Summary: Ronaldo always know that he was destined for greatness, but when that greatest is helping to lead an army against all Gem kind. Ronaldo has to choose with sticking to his humanity or betraying the one person who believed in him.
I do onto own Steven Universe.
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"Done!" Ronaldo said, he had just finished updating his blog on the latest in beach city.
Who was he kidding?
He know full well that nobody watched his blog's except for Steven, even when he had actual proof of the weirdness that goes on in Beach City, through video footage. You would think the government would have at least sent somebody to check up this city by now.
But nobody cares.
Nobody took him seriously.
After being dumped by the only girl he would ever get, due to a restaurant war, he pretty much had nothing to do in his life.
He was the crazy theory guy and that was all he was.
We'll, it was still a lot better than being another fry boy at his family fry shop.
Sometimes he wondered what the point was?
He would never be taken seriously.
He felt like the whole town was laughing behind him back whenever he walked the street's.
He just wanted to be special.
Was that too much to ask?
Gas began to fill into his room.
Eh?
Was the world tipping?
Ronaldo suddenly felt light headed and his eyes began to blur.
When he blocked out, black figures with long neck's rushing into the room and grabbed his unconscious body before dragging him away.
Time seemed to be stopped still and only those figures could move through it freely.
When Ronald came to, he found himself unable to move and hovering in mid-air.
"The human is awake?" Said, a voice with a hiss.
"At last, we meet him face to face." Said, another voice with a hiss.
Ronald was suddenly very much aware of the countless pair of yellow eyes, staring down at him.
There were three pairs that really stood out to him, because of their size and each pair of eyes was a different colour.
The one in the middle was purple.
The one on the left was blue.
And the one on the right was pink.
An ordinary person would be absolutely terrified by the situation they were in but he smiled.
He had been kidnapped!
"I can't wait to post this on my blog!" He said, "So I am worth of kidnapping, after all! I can't wait to tell Steven!"
Damn he wished he had his camera with him.
"Ronaldo Fryman. I think it's time we introduce ourselves to you" Said, the eyes in front of him. "We are Xowandsdhjsf. But in Earth language we are called Snake people"
Snake people?
Ronaldo eyes were wide before they started sparkled.
Snake people!
They existed!
"I KNOW IT!" Ronaldo yelled, before saying "All those people who doubted me, can go and suck it! I was right all along!" Then he said. "Wait. I have so many questions for you all! When did you start controlling Earth? Have you ever interacted with a Crystal Gem?"
However, he had no idea the reaction he would get in the room.
"C-CRYSTAL GEM!? WHERE!" One voice shrieking, Ronaldo was shocked when saw the clear fear from panicaked voice.
They all acted like the Crystal Gems would come and attack them at any minute.
The large snake people had to comfort the little one's who was reeling from trauma.
"For future reference. Let's just called the Gem's, 'Them', Ronaldo." The voice beside him said, confusing him. "We have been watching you for a long time, Ronaldo. Life hasn't been fair to you has it? You are one of the few who refused to stay ordinary and yet, despite those around you, you keep going. Admirable but we have seen through the mask you put on every day, we know your cracking. The thought about ending it all has crossed you mind more than once, hasn't it?"
Making Ronaldo shocked.
He was speechless.
"W-What are you talking about?" He said, laughing while sweat dropped from his forehead.
"We Snake people can read people's minds so we know, all too well, the persona you portray." The voice said, "Nobody in that town or even your own family knows how your breaking on the inside. Do they?"
The voice on his left then said. "Your own best friend abandoned you and betrayed you because he cared about his looks more than your friendship. Now, years later, he acts like you were never friends in the first place. He call's you a weirdo, a freak. Now he's in space and on the adventure of a life time, that you would have at least wanted to be kept updated on. But this is not happening. There is not even an apology. Even after all these years, it's still hurts you and you act like you have standards when you really don't. Why else would you consider a 14-year-old boy as your true friend?"
The voice was sharp because it was full of truth.
No matter how much, he put up a front and told himself it didn't hurt, it still hurt.
