So, this is an AU...

"Hey! Human!"

Sadie flinched, startled by the stranger's loud voice, and she turned around, wrapping her jacket tighter around herself. The streetlights shone down a pale yellow light, covering her as she stared through the darkness to find the person who just spoke. She stepped forward, glancing around, confused. Where were they? She knew she heard someone calling.

There was no one here but her.

Should she run? Stepping back, she prepared to dart away to the safety of her house, not to far from here. She could probably outrun them, whoever they were. Or should she run to Steven's house, since he could summon a powerful shield out of seemingly nowhere.

"Stars, are you blind? Look up!"

Sadie did.

Above her was a small blue humanoid creature, fluttering in the air with a pair of water-like wings. She spotted a tiny blue gemstone on the creature's left cheek, and Sadie realized the creature was a gem, a species of shape shifting, living alien gemstones. The gem had on a blue and white uniform, a small dark blue diamond on her shirt, and short blue hair.

Was this a new member of Steven's odd family, the Crystal Gems, or some invader from an alien world?

Sighing, the strange gem said, "I'm on a mission, ordered by my Diamond, you see." In the gem's hand was a floating hologram screen, tinted blue, that grew in size so Sadie could see a large map of the Earth. The map was spotted with red dots, each having a box with some symbols in them. With a small grin, the gem continued, "She sent me check on a strange signal coming from this area, one that I traced back to..." The gem flew down until she could stare into her eyes, her grin growing just a bit

Signal? she wondered, confused, staring back at the gem.

"...You."

Sadie blinked in surprise, now even more confused. What?

Suddenly, she remember the strange sphere she had found on the ground earlier today, abandoned in a bush. The sphere was a light green and clearly alien technology. She had spoken to Steven when he visited the shop about it and the half-human boy had looked at it closely for a moment, eating his doughnut. He had shrugged and said that the robot was harmless now. There was a strange green fluid leaking from a crack, but otherwise it seemed fine. And Sadie had thought, Oh, it's a some alien robot, cool, I'll put it display because why not? Her hand when to her jacket's pocket and curled around the sphere.

"It's a distress signal from a flask robonoid, one of the special ones."

"Flask robonoid?" Sadie echoed, stepping back.

"It was send here to repair the Galaxy Warp, which was used for interplanetary and intergalactic teleportation," the gem continued, pulling the ribbon out of her hair and examining it carefully. Putting it back in, she glanced at Sadie.

"O-oh, that's... interesting." The gale blew through the streets, causing the gem to be pushed to the left for a moment, but she soon managed to return to were she was. Sadie adjusted the hood on her brown jacket, shivering slightly.

The gem nodded, casually adding, "Oh, yes, I did forget to tell you my name. I am Aquamarine, a high ranking member of the Elegant Blue Diamond's court, made during Era Two, yet still amazing. And you are?"

Sadie hesitated, then replied quietly, "I'm Sadie, I, umm... work at a store here in Beach City. Nothing that... amazing." She nervously laughed, worried now. Should she try to call Steven?

Aquamarine nodded absentmindedly, turning her attention back to the screen. "So, Sadie the human, this-" A small sphere shaped robot with detached legs appeared on the screen. "-is a flask robonoid. Have you seen anything like it?"

Sadie's grip on the small robonoid tightened as she nervously wondered why the small blue alien was so interested in a little machine. "So, why do you want it?"

Looking annoyed, Aquamarine snapped, "That's none of your concern."

"It..." She paused, wondering if arguing with her was such a good idea. This gem could probably easily crush her. "It is when it could endanger my planet."

"It won't."

"Really?"

"Your planet will not be harm by you telling me where a simply machine is!"

There was silence, and Aquamarine seemed stressed. The small gem fluttered her wings faster, grabbing the ribbon from her hair, shaking it, causing it to straighten out. The ribbon - or wand, she guessed - was pointed at Sadie's neck.

"Can you... just tell me?"

She slowly took out the robot from her pocket, holding it close, then she revealed it to Aquamarine. The gem's eyes widened.

Reaching forward, the gem grabbed the robot from her hand, examining it closely. "Minor damages..." The flask robonoid was suddenly encased in a blue bubble and Aquamarine tapped the top, sending the bubble away. "Well, good! Thank you. Very much." She quickly became happier, but still looking a bit stressed, and she glanced at her screen again. "I have one more thing to check on... Good bye!"

Sadie didn't know why, but suddenly she reached forward, grabbing the tiny gem's arm, shouting, "Wait!"

"What?"

Sadie paused, thinking. "Don't you dare hurt my friends."

"Alright," she muttered, looking confused. "Sadie."