Chapter 1:

Steven sat at the kitchen counter staring intensely at the warp pad. Amethyst, Pearl, and Garnet was off on another adventure without him, again! Steven pulled at his hair in boredom, he could go to the Big Donut and hang out with Lars and Sadie..but what he really wanted was to see Garnet and the others. It had been awhile since they hung out and who knew where Lion was.

Steven sighed as he climbed down from the chair.

"Why do they always leave me behind?! I'm a Crystal Gem too!"

At his sudden cry the warp pad lite up revealing Amethyst. Steven beamed as he stared at the Gem.

"Amethyst! You guys are done? Where's the others?"

Her eyes widened at the over excited kid before she rolled them and head towards the fridge.

"No, Steven we aren't done yet. It's just taking forever with Pearl's 'Perfect' plan!" She grumbled ripping a bag of chips out of the fridge. Stuffing a few into her face she headed back toward the pad.

Steven frowned. "Aw come on! Take me with you!" He cried following her to the pad. Steven's frown deepened as she ignored him and activated the Warp pad to leave.

Steven's face turned bright red in anger. "Amethyst!" he complained.

With a sudden thought, he grinned and hopped into the still glowing Warp Pad...she didn't say no after all.

He giggled as the Pad deactivated and he landed on top of the Gem's head.

"Ahh!Oof!Steven!" Amethyst cried now laying mushed under the small child. She was not getting blamed for this!

"Come on Steven go back before-"

"AMETHYST!"

Too late.

Steven looked around in amazement. This was a place he had never been before on the Warp Pad and instead of the usually wide open areas they went to they were somewhere way underground. The caverns were huge towering so high Steven couldn't see the ceiling or the sky above.

Suddenly feeling a hand on his head he looked back and into Garnet's calm face. Glancing behind her he could first see Amethyst and Pearl arguing..no doubt about him. What he saw next made his jaw drop and gasp.

What was once a solid wall of stone was smashed into and recently, for what purpose Steven couldn't tell. Was this what they were working on?
Looking back at Garnet he then noticed her roughed up Gantlets and how tired she looked...How tired they all looked.

"What...what's going on?" He questioned catching the others attention at his worried tone.

Pearl smiled at Steven but it was strained.

"Oh, nothing Steven, we should be..um finished soon here just go on back to-"

"We tried to use Sugilite to smash through that wall back there," Amethyst said.
Pearl whipped around.

"Amethyst!"

"What?! You know as well as I that he'll just keep asking until we tell him, especially now he's already seen it!" Before they could continue fighting Steven spoke up.

"But why? What's the point?" He seeks Garnet for an answer.

"...It's causing Earthquakes in the Eastern Hemisphere.."

Steven raised an eyebrow,"The wall?"

"No Steven, something behind the wall." Pearl piped in. "Garnet was able to trace the trimmers here. We know somewhere in these caverns are more Gem technology...I personally think another Kindergarten...I mean why else have a Warp pad underground in these caverns?" Pearl seem to be on a rant. "If there is a Kindergarten down here it wouldn't be causing these tremors-"

"So it's a monster." Garnet cut in.

Pearl frowned.
"But it makes no sense Garnet. Instead of causing earthquakes under the surface wouldn't it have burrowed its way to the surface by now? And if it is a monster it's either on an enormous scale or there's many of them. In which case, this isn't the best way to go about dealing with it...or them.."

"But this was your idea Pearl!" Amethyst shouted in anger.

"Yes, but under the premise of Garnet's instructions!"
And they were back to arguing..that is until the ground started to shake suddenly.

"Steven!" Pearl shouted in worry.

Garnet was already on the job, though. She snatched Steven out of the way of a falling rock just in time. Pearl sighed in relief as she dropped her hand from her chest. The tremors dead down as everyone gathers closer together.

"I still don't understand." Steven suddenly throws in. "Why didn't you guys just finish the job with Sugilite?"

"Besides the fact that she's unstable?" Pearl bit out.
"Doing that almost brought the tunnel we started down on us," Amethyst explained.
As the others began to talk to each other trying to figure out a plan Steven frowned.
"Guys?...guys! Hello, I have a shield!" Steven shouted causing them to stare at him in shock.

"Steven we know you have a shield...but you're still just learning how to use your powers...we didn't want to put you in unnecessary danger," Pearl said.

"One way or another we need to get to the other side of that wall." Garnet was getting frustrated. Everyone could tell. What she wouldn't tell the others was that she couldn't 'see' what could possibly be behind the wall. All her sight could tell her was that it was...something big and it bugged her to no end. With all the danger they attracted she had to be prepared for anything at this point. What was worst was she couldn't even sense if it was another corrupted Gem or not..but it was the only explanation..otherwise what was the ideas with the quakes?
She suddenly took off running at the wall once more with her gauntlets at a ready.

"Garnet wait!" Pearl shouted in alarm.

But there was no waiting there was just doing. They've waited too long if the tunnel was going to come down on top of any of them it would be best if it was just her. There was just too much at stake for them to just wait for it to destroy more lives on the surface.

Pulling her arm back Garnet slammed it into the weaker parts of the wall with a strength she had been holding back before. Sure enough, the wall shattered at the force and quickly took on another texture as that also shattered...crystal?

