Chapter 1:Incoming Threat
A/N:Disclaimer I do not own Steven Universe in any shape or form.I got this idea from a short dream I had one night. So even though the dream was short, I decided to expand upon it. Also to just let you guys and gals know this will most likely be the only story I post on Fan-Fiction. Now without further ado enjoy.
Steven was feeling pretty good about the recent events. Garnet and Pearl managed to make up with each other and, Peridot was missing a foot meaning she would be easier to catch. Steven still wondered where Lapis and Jasper were. It seemed almost impossible to find them, the ocean was big place. Then there's Homeworld, how are him and the Crystal Gems supposed to fight an entire army of ruthless gems? Steven didn't let his thoughts bother him for very long because Greg, Connie, Garnet, Amethyst and Pearl were enjoying the cool beach night with him near the temple.
Connie was sitting in front of Greg facing him with a mini grill between the two listening to him play a song with his guitar painted with a starry night on it. She was wearing light pink slip on shoes, appropriate jean shorts and, a white sleeveless top with a collar. Next to her was Rose's sword sticking out of the sand. Greg was sitting down leaned against Lion's side strumming the notes to "Let me Drive My Van into Your Heart" wearing his usual clothing and sunglasses. While Steven and The Crystal Gems were sitting near the ocean staring at the moon.
"The full moon looks lovely tonight" Garnet said with a smile sitting behind Steven.
"Yeah...I wonder what kind of cheese its made of" Amethyst said with a hungry look in her eyes sitting on Steven's left.
"Amethyst how many times must I tell you that the moon is not made of cheese, its just a rumor humans made up" Pearl exclaimed sitting on Steven's right.
"I know, but it would be cool if that rumor was true" Amethyst replied smiling.
"Hey Pearl, can you build another spaceship so we can go to the moon" Steven asked looking at the pale gem.
"Well I don't see why not" Pearl answered Steven.
"Its going to be a one way trip" Garnet said abruptly.
"What do you mean" Steven asked curiously.
"I mean you'll get to the moon but the spaceship will crash land and Pearl won't be able to fix it" Garnet replied.
"I'm glad you told me that or else Steven and me would be stuck on the moon" Pearl said.
"Eh, it's what I do" Garnet said jokingly.
The Gems and Steven laughed at Garnet's comment, until Steven saw something strange happening to the moon. It looked almost like an eclipse, but thanks to Connie Steven knew that eclipses only happen to the sun while the moon had a lunar eclipse, in which the moon would turn from it's usual pale white, to an eerie red.
"Um guys, I thought eclipses only happened to the sun" Steven said with worry.
The abnormal eclipse caught the attention of everyone even Lion. Greg stopped playing his guitar and took off his sunglasses to look at the odd sight. Connie was staring mouth agape as the left side of the moon took it's usual crescent shape. Lion staring up at the wonder started growling making Greg jump a little bit.
"W-what is that thing" Greg asked with wrinkles forming under his eyes from uneasiness.
"I-" Pearl paused trying to think of an explanation "don't know". Pearl then stood up trying to get a better view as the right side of the moon took on a crescent shape.
"Steven go get the telescope" Garnet demanded as she stood up along with Amethyst.
"You got it" Steven said before standing up and running towards the temple.
As soon as Steven was inside the beach house Garnet looked toward Greg. "Greg, you and Connie need to get out of here now" Garnet commanded.
"What, but this is exactly why I've been training with Pearl, to help you guys in situations like this" Connie explained with anxiety.
"I know Connie, but we don't know exactly what we're dealing with here" Garnet replied trying to compromise with Connie.
"I can help, besides Pearl said that I was almost on her level of sword fighting" Connie defended.
"What" Garnet said with surprise as she turned to face Pearl.
"I meant to tell you, but the whole Sardonyx event happened and you weren't talking to me so it just slipped my mind" Pearl said shyly while holding her hands together.
Garnet sighed and said "That's alright I understand". Garnet then turned her attention back to Connie "I'm sorry for what I said earlier Connie, you can help".
"Thank you Ma'm, it will be an honor to fight along side The Crystal Gems" Connie said saluting Garnet.
Garnet chuckled a bit "stand down Connie and, be ready for anything" Garnet said with a slight smile.
Steven then came running back down to the beach with the star designed telescope and held out the telescope to Garnet. "Here you go Garnet" Steven said with a smile. "Thank you Steven, now let's see whats up there. Even though the object passed the moon Garnet was able to see the outline by following the same path it did in front of the moon. Garnet raised the telescope to her right eye to observe the object. It was a ginormous purple orb that looked a lot like one of Peridot's robonoids. Marked on the front was Homeworld's symbol, a yellow triangle to the left, a blue triangle on the right and, a white triangle on top of both making up a huge three colored triangle. To Garnet's horror the sphere turned around slowly until Homeworld's symbol was facing directly a the temple.
