Chapter 6: A Song To The Heart

It had been a day since Obsidian reformed and he was already confused, nothing on this planet made any sense to him. It also didn't help that he had little to no communication skills due to Obsidian's bring locked up and sanctioned off from the rest of gem society. He was still unsure about Earth and this new group of gems, but there was one thing that granted him peace about the situation and that was Granite. She reassured him and was very supportive in this time of transition. So the day had begun, Steven, Obsidian and Granite were walking from the house and down onto the beach. Even after an entire week, the beach was still scarred with the rubble from their battle. Even the ship was still untouched by gem and man alike.

"Wow this still gives me chills when i look at this place." remarked Steven as he gazed across the beach.

" Yeah, it makes you wonder who's going to clean this up." responded Granite with a chipper tone as she walked between Obsidian and Steven .

" It will most likely be us, the gems don't want humans getting a hold of gemtech." Steven added as looked up to Granite with a smile. Without any warning Obsidian had stopped and began to walk towards the crashed ship. " Hey Obsidian, where are you going?" asked Steven as he and Granite stopped to question what was going on. But Obsidian didn't answer, he continued towards the ship. When he was at the foot of the wreckage, he simply bent down and grabbed onto it with a strong grip. He then used his great strength, he lifted the ship from the ground and with even greater strength, he threw the wreckage roughly two hundred feet out into the ocean. When that was done, Obsidian walked back over Steven and Granite, not saying a word or make a sound.

" That...was...INCREDIBLE!" They said in unison as their eyes began to fill with stars. They were blown away at the event that they witnessed with their very eyes.

" You think so?" asked Obsidian who was still unfazed by what he had just done.

" YEAH!" They said in unison once again still awestruck by their friend's actions. Once the three had moved on from the great feat of strength, they had moved into Beach City, ready to start Obsidian on his tour of Earth, or at least a small part of Earth.

"So Obsidian, what would you like to learn about first?" asked Steven as he turned and faced Obsidian, giving him a large smile.

Obsidian paused for a moment of thought and managed to come up with a question, " actually Steven, I was wondering, What are you?" asked Obsidian with an honest look on his face.

Steven was a little confused about this question but answered it nonetheless, " Well I'm a human, but I'm also a gem, My mom was Rose Quartz and she fell in love with my dad and gave up her physical form to make me. So I'm both I guess." he said with an honest tone. Hearing this gave Obsidian a confused look but he nodded in understanding. With that out of the way, the trio continued on their way.

The first stop was to Steven's favorite place, the Big Donut. When the group walked in they were greeted by steven's friend Sadie.

"Hey Steven, Hey Granite, how's it going?" said Sadie as she as she peered across the counter to her friend and his two new friends.

"Hey Sadie." answered Steven as he walked up to the donut display, looking for a sweet round treat.

"Hello Sadie, nice to see you again." responded Granite.

Sadie then looked past the two and looked at the newest of Steven's friends. " Hey Steven, Who's your friend there?" she asked as she took notice to this gems uneasy behavior.

"That's Obsidian, he Granite's friend." Steven said in short as he continued to look as Granite came over to look with him. " Hey Obsidian do you want a donut?" he asked.

"What's a donut?" asked Obsidian.

" Only the greatest food of all time!" exclaimed Steven as he turned and pulled Obsidian over to the display, Granite giggling at Steven's excitement. But by simply placing a hand on the the window of the display, Obsidian shattered the glass, sending shards all over the food inside.

" Oh no!" shouted Sadie as she rushed from behind the counter and looked at the glass covered pastries.

" We're so sorry Sadie, we didn't mean to." apologized Steven and Granite trying to help Sadie clean up what she can. As for Obsidian, he felt horrible, he let his strength get out of hand. He wasn't used to being surrounded such fragile things. After an avalanche of apologies from Steven and Granite, Sadie had managed to clean up the mess of glass and forgave the group for what had happened. Sadly the group wasn't able to buy any donuts and had to move on to the next destination.

