I don't own Steven Universe. I'm just a kid with an imagination and a computer.

-Crystal's POV-

Very few of the citizens of Beach City know about the Crystal Gems. Few citizens of the world for that matter. And even fewer people know of the Crystal temple. Humanity is still very in the dark about those who have protected them for centuries. But the Gems don't seem to mind too much. They had accepted certain duties long ago as guardians. Not only were they to protect this world, but the many gem artifacts on it as well.

As time continued on these duties were expanded and certain rules went into effect. Humans can be quite powerful, but still weak to many of the threats of this world. That is why we protect them. But they are also easily corrupt at the slightest hint of power. This is why the Gems, and magic, had to remain a secret... for the most part. Even so humans still acquired may things from the magical civilizations, such as the "Latin" language and monarchy.

As time went on Gems came and went, some in combat and others because of sickness or some other tragedy, like the Living Armor Uprising. As the geo-races as a whole began to disintegrate, many battles were fought to try and achieve a dominate ruler over the land by many different kingdoms. In the end the main survivors were mostly the Guardian Gems.

Thanks to advancements in medicines and such, the gems could now survive many illness, as well as the effects of time. They even acquired the skill of regeneration if not injured too much.

Now the Guardian Gems were set to protect more than the Gem geo-race. They were now tasked with protecting the world and all of its creatures. They were to stop mass extinction as had happened to past things, such as their ancestors or the "dinosaurs" (there was a Red Eye collision). They were renamed, the Crystal Gems as a tribute to me and to possibly gain some of my likeness. As a princess I had the chance to rule over the weak cruelly, I had instead chosen to leave my wealth to protect those who couldn't protect themselves. I had been born in a weak state, but I had soared past that and raced to greater skills and past all expectations. I had even held my ground against the Queen, no matter how many times she told me to stick to tradition or that I couldn't do what I knew I could.

This was what the Crystal Gems were to be like. They were to spread protection with their power, not fear. Even at their lowest points they could succeed, even if at their own expense. They could meet any goal, and even surpass it. They wouldn't give up their beliefs or principals, no matter what. And now, like I, they had even managed to survive time.

All of these things had happened in the time I was gone. Trapped in that sap. But I had made it to the future, just as those named after me. So much has happened, even more than I had mentioned. So much has changed as well. But I'm ready for anything. With the help of my nephew, Steven, and his love of adventure the future should be quite fun. And of course, the Crystal Gems will be able to assist me as well.

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I'm just rambling to myself aren't I? And I guess now I'm talking to myself. At least I'm not completely bored. Pearl had given me lots of material to read. I'm basically caught up with history now. And did you know that in the year... yeah I'm totally bored.

I have absolutely no idea what to do right now. The gems had let me roam the temple to find myself a room while they were out... doing some sort of protection... thing. Honestly I'm not completely sure how the guardian- job I guess?- job has changed. All I know is that it has.

Anyways, I had found a secret compartment in the Crystal Heart room and discovered that a room had already been made for me. Unlike the other rooms it actually had windows, which was quite nice. This means you can actually see my room from the outside. It's actually on the other side of that gem over that person's body that the outside of the temple is carved to look like. Turns out that the crystal can open up as a window. The view was spectacular, but I couldn't see what the Gems and Steven were doing.

Unfortunately since I have absolutely no knowledge of the future leaving wasn't exactly an option. And since I was bored of reading and most of the temple was a deathtrap that I honestly didn't feel like dealing with, I decided to head out to the Beach House. And there I had a few options, and of them I choose to read some magazines. I sat on the coach and looked over my options. Sports (volleyball seems a bit to complicated), Cooking (where am I suppose to get a grill?), Fashion... my instincts as a princess kicked in and I reached for the reading material.

Foine Magazine was... amazing, simply amazing. So many colors and styles and patterns and, and, they were all just so unique and interesting! Finally, there was more variety in clothing besides puffy dresses and armor! I felt inspired by the many different clothes and decided to try a new look. I'd actually been wearing the same outfit all weekend and it was starting to get old. Same tunic, pants, cloak, gloves, boots and jewel encrusted metal hair tie... I looked just so old fashioned. Not to mention that my outfit smells like sap. The only interesting part of my outfit was probably the black star shaped buttons that Turquoise (one of the Guardian Gems) had given to me on my tenth birthday and that Emerald (another Gem) had helped me sew on. Anyways enough with the reminiscing.

First of all boots don't exactly work in a "beach" -or whatever its called- type of environment. A quick choose something and concentrated on what I wanted. My clothes were woven from magically enhanced gem fibers, so I can change them at will. And... poof! Lilac sandals had appeared on previously booted feet.

Soon I had adjusted the pieces of my clothes to be better fit for the current time period... hopefully. My purple tunic was now a lilac tank top, and my white pants were now black jean shorts. My gloves had shifted into three bracelets on my right wrist. They were in white, lilac, and black and hung a bit loose but not enough to fall off. My metal hair tie had been replaced with a regular lilac pony tail holder. Finally, my cloak had changed into a short white vest with a black star button that connected its sides at the top.

"This is an improvement... but I'm still really bored. Oh, great. Now I actually am talking to myself."

What to do, what to do. Well, I guess that I could... oh I give up! I'll just run around until I find Steven or the Gems.

And so it begins. Also, thanks to all of you who supported me on "Intrusion in the Temple". I hope you'll enjoy this sequel. Also, another awesome coincidence! I had thought about Crystal being able to change her outfit for the past few days, and in "Beach Party" it happened! Am I psychic? No... but its still really cool.