Hey guys Crow here. Welcome to the third chapter of Unstable Energies! So... um... I don't relay have anything else to say. Oh wait I remember! We are now reaching the end of the introductory chapters, all that's left is chapter four and then we get to the juice stuff. Thanks for checking out my story and don't forget to review, favorite, and check back for updates frequently.(P.S. I love dogs, mainly puppies)

I don't own Steven Universe or any of it's characters, all rights go to Rebecca Sugar. The only characters I own are my(and my friend has one in here as well) OCs and my locations(those are all mine).

Chapter 3 "Road to Beach City"

Umbalite and Spessartine have been walking for a few hours after they left the Kindergarten. The sun was rising now, and while Spessartine is taking in the peaceful, quiet setting, Umbalite looks bored out of his mind. Nothing eventful has happened since they left, except they talked for a short time about where they are and what they remember, but after that, there hasn't been much of a conversation.

"Hey, what's that down there?"

Umbalite jumps at the sudden question, not expecting the orange gem to notice anything, since he had his eyes glued to the sky a few moments ago. "I'm not sure. You wanna go see?"

"Heck yeah!"

Both gems sprint down to the mysterious moving machine, with Spessartine arriving at speeds that would be impossible even for gems. As Umbalite catches up, they stop to watch as the giant train passes by. They both stare as it flies past and step on the tracks after it was gone.

"Whoa, that thing was going fast!" Umbalite's statement was interrupted by Spessartine.

"Bet I could go faster."

"Bet I could stop one."

"Oh you're on."

So the two gems wait for the next train to come. It only takes about 30 minutes, which isn't long for gems. As the train is approaching, Spessartine steps off the tracks, saying, "I'll catch your gem when you get poofed."

"You wish. I'll stop this thing easy!"

Umbalite intertwines his fingers connecting his hands, and, raising them above his head, prepares for the on-coming impact. When the train is mere feet from him, he brings his hands down onto the front of the train, sending the train flying several feet into the air with a large dent in the front, causing a large dust cloud to erupt from the impact.

Spessartine waved his hands in front of his face to try and clear some of the dust that was floating around in the air. As the large dust cloud dissipates, Spessartine starts looking side from side, trying to spot any sign of Umbalite. He was standing a few feet back from where he had collided with the train, seemingly pleased with the results. Umbalite turns to the side with a large smirk on his face. "Told you, easy."

When Spessartine first saw Umbalite, he looked fine, until he turned to the side, causing Spessartine to notice that his entire arm is missing.

"Hey Umbalite need a hand. Or an entire arm." He finished his statement by pointing to where Umbalite's right arm should have been.

"Whoa, that's a bit more than just a flesh wound. Uh, Spess what do I do about this."

"Don't worry, we're gems. You'll just regenerate the arm. Speaking of which it already seems to be doing just that." Spessartine finishes his statement by pointing at Umbalite's arm which had already regenerated back halfway down his bicep. "Wow, it seems to be regenerating really fast."

"Cool." Umbalite was staring at his right arm which had now regenerated to the elbow.

"Yeah... but anyways, we should continue walking."

"Alright... where are we going again?"

"I saw a sign a while back next to that road that said there's a town called 'Beach City' down that way."

"Sweet... so, uh... what'll we be doing when we get there?"

"I don't know. Maybe hang out a little while, plan our next stop."

"Alright, then let's get going."

Umbalite and Spessartine begin walking towards Beach City, eventually walking alongside the highway.

Umbalite and Spessartine have been walking for an hour or so when they see a car drive by with a dog hanging it's head outside the window.

"Spess, did you see that dog poking it's head out of that car's window?"

"I DID IT WAS SOOO CUTE!"

"Wow, okay, I have a feeling you liked it a little too much."

"It was sooo adorable! With it's chubby cheeks and it's little tail-" Spessartine kept listing features of how the dog looked while imagining it in his head: "-and those little paws. Oh it was sooo cute!"

Umbalite watches with a smile on his face as Spess recalls how cute he thought the dog was, up until Spess's body begins glowing with a bright, white light. Umbalite stares with astonishment and surprise on his face as Spess's form changes from his regular, tall form into a orange version of the dog he had just been obsessing over a few moments ago.

"Spess... how'd you do that?!"

The pale orange gem looks at himself with amusement plastered on his face. "Whoa, I changed into that dog. Except... Orange."

"Again... HOW'D YOU DO THAT?!"

"I don't know. I was just thinking about the dog and concentrating on what it looked like and then pow! I'm a dog."

"You think I could do that too?"

"Don't know but you should try. It's pretty cool."

"Alright, so think of a form, concentrate, and then pow?"

"Yep, pretty much."

"But what do you think I should be?"

"I don't know. Just look around and find something." At this point Spessartine was laying down, watching Umbalite.

Umbalite looked around for something to change into, spotting a few seagulls flying overhead. "Hhmm, what about that?" he said, pointing at the seagulls.

"Sure, go ahead and try. Remember: see, think, picture, feel, pow."

Umbalite takes one more look at the bird and then pictures it in his mind. It's wings, it's beak, it's feathers, every last detail down to the "T". At first, nothing happens, but after a few moments, Umbalite's form begins to glow and change, until his form matches that of a seagull. "Sweet! Hey Spess check it out, I'm a bird."

"Yeah, you're a real fly guy."

"And you're a terrible person."

"Aw, come on that was a good one," They continued their talk, with a grin plastered on Spessartine's face.

"Anyways, we should probably get going again."

"Okay, fine. Let's go."

