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Chapter 1 Wishes

"Steven!" Pearl yelled opening the screen door to the tiny beach house. "Come back here. I wasn't done talking to you!" she said, stopping in front of the temple doors. "Steven what are you doing?"She asked him, just as Rose's gem glowed and opened her door.

"I'm going to go in here for a little while. I need to be alone." He said and ran into Rose's room without another glace at pearl.

Pearl looked at the ground as she went to the couch and sat down.

Amethyst came in started looking for Steven. "Steven i know your here! Come on let's get more of those fried bits, I'm hungry."

"He isn't here. He went into Rose's room." Pearl said looking at her.

Amethyst shrugged. "Ok then, more for me." She said running out of the door past garnet.

Garnet sat next to pearl. "He won't be mad forever, pearl." She said leaning back and crossing her legs. "Calm down. He isn't mad at you."

"How can he not be mad at me? I told him not to come on anymore missions with us until he can control his mothers shield better."

"He isn't mad at you, pearl. He is mad at himself."

She looked at garnet. "Why is he mad at himself?"

She looked at the roof to the small house. "Because he can't use his gem as well as we can. He tries so much to be like us, but he has a lot to learn. Controlling his gem won't happen overnight and it will be frustrating for him but we have to be there to tell him it's ok and that we all started out that way. He just wants to be like us pearl, and instead of telling him to stay here until he can control it, we need to help him practice, Even if it takes years." She stood up. "I'm going to see if i can track down any gems. Remember he just wants to be like us." Pearl sighed and watched as garnet went into her room.

Pearl looked at the picture of Rose above the door and sighed. "I wish you were able to be here with Steven, rose. He reminds me of you so much." She stood up and went to the temple doors, opening her room's door. "I miss you Rose." She said entering her room.

Steven ran into his mother's room, tears streaming down his face. Pearls words echo in his head.

'I think it best if you stay at the temple and practice using your mother's shield. Until then i don't want you to come on anymore missions, i just don't want you to get hurt.'

He closed his eyes and tried to summon his shield, but nothing happened. He sighed and sat down wiping away his tears. He hated not being able to use his gem as well as the others. He looked around his mother's room and sighed. "I wonder what my mom would be doing if she didn't have to give her life up for me. I wish she was able to be here with me. Then maybe pearl wouldn't be so sad. And dad would be happy and-"

He sighed. He lay on his back looking at the pink sky and thought of the gems. Even though they were tough on him they loved him like a mother would. They protected him and cared for him, and even made sure to let him take charge sometimes even if things didn't work out like he wanted. He smiled thinking about the time they rode the raft back to the house, after the water pillar had collapsed. And the time that Connie's parents wanted to meet his parents, the thought of pearl hating food and amethyst stuffing her face after they defused.

Then there was the time he got to see Amethyst and pearl fuse into opal, when a giant eyeball appeared in the sky. And when they used his mothers light cannon to destroy it. And then the time he got to see garnet and amethyst fuse into Sugilite. And when he told pearl she could defeat Sugilite, all those memories came back to him, reminding him that even the gems can't do everything. They have limits, they can get hurt, and they do love him. Even if he did something that they didn't agree with, they would still be by his side.

"I wish you were here mom. I wish… I wish I could meet you and get to know you. I wish I could see what the gems mean when they said how kind you where. I wish I could see you." He closed his eyes and stood up he looked around the room before lifting his hand to open the door. He felt wind blow past him and stopped. "Wait a minute, was that wind?" he said turning around, but saw nothing.

He was about to turn when he heard something.

Someone was singing.

But, who?

He followed the singing and walked for what seemed like miles. He looked at the ground and sighed. He stopped walked, and heard the singing was close. He took a deep breath and took off running. When he ran out of energy he stopped and took deep breaths. He looked around him but couldn't see who was singing. "Ugh maybe it's one of the gems singing and I can hear them." He said turning to open the door, but stopped when he saw the clouds moving.

"Who's there?" he said, was it the gems? Did they manage to find a way into his mom's room? "Garnet, Amethyst, Pearl? Are you there?" he called but no answer came.

The singing stopped. The clouds towered over Steven, making him look down and put his hands over his head. Was this a gem monster? Did it get into the temple when he opened the door? The wind stopped. Steven kept his hands over his head; afraid to see what is was standing over him, he closed his eyes.

