~~~ TIMESKIP ~~~

     We arrived at our house. It was two stories, there were plenty of rooms, one for Mom and Dad, one for me, one for the T.V., one for the home gym, and many more.

     I grabbed my suitcase from the trunk and made my way inside, going up to my room. I unpacked my suitcase and went back downstairs. Mom and Dad were sitting on the couch.

(M/N): "(Y/N), come sit down. We need to have a talk."

     I nodded as I sat on the chair across from them.

(F/N): "First of all, (Y/N), we should make sure you understand. We didn't send you away because we couldn't stand you. We sent you away because we know that having parent's fighting can be stressful and worrying for a child, especially when they have to listen to it every day and we didn't want to get you caught in the middle of this."

    (M/N) nodded.

(Y/N): "I understand. Though, at first I did feel like it was because of me, but, I get it now."

(F/N): "But now, you should know that we have made up, and we talked through our problems."

(M/N): "And we are sorry that it seemed like we were pushing you away. We were just concerned. But now we can live together as a family, though things aren't going to go to how they were before, not exactly. There will be some changes, but it is for the better."

     (F/N) nodded.

(Y/N): "I see. Well, I also, have something to talk about."

(F/N): "Of course. What would you like to tell us?"

(Y/N): "When I was in Beach city, I met some friends, and they were like me, mainly Steven. I am not the only person with a gem."

(M/N): "Wait, (Y/N). Are you talking about your eye? There is someone else with one?"

(Y/N): "Yes, but it isn't in their eye. It is in their bellybutton. But, I found out where it came from, and I found out, I can do a lot of things."

     (F/N) and (M/N) look at each other, and then turned back to me.

(F/N): "Do you want to talk about it?"

     I nodded.

(Y/N): "First of all. My eye is a gem. Steven had a Pink Diamond in his belly button, and it is also important to say that, in terms of our gems, we are half brothers, or more accurately we are... hold on..... different parents, so that's one half, and then one out of five so, 1 half of 1 fifth. We are one tenth related."

(F/N): "Wait, so this, um, gem, makes you related to some kid in beach city?"

(Y/N): "Yes, but only technically speaking, and even then it is confusing, and only when looking at the origin of my gem."

(M/N): "You know where your gem came from?"

(Y/N): "Yes, it is very complicated, so to tell you where it came from, I would first have to tell you about what a gem is, what a fusion is, and the war that happened five thousand years ago."

(F/N): "War? Fusion? What?"

(Y/N): "Yeah, exactly, it's a lot."

(F/N): "Well, I guess we should get ready to have our minds blown."

     I smiled and started to explain everything, from the gems, to the war, to my gem, and what I can do with it.

     By the time I was done explaining it was late at night, and we had to call it a day. I sighed before heading to my room and laying in my bed, my lights on. I didn't close my eye, and I didn't sleep either. I stayed in bed and waited for day to come.

          ~~~TIMESKIP~~~

     Morning came, and I got up from my bed, making my way downstairs to the kitchen. I entered and saw Dad cooking, and Mom at the table reading a newspaper.

(M/N): "Good morning, (Y/N)."

    We smiled at each other as Dad turned around.

(F/N): "Oh hey bud, I didn't hear you come down. Though, I should probably get used to that since you can teleport and everything."

(Y/N): "Yeah, you don't have to worry about that, I am not much for teleporting right now."

(M/N): "Oh? Did something happen?"

     I sighed and looked down.

(Y/N): "Kind of. Something happened a few days ago, and there was a scythe involved. But don't worry, it wasn't a real scythe. It just a tool used to reset gems, kind of like a computer's factory reset. It just messed up my abilities for a bit, and I was stuck in that place that's not a place I told you about. And, as I said, to teleport I have to go there and then to another destination here. So....."

(M/N): "Oh, I am so sorry to hear about that. It must have been lonely. Well, at least your here now."

     I nodded. Dad had finished cooking breakfast and set down our plates.

(F/N): "Exactly, and now you can enjoy my amazing cooking."

(M/N): "You mean, edible, cooking."