Spessartine and Umbalite continue moving towards Beach City while remaining in their animal forms, with Spessartine running along the ground and Umbalite flying overhead. Eventually they arrive at Beach City sometime around noon, running past a large building with tons of electronic machines all with glowing lights on them, a large building with the words "Movie Theater" on it, and a small building with a huge colorful donut on it's roof. Spessartine collects a few questioning glances from a few of the people he passes by, but for the most part it seems the people of Beach City are use to this kind of weird occurrence. Except that strange kid with the yellow, noodle-like hair who was chasing him with a camcorder for a few blocks screaming something about keeping
Beach City weird and something called "sneople".

Umbalite flies low to talk to Spessartine, asking, "Where should we go now?"

"How about a run on that beach over there?"

"Sure, let's go. Ech! Bug in the mouth, bug in the mouth!"

Steven and Connie arrive at his house just as the warp pad lights up and the Crystal Gems step off.

"You guys are back!" Steven runs over to the gems, stopping in front of them, slightly winded.

"OH, hello Steven. Hello Connie," Pearl crouches down to be eye level with Steven. "And what are you two up to?"

"We just got back from watching 'Dogcopter 3', and we were wondering if you wanted to have a beach party with us."

"I'm sorry Steven, but we're just back for a few minutes. We have to go back out for a few hours."

"Aw, are you sure you have to go?"

"I'm really sorry Steven but we have to go. We shouldn't be gone long though. We'll join you when we get back."

Garnet walks over and puts a reassuring hand on a sad looking Steven's head, causing him to look up at her while she gives him a small smile which makes him laugh. "Fine, but hurry back so we can get our funky flow on."

"Okay Steven, we'll be back soon so start setting up for your party." They wave goodbye as they step on the warp pad and warp away.

"Okay, Steven you're on snacks and refreshments. I'll do chairs and tables."

"Aye aye, capt'n Connie!"

Connie and Steven proceeded to their assigned task as they both fail to suppress a few small giggles.

As Connie and Steven finish setting up the last of the tables and snacks, Steven glances down at the beach, noticing a strange orange dog running down along it.

"Hey Connie, look at that cool dog over there."

"Where?"

"There."

"Oh, cool! Why is it orange though? Maybe it's an escaped test subject of experimentation that gave it enhanced intelligence and the ability to speak like a human!"

"Cool! Let's go check it out!"

"Wait up Steven!"

As Steven caught up to the orange dog he noticed a bright orange gem embedded on it's back. Steven instantly turns to Connie with stars in his eyes: "Connie! That dog is a gem!"

"Wait, what?! How do you know?"

"Look at it's back, there's a gem on it!"

"Wow, you're right Steven! Should we really be following it though? I mean, the last few gems you met weren't exactly the nicest people..."

But Steven has already run ahead to catch up with the orange gem.

"Hey miss gem! Miss gem! Wait up!"

The dog stops to look at the two kids running towards it.

Spessartine had been running on the beach when he heard someone behind him calling, "Hey miss gem! Miss gem! Wait up!"

He turns around to see two small children running after him, so he decides to stop and see how they know he's a gem. Once they had caught up he asks. "Hey kid, how'd you know I was a gem?"

"We saw the gem on your back!" The boy practically screams.

"Oh... well I guess that's a pretty good answer," After he finishes his statement, he changes back to his original form, asking: "So kids what's up?"

"Whoa, you look awesome! What's your name?"

"Well I try. Spessartine's the name... and I don't really have a game."

"Nice to meet you Spessartine. My name's Steven and I'm a gem like you... well half-gem."

"Wait, why are you a male? Most of the other gems I've seen so far have only been female. Well, except for Steven but that's because he's only a half-gem."

"Really? I haven't really met any other gems, well, except one. But anyways, what's your name little girl?"

"Connie, Nice to meet you mister Spessartine."

As Connie finished her statement, Umbalite flys down and lands on Spessartine's shoulder.

"Hey Spess, who're these guys?"

"The boy is named Steven and he's a half-gem. The girl's name is Connie and she's a human.

Steven stares at Umbalite with stars in his eyes. "There's another gem with you!?"

"Yeah, he just flew into town and man are his arms tired." Spessartine emphasizes by grabbing Umbalite's wings and flapping them.

"Hahaha, you're pretty funny."

Spessartine lets go of Umbalite as he flies off his shoulder. "Thanks Steven, you're pretty cool too."

Umbalite lands on the ground next to Spessartine, changing back to his regular form. "Alright, one: that was a stupid joke. Two: don't pull on my arms again."

"Okay, okay. But I guess since there's another gem in this town, we'll be staying here for a while."

Connie looks at Umbalite with amazement. "Wow, your hair looks amazing!"

"I know right! But anyways, since we'll be here for a while, we should probably find a place to stay..."

"Oh, oh, you could stay here with me and the gems!"

Both Spessartine and Umbalite respond in unison at Steven's statement. "There are other gems?"

"Yeah, we live in the house on the side of the cliff. Come on, we're going to have a beach party in a little bit, you can meet them then!"

"Cool, can't wait to meet them."

"Wait, Spess are you sure this is a good idea? We don't know what we're dealing with here. We haven't met any other full-gems."

"Oh, come on Umbalite. It's not like they're going to kill us or anything."

"Wait, you two haven't met any other gems besides each other? How is that possible?"

Spessartine kneels down to meet Connie at eye level. "Well Connie, me and Umbalite emerged from the ground only a day ago."

"Really!?"

"Yup," responds Umbalite. "Anyways, let's go to that 'beach party' thing you were talking about."

"Yeah let's go!" Steven finishes his statement by running towards his house.

Spessartine and Umbalite follow Steven and Connie back to the beach in front of Steven's house where they had set up for the party.