Chapter 1; Not Again!
"Remember, Balance is the key!" Pearl reminds Steven and Connie as they train in the ruins ruins. As Connie sword hits Steven shield, He summons his bubble and she goes flying. He throws two shields but Connie breaks one and dodges the other one. It bounces back and hits her in the head. She falls down and Steven dashes to her aid. "Connie, are you alright?" Steven askes her worriedly. "Yeah…" She says face down. "BUT YOU WON'T." She says in a dark tone. She rolls and takes Steven by surprise. He quickly forms his bubble. He starts to panic and Pearl Instructs. "Connie, he's confused and is panicking. Take the opportunity to ATTACK." Connie nods and starts to hit the bubble. He forms his shield and runs out. He shield forms spikes and Connie starts to run away. They both start laughing as Steven chases her and Pearl gets mad. "YOU guys need to take this seriously!" She says as she stomps. "Fuse and form Steevonie and fight me." They nod and fuse into Steevonie. Right when they fuse, they seize the moment to attack. Steevonie down cuts but Pearl is ready. She blocks with her sword. Steevonie falls, and Pearl slashes. She rolls and throws a shield at Pearl. Steevonie smiles and the shield comes back. It hits Pearl in the head and she falls to the ground. "You can't trick me!" says Steevonie and she throws a shield behind her. It hits the pillar and comes back. Steevonie jumps onto the disk and she crouches down. Right as she was going to jump. Pearl rolls, kicks the disk from under, and Steevonie goes flying. She hits a pillar and falls down. She gets up, about to attack again when all of a sudden, a rumbling noise erupts Pearl looks bewildered. "Sorry, that was my stomach." Steevonie says as she smiles and rubs her belly. A louder roaring sound commences and Steevonie unfuses in shock. "Was it you two again?" Pearl asks the pair. They both look at each other, and shake their heads. "Hmmm..." Pearl thinks while rubbing the tip of her trident. All of a sudden, an object too fast for the eye to see erupts from the cloud. "RUN TO THE PAD" Pearl says, but then she realizes they won't make it. "GO OVER THE EDGE!" She says as she pushes them off the edge. Their screams are lost in the wind as the plummet to the watery deep death that lies before them. Steven quickly forms a shield and they crash into the water without a scratch.
Pearl jumps off the ruins as the object crashes into it. Debris and the object are falling down just behind Pearl. She crashes into the sea and the debris and the ship quickly follows. The crash creates a wave the size of a Ferris wheel at fun land. The pair scream as it crashes the bubble and submerges them underwater. Steven release the bubble and they swim to the surface of the sea. Steven forms a shield and the two of them sit on top of it. The two puts their heads in the water, looking for Pearl. Pearl pops out the water and screams "Steven, CONNIE!" "Pearl" They say in union. She swims to them, then all of a sudden, a piece of the ruins falls but Pearl doesn't see it coming. Steven notices it and screams "Pearl watch out!" She looks up right before it hits her. She was only able to block herself before the impact. The piece and her sink into the water deep. Steven is unable to form his bubble in time, so the two is overwhelmed by the great seas power. The currents pull them underwater and away from each other. The both of them try to swim to the top, but the oceans currents won't let them. They look at each other and know they can't do it alone. They swim to each other and meet at the middle. They hug each other and Steevonie appears. She swims upward, even though the currents are trying to overpower her. She manages to reach the top and takes in lots of air. She managed to hold on to the sword, despite the strong currents. "Pearl." She says as she looks around her." Pearl!?" She screams and she unfuses. The two holds on to the shield and waves start to get higher. "What was that...?" Connie asks Steven. "I don't know…. But we have to find Pearl" She nods her head in agreement. They grab each other's hand and sink into the ocean. Steevonie appears and they swim down. She looks under every rock looking for Pearl, until they find a very huge one. Under it, it's Pearl struggling to keep the rock from crushing her. "PEARL!" Steevonie says as she unfuses and they hug Pearl. "Oh no..." Connie says and Pearl points at her gem. "It must have crack…but your healing powers should fix it" Pearl says. "Hmp." Steven says and he licks his hand. He puts it on her gem but nothing happened. "No no no" Steven says as he tries many more times. "It's not working…" Pearl says as she realizes she may not exist anymore. The cracks get bigger and bigger. "We need to get to mom's garden" He says and he reaches for her arm. *SLASH*. Pearl looks straight at Connie and poofs. Steven looks at Connie to see her huffing and puffing. "WHY DID YOU DO THAT?" He screams as he bubbles Pearl. "I thought if I proofed her and you bubbled her, that the cracks would stop..." She says quietly. They look at the cracks and it seem to have stopped. "C'mon, let's get to the pad" He says as they fuse. Steevonie Yoshi jumps to the pad. They split and go to the temple.
