Chapter 1

Homeworld, a planet far from earth where most gems are found. Rules there are very strict, especially on humans. No humans can be on the planet, a gem cannot raise a human, humans are enemies. However those rules were broken when two gems fell in love...Kunzite, a gem that adventured onto earth, met a half gem known as Quarts and fell in love. Kunzite persuaded Quarts to come with her back to Homeworld, which he accepted and left with her to the planet. Many years passed and the couple decided they wanted a kid, but to do so they would have to give up both of their physical forms to create a new gem. So the two gave up their physical forms to create the gem Rose Quarts, however not wanting this little boy to be called that, they named him Steven. Later Steven was given to Rose Diamond, to be raised by. The young boy was raised by this queen gem for 12 years, learning how to control his powers and the history of the Homeworld gems. However Yellow Diamond found out that Rose Diamond was raising a part human child and she took him from her, full of anger she made him retreat into his gem, before breaking it. Yellow Diamond took the gem and put it into a silver mirror, sending it away to earth to be forgotten. This made Steven very confused, he didn't know who to trust anymore, being put into a mirror and found by the enemies. This made his escape impossible...

Pearl was in the temple cleaning the house, making everything look perfect and pretty. Amethyst was sleeping on the couch and Garnet was in the containment room, so Pearl was pretty much alone. While cleaning Pearl knocked down something from the counter, she quickly grabbed it before it hit the ground. What's this? Isn't this that mirror we found at that temple? Does it even do anything? She thought, brushing her fingers against the soft surface of the silver item. Steven could see everything that happened outside of the mirror, it was like being in an empty room with a giant window you could see out of, but do nothing with. The poor kid has been in this mirror for two years now and all he wanted was his freedom back. The boy looked up at the gem holding the mirror and he waved his arms around. "How about you break this mirror? If you do that I'll be free!" He yelled, knowing she couldn't hear him, but it was worth trying anyway.

Pearl took the mirror out to the balcony and placed it on the railing, she sighed deeply, watching the waves hit the surface of the water. "Hey Pearl!" A voice called and unable to react, Pearl was splashed with cold water. "Haha, I bet you didn't expect that!"

Pearl turned around and found the blue gem hovering a water ball in her hand. "Ugh, Lapis! I was trying to think!" She hissed, wiping off the water with her hand.

Lapis noticed the mirror and she dropped her water, "whoa, what's that?!" She asked, moving her hand toward the mirror to grab it.

Instantly Pearl snatched the mirror away from the young gem and held it. "Don't touch it! It's fragile." She growled, looking down at the shiny mirror, before looking back up at Lapis. Lapis had a very disappointed expression on her face, which made Pearl feel bad. "Here, you can look at it. I need to treat you better, and not like a child." She whispered, handing the blue gem the mirror.

Lapis grinned, she grabbed it and bolted away from the temple away from sight just in case Pearl changed her mind. "You're a really pretty mirror! What can you do?" She asked, flipping the mirror over to see the broken pink gem on the back. What's this? Is that a gem? It's broken... She thought, placing her fingers onto the crack. "You're broken, I'm sure there's a way to heal you." Lapis whispered, moving her hand to get a good grip on the gem. "I just got to..." She growled, pulling the gem with all her might, "get this out!" The blue gem shouted, finally yanking the rose quarts gem out. It came out?! She thought, looking down at the rock, she didn't expect it to actually come out. To her surprise the gem started to glow, she gasped and dropped it. Just before the gem hit the ground it raised into the sky and a shape started to form, the shape of a young boy.

The boy fell to the ground and onto the soft sand, he clenched the sand and a grin showed on his face. "I-I'm free?! You actually freed me." He whispered.

Pearl and the others came running with their weapons out, "what did you do?! I thought I told you to be careful!" Pearl shouted, pointing her spear at the creature that was kneeling down in the sand. Lapis looked at Pearl and she moved behind her, frightened by this person she let out of the mirror.

Steven looked up when he heard another voice, struggling to stand, he turned and looked at the gems. The boy's eyes were clear and mirror like, he rubbed his hurting eyes to make his vision a bit clearer.

