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Chapter 4
Pierre the…..(Insert title later)
The next day after the canoe race…..("no…no")
After returning to the wooden shelters Pierre and I…("augh no good!")
Paulette really shouldn't have dropped her necklace…bracelet…..
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"Augh! I can't even write basic facts anymore! This is going nowhere!" Peridot yelled in frustration as she jabbed the backspace of her tablet for the 69894879th time.
That's right, she's been keeping count.
Peridot took a deep breath and looked back down at her screen. "Okay….Relax, I can do this. I can save the earth from a giant cluster, completely adjust to a new planet and can call my commander a clod right to her face….Surely I can write a few measly pages of a chapter."
But Peridot only continued to stare at her blank screen. Every waking second felt like an eternity as her hands began to tremble as she tickled over the keyboard, hoping an idea would come.
But it didn't.
"AAAAAAAAAAUGH! THIS IS MORE TORTURING THEN THE TIME I WORKED WITH JASPER!" Peridot screamed as she threw her hands in the air.
"Peridot? Are you okay?" Said a familiar voice.
Peridot turned to see Steven and Lapis standing over her. "How long have you two been here?" She asked.
"Long enough to hear your entire monologue…" Lapis said. She turned to Steven, "This is what I'm talking about Steven. She's been sitting here in front of her tablet, mumbling to herself ever since you last visited and no matter what I say, she won't snap out of it. Honestly, I'm surprised we even got a response from her."
Steven's eyes went wide, "Wait that was nearly three weeks ago!" He turned to Peridot. "You seriously haven't moved from that spot this entire time!?"
Peridot ignored his question and suddenly jumped up and grabbed his shoulders, "Steven! What's wrong with me?!"
"Wh-What do you mean? Are you okay?" Steven asked, concerned.
Peridot released Steven and picked up her tablet and shoved it towards Steven, "Look at this! It's blank!" Peridot looked at him with panic in her eyes. "And no matter what I do I can't write anything! I have so many ideas but none of them are coming out right! It's like my thoughts are just trapped inside my own body and I have no way of escaping!" Peridot stopped herself there and felt a tint of embarrassment as she looked at Lapis. "I mean-uh-….Sorry…"
Lapis crossed her arm and let out a heavy sigh, "No comment…" She forgave her before walking off.
Peridot looked back at Steven, "But still, I have no idea what's happening to me! Is this entire Fanfiction just a waste of time? Are Percy and Pierre just not made to be?"
Steven quickly denied her claim, "No, no that's not it at all! You probably just have a case of writers block."
Peridot looked at him, "Writers block? What is that? Some kind of rare earth virus? Is there a cure?" Peridot gasped, "Is it terminal?! Don't tell me it is?!" She grabbed Steven by the shoulders again, "OH GOD HOW LONG DO I HAVE?!"
Steven quickly shook his head and calmed her down, "It's not an illness, Peridot! Sometimes writers get stuck on too many ideas or no ideas and have a hard time writing. It's completely normal." He explained.
Peridot looked relieve and nodded, "I see…But how do I overcome this writers block?" She asked.
Steven shrugged, "Well there's a lot of things you can do. One time I came down with writers block for a song so I went to go ask my dad what to do and he told me one way is to just write complete nonsense till you find an idea that works."
"Nonsense?" Peridot repeated.
Steven put his hand on his chin, "Well he actually called it something else but I'm not allowed to say it." Steven shook out of his trance, "Well anyway, he said sometimes writing complete nonsense lets ideas start flowing so you can get back on track with writing. I find that helps me, so why not try that?"
Peridot nodded, "I guess it's worth a shot…" She sat back down and placed her tablet in front of her. She looked back up at Steven, "What kind of nonsense should I write?"
"Anything that comes to mind!" he said.
"Anything? Hmmmm…."
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Chapter 4
Pierre saves the earth from a cluster
I soon learned that Pierre is actually came to camp to save the campers from a giant cluster. I joined in and we started building a drill. We stopped the cluster and then we became roommates! It was great we watch anime and we we we we we we w wewewewewewewewewewejwelkfnaDL:KFHo;iqehqjfpopjigepihneqfp[wokmdmpwdgmpjewgpjofwqjpfopjoefopfpojepoOQPFOE
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"AAAAAAAUUUUUGH!" Peridot was aggressively slamming her hands on the keyboard, "THIS. ISN'T. WORKING! I'M MAKING EVEN LESS SENSE THEN I WAS BEFORE!"