His first ever friend was willing to become a complete ass, that only cared about his look's, rather than the person who was friends with him just for who he is.
Well, Lars decision backfire on him because he was so unpleasant and not even the people he wanted to hang out with, avoided him.
It didn't get better until a 14-year-old boy actually step in, years later.
And what really drove the hurt home was finding out Lars was in space, on an adventure he would have left his family for in a heartbeat, but Lars did not even ask about him, no matter how much Steven tried to insist he did.
"Then there is your friend Steven Universe" Said, the voice to his right.
"What about Steven!?" Ronaldo said, "He is the purest guy I know."
"That is true." The voice in the middle finished. "However, even you should have noticed that Steven Universe is no longer that boy you first made friends with. His maturing and the experience's, he chose to face by rushing after his mother, is what is going to make him leave you eventually as well. Eventually he won't have time for you or your theories. It's happening right now isn't it."
"Shut up!" Ronaldo said, his face was pale.
"We only speak the truth" Said, the voice from his left. "Your demons is what is holding you back from achieving your desired greatness. You may not have Steven Universe level of adventures every day but who in Beach city other then you has the mind to think outside the box's?'
He was stunned.
"You want my mind?" Ronaldo said.
"We want your potential" Said, the voice in front of him. "Unlike those around you, we see what you can be, but your environment crushes it. If you were to leave Beach City tomorrow, who other than Steven Universe would mind that you were gone?"
The question had left him stumped.
Yes, if he had left Beach City, who would actually want him to come back other than Steven Universe?
He was not delusional enough to not notice that the gems groaned every time they saw him.
"And it's not like you have anything else to do" Said, the voice on his left. "Wasn't it because of Steven that you were dumped by the only women, who in the whole city, loved your supernatural side? He like the rest did not believe you and didn't take into an account the possibility that you did actually have a girlfriend. There was no apology for ruining you love life. If anybody had even an ounce of respect for you, they would have changed the plan in case you were telling the truth. But instead of saying no you want along with it because you were starving to be included in something even if the people in the room don't want you there"
Making Ronaldo mind want blank.
"However, we want you" Said, the voice to his right. "We are willing to give you the status of a general amongst our kind."
"Wait. General!?" He said, "You're going to war!?"
He was willing to ignore the blows that managed to get through his mask.
But they wanted him to be a badass general!?
Who were they fighting!
"You pick up quick human." Said, the voice in front. "Our target is Homeward, the home of 'Them'."
And Ronaldo was shocked when a hovering screen appeared before him showing homeword that was run by people who looked like the Crystal Gem's, in fact there was even footage of the crystal gems!
"Wait. Why do the people in this clip, look like the Crystal Gem's?" Ronaldo said, getting whimpers and cries of fear from the little ones.
"It's because they are just as guilty for the crime against our people!" Said, all three large voices.
"What?" Ronaldo said, "But they are nice people!"
"They are the lesser evil. It doesn't make them nice." Said, the voice in the middle. "Before they arrived on this planet. They were just like every other Gem. They obeyed orders and were only loyal to the Diamonds. The same people who destroyed countless races including our own so that they can pollute it with their kind."
Then Ronaldo was stunned to be shown a beautiful image of a planet but then he was shown the footage that managed to be captured and retrieved, from one of the Dimond's squad.
He was stunned to see the chaos and pure fear that was on the screen from the people who lived there, he could feel their desperation and confusion as they were killed one by one or captured.
The once beautiful planet had turned into something cool looking but he could tell that the planet was dead, the inhabitancies were no more.
"Our species were lucky enough to escape with so many" Said, the voice in the middle. "But our friends, family and homes are gone. And It's not just us. The Diamond's are famous for finding a planet and polluting it to create more soldiers. They don't care if it's right or wrong or who could be on that planet. To them the galaxy is their playground and we should all bend over and die because they say so"
"But what about the Crystal Gems?" Ronaldo said, "Steven told me that the Crystal Gems were trying to protect Earth"
"However, did he ever tell you who is mother actually is?" Said, the voice to the left, stunning him. "Steven only just found out recently. The person who turned on her own kind and gathered a group to protect the Earth was none other than a Diamond. Pink Dimond"
Then Ronaldo saw the image of clip of Perl and Steven Mother and saw how she transformed into Pink Dimond.
