Chapter 1

Goodbye, Steven

"Steven? Steven, where are you?" Pearl asked, looking everywhere in the teenager's room. "Steven Quartz Universe, you better not be hurt!" she yelled out.

Amethyst, a purple gem was snoring away on the couch when Sapphire walked in. 'Amethyst, get up. Steven is about to do something he'll regret" the one-eyed-gem explained.

"Dude, give it a break...he choked on a Chaaaaaaaaap before" Amethyst replied before snoring again.

"You don't understand, Amy!" Sapphire grumbled as she headed towards the other gems.

"Saph, where's Stevie?" Ruby asked as she began beating Peridot and Bismuth at a video game.

"In trouble" the blue crystal gem told her partner.

"He's WHAT? My baby!" Pearl screamed as she darted out of the Universe's house and towards the ocean Lapis Lazuli tried stealing long ago. He wasn't in the ocean bobbing helplessly. "Connie! She'll know where he is" the light white colored gem thought as she raced towards the Big Doughnut.

Surely enough, Connie was there crying as a limp Steven Universe lay on the ground, the pink gemstone attached to him was in his right hand and tears rolled down Connie's cheeks. "We tried taking it off" she told a very heartbroken Pearl. "I'm sorry...I shouldn't of let him do it" the twelve-year-old added.

"Greg! We have to talk!" Pearl's voice echoed in Greg's mind as she walked towards him, Steven's lifeless body was in her arms. "He tried removing the gem, I'm sorry...first Rose and now Steven too" the graceful gem quivered. At this point; Bismuth, Pumpkin, Lion, Lapis, Jasper, Amethyst, Ruby and Sapphire raced towards them.

"I knew it" Sapphire sighed as she kissed Steven's forehead. "I just knew he'd try to do it" she added, hugging Ruby.

"Yeah, we never told him the consequences" Ruby added as she and Sapphire fused into Garnet accidentally.

"I'll never forget when he fixed my cracked gem" Lapis admitted, tears rolling down her eyes as she hugged the Doritos haired gem.

"He was fine, for a clod" Peridot grumbled as Pumpkin barked in agreement.

"Steven was our responsibility and we let him down...even we...I couldn't imagine this happening" Garnet sighed.

Connie burst into tears, "Garnet, this is my fault...I asked him what would happen if he took it off; but I didn't think of the consequences" she told the magenta fusion.

"I know, Connie...I didn't think of the consequences of fusion; Amethyst didn't think of the consequences of cracking her gem; Lapis with stealing the oceans; Peridot with calling Homeland; you two with fusing into Stefanie...we all don't think of the consequences until it's too late" the fusion replied, tears filled all three of her eyes.

"Connie, we should've protected him...we made a promise to do it; but we broke it..." Pearl sighed as she, Garnet, Amethyst, Lapis, Peridot, Bismuth and Jasper hugged into a fusion.

"But we have to move on" the new creature explained.

"There aren't other kids like Steven, he was one of a million;I mean...if every pork chop was perfect-" Greg Universe began.

"We wouldn't have hot dogs" Connie ended as she heard the Universe's say that line millions of times; namely Steven.

A week later, Steven's funeral was held and all of Beach City was there. "he loved our doughnuts" Sadie sobbed sadly as she laid a bag of doughnuts on the half human's grave.

"He was a good friend" a small voice explained. It was Onion. "He was kind, selfless, optimistic...I'll miss him" he told everyone.

"Me too" Sour Cream added, hugging his brother.

"He fixed my vision and I'll always be grateful" Connie told Beach City's residents as she placed the glasses on the grave, next to a bag of Chaaaaaaaaaps, a bag of doughnuts and a Universe family picture taken ten years ago.

"At least he's with his mother" Garnet sighed, removing her visor to let the tears from her three eyes trickle down her cheeks. "In a million years, I never thought he'd remove his gem...his curiosity killed him" she added as she unfused into Ruby and Sapphire.

"Sapphy, I'll miss him!" Ruby wailed.

"Me too. We could've stopped it" Sapphire told her partner.

"He was a nice guy..always cheerful, weird place for his gemstone however; but he was quite happy...I learnt from him...goodbye Steven" Jasper cried, wiping her eyes with a tissue.

Pearl raced towards Steven's grave and hugged it. "My baby's gone...forever" she sniffled as Amethyst hugged her. Lion nudged the long nosed gem in sympathy.

"He was a great dude...he saved me when my gem cracked...Lapis' too" Amethyst added, holding the gemstone he and Rose shared. "I think he'd need this in the 'afterlife' Greg was talking about" she told everyone, placing the pink gemstone on the top of the grave.

"Amethyst! What if it shatters?" Pearl asked as she cautiously removed it from the top of the grave and placed it propped up next to it carefully. "We miss you two" She told it.

Jasper and Bismuth hugged as Greg spoke up. "When Steven was born, he was a rare baby...half gem and half human...he loved playing, making music and meeting people, gems and onions...he used to love his ukulele and protecting us from the diamonds...he and Connie were great friends...I'll miss you Steven...we all will" he explained as Beach City shed tears from Greg's speech.

"You know, for a Clod, he was quite friendly and his bubble was quite cool...so long, Steven Quartz Universe" Peridot sniffled as she placed the battle armor leg on the grave. "I thought he could need it if he ever poofs again" she told the gems.

Lapis sighed as she touched the grave. "Farewell Steven, you will be missed...thanks for fixing my gem" she added before singing the song he wrote about her but with her own spin on it:

"I was trapped in a mirror,

And it couldn't be clearer,

I wanted to leave this place,

And get myself back in space,

And Greg; you did say I was a criminal,

But the friendship came through as subliminal

Lapis Lazuli; I fled to the bottom of the sea,

Lapis Lazuli; Steven Quartz Universe came around to see me

Steven Universe; he went to the bottom of the sea

Steven Universe; his heart told him to come and see me

I miss you, Steven"

"Lapis, that was awesome" Peridot explained, hugging her barn-mate

"That's Steven and Lapis in a nutshell" Pearl cried, smiling a little.

"Yeah, if only he could've heard it" Lapis sighed.

"Yeah...but we have to move on" Greg told the gems.

Sapphire hugged Steven's grave, that's when they knew things would never be the same, for Greg Universe, the Crystal Gems, Onion and Beach City.

End of Chapter One