It started out like any other normal day. Steven and the Gems had gone to visit Peridot and Lapis at the barn. The sky was clear, the air was warm, and everything was pointing to it being another great day for everyone.
But then everything changed.
Steven was really looking forward to the visit. He had brought along a kite, and was going to show Lapis and Peridot how it worked. He had been introducing the two of them to more and more human customs, and to him they seemed to like the planet much more than they had when they had first settled down at the barn.
Now Steven and the Gems were almost at the barn. Steven could already see Peridot and Lapis waiting for them at the top of the hill.
"Hi guys!" Steven exclaimed excitedly. "I've got something I want to show you!"
Peridot had an unusually large grin on her face, and was giggling softly. "We've got something to show YOU!" she said. Steven wondered why she was giggling, but when he got to the crest of the hill, he saw why.
"Connie? What are you doing here with that huge piece of cloth?"
Connie was standing behind the two gems, holding an enormous piece of cloth. She was also giggling slightly. "I sorta kinda told them about the kite."
"Why, Connie? It was supposed to be a surprise!" Steven was getting kind of mad, but to Connie it just made him look cute.
"I was talking with Lapis and Peridot earlier, and may have accidentally brought up the kite. Peridot got really excited about it, and after I explained to her what a kite was, she wanted me to bring a big piece of cloth. For what, I don't quite know, but I have a vague idea."
Steven walked up to Peridot. He was pretty sure he knew what she had in mind.
"It's a giant kite, isn't it?"
Peridot looked offended. "Well, it isn't a giant kite yet, Steven," she quipped. "It's still just a large piece of cloth and some sticks. But if we actually try and work on it, it'll definitely be a kite!"
"Well, now that you know about the kite, we might as well get started on the big one." Steven was slightly disappointed, but was also very excited at the prospect of building an enormous kite. Also, he had a good idea of what he wanted to do with it.
Thirty minutes later, Steven, Connie and the gems stood proudly in front of a kite that was at least thirty feet long. Steven was proud of it; he, Peridot, Lapis, and Connie had worked on it very hard and it had all paid off in the end.
"Now what are we going to do with this?" inquired Pearl, always the pessimist. "It's a thirty foot kite; it'll never get off the ground. There's little enough wind as it is."
"Well," said Lapis, a confident smirk crossing her face, "I may have an idea."