New poll on my page! I have no concept of responsibility anymore, hence why I am focusing on this instead of homework. But whatever, I'll suffer for it later. Also, Storm in the Room hit me really hard guys. Check bottom note for an announcement.
Episode: Joking Victim
"Hey Danny!" Amethyst called out to me as she walked through the front door and into my bakery. Coming up to me as I had stationed myself at the counter and was currently wiping it off.
"Hey Amethyst," I greeted back as I looked up at the gem, "let me guess your usual triple decker chocolate fudge cupcake with extra sprinkles and a can of whipped cream?"
"You know me so well," Amethyst mused before placing a container of fires in front of me, "but as good as that sounds I'm actually hear to give you something. There's these special fries that I thought you might like so I brought you some to try."
"Thank you," I said politely as I grabbed a few and popped them into my mouth, confused as Amethyst started laughing once I started chewing. Though her laughter was ignored as I felt the burning sensation in my mouth that I could only assume was because of the fires. Rather than go running for the sink in the back I kept up a calm face as I used my ice core to cool off my tongue, refusing to let Amethyst see that the fries had affected me.
"Wow, these are really good," I told her as I grabbed a few more, "thanks for sharing them."
"Uh, what?" Amethyst questioned me as her laughter stopped and she looked at me. Her gaze changing between me and the fries as I could see she was confused that her prank hadn't worked.
"Word to the wise," I told her with a small smirk, "don't use heat against a ghost with an ice core."
"Ice core?" Amethyst questioned me.
"Yeah, basically it lets me control ice and I used it to cool off my tongue rather than let the fries burn it," I explained.
"Ooh," Amethyst spoke slowly before adding, "come again?"
"Okay so ghosts are the physical manifestations of humans after they die but can't yet pass on," I explained, "so they don't have the same genetic makeup as humans. Most of their bodies are made out of concentrated ectoplasm but something has to be there to keep the ectoplasm stable. That something is a ghost's core, which is basically the equivalent of a human heart. These cores range in types and each core can give the ghost a different ability. I have an ice core, which means I have the ability of cryokinesis."
"Oh I get it now,"Amethyst said with a small nod, "what other types of cores are there?"
"I'm not exactly sure about all of them, the only other two I do know of are the basic ghost core for the normal ghosts and a Fire core," I explained before my ghost sense went off as a burst of cold air flew from my mouth.
"Uh what was that?" Amethyst questioned me.
"That was my ghost sense, also an ability from my ice core. It alerts me when another ghost is near," I told her as I quickly shifted into my phantom form, "which means I have to go take care of said ghost now.
"Let me come with you," Amethyst interjected.
"You want to fight a ghost?" I questioned her.
"Beats standing around all day," Amethyst answered with a shrug.
"Okay then," I said as we both walked outside. Amethyst shapeshifting into a helicopter as we took to the skies. Both of us keeping our eyes peeled for anything.
Yet despite my keen eyes I only managed to narrowly avoid Klemper as he suddenly appeared in front of me. Attempting to grab me as I flew out of his reach.
"Will you be my friend?" He questioned as he always did as Amethyst came up to me.
"That's Klemper, he also has an ice core. He pretty harmless really unless you," I started to explain before I was cut off.
"Will you be my friend?" Klemper questioned again, this time putting more force behind his words.
"No dude," Amethyst told him firmly, "you're weird, and not in the good way. Who goes around just asking random people to be their friends anyways?"
"No Amethyst," I began to say before I was forced to act as Klemper shot a blast of ice at her. Causing my to summon my shield as Amethyst was preoccupied with holding her helicopter form, "saying you won't be his friend makes him attack you."
"Ooh, yeah that would have been a good thing to know," she told me as I aimed by ghost blasts at Klemper. Not taking too long to subdue him as I managed to suck him into the thermos without too much of a fight.
"So are all your enemies that lame?" Amethyst questioned me as we both landed back on the ground. Both of us changing back into are normal forms as we did so.
"Nope," I answered, popping the p, "they're all pretty different from each other but I'd say the only 'lame ones' are Klemper and the Box Ghost. Klemper because he isn't that dangerous unless you refuse his friend request. And the Box Ghost because he isn't dangerous to begin with. Just a ghost who is really into boxes and bubble wrap."
"Enough about the lame ghosts," Amethyst groaned, "tell me about some of the cool ones!"
"Alright, alright," I conceded, "let's see, there's fright knight, Skulker, Spectra, Desiree, and Technus I'd say are my 'coolest enemies. Fright Knight is as his name suggests a knight, his ability being to force you into a dimension where you live out your worst fear, accomplished by hitting you with his sword. As for Skulker, he is the ghost zone's self-proclaimed greatest hunter. His goal is getting, as he says, "my pelt to hang on his wall." Since being a halfa is so rare and now that I'm also part gem even more so. Spectra is a ghost that feeds off of the misery of teenagers, which makes them lose their will to live and makes her stronger. Desiree is the genie ghost. Her power is that she can grant any wish she hears, but like a typical genie she'll twist your wish to be something horrible. Lastly, there's Technus, his main thing is technology. His ability being able to control it, travel through it, etc. And that's pretty much it for the enemies I have."
