Red had been quiet all morning. His parents noticed but never asked.
Eventually, Red did say something. "I didn't sleep well last night."
"Get to school and you will forget all about it, besides... -in a low whisper- next week is prom night." Mr. Grayson said.
He clicked his tongue and pointed towards the door.
Red had grabbed his stuff and headed out the door. The bus pulled up by the curb.
Red, with his hood up, walked towards and into the bus. It was until he found a empty seat when someone said, "Move, Grayson!"
Red just put on his earbuds and ignored him. He had his favorite black sweater on and dark jeans. Of course, he was named after his hair. He isn't soulless like most gingers.What was it that I saw last night?
Red checked his right arm. It had a black open circle tattoo.
"WHAT!!! My parents are going to kill me!" Red jumped.He had arrived at school. When Red got off he headed straight to his main person.
"Jen! You won't believe what happened!"A girl with long brown hair and hazel eyes closed her locker.
"You got drunk last night?" She replied."No, or at least I think not..."
Red lifted up his sleeve. He showed his black tattoo.
"See! I started have weird dreams last night as well."Jen snorted and chuckled, "You were definitly drunk."
Red looked at her sincerely. He was playing no joke.
Jen then said, "What do you want me to do about it? They are just dreams..."
Red just walked out when the bell rang. "See ya!"
Jen turned around, winked, and left.
As the day progresses Red becomes more worried.
After school, he got home to see his parents asleep on the couch with the news turned on.
Red just went to bed relieved his parents had not noticed his tattoo.
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Red woke up on a bed that wasnt his. He gazed at his surroundings. He was in an empty beach house. Red was in an upstairs open room and heard something climbing up the ladder.
"Paradonyx! Are you awake?" said a child. He was dressed in red sandles, light blue jeans and a small red t-shirt with a yellow star on it. He had short curly brown hair.Red jumped back and asked, "Who are you?"
The child responded, "I'm STEVEN!" and stuck out his tongue and held a peace sign.
Red responded, "How is it I got here?"
"Garnet picked you up when you were asleep after galling from the sky."
"Garnet?"
"We will get to that later..."
Steven then walked up to Red. "What are you? A paradonyx?"
Red immediately responded, "Yeah," and lifted his sleeve. He had a black and green diamond shaped gem attached to his arm of which where the tattoo was.
"Cool! I am a Rose Quartz!" Steven showed his stomach by lifting his shirt. Where a belly button was supposed to be, was where a pink, circular shaped gem was.
Then Steven's gem glowed and a shield was summoned.Red's eyes widened with amazement. He had a need to freak out about this place but, it all felt natural. He closed his eyes and took a deep breath. His black gem glowed, and when Red opened his eyes, they were pitch black. A black scyth appeared out of his arm and the blade was pure white.
Red then said, "Steven, call me Nyx."Steven was in shock. "What's your power?"
"Power?"
"Yeah, every gem has an ability."
"I don't... know."
Red/Nyx got up and said, "Where are we?" Then he got down and looked around the living room.
Steven and Nyx walked out the house and onto the beach."Welcome tooooooo...
Beach City!!!"