Pearl looked at this boy, her eyes full of shock. "It's just a kid?" She whispered, his mirror eyes is what concerned her the most.

"N-No!" The boy whimpered, seeing all the gems with their weapons pointed at him. "Please no! N-Not again!" He cried desperately, covering his face.

Pearl lowered her weapon and she made her way toward the boy, moving her hand to his shoulder. However before she could even touch him, he ran away. "H-Hey wait!" Pearl called after him, while the kid was running she could see his broken gem on his back, which confused her.

Lapis ran over to Pearl and held her arm, looking up at her with concerned eyes. "Was that a homeworld gem?" She asked, as Garnet and Amethyst walked over to join them.

"I-I don't know, I think; but he looked human...I've never seen a human with a gem on them. Is it even possible for a human to be a gem?" The white gem replied, looking down at the young gem.

"But aren't Homeworld gems suppose to be mean and evil? He seemed more scared than anything."

"He is broken too, if he keeps moving his gem will crack more and he'll die."

"WHAT?! He's dying?! We got to help him!" Lapis yelled, about to run after the boy, but she was grabbed by Garnet. "Garnet, Let me go! We can't just let him die! He's just a kid!" The gem growled.

"We have other things to worry about, I'm sure he'll be fine." Garnet replied, letting go of the blue gem. Lapis looked up at Garnet before, running back into the temple away from the others.

Steven was sprinting as fast as he could, away from that terrible place. The boy looked back to make sure he wasn't being followed, however because of this, he found himself crashing into someone. He gasped and fell over onto the sand, which caused his gem to crack even more. Steven rubbed his clear eyes and looked at who he crashed into. It was a girl, she had dark brown hair and she seemed to be his age. The girl stood up and turned to him, which made him panic. "Hey, are you ok?" She asked, giving him a hand to help him stand. Instead, Steven saw her move her hand to him and he covered his face in fear. The boy was expecting to get hit, but it never came. "Don't be afraid, I'm not going to hurt you." The girl whispered, at that the young boy placed his hand on hers and she helped him onto his feet. "See? I'm a kid just like you!" She froze in shock, to see that this boy had no pupils. "A-Almost like you?" She stuttered, amazed by his mirror eyes.

Steven looked at this girl, with a very confused expression. "This doesn't make sense! Why are you helping me? I was told all humans were evil and needed to be destroyed." The boy asked, all this change was making him so confused and frustrated.

The girl was shocked by the question, it made her a bit concerned. "W-Wha? Humans aren't evil, and don't need to be destroyed! Who on earth told you that?" She asked.

"No one on earth told me anything, gems from my planet told me that. Was everything I was told a lie? I don't know what to believe anymore! I was beaten and shoved into a mirror by my own kind, let out by one of my enemies, and humans are obviously not evil! I'm so confused..." The gem whimpered, falling to his knees. "I don't know who to trust anymore."

The brunette knelt down by the kid and placed her hand on his shoulder, "hey, you can trust me! I'm Connie, who are you?" Connie asked cheerfully, pausing before adding to her question. "And what are you?"

(This chapter is very short, I know! But that's because it's an introduction to the story! I'll explain this AU a bit more...Rose Quarts never existed with the Crystal Gems, the Crystal Gems has only been Lapis, Garnet, Pearl, and Amethyst. Steven is the first Rose Quarts to be made, he has his gem on his back and his weapon is still the shield and sword, however he can summon both from his gem. Since Steven's dad was half human and his mom was full, he is only 25% human and 75% gem. Being more gem than human and also being trained by a Diamond, Steven knows how to summon his weapons and control most of his gem powers. Now about Lapis, Lapis has her gem on her belly, and she still has the power to control water. However she doesn't have the water wings, Steven does; but they're made of rose petals. Lapis was created in the kindergarten and that's why she doesn't know much about homeworld, she is also the youngest of the Crystal Gems. Lapis doesn't have a gem weapon, her weapon is the water. So that's pretty much it, I don't want to tell you everything, the story is for that! If you have any questions about the AU, ask me!)