"Steven, is that you? My you've gotten big." Came an angelic voice.

Steven opened his eyes. 'Wait that voice!' he thought. He knew that voice pearl showed him that voice when he found his mothers sword...

He looked up as a tear left his eye. "Mom?" he said looking up into his mothers soft pink eyes.

She smiled. "Hello Steven."

He closed his eyes wiping away the tears and ran to his mom, hugging her big dress.

He looked up at her. "Is it really you?" He asked.

She Smiled and knelt down, grabbing his shoulders. She looked at him and a tear left her eye. "I have to tell you something before you get to happy, Steven." She said and watched him nod. "Ok." He said looking at her, giving her his full attention.

She sighed. "I am here but at the same time I'm not. Since this is my room i was able to put part of myself in here so that when you where able to come in here i could see you and help you grow stronger. I cannot leave this room and go with you on missions, but i will be in here whenever you want to see me, but i don't want you to spend all your time in here just to see me. Even though I'm not fully here I'm still your mom." She said smiling. "I want you to live your life and not stay cooped up in here. And i want you to tell the gems something for me. I want you to tell them that I love and i miss all of them even though I'm not physically here i will always be alive in your hearts and memories. Will you tell her that for me?" He nodded.

She smiled and kissed his forehead. "I love you, Steven."

"I love you too, mom." He said wiping away a tear.

Rose stood up. "I think it's time for you to get back to them, you have been in here for a few hours. You can't stay in here to long, its dangerous if you do."

He nodded and turned to leave.

He lifted his hand and looked at his mom. She smiled and blew him a kiss as she disappeared into the clouds, as if she was never there to begin with.

He opened the door and walked out seeing Amethyst sitting on the couch eating.

"Hey amethyst do you know where pearl and garnet are?" he asked her sitting on the couch next to her, seeing that she was eating fries.

"I think they are in there rooms, why?" she asked.

"Because i need to tell them something, but it can wait. I don't want to bother them."

He looked at his feet and swung them back and forth. "So, what do you want to do?" He asked her.

Amethyst looked at him. "You hungry?"

He thought a moment. He hadn't eaten since this morning before they left for the mission, and when they came back he was too angry to eat and went into his mom's room, where she told him he had been a few hours. "Yeah, i guess i forgot to eat when we got back. I was too angry to eat so i guess i didn't think about it."

Amethyst nodded. "Ok let's go, where do you want to go? We could get some fries, or we could get a pizza, or maybe get a doughnut?"

Steven thought about it. He had pizza a few days ago with amethyst, but it had been a while since he had been to the big doughnut. "Let's get some doughnuts. I haven't seen Sadie and Lars in a while."

Amethyst hoped off of the cough lifting Steven over her head. "Alright, doughnuts!" she yelled as they ran out of the house.

Pearl came out of her room to see Steven and amethyst leaving. Before she could say anything she watched as Amethyst and Steven ran down the stairs. She went to the warp pad and went to the small arena. The last memory she had of this place was the day Steven wanted to learn how to use a sword.

The day he watched as she was stabbed and sent back to her gem.

Pearl closed her eyes and made a hologram of herself.

"Do you wish to duel?" it asked her in a robotic like voice.

"Yes." She said. "Don't hold back."

"Battle sequents engage, no holding back." It stood ready to fight.

Pearl pulled one of her many swords from her gem and posed for battle.

As they stared each other down she thought of Steven and how long he had stayed in Roses room.

Had he been trapped like the last time? Did he have to find his way though it without her help or was he just sitting there? Did the room mess with him? Or was he able to control it? And was he still mad? Pearl sighed. She would ask him when she was done.

She made the first move jumping in the air and holding her sword out as if to cut her opponent in half. But before her blade got close the hologram moved, and went to strike. She moved out of the way and attacked as the hologram went passed her. She shattered, saying. "You win."

She fought more holograms a few more- times though it looked more like dancing then fighting. When pearl was done fighting they bowed before the hologram shattered. She sat down for a moment before going back to the temple. She remembered the time when she had stood next to rose in battle. She shook the memory as she noticed tears coming down her cheeks. She stood up and went to the warp pad, to warp home. As soon as she did so she saw Steven and Amethyst and garnet sitting on the couch playing a game. She went over to the couch and sat down.

