New Member New Adventures

Meeting The Gems

"Who are you?" The man asked them as he slowly stepped forward, towards them.
"Don't come any closer. You can't be a Gem, there are no male Gems, except Steven." Amethyst shouted at him again, she put Steven down and pulled out her whip from her Gem. When she did the man looked surprised and excited, he took another step forward.
"You're a Crystal Gem?! Like me?!" He said excitedly as he pulled his shirt down slightly showing Amethyst and Steven his black plain facet cut gem in the center of his chest, like Amethyst, he was definitely a Gem. Amethyst looked surprised, he didn't seem threatening, but she had never met a male Gem before, nor did she meet any Gems that were on earth to protect it anymore.
"Amethyst maybe we should talk to him first." Steven suggested and the man got happy, he took another step forward with an excited smile on his face.
"Amethyst? Is that your name? Your Gem? Mines Obsidian. Who's this little.. Thing?" Obsidian asked looking at Steven with confusion as if he didn't know what he was. Amethyst tried to process all this information but she couldn't, she was nervous, and when he took another step forward she did the only thing that came to mind right now. Attack. Amethyst gave a hard swipe sending the double tail of her whip smashing into the stomach of Obsidian sending him into the wall.
"Amethyst wait! I think he's a good guy. Let's just try talking to him first." Steven said urgently, but Amethyst just pushed him aside, she couldn't have him hurt under her watch, nor could she let this Gem walk free on earth.
"Steven stay back!" Amethyst cried and she rushed forward as Obsidian dug himself out of the canyon wall, a look of anger on his face.
"I just wanted to talk!" He shouted and leapt at Amethyst feet first slamming into her stomach and crushing her on the ground. He looked at Steven and began walking towards him, but his eyes were kind and his hands outstretched in a nonthreatening manner.
"Steven was it? I just need answers nothing mor-." He started only to be cut off as Amethyst jumped up and kicked him in the back before following up with a round house to his face. She proceeded to bring his face into her knee, as she went for a right hook, Obsidian caught her hand by the wrist, Amethyst looked up at his face and almost flinched at his eyes, they were angry, they were practically smoldering in rage. Obsidian threw Amethyst up into the air, she was too surprised to attempt shape shifting into something that could fly, so she ended up just flying high into the air, she saw the horizon, before beginning to plummet. Obsidian lept up so he was level with her before bringing his foot down in a heel drop into her stomach sending her plummeting towards the ground. She slammed into the earth so hard she thought she was seeing stars, her impact had created a small crater underneath her. Obsidian landed beside her, his breathing heavy and ragged. 'Thats strange.' Amethyst thought, Gems don't need to breath, they don't have lungs.
He walked over to where Amethyst lay, expecting her to be unconscious or simply willing to listen to him for a second, but The Purple Gem quickly hooked Obsidian's feet with her arm and pulled causing him to fall on his back.
Amethyst jumped up instantly, but Obsidian got to his feet just as fast, Amethyst quickly shapeshifted into a Rhino, much to Obsidian's amazement, and proceeded to try ramming him into the wall, lucky he was able to catch her horn before it impaled him, he twisted his body around as he used his Gem strength to hoist Amethyst rhino form by the horn into the air, he used the momentum from her charge to swing her up, over him, into the wall. Amethyst crawled out of the rock angrily.
Amethyst shapeshifted again into a gorilla, grabbing Obsidian in her huge hand and throwing him into the canyon wall, mixing animalistic strength and Gem abilities. She pulled out her whip again, lashing it out around Obsidian's chest before slamming him into a pile of broken machinery. Obsidian growled as he stood up and Amethyst gasped in surprise at what she saw.
Obsidian was bleeding, from his nose, mouth, and a cut above his eye. Amethyst couldn't believe it, Gems couldn't bleed, they had no blood, no organs or anything like that, yet Obsidian had a steady stream of blackish red liquid oozing from his wounds. Amethyst rushed forward to hit him with her whip again, but Obsidian caught the tail in his hand, flinching slightly as the shards of crystal ripped into his flesh. He tugged hard bringing Amethyst stumbling towards him, unable to defend herself as Obsidian rocked her face with a powerful punch. She landed on her back, sliding backwards quickly into the wall. Obsidian got close to see if she was ok, but Amethyst swept The Male Gems feet out, quickly placing her foot above his gem, ready to deliver the kill blow.
