Chapter 1 : The Beginning
Well I've started a MLP fanfic so why not do a Steven Universe one as well right? Anyway I hope you enjoy Another Impossible Gem.
Oh and btw these ' ' will mean thinking and these " " will mean talking, obviously. Happy reading everybody.
Beach City. A prosperous little town with many fine and wonderful citizens. Citizens who are always protected by an unseen team of warriors but not even they could protect the city from what was looming overhead.
A Storm.
What? Did ya think it'd be a monster of something? Well not this time it's just a storm a very large storm mind you, but still just a storm it is called Beach City after all what'd you expect?
Anyway shall we begin our tale? Good
It all began with that storm but not in the way you think, this storm may be where we begin but it definitely didn't cause this story. He did that boy shrouded in shadows trudging through thick mud below his feet. Now I'll let you all go, listen to the story he will to tell and I'll join along cause this story is new to everyone even him
'It's cold, so cold.'
'I must not stop.'
'Got to keep going.'
'Got to warn them.'
'Got to save them...'
'...'
After hours upon hours the storm finally decided to moved on and leave Beach City in the shining suns light. The town began to stir as the light touched every corner and crevice it could find and the town shone in a radiant light glistening from the rain left behind.
The suns light finally reached the 'It's a Wash' car wash and as it did the van parked by it began to shake up and down as the doors on the back open allowing a large middle aged man to step out into the light, his bald head reflecting the suns rays as he yawned into the air and walked towards the car wash but stopped before as he reached for the door.
The man looked over to the front of his van and he saw a boy laying down on the ground covered in mud and cloaked in shadow like hood. His jaw dropped at the site as he ran over to the boy "hey buddy, you okay... Can ya hear me" he asked with a worrying tone but he would get no reply from the unconscious boy "oh no that's not good, that is not good" he said with fear in his eyes as he lifted the boy up slightly
Suddenly the boy awoke grabbing the mans top to pull him closer his black eyes shaking "I have to warn them" the boy tells the man who looked at him in shock "warn who?" he asks the shaking boy "the... gems..." the boy manages to muster as he falls unconscious once more leaving the man in a state of pure shock at the boy in his arms "well this ain't good"
Mere moments have passed since the boy was found at the car wash and had been taken to a temple hidden behind a mountain next to the beach by the middle aged man. The temple was shaped in the form of a large woman with multiple arms spread out all over the place with the lowest two arms cradling a small house located just above the beach.
As the man entered the house with the boy in his arms he was greeted by three women sitting around a counter in the kitchen. The smallest one who seemed childlike in size was the first to react to the strange sight "Woah G-man is that a dead body... Can I have it?" she said with a sparkle in her eyes "um no Amethyst he's alive" the man said with a shaking smile as the small girl walked back to the counter in a huff "aww man I wanted to keep it" she said sitting down as the others sighed at her.
"Ok so that child is alive but why'd you bring him here Greg" the larger woman asked as she approached the man "well I found him next to my van this morning and as I tried to help the boy up he told me something... Unsettling" the man said as he placed the boy on the nearby couch and turned back to the others
"Which was what exactly" the larger woman asked "he... he said he had to warn the gems, I'm assuming he meant you guys" he said with an uncomfortable chuckle
The largest and most intimidating woman finally stood up and walked over to the boy "I believe you'll all find this more unsettling" she said as she hung over the unconscious boy. She proceeded to remove the cloak he was covered by, revealing that he was a boy around 16 or 17 years in age his face was quite slender and his dark brown hair was short spiking of to the right leaving a parting on his left, his clothes consisted of a simple red shirt and blue jeans that were completely tattered and torn but everyone gasped in shock as to what was under that shirt.
Out of the corner of a large tare in the centre of his chest was a glimmer of red reflecting the light that touched it. To everyone's surprise perturbing from his chest, right where his heart should be was a red gemstone "that's not possible" the larger woman stated in pure shock. "Improbable maybe, but definitely not impossible we know that better than anyone Pearl" the larger one said in response "well yes but... how does he exist" she said gesturing to the unconscious child
Suddenly the door to the house opened as two children came running in with gleeful smiles "hey guys" the boy said as he walked over to the woman "wait whys dad here... what's going on" he said looking around until his eyes reached the largest woman hovering over the boy on the couch the gem in his chest reflected in the boys eyes, he turned to the girl beside him "um Connie do you see what I see" he said pointing to the boy on the couch "if you mean the gem in that guys chest, than yes Steven I see it too" she said not looking away from the sight.
