This was an idea I once had for an AU, and I was so excited to start on it. The chapters would take a while to write because they were based off of actual episodes of Steven Universe.
Now, you've heard of Gem swap AU's (They're made for SU all the time.), but have you ever heard of a Connie and Steven swap AU? If you haven't, here it is. I don't even know if this kind of AU has been attempted before on fan fiction, but I'm willing to try this anyways. Here's AU differences for this chapter.
What if instead of Rose meeting Greg and Greg falling in love with Rose, it was Mr. Maheswaran who met and fell in love with Rose? What do you get? Connie, but as a half human, half Gem! Just like Steven, she can summon a shield. Connie still acts like she does in the show, and is as smart as she is in the show, except that in this AU, she doesn't have Social Anxiety Disorder (It's implied that she has it in the show, though not directly confirmed). Just like Steven, Connie believes in a relationship between Gems and humans, and Connie is the one who makes those relations. Also, since the Gems don't believe in such things as a "safe" mission, Mr. Maheswaran isn't all about safety like him and Dr. Maheswaran are in the show. Also, in this AU, Connie is allowed to eat food with trans fats and sweets, which she is not by her parents in the show, that's why she eats and adores Cookie Cats in this chapter. Also, in this AU, Connie doesn't need to wear glasses.
Enjoy!
Characters created by: Rebecca Sugar
Chapter 1: Gem Glow
Big Donut
"Oh no!" said a young girl's voice from inside the Big Donut, the local donut shop in the town of Beach City, "Is it true?!"
This young girl had dark skin and black hair running down her back. She was wearing a red shirt with a yellow star in the middle and blue jeans, with red sandals. The young girl ran over to an employee of the Big Donut, a young man named Lars.
"Lars, is this true?!" said the young girl.
Another employee at the counter, a young woman by the name of Sadie spoke.
"I'm sorry, Connie," said Sadie, "I guess they stopped making them."
"Stopped making them? Why in the world would they stop making Cookie Cats?" said Connie, "They're only the most scrumptious and delicious ice cream sandwich ever made."
Lars walked over to a nearby counter, carrying a box of food for stocking.
"Tough bits, nobody buys them anymore." said Lars, "I guess they couldn't compete with Lion Lickers."
"Ugh." said Connie, walking over to the Lion Lickers fridge, "Not Lion Lickers, I've never met anyone who likes them, they don't even look like Lions."
"Well, if you miss your wimpy ice cream so much, why don't you make some with your magic bellybutton?" said Lars.
Connie turned around to Lars's direction.
"That's not how it works, Lars." said Connie, "Right?"
Connie pulled up her shirt a little to reveal a pink gemstone where her bellybutton should be. Connie walked over to the empty Cookie Cat freezer.
"*sigh* Oh Cookie Cats, I'll never forget your sweet taste." said Connie.
Sadie noticed Connie looking at the empty freezer.
"Um, Connie." said Sadie, "Do you want to take the freezer with you? You can if you want."
"Well, okay I guess." said Connie.
Outside Of Crystal Gem Temple-Two Minutes Later
Connie was now walking up to the Crystal Gem Temple, with the Cookie Cat freezer strapped to her back. Connie walked up the steps up to the door of the house part of the temple.
"Hey guys, you won't believe this." said Connie.
Suddenly, a Gem Centipeetle monster ran up in front of Connie.
"Woah!" said Connie, frightened by the Centipeetle.
The Centipeetle pounced on top of Connie, with Connie blocking the creature with her hands. Suddenly, the Centipeetle was wrapped around by a whip. The user of the whip was what a girl roughly the same height as Connie, with white hair running down her back, wearing a purple shirt, with the right shoulder strap down a bit, revealing another black shoulder strap under it. The girl wore black pants with two stars on the knees, and wearing white shoes. The girl also had a purple gemstone on her chest. This girl is known as Amethyst.
"Sup Connie?" said Amethyst.
Amethyst then pulled the Centipeetle back with her whip. There was another woman on a pad. This woman was taller than Connie and Amethyst. This woman's hair was pulled back and meeting with a point. She had a long nose, and a white gemstone on her forehead. The woman wore a blue skirt with a yellow star in the middle, red pants, and ballet shoes. This woman is known as Pearl.