Garnet gasped making everyone flinch in terror."W-what is it" Amethyst asked while pulling on her hair.
"Its Homeworld" Garnet calmly stated while putting down the telescope.
Pearl held her hands up to her mouth staring at Garnet blankly. Amethyst turned away hiding her eyes under her bangs. Garnet kept staring at the device in the sky coming closer trying to think of a plan. Greg was now standing next to a fully alert Lion who kept growling at the sphere. Steven and Connie were both staring up too, they could finally see Homeworld's symbol, which was only a speck of a dot.
"Ya know, that's a pretty big space ship, looks like an entire army could fit in there" Greg wasn't thinking when he said that sentence, so when he processed exactly what came out of his mouth everything just froze.
"No, no no no no no no no they wouldn't send an army just for us" Pearl said after uncovering her mouth.
"Hmmm, they might, I mean we did destroy their supposedly indestructible hand ship, defeat one of their top soldier's and have Lapis, Peridot and Jasper here on Earth which wouldn't be possible without an army" Steven listed off looking triumphant.
"Steven, you do realize that's a bad thing...right" Connie asked looking concerned.
"Oh sorry, it just feels good being right about something" Steven apologized scratching his head.
"Now you know how feels to be Pearl"Amethyst mumbled under her breath looking a the sand.
"What was that" Pearl asked a little annoyed.
"Nothing" Amethyst hissed still looking at the sand.
"Anyway, Greg go warn the town to evacuate" Garnet directed.
"After I talk with Steven and Connie" Greg said seriously.
"Of course" Garnet said.
Greg walked toward Steven and Connie and kneeled down to their eye level. "Alright you two, this might very well be the most dangerous thing that's going to happen in your lives" Greg pointed out sternly.
"We know dad, I promise we'll come back" Steven said bravely.
"Alright stoo-ball be careful" Greg said as he rubbed Steven's hair. "You be careful too Connie, your parents would kill me if anything happened to you" Greg said.
"Don't worry I'll be careful" Connie promised.
"Okay, I'll go warn the city, and remember be careful" Greg reminded them.
"Okay" Steven and Connie said in unison.
Greg stood up and grabbed both his guitar and mini-grill. After Greg put both of them in the back of his van he got in the drivers seat and closed the door. Greg stuck his head out the window to wave good-bye to everyone smiling. Everyone waved back to Greg knowing full well they might not see him again. Done with their good-byes Greg started driving to Beach City hitting little bumps in the sand on the way. Then without any sort of warning a bright purple beam shot down from Homeworld's spaceship between Greg's van and Beach City.
"Woah" Greg shouted doing a sharp U-turn back towards the temple.
"Dad" Steven yelled going to check on his father.
Greg stopped his van and stepped out clutching his heart."Are you okay" Steven asked running next to Greg.
"Yeah, I was just surprised" Greg huffed.
"Why did they keep Greg from leaving"Pearl asked summoning her spear.
"I don't know, maybe they thought it was one of us" Garnet replied summoning her gauntlets.
"Why are you summoning your weapons, we cant fight an entire army without fusion"Amethyst exclaimed looking at Garnet.
"Fusion wouldn't change anything against an army, besides we would just be a bigger target"Pearl explained taking a fighting stance.
"I guess you're right" Amethyst said as she summoned her whip.
Steven and Greg ran up to the Gems while Connie got Rose's sword out of the sand. "Steven since Greg can't leave I want you to call Mayor Dewey" Garnet said as she shifted her weight.
"Alright, time for some more political favors" Steven said as he pulled his smartphone and tapped the icon with Mayor Dewy's picture.
Mayor Dewey was sitting in his office filling out paperwork with his curtains closed and his desk lamp on, unbeknownst to the danger looming over Beach City. The heat from the desk lamp formed a thin layer of sweat on the Mayor's face as he worked.
RIIIIIIING RIIIIIIING RIII-
"Hello" Mayor Dewey answered a bit agitated."Mayor Dewey its me Steven" Steven said with panic in his voice.
"Universe, shouldn't a kid your age be in bed by now" Mayor Dewey asked massaging his left temple.
