STEVEN UNIVERSE
-The Arrival of Axinite-
PROLOGUE
One. An odd word- one. It seems so puny, so insignificant, so weak. And yet, one person, one action, one belief can cause so much good.
Or so much wrong.
We've seen throughout history, in people like assassins, dictators, kings, queens, presidents, and even common people, the damage that one person can cause. Yes, while the number one may seem like it's nothing to worry about, like it's a miniscule threat, one that we needn't fear, the truth is that one person, idea, or action can lead to disaster.
This is not a story with a happy ending. This is the tale of one Gem named Axinite, and her want for both her memory and destruction to humans. It is not a tale that ends well. It is not a tale that will end in a festive celebration. Feelings of death, sorrow, hatred… All unlike you've ever seen in Beach City have occurred in this story. The citizens of Beach City, the Crystal Gems, Steven… They won't be the same. Not after this. Not after Axinite invaded and nobody was prepared.
But, as mentioned above, our story doesn't start where it all ended. Our story starts at the Kindergarten, where a fully grown gem, reddish brown in color, bone thin after years of slumber, containing a gem of axinite on her palm, woke up from what she believed to be a deep slumber.
The sky was blue that day. The gems were hard at work dealing with pests across the galaxy. The world was at peace.
And then, Axinite woke up.
Immediately, she screamed, "AMETHYST!" But then realized there was no one near her, and she didn't even know anyone by that name. She was all alone.
Fearful of her situation, she began to backtrack. She remembered, vaguely however, exiting her hole in the Kindergarten… But after that, everything was a fuzz.
Why?!
This was the question Axinite asked herself that day and every day after that. This was the question that fueled Axinite's rage, fueled her hatred towards humans, fueled her hatred to herself…
Finally, Axinite got up. She looked around at the desperate excuse for a once magnificent evil-factory. It was honestly nothing to brag about. Desolate, with every shade of brown, purple and black mixed into one big canyon. She walked over to the bacteriophage-shaped structures, touched the icy metal with her hands. How long was it since this was used?
Slowly, in a frightened manner, Axinite looked above at the millions of gem-shaped holes in the canyon above. Only two struck her fancy- one on ground level, and one right by where she woke up. One of these, she thought, had to be her own home.
She found the one that fit her shape (as much as it could, given that Axinite had lost an awful lot of weight in her slumber) and slid in, perfectly. It seemed comfortable, and it was to her what humans would refer to as "home sweet home".
But Axinite didn't care for being home. Not if she didn't even know where this home was, not if she didn't even know who she was. This was where her frustration first began. And this was where she first felt that strange buzz on her hand.
She looked over to it and saw her gem of axinite glowing, shining brightly, almost like a diamond in the otherwise murky and abandoned factory of spawning. Then, the rest came naturally to her. Instantly, she slapped her hands together in the air, and immediately blades similar to "Wasabi-no-Ginger"'s laser blades emerged on her wrists. Axinte even felt a strange feeling in her legs, and when she tried to walk, she noticed the world whirl around her as he instantly appeared two miles away.
"This power… Is incredible…"
She ran (or rather, took a single step) to one of the towers and tapped it with her wrist blade. She found that the blade cut through it clean like air.
Curious to see what else she could cut, and how she could do it, Axinite began cutting even more through the tower. It felt like she was just slicing the air, but the marks of a blade were evident! She also found out that, depending on the pressure she put on the blade, she could cause thicker and thicker marks.
Although, the tower couldn't support her constant barrage on that leg anymore, and eventually began to crash, right towards her.
In her fear, Axinite learned something else- when she's in danger, she doesn't even have to think about running- she just automatically does.
Axinite began grinning madly, and cackled.
The walls had no choice but to echo, magnifying the terror of her voice tenfold. Axinite didn't know what she'd do, but she know she was well prepared to handle anything.
Once Axinite learned how to control her powers (at least, the ones she knew about) she got out of the canyon and entered a strange landscape. It appeared to be green, with an enormous patch of yellow, tall… something sticking out of it. A red, tall house stood on the far end of this field, with some kind of green device next to it. Many peaceful-looking creatures who kept going, "Moo", were out on the field, eating the green grass.
"Ah… A place to rest."
Using up those powers like that did, after all take a toll on her. Axinite entered the barn and found a big patch of yellow straw on the floor. Calmly, she knelt down- not the most sophisticated method of resting, but she'd manage- and closed her eye.
She dreamt of holding an orb in her hand- and crushing it. She felt angry, like she couldn't have her was, like she felt trapped again. She said she lived life on her own terms, and then became an eagle and flew out the window of that house and into a valley where the constant banging of fireworks and celebration filled the air.
She was awoken by a loud bang as her legs carried her ten feet away from what appeared to be the owner of the area.
"Damn Gem! Get the hell off of my property before I call the cops and have them deal with you!"
He fired another bullet, but by then Axinite had her wrist blade prepared. It was a simple task to slice the bullet to nothing with the thick laser.
Angrily, she approached the owner.
"You called me a what? How do you know about gems? What hasn't your race told me? Are you the one who took my memories away?"
The owner backed up into a corner, whimpering like the coward he was.
"You think that just because you're human, you can do that to us?! Well WE'RE BETTER THAN YOU! HOW DARE YOU TREAT A GEM LIKE THAT? HOW DARE YOU!"
Axinite's laser was strong enough now to obliterate the man's head with one swipe. But instead, she felt another urge. She ended the laser, and felt a strong energy build up in her hand. She approached the man and grabbed his head.
Instantly, he screamed, and Axinite could see all his memories, could see everything in his life. Then, she learned of what would be her most useful ability.
The ability to control the mind.
Quickly, she let go of the man and he collapsed to the floor, exactly how Axinite looked when she woke up for the first time. Once again she cackled, and with one sinister sweep, the man lost his head, and his life…
The Axinite that (almost) everyone knew was born.