Pearl used a spear to launch back multiple Centipeetles. One Centipeetle was launched back and caught by another woman. This woman had dark skin, big black hair in the shape of a square, a visor over her eyes, a black shirt with a red star near the middle, a mix of red and black on her pants, red shoulder pads, and two red gauntlets on her hands. The woman also had two red gemstones on the palm of her two hands. This woman is known as Garnet.
Garnet grabbed the Centipeetle and struck its back with her knee. Garnet then threw that Centipeetle at another one. Garnet then punched and launched back more Centipeetles. One Centipeetle jumped onto Garnet's hair, to which Garnet grabbed and split in half. The Centipeetle, pulled into two halves, then poofed away.
These three women were the Crystal Gems, aliens from a planet far out in the cosmos. Their leader, Rose Quartz, then met a man by the name of Mr. Maheswaran. Mr. Maheswaran then fell in love with Rose. Soon in their relationship, Rose was pregnant, a thing that other Gems never have been before. This new child would be a half Gem, half human. But, in order for the child to be born, Rose had to give up her physical form. The child, Connie, would grow up with Mr. Maheswaran and the three remaining Crystal Gems, learning about human life and how to use her Gem powers, but so far, she hasn't unlocked her powers yet.
There were Centipeetles all around the house, some even crawling onto the ceiling.
"Woah, what are these things?" said Connie.
"Sorry Connie," said Pearl, who was picking up a Centipeetle, "we'll get these Centipeetles out of your room. We think they were trying to get into the temple."
The Centipeetle than spat out green acid onto the floor. The green acid proved corrosive, as it burned through the wooden floor, creating a large hole in the floor.
One Centipeetle was launched back onto a wall by Amethyst's whip. The Centipeetle then poofed away. Amethyst ran over to the where the Centipeetle poofed.
"Um, you guys," said Amethyst, picking her nose, "these things don't have gems."
"That means there must be a mother somewhere nearby." said Garnet.
A Centipeetle snuck up next to Garnet, to which Garnet punched.
"We should probably find it before anyone gets hurt." said Pearl.
"Ooh ooh, can I come?" said Connie, "Can I? Can I?"
"Connie, until you learn to control the powers in your gem, we'll take care of protecting humanity." said Pearl, who then snapped the Centipeetle's neck, "Ok?"
"Aw man." said Connie.
Connie then noticed a nearby Centipeetle looking into an open fridge.
"Hey! Get out of there!" said Connie, who ran over to the Centipeetle, "Go on. Shoo, shoo!"
The Centipeetle ran from Connie. Connie turned around to the fridge.
"Aw, they got into everything." said Connie, "Not cool!"
The Centipeetle was stopped by Garnet, who then punched the Centipeetle back, causing it to hit a wall and poof.
Connie then noticed in the fridge multiple wrappers of her own favorite ice cream treat, Cookie Cats. Connie had stars in her eyes.
"No way. It can't be! said Connie, grabbing a wrapped Cookie Cat, "Where did you get these?! I thought they stopped making them!"
Pearl walked over to the fridge and closed the door.
"Well, we heard that too, and since they're your favorite, we-"
Pearl was then interrupted by Amethyst.
"We went out and stole a bunch!"
Pearl grunted.
"I went back and paid for them." said Pearl.
"The whole thing was my idea." said Garnet, who was unsummoning her gauntlets.
"It was everyone's idea." said Amethyst.
"Not really." said Garnet.
"All that matters is that Connie is happy." said Pearl.
Connie then began to sing.
"Ooooooh! He's a frozen treat with an all new taste, 'cause he came to this planet from outer space. A refugee of an interstellar war, but now he's at your local grocery store! Cookie Cat! He's a pet for your tummy! Cookie Cat! He's super duper yummy! Cookie Cat! He left his family behind! Cookie Caaaat! Now available at Gurgins off Route 109!"
Amethyst and Pearl laughed, and Garnet clapped.
"I can't believe you did this! I'm gonna save these forever! Right after I eat this one." said Connie, unwrapping the Cookie Cat.
Connie bit down on the ear of the Cookie Cat.
"Mmm, so good! I like to eat the ears first." said Connie.
But what Connie didn't notice was that her gem was glowing a pink aura. The Gems looked to Connie's glowing gem in astonishment.
"Uh, Connie." said Amethyst.
Connie looked down at her glowing gem.
"Wha?" said Connie.
Connie pulled up her shirt a little to reveal her glowing gem.
