This is a story that has been eating me up for some time now and I've decided to write about it. This story bear some similarities to the actual show but with slight changes. I do hope you enjoy it though. By the way, this story does contain an original character.
Chapter 1
Gem Glow
Beach City, a city like no other, was just another town that the traveler Jet was stopping by. Jet was a mysterious being with light brown skin and jet black eyes. He stood at around 5 feet, 11 inches and he has an afro to boot. The fro was one of his many traits from his father that Jet was pride of. He was wearing a trench coat, black slacks and black tennis shoes. He was shirtless, so his abs was viewable to the naked eye. Jet was a seventeen-year-old high school dropout and traveling was one of his many passions.
Jet was drawn to Beach City because of the many rumors he heard about mysterious beings popping all over the place. This was Jet specialty because Jet was a Gem hunter. The reason Jet is a Gem Hunter is because Jet, himself is a half Gem, half human. His mother was a gem and his father, human. Jet also has his mother's gem stone and she had escaped the Gem War before it had a chance to started. Thousands of years later, she met Jet's father, Maxwell. Jet remember his father telling him that his mother was a figure of beauty with long jet black her and piercing red eyes. Jet also remembered his father telling him that his mother stood at 6 feet, 10 inches while he was 5 feet, 7 inches. His father told him that when he first approached his mother, she was afraid and quite hostile. Only after helping her get over her fearfulness (of Earth and where she was at the time) she begun to open to Maxwell.
Jet always smiled upon her that story but now days he only let a small smirk form on his face. He was currently making his way to a small building called the Big Donut and decided to make his way into the compound. As soon as he made his way inside, heard a kid cry out.
"Nooooooo!" the kid cried out. "This can't be happening! This has to be a dream!" The kid was wearing a pink shirt with an orange star in the middle. The kid was also wearing blue jeans and pink sandals to boot. He also is sporting curly hair. "Lars, please tell me I'm dreaming!" The kid went to hug a taller kid by the waist.
"Get off me, man! I'm stocking here!" Lars said, as he was carrying a box of donuts. Lars, the tall kid, is wearing a purple shirt with a donut in the center of it and a long sleeved, white sweater underneath it. He's also wearing dark blue pants and light blue shoes.
Jet raised an eyebrow at the situation that was happening and decided to ignore the whole ordeal. He made his way to the counter, were a short, but pretty girl was behind it.
"Hi, Welcome to the Big Donut! What can I get for you?" She greeted. Jet notice that she has blond hair and that she was wearing a shirt similar to Lars'.
"Do situations like this always happen?" Jet pointed at the kid, who was trying to get Lars attention. The girl chuckled a bit.
"Not often." She said, trying to ignore the situation herself. Jet was looking at the menu, trying to decided what he wanted.
"Two glazed donuts... umm... sorry, I didn't catch your name." Jet said, as the girl went to fetch him his donuts.
"It's Sadie," She said as she placed a bag on the counter. " That'll be 2 dollars." Jet reached in the back of his pants and grabbed his wallet. He handed her a 5-dollar bill. She grabbed it and give him his change.
"Thank you, Ms. Sadie" Jet said, as he grabbed his bag. Jet saw that there where tables in the establishment so he decided that he would eat in for once. His eyes shifted on the kid, there was something odd about him that Jet couldn't figure out. Jet could sense that there was hidden potential inside the kid but he couldn't figure out what that was. Sadie and the kid started talking and Jet heard something about 'Cookie Cat' that caught his attention.
"Sorry, Steven. I guess they stop making them" Sadie said, showing a small frown on her face.
"Why in the world would they stop making cookie cats?" Steven asked. "There only the most delicious ice cream sandwiches ever made!" Jet faced palm when he heard that.
'This kid is making a fuss... over ice cream sandwiches?' Jet thought, as he watched Steven talked on and on about the awesomeness that was cookie cat.
"Well," Lars started. " If you miss your wimpy ice cream so much... why don't you make some with your magic belly button?" Lars started to laugh at this. Jet was really paying attention to the conversation that was going on in front of him.
"That's not how it works Lars!" Steven shouted, as he lifted his shirt to reveal a gem. Jet cautiously reached behind his back, ready to strike if this kid proved to be a threat. Jet's gem is located on his upper back, between his shoulder blades. Speaking of blades, Jet's gem weapon is a blade, a magical katana that he proudly yields. He can summon two of them if the situation calls for it but he only ever needs one.
Steven let out a sigh and let he shirt fall back down. He started to walk over to where the cookie cat freezer was located and started to kiss the freezer. Jet (now with his guard lowered), Sadie, and Lars had their eyebrows raised at the gesture. Sadie was the first to speak.