"Wait! Amethyst please stop!" Steven shouted stepping in front of Amethyst as she glared down at Obsidian under her foot. She looked up at him, with a look of kindness, she could never be mad with Steven, he had a way of melting all of the Gems hearts with his little face. Steven was angry with Amethyst though, all Obsidian had wanted to do was ask a couple questions, but she had just attacked him without even listening to his story or letting him explain himself. Steven didn't like that Amethyst had brutally beaten Obsidian and was ready to crush his gem without even listening to him first.
"What is it Steven?" Amethyst asked, a slightly annoyed tone in her voice. Steven glared at her, but Obsidian smiled with amusement at this, Steven, he was interesting, and apparently also a Gem, but he didn't look anything like Amethyst, even Obsidian skin tone was somewhat similar to his gem, but Steven was fleshy and not as pink as the gem peaking out from under the hem of his shirt, he didn't seem very threatening and Obsidian vaguely wondered if maybe Steven simply chose to look this way so opponents would under estimate him.
"You're just going to kill him? You're not even going to listen to his questions or his story?" Steven asked crossing his arms, Amethyst sighed, Steven was so much like his mother that it almost hurt. She looked down at the Gem beneath her foot, he had stopped struggling and was now waiting to see what Amethyst and Steven would do. Obsidian didn't really understand what was happening, he was a newborn after all, he didn't know anything yet, no training, he'd never been taught basic knowledge of anything yet, the only thing he knew was that he was a Gem, he was male, and his name was Obsidian, he knew how to summon his gem weapon and create a rock shield, but control over his powers and such, he had nothing.
Amethyst looked down at him again and still couldn't believe he was actually bleeding, the cuts had already begun to heal though and were pretty much closed up now. She hesitantly took her foot off Obsidian's chest, but stood ready in case he tried something, the Young Gem, simply sat up and crossed his legs as he sat on the ground.
"Can I ask some questions now?" Obsidian said softly as he sat at the feet of the two Crystal Gems. He didn't seem to hold any animosity to Amethyst for attacking him unprovoked. Obsidian saw Amethyst looking at him nervously, he gave her a small comforting smile as he held out his hand to her. Amethyst looked surprised and blushed slightly as she took his hand, he helped her sit down beside him as he helped Steven sit down in front of him.
"You ask and we'll answer as best as we ca-."
"But we also wanna ask you a couple questions too." Steven started and Amethyst finished Obsidian nodded, he didn't know what they'd ask him, he didn't really know anything. Amethyst took the fact that they were sitting calmly as a very good sign, she relaxed, if only slightly.
"That's fine with me. So my first question is what is this place? And who are you guys? I mean I know your names but I'd like to know a little bit about you two. Like what Steven is." Obsidian said, Steven nodded in understanding, and Amethyst found the questions to be good, but she was surprised this Gem didn't even know what the place he was destroying was called.
"Well to answer your first question, this is the Kindergarten, around 5,000 years ago, Gems came here to make more Gems, the process would slowly kill the planet, and a group of Gems led by Rose Quartz called The Crystal Gems fought to protect the planet, we shut this place down, I was born here, but even I recognized that what they were doing was wrong." Amethyst said and looked down, she had just admitted to a stranger that she was a mistake, that she was born in a place that was evil, that was a mistake. Amethyst thought Obsidian would think she was evil or a monster, but he simply put one hand on her shoulder, causing her to look up at him.
"I understand how you feel, I was born here too." Obsidian said and Amethyst froze in surprise, he was made in the kindergarten? But how had she never met him before now? How come he didn't know what this place was or who she was? Amethyst suddenly had a crazy idea about Obsidian and where he came from.
"When were you born?" Amethyst asked and Obsidian thought for a second, a look of thought on his face.
"A little while ago, like sometime before you guys got here." Obsidian said and Amethyst gasped, that explained why he was so naive, why he seemed so childish in understanding, he was a newborn, probably only a few hours old, but how did he become exposed to human clothes?