The two children were frozen for a moment than they looked at each other and opened there mouths in amazement "Oh My God" the shouted as the ran over to the boy "is he another human gem, like Steven" the girl asked as the boy jumped onto the the stomach of the unconscious boy with literal stars in his eyes "oh my god, oh my god, oh my god another gem, how'd he get her? Who is he? what type of gem does he have?" he said with glee
The larger woman glared at the boy "Steven get off of the boy Now we don't know anything about him!" she said with aggression which surprised the boy but didn't discourse his excitement "but he's a new gem, a new Human Gem he's just like me Pearl" he said with the same level of excitement in his voice from the beginning
The larger woman tried to say something back but was stopped by the largest one who faced the boy "Steven we cannot be sure that he is like you, he could be an enemy from homeworld we can't take that risk" she said sternly
"Wait, he came here to warn you guys how could anyone evil want to warn you" the man said obstructing the woman's path to the unconscious boy which surprised them "Greg he could be fooling you we have to bubble him as soon as possible" the larger woman demanded
The boy shook his head at her demand "but what if he's good like us" the boy said as he put his face closer to the unconscious boys when suddenly the boy woke up and smacked his head into the young boys head
'Errr, what's happening'
'It's so noisy, my ears are ringing, I can't... I can't open my eyes"
"He's just like me"
'Wait, who is that? Who is he talking about?'
"He could be an enemy"
'Enemy? Who are they talking about, is there an enemy near by... Wait could they be talking about me, I'm not an enemy!'
"Wait, he came to warn you"
'Warn you?... That's right I have to warn them about... something?'
"We need to bubble him"
'Wait what did I have to warn them about... I can't remember, why can't I remember... Wait I can't remember anything. What is happening to me!'
"What if he's good"
'Wait a minute that boys voice sounds closer than the others, and why does my chest feel. compressed. And now my face is hot I have got to find out what the hell is happening to me'
I'm finally able to open my eyes and as I do I see another pair of eyes looking straight into mine and in surprise I jolt forward smacking my forehead into someone else's forcing both me and the boy on top of me to hold out heads in pain "damn that's smarts" I say out of pain and from above me I hear a young boys voice "ow ow ow that's gonna leave a mark" as I open an eye to see who it was I realise why my chest felt heavy, this kid was sitting on me, I look at him with confusion "why are you on top... Ahem sitting on me" I ask removing my hands from my head and placing them either side of my chest helping me lift myself up
The boy removed his hands from his head and looked straight at me with stars in his eyes which made me cringe a tiny bit "um hi, do you mind getting of my chest? it kinda hurts" I ask the boy who is snapped back into reality by my question
"Oh yeah sorry" he said as he jumped off my stomach and I was finally able to sit up properly and look around to see the six people standing there in bewilderment. The first I noticed was the tall woman with an afro and a reflecting pair of shades or something over her eyes, behind her was a thin woman in some sorta dancing getup and a stone in her forehead... Yeah that ain't weird at all... Over by a counter was a short girl? Yeah it's a girl in a tank top eating while she watches me, yeah I'm keeping my distance from that one.
Next was the middle aged man who I believe brought me here he wasn't entirely bald he had long hair stretching down from the back and sides of his head and was to my surprise tanned and wearing sandals, why sandals or all things.
Finally there was the two kids who didn't even look like teenagers the girl was dark skinned wearing glasses... Wait they have no frames why is she wearing them if they have no frames... Anyway she was wearing some jean shorts that went down to her knees and a normal short sleeved shirt and right in front of her was the boy that'd just gotten off of my stomach he was short with puffy afro like hair, he was slightly chubby but in a cute kinda way, he wore jean shorts like the girl and he's red shirt had a large yellow star on it and he was wearing... Sandals, seriously what is it with these people and sandals... Anyway his eyes had stars in them as I looked towards him which kinda freaked me out a bit
"Um... Hi" I say with a cautious tone. The first to react to was the extremely pale one who pulled a flipping spear out of the stone in her forehead "we have to bubble him now, he's seen our faces" she said pointing it straight at me which freaked me out more than the start eyes kid "Oh Holy Hell" I shout as she charges at me but somehow I was able to dodge to the left but she recovered and kept charging, I'm not sure how but I'm able to dodge each swing surprisingly "Will. You. Stop. For. A. Moment. Please. For. The. Love. Of. Go ah ah ah ah that was way to close" I state as her spear is stuck in a wall just above my head
I run making some distance between me and that crazy staff wielding woman, seriously what is up with her. "Ok now I feel safer would you mind telling me what exactly is going on here?" I ask carefully, but my question was met with another "why don't you start, why are you hear? Who do you work for? And what exactly are you?" the spear wielding freak asked me pointing the bloody spear at me Again!