"Um, Steven?" She started to ask. "Do you wanna take the freezer with you?" Steven nodded. Sadie help strap the freezer on to Steven's back and with it secured, Steven started to hum and make his way out of the shop.
"Doesn't take much to make him happy, huh?" Jet said, watching Steven make his way up a hill. Sadie smiled and notice that Jet was watching Steven the entire time.
"You're not from around here, are you?" Sadie asked. Jet stood up to throw his bag away. He had just finished his last donut. He started to make his way up to the counter, which made Sadie a little nervous.
"No, I'm not." He said, resting his back toward the counter. Sadie backed up a little. Jet noticed this and smiled a little. "Relax, Ms. Sadie. I'm not that kind of guy. I'm just a traveler, more of a loner really. My dad passed away a few months ago, and I guess I'm running to escape that reality. I'm following my mother's wishes as well..." Sadie started to get a little teary eyed as Jet was explaining his situation to her. Sad Stories always made her teary eyed. "Steven's a little special, isn't he? He reminds me of my younger self a little."
Jet walked out the shop and outside Jet felt a familiar presence. He turned the corner and Steven was there talking to a short woman with purple-like skin and plump lips. Jet noticed that she was wearing a purple tank top and black leggings. Her hair was also white and Jet knew that she was a gem, as her gem was shown a little on her chest. Jet decided to speak to them.
"Hey, um... Steven, was it?" Jet spoke, the two of them looking at him. "My name is Jet. I'm the guy who was in the donut shop earlier." Steven went to shake Jet's hand.
"Hi, Jet." Steven said. "This is Amethyst. We're the crystal gems. I'm sure you've heard of us." Jet raised an eyebrow at that statement. He eyed Amethyst who was busy munching on a donut.
"Crystal Gems, eh?" Jet said, eyes still on Amethyst. "Can't say I've heard of them. Are all of them as pretty as her?" He pointed at Amethyst. She apparently heard that and started to choke on her donut a little. She regained her composure rather quickly though. She was looking at Jet with a blush clearly intact.
Jet smirked at that then let out a sigh. He decided to reveal that he was a gem as well. He might as well, he felt as though he could trust them.
"So, you guys are gems?" Jet stated, as he took off his trench coat. Amethyst started to blush a little more at the sight she was seeing. Steven was staring in anticipation, wondering what was happening. Jet turned around and he heard the both of them gasp. Jet's black gemstone started to glow.
"He's a gem, too!" Steven shouted with excitement. Amethyst was shocked, she really didn't know how to respond at the moment. Jet turned around, grabbed his trench coat and put it back on.
"Let me tell you folks a little about myself," Jet started. Steven and Amethyst looked at Jet with anticipation. Amethyst was a little on the hesitate side because she was thinking that he was a home world gem. "My mother fled home world before the Gem Wars started and she meet my father thousands of years later. In short, I'm half human, half gem."
"Like me!" Steven shouted with excitement. "You're just like me!" Jet eyes widen in shock. He knew Steven was special but to be a half human, half gem, he was not expecting that. Amethyst was in shock after hearing Jet's explanation and she decided that she had to let the others know. She didn't think of Jet as a threat, she just figured that Garnet and Pearl would like to know that there's another half human, half gem other than Steven that's here.
"So," Jet started, his attention shifting to Amethyst. "What kind of weapon do you have? Can you show me what you can do?" Amethyst smiled and pulled a whip from her gem, she then proceeded to strike the dumpster in half with one clean swipe. Lars happened to walk by right after, a trash bag clearly in his hand.
"Ahh!" Lars shouted as he dropped the bag, "Again?" Jet raised an eyebrow at Steven and Amethyst, as they were clearly walking away from the incident.
Later on that day, Jet decided to take a walk on the beach. He decided that since he didn't see anything strange (besides Steven and Amethyst) he was going to leave Beach City that evening. He continued walking until he heard the sound of rumbling.
'What in the world?' Jet thought as he was trying to locate the source of the rumbling. His attention turned to a temple that nestled on a hill. He also noticed that Steven headed there earlier so that must've been Steven's place of residence.
Jet took off in the temple's direction. He was a little excited, as he might have the chance to get in on some action. He was in mere meters when he seen a lady who appears to have an afro, wearing an assortment of red, black and pink colored garments. She also appeared to be wearing sun glasses of some sort. He saw her jump on the roof and kicked a giant, centipede-looking monster. Jet was really excited now.