     We all chuckled and dug in.

          ~~~ TIMESKIP Garnet's POV~~~

     We were in the temple, Pearl was worried about (Y/N).

Pearl: "It's obvious they have some form of PTSD."

Amethyst: "Peaty is what?"

Pearl: "No, P-T-S-D, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. When someone goes through a very traumatic experience it can have a lasting effect on the mind, and often has a trigger that relates to the event of trauma. Such as some war veterans get PTSD, when they hear a loud sudden noise, such as fireworks, their PTSD can trigger, which can cause panic attacks or frantic behavior."

Amethyst: "Oooohhh, I get it."

     She leaned over at me and whispered.

Amethyst: "I don't get it."

Garnet: "What do you propose we do?"

Pearl: "Well, we need to be there to support them,"

Steven: "We need to help them."

Pearl: "Yes, but PTSD isn't just something that can be cured, not like any normal illness, or injury. It is a mental affliction, not some physical scratch or infection."

Steven: "Then what do we do?"

Pearl: "Hmm, maybe we should talk to a medical professional of some sort, this is a very complicated human problem."

Steven: "I know a medical professional! Connie's mom is a doctor!"

Pearl: "Perfect, we should give her a visit and ask some questions."

          ~~~ TIMESKIP Pearl's POV ~~~

     We went to the Hospital to talk to Dr. Maheswaran.

Dr. Maheswaran: "You are very lucky, I am usually very busy. I understand you have some questions that require a medical professional?"

Pearl: "Yes, well, we wanted to talk about PTSD."

Dr. Maheswaran: "Ah yes, a very common disorder. What are your questions?"

Pearl: "Well, we believe we know someone who is suffering from PTSD, and we want to help them, but we need to make sure that we aren't being rash or doing something we shouldn't be doing."

Dr. Maheswaran: "I see, well what leads you to believe that this person has PTSD?"

Pearl: "Well, recently, as you have seen, something happened in Beach City, but this individual, is like Steven, so they have specific abilities. Something happened that interfered with their abilities, causing them to be stuck in darkness, alone, for what they claim to have been decades. After they came back form this place, they started to act weirdly, refusing to be in any dark areas, unwilling to talk about what happened while they were stuck, and even refusing to close their eyes. Rarely blinking."

Amethyst: "Yeah, it was real creepy."

Dr. Maheswaran: "Well, that does sound very serious, and if you are telling the truth, then does match up with some symptoms of PTSD, though it can still be many things. Most very serious. Has this person ever had an episode? Or an outburst of some kind after being triggered?"

Pearl: "Well, we did confront them recently, and when Garnet turned off the lights in the room, they did shout and run directly to turn on the lights again."

     The other's nodded.

Dr. Maheswaran: "I see. Well, it is possible, but we can't be entirely sure unless we study them. If they do have PTSD, it is important that they are around people who are familiar and who care for them, as PTSD can also be paired with other mental afflictions, such as possible depression. I would recommend you have them visit a doctor as soon as possible."

Pearl: "I see, well then, thank you for this information."

          ~~~ TIMESKIP (Y/N)'s POV~~~

     I was in the T.V. room, cycling through the channels when there was suddenly static. I got up and walked to the T.V. about to try and figure out what was wrong, but suddenly it went from static to an image of the Diamond throne room. White Diamond was staring straight at the camera.

White: "(Y/N), why did you make it so difficult to contact you? We have something we need to talk about, and request your presence in the throne room as soon as possible."

     The T.V. turned off and I sighed, turning to leave the room when I saw my Dad, staring in shock, a bowl of popcorn almost ready to fall on the ground, which it did not.

(F/N): "Who was that? And what happened to our channels?"

(Y/N): "Okay, so that was White Diamond, I did talk about the Diamond Authority, and our channels are fine, it is just since Gem tech is very advanced and strong enough to carry over from planet to planet, it easily over rides any earth signals. So, our channels are fine, as long as gems don't interfere and mess around."

(F/N): "I see. Well then, I am going to get to my show, and you, get to your meeting, I guess."

