Ezra In Beach City (Book 1)

Onion Trade

Outside the Beach House, Ezra was polishing his shield while Amethyst was lounging on a chair on the porch of the Beach House.

"Amethyst?" Steven called out from inside the house.

"Outside, dude~." Amethyst said, that made Steven come outside.

"Have you seen Ranger Guy?" Steven asked.

"Excuse me?" Amethyst asked, confused.

"Ranger Guy, one of my 'G.U.Y.S.'. You know, G.U.Y.S.?" Steven asked as he waved two figurines in his hands.

Amethyst stared cluelessly.

"It's one of his toys for a collection." Ezra said.

"Yeah, G.U.Y.S.!!" Steven explained in a commercial advertising style. "Guys, Under, Your, Supervision!! There's Ninja Guy, Construction Guy, Cop Guy, Eye Guy, Invisible Guy, Jagged Guy, Cat Guy, Apple Guy, and my main man, Ranger Guy, the best of all the guys, has gone missing. Have you seen him?"

"What's that I hear?" Pearl asked as she walked out of the house. "You can't find one of your little men in that super junky room of yours."

"It's not that bad." Steven said.

"A-hem!" Pearl intrigued as she opened the window of the house and a seagull, wearing a banana peel on its head and carrying a slice of pizza, flew out from inside.

"How'd that get in there?" Steven said nervously with a shrug.

"You left your window wide open for things to just fly in and out." Pearl recalled while swatting the air.

"Aw, give him a break, P." Amethyst said. "My room's messy, but I always find what I'm looking for."

"Then, why haven't you found my magic axe?" Pearl asked.

"I haven't looked for it yet." Amethyst replied.

"Amethyst, go and find it right this second." Pearl ordered.

"Why can't Ezra do it?" Amethyst asked.

"Leave me out of it." Ezra said. "There's a reason I shine my shield to get some air and a break."

"Hey... feel free to go look for it yourself." Amethyst said to Pearl.

"There's no way I'm going into that dump!" Pearl said.

Steven looked down at his two G.U.Y.S. figurines and walked away.

"Pearl, all your nagging's made Steven depressed." Amethyst sighed.

"Is everything okay, Steven?" Pearl asked.

"Yeah... I'm fine, just got to break the bad news to my dad." Steven replied.

"I'll come with him, for best friend support." Ezra sighed as he got up to catch up with Steven.

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At the It's A Wash car wash, Steven and Ezra walked into the car wash to look for Greg.

"Dad?" Steven called out.

"Greg?" Ezra called out.

"Daaaddddd!?" Steven called out before he was suddenly sprayed with water. "Augh! I'm so sorry!"

"Yeah, you're sorry, sorry you walked through that door without a hose in your hand!" Greg said as he approached Steven and continued spraying. "Ready for battle! Aaaah!"

"Wait!" Steven said as he blocked the nozzle of the hose.

"Man, you look sad and wet." Greg said. "What happened to your life, little guy?"