Note: This chapter is short but it was just to get the story going. I hope you enjoyed this chapter! :)
Steven always looked up to the Crystal Gems, he wanted to be just like them being able to save planet Earth. Everyday Steven would watch closely to see how they fight corrupted gems, he slipped up a few times but Garnets future vision was a huge help for his safety. He knew one day he would live up to his mother, Rose Quartz. The wonderful graceful Rose Quartz the gems looked up to, she was their leader. It wasn't going to be easy living up to her, she saved Earth, let the Crystal Gems be whatever they wanted, who they wanted to be, and he was one day sure he would live up to her. It wasn't going to be exactly her but as close as he could. Steven would secretly go and train his gem powers while the gems went on missions that were "too dangerous" for him. He knew they were just protecting him and making sure he is okay, after all these are corrupted gems were talking about. Deep down Steven was determined to give them back their leader or at least someone close to her and he was the one with her gem, the Rose Quartz Gem.
"Steven." The gems called out in Steven's room.
"Yes?" Questioned Steven already knowing they were going on a mission.
"We going on another dangerous mission." Replied Pearl.
"Aw another mission without me?" Steven tried to act sad because he had plans to train.
"Sorry Steven." Garnet gave a little frown while heading towards the warp pad.
"Cheer up little man, when we are done the mission we can go out for donuts!"Amethyst tried to cheer up Steven.
"That sounds great!" Giggled Steven.
"You know it!" Laughed Amethyst while walking over to warp pad with Pearl and Garnet.
"We'll be back soon Steven." Garnet gave a quick smile.
"There is food in the fridge if you get hungry." Added Pearl before the warp pad activated causing the gems to disappear.
"Great now the gems are gone so I can train some more!" Steven gets excited walking to the warp pad. "The gems don't know I can summon my shield without a problem, my bubble, bubbling gems, hovering ,and surprisingly my healing spit works again!" Steven says out loud warping to the Ancient Sky Arena where Pearl trains Connie.
When Steven gets to arena he remember he forgot to bring a bubble gem to fight. Deep down he knew it was wrong to pop a bubble but he had no choice. Pearl always used Holo-Pearls while training Connie, but Pearl wasn't around to lend him the Holo-Pearls. If the Gems ever found out Steven was popping bubbles he would be in big trouble, being grounded from TV was hard enough for him.
"I better go get a bubbled gem to pop." Steven thinks about all the trouble he could get into if he was caught. Steven then warps to the Burning Room (Bubble room) and grabs a bubble not looking at what gem it was. He walks back to the warp pad and warps back to Ancient Sky Arena. "I wonder what corrupted gem this is" Steven questions to himself. The gem was the Gem Cave Creature ( from the episode "Arcade Mania"). Steven pops the bubble and the Gem Cave Creature forms, he realized what gem it was. Steven didn't know what a big mistake he just made by popping that bubble, he doesn't have the speed of Garnet who defeated the Gem Cave Monster the first time around.
"Oh it's you again, you want some of this." Steven giggles to himself nervously. The monster get ready to shoot out the drill parasites at Steven. They shoot out and Steven summons his shield like he trained himself to. He forgot how weak he gets after using his powers, it was something he was working on. The monster kept shooting out the drill parasites but at Stevens lost his shield disappeared and he fell flat on the ground trying to catch breath. Steven screeched with pain while getting impaled by a drill parasite. Tears ran down his face last seeing the Gem Cave Creature standing in front of him. He poofed leaving the Rose Quartz gem laying on the ground of the Ancient Sky Arena.
