"The clock is ticking Pearl." The gem thought to herself. "You can still do this, you just need to find someone close to Steven." She was running towards one of the small businesses in Beach City "Fryman`s Fries huh?" Pearl knew that place, she went there often with Steven to order what he called "Fry bits".

Pearl got near the counter and patiently waited for the small child standing in front of her to take his order and be on his way, he was one or two feet smaller than Steven and had his skin as white as the moon.

"Oh! Hi Onion!" The man standing behind the counter greeted the kid and asked "What can I get you?" Onion pointed at the menu but didn`t say nothing. "Heh..The usual huh?"

Pearl raised her eyebrow in sign of confusion, but she didn`t give it a lot of attention, Onion received a bag of fries Fryman took from the fryer and turned around to find the Gem that was waiting.

He stood there in silence, making direct eye contact with the gem, not moving or making a sound while holding the bag he just received, the two of them stood there looking at each other "Uh.. Hello?" Pearl said trying to get a response from the boy who was making her uncomfortable.

There was something weird about Onion, but Pearl couldn`t figure out what, then she felt fear, a feeling she did not experience since Rose left her, she felt trapped in an aura of darkness with no escape where the only two beings standing there where Pearl and Onion.

Onion opened the bag and stood aside of the counter where the Fry man was waiting, Pearl saw with absolute and pure terror to the little entity standing there, she advanced and asked the man "Did you see that?!" Pearl said with an alarmed tone. "See what?" Fryman looked on the other side of the window and saw Onion once more.

"Oh… yeah, he does that sometimes." The bearded man said calmly. "Does what?" Pearl insisted once more for an answer. "Stare into our souls." This statement made Pearl swallow fear and try to avoid eye contact with the child.

"Why does he do that? Is he some sort of unnatural entity?" Pearl placed her hand next to her mouth so Onion could not read her lips. "Nobody really knows, but we gave up our investigations after he spent a day with Mayor Dewey."

"Anyway, I`m here to ask for help." The fry man looked at the gem and called for his two sons "RONALDO! PEEDEE! COME HERE!" The two sons came running and stood in a military-like pose. "Yes Sir!?" They said simultaneously and saw the white woman.

"Don`t worry ma'am, whatever you need help with, the Frymans will help! As a family!" Pearl was quite amused to see such leadership, three humans making a team to help with whatever they have to do; Pearl started to wish her team was that harmonious.

"Why thank you! But it isn`t something of much importance." Pearl made a small chuckle but it was interrupted by a teenager, his face was so close to hers that she was starting to feel uncomfortable again.

"What is this? Is it stuck in your forehead?" Ronaldo said in a suspicious tone, he tried to get closer to Pearl`s gem and was rubbing his chin in signal of interest, but was pushed away by the woman.

"Ronaldo! What did I tell you of not invading other`s personal space?!" His father scolded his him. "TIS IS WEIRD STUFF DAD! SHE IS ONE OF THE LADIES THAT SAVED US FROM THE GIANT HAND FROM SPACE!" The teen screamed at his father causing hit to scream back. "I DON`T CARE! YOU SHOULDN´T INVADE OTHER PEOPLE`S PRIVATE SPACE LIKE THAT!"

Pearl´s vision of the team they had disappeared almost immediately, and it got replaced by memories of Amethyst and herself, fighting over nothing. "Okay you two! You better go discuss this somewhere else!" The younger son called Peedee pushed the two angry family members to other room and closed the door.

"Um.. I`m sorry if I-" "Oh don`t worry about it!" Pearl got interrupted by the young boy. "So, what can I help you with?" The gem gasped "That`s right! You know Steven, right?" Peedee nodded and indicated the gem to continue.

"Well… Steven`s birthday is tomorrow and my teammates told me to get him a gift, but the thing is… I don`t know what should I give to him." Pearl hoped that this friend of Steven would help her, since they had the same age and apparently the same type of home…

"Is it Steven`s birthday tomorrow? Wow! Is he throwing a party? He loves Parties.. on my last birthday he brought his game square and we spent the night playing NBA games! It was awesome!"

"No, I`m sorry, but we are not going to throw a party, we are just going to have a dinner." Peedee looked disappointed but accepted what the Pearl just told him. "Well… If I`d give him something… I guess it would be a videogame."

"Oh.. well… If that`s so… Thank you." Pearl knew all of the suggestions where useful, but she didn`t have the money to buy a videogame, and she also didn`t want Steven to waste a lot of time on those "Videogames" not anymore since the event that morning.

"By any chance do you know where I could find more of Steven`s friends?" Peedee thought for a second but didn`t know an answer. "I can`t hang out with Steven like I used to because I have to work, so I don`t know all of his friends, but maybe Onion knows."

Pearl turned nervously to the small boy that was still standing right next to him.

"Um… Do you know?" Onion took another handful of fries and ate them, then he pointed to another of the businesses on the dock.

"The Big Donut…"