Three days before Hallow's Eve, Amber found herself having trouble sleeping. Nightmares would often shroud her head the second her eyes closed. She hadn't told anyone about it, but it had become apparent to her bedmate, Turquoise.

"What have you been dreaming about Amber?" the light blue gem asked, "You are always tossing and turning."

"I have been sleeping fine," Amber responded, rubbing her eyes and stretching in the blue bed.

"It doesn't seem like it," Turquoise said, rolling out of bed, hitting the floor, "Ouch."

Amber looked over the edge, "I have been having dreams about Alex even though he got suspended… He is dating Luca's old partner…"

"Yikes, I am sure things will clear up," Turquoise said, pulling Amber on top of her.

The tan gem hugged her friend and got up, helping Turquoise up, "Let's go get some breakfast."

"Sounds good," Turquoise said.

The two sat at the table, no one was out yet so Amber and Turquoise went to the barn.

"Doesn't this look off to you?" Amber asked, handing a mechanical object to Turquoise, "The metal in the bendy part isn't fixed yet so maybe that could be the problem."

"You could also try to rotate it a little bit," Turquoise responded, narrowing her eyes, "Do we have the wires yet?"

"Yeah, I just haven't attached them…" Amber said, "Do you think Luca will be happy?"

"Probably," Turquoise said, "That Vex gave us the right gift didn't she?"

"She is a technical genius like me," Amber said.

Turquoise and Amber walked back into the house, discovering that the caretaker and Luca were still asleep. They decided to make a breakfast of waffles and orange juice. Luca and the caretaker could smell the cooking from their rooms so they walked out slowly.

"Something smells delicious in here," Luca said, sitting in his seat.

"Waffles," Amber said, serving him and the caretaker their dishes.

"Wow! This is great!" Luca said, taking a bite, "Did you make it with syrup in the mix?"

"Yeah," Amber said, "We are glad that you like them."

After the guys had finished their meals, Luca and Amber left for school. They didn't see Alex or Wendy on their way, but the two didn't mind it.

It was an easy school day, no tests or quizzes. Amber brought Rita to the lunch table to eat with her and Luca. Today, she didn't feel like herself but she still pretended like nothing was wrong. Luca's gift was almost finished yet something was missing.
When school got out, Amber and Luca walked home and hung out for a while at the house. The caretaker had some business to take care of so he decided to bring Turquoise with him, leaving the gem and the boy alone at home. At five, Luca had to go to work so he said his goodbye to Amber and locked the door. The gem enjoyed the quiet for a couple hours as she sat on the couch and stuck nerve wires into the metallic object.

All of a sudden, Amber heard the doorknob rustle. She became excited, the uncle and Turquoise were back! However, it was not her friends. A strange dark-haired girl walked in and stood before Amber.

"So you are the girl that stole Luca's heart," she said, "Or should I say alien?"

"Uh, who are you?" Amber asked, hopping off the couch and standing up straight, "Why did you come here?"

"I wanted to get a good look at you," the girl said, "Come here."

Amber took a few steps back, the screen door was slightly open and she could make a run for it, "No. Are you Wendy?"

"Maybe," the girl said, "Don't run away, I don't want to hurt you."

"Oh yeah? You and what army?" Amber said, her eyes darting to the screen door.

"Me and him," the girl said, pointing to the screen door.

Amber turned around and saw Alex, "I can kill both of you!"

"No you can't," the girl smiled, "You don't have that ability anymore…"

"How would you know-" Amber said.

"I saw videos of you online," the girl said, stroking her long dark hair, "I wonder what happened to your chest and your hair? You look nothing like you did."

Amber looked down and blushed, "At least I have Luca!"

"Oh, really?" the girl said, "Will he like you after tonight?"

"Tonight?" Amber asked.

Everything went black as Amber fell to her knees. She woke up in the barn on a hay bale within a couple minutes and picked herself up. The dark-haired girl and Alex were standing right in front of her with an orange container.

"Do you think aliens can take human narcotics, Alex?" the girl asked.

"Yes, Wendy," Alex replied.

"What are you going to do to me?" Amber asked frantically.