"Its only 8:24, but that's not important right now you need to-" EEEEEEEEEEEEEEE. Steven was cut off mid sentence by a high pitched screeching noise coming from the phone. "Ouch" Mayor Dewy took the phone away from his ear in pain. "What is that" Mayor Dewey asked himself holding the phone away from his ringing ear. The screeching got even louder to the point that Mayor Dewey had to cover both his ears letting the receiver hang off his desk. Eventually the phone's speaker burnt out leaving a thin wavy line of smoke. Mayor Dewey uncovered his still ringing ears and picked up the receiver. "Universe better have a good explanation for this when I see him tomorrow" Mayor Dewey said as he hung the phone up.
"Ow" Steven yelled in pain dropping his cell phone in the sand. "Whats wrong" Connie asked concerned now with Rose's scabbard strapped to her back and sword drawn.
"My phone is making a loud screaming noise" Steven replied rubbing his ringing ear.
The high pitched noise grew louder just as it did with Mayor Dewey's phone before the speakers gave out. "Homeworld must not want us to communicate with anybody" Pearl said watching the spacecraft come closer.
"Pearl, you're the nerdy one of the team, how many gems do you think are in there" Amethyst asked.
Pearl ignored Amethyst's insult and observed the spacecraft. The purple coloring on it sparkled in the moonlight giving an odd sense of beauty. It looked to be taller than a 200 story building (same goes for the width).
"F-from m-my estimation I-I'd say th-thousands" Pearl stammered with fear.
"Oh man, do you guys think we can win" Greg asked looking terrified.
"I don't know, my future visi-" Garnet stopped mid sentence looking at the spacecraft. "Is it...splitting apart" Steven asked. Three pieces of the spacecraft about the same size of a plug robonoids began to separate from it. They hovered in place for a while before two flew out into sea and the last one flying over and past Beach City.
"Oh no" Garnet started. Everyone turned to Garnet with dread. "They're going after Lapis, Peridot, and Jasper aren't they" Steven asked.
Garnet sighed "It seems so".
"Ugh, now we have to worry about those three" Amethyst groaned.
"They're not going to make a big difference compared to a whole army" Pearl stated holding her spear tighter.
"Oh, I know the perfect name for that thing" Steven exclaimed
"I have a feeling we won't like it" Amethyst said.
"Amethyst, this might be the last time Steven might get to name something" Garnet whispered to Amethyst.
"Um, I mean, of course we'll like the name Steven" Amethyst said trying to cover up her previous sentence.
"Alright, how does...The Death Crystal sound" Steven said smiling.
"Well it is here to kill us, and it looks like a crystal so, the name fits perfectly" Amethyst said giving a thumbs up with her free hand.
"Plus, it kinda reminds me of The Death Star from Star Wars" Greg added.
"Great so its settled then, Homeworld's spacecraft is called The Death Crystal" Steven chimed.
After all the conversation between the characters The Death Crystal shadow began to cover Beach City starting with the temple and lighthouse.
"Oh man guys, its almost here" Amethyst yelled nervously.
"Steven" Garnet said turning her head towards the boy. "It's most likely that a Diamond or more could be on The Death Crystal, so for the time being I want you to hide your gem powers because they might think you're Rose".
"Okay, I understand Garnet" Steven replied tucking in his shirt. Steven wondered what a Diamond Gem was, but he felt like it wasn't the time to ask questions.
The Death Crystal approached temple about 50 feet away before stopping. Everyone got ready for a fight except for Greg who got inside his van.
"What are you waiting for, we're right here" Amethyst shouted out to The Death Crystal.
As if on cue, a yellow glow began form in front of the Gems and Connie. In the middle was a silhouette about the same height as Garnet with its arms crossed. As the glow dimmed down more details of the figure could be seen. It had a pointed, upturned nose, plump lips and an unusually long neck. It's hair was a short bob with two spiked tips. It had black eyebrows, and black markings around both eyes, which were bright yellow with diamond shaped pupils. It wore a black and olive bodysuit similar to the ones worn by Jasper, Peridot, and Garnet, as well as a yellow coat with very large shoulder pads and a cutout for it's gemstone. It also wore gloves of a slightly darker yellow and very dark olive yellow boots.
Amethyst, and Pearl's eyes widened with fear. Connie was still calm not knowing exactly who was in her presence.
Garnet gritted her teeth as if it pained her to utter the Gem's name "Yellow Diamond".
A/N:Hope you guys and gals enjoyed the first chapter. I feel as though this chapter was a little rushed with the appearance of Yellow Diamond and I'm sure some of you do too. So chapter 2 will be taking place before and during chapter 1 from another point of view, while chapter 3 will be taking place after both. Also, there will be a huge plot twist in the story that will change the way you look at Steven Universe. See you next chapter.