     I nod and leave the room. What am I going to do, I can't teleport, and the tele-pads are all the way back in beach city. Now would be the perfect time to practice the whole transfer without ceasing existence. I took a breath and relaxed. I am something, I exist, I am in Beach City, by the temple. It did not work. Damn it, if I want to teleport I have to go into that hell dimension don't I? Why do amazing powers have to have side effects, or downsides. Why do I have to stop existing to exist somewhere else? Wait. I get it.

(Y/N): "Observation!"

     Dad ran out of the T.V. room startled by the shout.

(F/N): "What? Is something wrong? Did you need anything?"

(Y/N): "No, I just figured out how my teleportation works, kind of. It's exactly like Schrodinger's cat experiment. The state of the cat is only determined once it is observed, so for me to teleport, me being the cat, and the position I am in is my state of being, I have to put myself in an unobservable position, aka, my void, and then insert myself into my new position, causing me to be locked their, as long as I exist, which means I can't teleport if.....I don't...... go into.... the void."

(F/N): "Oh, um, what? "

(Y/N): "I did a bit of research at one point, if you want to understand my power of teleporting and not existing while existing you should at least read the basics of existence one o' one, aka, The Schrodinger's cat experiment. But basics, a cat is in a box, and is both alive and dead at the same time."

(F/N): "Oh, ok."

     He went back to his show as I went back to thinking about how to get to the throne room, without ceasing to exist, and quickly. So, dark and light, really quick. Let's make that plan Z. There is car ride to beach city, which will take at least one day, and I am pretty sure I will be breaking many traffic laws, and that is ignoring the fact that I am not even old enough to drive, so that would be plan G. I could ask the gems to install a warp pad, but that could take I don't know how long, so sounds like a good plan B....... there is no real good option, if I don't take the instant route, I upset the other Diamonds, if I take the short route, I well, I could just hop in there for less than a second. I mean, it will be just like blinking, so, no harm. I could even just do it with my eye closed, I don't have to even realize I go through it. One second, that's all. I finished my self prep talk and got ready to teleport.  

     I took a quick breathe, and closed my eye. I do not exist, and....and.... I might not ever exist again, stuck in blackness.... I..... Or..... do I....... I opened my eye, my mind racing with worry and panic. I was in the void again, I started to breathe quickly and ducked, closing my eye again. I have to exist, somewhere, anywhere, as something, someone, anyone, just I exist, I have to. I can't be alone, never again, not like that. I want to touch and feel, and exist.

Yellow Pearl: "Um, (Y/N), did something happen during your travels? Why aren't you in the throne room?"

     I opened my eye and stood up, looking around to see I was in the halls, somewhat near my old room.

(Y/N): "Oh, I am back. Uh, nothing happened, I will just, go over to the, the throne room."

     I slowly regained my breathe and shakily made my way to the throne room. As I approached the door, I paused, relaxing, steadying my breath, and calming myself. I heard mumbles from the other side of the door, and I opened it up.

(Y/N): "Sorry I am late." 

Yellow: "Well, for someone with your ability, it shouldn't be a problem. Why didn't you just appear in the throne room? Did you take the scenic route or something?"

(Y/N): "I guess you could say that. So, what did you need me for, if you don't mind me asking?"

White: "Well, we wanted to help you with your training. Yellow, Blue and I have had some ideas on to help with your splitting problem."

(Y/N): "My what? Splitting...? Oh, I get it, well, how would you propose I fix that? It is about my singular consciousness. And, well, low key, it's not my biggest problem at the moment."

Yellow: "What do you mean?"

(Y/N): "Oh, it's nothing I can't handle on my own. Don't worry."

Blue: "But you do know that you don't have to handle it alone, right? We are here."

(Y/N): "Oh, honestly I would just be an inconvenience with this. It's nothing that needs mentioning."

White: "Does it have something to do with you being late?"

(Y/N): "No, not at all, I mean technically yes, but not really, no."

     The diamonds looked at each other. They seemed to have a silent conversation and subtly nodded to each other.

Blue: "If you say so."

Yellow: "Would you like to partake in a spar?"