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Steven tried to remember what happened earlier. He remembers running out of the house before seeing something strange in the night sky. It was like a glowing object floating in the sky. It was getting closer and he tried to run away from it, but he suddenly froze in place. He doesn't remember what happened after that.

He was now in a strange room, with glossy blue walls and no exit. The floor he was lying on was cold. There didn’t seem to be any light-source, the room was just lit up. Steven tried to sit up, but a sore pain rushed through his body and made him fall back down. He took a look around and saw that his backpack was laying against the wall. He still had his shorts, sneakers, and star tank top on.

After a while, the sore pain faded. Steven finally sat up and started crying. He didn’t know where he was or what was going to happen to him. His crying was quickly interrupted by a hole that opened in the ceiling. It was too dark to see into and too high up to reach. Steven stood up and walked under it, trying to get a better look. Almost immediately, something landed on top of him. The hole closed immediately after, erasing the chance of escape.

Steven pushed the thing off of him and stood back up. It was a girl, about his size, yet she didn’t look right. Her skin was a light orange and her hair was square. She had a dark orange outfit on, with a yellow diamond on the front. She was also wearing dark goggles and had an orange gemstone sticking out of her cheek. She quickly stood up and started to yell at where the hole was.

“I’m not defective! I’m not! Please! I’m still useful!” She cried out, before silencing after noticing Steven.

“Hi, I’m Steven,” He nervously said.

“What’s a Steven?” She asked back.

“Me,” He answered, trying to think of a way to put this, “It’s my name, who I am. What is your name?”

“Ruby, Facet-58 Cut-4BC,” She said, well standing up straight. Steven had no clue what she just said.

“Um… How about Ruby?”

She slowly approached him. “Does it matter? This is where Gems like us are sent to be fixed. We will have forgotten anything about ourselves.” She exclaimed as she gripped Steven’s tank top, before slowly sliding to the floor in distress.

“Hold on now,” Steven said as he put his hand on her shoulder, “Is that what you are? A Gem?”

“Yes! Is your gem cracked?! Have you forgotten who you are?!”

“No, I’m just a normal boy from Earth,” He said, before putting his hand over his chest, “Well… Almost normal.” He pulled his tank top down a little, showing off the yellow crystal embedded in his chest.

“So you are a Gem, but I’ve never seen a gem like that,” Ruby said well taking a closer look at it.

“What are the Gems?” Steven asked, still unsure what they are.

“You really don’t remember anything, do ya?” She said, before taking a seat, “Gems are entities of power, hailing from the planet of Homeworld.”

“So you are an alien?!” Steven said excitedly, “That’s so cool!”

“Our gemstones are our cores, that project our physical bodies,” She continued, “We aren't organic, which makes your belief that you are human even more abnormal.”

“No!” Steven yelled with tears in his eyes, “I’m human! This thing in my chest has never done anything special!” He looked down, “All that this crystal has done for me is make everyone hate me.”

A loud blaring alarm rang through the room, causing the two to cover their ears. “Well… Then you’ll fit right in,” Ruby said, before the wall opened up and blinded both of them with light.

“Please step out of your chamber!” A voice commanded. Ruby and Steven closed their eyes and slowly walked out of the room.