Yo this is Devvin with my first story in a bit . . . ok a while . . . ok its been 4 years. But in those 4 years I have learn and grow as a person and I have better confidence in my ability to write. And I just love Steven Universe ( Connie and Amethyst are my favorites ) and I have nothing to do besides Hoshicon next week. But beside that I'm just home doing nothing so why not write. I'm not going to say go easy on me because its my first story that would just be a lie. Ps only this chapter is written with the text in the middle.
Do I really need to say I don't own SU because I don't.
Prologue
She had to keep running.
A humanoid figure raced across the scorched battlefield. The stars blocked from view as the smoke and ashes filled the night air. A usual nights silence was substituted for the clash of weapons and the cries of the falling, a night where the wind carried the tears and fragments of those who had fallen. She never ran that far or that long in her existence. In all her years of existence she had never put that much passion, and care into what she was doing right now.
As the smoke that clouded her vision thinned the mouth of a cave appeared in front of her. The relief filled expression only lasted seconds as her face twisted into skepticism and confusion.
" What? I've scanned, analyzed, and scoped every inch of this area and this never came up on–" She was cut short by the ground shaking cry, something . . . NO someone was getting closer. With her options slimed she dashed into the cave. The solid walls towered over her as she ran farther into the darkness the walls of the cave growing. A light started to shine ahead of her.
She sped up. The light was getting bigger and bigger with every stride until she reach a cavern. Translucent crystals formed all across the large room, the largest jutted from the ceiling almost resembling a chandelier. Each glowed with its own faint light. She looked down to the center of the opening to see a small pond. Small white flowers grew out of the ground around the waters edge.
This was perfect.
She carefully climbed down the to the cavern's bottom. She faced the water and shakily step towards it. She walked into the still water, It was shallow even for the short gem she was, only reaching up to her knees. She stopped once she was at the pools center, now kneeing she reached for her chest were a green gem was hanging from a chain. She pulled with all her might. She was a physically weak being, she's always know this. But right know that didn't matter, she pulled harder with all the strength she had left until-
SNAP
She held the gem in her hands. Her mind was racing as fast as it was disappearing. She placed it gently into the water. It was done, there was nothing else she could do besides . . . hope. She stared at the glimmering gem in the water as she cried her first tears.
" Please, I have done . . . so many unspeakable, horrible, unforgivable things in my time. But you . . . YOU have a chance, you will be something that changes the future of us, not just me . . . all of them too. You will end the cycle, this horrible, horrible cycle. But I can only hope when you awaken, you'll be found by someone that can teach you something none of us has ever known, Love."
The women's form began to fade no longer connected to the gem that was once her own self. As her final moments she spoke her final words.
"Shine bright, Emerald"
With her last breath echoed through out the cave as she disappeared. Along with the resting place of a experienced gems hopes and regrets, And the very resting place itself.
- 6000 years later -
" WOW!" The simple but loud sound of wonder came from a special young boy, Steven Universe.
" This is astounding, during the war this land was scorched black. But know is filled with plant life of every kind, some of these probably didn't exist till now." Said a thin and seemingly graceful woman. The expert swordsman of the crystal gems Pearl.
" We can explore later, finding the source of the energy spikes is our top priority." The tallest of the group said stoically. The strongest and the leader of the crystal gems Garnet.
"Hey look Steven over hear!" Drawing everyone's attention was the most Rebellious of the Gems Amethyst, who currently had her head inside the open mouth of a giant Venus flytrap. Steven started laughing. " AMETHYST!" screamed Pearl as the mentioned gem lifted her head avoiding the decapitating teeth of the plant." What?" the purple gem asked innocently. Pearl just sighed, Garnet shook her head with a small smirk, the gems had learned to accept amethyst tendencies as long as she took her position as a crystal gem seriously. " Lets just get on with this." Said the stressed Pearl.
"Come on Steven lets . . . Steven?" Amethyst swung her head around looking for the smiling boy but found no sign of him. " Guys! Stevens Gone!" The other gems tensed hearing Amethyst words, well Garnet tensed in Pearls case it was full on panic. "WHAT! STEVEN!" Pearl was running in circles impaired by the worry of her missing charge. Well until Garnet spoke.
"Pearl calm down." Pearl head whipped towards garnet so fast if she was a human they were would've been a snapping sound.
"How am I suppose to be calm when Steven is ALONE in a DANGEROUS place like this!"
"He'll be fine, he has his shield, he also can summon his mothers bubble." Said Garnet.
Then Amethyst spoke up "Plus he has magic spit thing." This remark made Pearl shivered remembering when Steven showed them about his new ability, while she had been very proud of Steven, She found it quite nerve racking that it had been his saliva with healing properties.
Pearl seem to still be on edge but a lot less than before. " Alright then, well find Steven, complete the mission, and get out of here, hurry though this place is creeping my out." Said Garnet as she swatted away a plant with multiple eyes that was watching her.
"Gems scatter!"
The three aliens jumped in different direction in search of their fourth member.
- With Steven -
The young boy walked through the lush Jungle. Following a light he saw earlier in while the gems while everyone was focused on Amethyst. Steven felt a deep feeling in his gut when he saw it. " Maybe I should've told them." The half gem started to regret his decision, Pearl must be really freaking out. Before Steven could even think about turning around he noticed where he was. The gem was facing the mouth of a huge cave.
" Whoa! This is-" Steven was interrupted by a warm feeling throughout his body. "Huh?" Steven instinctively lifted up his shirt to see his gem glow brighter and with more intensity until a fourth of the forest was illuminated with a strong pink light. And as soon as it was there it was gone.
"Whaaaaat?" Steven's question was kind of half answered when a beam of light shot out of his gem and into the cave, illuminating the dark cave with a strange pink and green light. The boy took a quizzical look at his gem. "You wanna go in there? . . . Alright here we go!" Steven ran full speed into the cave trusting his gem and sense of adventure.
End of Prologue
If anyone could tell me who, what, when the first part happened you get this gigantic cookie!