Two short figures race through the burning town, ignoring the sinister red sky and the animalistic growls from the horrific creatures that were chasing them. One of the two, a young boy with brown hair and eyes, looks behind them with a panicked expression on his face as he turned to the second person. Who was a young girl with the same hair and eye color as him but with a slightly lighter shade. "Connie! They're gaining on us!"

The girl panted, "Just keep running! We're almost at the beach!"

They jumped over a fallen telephone pole, ignoring the people next to it in some sort of crystal, their frozen faces revealing their fear. The creatures maneuvered around and over their obstacles, miraculously leaving the crystallized citizens unscathed.

The boy and girl were near the shore, which had a bunch of random machinery and medical equipment scattered on it, as if it was suppose to be a make-shift lab. Near one of the beds was a pink lion that seemed to be sleeping. Seeing the big cat, the boy waved his hands in the air frantically, "LION!"

Startled at the shout, the cotton candy colored lion jumped up, glancing in the two's direction before it's eyes widened at the numerous creatures behind them. Not wasting any time, it ran over to the boy and girl as quickly as it could, only reaching a quarter of the way there, before the boy stumbled and clutched his left arm with his right. "AGH! Connie! It's spreading! You're gonna have to go without me!" He yelled.

But, The brunette shook her head, "NO WAY! LION! QUICKLY!" At her command, it increased it's speed until it was halfway in front of them. Connie reached out her left hand to his right in determination. "You know this is the answer to that problem!" Steven shook his head, "But, not forever! Not unless we stay fused!" The brunette wrenched his right arm so she could clasp his hand in her left's. "Exactly! I don't want to lose you Steven! And if staying fused is the answer...I'll take it!"

The boy looked to the girl, then to their hands, before hesitantly nodding his head. After a glowing pink light surrounds the two, it dissipates to reveal a beautiful teenage girl with long, Auburn hair and chocolate eyes. She rubbed the long sleeve on her left arm momentarily, before sprinting close to the lion.

Once she was close enough, she jumped onto it's back, yelling, "NOW!"

The lion roared as it's eyes glowing a lighter shade of pink and a glowing pink portal opened in behind the two. They quickly turned around and jumped through the portal, just before it closed and the creatures crashed into each other from the attempted capture. Everything was silent, with the exception of the wind and the growls from the monsters.

The waves lightly washed against the shore, slightly drenching the machinery and medical equipment with salt water, as the abandoned house underneath the giant lady statue was filled with pieces of broken furniture and wood. The marble teleporting pad was cracked harshly right in the middle and the gems on the door to the temple were all a dull grey.

Back outside, the sky began to darken, as a tear was shed of the lower left eye from the giant lady statue.

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Meanwhile another boy and girl, the boy seemed to be much older than the girl and were practically each other's doppelgänger, walked happily down the beach on a cool night, chatting and laughing as they do so. Then, a flash of light blinded the two for a moment, making them stop what they were doing as they covered their eyes.

When the light died out, they carefully take their hands away, only for their eyes to widen dramatically as they see a long haired, brunette girl with a pink gem, where her belly button is suppose to be, sleeping against a large and very pink lion. Who watched the two closely. The girl gulped slightly in nervousness as she opened her mouth, "Well, I think this day just got more interesting Matt."

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A/N: WOW...what happened to Beach City? Where are Amethyst, Garnet and Pearl? How did the residents get crystallized? Well, I guess we will find out...in TWENTY CHAPTERS! MWAHAHAHAHA!

JK, I haven't decided when to actually do the whole 'revealing Steven and Connie's past' thing yet. But, it WILL be a little while. So be patient young padawans. The time will come. One day...

Also, this story will be a bit of an AU fic, mainly due to both my desire to write down a few original or inspired-by chapters, and because of Stevonnie's presence. Oh! Speaking of which, I decided to de-age Steven and Connie, so that they would be their original ages throughout the story. In the Prologue, Steven was 12 while Connie was 10.

I also have a theory that Stevonnie's age is a combination of Steven and Connie's age (excluding adding another ten years) like, in Canon, Steven is 14 and Connie is 12. So (excluding the ten years) you do 2 plus 4 and you get 6, which makes Stevonnie 16...I think...so she would be 14 in the Prologue. I'm sorry if it doesn't make any sense, but, that's what I'm going with.

I'm also wondering about Stevonnie's birthday. Like, should I use the date of when her episode first came up, or what? Please, leave the suggestions in the comments about which date I should use and why.

Btw, in case your wondering, I have already written this fic on My other account

on Quotev AGES ago, I'll update it soon, just need to get back into the groove of things :)