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I would like to apologize for taking so long. I just kept adding and changing parts of the story. Please enjoy the story.

'Thoughts'

Chapter 1 – gem glow

Ambers P.O.V.

I stopped my car at the edge of Beach City. "I'm home", I whispered, trembling slightly at the bad memories trying to surface. I touched the choker hiding my gem and took a deep breath, ' I can do this, I can do this.' I chanted in my head as I put my hands back on the wheel and drove to my new/old home. I got a lot of stares as I drove through the city. I'm not sure if it was because I'm the new girl in town or because I'm driving a red Ferrari.

I noticed that it was twelve thirty and stopped at a pizza joint for lunch. I walked in and was immediately ambushed by a teenage employee. " Girl where did you get a car like that?," she said as she dragged me over to a free table. I nervously chuckled 'My first day here and I'm already lying to people again.' "It was a 18th birthday gift from my parents", I said then looked around "look I don't mean to be rude but I just moved here and I need to go unpack the boxes at my house. Can I get a medium cheese pizza to go please?" The girl looked over her shoulder and yelled "KIKI MEDIUM CHEESE TO GO!" and turned back to me. "Hi I'm Jenny" she said holding her hand out " I'm Amber" I replied and shook her hand. "So where is your new house. I bet it's a awesome as your car out there" Jenny said glancing at my car through the window. I laughed "Actually, I'm moving into a small cabin on the far right side of the beach. My parents were the ones all about money not me", I said and sighed.

"One medium cheese to go" a voice called out from behind the counter said. "Wow that was fast" I said as I walked over to the counter. "That will be $8.10", the girl said politely. "Here you go", I said handing her the money and taking the pizza. " Damn Kiki, you ruined our conversation" Jenny said from the table. "No worries. I honestly don't have much stuff to unpack right now. How about I come back later and we can hang out at my place. Maybe have a party. You can even invite some friends as well. That's if you want to." I said nervously. "That would be great", Jenny said and I took my pizza and left, waving goodbye. I put the pizza in the passenger seat and got in the car. "One more place to go before I head home", I whispered and drove to the temple.

"Noooooooooooooooo!", A voice yelled out scaring me. I screeched to a halt trying to calm down my heart. Then I took a deep breath and focused on the emotions in the area. Frustration, amusement, sympathy, and a lot of sadness. I pulled over and headed towards the yell. It came from a doughnut shop 'perfect. I can grab some snacks for the party'. I walked in to see a boy lifting up his t-shirt to talk to his belly bu….…GEM! I looked closely 'that's Roses gem!' I thought and looked away knowing what happened to her. "Hi, what can I do for you", a girl behind the counter said. "Uh yea hi. I need two dozen doughnuts. Any flavors will do", I said and she nodded. I turned to the kid with roses gem. "Hi I'm Amber. What's your name?", I said gently. "I'm Steven Universe" he replied enthusiastically and I laughed 'he's a lot like Rose'. "Well Steven to be honest I came in here because I heard shouting that I'm guessing it came from you. Why were you yelling?", I asked crouching down. "He's just upset because his favorite ice cream snack has been discontinued," another employee said for Steven. "Really what snack?", I asked Steven "Cookie Cat" he replied. "Well Steven, try looking on the bright side. Cookie cat may be discontinued but you now have a chance to find a new favorite ice cream snack", I said. He looked thoughtful for a second before beaming "your right!" he said a bit louder than necessary. "Ma'am, your doughnuts are ready" the girl said as I stood up. "Thank you. How much is it?" I asked her " $17.50 ma'am" I nodded and gave her the money. " Bye Steven," I said as I pushed the door open "bye Amber" he yelled waving goodbye. I laughed and walked back to my car with a huge smile on my face 'you have a great kid rose'. I put the doughnuts in the back of my car and drove home.

As I drove home I couldn't help but think I was a coward for not going to see the temple after all. This made the drive a lot shorter than it would have been normally. I parked in the garage and unlocked the door before heading back for the snacks. Balancing the pizza and doughnuts in both hands I headed inside and moved around all the boxes to get to the kitchen table. I placed the food on the table and took a couple slices of pizza. 'I know I don't need to eat but food just keeps getting better and better.' As I ate I opened up some of the boxes around me and started to unpack.