"What am I doing here? I have no clue what I'm doing here, I've literally just woken up and had a spear nearly shoved through my heart" I say placing my hand over my chest when I feel something strange, so I take a look and I find a red gemstone of some kind protruding from my chest "ok this just got a whole lot weirder, why is there a gem in my chest" I ask the people in front of me with fear in my voice
The huge woman walks over to me but doesn't seem hostile, she bends down and places her hand on my shoulder "you've lost your memory haven't you kid" she asks leaving me astonished at her perception skills "yes I think, no I know I have I cant remember any fact about me or my life before I woke up here on your couch" I tell her hoping she is reasonable and believes my words
The woman in shades nods at me which made me so relieved I could've just collapsed and cried there and then. She turned to the others "he's telling the truth, he has no idea what he is or where he came from he needs our help" she said to them ok a stern voice which shocked the spear woman "your kidding me Garnet, how can you believe him just like that he could be tricking you we have to bubble him!" she said in a demanding tone to which everyone else except the small girl sitting at the counter walked over to me and turned to the spear woman as if to say 'you won't hurt him' which made me so happy to see these people who didn't even know me, I don't even know myself, protect me from one of there own with such force.
The pale spear freak (that's gonna be her name for the now just deal with it) looked at we family? and sighed, giving in to them. They all turned to me and the large woman they called Garnet held out her hand to help me up and I accepted the friendly gesture "thanks for the help, Garnet?" I asked just to be sure and she nodded "yes I am Garnet, what is your name?" she asked me with a smile but I couldn't come up with an answer and looked down with a hint of shame
Out of the blue the boy came over to me and looked up with those starry eyes again, it's become less creepy now, "so you don't have a name, well I'm Steven my friend over there is Connie" he said pointing at the young girl who gave me a shy wave with I returned with a simple smile "you've met Garnet and Pearl over there" he said looking over at the spear freak who is still scary as all hell by the way "then there's Amethyst who's over on the counter and finally there's my Dad who found and brought you here" he said looking up at the middle aged man who gave a large grin pointed directly at me
I looked up and smiled at them all "well it's nice to meet you all, unfortunately I don't know my own name right now so your gonna have I think of something to call me" I said jokingly but Steven seemed to take it seriously "ok then let's see there's Adam, Andy, Andrew, ohhh Alex that's cool one, Alister, Bill, Bob, Baxter, Barry..." I knew he would carry one until I picked a name for myself but there was none I liked so I had to let him continue.
We had all sat down and listened to Steven list of names form A to R for now "well that's the R's done now for my favourite letter S, Steven of course, Stan..." He continued as Connie walked over to me "I love Steven's uniqueness but please choose one soon or were all gonna fall asleep" she said with tired eyes. I gave her a smile and a nod as I looked back towards Steven who kept listing names "Seph, Sam, Sandy... Wait that's a girls name haha" he said and he tried to think of more names i had to end this now "hey Steven what was that last one" I ask the the gleeful boy "Sam?" he says confused for a moment "yeah that one, I like it Sam. Yeah call me Sam" I say with a cheerful smile causing everyone to get up, walk over and group hug me even spear freak was brought into it and I have I to the warm hug with a calm smile
'I think I may have stumbled on a crazy group of family and friends, but I think even if u never get my memory back I'm gonna like it here'
Well that was long wasn't it... A bit too long I'm sorry but I promise the next chapter will be shorter. a lot shorter. Anyway I hope you enjoyed reading and I'd love to read any feedback you have for my story.
Thank you and see ya next chapter.