"GET BACK HERE YOU LITTLE-"

My shoes were making a silent PIT PAT noise as I breezed through the various hallways of the spaceship. Where am I? WHO am I? Why am I here being chased down by some giant brute? All questions that I had no answer to. I saw a sign that pointed to the left labeled "Escape pods" and quickly made a left turn. I needed to get off this pile of metal.

I ran down the long hallway until I reached a door that automatically opened. Probably due to my presence. The room housed escape pods as far as the eye could see. I took a second to admire the sight before remembering why I was even here in the first place.

"There you are you little twerp!"

I didn't even waste my time looking back. I knew that she was behind me, so looking back will only waste time. So instead I jumped into the nearest escape pod. Since I had no idea how the thing worked, I just began to hit buttons at random. Eventually, I'll hit the power button. Right?

VRRROOOOM!

Step 1 complete. Now to get out of here. I pushed in the steering controls which caused the ship to move forward…. right into another pod.

BAM!

The force of the impact slammed my face into the control panel. My head throbbed as I regained control of the vehicle before backing it up, turning it towards the blast doors and taking off. I didn't get far, however, because the blast doors obviously would not just open automatically. I began to tap buttons at random again, but before I could find the button that controlled the blast door

BANG!

She had caught up to me.

"You thought that you could escape me?! HA! You should be happy you got this far." The orange gem grabbed my escape pod and flung it all over the place, punched it, said rude thing to me, the works. All while I was mashing every one of the buttons possible.

The front facing glass started to crack due to the punishment that it was being put through. I was finished. I was going to be taken back into the ship to do who knows what. I was freaking out, until I saw a button on the control panel that said

"Open blast door." … UGH

I hit the button and, almost magically, the blast doors opened to reveal the dark expanses of space. Naturally, the opening of the blast doors created a vacuum like force that sucked everything that was not heavy towards it. And by everything that was not heavy, I mean the orange gem, who struggled to even keep her footing. I shrugged her off and took off, leaving behind the rust bucket for good (I hope). The blast doors closed behind me and I was on my merry way.

BACK ON THE SHIP:

A green gem sprinted to the escape pods hoping to find the prisoner, but the only thing that she 'found' was the orange gem. And she was NOT happy.

"I thought that you made it so that the ship that she chose wouldn't work!" The orange gem was angry, no, furious.

"I thought that I did! By my calculations, she would've chose ship A-15 because it was the closest." Her eyes trailed off to see a ship with the markings A-15 sitting in the corner. It was in perfect condition. "Oh crud"

"Ah whatever! Just blow up her pod. Yellow Diamond wanted her dead or alive, if she doesn't have a chance to become our enemy we're all good." She smirked at her own comment, happy that losing the prisoner didn't equal a failed mission.

"Okay, okay" The green gem punched in some commands on her hologram control pad. "Annnnd done, she should be space dust any second now. Let's get back to the task at hand."

BACK TO THE ESCAPE POD:

I was moving through the universe at speeds almost unheard of, Stars and planets zoomed by. I wished that I could admire their natural beauty, but I had some pursuers to get away from.

BOOM!

And I'm not doing a good job of it.

A large laser hit the backside of my pod and it destroyed both primary thrusters. My pod came to a screeching halt right in front of a large, blue planet. The planet's gravitational force pulled my ship towards the planet and since I had no way to stop it, this was probably the end of the line for me. But If I had to choose any of the few planets that I have visited to die on, it would have to be this one. From the atmosphere, I could see lush vegetation, bright lights, and this beautiful blue liquid that I don't know the name of. I call this going out in style.

ON EARTH:

"Look! A shooting star!" Steven was cheerful as always, and seeing what looked like a shooting star only helped his mood.

"What's so special about a burning meteor?" Amethyst was lying down beside Steven admiring the beauty of the shining stars as well.

"You don't know?!" Steven sounded very shocked "If you make a wish on a shooting star it will come true. Give it a try."

"Well…." Amethyst put her hand up to her chin and looked up to think "I want a lifetime supply of Fryman French Fries!"

"Good one" Steven praised Amethyst for her…. Unique choice of wish "I wish that there was another gem here with us. I know that I have you guys, but another gem could mix things up a bit, you know?"

"I feel ya" Amethyst said as she laid back and rested her head on the cool sand.

Garnet ran out of the beach house and sprinted towards the 2.

"Hey G, ready to chill?" Amethyst took a sip out of an orange juice box that she had.

"AMETHYST, STEVEN, GET OUT OF THERE NOW! THAT IS NOT A SHOOTING STAR!" She was very serious, and since she was the leader of the Crystal Gems, Steven and Amethyst obeyed this order, albeit reluctantly.

"What's wrong Garnet? I don't see anythi-AAAH!" Steven looked up to see that this "Shooting Star" was actually a crash-landing ship. And it was headed right towards them.

