"So what are we here for?" Steven asked as he and the gems walked through an ancient gem temple. "I'm not sure." Garnet answered in her British monotone. "I received a gem activated signal from something here, I don't know what it is though." The gems then walked into a large cavern. Directly in the middle of the cavern there was a large rock that was about the size of Steven. "Woah it's one of THOSE things? I didn't even know there were any left on earth!" Said Amethyst. "Garnet is that-" Pearl asked. "Yes." Garnet answered. "It's a geode." "What's a geode?" Steven asked. "A geode is basically how gems used to be made. There used to be places called geode mounds that would usually be in very environmental places, like Ice Lands or Volcanoes were they were created, after they are formed they sit dormant for a few hundred years, until another gem comes and activates the geode. The geode then splits and reveals a gemling, which is the gem equivalent of a human child."Garnet explained. "Whoa." Steven said with starry eyes. "So there is another gem in here?" He asked. "Mhm." Garnet nodded. "A long time ago, before the kindergartens, this was how home world made new gems, and unlike the kindergartens, these didn't harm the planets they were formed on,but over time they found that process was to slow, which is why they started the kindergartens. They then searched for and found all geodes and activated them, even if they weren't fully formed yet. If they were formed and healthy then they were kept, but if they were weak and under developed then they were shattered, this is probably the last geode in existence." Pearl explained. "Everyone stand back." Said Garnet as she approached the rock. Garnet then held up her two gem embedded hands towards the rock. Her gems glowed brightly. A glowing red crack appeared in the rock. Slowly the crack spread across the rock, then finally the rock burst open, red smoke filled the cavern. The smoke evaporated, reveling the rock now split open with something inside. There in the middle of the rock was a small child. The child was a little girl with scarlet red skin and short ebony black hair. The crystal gems watched as the little gemling stirred.
The newly formed gem slowly opened her eyes.
She winced closing them again it was so bright! She slowly opened her eyes again rubbing them with her small hands. Shivers racked her small body in reaction to the new environment. It was cold too! She poked out her tongue slightly, tasting the sour unfamiliar air. What happened to the dark warm place? Why wasn't she there anymore? All of a sudden as her vision cleared she spotted four tall figures. She froze in fear. Were they bad? Would they hurt her?
Garnet smiled slightly as she saw the gemling was staring at her inquisitively. Garnet slowly reached out her hand towards the young gem. The gemling squirmed slightly and attempted to wriggle backwards away from her hand. Garnet gave a small smile to the little girl. "It's alright little one, I'm not going to hurt you." She murmured soothingly.
Garnet reached towards the gemling again, slowly so as not to scare her. When she saw that the child didn't squirm away she then picked the gemling up and held her against Garnet's chest.
The gemling stopped shivering as the red one held her. The red one was warm! And she felt safe In the red ones arms.
Garnet looked over the child. "Let's see what type of gem you are.." She murmured. She stopped when her hand felt something cold and hard on the back of the little ones neck. There was a square shaped gem. "Hm." Garnet looked inside the rock that she had pulled the child out of. Inside the rock were hundreds of gems matching the one on the child's neck. "Andradite" she then bubbled the geode rock and sent it to the temple so the gemling could have it when she was older. "Her name is Andradite." Said Garnet to the other gems as she held Andradite close. Steven reached into his cheeseburger back pack and handed Garnet a red blanket with yellow stars on it. Garnet took the blanket and swaddled Andradite in it. "Let's go back to the temple." Garnet said to the other gems. Andradite yawned and blinked sleepy. She felt relaxed wrapped in this warm thing held in the Reds ones arms. She closed her eyes. The rhythmic movement of Garnet's stride lulling her to sleep.
So this chapter isn't actually really apart of the storyline I made it for two reasons. 1. So i could finally have something to publish this story with. And 2. To sort of experiment with my writing with Steven universe. In the actually story line Andradite will be older then Steven but younger then Garnet,Amethyst and Pearl.