Author's Notes: Well my spring break Is over, and I never got to post the 4 chapters I wanted to do over the break. Only got 2/4 of my goal. Oh well considering one chapter was 6,000 words. I guess you could say I did write 4 chapters. Well anyway story time.


Chapter 11: Where are you going?

Steven closed his eyes and drifted off into sleep. Pearl was standing in front of the gem door. She looked at the colors that laid on the door, each one representing their own owner. A white one owned by Pearl; purple for Amethyst, blue, and red for Garnet and pink for... the screen door burst open. Pearl turned her head startled. Amethyst was standing in the doorway. " It's windy." She said forcing a fake smile, the wind outside raged as it could be heard even inside the temple. Amethyst walked over to the couch and sat down, her eyes hidden by her hair. Pearl stared at Amethysts; her head hanged low as she sat on the couch. An awkward silence filled the room, all that could be heard was the wind and Stevens snoring.

The warp pad activated and Garnet was revealed standing in the center with 10 bubbled shards floating around her. She swayed her handed and all the bubbles that contained the shards disappeared in the air transporting into the heart of the temple were the others bubbles laid. Garnet felt the tension in the air and said nothing. The 3 gems stood in the silent temple like stone walls.


Steven was in Beach City. The sun was setting down and the city began to illuminate with its lights. Usually Beach city would be swarmed with visitors walking on the lit boardwalk or go to the shining carnival and have fun, But there was something strange... no one showed up. Steven walked on the boardwalk he was scared and cold. He walked down the peer, the tides crashed on the beach and the boards under him would creak once in a while. "Helloooo!" Steven called out expecting for someone to answer him. A gust of wind hit Steven, at least the wind talked to him..."Hey you, who are you!" A voice called out Steven turned behind him 3 dark figures with white eyes overshadowed him. A tall brute like figure stood to the right behind them. A medium sized figure stood In the middle, His hands behind his hips, he seemed to have a commander stance, and finally a short figure stood to the right. He was at least a foot taller than Amethyst, his body looked very thin yet he seemed energetic. All of their eyes seemed to glow a bright white except for the middles left eye did not seem to glow, in fact it didn't look like he had a left eye. Steven shook in fear as he stepped back. "I'll ask you again, who are you?". The middle figure commanded

Steven tried to speak, he opened his mouth but all that came out was air. The middle figure squinted his eye and asked "Why are you all black, like a shadow?. Steven was confused, he watched the figure talk but it had no mouth. "Wha-what d-d-do you mean?" He asked in a shaky voice. "Don't be afraid, we won't hurt you" he said closing his eye. "Unless provoked." He said quickly after, opening his eye again except in a death stare looking at Steven. The figure released his stare and looked at Steven casually. "Now I'll ask you again. Why do you look like a shadow? the figure asked nonchalant. Steven looked down and saw his skin it was normal and he had his pajamas on, "Do you not see what I see?" he asked a bit more calm. The larger figure in the back answered "What do you see?". The brutes voice was deep and made Steven feel like his heart skipped a bit when he suddenly spoke. He took a second for his heart to calm down, "Well, when I look at myself I see I have my pajamas, and well I look at you guys I just see shadowy figures except for your eyes… they're white." Steven replied. "You know kid, we see the same thing too! When I look at myself I see my body and a few more things. *the small figure snickered at his joke* But when I look at you, all I see is what you described.".

The middle figure hummed for a second before speaking " Child look around yourself what do you see?" the mid figure asked. " I see Beach City." Steven replied. "Beach City?" the small figure whispered in confusion. "What's that?" The brute spoke, scaring Steven again. "It's a town where people live, like Lars and Sadie, or my dad and the gems.". "Sounds better than looking at a canyon filled with crazy looking machines." the small figure said right after Steven.

"Gems?" the middle figure questioned "What are gems?" he asked curious. " You don't know what gems are either? Well, gems are-" Steven was cut short as he turned into a cloud of smoke that blew in the wind. The 3 figures stared blankly. "Woah How'd he do that?." the small figure said amazed "Did he teleport?" the brute asked what seemed to be their group leader. "I don't know, but I have a strange feeling that something interesting is going to happen soon." he said turning around and started to walk. The other two figures walked alongside him in the canyon strolling along in Kindergarten…


Steven's eye opened quickly as he stared at a alarm clock ringing on his nightstand. Steven tried to move but was coiled up in his blanket like a cocoon {Pearl…} he thought. He struggled to free himself. But it was no use, he stared at the clock it read 7:45 A. noticed the bowl of soup was still in the same spot where it was before. The alarm continued to ring in his ears. He began to become annoyed by the alarm, Steven had formed a headache and with the ringing it made it worse, He closed his eyes, trying to compress the pain. The ringing became louder and louder, it felt like his head was going to explode.