"You didn't answer the second part of my question." Obsidian said matter-of-factly as he leaned back on his hands slightly, Amethyst had quite a hard time seeing him as a Gem, he seemed more human than anything else, but she couldn't blame him, Obsidian knew nothing about Gems or humans for that matter.
"My names Steven, um I'm kinda half a gem, my mom was Rose Quartz, but she met my dad Greg Universe, and she gave up her physical form so that I could be born, so I'm half human half gem. This is Amethyst she's a full fledged Crystal Gem, we're kinda the protectors of earth, there are two more Gems at the temple, their Garnet and Pearl, the Crystal Gems take care of me and teach me my powers." Steven explained, Amethyst would've preferred to tell her own story but Steven pretty much summed everything up nicely. Obsidian nodded in understanding, he was sucking up information like a sponge. The machines are programmed to download certain necessary information into the brains of the Gems it creates, this included, how to walk, how to talk and the languages necessary, it also downloads their name and the knowledge that their a Gem into their minds, and a basic combat program, it usually takes a few minutes for all the information to activate. Amethyst thought if they wanted 0 resistance they should've programmed the machines to download the knowledge of which side to be on. It also would've been better if it downloaded how to use their abilities also, but something malfunctioned and they never did.
"More Gems? Can I meet them? Um I'm not really sure what else I want to know. I would like to learn more about human history, and Gem history. I'd like to be trained on how to fight more efficiently too." Amethyst had see him fight, he did pretty well, but without experience and the knowledge of how to use his powers, he lost quickly.
"Yeah more Gems, I'm sure they would like to meet you. Thats fine, but why did you destroy the kindergarten?" Steven asked and Obsidian stopped, placing a hand to his chin as if to think deeply.
"I was born here sure, but it just felt so dark and cold, I felt like a freak, a monster, a mistake, so I destroyed them, I couldn't stand the reminder of what I was." Obsidian said shrugging, Amethyst realized that the Male Gem was very similar to her, in the way he viewed his birth place and past, and his attitude. Amethyst was having an internal debate, he seemed trustworthy, and anyway he was a newborn, he had no idea about good and bad yet, they could teach him. Obsidian could be a very valuable ally to the Crystal Gems, she didn't see any reason why she shouldn't bring him to the temple, at least there Garnet and Pearl could help Amethyst bring Obsidian down if need be.
"Amethyst can Obsidian come home with us?" Steven asked, giving her the puppy dog eyes, Obsidian seemed amused by this, Amethyst knew she would never be able to say no to that face, so she nodded.
"Alright he can come back with us. But the choice on if he can stay or not belongs to Garnet." Amethyst said and Steven lept into the air cheering, Obsidian also leapt to his feet in excitement, he was happy to be going somewhere that he might be able to call home, a place he might belong.
"Alright alright, enough cheering come on, let's get home to Garnet. I'm hungry." Amethyst said as her and Steven's stomachs grumbled at the thought of food. Obsidian was surprised when his stomach growled also, he suddenly felt hungry too, the urge to eat almost overwhelming. Amethyst and Steven were also surprised, the only reason Amethyst ate was because she had shapeshifted the necessary body parts to do so, Steven was of course half human, but Obsidian had neither as an excuse, he was a full fledged Gem, and he didn't even know how to shapeshift yet. The more Amethyst discovered about the Male Gem, more uncomfortable she felt, he was so... Different. He was a guy first off, no Gems are guys except Steven but he's not a full Gem, no Gems actually bleed, and Gems don't usually have organs or anything for processes like eating. But apparently all of this stuff came default in Obsidian, Amethyst could only imagine how Pearl and Garnet would react, Pearl would probably protectively freak out and want to study the odd Gem, Garnet might just punch him through a wall.
"Come on I'll warp us back, I am the Warp Master!" Steven yelled as he ran to the warp pad leaving Amethyst behind with Obsidian, he looked at her and then back at the canyon walls of the kindergarten. His eyes were heavy, full of sadness, Amethyst knew the feeling, of fearing you wouldn't belong. As the two of them began walking after Steven, Obsidian decided to strike up a conversation.