Steven ran over and pulled Peridot's tablet from out from under her "Maybe we should try something else!" Steven quickly offered, fingers before she could destroy her tablet.
"Like what?" Peridot huffed in frustration.
Steven thought for a moment. "Well, I read online sometimes doing a mindless task can help ideas come?"
"What kind of human tasks are considered 'mindless'?" Peridot asked.
"Taking a shower?" Steven suggested.
A shower! Peridot has done research on that! She read it was a human ritual that is done by standing under water to cleanse the body. "A shower! Perfect now I just need a source of water." She looked over at Lapis, standing outside the barn next to the pool Peridot made her. She jump up and hurried over to her, "Lapis!"
Lapis turned to her, "Yeah."
"Dump water on me!" Peridot said, getting right to the point. "A lot of it!"
Lapis looked at her in confusion, "Peridot if this is about what you said earlier I'm not mad." She assured her.
"Just do it!"
"Uuuuuuh alright then?" She raised bucket-size amount of water from the pool and dropped it over Peridot's head.
Peridot stood there, hoping an idea would come but nothing did. "More! Use the whole pool if you have to!"
Lapis put her hands in front of her, "B-But Peridot-"
"DO IT! IF YOU LOVE ME YOU WOULD DO IT!"
Lapis sighed, "Well alright then…" She raised all the water from the pool and dropped all of it on top of Peridot.
Peridot stood there as the water hit her, hoping an idea would come. Come one, come on, come on, comeoncomeoncomeoncomeon!
Once all the water was out of the pool, Peridot was laying on the ground. Both Steven and Lapis walked up to her.
"Peridot, you okay?" Steven asked.
"No…I'm not…My mind is still completely blank…" Peridot shot herself up. "I just need more water! Come Lapis! To the ocean!"
"Let's try something else!" Steven quickly offered.
Later
After Peridot dried off, Steven took her back to his house. "What you need Peridot is a whole different location!" Steven said. "Maybe your mind will start to flow again if you try writing away from home!"
Peridot nodded, "Well it's worth a shot."
She sat down on Steven's couch and turned on her tablet. She was about to start typing when suddenly Amethyst walked in.
"What's up Pear? Di you come to hang out?" Amethyst greeted, like her usually loud self.
Peridot sighed, "No…and as much as I love 'hanging out' with you and your enthusiasm Amethyst, I am right now hard at work." She looked back down at her screen.
"She's working on a fanfiction and is going through a bit of a writers block." Steven explained.
"Fanfiction? OH you mean like those dorky online stories you write about those breakfast foods?" Amethyst smirked.
Steven frown, "It's crying breakfast friends and it's not dorky!"
"Whatever Steven. Good luck fighting the writer's block Pear, I'll be in the kitchen eating garbage. Feel free to join me whenever you're done with your dork-Fiction." Amethyst laughed as she headed to the kitchen.
Now back to work. Peridot thought.
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Pierre and I soon (Crunch)….Arrived back to the (Crunch)….Wooden shelters where ( Crunch)…
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Peridot glared over at Amethyst, who was eating soda cans from the recycling bin.
"What? Steven already took the garbage out." Amethyst shrugged as she put another tin can in her mouth to eat.
"Cn you at least chew quietly?" Peridot asked.
"I'll try?" She put the can in her mouth and slowly bit down on it, making the crushing sound last even longer.
Peridot cringed before standing up "Augh! Come on Steven, let's go somewhere else!" She said as she stormed out of the room.
They decided to try Pearl's training arena.
"Ah nice and quiet…" Peridot exhaled as she sat down. She looked back down at her screen, ready to write…But still nothing would come.
Suddenly Pearl walked in. "Steven, Peridot? What are you doing here?"
"Hi Pearl, I hope it's okay we're here, we needed to go someplace quiet so Peridot could write."
"Oh! Is this for one of those Fanfiction things you always talk about for that cartoon you like?" Pearl asked.
Steven scratched the back of his head, "Kinda yeah, except this time it's one Peridot is writing. She's kinda stuck right now though."
