Steven Universe: Homecoming Chapter 1: New Gems
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Steven couldn't sleep last night. He couldn't. He had all these gems outside of his house that he doesn't know what to do with them. The diamonds went back to Homeworld. The poor boy was sleep deprived. He sighs in his bed, fluffing his pillow to make it comfortable for him.
"Having trouble sleeping?"
Steven looks up to find a male no older than him step onto the stairs. His appearance made him look like a normal kid, but on his chest was an orange gem. Rusty red hair and orange skin was what caught Steven's attention. He had a dark airplane pilot jacket with black ripped jeans. He was a little taller than Amethyst but what struck the boy the most was the tail. Gem's has tails?
"You're probably wondering who I am?" The gem asks throwing a hand in the air. He grins and jumps onto the foot of the bed. "Name's Tiger Eye. Pleasure to meet you!"
Though Steven was still confused about why the gems would let a strange gem into the house. He smiled politely at the gem. Tiger's tail was waging which means that the gem was happy. Right?
"My tail responds to my emotions." Tiger says, answering Steven's question that he had yet to ask. "Oh, and I can read minds when I am close to people. Long distance mind reading isn't healthy for the brain."
"The names Steven. Its great to meet you Tiger-"
"TIGER EYE, WHAT DID I TELL YOU ABOUT TALKING TO STEVEN WHEN HE'S TRYING TO SLEEP!" A croaky voice yells across the room where the warp pad was located. It was Jasper who was next to Amethyst.
"Jasper chill-ax, he probably didn't mean to wake him up." Amethyst defends as Tiger murmurs an apology and hops down onto the couch. "You need to relax."
Jasper grunts turning away from them and heading towards the warp-pad. Amethyst shrugs and watches as the orange gem wonders up to Jasper. Tiger's head was down in shame as he leans on the taller gem for support. "Please don't tell Yellow, Jasper." He whispers so faintly that Steven could barely hear him. "I don't want to go back."
Jasper's eyes soften enough to get the human child smiling a bit. Amethyst was even amazed. Nearly twenty-four hours after escaping Homeworld, the gem that usually wants to beat Steven up to a pulp, is now suddenly caring for someone? She really changed.
"Yellow Diamond entrusted me to take care of you since you don't have powers yet." She tells him while patting him on his head awkwardly. The rusty haired gem blinks back a tear. "But someday you will. Mine and Garnet's training will help you grow until that day."
"How is he supposed to grow when he looks like that?" Amethyst calls out earning a little glare from the burley gem. Steven held his breath waiting for Jasper to throw hands.
"Shut it, runt." She groans looking at Tiger Eye with a small smile spreading into a grin. "Your going to surpass Yellow Diamond someday."
"How?"
"You Tiger Eyes are built to withstand the elements of Earth and Fire. Your courage and stealth will be helpful someday." Jasper nods at Garnet who steps out of her room. The bigger orange gem steps up to the warp pad and beckons Tiger to follow.
"Chin up bud. You will get your powers soon." Amethyst puts a soft hand on the rusty gems shoulder. Tiger nods and walks towards the warp pad where Jasper was waiting.
Steven watched as the two warped away. He couldn't understand what happened. He just knew that is wasn't a human-plus-gem-world-threatening-to-end kind of thing. It was Jasper's problem. Not his. No worries about the diamonds coming to take him and his family away anymore. He was safe.
What happened between Tiger Eye and Yellow was what entered his head. Is the kid a half-gem like him? Are they on the same path? There were so many questions that Steven had trouble putting in order. Tiger doesn't have powers. That was what he heard Jasper say. Tiger is like him in a way. But he is full gem? Right?
"Your worried about your new friend?" a voice ends his thoughts as she walks up to his bed. Steven nods his head as he looks to the warp pad expecting a small gem to jump out. "You shouldn't worry to much, Steven. This is Jasper's responsibility. Lets just keep it at that." Garnet's voice was firm, like she knew that the boy was curious about Jasper and Tiger. But she ended the conversation with a kiss to Steven's forehead and went back to her room.
Steven, as tired as he was the last couple of days, finally let sleep win. After all this was the first night sleeping in his own bed.
"Jasper why did you take me to the sky arena?" Tiger Eye asks as he walks beside his mentor.
Jasper responded with a grim look. Her expression changed to a painful one. "Yellow needs to see you."
Tiger eyes her with a crushed heart. His breathing became more rag and unsteady. His vision was starting to get blurry. "I don't want to go back!"
"Tiger-"
The boy shakes his head with tears already falling. "I don't want to see her again. Please Jasper, you promised me that you wouldn't let me go back!"
The once hard minded gem was crushed between a little boy not wanting to go back home, and her feelings of regret if she would've taken him no matter what. She couldn't bare seeing him cry like this. This boy, no matter what she thought of him at the time, would be her universe at some point in the future. She is his caretaker now. Yellow wouldn't accept that. Would she though?
Tiger Eye on the other hand felt alone. The person who held him when he was created. The gem who would take care of him. The one person who he truly loved. Was going to give him up. Yellow Diamond, his biological creator, was asking for him again. Not a chance. Even though he is little now, he has to follow the rules like Jasper always tells him until he is old enough to be on his own.
Jasper narrowed her eyes as her helmet was summoned once more. She has to tell him what Yellow's true intentions were. Tiger, of course, wouldn't bother listening if it meant that he must go back. No matter what she had to say the boy won't listen.
"Fine." She mutters as she looks at him with a wild look. Tiger Eye was astonished by this. Through tears he grins and jumps on her with powerful arms. He buries his face in her shoulder as Jasper wraps her arms around him with a sigh.
Silently, she warps to the galaxy warp and lays Tiger on the ground.
His eyes were blazing as he was played. Feelings of hurt and anger went into his body in waves. Like a tidal wave coming for a boat. He wanted to get his powers and show Jasper what he could really do. But he doesn't. He just stares at her while his heart breaks.
More like shatter.
Jasper locked eyes with him. She shouldn't betray him like this. But she was still under Yellow Diamonds command. She needs to keep her trust. This little boy doesn't have a say in this. Its what his creator needs of him is what matters.
"Tiger, until you understand, I am doing this for the sake of everyone's freedom. You have no say in this. You're not going to be like that runt anymore." Jasper says a bit too harshly before warping them both to a place where they both feared (Tiger mostly) Homeworld.
Note: Hello everyone its E7! Hope you all are recovering well from the season finally of SU like I am. I am just realizing that Homecoming wasn't giving me so much potential that I wanted. You can say that I changed my mind. This chapter is the remastered version. Meaning that the old one is going to be deleted.
The sneak peak of Homecoming .5 is still going to be up and available to read. The story is going to be a lot different than the original so please don't expect me to rewrite a sneak peek because I am not.
Hope you guys enjoy this as much as I did.
Peace!
