The Lost Diamond
Chapter 3
Everyone stood there looking around awkwardly at the destruction they had made. Red then broke the silence, "I'll try to fix this to best of my abilities. Sorry for the trouble.". Steven looked at Red and said, "Don't worry, we're gonna help you. Right, guys?". The Gems looked at Steven and it was clear on their faces that they didn't want to. "I guess if we have to.", Pearl said. Thus Steven and the others went to tell the townspeople everything was going to be fine. They also needed more help with the destruction. They had destroyed an entire road and made a huge hole in the Fry Shop. Garnet and Red went and got some cement to fill in the road. Steven and Amethyst try to patch up the hole in the Fry Shop while Pearl was "supervising".
It took them the whole day to fix up the mess they had made but it worked for the townspeople. Red even got along with some of them and also apologised to Peedee for scaring him. It all seemed to be going fine and everyone started to go back to their regular lives but for the Gems, they still had to decide something. Something very crucial. Connie had left and left Steven the Crystal Gems and Red. They all started walking towards the temple. "So um... where am I going to be staying?", Red said. They all stopped as he said this and the Crystal Gems along with Steven looked at each other trying to decide. "Why, in your ship of course." Pearl said with a fake smile turning towards Red. "I don't know if you noticed but my "ship" is now rubble that we cleaned up" Pearl then lost her fake smile.
"Oh...yeah." Pearl looked at Garnet for help but she didn't say a word. Amethyst then blurted out, "Why don't you stay with Perry and Lapis at the Barn." Pearl began to angrily scold Amethyst for the stupid plan but was interrupted by Garnet. "That sounds like a good plan to me." Garnet then walked towards the Temple again. Pearl chased after her yelling, "But Garnet!". Garnet didn't care.
"Um, excuse me but what is "The Barn"?" Red said with curiosity. "It's where my other friends live." Steven said. "Are they human as well?" Red said as they all started walking towards the Temple again. "No, they're gems too. Oh, by the way, what type of Gem are you?" Red looks away for a second then says, "I'm a ruby but I choose to not be like Homeworld and name myself after my gem."
. Amethyst then says " How are you a Ruby? All the Rubies we have seen have been short and have hair like Garnet." "Not all gems look alike you know. Those Rubies were probably from Homeworld." Red said with annoyance. "Where are you from anyways," Steven said as they were walking up the hill to the entrance of Steven's house. "I don't really have a name for it. The gems there just called it The Great Rock. I know, it's the best name ever." Amethyst started laughing at the name as he said it. "Well, I guess it's sort of creative." Steven said with a smile.
They entered the house to Pearl trying to persuade Garnet to not go through with the plan. "What happens if they try to fight Red. It will be Beach City all over again. What happens if they band together and-" Garnet interrupted Pearl before she could say more. "Nothing can go wrong from this. Trust me" She then adjusted her visor. Pearl then noticed Steven, Amethyst, and Red had entered the room. Red then broke the silence. "Trust me, I won't do anything. I'm grateful that you guys even took me in any way. I can't wait to meet... what's their names again?" Steven then said, "Oh,they are Lapis Lazuli and Peridot" "Is it me or do you all have the name of your gem. Welp, I guess I can't really complain. Your home your rules." Garnet then said, "It's time to go meet them. Are you ready Red?" Red nodded. They all stepped on the Warp Pad and warped to the Barn.
As they arrived and started to walk towards the Barn they heard a commotion and started to run towards the noise. Lapis and Peridot seemed to be arguing about something. They looked inside the Barn and saw Peridot yell " Percy started the fight and deserved the mud in the face!" Peridot kept yelling and pointed to all these charts she made. Lapis then replied, "It clearly showed that Paulet was instigating the fight. She kept taunting him." That just got Peridot even more riled up and started pointing more vigorously at the charts again. Red whispered to Steven, "Does this happen a lot?" Steven replied, "Sometimes.". Peridot then looked left and noticed that they were all there.
Peridot then cleared her throat which made Lapis notice them. "We will continue this conversation later." Peridot said trying to gather her dignity. Lapis whispered, "Agreed. Steven! What are you all doing here?" Steven then smiled and said, "We want you guys to meet somebody." Red then stepped forward and said, "Hi its nice to meet you." Lapis looked at Red with a blank expression and looked back at Steven, "Who is she?" "It's actually "He" but that fine" Red said still smiling. He stuck out his hand to shake Lapis hand but instead Peridot shook his hand.
"Nice to meet you I'm Peridot and this is Lapis." Red said, "Nice to meet you as well. I'm Red and I'm sort of here to live with you guys." "Steven what is he talking about?", Lapis said. Garnet then entered the conversation, "He is here to live with you both. We have no room at the Temple for him but you all should." Lapis looked back at Red and said, "So where are you from? Were you made here or Homeworld?" Red said, "Neither I came from another planet with gems." Lapis didn't seem to believe him. They all stood there in silence for a few seconds until Red broke it.
"I think I just get my room made." Red then walked inside and said, "Um... question what place of the Barn do you not care for?" Peridot answered, "I guess there was always that back corner that we didn't really put anything there but why?" Red ignored the question and started to dig in the spot Peridot said. "I'll have to start digging now if I want to at least get a place of privacy by nightfall. Can you guys help me with this?" Peridot then said, "I guess if you want a room underground. I'll try to get some drilling devices and get to work." Peridot then ran to get some tools. Pearl then said to Lapis, "Sorry but we just don't know what to do with him." Peridot then came running back with some shovels.
"Why are you going to help him we don't even know where he came from." Lapis said. "If Steven trusts him then I trust him. Hey, are you guys gonna help." Peridot asked. She handed The Gems shovels and they all decided to help, except for Pearl and Lapis. They all worked till nightfall to at least get a room underground. They placed some pillars to keep it from all crumbling down. Red then said, "Thanks guys for helping but I think I can do the rest." They all waved goodbye including Pearl who was relieved they were finally going home. Red stepped outside of the Barn along with Peridot and Lapis to wave them goodbye. They saw the Warp Pad activate and they were gone. Red looked up at the stars and wondered if this would finally be a place he could home. It wasn't gonna be that easy, though. He still had to get along with one more person if he was gonna be staying. He knew that but as he entered the Barn he didn't know what hell he was about to go through.
I AM SO SORRY. I can't believe I let this happen. Sorry, I haven't updated the story in forever. My computer broke and I had to get it fixed and then I had homework to do and I couldn't work on my story then but I finally did it. Oh and for the people still reading can you do me a huge favor. I wanted to ask any artist who is reading this to make some Fanart of Red for me. Whichever one I like best I'll put it on the cover image of the Fanfiction and thank you in the next chapter. Thank for reading this and once again I am so sorry I haven't been able to update the story. My email address is knownrambo on g mail. So email me the fanart there.