The ringing stopped. He slowly opened his eyes, it was Amethyst standing by his bed with her hand on the clock. "Thanks Amethyst." Steven expressed this with his face. Amethyst gave a small smile and helped Steven out of his cocoon that was made out of his blanket. Steven sat at the edge of his bed his feet touched the floor, he picked up his feet quickly. The ground felt like ice. "You okay?" Amethyst asked. "Yeah I just need to use the bathroom." he answered putting on his sandals. "Okay, you want me to get you some waffles?" She asked him as he walked towards the bathroom. "Sure, my stomach feels empty." he responded. He heard the sound of the screen door close as He shut the bathroom door and turned on the lights. He was shocked at the sight in the mirror he had crusts under his eyes his hair was droopy and his skin was still pale. Steven turned the faucet and washed his face free of crust; Next, he brushed his teeth and fixed his hair, He looked into the mirror and gave a smile.


*DING*

The bell to the 'Big Donut' ringed as Amethyst opened the door. Lars was Jamming to music behind the counter head banging, not noticing Amethyst walk in. Amethyst waited by the counter hoping for lars to notice her so she would have to watch this horrific sight. He continued to head bang. Amethyst was annoyed and slammed her hands on the counter "Hey!". Lars was startled, his headphones fell off his ears and landed on his shoulders. He stood tall, eyes opened. "Can I get some waffles, please!" Amethyst said annoyed. "Yeah-yeah right away!" he replied in fear moving to the back getting the waffle maker. Amethyst groaned as she placed her hands on her face leaning on the counter Sadie walked by from the back with a box of napkins. "Amethyst are you okay?" Sadie asked noticing Amethyst seemed down. "Yeah I'm fine." She replied quickly and angry. Sadie jumped back a bit from the sudden answer, Sadie tried her chances once more and asked "Are you sure?". Amethyst looked at Sadie with a glare, She felt like she was about to be attacked. "No…" Amethyst whispered. Lars came rushing back to the counter with a bag of waffles in his hands."That'll be $6.50." Lar said with one or two sweat drops falling from his face

Amethyst took out a random amount from her pocket and placed it on the counter and snatched the bag from lars's hand. She hastily made her way out and leaped back to the temple. She landed on the porch and before entering she took in a deep breath.

She opened the door and yelled "Who wants waffles!". It was quiet, the sound of a toilet flushing and a faucet running together could be heard. Steven stepped out of the bathroom "I do!" he said with his nose clogged. He rushed to the countertop as waffles were placed on plates and covered in syrup. Stevens mouth watered at the sight. He grabbed a fork and stabbed a waffle and took a large bite. His mouth danced with flavor. Syrup dripped from his mouth falling down to his chin. He took another bite, his mouth filled with waffles. He noticed Amethyst was looking down at her plate, she didn't even touch her food yet. Steven gulped down what he had in his mouth and asked "Amethyst are you okay?". "Yeah- I was just umm thinking what I could but on my waffles." She said rather loudly grabbing some whipped cream and putting a lot of it on the waffle and drizzled over it with syrup. Steven gave a fake smile, it was rather convincing but he knew Amethyst was still upset from before. He continued to eat alongside Amethyst.

The gems door opened up, Garnet, and Pearl walked through the door. "Honestly I don't think he's-" She stopped as she saw Steven staring at her with a mouthful of waffles."ooo- Hello Steven, you're up already? How are you feeling?" She asked "I'm feeling better than I did yesterday that's for sure." he said answering her question while taking another bite. "That's good, did you get a good night sleep?" she asked standing next to Garnet. " Yes and I got a really weird dream.*he paused from eating* I was down at the pier, and there was no one in sight except for these 3 strange people. One of them was really big like a brute. His voice scared me everytime he talked, the small one was energetic and seemed a lot like Amethyst, but the middle one was different. He had only one eye, and seemed like the leader of their group." He said in a serious voice. "What did they look like?" Garnet questioned. "That's the thing, I don't know how they look, all I seen was black figures and white eyes. They also seemed to see me the same way, and from their reaction to Beach City, they were somewhere else. Before I could ask them anymore questions the alarm went off a woke me up." Steven said with only one breath. "Oh and before I woke up, the small one said something about a canyon with holes in them and strange machines. Wierd dream."

*Cling*

Amethyst had dropped her fork on the plate,"I'm going." she said bluntly as she stood up and walked out the door. "Hmm" Garnet hummed, Her hands on her shades "Pearl I'm going to need your help for this one."Garnet stated. "Wait what's wrong with Amethyst?" Steven asked concerned. "We'll help her when we get back Steven." Garnet said ruffling his hair. Garnet and Pearl stood on the warp pad and teleported away. Steven walked to and opened the screen door and saw Amethyst walking down the beach. {Amethyst what's wrong, and where are you going?} he thought in his head. He was about to follow her but then realized he was still in his pajamas. He rushed quickly to his room and changed his clothes. Steven's own mission was about to begin, Where is Amethyst heading?


Alright I was gonna end this chapter with 1,600 words but I got carried away and fixed for 2,000. Sorry if I wasn't updating as much, laziness is taking over, plus i was working on some drawings, but I promise to get another chapter this tuesday or wednesday.