Hey guys, welcome to my "story bomb" where I'm going back to a rather controversial idea on my account

for those of you who are new, my first story was a Steven Universe story called "the polished gem" and it was horrible, if you want to read it go ahead, but this is going to be my chance at redeeming myself for this mistake so here are the rules

1.) I DO NOT OWN STEVEN UNIVERSE, THE SHOW CURRENTLY IS OWNED BY CARTOON NETWORK AND REBECCA SUGAR.

2.) Whenever a new gem character is introduced I'll give my explanations of it and its spiritual properties in the post note (as in after the fic)

3.) (I think this goes without saying but) I do not believe in the properties of gemstones, chakras etc. if you do that's great! I won't judge

4.) If I get some aspect of the S.U cannon wrong or something about gems spiritual properties, don't be afraid to correct me

5.) If you post a review that has certain uniqueness to it, then I promise to mention it in a chapter and respond.

6.) This is going to be set after the events of the latest Steven bomb, so Peridot will officially be a crystal gem and the giraffe, I mean Yellow Diamond is now aware of her revolt.

7.) Steven can use his shield freely, let's get that straight

8.) There's a bit of a trigger warning in this opening chapter. So you're warned.

NOW LETS GET STARTED

Hello, my name is Joseph Parker, and this is the story of how I became a Crystal Gem. The day started at our new house in Beach City, my dad just got a new job here checking out the 'strange phenomenon' that occur here. It's pretty much just a beach side town, we got a house next door to a nice Indian family called the Maheswarans, and I actually planned on meeting them today, my mom wants me to make as many friends as possible so I'll never be lonely, I never understood what her deal was with making sure people were good at heart and stuff, when I asked Dad he only mentioned she was hurt in the past. I decided to get dressed for my meet and greet wearing my normal light blue jeans and my shirt with a simple decal of a star seeming to be stretching out to my arms and legs. Finally I make sure to comb my hair, and while getting ready I just took a quick look at myself, since after this is a girl I'm meeting. I'll take this moment to say I'm 13, Cuban and I got a good head of Black hair which seems to look more like an afro than anything else (not intentionally) I'm about 5'10 and I got a good overall build, I don't really lift or anything, just do my route and play some soccer . So I'm pretty quick with good hand-eye coordination. I went downstairs and saw my mom making some pancakes for breakfast. "morning Mom" I say while first helping her get some stuff she needs like butter and silverware "You sleep well?" she asks and I simply nod " I'm going to go meet the family next-door, the girl seems nice and I'm pretty sure her parents won't mind" Mom laughs and says " go get her tiger" I blush and step out " just leave the pancakes , I'll have them when I get back" I note as I step out, I never did have those pancakes.

I go the perilous 5 ft. away and knock on the door, I soon see the girl already dressed and seemingly ready to go " yo" I say and wave "good job, Stallone" I scold myself, and smile awkwardly (I'm not the smoothest individual ) she smiles and says " hello, you the new neighbor right? Come in" she motions for me to step inside which I do, I take off my sneakers, just in case they have a rule about that and thank her for inviting me in. Just then her parents come in and the phone rings, she runs over saying " it's probably Steven making sure we can hang out today" and then whispers to me "good luck" I smirk and give my hand " pleasure to meet " I was interrupted by the mother, Mrs. Maheswaran asking " are you the new neighbor, what are your prospects, what do you like about Connie" I then politely said " I just met your daughter, I surely have no intentions of dating her" they nodded and asked if I wanted to have some breakfast, just then Connie came back holding some weird object over her back and waved to her parents bye, then looked at me and said "wanna come with?" I nodded and stepped out and together we went to meet Steven.

We ended up going to a barn where what I saw baffled me, it looked like 4 girls and 1 guy (lucky) were all assembled by a large drill, 1 of the girls was easily taller than me and was obviously the leader, another one was about my height and very skinny, a 3rd girl was a little shorter than Connie with long white hair, and the 4th looked like a Dorito. The boy was a little bit shorter than Connie, probably about 10 years old and was playing a ukulele while talking with the Dorito girl. I stared blankly as Connie grabbed my hand and led me to them. She introduced me to the girls and the boy and told me they were the Crystal Gems, and told me they were Garnet, Amethyst, Pearl, Steven and Peridot, who just stared at me the whole time. I went up to Garnet and gave her my hand "pleasure to meet you, ma'am" she grabbed it and shook it, breaking several of my bones in the process. "We can take a break from the drill for now, and show Joe the temple!" Steven offered while Amethyst said "yeah Steven, lets show Joey here where the magic happens!" We then went to what in my opinion was the coolest house I've ever seen, the temple had a small house in the front and around were what appeared to be ruins of some grand statue. We went inside and the first thing I noticed was the huge circle made out of what seemed to be crystal in the center of the room, "what on Earth is that?" I asked, extremely curious "it's a warp pad, gems can use it to transport from one to another as long as it's in stable condition" I took everything in when Steven grabbed what looked like a soccer ball and said " let's have fun!"

