Hi everyone! This is our first fanfic collab by Sethster! It's actually our very first collab, we decided to make Steven Universe fic to make it special! Enjoy!
((Sorry for the OOCness btw))
Chapter One: A Familiar Gem
The warp pad activated in the woods and four familiar silhouettes formed within the flash. Once they landed in, Steven stepped out from the warp pad and turned to the gems.
"What are we looking for anyway?" the boy said excitedly, looking up to Garnet. The fusion smiled and ruffled his curly mass of hair.
"We're looking for the ancient artifacts, Steven" she said, smiling, "We're here gather them from the forest"
"Yay!" the boy said, throwing his fists on the air and run towards the forest, "Let's go find some!"
"You bet!" Amethyst joined in and running along with him. Pearl looked at Garnet who has her hands on her hips, her gaze following Steven.
"Do you think this is a good idea?" she spoke, and they began to walk. The two members running ahead of them, laughing like children.
"We'll just need to find the artifacts scattered around here" Garnet pushed her glasses inwards and added, "If anything bad happens, we should return home before twilight"
The pale gem nodded and sighed. As the group enter the forest, they found a lot of gem artifacts almost covered by the dirt on an open field. Steven let an awed gasp before kneeling in to the nearest artifact and dusted away the dirt carefully with his stubby hands. The ground then starts to rumble. The trio quickly summoned their weapons from their respective gems and ready their stances. A sand snake-like Gem soon popped out the trees and rushed in to attack the team.
"Steven!" Pearl shouted, her grip tightened around her spear. She aimed and threw her spear at the creature's gemstone, but it was blocked by its horn on its sandy snout. Garnet quickly went on Steven's way and caught the monster's mouth. The gem monster then shove her out of its way and roared at Steven who didn't even flinched and glares back at the creature. The monster gem tilted its head and look at the boy eagerly, as if it was returning the half-gem's death glare. Amethyst's whip wrapped around its neck and she pulled it to the ground. The monster squealed and its attention turned to the purple gem. While distracted, Garnet carried Steven on her arms to safety.
The monster got hit by Pearl's spear on its neck. It shrieked in pain and glared at the two gems on each of their direction before it whipped its tail at Amethyst and rammed its head on Pearl. The two gems flew on opposite sides, Pearl hitting a tree and the sudden force uprooted it while Amethyst rolls on the ground, leaving the dirt upturned as she continue to move backwards.
"Amethyst! Pearl!" shouted a scared and worried Steven
"Steven, stay here" the fusion said, placing him behind a tree not far away from the battle field, "I know you want to help but the monster is too aggressive"
The boy squirmed at Garnet's arms. "Garnet, please, let me help"
Garnet was thinking until the monster rushing at them and hissed loudly, revealing its large fangs covered on sand.
"Ok, Steven, I believe in you!" Garnet said in defeat, and turned to face the monster. Steven then summoned his shield and blocked the monster's vicious attack. As its head hits Steven's shield, it made a loud clang that echoed through the forest. The monster flinched at the sound and Garnet hopped in front of Steven and gave the creature an uppercut. The sand snake shook its head and a recovered Pearl quickly jumped on its head and pierce her spear on its head with both of her hands. The monster poofed and its light pink gem fell on the ground. Pearl landed on her feet perfectly like a ballerina and kept her spear once she stood up. Garnet quickly bubbled the gem and made it disappeared on the thin air, teleporting it on their base.
"Nice teamwork back there" the pale gem said, clasping her hands together. Steven grinned as Garnet patted his hair again for the second time. The trio soon went to find where Amethyst ended up, tracing the trail she created. They heard her laugh at the distance and saw she was pointing on the ground. Wait, a green gem? The group moved closer and examined the green gem closely.
Steven gasps and all the gems' heads turned to him. "It's Peridot's!"
"What?!" the three gems said in unison
"Let's shatter it!" Amethyst said with a smug, "She doesn't stand a chance!"
"NO!" Steven shouted at her, dived in on the ground and covered Peridot's gem with his hands. Amethyst glared at the boy and crosses her arms on her chest.
"Why is she regenerating?" said Pearl, a hand on her chin, "She must have been attacked by something"
Steven picked up the gem carefully with both of his hands. "I'm sure she'll be good in no time"
Garnet then clears her throat and spoke, "We need to gather artifacts before it gets dark"
The two gems nodded and the fusion turned to Steven. "Steven, you should go home and wait for us"
The hybrid nodded before heading back to the warp pad, Peridot's gem on his hands.
"But can I take care of Peridot's gem?" asked Steven as he spun around, stars sparkling on his eyes.
The trio looked at each other, they knew they can't resist the puppy dog eyes of the boy.
"Sure"
"Ugh. Fine"
"Just be careful" The three said at the same time and glanced at each other again, surprised that they blurted their agreements out loud.
"YAY!" the boy said and ran towards the warp pad. Garnet sighed and said, "We should get going and deal with Peridot later"
When Steven warped at home, he promptly gets a towel to cover Peridot's gem to keep it warm and comfy. He then climbed upstairs and settle the gem down on his bed.
"I hope that we could be friends, Peri" the boy said, putting the wrapped green gem on a pillow and sat beside it. The boy stared at the triangular gem and wonders why she retreated on her gem at the first place. He shrugs, sat in front of his TV screen and started to play video games which went on for hours.
The boy got tired at playing video games as the moon rises up from the horizon. It looks like the gems aren't coming back anytime this day.
"How long I've been playing?" he groaned as he dropped his controller down and stared blankly on the screen flashing "Game Over" with pixelated characters running around it. He turns the TV off and changed his clothes and crawled on the bed.
"I hope you'll get better soon Peri!" said Steven, yawning as he stretches both of his arms on the air. He placed the gem near him and snuggle it close to him as he pulled up his sheets up to his body and fell fast asleep. The one thing he didn't know that the gem starts to glow...
I edited the plot like for almost an hour. Our exchange of ideas is really complicated so I need to revise the sentences as much possible. x3
Until next time!