"Steven, i need to tell you I'm sorry for what i said earlier. I just didn't want you to get hurt."

He looked at her and smiled. "I know, pearl. I forgive you. But i was mad at myself, not you. I mean you guys are so good at using your gems and i can't even use it when i need it." He said hugging pearl.

"Ugh enough you two you're going to make me cry." Amethyst said. "Oh yeah, Steven what was it you wanted to tell Garnet and Pearl?"

"Oh, yeah." He said moving to stand in front of them.

"When i went into my mom's room i saw my mom."

Pearl looked at him confused. "Steven it might have been the room messing with you."

"No pearl it wasn't. It was her. She told me she put a little of herself in the room so that when i was able to go in there i could see her whenever i wanted and she could help me use our gem." He said and started to cry at the thought. "She wanted me to tell all of you that she loves and i misses all of you even though She's not physically here she will always be alive in our hearts and memories." He looked at pearl when he said the last part and saw tears streaming down her face. Amethyst was trying to hold it in and Garnet had a single tear leave her eye.

Pearl hugged Steven. "I miss her so much, but you remind me of her, so in a way she is still here."

Steven smiled and hugged her back.

Garnet stood up. "We need to go. There's a gem deep underground."

Pearl nodded. "Steven, do you want to come with us?" Pearl asked him.

"No i think I'll stay here. I'm going to call Connie and see if she wants to do anything."

"Ok, we will be back soon. We love you Steven." She said as they all went to the portal.

"I love you too." He said watching them leave. He picked up the phone and dialed Connie's number. She answered on the first ring. "Hi Steven."

He smiled. "Hi Connie, Um are you doing anything?"

"Nope, i finished my chores and violin practice just before you called."

"I have good timing." He said and they both laughed. "So do you think your mom would be okay with you coming over? The gems went on a mission so I'm here alone." he said looking at the warp panel expecting them to warp home any minute.

"I don't know. Let me go ask." She said.

"Okay" he said and waited for her to return. He thought back to earlier when he was in his mom's room. The first thing he was going to do when Connie came over was show her.

"Steven, you still there?" Connie asked him.

"Yeah, I'm still here. What did she say?" He said clearing his head to focus.

"She said i can come over for the weekend, and she will drop me off in a few minutes."

"Ok, I'm going to the big doughnut and get some doughnuts for us." He said smiling.

"Ok I'll have her drop me off there so she doesn't try to safe proof the temple. I'll see you in a few minutes, Bye Steven."

"Bye Connie."

They hung up and Steven grabbed his hamburger backpack and put some juice boxes and some snacks in it along with a picture of his mom and dad he took out of the storage unit. He opened the door and headed outside.
He looked at the sky. Clear, like always. No gem ships coming to take them to home world and destroy earth, No Jasper or peridot. For now the earth was safe. He walked along the side walk, waving to everyone he passed. Opening the door to the big doughnut he saw Sadie behind the counter alone.

"Hey Sadie, Where is Lars?"He asked walking over to the counter.

"Oh hey Steven. " She said sighing. "He left early since it's a slow day. You're the second person who has been here today. The first was Mr. Small. He loves his doughnuts." She said smiling.

"Who doesn't? Doughnuts are awesome!" he said laughing with Sadie.

"So what kind of doughnuts you want Steven?"

"Oh yeah. Um." He looked through the doughnuts and picked out one with rainbow sprinkles and one with chocolate on it. He paid Sadie and sat outside at one of the tables waiting for Connie. He took off his back pack and looked at the time on his cell phone. It was 2:00 pm. He looked at the roads and took out a juice box. He had just taken a drink from it when he saw Connie and her mom driving up. He set the juice box down and ran over to Connie and hugged her.

"I'll come and get you Sunday Connie, i love you."

"Ok i love you to mom. Bye." She said watching her mom drive off. They sat at the table and he let Connie pick a doughnut, and handed her a juice box. "So, what's up?" she asked him. He smiled and told her what had happened that morning with the gems.

And then he told her that he went into his mom's room and he wanted to show her what he saw.

"Ok, but is it ok? Last time we were attacked by a fake me?"

"Its fine now, i have learned to say only to say what i want when I'm in there. But most times I'm quiet."

They got up and started to walk back to the temple.

