A/N: I don't own Steven Universe

Chapter One: The Bits

Oh how Peridot hated living on Earth.

Ever since she was forced to land on this accused place after her ship was destroyed by the very Gems who she was now forced to live with. After trudging through one of this world's forests for at least three weeks by her calculations, she finally found her way to the enemy Gems temple and her arrival was met with what else, hostility of course. She only went them on the grounds that it was only logical choice; the Kindergarten was a museum piece by now and the home world-warp was still damaged and without her robots, she was unable to repair it and return home, not to mention she had no way of freeing Jasper and Lapis from their underwater tomb.

The Gems quickly overwhelmed her and sealed her away in the underbelly of their home. As she awaited her certain death at their hands, the humanoid known as Steven suddenly intervened and after nearly two hours of debating with them, Peridot was freed from her holding cell and was as Garnet put it 'under Steven's supervision'

And now here she was, standing with this child in front of some human food service unit while some overweight human with dreads was taking pictures of her while the smaller one was busy getting Steven's strange source of food.

"The bits! The bits! The bits!" he happily chanted

"Here you go Stev-Ah!" the boy in food service unit attempted to say before seeing Peridot, dropping the bag of fry bits in the process

"NOOOO! The Bits!" the half-gem exclaimed in horror as if he was watching a friend being killed in front him

"St-Steven w-what is she doing here?!" the boy demanded in terror as he pointed at the home-world Gem

"Oh, Petey; this is Peridot, she's cool" Steven introduced, quickly changing his mood in under a second "Well, she kinda is; she's learning to be good"

"One does not learn to be good Steven. It is not a logical course of action to forcibly change's ones outlook on life" the Gem explained

"…She's getting there" Steven said to his human friend

"Why do you wish to consume these pieces of fried grease?" she asked "The damage they are probably doing to your internal organs is risk to your well being, this might also explain why you have the…figure you have now"

"Oh Peridot, food can't hurt you" the portly boy answered with a laugh

"…Right" was her only response

"I bet you would like it if you tried them" Steven reasoned with a smile "I know Gems don't need to eat, but Amethyst does it all the time just for fun. Maybe you'll have fun eating them to"

Peridot crossed her arms and grimaced at him, but the boy continued to give her a bright smile in return. After several seconds of the facial stand-off, the home-world Gem finally relented.

"Fine…I'll eat them" she sighed in defeat

"Yay! Score one for Steven!" he declared happily "Petey, another round of fry bits for me and my friend here!"

"Uh, ok" the young fry cook replied, not knowing how else to respond to all this

A minute or so later, the boy returned to them with two bags filled with the strange snack. Steven then took them both and preceded to hand her one of them, to which she took much to her chagrin. With another dejected sigh, she took a small handful of the bits and consumed the bits of grease. After a few seconds of chewing, she swallowed them down; all the while Steven looked on at her to see her final verdict.

"Well…?" Steven asked in anticipation

Peridot whispered something under her breath.

"What was that?" the boy asked

"I said…I like it" she replied in a defeated tone