Pearl nodded, "I see…" he looked down at Peridot. "May I take a look?" She asked.
"Uh, sure? If you want?" Peridot passed her tablet over to Pearl.
Steven face palmed, "Right!" Steven looked at Peridot, "Pearl reads a lot and sometimes I'll ask her to read something over for me to help me come up with ideas!" He explained, "I can't believe I didn't think of this earlier!"
The two waited and watched Pearl react to Peridot's fanfiction. "Hmmm…Oh my…Wait what?!" By the time Pearl finished reading the most recent chapter, her eyes were lit and as she blushed happily.
"You like it?" Peridot asked nervously.
Pearl looked at her, "Peridot…The chemistry! It's amazing!"
"Oh, thanks!" Peridot smiled. "But If you have any ideas for a next chapter, I'm all ears."
Pearl grinned, "Oh I have so many ideas! Like what about one where Percy and Pierre confront the guys from the purple team!"
Peridot nodded, "That could work! Okay I'll-"
Pearl interrupted, "Or what about Percy and Pierre Get lost in the woods and have to share a tent!"
"Uh…Well I mean that's not a BAD idea but-"
"No, no, no wait! What about the two leave the camp and start a revolution as an attempt to stop the teams from fighting!"
"W-Wait!" Peridot tried to stop her.
Steven joined in, "Yeah! Then Percy and Pierre can gain followers like Paulette and they can start going against the camp consolers!"
Pearl nodded, "The entire moral can be about how there should be no difference in camp colours and that everyone is a winner!" Pearl rubbed her hands together, "And then it can end with Percy and Pierre dancing under the moonlight! What do you think Peridot?" But Peridot was gone, "Peridot?"
Peridot was back in Steven's living room, sitting on his couch. "Great…I don't know what's worse, having no idea's at all or having too many." She looked at her tablet and let out a sigh. "Maybe I should just stop…"
"Now that doesn't sound like you at all." Said a familiar voice.
Peridot turned around and saw the leader of the crystal gems, "Garnet?"
"Evening Peridot." She greeted.
"How long have you been standing there?" She asked.
"Long enough to hear all that." Garnet sat next to her on the couch. "Something seems to be troubling you though. You want to explain?"
Peridot explained her situation to Garnet and she nodded as she took everything in.
"I don't know if I completely understand," Garnet started, "But it sounds like to me you should give everything a bit of a rest."
Peridot shook her head, "I can't though! If I stop now, I might not be able to write at all and the Paulette X Percy fandom will continue!"
"But what if you force too many ideas, people would prefer that ship?" Garnet asked, "Sometimes you can't force ideas on paper, just like you can't force a relationship too much. Sometimes you need to set back and let everything breathe naturally for things to work out."
"You think so?" Peridot asked.
She nodded, "Trust me, I learned from experience." She smiled at Peridot, "I heard your Percy and Pierre rant and Steven has shown me a few of those chapters, so I know you'll be able to think of something."
Peridot nodded, "I think I know what I should write now." Peridot stood up and hurried over to the warp pad and before going she looked back at Garnet, "Uh…Thanks…" She said before quickly going through the warp pad.
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Chapter 4
Pierre, The Master of Chubby Bunny!
I walked next to Pierre as we made our way back to the wooden shelters. When we get there, I see our entire team is sitting around a camp fire, laughing. I suddenly feel butterflies appear in my stomach. Their mad at me, I know it. It's thanks to me our team lost the race. I stop, unable to face them. Pierre also stops and looks me, confused.
"What's up Percy?" He asks.
I quickly shake my head, "It's nothing! I'm just tried and thinking I should go to bed!"
Pierre raises an eyebrow at me, before putting his arm around my shoulder and proceeds to drag me towards the campfire.
"P-Pierre!" I stutter, "Wait!"
Pierre laughs, "Come on Man! You need to live a little!"
I look at the people sitting around the camp fire. The entire yellow team is there and a few others. I don't see Paulette though, "Wait I don't know the others that well! I shouldn't come when I'm not invited."
"Invited?! This is a campfire! You don't need an invitation and beside most of the people there are our teammates." Pierre explained.
"But they might not want me there because I ruined the race today!" I said.
