly high ranked at home," the uncle smiled, "I bet you want to destroy the Earth."

"N-No… Yes," the tan gem held tightly onto her shovel, "It is a horrible planet that deserves to be drained of all its resources and destroyed. Now answer my question, where is the human boy?"

"He is at school right now, but should be getting home within the next couple hours. His job is every day at five so he should have some time to talk with you before he begins work," the uncle paused, "I wouldn't recommend trying to hurt him."

"I won't lay a single digit on him," Amber smiled crookedly.

"Sure," the uncle stood up and walked out, "Don't crack your gem anymore or you could have horrible side affects."

Amber sat on her hay bale wondering how to fix her gem and get revenge however getting revenge was the more powerful of the thoughts. She could go to his human school and be the smartest "human" there, rubbing his face in it. She could kill his caretaker or girlfriend right in front of his face. She could set his home on fire and make sure as many humans where inside as possible. Amber thought of many possibilities as she fidgeted with her communicator. She walked outside of the barn and wandered back to where her ship crashed, the communicator finally activating.

Yellow Diamond's Pearl answered, "Oh, it's you, let me get you to my Diamond."

Amber had done her a favor a while ago, so she had the obligation to connect her directly to her leader.

"Hello my Diamond," Amber knelt, "My ship had technical difficulties and crashed. I am very far from Peridot, the Vex, and Jasper."

"Why did I send you alone? I knew you couldn't do it… You had so much potential before," Yellow Diamond paused, "You have failed me."

"Well, what should I do?" Amber said.

"I am leaving you on Earth to suffer. Failures don't get sent home, they stay," Yellow Diamond frowned.

"But I won't survive here…" the tan gem stood up, "I have been loyal all of these thousands of years! Take me home!"

"Well I will send you "home" soon," Yellow Diamond hung up.

Amber stared at her communicator; it was about to be remotely detonated as she fell into fetal position. Her leader, who she had once revered, rejected her without a second thought. She deserved to die a horrible death for breaking her trust. All of a sudden, the human boy's caretaker ran to her side.

"Why are you here?" Amber asked helplessly.

"To help you survive this," the uncle grabbed the device, but Amber snagged it back, shoving it to her chest.

"Leave me alone, this is going to kill you," Amber fought away his hands and the tears that trickled down her cheeks, "Go away!"

"No," the uncle ripped the device from her hands and threw it towards the pieces of ship.

He instantly jumped over Amber protecting her from the blast. After the explosion echoed through the valley, the uncle got off of the tan gem.

"Are you okay?" he asked.

"I don't matter …" the gem mumbled.

"Yes you do," the uncle stood and offered Amber his hand, "Everyone matters."

The gem took his hand and they walked back to the house together.

"Luca should be home by now, I wonder where he is…" the uncle wondered aloud.

Amber wondered too as she kicked the blue door to his room open, "No don't do that, I have to pay for the door if it breaks."

"Sorry," Amber frowned, she wanted to find and exact her revenge as soon as possible without hurting anyone.

The boy was not in his bed, so Amber checked everywhere in his room. She couldn't find a trace of the human but asked the uncle where his school was. He gave her directions and soon enough, she found the school. It was larger than she thought but Amber trudged through the gate. The school was empty as it was already out, but the tan gem still searched.

"And then this strange creature comes out of a piece of amber and attacks me… It's like she did it on purpose and now Wendy hates me!" Luca said from around a corner to a group of guy friends.

Amber felt a pang of guilt, but remembered her cracked gem. She ran around the corner with her fists out, hissing.

"Oh looks like you're up, maybe you can take that somewhere else," Luca was emotionless, "This is that strange creature, guys."

One of the guy friends gave her a strange look, but Amber stood tall, "You need to pay!"

She was shoved up against a wall by Luca's right arm, "Listen here, get out of my life, you already ruined my relationship with Wendy!"

"Nope, I am going to make your life horrible!" her neck was barred and she coughed, "I don't need to breathe, so you can hold me up here until you let me go. You pathetic humans seem to feel compa-"

Luca let go and punched Amber straight in the face, her head bumping the wall, "Is that all you got?!"

