Sorry I didn't update sooner, I was gone without access to a computer all last weekend so I couldn't write. In return have this really long chapter that could've been a two-part instead but I decided to just write it all now.

Here I was, standing in front of the gem temple after spending most of the night in meditation to get a better grasp on my powers as I delayed the inevitable for as long as I could. Although I was now confident that my powers wouldn't act up while I was in the temple I was still hesitant to be so close to the other gems so soon despite Clockwork telling me it would be needed.

Taking a deep breath I decided to just get it over with as I finally walked up the stairs and knocked on the door, only having to wait a few seconds before Steven appeared and opened the door for me.

"Danny!" he spoke with a bright smile as he grabbed my hand and pulled me into his home, "I'm glad you're here."

"Well we did agree on 11:00," I replied with a shrug as I surveyed Steven's home,taking notice of Garnet sitting on the couch.

"Maybe so but I'm still glad you're here," Steven elaborated as he let go of my hand to turn to Garnet who smiled in return.

"Um, I brought these, since I know they're your favorite," I spoke as I handed Steven the box of Cookie Cats I had been holding in my other hand.

"Cookie Cats!" Steven squealed as he took the box from me and dashed over to the freezer where he placed them inside, "I'll save those for later, thank you Danny!"

"No problem Steven," I spoke with a smile at the bubbly child as Garnet gestured to the couch and I hesitantly took the seat next to her.

"So Danny, tell me more about yourself," Garnet spoke as she looked at me expectantly.

"Okay, my full name is Daniel James Fenton, I am 16 years old and I originally lived in Amity Park. Due to some experiences, back home my guardian decided it would be best for me to get a fresh start here," I spoke, simply restated most of what I said yesterday, "anything else?"

"What do you like to do for fun? What do you enjoy?" Garnet questioned me.

"Oh, that's easy I enjoy astronomy, gazing at the stars and being able to find the constellations from wherever I am. I used to tell everyone that I wanted to join NASA and become an astronaut when I grew up. I also enjoy baking as it's a relaxing activity that helps me focus. Oddly enough I like learning too, learning everything I can about new subjects is fun for me. It doesn't even have to be something interesting to most people so long as I find it interesting," I revealed with a smile, getting animated as I always did when I talked about what I was interested in.

"Well you sound like a sensible young human, I'm glad Steven has befriended someone as mature as you appear to be," a new voice spoke up, shocking me a little as I turned my head to look up at Pearl who had somehow entered without me noticing, Amethyst at her side.

"He sounds a bit boring to me," Amethyst stated with her arms crossed as I stood up.

"Amethyst!" Pearl shouted indignantly before turning to me, "I apologize for Amethyst, I am Pearl, it's nice to formally meet you."

"Likewise," I replied as I shook her hand, "and it's no trouble really I used to have a friend who would tell me that I needed to take more risks."

"Now that sounds like someone I could get along with," Amethyst spoke up as she shook my hand as well, "though it is nice Steven is making more friends and you give him free food that he shares with me so I guess you're alright."

"Thank you?" I spoke questioningly, choosing to take her words as a compliment.

"Anyways I didn't just come here to talk to you Danny," Pearl spoke as she turned to Garnet, "Garnet, today we were supposed to take Steven on his mission to the strawberry fields weren't we? Do you want me and Amethyst to take care of it alone?"

"Aww what?" Steven spoke in disappointment.

"That won't be necessary," Garnet said as she turned to me, "I'm afraid we are going to have to cut this meeting short."

""Wait!" Steven cut her off, "what if Danny just comes with us?"

"I don't think that's a good idea Steven, taking a human on a gem mission? Not exactly the safest thing to do."

"Why not? Danny distracted Frybo long enough for me to think of a plan, I'm sure he can help us on this mission," Steven argued.

"I um, took some self-defense classes as a kid," I spoke when the gems turned to me with questioning gazes.

"Then it's settled, Steven get ready," Garnet spoke as Steven cheered before dashing upstairs as he grabbed a ukulele before running over to what I recognized as a warp pad from my gem studies, knowing it was the gems way of traveling quickly.

"Garnet you can't be serious," Pearl tried to protest as I followed the gems onto the warp pad.