"No one's mad, trust me. Look, I'll be there so you're not alone and if you really aren't having fun you can go to bed. What do ya say?"
I sighed, "Alright fine…" I realized I had no way out of this and to be honest it did make me feel a bit better knowing Pierre was going to be there. Wow, I never thought I'd think that.
"Hey guys look who I finally found!" Pierre announced when we got to the campfire.
I'm waiting for people to glare at me, but that doesn't happen. Instead they look at me with smiles on their faces.
"Percy, where the heck have you been?" Said Lenny, one of the yellow team members.
"Finally decided to join the campfire, did ya? It's about time!" Said a blue team member, I think his name was Carl.
"We are about to start our chubby bunny contest, we're all on a mission to beat Pierre. He's been the champion for two years now!" Said Lenny.
"Chubby bunny contests?" I ask.
"Ha! As If I'm going to let this happen!" Pierre said, releasing my shoulder before sitting down on the log bench in front of me. He looks back at me, "Come on, and sit down Percy. I'll explain you how this game works."
I sit down with Pierre as he explains the game to me. So from the information I gathered, were supposed to put a marshmallow in our mouth and say chubby bunny each time and see how much we can get in our mouth before they either fall out or we can't say the line any more.
It all sound like one messy, choking hazard to me.
But once the game started, I found myself unable to stop.
It was nearing the end of the contest and it was down to me and Pierre.
"12 chubby bunny!" Pierre said once he had the marshmallow in his mouth. He flung his arms in the air and gave me a 'beat that' look.
"Come on Percy!" I could hear everyone cheering for me.
I felt myself reaching my limits, but I couldn't back down now. I picked up two marshmallows. I put one in my mouth, "12 chubby bunny." I pop the second on in, "13 cubby bunny!"
Pierre gives me an 'it's on' look and picks up two more marshmallows as well, "13 chubby bunny! 14 chubby bunny!"
I pick up two more again, "13 chubby bunny." My cheeks feel like they're are about to burst. Nope this does not look good but I attempt to put it in my mouth anyway, "14 chubby-" But I can't do it and all the marshmallows start to fall out of my mouth. I quickly chew and swallow the remaining marshmallows before they all fall.
Pierre does a fist bump in the air and once his mouth is empty he chants for himself, "And Pierre still remains the master of chubby bunny!
"Darn so close!" I hear the others groan.
"We'll get him next time Percy!" Lenny tells me.
I look at him and give him a nod, "Yeah! Don't worry I won't let him hold that title for long!"
Pierre wacks me on the back, "Don't think I'm going to lose easily either Perc!"
This game was vulgar, dangerous and worst of all, I lost but at the same time I realized that this was the most fun I ever had since coming to this camp. All thanks to Pierre.
For the rest of the campfire, we all chatted and told jokes around the fire. Pierre always had the funniest jokes and there were even points were I would be laughing non-stop.
About an hour later, people started to head to bed.
"Pierre, make sure you grab Perc again for tomorrow night's camp fire again!" They would say before leaving.
"Will do!" He told them.
Soon everyone left and it was just me and Pierre sitting by the fire.
"We should probably put this out soon and head to bed…" Pierre eventually said.
"You're right.' I nodded.
Pierre nodded and we got up and started putting the fire out.
"You look like you had fun, Percy. Beats going to bed early, does it?" Pierre said to me we were putting the fire out.
I nodded, "Yeah…That was a lot better than I thought it would be."
"Yeah and I don't even think I've even seen you smile and laugh that much! Good thing too! I was starting to think you were a robot, completely incapable of showing emotions!" He joked.
I chuckle, "Only because everyone was acting ridiculous." I said, "Anyone would laugh at that!"
Pierre looks up at me and looks right at me, giving me his typical cocky smile, "And what's wrong with acting ridiculous once in a while?"
I return a smile to him, "Nothing I guess and I guess if I'm coming to more of these campfires, I better blend in."
"Glad to hear that." Pierre says, as he finishes putting the fire out. "We better head back though.
"Yeah." I nod before walking back with him to our wooden shelter, still smiling at him as we walk side by side.
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After finishing the chapter Peridot presses the upload button on her tablet and lets out a sigh of relief. "Finally…"