The tan gem kicked Luca in the crotch, sending him to his knees. His friends backed him up and kicked Amber in her knees and arms. She ran back to Luca's house, picking the lock at the front door.

The caretaker walked over to the gem, "Woah, Amber, are you alright? You are all bruised up… What happened?"

"Luca and his humans hurt me…" the gem fell into the uncle's arms, "Is my gem any worse?"

The uncle turned her over, "No, it's still looking the same. I called my friends up in Maryland and they said that your gem will stay cracked until we find a healer."

"I just want to get revenge…" Amber started to close her eyes, so the uncle quickly brought her to the couch. She fell asleep the instant blankets covered her cold body. The uncle decided to wait until Luca got home so he wouldn't try anything on the sleeping gem.

When the one-armed boy arrived, he was shocked to see the being occupying the couch. She looked so peaceful with her visor off and her eyes closed gently that he found himself wishing he hadn't hurt her in the first place.

"Luca, why did you hurt her?" the uncle asked quietly, "She is from another planet, the least you could have done was be gentle."

"She started it… she said nasty things, scratched my face, shot my leg, and hit me in the crotch today," Luca paused, "This girl is just nasty."

"Amber just wanted to protect herself, what are you saying about yourself if you attack a girl as weak as her?" the uncle frowned as he touched the gem's forehead, "It seems like she has a fever."

"Fine, I will take care of her as long as she doesn't attack me," Luca sat where his uncle sat and felt the gem's head.

It was hot to the touch so he got a wet towel and placed it gently atop her forehead. Eventually, the uncle went to bed when he realized he could trust Luca. The one-armed boy took off the blankets and saw where the bruises were located. A pang of guilt struck him when he touched one and the girl trembled in slight pain. She stirred occasionally in her sleep, but when Luca stroked her hair, she became calm. Sun started to light up the room and Luca realized that he had fallen asleep. Luca made breakfast for him and his uncle after he stood and stretched. He decided to eat in front of the gem so that if she woke up, she could have some food, but her eyes wouldn't open.

The uncle joked, "Maybe a kiss of true love could wake her?" Luca got close to the sleeping gem and placed his lips on hers, "Wait! I didn't mean to actually do it!"

Amber's deep-sea blue eyes slowly opened. She slowly sat up and rubbed her eyes, unknowing of why Luca and the caretaker were surprised.

The gem looked to the uncle and yawned, "Why is he here?"

"He took care of you last night, you had a fairly bad fever," the caretaker paused, "Do you know what woke you up?"

"No, what?" Amber asked, still groggy.

"Luca kissed you," the uncle noticed his nephew blushing.

"What's a kiss?" the tan gem questioned, becoming less sleepy.

"Well…" the uncle whispered and Amber's cheeks flushed light blue.

"You!" Amber said loudly as Luca looked at her, "You dare to give me a kiss?"

"My uncle suggested it…" Luca flushed.

"Oh…" Amber looked to the caretaker, he was innocent and didn't look like he wanted to hurt her, "Never mind then, but never do it again!"

"Okay, I promise," Luca stuck out his right pinky to the gem.

"What do I do?" Amber asked the caretaker.

"Put your pinky to his, then it is a promise," the uncle smiled.

Amber did so and the promise was made to never make that sort of contact again. The gem grabbed her visor and placed it in front of her eyes.

She stood up, "Is it time for school?"

"You aren't going with me to school are you?" Luca frowned, "Only humans go to school, plus your bruises still haven't healed up yet."

"I signed her up for classes," the uncle smiled, "And her injuries heal faster than you would expect. Treat her nicely."

"Well…" Luca paused, "I guess you can come with me."

"You should feel privileged that I am attending you to school!" Amber said, smiling a toothy grin.

"Sure, I totally feel privileged," Luca said sarcastically looking to his uncle, "Let's go."

The two walked out the door along the street. Amber couldn't help staring at the strange country people, but stuck close to Luca. She hated the planet and everything on it except for the caretaker.

"Would it kill you to be nice?" Luca asked.

"Yes, these humans don't deserve my kindness!" Amber replied.

"I worry about you…" Luca said under his breath.

"Hey! Why are you missing an arm?" the curious gem asked, "All of the other humans have all of their parts so why are you missing one?"