There was a deep silence which caused the others to panic as they strained to see past all the dust.
"..Garnet?!...Are you ok!?" Steven shouted.

The silence continued...running forward after Garnet they feared the worst...

Garnet's mouth had dropped open slightly at the sight before her..and the sounds...

The inner cavern she was now standing in was circular all around and the walls were coated in the thick crystal. There was a chill in the room and light somehow had managed to find its way even down here through the slight cracks in the jagged crystal on the cavern's roof. The music that played confused Garnet..but it was gentle and somehow fit the environment. A light soft tone that after awhile would repeat. There weren't many things in the room so it didn't take her long to find the source of the music but in her awe, she lost sight of the source at the sight of an octagon shape pillar that stood behind it. The pillar was made out of the clear crystal and it seems to have grown out of the ground in that shape. What amazed her more, though...

..was the Gem that was inside.

It was cranberry red in color and in the shape of an elongated diamond.
..this was no Gem Garnet knew.

"Garnet!" She looked behind her as the others approach. "Are you okay?" Steven said trying to help her up. In her amazement, she hadn't pulled herself from the floor.
"I'm fine Steven..Thanks." Standing tall she looked back at the source of the music as the others took in their surroundings. Floating in front of the pillar was..a music box...something about the music box did look familiar to Garnet.
"Is that..a Gem?!" Steven shouted in excitement. The others were all silent...

"...Garnet...what does it mean?" Pearl whispered.
She didn't know..but this Gem was the cause of the Earthquakes..meaning she was bad. Garnet frowned glaring at the dormant Gem. She either couldn't reform because of the crystal or wouldn't reform because she wasn't finished healing. Either way, this Gem had stupidly led them to her 'hideout'.
"What should we do Garnet?" Amethyst quietly voiced. The tensions were high if their leader hadn't decided yet.

"Awesome! Is this a music box?" Steven said.

Garnet eyes widened.

"Steven no!" Pearl shouted. But it was too late. The young half gem already had the box in his hands admiring it.

The eerie silence was heavy in the air...

"...Steven!" Pearl growled out. "What did I tell you about touching magical items?!"

"Oh...ugh..not to?" Steven said looked down at the ground.

"Relax Pearl, at least another rock didn't come crashing out of nowhere to flatten him." Amethyst laughed in relief..honestly they needed the tension broken...

The joke was thrown aside quickly though at a sudden screeching roar that filled the room.
"Steven over here now!" Garnet demanded. The young boy picked up his once slow pace as he nervously scrambled over to them.

The tremors began a new as a shape began to rise up out of the crystal floor. With their weapons summoned the Crystal Gems watched in horror as the massive breast grew.

"Whoa! A dragon?!" Steven shouted in pure amazement. The beast looked very much like a creature from out of Steven's story books but instead of flesh and bone, it was made from crystal.

Garnet smirked as she rushed forward and smashed her fist once more into the easily broken texture. Sure enough, she watched in content as the beast screeched in pain and started to fall apart.

They watched as it thrashed around at its shattering pieces.

"We should get out of here," Pearl said as she grabbed Steven.

"Yea before something else comes after us." Amethyst huffed.

Turning to the other Gems Garnet gave a small nod walking back to the others slowly...

"Garnet! Look out!"

The horror on their faces was the only thing that saved Garnet as she swiftly turned around gauntlets up and guarding her face as the rapidly reforming Dragon swiped a talon at her knocking her into the air. This was going to be a tough battle.

*1 hour later*

Amethyst was down for the count and Pearl would be up next if they weren't careful. No matter how many times they shatter the beast it would just pull more Crystal from its surrounding to reform its self...It was very Gem like but had no Gem.

"Garnet we should run!" Pearl shouted in fear. There was no taking this..thing out...it was a trap, it had to be some type of Gem defense mechanism. Garnet remained quiet...

"Garnet!" Pearl shouted a plea.

Steven's POV

I cling to Amethyst Gem tightly as I watched the others fight for their lives. What could I do? I wanted to help but how?!

"I want to help to...I'm a Crystal Gem too.."
The tears that filled my face I couldn't stop as Garnet continued to fight despite Pearl's pleas.

~Then open the Music Box little gem.~

My tear filled eyes snapped open as I looked around me..no one was here but Amethyst..looking around the cavern my eyes traveled to the trapped Gem...no longer inside the crystal! The crystal dragon had pulled and pulled crystal to reform its body that it released the Gem without knowing!

~...open the Music Box little one.~

No One's POV

Steven watched the still dormant Gem. It was glowing as it hovered in the air. Carefully he placed Amethyst in his pocket as he picked up the Music box again. Admiring the design for a second he looked back up at the Gem.

"T-this..will save them?" He questioned.

~...don't worry little quartz..~

Steven opened the Music Box and music played again.

This time a voice joined the music in a harmonic tune. It was pretty enough to make Steven cry more.

Note:

For the songs, you'd have to search the title I've given you in youtube or in a search engine. don't let you put links (don't let me put links anyway ) in my chapters.

Kikyo - Theme - FULL
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Higurashi Kagome's Theme - Ayumi Hamasaki
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