Wendy got closer and closer to Amber as the gem shivered. For some reason, the tan gem couldn't move even though she willed herself to. The dark-haired girl's hand cupped her mouth and Amber felt something go down her throat. She tried to cough whatever it was up, but she wasn't able to. Alex pulled her off of the hay bale as she struggled to stay on her feet. The gem staggered over to Wendy and took her key.

"Hey! Give that back!" Wendy said, "I need to be able to come back again!"

Amber wasn't thinking and swallowed the key whole, "Sucks… for you."

Wendy punched her in the stomach, "Here, Amber you can have some more drugs!"

The dark-haired girl pushed a few pills into Amber's mouth, "Silly human… these don't affect me at all…"
"They don't?" Wendy asked sarcastically, "Then that means you want more?"

"I have no idea," Amber said dizzily.

"Then here you go!" Wendy said cramming more pills into Amber's mouth.

Amber choked on the pills but was forced to swallow. Wendy and Alex led her outside to the front yard and spun her around a few times.

Things started to change color and turn into strange shapes. The tan gem had turned around, but Alex and Wendy were no longer there. She dizzily tried to find the way back to her house, but she couldn't focus enough. Amber walked straight for a ways and bumped into a supposedly brick wall. She felt so lost as she sunk to her knees and cried. Finally, she found the courage to get up and continue searching. The tan gem stepped off of something, but she couldn't see what.

Luca came up behind her, but his face was distorted so she backed away. She couldn't understand the voice of this strange creature as the strange colors faded to almost normal. Her head shook, trying to clear itself. The gem ran into the street in confusion while the colors cleared at last. Luca was next to her, yelling at her to get out of the street. She took his hand and the two walked out of the road as Amber collapsed.

Her whole body trembled in pain as it struggled to rid itself of the substance. Luca had no idea what had happened to her; he had just gotten home from work when he saw her wandering outside. He checked her eyes, they were dull, something terrible happened to her.

"Amber, can you talk to me?" Luca asked, "I think someone poisoned you, can you nod your head for yes or shake it for no?"
Amber nodded and croaked out the words, "Wendy Alex."

"Oh no," Luca said, "Everything is going to be okay, was it narcotics?"

Amber nodded several times, "Painful."

"I am going to move you, okay?" Luca asked, stroking Amber's hair.

The tan gem nodded as her friend lifted her now limp body and carried her home. The door was still unlocked, but now Turquoise and the caretaker were there. They wondered why it was open and where the others were, but just hung out until they got home. Turquoise ran over to Amber and asked what happened, but Luca could only say that Wendy and Alex poisoned her.

She was rushed to the nearest hospital after a couple debates between Turquoise, the caretaker, and Luca. Turquoise saw Alex and Wendy standing around the hospital building so they told the uncle that they were going to talk to them.

"Do you want to do the same thing again? Think she will fall for it?" Alex asked Wendy.

"Yeah, gems aren't that bright," Wendy replied, "Crud Luca saw us!"

Wendy and Alex disappeared quickly out of Luca's sight, but the him and Turquoise ran around town together, searching for them. Eventually they found them in an alley and called the police. However, both teenagers had knives on them. They charged as hard as they could, but missed both times. Turquoise left hooked Wendy in the cheek and she fell to her knees. Luca kicked Alex hard in the jaw and he toppled to the ground. Within minutes the police came and collected the two teenagers and found out that the two had an extensive record of crime.

They found the caretaker and were driven to the hospital to hang out with Amber and several hours later, her stomach had been pumped and she was getting much better. The heart monitor was disconnected, as the doctors weren't getting a heartbeat even though she was definitely breathing. Luca had gotten both Alex and Wendy sent to Juvenile Hall for forcing drugs down a person's throat and for many other crimes. When Amber woke up, she saw Luca sleeping in a chair.

The tan gem lightly stroked his blond hair, accidentally waking him up, "Hi Luca."

"How are you feeling?" the one-armed boy asked.

"Good," Amber said, "Halloween is so close! I want to eat all of the candy."

"Alright," Luca said, "You just need to rest for a bit."

"Fine," Amber frowned, "I will do just that, but first, this."