He was running up the steps when he had a lady in a light blue shirt and a pink leotard stop him. She had a gem on top of her forehead. Jet jumped over her before she could ask any questions. He really wanted to fight this monster. Before he could jump on the roof where that action was, he was once again stopped, this time by Amethyst.
"Jet?" She said, with a look of concern. "What are you doing here? I haven't introduced you to the others yet..." That's when the lady with the light blue shirt came over.
"Amethyst," She started. "You know this person? He's a human, he shouldn't be here right now. He could get hurt." Jet smirked at this and before he had a chance to respond, he suddenly seen the monster flying halfway across the beach. Jet huffed in annoyance and jumped down the stairs, he wasn't gonna miss out on this.
"Yeah," Amethyst said, looking at Jet make his way towards the monster. "He's a gem. He's more like Steven. He's half gem, half human as well. I haven't gotten the whole story from him but he doesn't seem like a bad guy. Speaking of Steven, where is the little guy?" Pearl had a look of shock on her face. She never thought she'd meet another being like Steven.
"He's safe inside the temple where he should be." The lady in the blue said, getting over her shock. Amethyst looked inside the temple but she didn't see Steven at all.
"Umm, Pearl?" She Started. "Steven's not in the temple."
"What?!" Pearl shouted, moving passed Amethyst to see for herself. Just as Amethyst stated Steven was not there. Pearl went back outside and signal for Amethyst to come with her. Once outside, Pearl decided that she would look for Steven later as she and Amethyst decided to help the lady with the colorful garments out.
Jet just made it as the monster was growling at the lady with the afro. She glanced at him, wondering who he was and what he was doing here. Pearl and Amethyst just made it as well.
"Pearl, Amethyst," The lady spoke, staring at the monster. "Who is this human? He's not suppose to be here!" Before either of them could utter a word, the monster shot a load of acid at them. All four of them jumped out of the way, just in time. Jet was smiling, this monster might provide some fun for him.
The four of them hid behind a giant stone hand. Jet thought he might as well introduce himself to the two ladies he never met. He decided to let them catch their breath before he decide to speak.
"My name is Jet," He spoke. "I'm a gem hunter. I'm also like Steven, half human, half gem." The look that the ladies (excluding Amethyst cause she already knows) were giving him told him that they weren't buying it. He huffed in annoyance and took of his trench coat. He turned around, revealing his gem to them. He heard them gasp, this was the second time today he heard someone gasp at something related to him.
"Garnet," Pearl said, looking at the lady with the afro. "What do you think?"
"It doesn't matter right now," Garnet said, her back pinned against the stone hand. "The monster is about to attack again." As soon, as she said that, the monster shot another stream of acid at them. Luckily, the stone hand was providing them with a temporary shield.
"We could really use Steven's shield right about now!" Amethyst shouted, as the monster continued to spray the stone hand with acid.
"Steven has a shield?" Jet asked. He didn't bother to put his trench coat back on. He figured it'll be a waste since he'll be drawing his sword from his back soon.
"Hey!" A familiar voice said. Jet and the others seen that Steven was running towards them with a rock in his hand. "Leave them alone!" Steven throw the rock at the monster, stunning it for a brief second. This also stopped the flow of acid that the monster was spewing at them.
"Steven! No!" The ladies shouted, showing concern for Steven. Jet kept his eyes on the monster. Steven lifted his shirt, trying to summon his shield as he did earlier but to no avail. The monster was inching its way close to Steven.
'What's he doing?' Jet thought, as the monster lounged at Steven. 'Whelp, no time to wonder!' Jet jumped in the air towards the monster, summoning his weapon in midair. Jet managed to block the monster's pincers from locking unto Steven. Garnet, Amethyst, and Pearl looked on in amazement. They had never seen someone move that fast.
"You Ok, Steven?" Jet asked, as the monster was trying to get to Steven. Steven nodded and with that, Jet's attention shifted back to the monster. Jet pushed the monster back with his sword and before the monster could attack, Jet summoned electricity from his hand and shot it towards the monster.
The electricity hit the monster, causing it to howl in pain. Jet seen the rest of the stone pillar explode as the ladies looked like they were prepared to finish the monster off.
"Ladies," Garnet said, looking ahead at the screaming monster in front of her. "Let's do it!" Pearl and Amethyst nodded their head in agreement. They drew their weapons and charged at the monster. With the monster still in pain from the electricity, it couldn't react fast enough as the ladies struck it with their weapons.
Jet seen the monster explode right in front of his eyes. He also seen a gem fall right to the ground where the monster used to be. Garnet walked right up to the gem and concealed it in a bubble. As soon as she did that, the bubble teleported away.