From the Big Donut the group had proceeded to The Funland Amusement Park, but that trip was cut short due to Obsidian's strength getting out of hand yet again. The roller coaster had scared Obsidian and he had accidently destroyed four prize stands. If it weren't for Steven knowing the owner Mr. Smiley, they wouldn't have gotten off easy and were only banned for only two years. But Steven and Granite didn't hold it against Obsidian and tried their best to cheer him up after the past few accidents. But no matter where the group had gone, Obsidian had a hard time controlling his strength, Frybos: Broken counter, Fishstew Pizza: Chair and tables broken, and even to the car wash to meet Steven's dad, Greg . All was good at first, but when Obsidian tripped over a hose he accidentally put a large dent into Greg's van. It could have been worse but Obsidian had still felt even worse.

By now the sun was setting and everyone was heading back to the temple, quiet and heads hung low. After Granite Steven went inside, Obsidian stayed out and lamented over what had happened.

"What is wrong with me?, why can't i do anything right?, why is it the only thing i can do is destroy?" he asked himself as he looked out at the setting sun.

Just as he was about to go back inside, Steven came outside and stood next to Obsidian, holding his ukulele. " Obsidian… I know that you tried today… I know that you were doing the best you could... I don't know if this could work, but i have one last thing we could try." he said as he held out his ukulele to Obsidian, signaling that he wanted him to hold it. Obsidian was apprehensive at first, but Steven was persistent. Steven then placed it in Obsidian's hands and showed him how to hold it. Obsidian was surprised, this was the first thing he had laid his hands on that didn't break or fall apart. Steven then showed Obsidian where to place his fingers and where to stroke the strings. Steven then began to teach him how to play the basics. The milotic sounds that were being emitted from this instrument gave Obsidian a new feeling, one that he had never felt. It was… soothing, it was … peaceful, it.. was… incredible. Just as Obsidian was getting entranced by the tones, steven had begun to sing. He started to sing about Life, Death, Love, and Birth. Thus had cemented something in Obsidians mind. This gem/human hybrid, was showing him something he had never experienced before in such a interesting way. He was showing him what life was like on Earth through song.

This song seemed to wash away Obsidian his troubles, all the stress and depression he had felt were slowly melting away as Steven kept singing.

Once the sun had set, Obsidian had given Steven back his ukulele and walked back inside behind him. As Steven was walking up the wooden steps to his bed, Obsidian stopped him.

"Hey Steven, can we do that again tomorrow?'' he asked

" Sure that would be great." answered Steven in a tired voice, but still managed to smile at Obsidian.

When morning came Steven and Obsidian had started their second day together. While Steven was getting ready however Granite had to try to calm Pearl down after hearing what Obsidian had done to the ship. Obsidian had watched and found slight humor in the exchange. When steven was finished, the day had begun, a day full of song and music. Steven had even borrowed his dad's spare Guitar and gave it to Obsidian to play and the two spent the whole day strumming away. Steven had even helped Obsidian write his own song. It was rough at first but became progressively better. Everything was going great for Obsidian, greater than Obsidian could've ever imagined.

The day was coming to an end and Obsidian had made up his mind about joining the Crystal Gems. After pulling everyone into the living room of Steven's house, Obsidian was ready to give his answer.

" Everyone, the past two days have been life changing for me, I've been treated badly my whole life… that was until i met Steven, Granite and the rest of you, Steven has shown me what life was like here on Earth and what life is like being my own gem and living life as i see fit, I didn't know how to do that until Steven had opened my eyes." He said as everyone began to grow smiles across their faces. Then Obsidian's body had begun to glow with a bright white light, from the light Obsidian had appeared, but he was different, Instead of his black jumpsuit, he now wore a Black trench coat with a hole on his right shoulder blade; exposing his gem , long black pants, black boots, and a dark grey under shirt with a large white star in the center.

" I've Decided to join your team of rebels." Obsidian said with a smile as Granite leapt towards him, hugging him tightly, while the others were congratulating him on his choice. Things were Looking up for Obsidian and Granite and the best is yet to come.

So here is Chapter six of my story, let me know what you think by leaving a review, it would mean a lot, I'd love to hear your ideas. If you have any questions just message me and ill do my best to answer them. So same message at normal, and stay tuned.