Garnet grabbed the both of them, leapt on the roof of the beach house and watched as the ship crashed into the beach. Almost immediately afterwards, Garnet jumped down to the crashed pod and dropped Steven and Amethyst. The three of them carefully poked and prodded at the ship until Steven hit a button that opened the door to the cockpit. The cockpit was, for the most part, empty. But there was a large diamond in the pilot's seat.

"Steven! Stand back!" Garnet summoned her gauntlets and was prepared to smash the gem into a million pieces.

"Wait!" Steven yelled out of fear for this unknown gem's life. "Why are you doing this? We don't even know if she's bad or not!"

"I hoped that I would not be the one that had to tell this to you, but listen up." Steven sat down in front of Garnet, ready to hear more information about the gems.

"The diamonds are the ruling overlords of home world and its colonies. They are like…. Mayor Dewey is to Beach city. But their words and orders are final." Steven seemed REALLY into this, so she continued "That was one of the reasons why your mother chose to rebel, and the Crystal Gems were born"

"Awesome" the new information astonished Steven "But if this was really one of the diamonds that you were talking about, wouldn't she have come with an army, not by herself?"

"Hmmm." Garnet thought about this for a second, contemplating all of the potential good futures and the potential bad ones as well. "…Fine. But you will be in charge of keeping up with the gem until she regenerates." She smirked at Steven, knowing that he'll love the idea.

"Thanks Garnet, this means so much to me!" Steven ran into the beach house and laid the diamond on the floor before contemplating what to do to "Welcome" his new guest. He wrote a welcome letter for her and moved the gem to a chair that he moved to the front of his bed. He hoped that she would emerge that night, but she wouldn't do that until

1 WEEK LATER:

I emerged from my gem a full 7-day night cycles later. Apparently, air bags are extremely powerful things. I looked around to get a sense of where I was now. I was in some type of dwelling, and there was some sort of message left for me. I picked it up and began to read.

Dear Unknown Gem, I would like to welcome you to the planet earth. I, the person who might be sleeping on the bed directly in front of you, am called Steven.

I looked to this "bed" and saw a small boy resting softly on it. I continued reading out of curiosity.

I am a member of a group of warriors called the Crystal Gems. We defend earth from all kinds of gem related threats. Our leader is Garnet, a cool and composed gem fusion that always keeps us together. We also have 2 other gems: Amethyst, a chill, fun loving goofball who loves eating everything, including garbage. And Pearl, who is the opposite of Amethyst. She is tall and lanky, loves order and cleanliness, and wields a mean spear. I hope that you can have fun here. Sincerely, Steven. P.S. If you need anything, give me a shout.

I looked at the letter intently for a long while, until the darkness began to turn into light. I looked at this "Steven" kid again on the bed. I expected to see him still resting on the bed but I saw 2 round orbs staring at me….

"AAAAAAH!" I fell out of the chair due to me being freaked out. A small boy walked up to me and offered me a hand.

"Hi. My name's Steven, you probably read the letter that I had left for you." I looked at the letter that he wrote. "What's your name?"

I tried to think or my name, but I couldn't. "I don't think I have a name" I said as I took his hand and got back up on my feet. I was taller than him, but not by much. His head went up to my shoulders.

"Oh, come on, everyone has a name, since your gem is a diamond-" Hearing him say the word Diamond brought back years of running and torture. Numerous flashbacks of pain and suffering filled my mind and consumed my soul from within.

"NO!" I was sweating now and my breaths were labored "I…. please don't use that word for a while" I must have tripped some sort of alarm, because a large double door at the other end of the dwelling opened and 3 people emerged from the door. 3 GEMS emerged from the door.

"Steven! Get away from her!" The large, red gem summoned large gauntlets as the 2 gems standing beside her, a pearl, and an amethyst, summoned a spear and a whip respectively.

"I can't be here." I said as I jumped off the higher platform and ran out of the door with the 3 gems got on my tail. I can't trust other gems anymore, not after all the pain that they put me through.

"Hey! WAIT!" Steven called for me, but I didn't look back. No way I was going to allow those gems to come near me.

I was running at full speed on this soft ground. And even though I was gaining ground I could've gained even more if I could get any real traction on this weird surface. Suddenly, all my momentum went away when I was wrapped up by a whip.

"I got her!" One of the three said as I was pulled backwards towards them. I spun around, grabbed the whip, and yanked back with all my force. The wielder of the whip, who was the Amethyst, fell forward and landed on her face. The Pearl lunged at me next with spear in tow. She thrusted her weapon repeatedly, but I dodged all her attacks with my superior speed. She backed up to regain her composure before charging at me. She leapt at me and swung her spear, but I juked to the left before giving her a swift punch to the gut. I spent 1 moment too many looking at her groaning form on the ground and that was all the red gem needed to blind side me with a punch that flattened me. I was knocked out.