"Come on P, it'll be fun, lighten up a little," Amethyst spoke as Pearl simply huffed.

Garnet activated the warp pad and I found myself amazed but the stream we became immersed in. "Wow," I couldn't help but say as I watched the particles that surrounded us move up as we seemingly remained stagnant with the stream moving around us. That is until Steven turned himself upside down.

"Steven come on you're going to make yourself sick" Pearl scolded as she turned Steven so he was upright only to be hit in the face with his ukulele, "why did you bring that?"

"I don't know, I was excited and it's mine and I like it," Steven spoke as he raised his arms and the ukulele drifted upwards and he began to chase after it.

"Steven get back here!" Pearl called but as Garnet didn't seemed worried I wasn't either, "you could get seriously hurt!"

As she said that the stream stopped as we arrived at our destination, Steven flying out only to land in a strawberry bush a few feet away, getting covered in the sticky juice.

"Steven are you?" Pearl began in worry.

"I'm fine, I'm just gooey," Steven cut her off as he stood back up,lickking a bit of it off his arm before butterflies swarmed him, "aww there in my eyes!"

"Hang on," I spoke as I quickly I moved in front of Steven, using my hand to move the butterflies away as the flew off of Steven and over to another bush.

"Phew, thanks Danny," Steven said as he smiled and Amethyst laughed.

"Steven you're a riot," she spoke in between laughs.

"I'm suddenly having second thoughts," I heard Pearl say to Garnet in worry.

"Shh," Garnet urged her as she gestured to Steven who had a serious face on, "just look at him."

"Alright but what about him," Pearl spoke as she gestured to me, "I don't find it safe bringing a normal human along, what if he gets hurt?"

"He won't Danny can take care of himself," Garnet spoke as she began walking, "now let's go recover the gem stone.

"If it makes you feel any better I did take a bunch of self-defense classes since I was a kid," I spoke to Pearl before walking after Garnet.

"Unbelievable," Pearl spoke as we walked, "this was once a gem battlefield, now its wild strawberries as far as the eye can see! Oh that's what I love about the Earth! Maybe this will be a light mission after all."

"You jinxed it," I spoke as the group came to a stop and I stared up at the imposing gem structure. Garnet walking forward as she inserted a smaller pyramid shape into what looked like a weirdly shaped keyhole, a door appearing in the side of the structure as we all walked through. Steven and I both looking around in amazement at the structure's inner workings, though I was specifically looking at the murals depicted on the wall.

Steven getting excited as he yelled out, "Steven's the best!" The sound echoing a few times before Steven spoke again, "why thank you temple."

Causing me to chuckle a bit as I walked further inside until I was in the middle of the room. Amethyst simply saying, "you're a goof."

"Hey what's this thing?" Steven spoke, causing me to turn and look as I joined him, "it's like a weird floating triangle thing."

"Well whatever it is you probably shouldn't touch it," Pearl advised as the gems were looking at something on the other side of the room. Speaking a little late a Steven's finger tapped the object causing it to turn upside down and the temple to rumble. "Steven what have we told you about touching magical things?" Pearl spoke as she and the other gems ran over to us.

"Definitely always never do it?" Steven tried before we were all sucked up and into the ceiling, the temple seemingly turning upside down as we began falling into another room. Changing my position mid-fall with a little help from my ghost powers I managed to hit the ground in a roll as my entire body absorbed the impact rather than just my feet before standing up and holding out my arms to catch Steven as he fell before placing him down.

"Thanks Danny," Steven spoke as he rubbed his head and I looked up to see the way we came in being sealed off.

"Don't thank me yet, we're still stuck in here," I said as I looked at the multiple doors in the room that led to who knows where.

"Looks like we're going to have to split up,"Amethyst spoke as the torches lit up.

"Right, Steven and I will stay right here where it seems to be safe while you guys go solve the mystery of this place," Pearl began as she pulled Steven close to her before he broke away.

"Hey I want to help solve the mystery," STeven interjected with a smile.

"Yeah," Amethyst encouraged as she picked up Steven, "come on Steven let's solve the mystery."

"Yeah!" Steven cheered, "Mystery solvers!"