"Huh," Amethyst said simply, giving nothing else.
"Huh what?" I questioned her, "huh like you where expecting something more, huh like you learned something new, what?"
"Just huh," Amethyst repeated with a shrug, "nothing more, anyways I'm hungry."
I was going to question her some more but then I realized that I was speaking to Amethyst and therefore I shouldn't worry about it too much. "Let's go to the Big Donut then," I suggested as we both set off towards the shop.
"Steven?" I questioned as Amethyst and I entered the store to see the gemling cleaning the counter in a Big Donut shirt, "you work here now?{"
"Just temporarily," Steven answered me as he looked up from his task, "Lars hurt his back this morning so I'm helping Sadie out until Lars gets better."
"He's been a big help," Sadie added as she came to the counter from the back room.
"Well that's very responsible of you Steven," I complimented him, "it's good that you're helping Sadie out rather than just let her fend for herself. You're a good friend."
"Uh! You sound like Pearl!" Amethyst groaned as she flopped against the counter Steven had been cleaning.
"Is that really such a bad thing?" I questioned her, rolling my eyes at the dramatics of the proclamation.
"Yes!" Amethyst groaned out as she turned to look up at Steven, "I need food."
"Correction, you want food. Gems don't need to eat to survive like human do," I corrected her before I realized what I just said, "huh, I do sound a lot like Pearl. In any case, we did come her for donuts so."
"I'm on it!" Steven proclaimed as he reached into the display case next to him, pulling out some donuts as he placed all but one into the bag. Handing one directly to me as the second he placed the bag on the counter Amethyst gobbled it up in single bite.
"Thanks Steven," I spoke as I grabbed my wallet, pulling out the amount needed as I handed him the cash.
"No problem," Steven answered me as he placed the cash into the register.
"Anyways, I should probably head back to the bakery," I spoke up as Amethyst burped, neither I nor Steven phased by it.
"Alright, I need to get back to the temple anyways," Amethyst said as she left the shop, heading back towards the temple.
"Or," Steven spoke before I could make my leave as well, "Sadie and I where planning to take Lars some get well donuts, you could come with us?"
"Are you sure?" I questioned, "it's not like you need three people to deliver donuts.
"It'll be fine," Sadie said from her spot by the coffee machine, "besides the more the merrier."
"Okay then," I agreed as Steven filled a box with a few donuts before the three of us set off. Settling into comfortable silence for most of the walk to Lar's house until Steven started singing.
"Donuts, donuts, donuts" Steven kept singing to a tune I didn't recognize as Lars' house came into view.
"I thought you wanted this to be a surprise?" Sadie questioned him as she carried the box of donuts to give to Lars, "he could hear us a mile away."
"But the donut fever's fried my soul," Steven protested as Sadie rubbed his hair, causing me to let out a laugh at the action before Steven and I noticed Jenny's car in front, "aww he already ordered pizza."
"That shouldn't be a problem, donuts are more of a dessert than meal anyways," I told Steven before our attention was shifted as we could now hear laughter coming from the back of the house.
All of us walking around the side of the house to discover the source of the noise as we found Lars, looking perfectly fine to me, along with the rest of the cool kids who where all jumping on a trampoline. Lars looking like he was having the time of his life rather than lying in bed resting like I assumed he would be.
"Hey Lars, thanks for inviting us over," I heard Jenny say as I narrowed my eyes.
"No problem, cause I got the whole day off. By faking severe back injury!" Lars proclaimed, Sounding way too smug in my opinion as I watched Sour Cream and Jenny high-five him.
Planning to go over there a give Lars a piece of my mind before I turned and noticed the tears that where beginning to well in Sadie's eyes.
"Uh, he was faking the whole!" Steven began to proclaim before he too turned to see the tears in Sadie's eyes. Saide throwing the box of donuts to the ground as she took off running. Both Steven and I chasing after her, Lars could be taken care of later.
"Don't worry, we can handle the Big Donut. Who needs Lars?" Steven spoke firmly as he grabbed onto Sadie's ar to keep her from running.
"Steven! He's made a fool of me!" Sadie proclaimed as she teared up even more, "Idiot! He's burned me before, just once I'd like to burn him back!"
"I know how to burn people!" Steven proclaimed loudly as Sadie and I both looked at him, "wait right here! Actually don't, this might take a while you better go home. See you tomorrow at work!"
"Have you tried just talking to Lars?" I questioned Sadie as Steven took off,"maybe if you let him know that this sort of behavior won't be tolerated anymore he'll stop."
"I've tried talking to him but he never listens," Sadie exclaimed, "there are times where I think he finally understands and then he goes and does stuff like this!"
"Alright so talking doesn't work, but maybe whatever Steven has planned will," I told her hopefully, "then he won't pull stuff like this anymore."
"I hope you're right," Sadie said as we both went our separate ways. Both of us wondering what tomorrow would hold.
