To the reviewer who said that Ciritine and Moonstone were confusing characters, I just want to point out that this story plot probably isn't possible without them, no rude attitude intended if that's what your getting but...I've already had these characters set in stone for a while for this story ^^ also thanks to all of you who have been so civil about the ZonnenKrager incident ^-^ anyway enjoy!

ANOTHER EDIT!: I know I've been having a lot to update to the authors note and it's getting long, but I want to explain my train of thought for this series, I've been looking at several things for inspiration, but really anything I PM or reply to you guys for is not set in stone, anything I end up typing to reply to you guys is never really "Absolute" until actually typed down and written. NOW, TO THE STORY!

"So, Steven." Pearl began, "How did you know how to A, Open the door to Rose's room, B, Get Rose's sword out of Lions mane, and C, just about everything else you knew how to solve instantly, like with the red eye and Rose's cannon." Pearl continued. Amethyst rolled her eyes in a sluggish manner.

"Of course she'd only remember the parts about Rose's stuff." Amethyst muttered, Pearl shot her a glare, making Amethyst roll her eyes again, Garnet stepped in between them.

"Not now." Garnet said in a orderly and commanding voice. The two gems nodded, they all were behind the counter with Steven Moonstone, and a sluggish Ciritine using the arm rest to prop herself up, she could hardly sit upwards, and her skin was getting paler, but at least it wasn't as grey as it had been.

Moonstone shot Ciritine a sad look and then spoke up, "I hope you do not think it was our fault." Moonstone said with a glare towards the fusion.

"Actually we suspect you." Garnet said with a odd look that couldn't be determined with the shades covering her eyes.

"Why! It's not our fault we came here it was under orders, and why would we want to-" Moonstone was cut off at Ciritine tugging at her dress with her hand, she looked up with golden eyes that were way too innocent, they looked like they belonged to a three year old.

"Moonstone it's not their fault they suspect us I mean with the given circumstances..." Ciritine trailed off, letting her head and arm droop low and she closed her eyes and seemingly passed out on the armrest mid sentence, the steady rise and fall of her chest relieved Moonstone after a moment of silence and motionlessness.

Everyone noticed the absence of Stevens comments and how quiet he was being. It was unsettling.

"Steven are you going to answer us?" Pearl asked, Steven shook his head, wanting to cry so badly. He couldn't put them under that much pressure...He couldn't...He wouldn't...

"STEVEN." Shouted a normally calm and relaxed Amethyst, she was now angry. "You have to tell us." Amethyst dared. Steven flinched, her voice was so...What was the word...Demanding? Steven gulped, he didn't know what to do.

He sat there. Not blinking. Not moving. Eventually after a moment more he snapped. He let out a cry, running to where ever his feet would carry him.

After what seemed like seconds of running he realized he wasn't standing on solid ground anymore, instead pink clouds.

"What should I do room? I want to know the answer!" He cried in a last ditch attempt to find out the solution. A jumble of clouds appeared before him, he awaited to know what the clouds would show.

A slideshow of images played before him, there were two panels, one that said, "Before" The other said, "Again" He was pretty sure this referred to before when he didn't know what was going to happen, and after he went through all the events again.

First event was when Sadie told Steven about the cookie cats, he was so confused then, just being thrown in time or something, it was shocking.

The next was a series of events, all flashing by, the Centipeedle battle, the Sea Spire, ect. no wonder the gems were so concerned, he had been acting different and didn't even realize it! But how was this the answer? He pouted, sad that he had learned no information after all.

Steven sighed, he wondered how long it would be till the gems gave up, he figured it'd be a really long time, but they should know anything he hides from them he does to protect them! Shouldn't they? He honestly didn't know. He didn't know anything right now, he still was confused about everything, until he was sure about everything he couldn't tell the gems. Even if they could help their daily lives would be ruined before it began.

And the only way to do that was to investigate himself, if he could figure out everything that's going to happen and why, and why he was sent back in the first place then he could go back and he wouldn't have to tell them! But he really wanted to. He couldn't do this alone, but that's why it was fortunate that Moonstone and Ciritine came, maybe they even knew something, but how was he going to get their attention without the gems trying to stop him? He'd have to wait, that's all he could do, and hope for the best when he came out- wait. Maybe he didn't have to.

"Room! I want to see outside, the real outside, but don't let the others see me!" Steven commanded, and after a moment of silence a fury of clouds bubbled up and revealed a simple tinted window, just high enough for him to see outside.

It was darkly tinted, like what you'd see on a car when you're not in it, except lighter and the dark actually helped him a bit, each detail was highlighted to stand out from the dark, well each detail he needed to see, that was a nice handicap.

The window had a side scroll option that showed him different areas of the house, beach, and even some views of the temple, but from high perspective, he guessed inside the temple it'd be easier to see the window, just like in this room. So he concluded that no one outside the temple could see the window, only people in the temple, but it was still hard to notice there too, and only he could see it clearly, possibly only in his mothers room.

Satisfied with his observation he scanned the living room, empty? Where had they gone, he scrolled the window until it revealed the beach, gone too, next his bedroom loft, nothing, temple, empty, everything was just gone except the furniture and the room itself, it was completely vacant of people. He tore his gaze from the window and began to pace, going over possible places in his head.

In the end though, he couldn't think of anything, he sighed, 'Well, at least it's the perfect time to start investigating...' He thought. He arose from his spot on the "ground" and opened his mouth to speak- but quickly shut it when he heard something.

A soft, pop in the distance. It came from underneath the room.

"Room I want to go to the basement!" He cried.

And finally I finished this chapter, I don't know why this took me so long honestly, it took a lot longer than I expected at least, but at least I ended up finishing it before I put it off again, because trust me, if I hadn't finished it now I would have put it off for a week and never get back to it.