We were paired up in teams, me and Amethyst, Steven and Peridot, and Connie and Pearl, with those two you could tell there was a bond that went beyond friends. Garnet served as a ref and put us against Connie's team, it was a close game and I was about to kick the ball to get us a good goal when we heard the ground shake, instantly two gauntlets appeared from Garnet's hands as she said "two monsters, they seem to be WOOAHHH" two giant creatures came out of the ground. All of the gems summoned their weapons, a spear and a whip, for Pearl and Amethyst. Steven summoned a shield with a rose insignia, and Connie pulled out a large broadsword with the same decal as the shield, as for Peridot, well she was cowering behind my leg screaming "WHYY MEE!" I got her out of the way but then realized there was a big problem when I saw the creatures compared to the gems. The first one, and by first I mean closest to me, was a bit taller than me, and had a large orange gem in its center, with two sets of claws which were sharper than Connie's sword, the second creature, well I'm just gonna call it Godzilla because it was humongous, about the height of the temple statue with the figure of a true monster, large tail, scales, fangs and a powerful roar which shook the ground with every loud wail it uttered. The three alien like gems were fighting Godzilla, while Steven and Connie where more than outmatched simply keeping ol' Freddy Krueger at bay. I decided I had to step in somehow and keep Krueger at bay, I saw the soccer ball and prepared myself time to kick I thought and put all my force into the foot and kicked. The ball hit Krueger and it charged at me, until Steven threw his shield and it caught the creature in its back and it fell over, but without slashing me in the eye.

I can officially say that the pain I felt was pure horror, I then felt the space around the scratch mark and realized I wasn't going to be seeing from there anytime soon, and to add insult to injury, Krueger wasn't down and came and stabbed me in the chest with his claws before getting poofed from the shield damage, and all I saw was black as I fell over and grabbed the gem, trying to have some keepsake for the afterlife.

I surprisingly came to, however what I first noticed was that I felt stronger, the second thing I noticed was that it seemed like my eyes were working on a different angle, I saw everything as fi it was through a visor in my video game, highlighting the gems and the other aspects of the beach, such as the occasional seagull and even Connie, were just there without the coloration. When focusing my view on one of the gems, Amethyst specifically, it showed certain words like "weak Quartz gem, whip weapon" and other characteristics. I then felt my eye and all I felt was a cold solid, like I was wearing armor. Upon closer inspection I saw my skin was… orange, yeah. I tried to stand and surprisingly did with much ease. I then saw the faces of all the gems, all of them looking back at my face muttering "he's alive" and "he merged with the gem" wait the gem!? I quickly asked for a mirror of some kind, and Connie pulled one out of her bag and showed me. I looked about the same, however I looked, more adult, more definite features such as a more chiseled face, my pimple problem was gone, and I had a little 5 o' clock shadow that I'd have to deal with later, but the thing I was purposefully avoiding came into sight, my eye, or at least the gem that replaced my eye.

It was the gem from Krueger, it was lodged in there as if it was always there, and I'm guessing it was responsible for both the visor and the increased strength. I then started to walk, and broke out into a run over this new feeling of power and life. I then stopped when I saw a crowd of people and above all, my parents." J-J-J-J-J,-oey? What happened baby?" I told them what happened, and my dad stepped back , grabbing my mom and saying " you're not my son, my son would know better than to play hero, you should've run, YOU COULD STILL BE A NORMAL HUMAN, NOT THIS FREAK" he was now completely enraged and pulled out a gun, Amethyst then commented " that escalated quickly". He pointed the gun at all of us, then at Connie and screamed "YOU, THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT, YOU LITTLE WHORE! and he fired 2 shots, 1 at me, and 1 at Connie, I dodged my shot and I saw Steven utterly frozen with awe as the bullet soared passed him and went to Connie , piercing her chest as she fell to the floor, with a thud which though soft, roared against all of Beach City. Steven ran over to Connie and began spitting and spilling it all over her (weird) crying tears of pure and utter anger, realizing what he had done, he grabbed Mom and ran off. I went over to Steven and put a hand on his shoulder , and one on Connie's chest " thank you , my first friend" I mutter as I felt a wave of strength flow through me into Connie, as the bullet hole sealed up and she began to breathe, she got up and immediately began wiping spit form her clothes laughing while saying " geez, Steven , what am I a sandwich?" but her joke was lost in the flood of joy and hugging which went to Steven for healing Connie, and to Connie's anti-death " IT WASN'T ME!" he cried and then pointed to me " IT WAS JOE, he brought her back, I can't raise resurrect, trust me I tried" I then looked at the other gems in confusion and they said " he's been given the gem Carnelian, a gem which during battle is most often a healing gem , it has the ability to revive , or in the case of a gem speed up the regeneration process." I looked back at the newly revived Connie and smiled, accepting the thanks from the town and the Maheswaran parents, who eagerly called me "a backup plan"

Later that night, it was agreed I would stay in the Temple, and until they could figure out a room for me, I'll crash on the couch. I was trying to get some shut-eye when Garnet came in and sat next to me "it's strange isn't it" she said "you know you're the same person, but you fell totally different" I nod and start to talk to her " I'll head out tomorrow, maybe find my parents, get my mom away from that creep" she shakes her head no and says " not now Carnelian, you're a crystal gem and you have to stay here, we want you to go around town with Peridot and Steven to get a good look at the town" I stand up and get us some coffee, just to be nice and say simply " thanks , and sorry but it's still Joe"

WOW, this one was actually pretty fun to write, I personally liked this one, so let's hope you do too, so until then let the light of malor flow through you.