"My gem!" said Connie.
"Quick! Try and summon your weapon!" said Amethyst.
"I don't know how!" said Connie.
The pink aura started to fade away. Connie became increasingly worried.
"Ah! It's fading! How do I make it come back?!" said Connie.
"Calm down, Connie. Breathe, don't force it." said Connie.
The glow then completely disappeared.
The Gems and Connie all sighed.
"Ugh, I was really close that time." said Connie, "Can one of you just explain how to summon a weapon?"
"Ooh, I'll go first!" said Pearl.
Pink Petaled Spring Tree-Ten Minutes Later
Connie and Pearl were under a Pink Petaled Spring Tree, with petals falling around them.
"Pay attention to these petals, Connie." said Pearl, "The petal's dance seems improvised, but it is being calculated in real time based on the physical properties of this planet. With hard work and dedication, you can master the magical properties of your gem, and perform your own dance!"
Pearl then put her hands around her gem. The gem started to glow a white aura. Pearl's spear then summoned from her forehead. Pearl grabbed her spear and spun it around. A nearby petal fell, and it fell onto the palm of Pearl's hand.
"Like so." said Pearl.
Connie then grabbed a few petals from the ground.
Outside Of The Big Donut-Five Minutes Later
Outside the Big Donut was Connie and Amethyst. Connie was eating a donut, and Connie threw some petals into the air.
"Did Pearl tell you the petal thing?" said Amethyst.
"Yeah, I need practice really hard so I can dance like a petal...I think…" said Connie.
"Listen, Connie. All that practice stuff is no fun." said Amethyst, who then bit down on her donut, "Whenever I need to summon my weapon, it just happens."
Amethyst put her hand on her gem, causing it to glow a purple aura. Amethyst then pulled her whips out of her gem and cut a nearby trash dump in half.
"See? Didn't try at all." said Amethyst.
Lars then ran out of the Big Donut with a trash bag.
"Ah! Again?!" said Lars.
Lighthouse Over The Temple-Five Minutes Later
Connie and Garnet were standing on top of the hill over the temple statue, with the lighthouse behind them.
"So I'm supposed to work really hard and not try at all at the same time?" said Connie.
"...Yes…" said Garnet, "...Or…"
The two gemstones on Garnet's hands glowed a red aura.
"You can link your mind with the energy of all existing matter, channeling the collective power of the universe through your gem!" said Garnet, "Which results in."
Garnet then started doing hand movements, to wear she summoned her gauntlets.
"At least that's my way of doing it." said Garnet.
Crystal Gem Temple-Thirty Minutes Later
"I think my best bet is to recreate what happened the last time my gem glowed." said Connie, "So, Garnet and Amethyst were here, Pearl was next to the fridge, Hmm...Amethyst, I think your arms were crossed?"
"Ok, Your Majesty…" said Amethyst, who crossed her arms.
"I don't think it works this way, Connie." said Pearl.
Connie then opened the fridge and took out a Cookie Cat wrapper.
"Then I took a bite of this Cookie Cat." said Connie, "Oh wait, I sang the song first. Uh, he's a frozen treat, all new taste, interstellar war, now available at Gurgins...Aw, it was funnier last time."
Connie lifted up her shirt a little.
"*sigh* Maybe I'm not a real Crystal Gem." said Connie.
"Don't be silly, Connie, of course you are." said Pearl.
"And you're fun to have around, even if your gem is useless." said Amethyst.
Pearl grunted.
"I mean, you're one of us, Connie, we're not the Crystal Gems without you." said Amethyst.
Garnet nodded.
"Yeah. Even if I don't have powers, I still got you guys." said Connie.
Connie then bit down on the Cookie Cat.
"So good." said Connie.
Suddenly, Connie's gem started glowing again. The glow became brighter and brighter until it was blinding. Once the blinding light faded, hovering right in front of Connie was a pink shield. The Gems looked to the shield in astonishment and gasped.
"Connie, it's a shield." said Pearl in astonishment.
Connie opened her eyes to see the shield hovering in front of her.
"Oh what?!" said Connie with stars in her eyes, "I get shield?! Ooooooh yeah!"
The shield was then launched and ricocheted through the house. The shield then hit the TV, breaking through it. Amethyst couldn't help but burst out in laughter. Connie looked back at her Cookie Cat.