After three and a half hours of unpacking I felt some very strong emotions. It was a mix between amazement and confusion. 'I've unpacked enough. The only things left are the my clothes,pictures, and paintings. Those won't arrive until tomorrow so I'm good for the party tonight.' I walked out of the house and followed the emotions. I walked across the beach until I reached the temple. I hid behind one of the rocks just in case garnet was inside and decided to step out. I stared at the temple remembering the good times I had with Rose, Pearl and Ruby. When I came back to the present there was a centibeetle mother and several young centibeetles climbing the temple. Garnet and the others were focused on the mother so I ran over to where the younger ones were. I took off my choker and summoned one of my snake swords, wincing slightly from the pain running through my gem. I gave a low whistle it was quiet enough that the gems didn't hear me but loud enough for the centibeetles to notice me. They rushed towards me and I jumped over one and stabbed it in the back, killing it immediately. I then waved my sword out and blades unconnected and extended to slice the remaining two in half. The sword de-materialized and returned to my Gem. I placed my choker back on and glanced over to see Steven throw something at the mother. I took this opportunity and ran back to the rock I was hiding behind originally. I looked over the rock and saw that they had defeated the mother. 'I got back just in time' I smiled and walked away as quickly as possible but as casually and human like as I could.

Stevens P.O.V.

'Goodbye Cookie Cat' I thought as I held the now empty wrapper of the my last Cookie Cat. I stood up and looked for a place to go while the gems fought the mother. As I was looking I noticed someone hiding behind one of the boulders. 'Is that Amber?' I got a bit closer 'yea that's definitely Amber. What's she doing here and why is she staring at the gems'. She didn't seem to notice me as she walked away. I watched as she walked away and decided to question her about it later. Kneeling down I dug a hole to bury cookie cat and say one final goodbye.

Ambers P.O.V.

Halfway home an idea suddenly popped into my head. I ran to the store and bought some things before I hurried home. As soon as I got there I pulled out all the things from my bags and placed them in the order of their use. I put on the new apron that had called out to me in the store. It said ' I bake because punching people is frowned upon'. I went back to the ingredients and started baking. The next two hours were spent making and baking a chocolate cake with my new cat shaped pan.i waited another hour for the cake to cool.

Once the cake was cooled completely I cut it in half and put vanilla ice cream in between the two layers of cake. Then I put some ice cream in the eyes and mouth. I was so focused on being precise that I jumped when the door bell rang "coming!" I called out. I walked out of the kitchen and took a look at the time. It was five o'clock 'No one knows where I live. Who could it be' I opened the door. "Steven? What are you doing here?" I asked surprised to see him at my door. " I saw you outside the temple earlier and wanted to know if you were ok", he said then looked down " and why you were there" he mumbled. "oh that. I was just exploring the beach and I'm fine, thanks for asking. I would ask what that thing was but I get the feeling I don't want to know. However, I'm glad you're here. I actually made something for you considering Cookie Cat is gone. Wait here" I said and ran back to the kitchen. I picked up the cat cake and took it back to Steven. " here you go. You can keep the plate I don't mind." I said as I give it to him. He smiled " It looks like Cookie Cat! Thanks Amber!" He said and ran back home.

Stevens P.O.V.

"I'm home!" I yelled, holding the cake over my head. "Welcome home,Steven" pearl said as she put her book down. "Yo Steven! What's that you got" amethyst said starring at my Cookie Cat cake from her spot on the floor. I held the cake close to me "it's a cookie cat cake. My new Amber made it for me." I walked over to the counter and put the cake down. Garnet froze when I said Ambers name but I ignored it and went to grab a plate. "Yo Steven, grab me one to" amethyst called out and I grabbed her one too. I started to hum the the Cookie Cat theme song with a few adjustments.

Garnets P.O.V.

"Garnet I highly doubt it's her. She hasn't been seen in centuries. Even rose couldn't find her" pearl whispered so Steven wouldn't over hear and ask painful questions. "I know" I responded normally even though I was shaking slightly. I clenched my fists and stood up and walked into ambers room in the temple. "Garnet?" Steven called but I just let the door close behind me. I stayed in the doorway for a while before walking to the middle of the room where there was a circle of eternally lit candles. I sat in the circle and began to meditate. 'Amber… I'm sorry' I thought before clearing my mind completely.

A/N: I'm not going to write about the party because of two reasons. One cause this chapter is getting pretty long. The other is I don't know exactly how I want this party to go yet. So I will make references to it later in the series. I also apologize if anyone seemed ooc.

Oh and I am still looking for fusion oc's. If you have one please message me.

Ps. Thank you for reading and Please please please review if you like the story so I know If people like it