"So you were made here too Amethyst?" Obsidian asked and she grimaced but sighed knowing she'd answer anyway.
"Yeah, that was over 5,000 years ago though." Amethyst said, Obsidian gaped at that, 5,000 years old? That was insane, Amethyst only looked about 18, that amount of time seemed almost impossible for any person to survive, but then again Gems aren't people.
"What's it like? Being a Crystal Gem I mean. Do you like it? Do you think they'll like me? Or will they attack me like you did?" Obsidian asked obliviously, Amethyst blushed at that, she had been a little quick to judge the Young Gem, he was rather innocent and child like. A refreshing blast of childlike innocence, like Steven.
"Being a Crystal Gem is pretty cool, it's like being a part of something, and knowing you're making a real difference. Yeah I like it a lot actually, I think they'll like you, I mean I don't see why they wouldn't, we don't truly know you yet, but I think you'll be a good Crystal Gem. I'm sorry by the way, for attacking you like that, I was just worried for Stevens safety, can never be too careful nowadays." Amethyst said, Obsidian put a hand on Amethyst shoulder before patting her back gently.
"It's fine, I actually understand what you mean, Steven is just the type of kid who breaks through even the toughest shells, if you get to know him. I can see why you'd protect him, I've only known him for a few minutes and I wanna protect him." Obsidian said, Amethyst blushed at his handsome smile. Amethyst couldn't believe that Obsidian had done that too her, she had never really felt attraction to anyone before, not even to good looking guys, she had felt friendship, jealousy, but never attraction. Rose had felt attraction to Greg and fallen in love with him, Garnet was literally a fusion of two Gems who were deeply in love and never wanted to be apart. Amethyst couldn't imagine feeling any of those feelings to anyone, sure Obsidian was attractive but Amethyst wasn't some weak minded love sick girl.
"Hey you ok? You seem a little out of it." Obsidian commented, breaking Amethyst out of her thoughts of human attraction, they stepped on the warp pad, something that amazed Obsidian completely.
"Warp master Steven!" Steven shouted, suddenly the warp stream activated and they were off to the temple. Obsidian was fascinated with the warp stream, as he watched Steven float up slightly he couldn't help but let himself float in the stream too. Obsidian began to laugh heartily as he and Steven began to float around each other. Amethyst was a little worried they might float out of the stream, but Steven knew better and Obsidian was a Gem, he wouldn't need oxygen or be affected by cold, at least she thought he wouldn't, she honestly didn't know anymore, he bleed like a human, he naturally got hungry like a human, did he need to breath like one? Amethyst normally wasn't one to be serious about anything, but right now seemed like the time she needed to be.
Obsidian was strange, he was something she had never seen before and it worried her, she was being serious because even she knew now was no time to joke around. Finally the warp was over and they were in the temple, Steven and Obsidian dropped to the floor like rocks, landing on their backs, this effectively shut up their laughter. Pearl and Garnet were sitting on the couch, both were reading different magazines and hadn't noticed that they had an unexpected guest.
"Hello Amethyst, Steven, how did the weekly check of the warp locations go?" Pearl asked, still not looking up from her magazine about human technology, Amethyst took a deep breath, what was she going to say?
"Um it was pretty good, but I found something... Interesting, while checking the warp locations." Amethyst said and Pearl began looking up to ask Amethyst what she found. As soon as Pearls eyes rose and they landed on Obsidian, she felt her breath hitch, the man was devilishly handsome, Pearl naturally did a very normal thing when you think someone's cute. She screamed intruder as she summoned her spear, Garnet leapt to her feet summoning her gauntlets. As they launched themselves towards the male Gem, Amethyst and Steven stepped in front of Obsidian to shield him. Garnet and Pearl stopped just in front of their friends. Obsidian looked surprised that they were protecting him but he didn't move from his spot, he was slightly afraid of what these Gems, Garnet and Pearl might do to him.
"Get out of the way Amethyst, you too Steven! This man might be dangerous!" Pearl shouted, Garnet stood still using her future vision to determine the best outcome. Obsidian kept being called a man but in actuality he looked no older than 15, Amethyst form was that of a 18 year old, while Garnet and Pearl looked about 20, Steven was of course 13 years old. For Gems age was not a big deal, Gems were thousands of years old, and could appear whatever age they wanted to be, humans however were much more serious when it came to age gaps, something Gems had a basic understanding of.