The Next Morning
"Fire salt!" Steven yelled out as he barged into the back room. Sadie and I having been watching a cartoon as we waited for him to show. "Burn, burn people!" Steven continued as he slammed a donut onto the table. Uncapping the Fire Salt as he prepared to sprinkle it onto the donut.
"You know we can't add anythings to the donuts!" Sadie protested as she grabbed the Fire Salt away from Steven.
"Also, are you sure using the Fire salt is the safest way to go?" I questioned.
"I'll only use a little bit," Steven answered me, "besides it's to prank Lars."
"He did really hurt my feelings," Sadie mused as she bit her bottom lip, "a little. But what kind of person does that make you if you try to hurt him back?"
"She has a point there Steven, an eye for an eye makes the whole world blind," I added.
"I guess," Steven muttered dejectedly, "I just wanted to pull a little prank."
Before any of us could say more on the matter we heard the door to the shop chime. Listening as Lar's voice filtered through the shop. "Ugh, my back!" Lars complained though we all knew he was faking as we watched him clutch at his back from the backroom, "Sadie! I finally got out of bed, but I don't think I can work today either. Sadie? Don't make me walk all the way into the breakroom!"
His words being the final straw for Sadie as she doused the donut in the entirety of the Fire Salt without a second thought.
"Sadie," Steven gasped in surprise, "this is gonna be so funny."
"Correction, this is dangerous, that's a lot of Fire Salt," I protested, yet my words where ignored as both Sadie and Steven walked to the front counter, donut in hand as Sadie presented it to Lars.
Waiting for something to go wrong as Lars took a bite and I walked out and to the counter as Steven broke down laughing. Though his laugh died as suddenly Lars was spewing actual fire from his mouth.
"Steven help Lars!" Sadie yelled out as she grabbed the fire extinguisher.
"Lars drink this!" Steven told him yet Lars was spewing fire and therefore was unable to drink anything as he ran out of the store. Not hesitating as i ran after him, switching into ghost form as I shot ice at the mini fires Lars was causing in order to contain the damage. Yet I couldn't stop all the damage as he ended up melting a giant bowl of ice cream in his panic.
"Lars you need to stop running!" I shouted after him as I could hear Steven talking to Amethyst behind me.
"You did this to me!" Lars suddenly yelled out in between spewing fire as he started the case after Steven.
"Don't even think about it!" I yelled at Lars as I scooped Steven up and flew him out of Lars' rech. Only placing him down once I saw that Lars' attention had been shifted to Sadie as the girl walked up to him. Tuning out their talk as I set back to putting out the fires Lars had started.
Finishing up in time to see Steven give Lars the heimlich and as such eject the fire salt donut from his body so that Sadie could easily put it out with her fire extinguisher.
"Another day saved by Steven Universe!" Steven proclaimed as soon as the donut was put out, "with the bonus musical stylings of Harold Smiley. You're welcome!"
"You did great Steven," I told the boy as I ruffled his hair, Amethyst coming up behind us.
"We make a pretty good team," she spoke offhandedly as she munched on some fries.
"You where absolutely no help in this whatsoever," Steven told her to which she only shrugged.
"Eh," Amethyst spoke as I watched Lars and Sadie walk off, no help at all.
Don't ask me what that ending was, I couldn't explain it if I tried. In other news I am doing another art contest! Mostly because you guys are all very creative and I love it.
Subject: Fusions, send me your best design for a fusion between Danny and one of the Gems. It can be any of the Crystal gems but I will also accept a fusion with Lapis or Peridot. Be creative!
Rules: Send me a link or tag me, my tumblr information is in my bio ,you can tag either one, but if you post it on another site like deviantart you have to send me a link to it or I won't see it.
It can be digital or traditional, doesn't matter to me as long as the picture of the traditional art is of good quality.
You may enter even if you were a winner of my last contest.
Deadline: March 1st. That gives you a little over a week to finish your piece but if it gets close to the deadline and you absolutely need more time contact me over pms and I shall see what I can do.
Prizes:
1st-Whoever you fused Danny with will be his first gem fusion for this fic. As such you will be consulted, if you wish to be, about how the fusion should act and what the personality will be like. That being said I do have final say but your opinions will be taken into account. Also your art will be the temporary cover for the chapter where I post the chapter with said fusion. And a three-shot of any fandom, provided I know it, and any subject for the fic
2nd-If it's a different gem than the first one it will be Danny's second fusion and a two-shot about any fandom you want and almost any subject, provided I know the fandom.
3rd-Again, if a different gem than 1 and 2 it will be Danny's third fusion. Along with a one-shot, any fandom I know and any subject.
Any more questions just ask, now onto the reviews.
PhantomFoxy: Another contest is now happening!
NervousEnsemble: Glad you're happy!
Gamelover41592: He's a good fighter, I had too.
YouCanOnlyPretend: Sleep well now
Drift219: I know but as it is from Danny's POV I could not add the song.
Remzal Von Enili: Danny needs to train more. Also he didn't want to risk hurting Amethyst and Garnet more then necessary.
Kimera20: Thank you!
Lol: I shall!
Jss2141: My friend, I have so many plans for that chapter you have no idea.