"Hey Steven," A blonde called to the chubby boy as the door to the donut shop was pushed open. "What can I get ya, Steven?" She asked, leaning over the counter. "The usual." Steven replied, placing his hands on the countertop. As the blonde plopped the boy's usual donuts into a bag, she asked
"You going to see the meteor shower tonight?"
"The meteor shower?"
"Yeah, it's tonight."
The boy gasped as the blonde placed the bag on the counter. "Its tonight! I thought it was tomorrow! I've gotta tell the gems!" Steven quickly paid, grabbed his donuts and raced towards the door. With a quick "Thanks, Sadie." The door had swung shut and the little boy was huffing and puffing down the sidewalk.
Steven burst through the door, donut bag in hand. "GUYS!" He yelled, surprising the gems who were relaxing around the house. "What is it Steven?" A tall, lanky gem asked. "The meteor shower is tonight, Pearl!" Steven exclaimed, turning towards the gem. "Oh," She replied, sinking back, disappointed in the news. "We have to watch it!" The boy exclaimed, looking at the other two gems. "Uh, Steven, I have something to do tonight." Pearl said sheepishly. "No." Came the monotonous reply from the leader, Garnet. "Eh…Whatever dude." A short purple gem, Amethyst said, before stuffing her face with chips. "Hmmph, I'll watch it myself." Steven said, crossing his arms over his chest.
Night had fallen, and Steven was standing on the porch, looking at the stars. The screen door swung open and Amethyst waltzed out, and joined Steven at the railing. "When does it start, I'm bored." Amethyst said almost immediately. "It starts when it's ready Amethyst." Steven pouted, disappointed that the other gems weren't joining him. "Look! Look! Look!" Amethyst cried, leaning forward until she was in danger of falling off the railing. The white meteors streaked across the night sky, Steven looked up at them with wide eyes. "Look at that one!" He exclaimed again and again, each time pointing to a new band of light streaked across the stars. Amethyst giggled at the boy's enthusiasm. Steven waved another finger at the sky, "Look at those ones!" Amethyst followed the direction he was pointing, looking up at the meteors he was pointing to. The two meteors just scraps of light, seemed to dance next to each other in the sky. "Woah." The purple-skinned gem commented. The two balls of light, now closer to the Earth, did not seem likes balls at all. The very shape of them were moving objects, and it seemed the dance had stopped, and had renewed with a battle in the sky. "I don't think those are meteors…" Amethyst whispered, squinting at the glowing objects. "Nonsense." Steven said, brushing off the claim. The two objects were now falling, their light intensifying as the came closer to the Surface o the Earth. It was evident now that one was extremely larger than the other. "They're gonna land on the beach!" Steven cried, stepping back from the railing. The things were falling, seeming to aim right for the temple. A scream rang out, pained and quickly cut off as the objects collided with the sandy shore. A gigantic dust cloud surrounded what had landed, and the collision had triggered an earsplitting sound. Garnet and Pearl rushed out the door, weapons in hand. Pearl pushed Steven back inside the house as Amethyst pulled her whip from her gem. The leaped off the porch and onto the beach, ready to confront whatever had landed there. The dust settled, revealing a humongous monster. "It's a corrupted gem monster!" Pearl exclaimed, gripping her spear tighter. Garnet instructed the gems forward and they leapt into battle against the corrupted gem. It was huge, and catlike. It had spiky skin that looked like fur, and one swiveling eye with the gems in its sight. It opened its mouth, revealing sharp, dagger like teeth, it let out a loud roar, filled with spittle, and the gems flew back from the force. They ran forward again, and began attacking the corrupted monster. It swung around its tail, where a spiked gem lay at the base. The gems leaped and attacked in an organized chaos, until Garnet got around to the back of the monster. Pearl and Amethyst distracted it, while Garnet caught its swinging tail in her gauntlets, cracking the gem. Its roar was cut off as it dissolved back into it's gem. Garnet put away her gauntlet and surrounded the gem in a bubble, and sent it into the temple. "Hey guys!" Amethyst called, invigored by the battle. The others looked over to what the purple gem was talking about. Steven burst out of the house, and ran down to see the others. Amethyst had called out a rut in the sand, leading away from the battle sight. Pearl turned to the excited little boy, "Get back in the house Steven, it's not safe!" She instructed, Steven