"Wait Garnet, Pearl! He's a good guy! We made sure before we brought him back, please just wait and talk to him first." Steven begged Garnet, the emotionless gem ruffled the boys hair as a small a smile graced her lips.
"Can't say no to that face." Garnet said, smiling at Steven as she held his cheek. Amethyst smiled at the sign of affection from Garnet, Steven smiled at Garnet and hugged her leg, he was happy that he was the only person able to break Garnet's shell. Pearl gaped at her friend, this was a risky decision and she didn't like it, but Garnet is the leader and Pearl will never disobey her.
"Garnet! You can't think this is a good idea?" Pearl shrieked, Obsidian was quiet, this conversation maybe about him but he also knew that the decision of if he could stay with them belonged to the Crystal Gems. Pearl looked at Obsidian with disdain, the Dark Gem glared at her, he didn't like how judgmental she was being of him.
"I think it is a good idea, Rose wouldn't want us to just reject him for no reason, he deserves a chance, just like Rose gave each of us. It's what she would've wanted and what he deserves." Garnet explained, looking over her shoulder at Pearl, Garnet let her gauntlets disappear. Pearl had a look of surprise and shame on her face, she made her spear disappear, but as Pearls pride welled up in her she had a haughty look on her face as she glared at Obsidian, The Male Gem brushed her off and stepped out from his hiding place behind Amethyst, and Steven.
"Hello, my name is Obsidian, it's nice to meet you Garnet." Obsidian said, as held his hand out to Garnet for a handshake, she took it and gave him a firm handshake. Amethyst knew how Obsidian had known what a handshake was and how to say a proper greeting. Along with a language came all proper ways to use such a language, such a grammar, context, spelling, etc.
"It's a pleasure Obsidian, welcome to the temple." Garnet said as she released his hands and gave him an emotionless stare, she stood very imposingly over Obsidian, who was only slightly taller than Pearl.
"Thank you, Steven said this could be a place I could belong, he said it could be my home. I understand that this matter is your choice as leader, I will answer what ever questions you have to the best of my ability. If you decide to send me away, I'll understand and there shall be no hard feelings. Plenty of planet to explore." Obsidian stated calmly, Garnet was slightly surprised that he would take her judgement so quickly, without any animosity towards The Crystal Gems.
"Come sit at the kitchen bar, we'll discuss this while Pearl prepares Steven and Amethyst some lunch." Garnet said, at the mention of lunch Obsidian's stomach growled, the Gems froze on in their stride.
"What was that?" Pearl questioned looking back at Obsidian, he looked nervous, as if he had thought he had one something wrong, but didn't know what it was.
"Uh my stomach? I guess I'm hungry." Obsidian said shyly, he didn't want to feel like a freak, but Pearl's stare and Garnet's surprise made him uncomfortable. Was there something wrong with him?
"But. But. But how? Gems don't naturally have organs. Did you shapeshift them? Amethyst did that so she could eat." Pearl said, she seemed more curious than disgusted by Obsidian, at least at this particular moment. Pearl looked like she wanted to study him, with charts, and lots of sharp pointy tools.
"I don't know how to use any of my powers yet. I can summon my weapon but that's about all I know how to do." Obsidian said, Pearl gaped at him, she rubbed her Gem, which helped her think.
"How does a Gem not know how to use their powers?" Pearl questioned, Obsidian felt slightly irritated by Pearl's mocking tone of voice.
"I'm a newborn, I was only made in the Kindergarten under an hour ago. How long did it take you to learn your powers?" Obsidian said, allowing his malice and distaste for Pearl evident in his voice. Pearl got ready to retort but Garnet held up her hands to the bickering Gems, silencing them.