Connie told him about books she has been reading and other things her mom was having her do like tennis and her violin. When they got to the temple Steven set his backpack down and pulled Connie over to the temple door. He touched the door and opened his mom's door. He walked through it pulling Connie behind him.

"Steven slow down." She said laughing.

"Oh sorry." He said stopping. He looked around for the clouds and listened for the wind, but there was nothing. Not even her singing. He started to walk and looked around, calling out, "Mom."

After a few minutes of nothing he stared to get upset.

Connie grabbed his shoulder. "Steven? You ok?"

He looked at her, on the verge of tears. "No, i wanted to show you my mom, I saw her earlier. I don't know how but i was able to see her." He said.

Connie thought a moment. "Well maybe if you do what you did this morning then maybe she will show up again. Like you said you have to watch what you say in here. Maybe retracing your steps will help."

He nodded, calming down some. "Ok. Let's see." He said walking back and forth. "I laid down on the ground and closed my eyes, and though of some fun times i had with the gems and that they loved me so much." He said and closed his eyes thinking hard. "I said that I wished she was here, I wished I could meet her and get to know her. I wish I could see what the gems mean when they said how kind she was, and that I wish I could see her." He said and looked around, but still saw nothing. He was about to open the door and leave when he felt it.

A soft breeze against his cheek, like a mother holding her babies cheek. "The wind…" he said and looked at Connie. "It's what I felt before I heard my mom-"He heard her singing and smiled.

Connie smiled and grabbed his hand. "Come on. I want to meet her. "She said pulling him toward the singing. He followed her, but this time he didn't have to go as far as he had earlier. He stopped running when he found the dark moving clouds. He looked at Connie and walked toward them.

"Mom?" he said, reaching out to touch the clouds.

They moved and started to disappear. "Steven? I thought I said not to stay in here too long?" she said and then saw Connie, here worry disappearing as she realized he had just come back. Rose smiled and looked at Steven. "Who is this Steven?"

He smiled and went over to Connie and pulled her closer to his mom. "This is my friend Connie." He said looking at her. Connie looked at rose in amazement. "Hello." Was all she said.

Rose laughed softly. "Hello to you, Connie." She said and knelt down, looking at Steven. "I'm not trying to be mean or anything, but why did you bring a human into the temple? You know it's dangerous in here. I don't want either of you to get hurt." She said.

Connie stood up strait like a soldier. "Ma'am I am able to defend myself if I need. Pearl has been training me to use a sword."

Rose looked at her surprised and then smiled softly. "Well then nay we have a small duel so you can show me what she has taught you?"

Connie looked at Steven, and back at rose. "I don't have a sword. And we should probably get back. If the gems see that you've been in here as long and you said you've been then they won't be happy. And you know how worried Pearl gets."

Steven nodded. "Yeah, you're right Connie." He looked at his mom. "Sorry mom, some other time I guess."

She smiled at Steven. "It's alright, But Connie is right. You two need to get back."

Steven looked at his mom and could see sadness in her eyes. "Don't be sad mom. We'll be back later and then we can all train together." He said smiling.

"Yeah." Connie smiled.

Rose's smiled turned to a frown. "That's not why I'm sad, Steven. It's just…I just miss Greg, is all." She looked down and closed her eyes.

"Don't be sad mom." He said hugging her. She smiled and hugged back.

"Hey mom, I have an idea. I could bring dad here. To the door and open it so you two can see each other. He misses you two. Whenever he talks about you he always gets sad and puts on some old videos of both of you guys." He looked at her. "What do you think?"

She smiled wiping away a tear. "I think that's a great idea, Steven. But let's do it tomorrow. You've been in here long enough."

He smiled and tried not to cry at the thought of all of them being together as a family for the first time.

"Alright mom." He hugged her one last time and pulled away. She kissed them both on the head. "I love you, Steven."

"Love you too mom."

"It was nice to meet you Connie, Good bye you two." She said disappearing into the clouds.

Steven opened the door and both of them left the temple.

The rest of the day went by in a blur after they left roses room. The gems had gotten back a few minutes after they got out and told Steven what they had done and what gem monster they had fought.

When the clock read 10:00 pm Pearl told Steven and Connie to get some sleep. But as soon as pearl went into her room Steven and Connie talked about the day's events until they both passed out.