"GARNET AMETHYST" They yell and the both of them come running. "What happened!?" Amethyst asks and they took turns explaining it. They warp to the fountain and they go beside it. They put Pearls gem in the fountain. Pearls gem floats in the air and her cracks disappear. It starts to glow and she comes out and lands gracefully. She runs up to Connie and stares her into the eyes. She puts her finger up and opens her mouth to speak; "Thank you." She says and she hugs Connie. Connie hugs back and everyone smiles. The walk back to the pad and arrive into the temple where they see Lapis and Peridot sitting on the couch. "You guys need to come and check this out." Lapis says nonchalantly. They all walk outside and Lapis mirrors the object in the sea on the sand. They see a green ship in the ocean approaching at fast speeds. "Do you think it was the thing that crashed in the ruins?" Steven asked Pearl. "Possibly, but we are not sure." Peridot clears her throat and says "I calculated its arrival. It's expected to arrive in 2:32 seconds and counting." *says in French narrator voice: 2:02 later.
The gems have prepared the light cannons, and put Steven, Connie, Lion, Greg, and Peridot inside the house. "Do you think they will be able to stop her?" Connie asked. "The Gems are really strong. They can take her on." Steven replied. "Well, I hope they don't get hurt..." Said Greg. "Don't worry, its 4:1. The chances of the gem actually winning is pretty low. Plus, with my metal powers, I can help assist from a faraway distance." Peridot stated. Instead of the usually lazy Lion, he was standing up alert, like he could feel the energy of the gem. Steven noticed it and he started to worry.
Back outside, the gems have their own problems...
"What do you mean your future vison isn't working!?" Pearl asked in her worried voice. "I think she is evading it somehow. I can't see into the future at all. I can't even see if Steven is going to run outside. It's dark." She explained. "It's almost here" Lapis warned. The gems summoned their weapons and go into a fighting pose. The ship starts to ascend and Garnet instructs Steven to start the light cannons. Steven says "If every pork chop was perfect, we wouldn't have hotdogs" into the walkie talkie and they all fire. It hits the ship, but has no effect. Lapis raises a sheet of ice, but the ship breaks it as if it were paper. As it comes closer, the gems prepare for the impact. It hits the water and it glides over it like a graceful swan. It slides onto the shore and sand goes everywhere and no one can see. It stop and smokes comes out of the ship. "We can't see anything..." Peridot says. "We have to help them!" Stevens says as he runs out ignoring the calls from the rest. The rest follow him outside. Steven runs aimlessly has he hears a hatch open. He runs until her hits an object. "Steven?" Garnet askes and Steven replied "Yes". "Go inside its too dangerous." Garnet screams over the wind. "This is my world to. I want to protect it...Mom would have wanted it this way..." He says. Garnet says "Stay behind me." The wind starts to cease, and ever thing else starts to cease. The mysterious gem is facing the crystal gems. It is wearing a dark cloak, so that you can't see anything beside her green color skin. "Who are you!?" Garnet says. "I'm just here to capture a few rebel gems. The crystal gems." She replies in an ominous deep voice. "Well, we are here to be captured bub!" Amethyst says as she cracks her whip. "Get off the planet, or we will be forced to attack!" Garnet says firmly. "Do you think you can face a powerful force like me? Well let's see how you fare against me! Emerald!" She says as she throws the cloak. Every one gasps in surprise. "YOU'RE A BOY!" Steven screams as the gem grins maniacally.