"We can talk more about this later, right now let's just get something to eat." Garnet said, Pearl huffed irritatedly as she stormed off to the kitchen area of the beach house. Garnet sighed rubbing her forehead, Steven ran to the kitchen making weird noises, Amethyst chased behind him laughing. Obsidian smiled at the exchange, something inside him clicked with familiarity, almost like deja vu as he watched the scene. Pearl stood at the counter preparing sandwiches for Amethyst, Steven, and Obsidian, Pearl and Garnet of course didn't need to eat being Gems, and did not enjoy it, unlike Amethyst who loved food, Obsidian simply felt an urge to eat, he felt hungry and couldn't understand why he did.
"What kind of sandwich would you like Steven?" Pearl asked the young boy, Steven scrunched his face up putting a finger to his chin as he thought about what he wanted. Obsidian looked at all the foods Pearl had laid out on the counter, he saw two meats, ham and turkey, he saw some lettuce, tomatoes, cheese, pickles and peanut butter and strawberry jelly. Obsidian suddenly knew what he wanted on his sandwich, but of course he decided to politely wait until Steven and Amethyst got theirs.
"I wanna peanut butter and jelly sandwich!" Steven cried out with excitement, Pearl nodded and quickly made Steven his sandwich, Amethyst sandwich simply had every ingredient Pearl had on the counter in it.
"What would you like?" Pearl asked Obsidian, The Male Gem was surprised at her politeness when asking, he had suspected her to be irritated or simply slightly rude.
"Um may I have a turkey sandwich? Lettuce and mustard please?" Obsidian asked, feeling that if Pearl was polite than he should be too. Obsidian watched Pearl's slender hands move, it was so quick, and precise, it was almost like watching a master engineer construct an engine. Except Pearl wasn't an engineer, and this was a simple sandwich, not an engine. Still Obsidian found Pearl's precise movements interesting as his eyes followed her hands.
"Are you alright Obsidian?" Pearl asked as she set the sandwich in front of the young Gem. Obsidian realized that in his thoughts, Pearl had finished the sandwich, and brought it to him, he had been staring into space before, but when Pearl had stepped in front of him, he had been staring at her stomach. Obsidian blushed and cleared his throat as he looked up at Pearl's confused expression, Obsidian thought she looked cute when she was confused or pouting, he shook away the thought, Obsidian felt like for some reason that he was already spoken for.
"I'm sorry, I was thinking about... things." Obsidian said awkwardly and Pearl nodded before taking her seat across from Obsidian, the Male Gem took a big bite of his sandwich, he noticed that while Steven, Amethyst, and himself were enjoying food, Garnet and Pearl were just watching.
"Aren't you two hungry? And Pearl, this sandwich is amazing." Obsidian asked the oldest two Gems. Pearl blushed at The Male Gem's compliment, Garnet cleared her throat as she was going to talk.
"Gems don't need to do things like eat, sleep, we don't age, we don't need air, some of us are resistant to pressure, heat and many more things. In other words we are much more durable than humans." Garnet explained, Obsidian nodded but that only brought up more questions for him. Like why was he different? Why did he feel hungry? He was even starting to feel tired. Steven yawned as he finished his sandwich, the child began rubbing his eyes. Amethyst had finished her sandwich and was now looking through the fridge for more food.
"Alright Steven time for bed." Garnet said, Steven sighed, he looked like he wanted to protest, but one look from both Garnet and Pearl silenced him. Steven instead held up his arms, Garnet chuckled at Steven's antics, she proceeded to pick Steven up and carry him to his room. Steven changed quickly and Garnet tucked him in. Obsidian finished his sandwich and sat on the couch, listening to Steven as he talked to Garnet a little.
"Garnet can you read me a story? Or tell me a story?" Steven asked, Garnet smiled as she ran her fingers through Steven's curly hair.
"You know I've never been a good story teller." Garnet said, Steven sighed with a nod, Obsidian hearing the whole exchange came up the stairs and kneeled next to Garnet by Steven's side.
"Maybe I can help? Want me to pick a book to read you?" Obsidian asked Steven softly, Garnet looked at The Black Gem emotionlessly, but on the inside she was slightly impressed, he barely knew any of them, yet he was willing to sit down and read a story to the young child.
"Yeah that'd be great." Steven said sleepily, Obsidian smiled at him, rubbing his head affectionately. Garnet smiled slightly at Obsidian's obvious care for Steven. Obsidian went over to Steven's bookshelf, he began looking through some of the books until he found the one he thought looked interesting. Obsidian took it off the shelf and sat in a chair next to Steven's bed. Garnet began walking down the stairs as Obsidian started to read softly.