She sat up and leaned in to Luca, holding his cheek, "I lo-"

Turquoise walked into the room and Amber pulled away, "Hey Amber, guess what? Me and Luca beat Alex and Wendy to the ground when they tried to "shank" us!"

"Whoa," Amber said thoughtfully, "You avenged me!"

"Yup!" Turquoise jumped onto Amber's bed and wrapped her long light blue arms around the gem, "It's only going to be like a day and a half till Halloween!"

"Hooray!" Amber said, hopping out of the hospital bed, "Do you guys know where my visor is?"

"Oh, it's right here," Turquoise said, "Your eyes look prettier without it."

"Th-Thanks," Amber said, but she still put on her visor.

"Guess I should give up on making you rest, Amber," Luca smiled.

"Yup!" Amber grinned.

A day later Halloween had begun. Turquoise and Amber carved their own pumpkins while Luca made pumpkin pie and roasted the seeds the gems had collected. Dinner consisted of mashed potatoes, green beans, and pumpkin cider. After they had finished, Turquoise, Amber, and Luca changed into their costumes.

They spent the night hunting for candy collecting over twenty pounds of it. The time for trick-or-treating was finally over and the gems headed back home. Amber and Turquoise tried to eat all of the candy at once, but it didn't work out so well so they took it to their rooms.

"They sure had a good time, didn't they?" the uncle asked Luca.

"Yup," the one-armed boy responded, "I think Amber tried to tell me something at the hospital, but she was never able to."

"Oh," the uncle frowned, "Well I am sure that it is nothing negative."

"Yeah," Luca grinned and looked around, "I am guessing that the gems fell asleep."

The caretaker nodded and Luca quietly walked into Amber's room. Turquoise and the tan gem were snuggling up against each other but the blanket had fallen onto the floor. Luca picked it up and placed it gently onto the two gems, lightly touching Amber's cheek.

He walked into his bedroom and collapsed into his bed, falling asleep instantly. In the morning, he awoke to Amber shaking him awake.

"What's up Amber?" he asked as the tan gem brought out a wrapped object.

"This is for you!" Amber smiled, unwrap it.

"Okay," Luca unwrapped the gift and set his eyes on a strange piece of technology, "Is this an arm?"

"Yeah," Amber said, "I am going to help you get it on."

"Alright," Luca said, giving Amber his left stump.

Amber shoved the robotic arm onto Luca's stump eliciting a groan of pain. She attached the nerve wires into the bone and anything she could find. The arm shook erratically, but Luca got the hang of it within minutes.

"Thank you so much, Amber!" Luca said, standing up, "Maybe it will be easier to pick you up now."

He picked up the tan gem with both arms as she smiled, "I am so glad that you like it!"

Luca set her down, "It's going to be so much easier to deal with life with a second arm!"

"Yes, but be careful, don't use the arm when it's cold outside. I am working on making the metal cold proof but that will take a while," Amber yawned, "Well, I am going back to sleep."

"What time is it?" Luca asked.

"Three AM," the tan gem smiled, "Oh and you can sleep with the arm, it still needs time to calibrate."

"Alright," Luca laid back down as Amber left, he had never known that Amber would make an arm for him.

He slept until he was awoken by the smell of breakfast. It was porridge, one of his favorite things to eat. Amber was by the pot, wearing her light blue apron, stirring while everyone else was asleep still.

Luca stood next to her, "Good morning."

"Good morning," Amber said, "Did you sleep well with your arm?"
"Not really, but I will get used to it," he said, "Where is Turquoise?"

"She went to go sleep with the caretaker…" Amber said thoughtfully, "She has something against sleeping alone."

"She was probably traumatized by the lab," Luca said as Amber nodded, "They will come out when they're ready."

Amber put the spoon down and turned to Luca, her apron delicately turning too. She cupped his cheeks and got on her tiptoes, leaning in to his face.

"I love you," she said, placing a kiss on his lips.

"I love you too," Luca said, "But it can't be like this, we are totally different."

"I know, but can't we try?" Amber almost begged as she took off her visor.

"Okay," Luca said, kissing her lips several times, "Why does this feel like destiny?"

"Not sure," Amber said as her blue eyes twinkled, hugging Luca, "It just does."