All that destruction was because of Steven's mother.
"The rebellion was nothing more than a ruse" Said, the voice. "It was made by a diamonde who did not want to be a diamond. She wanted something fun to do and forced her Perl to play along. And her chess pieces were 'them', the ones who weren't perfect and she used her charm to get them on her side. They were fight each other for a Diamonds amusement. The reason why she became a part of Steven was that she couldn't face the consciences of her actions."
"THAT'S NOT TRUE!" Ronaldo said, "Steven mother protected this Earth. And the Crystal Gems are good"
"Then what makes Earth special?" Said, the voice in the middle.
Making Ronaldo was once again stunned.
"Is it the environment?" Said, the voice in the middle. "There are hundreds that they have destroyed who looked just like Earth and yet nobody rose up for the planet. Is it the people? There are worlds who have people, who are exactly the same and who believe killing is wrong and yet, they never listened. Countless people lives were destroyed for even trying to reason with them. And then suddenly they get to Earth wanting to suck it dry just like every other planet, but then suddenly grow a heart? They suddenly decide that it deserves to live while they gave everybody else the death sentence?"
And Ronaldo could not say anything.
"There are races other than us, here. We have each lost so much to that races and the fact that a few of them suddenly think they have even the right to protect a single planet, is insulting" Said, the voice, and the little ones gave hisses in agreement. "Steven Universe shears the sins of his mother willingly, but yet in all the times we have watching him. He never talked about having 'them' stop attacking anywhere that wasn't planet Earth. He wants to take on his mother's sin's and save 'them'. But he never once thought about how the rest of the galaxy wants 'them' to destroy themselves from inside out. In the eyes of the Galaxy he isn't a Hero but a Traitor. Can you take our hate? Can he!?"
And Ronaldo could not speak.
He didn't have the full story until now.
He never realised that the people he thought as cool and wanted to be like, had so much hatred directed towards them.
If Steven where to stand before all of these eyes and tell them that some of the gems were good and that they needed to be healed...
If he were to be in the audience, having lost his whole family and his planet to the gem's, and suddenly a person showed up wanting to help the very people who ruined his life...
Steven Universe did not just need to heal Gem's.
He needed to heal the very hatred the Galaxy had for the Gem's.
To know that Steven own life was a tool to somebody who was dead, was beyond insulting.
"The Gems ran us out of our galaxy and filled each one our world with so much blood" The voice said, "Earth may be saved but the galaxy is doomed. The Gems are never satisfied with what they have and will continue to grow. They will kill other Galaxy's until everybody but them and Earth are dead. And what about after Steven dies? What's to stop them from backing off on their word after his death? After all, Steven isn't immortal like them"
The voice was right.
Even if Steven got them to listen...they could easily wait until he kicks the bucket before attacking Earth and killing it.
There was no guarantee they would keep their world.
"That's why ever Gem needs to die. We are prepared to go to War however we need a General who can do what needs to be done as well" The voice on his right side. "We will give you training and teach you how to use our technology"
And Ronaldo couldn't believe he was considering it.
But he could tell by the hatred in the room, there was indeed a war coming that was much bigger than what the Crystal Gems could ever handle and when that time comes, he would definitely be in a hostage situation constantly because he was human with no special powers or ability.
And then he remembered his terrible life back on beach city.
Was he willing to abandon his Humanity to become something else?
Was his ambition bigger than his Humanity?
He would have to think long and hard.
And scene!
Next chapter (or not) Ronaldo is back home and tells everybody that he was kidnapped and the aliens who kidnapped him want him as their general. Unfortunately, nobody believes him not even Garnet and Steven, because the probability is so low that it's not even on her radar. Review/fav and follow!