"Awesome," Jet said, as the ladies approached him. Garnet extended her hand out to Jet. Jet put the sword back into his gem and reached out to shake Garnet's hand. Her grip was very firm and Jet felt like she was going to break his hand.
"Thank you for saving Steven." She said, placing her hands on her hips.
"Yeah, that was awesome!" Amethyst said. Jet blushed a little at that. He wasn't used to getting compliments from anyone else other than his father, but parents are suppose to be supportive like that.
Jet turned around to see that Steven was sitting in the sand, he looked disappointed. Jet decided to cheer up the kid. He understood why Steven was disappointed, his powers didn't work when he needed them the most. Jet had been through that ordeal before.
"Steven," Jet started, sitting down next to him. "Don't worry about what happened today. I noticed that you tried to activate your powers but it didn't work how you wanted to. I've been through that. It'll come in due time. Someday, you figure out how to activate your gem." Steven let out a smile upon hearing that.
"Thanks, Jet." Steven said. "I needed to hear that." Jet smiled and started to get up. He jumped to fetch his trench coat (which was affected a little by the acid) and put in on. He figured that this city didn't need him, it already had protectors and awesome ones at that. He started to walk towards the pier without saying goodbye, it was too painfully saying that word.
He kept walking until he felt himself bumping into something soft yet firm. He looked to see that it was Garnet. He raised an eyebrow then looked behind him. The others were running to catch up. He didn't understand what was going on.
"What's the meaning of this?" Jet asked, as the others were behind him now. "What's going on?" Garnet was the first to speak.
"We should be asking you that." She stated, placing her hands on her hips once more. Pearl cleared her throat.
"I agree with Garnet," Pearl said, as Jet turned around to look at her. "You would be a great addition to the team... to the crystal gems." Jet looked at her in amazement then closed his eyes. Jet didn't work that well in teams, well more like he never been on a team. He liked being alone, he was a loner.
"I don't know," Jet said, eyes still close. "I don't really like being a part of a team. I'm a loner, always have been..." He felt a pair of soft hands grab his. He opened one eye to see who hands were grabbing his. It was Amethyst's.
"Aw, come on!" She started, looking at him. "Don't be like that. It'll be fun being around us. Trust me." Jet opened his eyes, staring at her.
'Wow. They really want me to stay. But there are other cities that's probably going through the same ordeal... hmmm... I guess I can hang around for a little while' Jet thought, subconsciously squeezing Amethyst's hands a little. She looked at their hands and blushed a little.
"Ok," Jet said, letting go of Amethyst's hands. "I'll stay. I can even train Steven on how to unleash his gem's powers. Sounds cool, Steven?"
"Yeah!" Steven said, jumping around. "This is gonna be great!" Jet smirked at this. He started to see Steven as the little brother he never had. There was a wondering question that was swirling around it Jet's head that he had to ask.
"So," He started, catching everyone's attention. "Where am I going to stay? I don't have enough money for a hotel... so..."
"So... you can stay at the temple with us!" Amethyst said, placing a hand at her hip. "Right, Garnet?" Garnet nodded her head. She didn't see anything wrong with that.
"Right," Pearl started. "I'm sure we'll find some sort of sleeping arrangement for you, since your half human and probably need sleep." Jet sweat dropped at this.
"Um, thanks." He said, as he looked at the temple. "Well, it's getting late and I'm ready to get some sleep. I like to get up early in the morning to start training." With that said, he started to walk towards the temple. The others followed and started to walk beside him.
"You train in the early hours too?" Pearl said, who was on the left said of him.
"Well, yeah!" Jet said with excitement in his voice. "I've been training since I was little. I like training, keeps me in shape. I would love to spar with all of you, just to see what you've got."
"Consider your challenge accepted." Garnet said, smiling at him. She was on Pearl's left hand side. Amethyst tapped on Jet's shoulder, getting his attention. She was on his right-hand side.
"Don't mention sparring to Garnet," she whispered. "Garnet can get a little serious when she spars." Jet laughed at this, surprising Amethyst.
"So can I." Jet stated, still laughing a little. He had a feeling that he was going to enjoy his time in Beach City but little did he know that his life was going to change forever.
And that the end of the chapter. Wow, this has been in my head forever. I decided to bring and original character into the mix because I thought it would make Steven Universe a little more interesting. As you may have notice, some of the dialogue was talking from the show, that was intended. I want the chapters to evolve around the show's episodes., but not all of them though. And with that, see ya!