Chapter 1, Warm
Steven sat down next to peridot and Lapis after a once-a-week,'beach summer fun-day'.
It was a silent and calming evening, the Smell of freshness making the entire scene almost whisper a welcome to the trio.
The wind rustled lapis' hair. She was glad to be here with her two best buds. With a sad realization, she noticed the darkening sky and begrudgingly said," Well, this was fun, but steven, you should really be getting home. You look tired."
"I look amazing..." Steven said with a smug look on his face; clearly trying to look as awake as possible.
Lapis snickered," Yes Steven, you look great, but you should really go back. I would never hear the end of it from Pearl if you stay out here late!"
"I guess..."
"Aww, It's ok Steven, " said the familiar green gem.
Steven sure was upset that he had to leave his barn mates, but he knew that he would see them again soon! After all, there was always tomorrow. Right?
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(Scene change, at the temple)
"Peeeeeeaaaarrrlll, come ooooooooonnnnnnn. Stop being such a worry worm." Amethyst shape -shifted into a amethyst sized earthworm.
It was five past seven and Steven wasn't home yet. Pearl was getting extremely anxious.
"THIS IS NO TIME FOR MESSING AROUND AMETHYST! THIS IS SERIOUS! STEVEN COULD BE SERIOUSLY HURT OR WOR-" Garnet hushed Pearl.
"Look." The stoic gem pointed outside the window, to Steven walking up the stairs to the house.
Pearl sighed with relief.
"Hey Ste-man!" Amethyst shouted. "How'd it go?"
"Great! I can't wait to go back! My barn buds are the best!" Steven liked to call Peridot and Lapis his,'barn buds', because they live in a barn, obviously.
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Steven got ready to sleep. He put on his PJ's and went to bed.
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"It's got to be here somewhere!" Garnet shouted, lifting up a boulder. The crystal gems were at the prime kindergarten, the place that the artifact should be.
The crystal gems might as well have been at the temple the whole time, because they had found nothing out after so many hours of searching.
Suddenly Pearl gasped. She couldn't believe what she just saw.
Maybe the trip here wasn't such a waste after all...
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Steven awoke peacefully. He looked over to his alarm clock. It was 10:34 AM.
He wondered what he would do today. The gems? No. They probably have some important gem mission. Connie? No. School. Steven sighed. Since he had nothing better to do, he decided to think, and reflect on life. That didn't last long.
Ring! Ring! Ring!
I wonder who that could be!
Beep! "Hello?" It was a video chat. "Steven!" The familiar voice of none other than Peridot was heard.
"Hey Peridot! What's up?"
"STEVEN!"
"Yes ?"
"SURPRISE. BARN. NOW."
Steven was happy that he finally had something to do. And he immediately jumped at the opportunity
"Ok dot. I'll be there before you know it!
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"Steven!" The excited voice came from inside the barn.
It was Lapis. She came flying down to Steven with a cheerful expression on her face.
"Hi Lapis! Peridot called me and said that there was a surprise you guys wanted to show me? "
"Yes ! Close your eyes!"
Steven covered his eyes.
Lapis guided Steven to the barn entrance. Then Lapis stopped. "I'll leave you two alone." Lapis snickered.
Steven opened his eyes. What he saw amazed him. Peridot was wearing a very dark green blush on her cheeks and a stressed out look in her eyes. Around them was a scene that kinda reminded him of a ballroom, albeit very rustic. Peridot may have not understood the concept of a ballroom yet.
"Peridot-"
She interrupted Steven. "Steven. I've wanted to do this for a long time now. And the concept of doing this is... Well... I-intruiging, a-and, um.. scary... But please! Hear me out!" Peridot gulped. "I only want to try this. And with you. A-And just you. Steven ." Peridot took a deep breath. " Steven... Will y-you, Fuse with me?
Steven was thoroughly surprised.
The two words 'Peridot', and 'fusion', aren't usually heard together.
"So, what'll it...be?" Peridot said nervously.
Steven snapped back into reality.
Do it. Yes . Please! No..
Stevens thoughts whirled around him. But the one that stood out the most was...
"Yes ."
"Shall we?" Steven took Peridot's outstretched hand. Peridot was very surprised at his awnser. She truly wasn't expecting any positive awnser from him.
"Yes."
Peridot then pressed a button from behind her. Starting to play a calm rock song.
And then they started dancing.
Peridot's movements were fluid. She must have planned this for quite a while. Classic Peridot.
They had been dancing for about five minutes when Peridot stopped. She had stars in her eyes and a huge blush on her face. She wanted to say so much but all she managed to spit out was,
"Thank you.."
Steven was about to say 'no problem', before a blinding light surrounded the duo.
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It was a crushed recorder. Peridot's recorder. And it was stuck on these lines...
"..Steven...Mus...contact..." It broke up before returning to a later log.
"Log date. 9 31 6... Status... Well, earthbound. Homesick. If that's the word...I.. am uncertain on what comes next. Hah. What am I kidding, something will happen to this planet eventually... And even though staying with the crystal gems has been, well, nice, No. No. They did this to me. Steven did this to me... If he had just let me die out here, then I wouldn't have to suffer like I am now.." She broke Ito a sob" you know what? I'll go back. I'll shatter them all. I hate them. Pearl. Garnet. Amethyst. Steven. They mean nothing to me. The jig is up. I want to rip their gems out of their bodies. Homeworld will make good use of the shards. Zzzzzzzzzzztttttttttttttttttttt bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz" the rest was static.
Peridot. Out.