turned and went sulking back into the house. "Let's follow it." Garnet decided, indicating to the trail Amethyst had spotted. The gems walked along the beach, Amethyst running ahead, Garnet walking coolly and Pearl continued to clutch onto her spear. "Guys, look!" Amethyst yelled, pointing to something up the trail. The gems ran to catch up to her. A gem lay in the sand, limbs splayed out, staring blankly above. She was all scratched up, and her chest was heaving. Pearl immediately pointed her spear at the fallen gem "Who are you?!" She asked, anger merging with protectiveness. "Hey…Pearl," The gem heaved, shifting her gaze to the pale gem with a spear at her throat. "How do you know my name?" Pearl asked, more curious than angry. "You don't remember me." The gem chuckled, regaining her bearings. "Who are you." Garnet asked, her cool manner making the question come out more like a statement then a question. "Ivory." "Oh! Oh Oh Oh!" Amethyst exclaimed, waving her arms in the air. "You came to see us that one time!" The gem swiveled her head around "Yeah, I did, you sure have grown." Amethyst nodded enthusiastically, and Ivory laughed at the happy purple gem. Pearl put her spear down, "Oh." She said softly, bringing a hand to her face as she tried to remember the tall gem still splayed out on the beach in front of her. Amethyst grabbed Ivory's arm and pulled her into a sitting position. "Ow!" Ivory exclaimed, and the purple gem backed off. The gem turned and pulled herself to her feet, flinching. She was tall, taller than Pearl but shorter than Garnet. She only towered a few inches above Pearl's head. "I didn't think you would still be here." Ivory said, looking up at Garnet. "Why would we move." Garnet replied, adjusting her glasses. "Let's go back to the temple, Steven is probably worrying." Garnet continued, turning and striding back to the temple where Steven was, face pressed up against the glass. Pearl quickly followed after the red gem while Amethyst lagged behind with Ivory. "Whew, I'm stiff." Ivory groaned, bending her back and then moving forward, Amethyst dancing around her feet. Before Garnet and Pearl had even entered the temple, Steven had flung open the door to meet them. "Hello Steven." Garnet greeted, a small smile on her face as Steven began rocketing off questions. "What were you doing?" "Was that a gem monster?" "Did you get hurt" Pearl tried to answer the questions, a worried look on her face as she motioned for the excited little boy to slow down. "Who is THAT?" Steven yelled, a pudgy finger pointing accusingly at the pale gem who was leisurely chatting with Amethyst as they walked towards the temple. "Ivory." Garnet replied. "Who is she?" Steven asked, looking expectantly at the red gem. "Ask her yourself." Garnet replied, waving Steven in the direction of the beach. Steven gasped and raced down the stairs and down the beach. Arms spread as he raced towards the talking gems, he called out to Amethyst. "Steven, hey!" The purple gem replied, causing Ivory to look up in surprise. Steven skidded to a stop in front of the two gems. "Who're you?" He asked quickly, pointing at Ivory once more. "Ivory." She replied, leaning back a little in shock from the little bundle of energy in front of her. "I'm Steven!" He exclaimed, throwing his arms wide. "Uh…hi!" Ivory replied. Amethyst laughed and hit Ivory on the back, "Don't be scared, it's just Steven, he's harmless!" Ivory laughed sarcastically at her friend's comment. Ivory kneeled down to Steven's eye level. "Hello, Steven." She said calmly. Steven smiled, and then let out a huge yawn. Pearl, who none of the others had noticed walking down the beach, came up behind and picked Steven up. "You are up way too late." She scolded, and began stalking back to the temple, Steven in arms. Amethyst shrugged, and pulled Ivory with her towards the temple. "I can't believe you're back, I've been waiting for you!" "I bet you have" Ivory chuckled, amused. When they finally reached the temple, Ivory stepped inside after Amethyst and stared at her surroundings in awe. "Woah." She whispered. "This is just the house, the temple is much cooler." Amethyst said, seating herself on the couch. "It's, elegantly…messy?" Ivory said sheepishly, trying not to be rude by pointing out Steven's clothing and food wrappers littering the house. "Ugh! Amethyst!." Pearl exclaimed, having put Steven in bed, she now busied herself in a heated conversation with the purple gem about crumbs. "Uhh…" Ivory said, awkwardly watching the two fighting gems. "Don't worry." Garnet uttered. Ivory looked up at the red gem and shrugged. "Hey, uh…Garnet," Ivory started, trying to remember the red gem's name. "Hmm." Garnet replied, looking straight on ahead. "Where's Rose?"