Greg wiped his forehead, beads of sweat dripping from his hand. He wiped it on his shirt as he sat down on the back of his van. He loudly sighed, reaching into his red cooler for a soda. However, right when he opened the soda, at least half of its content flew out and into the mouth of a blue hued girl wearing a blue sleeveless dress. When the girl gulped it down, she smiled widely.
"Hey Greg, you look almost as red as Ruby. So how's it going?" Greg sighed once again, giving her a half smile. "Okay I guess. Building a house is hard! Good thing Opal is making some progress."
"Well, Steven is playing with his little friend from that Fryman family, PeeDee. Mind if I sit here?"
"Fine by me,Lapis. But you know, you don't have to steal my sodas like that, you can just ask for one." Lapis laughed lightly, sitting next to the human man.
"I know that, it's just so much fun!" Lapis said. "Hey, remember when I first showed you that trick? You were so-" Suddenly, the van shook, scaring both occupants.
Another gem peered over the top, a wide grin on her face. Lapis huffs, frowning,"Opal, don't do that! You scared us!" Opal flips onto the ground, hands on her hips.
"Sorry,just wanted to tell you that the house is done."
Greg looked at her amazed, his smile mirroring Opal's, exclaiming "Whoa, really? That's great, you're the best!"
"Anytime Greg-o." Opal replied, giving a thumbs up before turning to Lapis. "Hey Lapis, how's it going?"
Lapis doesn't respond, only looks away while rubbing her arm, blushing blue but has a face etched with a scowl. Opal chooses not to say anything more, instead asking, "Also, has anyone seen Ruby? She said she'd be back by now after she retrieved the Ocean Beetle. You don't think she got hurt, do you?"
As if on cue, a red blur bursts from the ocean, screaming bloody murder until it falls flat on its face in front of the trio. Surprisingly, the gem is unhurt.
"Hello Ruby." Lapis replied flatly. "Hey Lapis!" Ruby said, muffled by the sand, still not moving.
Opal crouched down near Ruby, lifting her by the arm holding Ruby's gem. She asked, "Did you get the Ocean Beetle?" Ruby immediately hands the four-handed gem the sea blue beetle, which was still alive.
"Yeah, that was pretty-pretty rough, I think I won't go on mission for the next few weeks."
"*Laugh*Next time don't go off on your own hot-head." Opal bubbled the beetle and sent it to the temple in one swift motion.
Two young boys around 6 run up to the van, yelling "Dad, dad!" and "Mr. Universe!" The shorter boy with curly black hair jumps onto Greg's lap, grinning sweetly.
"Whoa, there Steven, be careful, you might hurt your old man!" Greg exclaimed, laughing. Steven, being more cautious, scoots in between Lapis and his father, as PeeDee, the blonde haired boy,starts babbling on.
"Mr. Universe, we just saw a jellyfish! We caught a jellyfish with my blue net, it was purple with blue dots on it! We put it on the sand, but then it sort of- absorbed into the sand."
"Aww, PeeDee, I wanted to tell them!" Lapis smiled, standing up and brushing her dress off.
"PeeDee, I think it's time to go home, it's almost 5:00!" PeeDee nodded, taking Lapis' hand and waving to Steven. "Bye Steven, see you tomorrow!"
While Lapis walked away with the blonde boy, Greg grabbed a ukulele from the mess of stuff in his van, handing it to his son. "Hey guys, want to hear this song Steven's been working on?"
"You're teaching Steven to play that mini-guitar? Why? It's just noise made into a pattern?" Once Ruby said this, Opal rolled her eyes, dropping the red colored gem on the sand before responding: "I'm sure he's great Greg! How long have you been teaching him?"
"A couple of weeks, he learns fast. Anyway, this is Steven's song, so sing away kiddo." The three turned to the boy, who strums the ukulele a few times to get his rhythm before beginning.
Steven:
If you're evil and you're on the rise,
You can count on the four of us to take you down!
Cause we are good and evil won't control us,
We'll win the fight, then go out for donuts,
We! Are the Geode Gems!
We'll always find a way!
(Greg starts clapping to the beat, which confuses Opal and Ruby at first)
Even if you think we can't,
We'll always save the day!
(Opal and Ruby join in on the clapping, both gems smiling)
That's why the people of. Our. World.
Believe in,
Opal, Lapis Lazuli, and Ru-by, and STEVEN!
Once Steven finishs, he is applauded by Ruby, Opal, and Greg, who are all smiling. Once they finish, Opal pulls Steven into a hug, lifting him into the hug while he laughs.
"That was amazing Stev-o! I never knew you had such talent! You'll be a rock star before you know it!"
"Alright, time to go, me and Steven are going to see that new Lonely Blades movie that just came out."
Opal puts Steven, both her and the hot head gem saying Goodbye.
"Bye you guys, I can't wait to live with you!
Author's note: Hi, this is my first Steven Universe fanfic. I decided that I would make an alternate version of the series, like the Home world gem swap au. However, I decided to make a more detailed one and try to be more creative. So far, you probably have noticed the biggest changes from the original are that the group is named the Geode Gems,Opal is permanently fused instead of Garnet, Lapis is apart of the team, and Sapphire is missing from the dynamic. I will continue this further, but I would like to have contributions from the readers to decide how each chapter should go. Please send in your episode ideas through either the reviews or the PM box.
Okay, enjoy!
