My boyfriend got me interested in Steven Universe, and as a part of that, we turned two of our pokemon gijinkas into Crystal Gems. I'll provide links to art of the OCs in this story, don't worry.
I'm not a hardcore fan, so don't go too hard on me for my characters and story that my boyfriend and I are telling.
These stories take place after "Jail Break", but before Gem Drill
"Let's warp." Garnet adjusted her lenses and placed her hands on her hips as she and the other Crystal Gems used the Warp Pad to teleport to their intended location.
It had been only short few months after the terrible Gem War, where Rose Quartz led the rebellion against Homeworld. Unfortunately, Garnet, Pearl, and Rose Quartz were, as of the moment, the only survivors of the final attack.
After a few short moments, the Crystal Gems reached the new Pad located in a canyon. "Oh dear," Pearl said, covering her mouth with her hand. "This place, it's so damaged. Oh, it's such a shame."
Rose and Garnet nodded, and they walked through the canyon, covered in clay rock and full of rubble and solid Gem weapons. At the moment, they were searching for Gem Shards to bubble and keep at the Temple, in memory of fallen comrades.
Finding a few small red-orange and black shards, Garnet picked them up and bubbled them. "Hm. Not many. There might be more." The others nodded.
Suddenly, they heard a strange, disturbing clicking noise. It seemed to contain some sort of groaning, too. Turning around, the Crystal Gems gasped as they saw a floating humanoid skeleton creature. Emaciated, with an elongated and exposed ribcage, pelvis, keyhole-shaped eyes and bony, sharp hands, the monster remained still, save for its hovering.
Garnet and Pearl summoned and readied their weapons, jumping in front of Rose, and the monster made a gasping/clicking sound, opening its mouth beyond what would be expected, exposing its large, misshapen teeth.
Pearl jumped and slashed the monster with her spear, but the monster quickly floated and "jumped" back. Garnet moved behind the creature, finding it had a protruding spine with what seemed to be keys sprouting from each bump. Rearing back, she punched it, snapping some of the key prongs off, making the creature roar in pain. As it leaned forward, Pearl slashed again, this time hitting her target and leaving a large gash in its side.
Garnet looked up and saw the monster's Gemstone, pink and black, at the base of its neck. "Found its gemstone!" she yelled, rearing her fist back to punch again.
"NOO!" a voice yelled, and a black whip grabbed Garnet's arm, pulling it back. Another identical whip grabbed Pearl around the neck and slung her away, knocking into Rose Quartz, who fell to the ground. "D-d-d-on't hurt he-e-r!"
The source of the glitching voice emerged, running. With a tailed coat and black/white hair, she used her other and restrained Garnet's second arm.
"What are you doing?" she yelled, struggling to pull her arms free. Noting the stars on his coat, she looked at him. "You're a fellow Crystal Gem! Why are you attacking us?"
"You're hurt-t-t-t-t-t-ting her!" she cried, angry tears streaming down her face. "Stop it!"
"She's been corrupted!" Pearl shouted, pushing herself up and shielding Rose.
"You're still hurti- AAAAAAGH!" she shouted in agony, falling to the ground, her whips disappearing. Clutching a hand to her gemstone, she pulled it away, exposing a small chip in his hand.
The Crystal Gems gasped. "You're Gem is cracked. Let us help you!" Rose shouted.
The Gem monster turned its head, its clicking becoming softer and steadier. Floating towards the other Gem, Rose cried out and, summoning her shield, threw it, thinking it was heading to attack him.
"No!" The black Gem jumped and tried to kick the shield away, but she missed, and it cut the creature in half. Screeching, the creature fell to the ground and weakly grabbed the black by the arms, staring into his eyes before they went dim, and it poofed into a cloud of smoke, its gemstone falling to the ground.
"No… n-n-n-n-o-no no!" the Gem picked up the fallen gemstone, her tears falling onto it. Clutching it to her chest, the Crystal Gems rose and walked over to her.
"G-GE-E-ET AWA-A-AY FROM ME!" she screamed, rising and punching Garnet, her visors falling to the ground and disappearing. Pearl and Rose gasped. "She was i-i-in control-ol-ol!" Her glitching form and voice seemed to be getting worse.
Looking down, Garnet noticed his gemstone again, and realized that the shards she bubbled earlier matched the gem of the infuriated gem. "Calm down, you're worsening your Gem's damage!" she reached her hands forward, but they were knocked away by the other gem.
"Tell us who you are!" Pearl demanded, a worried expression on her face.
The other Gem grunted in pain and clutched her Gemstone again. Glaring up at the Crystal Gems, he cried. "Obsidian. Mahogany Obsidian…."
Looking down, they all watched as her Gem began to crack more, small fragments falling to the ground. Looking back up to them, Mahogany weakly held out the hand that carried the monster gem.
"Take her… Rhodochrosite….. please, please help her…." She coughed. "When she wakes up… t-t-t-t-tell her that…. I l-o-o-v-"
Before she could finish her request, her gem shattered, and her form poofed. The Crystal Gems gasped in terror, Rose hugging Pearl as she buried her face in her arms.
Lowering her head, she re-summoned her visor and bubbled both the gemstone and the shards, in different bubbles, and sent them back to her room at the Temple.
In the temple, two red bubbles appeared at the ceiling, next to each other. Rhodochrosite's gemstone, which appeared to be facing the shards of Mahogany Obsidian, seemed to gleam and dim just a bit more.