"No, no, no, noo," Pearl spoke as she grabbed Steven away from Amethyst, "you two are a disaster waiting to happen." While Pearl was talking I looked around and realized each of the doors appeared exactly the same with no features to distinguish them.

"Steven goes with me," Garnet suddenly spoke to Pearl's shock.

"Really? Awesome!" Steven cheered with his star eyes.

"But remember, this is a serious mission," Garnet warned.

"Understood, Serious Steven," Steven began before stopping, "Pearl can you put me down?"

"What? Oh yes," Pearl said as she placed Steven down.

"I need to be standing otherwise it doesn't work," Steven explained before continuing, "Serious Steven activate!"

"As for Danny," Garnet spoke, "he can go on his own if he thinks he can handle it."

"But Garnet, he's just a human," Pearl argued.

"Who can handle himself in a fight, now get to work," Garnet stated as she and Steven walked off.

Shrugging I simply picked a random door and walked through, ignoring Pearl's worry as I knew I could always use my powers to save myself if needed. Walking through the hallway I ended up in a plain room as the door sealed shut behind me. "Well this is different," I spoke as the room seemed normal enough, that is until I stepped on a tile and spikes started coming down from the ceiling, "spoke to soon!" Quickly I went intangible before the spikes could hit me and running through the door on the opposite side. Breathing a sigh of relief I changed into Phantom just to be safe and rather than walk through each room I simply went intangible and started flying through the walls in search of an exit. However all I discovered was more and more rooms, I even flew out of the temple to see if there was an exit but still nothing. Sighing I flew back to where the main room was, coming across Amethyst and Pearl in one room but thanks to my intangibility they couldn't see me. Before they returned I changed back into my human self, and decided to wait for Garnet to return. Pearl and Amethyst coming back to the room before them as Pearl waited with me and Amethyst continued going through the rooms.

Once Garnet and Steven came back Pearl immediately informed them of the situation, "Garnet there you are! The doors and rooms here make no sense they all bring you back here!"

"Ugh get me out of here!" AMethyst yelled as she continued running through the doors despite knowing that none of them worked.

"There are sixteen doors and.." Pearl continued but I tuned her out to watch Amethyst as she didn't stop her running around.

"Amethyst maybe you should stop," I suggested, "you know let Garnet come up with a plan."

"That could take forever and I need out!" Amethyst argued as she gripped her hair in frustration.

"Just calm down," I urged her, "take deep breaths okay? In and out, in and out."

Satisfied that Amethyst was doing just that and wouldn't go running back through another door I returned my attention to Garnet in time to hear Steven yell out, "this is just like the teacups!"

"Oh Steven I didn't really mean that," Pearl spoke.

"Wait what if this is just like the teacups? That's why we're getting so lost, that's why I'm getting so sick," Steven stated is realization, "all the rooms are spinning us around so we end up here. At his words Garnet summoned her gauntlets and promptly punched a hole into the floor to reveal another floor below us as we all fell into in.

"Stupid!" I berated myself as I hadn't thought about checking for another floor as I grabbed onto a spinning pyramid to steady myself as I surveyed the new area. "That must be what's powering it!" I yelled as I pointed to the center dias in the middle of the room as I began jumping from each platform in order to get closer to it.

"Garnet I need to get off the ride now," Steven spoke as Garnet nodded before chucking him at the dias with a cry of "Serious Steven activate!"

Reaching the dias Steven pulled at the object until it came free in his hands and the spinning stopped, causing a chain reaction as the entire temple began to dissolve before it exploded in yellow light and I was sent sprawling into a strawberry bush right next to Steven's ukulele. Groaning I stood up and phased the strawberry juice off of me before I made my way back to the others.

"There you are," Pearl greeted me as she noticed me walking over, "I must say you and Steven handled yourself very well in there, I'm glad neither of you were hurt."

"Thanks," I spoke while Steven grinned before I held out his ukulele, "I think you dropped this."

"My ukulele! Thanks Danny," Steven cheered before he tuned the strings and began singing, "Ooh that's the end of another day it was mighty serious I have to say. The Crystal gems looked really cool when they made the temple explode. Aww there in my eyes again!"

"I'll get him," I spoke as Steven took off as the butterflies once again covered his eyes, and to think I thought this was going to be a normal day.

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