"I lost it when I was younger," Luca said, but there was something bothering him, "I am really sorry about beating you up the other day, I kind of lost it."

"Oh don't worry, I am going to make your life horrible!" Amber smiled a toothy grin.

The two finally got to the school and Luca went to his class, they were both registered as juniors. It was the first semester for Luca so he had three classes to go to that would be totally different than the next semester's. He went to his class and sat down. Amber's first class was with Luca and so was her last, but her middle class was unknown. She sat down in Luca's desk before he could, but he picked her up with one arm and put her in an empty desk.

"Yo, who's your girl?" a classmate shouted across the room.

"She isn't my girl, she is just here," Luca responded.

The bell rang three times and the teacher stood in front of the podium, "Today we have a new student, Amber would you please come up and tell us a little about yourself?"

Amber looked to Luca with uncertainty, but stood tall, "Certainly."

She looked at the humans with confident eyes, "I… am from… a place and am four thousand five hundred thirty-seven years old. You are all puny in my eyes, but I look forward to learning with you."

The gem walked to her desk, but she could hear whispers about her hair color and clothes. She had no idea how to change her outfit so she left it that way. Amber felt her gem, she was nervous about her introduction and felt a bit guilty for insulting Luca. As math class continued, Amber knew all about it and she became popular for the answers.

Soon enough the bell rang and Amber went off to her new class. It was history, something she knew nothing about. She introduced herself and sat down in the front, so that she could see the board best. A girl with red hair sat next to her, but her desperate attempts to make friends were put down by Amber.

"Who was George Washington, Amber?" the teacher asked the gem.

She sheepishly looked around, "They are a person in a history book."

"Well yes, let's look for help. Rita can you answer the question?" the teacher smiled.

"George Washington was the first president of the United States, where we live, Amber," Rita snobbishly looked to the gem.

"I thought we are on the East Coast of Continent 3?" Amber pondered out loud.

"What? What is Continent 3?" Rita asked, drawing laughs from all directions.

"It's a place on the Earth," Amber frowned adjusting her visor.

"Why are you wearing a visor?" Rita said in a cruel tone of voice, "What are you trying to protect yourself from?"

"I…" Amber flushed, "I… feel like it…"

"Can you take off your visor?" the teacher asked, suspicious.

"I don't want to at the moment. It helps me see better," Amber responded.

The teacher nodded and continued the lesson until the bell rang. Amber cleaned up her papers and shoved them in the messenger bag Luca gave her. Rita walked out ahead of her and slammed the door in her face. The tan gem pushed it open and looked for Luca, but he was busy with his friends, the ones that had beaten her up.

She watched the humans eat their lunches, but walked to her next class to set up a trap for Luca. Amber quickly picked the lock of the door and filled a bucket with water, putting it atop the threshold. The bell rang and the tan gem knew that Luca was usually the first human to enter the classroom. Sure enough, Luca walked in, but the bucket was a dud and didn't fall on him. He sat down in his seat while Amber wondered why it didn't fall. She punched the wall and the bucket fell on top of a large guy with brown hair.

He growled, "Luca was this your idea?"
Luca shook his head and pointed to Amber who shrugged, "It wasn't for you, it was for him!"

The guy frowned, but sat down, his seat was next to Amber. He kept on staring at her, which made her feel uncomfortable, but he was only human, what could he do?

Amber was paired with the strange human for the solute and solvent lab but couldn't care less for him. She was just nervous as his personality seemed slightly dangerous.

"Can you go get the sugar?" Amber asked nervously.

The guy grunted, but obliged. The two had completed their lab first so they had plenty of free time. The human tried to start a conversation but Amber paid no attention, as she was only interested in Luca. At the end of the day, Amber and Luca walked home together. He warned her not to make the school bully mad, but she shrugged his warnings off.

As soon as Luca left for work, Amber went to the caretaker and hugged him, "Today was horrible, humans kept on trying to talk to me, but I don't wish to talk to them!"

"Shush, don't worry it was only your first day. Just try to be nice and they will understand," the uncle stroked her hair, "Amber, I am sure that you are going to be a great student."

The tan gem walked outside and ended up in the barn tinkering with some old machines, continuing to think about her reputation at school.