Welcome to my story. Please comment but no flames. I have a pink haired Dove Cameron as Pearl. Imagine her with the pearl stone on her forehead and wearing Pearl's clothes from present day Steven Universe. In this version, Pearl was never in love with Rose Quartz.

Narration:

Back in the 1940's, Pearl, a loyal member of the Crystal Gems came to Earth. The reason why was that her fellow gem, Garnet, alerted her to a occurrence on the planet that would be happening soon. For this insight to the future to indeed happen, Pearl's presence would be required.

She got permission to leave from Rose Quartz, and once she landed on the planet, she found herself in New York City. The gem shifted into some more common woman's clothing for the era but could not do anything about the stone on her forehead or her hair. She continued wandering for 2 hours before she heard the sounds of a brawl in an alley.

She watched as a small man got beat by several bigger men before intervening. She knocked out the men before facing a smaller Steve Rogers. He showed kindness, curiosity to her hair and gem, as well as gratitude and Pearl instantly liked him. She then met his friend Bucky Barnes, and soon, within a few days, Steve was off to the army.

Pearl came with him as a field nurse, have an inkling that he might just be the 'occurrence' Garnet told her about. Soon they were approached by Dr. Erskine, who offered Steve the chance to become a the first in a breed of Super Soldiers. The night before the experiment, Pearl told Steve about her true nature as a gem and her mission on Earth in case the transformation did prove lethal.

She thought he would dismiss her because of her alien nature, but instead he looked at her in an even more caring way then before. The next morning they left with Agent Peggy Carter, who had become Pearl's good friend from the base. The gem's heart was almost pounding out her chest as Steve went into the chamber, and she heard him scream in agony. When he came out, she was floored as she was looking at an almost new man, but she new that inside he was the same.

When the assassin came and shot Erskine, Pearl took her spear out and started dueling with him in the lab before he made a run for it, Steve in pursuit. When he was dismissed to work as a stage act, Pearl came with him, and was in the audience for every one of his shows. Then they started their work on staging attacks on HYDRA bases. They were a force to be reckoned with, especially with the powers of a gem. After rescuing Bucky, they kissed for the first time. Steve also professed his love for her and vice versa.

Another two months of assaults went by, and they eventually defeated Red Skull, but not without a cost. When Steve drove the plane down into the Arctic and was then pronounced dead, Pearl's heart shattered into a million pieces. She had lost her one and only love. Sure she loved Garnet, Amethyst, and Rose, but that was platonic. What she and Steve had was real, bona fide, true love. Sure she was a gem and he was a human, but they could have made it work. Because, if living with Garnet proved anything, it was that love always won the day.

But in this case, it didn't. It crushed the world from under her, and with that world crushed, she did the only thing she could and returned to the Crystal Temple. She returned with memories of Earth. Of the war. Of Peggy, Howard, Erskine, and Bucky. But most of all, memories of her Steve Rogers.

Her Captain America.

Present Day:

Pearl was at the temple, training with Amethyst and Garnet. A lot had changed since the 40's. Rose had followed a similar path as she had. Their leader had gone to Earth and met a man named Greg Universe, and fell in love with him. When Rose was pregnant, she gave up her physical form and her life to be able to deliver the baby. Just a year ago, they met Steven Universe and began training him to be a gem worthy of wielding the rose quartz stone. Pearl had also stepped up as the leader of the Crystal Gems. Even with all of this however, Steve was never far from her mind.

She was currently sparring with a hologram version of herself. After they parried for a while, the real gem brought her leg up before bringing it down on top of the holograms sword. She did a windmill kick before jumping back. She readied her sword before charging forward and defeating the hologram.

"That. Was. Awesome." Steven said.

"Indeed." Garnet added.

"Thanks." Pearl told them.

"I agree, it was exceptional." A male voice said. Pearl looked up and came face to face with arguably the most intimidating man on the planet, Nick Fury.

"Director, what is your business here? This is a sacred place." Garnet asked. They gems had met Fury before on Earth. They were in quite the pinch and he got them out of it. Since then S.H.I.E.L.D and the Crystal Gems had been close allies. While all agents, with the exceptions of Maria Hill, Phil Coulson, Natasha Romanoff, and Clint Barton, did not know of the gems existence, Fury knew they would help if the situation proved dire.

"I'm here to have a word with you and only you, Pearl." Fury clarified. "Of course Fury. Amethyst, Garnet, Steven, please leave us." Pearl said dismissing her comrades.

"I'm here to ask for your help." The eye-patched man said.

"With what?"

He flung a file over to her and she caught it swiftly. She opened it to see the picture of a blue glowing cube. "What is this?"

"HYDRA's secret weapon, the Tesseract. Few years ago, Howard Stark fished it out of the ocean while looking for the remnants of Steve Rogers."

Pearl felt and ache in her chest at the mention of his name.

Fury continued. "Your old buddy from the forties was on the same page we're on now. Thinking that the Tesseract could be the key to unlimited sustainable energy. That is something the world desperately needs in its hands."

"I'm guessing it was taken."

"You guess correctly." Fury told her.

"By whom?" Pearl raised an eyebrow.

"He calls himself Loki. He's not from Homeworld or Earth. I would like you to come back to Earth with and help stop him. Don't worry however, I also have a few more individuals. Dr. Bruce Banner.."

"I've heard of him, he was the man that became the Hulk after an accident."

Fury nodded. "Tony Stark, son of Howard or Iron Man."

"Howard had a son?" Pearl asked.

"Yes, but you'll find that he's ten times the ass his father was. I also have Romanoff and Barton on this. However Loki has done something to our archer. Twisted is mind."

"We'll get him back. That's my way of saying, I'm in. I'll grab my things."

"There's something else you should know." Fury stopped her. "We also have Captain America on this. Steve Rogers is alive."

Pearl's heart might as well as stopped right there. She faced Fury with tears welling in her eyes.

"H..he..he's..alive? How?"

"The ice in the Arctic preserved him and about 1 month ago, we defrosted him. Ever since he's been asking about you. We told him nothing, as far as he knows, your no more."

"Can..can I see him?"

"Of course. As soon as we get down to Earth and capture Loki."

And with that Pearl raced to her room, grabbed her things, bid goodbye to her friends, and was off with Fury through the portal he had created.