"Huh? Cookie Cat! I guess I summon my weapon by eating ice cream!" said Connie in happiness.
Pearl picked up the Cookie Cat wrapper from the floor.
"What's in these things?" said Pearl.
Suddenly, a rumbling could be felt coming from outside. The Gems saw a shadow from the window of a Centipeetle, but much bigger than the others. The shield stuck to the TV then disappeared.
"What was that?" said Connie.
Connie and the Gems ran outside. Garnet looked up on the statue to find a more bigger Centipeetle with white hair like a lion's mane.
"It's the mother." said Garnet, who leaped up to the Mother Centipeetle.
"Stay in the house, Connie!" said Pearl.
"No wait, I'm coming too!" said Connie, who ran back into the house.
Connie opened up the fridge and grabbed multiple Cookie Cat wrappers, wire plugs, and the Cookie Cat freezer.
Garnet kicked the Mother Centipeetle in the face. The Mother Centipeetle charged at Garnet, to which Garnet leaped down to the sandy shore. Amethyst and Pearl leaped from the house to the shore next to Garnet.
The Centipeetle Mother got up and roared. The Centipeetle Mother then shot out green corrosive acid, to which the Gems leaped and dodged from. The Centipeetle Mother turned around to see the Gems hiding behind a stone hand from the temple statue. The Centipeetle Mother shot acid at the stone hand, slowly burning off the hand.
"We could really use Connie's shield right about now!" said Amethyst.
"Hey!" yelled Connie, throwing a rock at the Centipeetle Mother
The Centipeetle Mother turned around to see Connie carrying a Cookie Cat freezer.
"Leave them alone!" yelled Connie.
"Connie no!" said the three Gems at the same time.
"Cookie Cat crystal caramel powers ACTIVATE!" yelled Connie.
Connie bit down on the Cookie Cat and lifted up her shirt a little. Nothing was happening. Connie started getting very worried. The Centipeetle Mother was now right on top of Connie.
"Uh oh." said Connie.
Connie grabbed the Cookie Cat freezer and ran from the charging Mother Centipeetle.
"We need to save Connie!" said Pearl.
The tail of the Mother Centipeetle, which was actually more like another jaw, bit off a chunk of the stone hand.
"Can we save ourselves first?!" said Amethyst.
Connie now took out more Cookie Cats from their wrappers and ate them one by one. Still, nothing was happening.
"Why isn't it working?" said Connie.
The Mother Centipeetle then launched its acid, to which Connie jumped away from it.
Garnet rose up from behind what was left of the stone hand.
"Connie!" suddenly, the jaw of the Mother Centipeetle's hand was trying to bite on Garnet, to which Garnet pried them open.
Connie got up and saw the freezer broken and shorting out.
"Oh, oh no no no no no no…" said Connie.
Connie extended her finger and was shocked a little by the shorted out freezer.
"Cookie Cat, he's a pet for your tummy, Cookie Cat, he's super duper YUMMY!" yelled Connie.
Connie grabbed the wire plug of the freezer and spun it around.
"Cookie Cat, he left his family behind! Cookie Caaaaaat!"
Connie let go of the wire, causing the freezer to be launched up to the Mother Centipeetle. The Mother Centipeetle was electrocuted, sparks lying everywhere, the light from the electric bolts almost blinding.
"Now available...nowhere." said Connie.
"Yes!" said Amethyst.
"Gems, weapons!" said Garnet.
The Gems summoned their weapons. The Centipeetle Mother was still being electrocuted.
"Let's do it!" said Garnet.
Amethyst and Pearl nodded. The Gems charged at the Mother Centipeetle and attacked it right in its eyeball gem in its mouth, creating a giant ball of green flame. As the smoke cleared, the green gemstone of the Mother Centipeetle fell to the ground. Garnet then bubbled the gemstone and transported it back to the temple. Connie was laying on the ground.
"Well, looks like Cookie Cats are really gone for good now." said Connie.
"Well I guess your powers don't come from ice cream." said Amethyst.
"Of course they don't come from ice cream." said Pearl, "Don't worry Connie, I'm sure someday you'll figure out how to activate your gem."
"Yes, in your own Connie way." said Garnet, smiling.
"I'm okay guys, I just-" Connie's stomach began to growl, "Uh, I think I ate too many Cookie Cats."
The Gems laughed. Connie began to laugh a little too, but then puked.
