Chapter 5 Steven woke up in his surprisingly quiet room the next morning with puffy red eyes. He gets out of the bed and walks to the refrigerator and microwave to heat up a breakfast burrito. The next thing that caught his attention was a knock at the front door."Huh." He said, as he turned and saw a puffy purple eyed Moonstone at the door with another gem with . "Moonstone." Steven went to the front door and opened it."Steven is...is anyone home?" Moonstone asked upsettingly."No, at least, I don't think so?.""Good." Moonstone said.? "I just...I just wanted to say that I'm so..." Moonstone stopped when the bedroom door to the gems room opened. Out came Pearl, and she immediately flared up with anger the minute she saw Moonstone ."You, didn't I tell you to never come back!?" She said."Pearl, stop he's..." Steven said, before Pear was on the attack. She quickly drew her spear from her gem, and was ready to slice Moonestone . "Moonstone!" Moonestone was tearing up again, and amber blocked the attack, but not with his hands, but with a energy wall."Huh." Pearl said. Garnet and Amethyst were the next to run out of there bedrooms to hear another altercation happening."Steven get back, this could get ugly." Amethyst said."But..." Pearl leaped over the wall, and kicked Amber in the face and out of the temple."Please, just listen to me!" Moonestone wailed. Pearl ignored his request, and fired out a multitude of energy balls from her spear. Moonstone held his hands out and his gem began to glow, "I'll blast you!" Then holograms of moonstone appeared around him "you'll have to find out which is the real me" . "I don't want to fight!""Then you should've never came here!" Pearl said, as she sliced through the moonstone holograms ."All I wanted to do was apologize!" Moonstone wailed, now with a rose red face."LIES!" Pearl said, as hit the side of her spear across his face. Moonstone was on his hands and knees, as tears dropped to the floor."I've had enough." He finally said, as his gem glowed, and equipped him with a sword."Let's go then." Pearl said maliciously. Steven watched on as a heated battle was taking place in front of his very eyes."Why are they fighting?" He asked Garnet."Because...Most stray gems aren't...good." Amethyst said."But he's not like any of the bad ones, he's good." Steven said. Moonestone was on the attack next, as he charged up his sword and shot lightening bolts at pearl. He held her spear up, and deflected each one like a baseball bat. The last one was gone."Ha." She said. Moonstone smiled. The outline of his hands glowed light blue, as the lightning bolts came hurdling towards pearl all in unison."Huh." She said, she tried to deflect them once more, but Moonstone made the second half of the lightning bolt dart at her with maximum speed. Pearl got cuts as the lightning zipped past her like a speeding bullet."Pearl!" Steven yelled. "Moonestone!" Steven ran and the minute Moonstone blast the last bolt at Pearl, Steven got in front of her, trying to protect her with his body.
"STEVEN!" Everyone yelled. Moonstone snapped out of his state, and redirected it to the top of the door frame."Moonestone!" Steven yelled. Tears welled up in Moonestone's eyes, and he ran awayfrom the temple once again to his ship. Garnet sighed."Steven, are you alright?" Garnet asked."Don't worry about me." Steven said hostilely. "What about Moonstone?""Steven...I don't want you to hang out with that gem anymore." Pearl said, as she walks into the house, and back into her room."Ugh, I hate it when this happens." Amethyst said next, she went back to her room, then it was down to Steven and Garnet."Garnet." Steven said."Steven, I want you to know that what ever you're heart is telling you, then listen to it." She said."What does that mean?" Steven said. Garnet kissed Steven's forehead."You'll find out soon enough." She said, as she walked back into the temple. Now Steven was the only one outside, and thinking about what Garnet said.