Characters created by: Rebecca Sugar
Chapter 5: School Gems-Part 1: Turquoise
Evergreen Valley Elementary School
At Evergreen Valley Elementary School, it was the first day of school, and a school bus dropped off some students, one of them being Turquoise Universe. Since Beach City did not have any schools in it, the nearest Elementary school is in the neighboring town of Evergreen Valley. Turquoise traveled through the halls of the school to the cafeteria for breakfast.
Turquoise grabbed a cafeteria platter and looked through the different breakfast foods. After Turquoise looked through the food and picked out what she wanted, she walked over to a table. While Turquoise was eating her blueberry muffin, she heard a voice beside her.
"What's that on your head?" said the voice.
Turquoise turned to her right to see a young boy with brown hair and wearing a red shirt with white stripes.
"It's a gem." said Turquoise.
Turquoise did not feel comfortable talking to this stranger, what with her inheriting her own mother's Social Anxiety Disorder.
"Is it silver?" said the boy.
"Silver's a metal, not a gem." said Turquoise.
"Aren't gems and metal the same thing?" said the boy.
"Why don't you look at the Periodic Table then if you want to find out?" said Turquoise, "There's a science class I saw with a Periodic Table chart."
"Why's that gem on your head?" said the boy.
"I'm half magic, on my dad's side." said Turquoise.
"What, your dad's a magician? Does he have a top hat with a rabbit in it?" said the boy.
"No, better magic than that." said Turquoise.
"What kind of magic?" said the boy.
"He can summon a shield, protect people in an unbreakable bubble, and he has healing spit." said Turquoise.
"Spit? Gross." said the boy.
"His spit can literally save lives." said Turquoise.
"What can you do?" said the boy.
"I can summon a sword." said Turquoise.
"Oh really?" said the boy, "Show me."
"Summoning a weapon on school grounds? Never, I'd get in trouble, this school has zero tolerance you know." said Turquoise.
"What's zero tolerance?" said the boy.
"Ugh!" said Turquoise, who facepalmed, "Is there anything you do know?"
"I know one of the teachers here is prone to falling asleep easily, and she's a math teacher, so I'm lucky for that." said the boy, "What's your name anyways?"
"Turquoise."
"What kind of name is that?" said the boy.
"It's a name for a gem, look it up." said Turquoise.
"Wanna know my name?" said the boy.
"...No…" said Turquoise, who then walked away after finishing her breakfast.
"It's Dimitri." said the boy.
Science Class-Two Hours Later
In Turquoise's science class, the teacher was talking about different gemstones and how they are made.
"Diamonds are made out of carbon, highly organized carbon actually." said the teacher, who was a man in his 50's with brown hair, "a Diamond the size of a penny can be worth a lot of money. Forty-nine percent of the world's diamonds can be found in Southern and Central Africa."
The teacher then proceeded to the next slide of another gemstone. This gemstone was light blue with brown streaks on it.
It was a Turquoise gemstone.
"This is a Turquoise gemstone." said the teacher, "This gemstone is known for its beauty, and it's officially the name of a color."
The other kids then turned around to Turquoise.
"Hey, there's a girl over here named Turquoise, and she has a Turquoise looking stone on her head." said one kid.
Turquoise blushed, embarrassed by everybody looking at her.
"Great, now everyone's looking at me," thought Turquoise, "this is so embarrassing."
"Oh, she does." said the teacher, "Turquoise, can you come up here to the front?"
Turquoise looked to the teacher and sighed. Turquoise then stepped up next to the teacher in front of the whole class.
"May I see your forehead?" said the teacher. Turquoise turned to the teacher so that he could see her gem.
"Yes, this is definitely a Turquoise gemstone." said the teacher, who then poked it once, "How did you get this gemstone onto your forehead?"
"It's been there since I was born." said Turquoise.
"But how did it get on there?" said the teacher.
"Magic." said Turquoise.
"Magic, sure." said the teacher in a sarcastic tone.
Turquoise felt even more embarrassed being used as a science demonstration.
"A Turquoise gemstone forms by the action of percolating acidic aqueous solutions during the weathering and oxidation of pre-existing minerals." said the teacher, raising his voice so the whole class can hear him, "You may take a seat now Turquoise."
Turquoise then walked back to her desk, completely embarrassed.
"Lovely name by the way." said the teacher.
Cafeteria-An Hour Later
It was now lunchtime, and Turquoise waited in line to get her food, and then walked over to a table. After a few seconds, other kids started sitting beside and near her. Turquoise felt very uneasy with these kids all sitting near her and looking at her.
"Why do you have a Turquoise gemstone on your head?" said one boy.
"Magic." said Turquoise.
"Can I touch it." said another boy.
"What? No!" said Turquoise, "I don't like people looking at me like this."
"Oooh, we got a shy one." said one girl.
Turquoise became even more embarrassed and even more annoyed by the kids around her.
"Why am I always the center of attention when I'm not even trying to be?" thought Turquoise.
Just then, Turquoise's gem started glowing, the kids around her becoming awe-struck. Turquoise then noticed her gem glowing. Suddenly, the handle of Turquoise's sword could be seen. Turquoise then quickly pushed the sword handle back into her gem. Turquoise then looked around to the other kids. The kids gave looks of confusion and disturbance. A few kids moved away from Turquoise's table, but most stayed.
"What was that?!" said one girl.
"Oh great, here we go again." thought Turquoise.
On the school bus ride home, A lot of the kids on the bus kept looking at Turquoise.
"This day just keeps getting more embarrassing." thought Turquoise.
Universe Residence-Ten Minutes Later
The school bus stopped in front of the Universe Residence, and from it stepped out Turquoise. As the bus drove away, Turquoise opened the door of the house.
"Hey Turquoise," said Connie, "how was your first day back at school?"
"It was so embarrassing," said Turquoise, "I was shown in front of my whole science class because of the gem on my forehead, and the other kids wouldn't stop looking at me and talking to me. How did you feel when you were young in school when people would talk to you?"
"I would feel embarrassed too," said Connie, "but I don't have a gem, so atleast I wasn't talked to every day."
Just then, Amazonite opened the door and walked into the house.
"Hey Amazonite," said Connie, "how was your first day back at school?"
"It was great mom!" said Amazonite, "All the kids liked me because of my gem, I made a lot of new friends, it was fun!"
"Of course it was." said Turquoise sarcastically.