A/N: Okay, this is just something I thought of. It just practically introduces my FC/gemsona.
At the Cloud Arena, Pearl is in the middle of training Connie in sword fighting. Steven then enters through the warp pad carrying some snacks.
"Hey Connie, Pearl, I brought the snacks," he called to them. Pearl turned to face him, "oh, Steven, yes, the snacks. You go on and take a break, Connie."
Connie then put Rose's sword in the scabbard and went to Steven. The two of them sat down at the steps at the side of the arena.
She then spoke up, "hey Steven, what took you so long with the snacks?" Steven explained, "well, you see Connie, Onion broke in and took them so I had to get them back before he wastes them," he said as he gave her a sandwich.
The two of them then started eating. While Connie was eating, something reflected light into her eye.
She looked for the source of the reflection. "Steven, look at this," she said as she pointed to a crack next to her. Steven was on her right and the crack was on her left.
"What is it?" he asked as they peeked into the crack. "It looks like a gem," he said. "Should we take it out?"
"I guess so," she said and reached her hand in the crack. The crack was big enough for her hand to be able to fit and get the gem.
Connie finnaly got it out of the crack and they examined it. "We should get it to Pearl," Steven suggested and Connie agreed.
"Pearl! Pearl! We found a gem!" they called out as Steven held the oval-shaped, hexagon faced, orange gem.
Pearl went to them and asked, "a gem? Where?"
He showed Pearl the gem. As she examined it, it starts glowing and starts to form.
The light faded and revealed a gem that is near Pearl's height with amber colored hair, yellow skin, and an orange dress. Her gem is on the left side of her face, in place of her left eye. (View cover for more details)
"Ugh," she stretches her arm. "Oh yeah, thanks for getting me out of there," she thanked Steven and Connie.
On the other hand, Pearl looked very surprised. The gem then turned around to face her and looked eager to see her.
"Pearl!" she hugged Pearl as she said, "it's been too long!"
"Whaa?~" Connie and Steven said in unison. "What's this all about?" Steven asked Pearl.
"Oh, uh..." Pearl seemed to not have the right words to say to them.
"Do you still remember me?" the gem said. "Y-yes, but I thought..." Pearl trailed off while her hand is on her forehead.
"You thought what?" Steven asked then she answered, "I just assumed that she was shattered by homeworld."
The gem looked at her, "no I wasn't, I was just stuck in a crack for-" she said then counted on her fingers, "about more than five thousand years."
She then looked at both Steven and Connie, "come to think of it..." "what?" Steven asked, "are you two humans?" she continued as she sat down to even their height.
Connie answered, "yes, but he's half-gem," she pointed at him. Steven lifted his shirt a little to show his gem.
"Wow, it looks a lot like Rose's gem. Where are the other Crystal Gems by the way?" she said
"Oh, wait, we haven't introduced ourselves yet. I'm Steven Universe by the way," he introduced. "And I'm Connie Maheshwaran," she said.
"I'm Amber, nice to meet you," the gem said.
The four of them warped to the temple.
When they arrived, Garnet and Amethyst were sitting on the couch.
"Welcome back," Garnet said in a calm voice. "Garnet, Amethyst, we have someone who you might wanna see!" Steven said as he got down the warp pad.
Then Amber revealed herself behind Pearl and cheerfully waved a hand, "hi there!"
Amethyst then spoke up, "woah, hey there!" she greeted then turned to Steven, "where'd you find this one?"
"Oh, that's Amber,Connie and I found her stuck in a crack at the Cloud Arena," he replied.
Soon, they were all in the living room.
"Hey, nice to meet you," she greeted the two gems on the couch and held out a hand.
Garnet looked at her. "Hmmm..."
Amber tilted her head a little and with a nervous smile, "what?"
"No, it's nothing," Garnet said.
"Hey, I'm Amethyst, and this here's Garnet," she introduced herself.
"You were that healer gem that fought against homeworld in the war," Garnet stated.
"Why yes, I am that gem," Amber replied, "I think I remember you a little from back then, though I have never seen this one," she referred to Amethyst.
Pearl spoke up, "well, we did find her after the war."
"Sooo..." Amber started, "where are the other gems?"
The others didn't seem to want to answer. "W-why? What's wrong?" she asked.
"Well, it's just that..." Pearl said, "we are the only ones left."
Amber was shocked at her reply, "oh...well...uh," she said, "w-what about Rose?"
"Well, she's not here anymore," Steven said, feeling a little sad.
"Where is she now?" she asked. "Well, she gave up her physical form to bring me into the world," Steven replied.
"Oh, well...sorry for asking all that stuff," she said, her cheerful smile gave way to a frown.
"It's alright, you didn't know," Steven assured.
"Hey, uh, do you want to take a tour around Beach City?" Connie offered, trying to break the tension.
She nodded, "yeah, that would be nice."
A/N: So...uh...is it alright? If you have something to say, please review. And also, this takes place before 'The Return' and I have no idea if this was a good fanfic or not. This is the first fanfic that I posted actually.
Thank you flying ducks298 for pointing out the problem with this!