"Look I didn't want to be a half-blood..." Obsidian started, Garnet was listening to him start reading but once she reached the bottom of the steps she couldn't really hear him clearly, she walked over to Pearl and sat down across from her.
"Pearl, I know he hasn't been here long but I don't think he's a threat. I've used my future vision and I can't see any issues with or without him staying, at least not anytime soon. But I'd like your opinion as well." Garnet said softly so that Steven and Obsidian couldn't hear. Amethyst had already gone to bed, The Purple Gem knew her opinion was valued by Garnet but she was tired and felt that her opinion wasn't truly needed. Pearl bit her lip, part of her didn't like Obsidian because he seemed rebellious like Amethyst, another part of her liked him and wanted him to stay because she knew Rose would give him a chance, and because Steven seemed to like him.
"Garnet, I can't see anything truly negative about this situation. If he is truly trustworthy and isn't lying about where he came from, well he could be a very valuable ally. We could use all the help we can get, especially if the homeworld Gems are trying to return to earth. Properly trained, another Gem is always helpful." Pearl stated in a whisper, Garnet was of course emotionless as she held her chin in thought. Garnet agreed with Pearl's reasoning, Obsidian could be a valuable asset to them, plus she liked how caring he already seemed to be with Steven, Garnet and Pearl could both hear his soft voice reading The Lightning Thief to Steven, although they couldn't really hear what he was saying from this far away.
Obsidian was really into the story, it was about a 12 year old boy named Percy Jackson, who was actually a demigod Son of Poseidon, who was framed for stealing Zeus, the king of the Gods weapon of power. So far it was really good, Obsidian leaned over to check if Steven was asleep, and when he saw that Steven was asleep, Obsidian quietly closed the book and walked down the steps towards Garnet and Pearl.
"So Obsidian, Pearl and I have been discussing some things. You shall be allowed to stay here, but if at any point you betray our trust, we shall force you into your Gem and lock you away. Is that understood?" Garnet said, making sure the last point sounded threatening.
"I'd never betray your trust. I know I've only just met you all, but if anything keeps me from betraying you guys, it'd be Steven. He gave me a chance, Amethyst would've killed me but Steven stopped her. I owe him my life and I won't let him get hurt. So even if for some reason I don't like any of you, I'd stay to protect Steven." Obsidian said, Garnet and Pearl both knew from the determination in his voice that Obsidian was absolutely serious about protecting Steven. They couldn't blame him, Steven was just the type of person that could grow on anyone, he broke down barriers, Steven could soften the hardest of hearts, and even though Obsidian's heart wasn't stone, he was no exception.
"For tonight you'll sleep on the couch, tomorrow we'll sync your Gem to the temple, that way you'll have an actual room." Garnet said and Obsidian nodded in some understanding, Pearl smirked at Obsidian.
"Tomorrow we shall also start your training and education, and I'll assure you, the training shall be some of toughest we Gems have to offer, you'll be an incredible warrior at the end of it." Pearl said, Obsidian resisted the urge to groan, he was excited and nervous all at once. He was already feeling sleepy, his eyes drooping.
"If you need sleep, you better get it now, trust me you'll need it for tomorrow." Pearl said, Obsidian sighed as he laid on the couch, Garnet handed him a blanket and Pearl got him a pillow from the closet. Obsidian thanked them and the two Gems went into their rooms.
'Tomorrow's gonna be a long day...' Obsidian thought to himself.

Author's note: hey guys I'm really feeling this story so I might write this more than my other one. So what'd you guys think of the chapter? How about my portrayal of the Gems and Steven, accurate or no? Please vote on the pairing, the poll is on my profile. I'd also like to let you know the poll is more like helping me see what you guys want, I have a basic idea for the pairing I want, but I wanna see what you guys want too. So let me clarify a few things, Obsidian knows basic things, he knows English perfectly, he basically has had a dictionary downloaded in his brain, a basic combat program allowed him to fight Amethyst as well as he did. Anyway until next time guys!