Greetings everyone. This is my first attempt at a Steven Universe fan fiction. The theme of the story for this fan fiction will be kind of on the more serious side, as if it is part of the show, and will be somewhat epic in scale. I got the idea to do this fan fiction from a few very interesting dreams I had involving Steven Universe, and I've actually had a quite a few of them. What happens to me often is that whenever there is a series that I really like, it will often cause me to have dreams about them, the events of which would make for a very interesting fan fiction or role play. Steven Universe, being a series I like is no exception, and the dream had such an interesting story that I just had to turn it into a fan fiction to expand it and build upon it. The plot points seemed so realistic, like something that could actually happen in the show.
Each part of the story will play out almost like episodes of the show, and the chapters will be named with a theme as if it were an actual episode. Some of these parts of the story would definitely make for some good episodes. Many people I've told my ideas to think they were really good and told me that I should make it into a story, so here I am now finally doing that. I hope you all enjoy it.
It started out as a typical, normal day at the beach house. Steven and Amethyst were upstairs in Steven's room, watching T.V. On the T.V, there appeared to be some sort of show about a teenage superhero fighting crime.
"Here comes Berserker Boy, the Viking Warrior, to save the day." said the narrator on the television. "With his sword and magical powers, he will defend the Earth from the forces of evil."
They watched as Berserker Boy pulled out what appeared to be a magical sword, and he began to fight off all of the monsters surrounding him with his sword skills, as well as some of his own magical powers.
"Wow, Berserker Boy is the greatest." said Steven. "I can totally relate to him. The situations he always seems to find himself in are a lot like those we get into when we're doing Gem stuff."
"Eh, I guess." said Amethyst. "Those are some pretty neat special effects though. How'd they do that?"
Pearl then approached Steven and Amethyst and joined them.
"It's quite strange." said Pearl. "His powers seem to vaguely resemble our own Gem powers."
"Really?" said Steven.
"There's no way it could be though." said Pearl. "This silly Earth show is nothing but a creation of the human imagination."
"I guess so." said Steven. "There's no way any of the stuff in this show can be real, can it?"
"No Steven." said Pearl. "The only people with powers like that here on Earth would be us."
After about a few minutes, the show ended and Steven got up.
"Well, see ya guys later." said Steven. "I'm bored, so I'm gonna go for a walk."
"Alright then." said Pearl. "Don't come home late, and stay out of trouble."
"Don't worry, I will." said Steven.
Steven then left and went on his way to Beach City.
As Steven was taking his walk through Beach City, he eventually passed by the Big Doughnut.
"Hmm, maybe I could drop by and talk to Sadie and Lars." Steven thought to himself as he kept walking. "They probably aren't very busy at around this time."
As Steven was thinking to himself, he had stopped paying attention to his surroundings. Right as he turned a corner, before he could react, he ran straight into someone.
"Oh no." said Steven, realizing what had happened. "I'm sorry. I wasn't paying attention to where I was going."
"It's okay." said the stranger. "Neither was I."
Steven took a good look at the person he had just ran into, and realized that it was someone he had never seen before in Beach City. It was a teenage boy, who looked to be a about Lars' age, and was probably only about a few years older than Steven. He had short black hair, and was dressed in clothes with a very normal and unassuming appearance with black, white, and gray colors all over.
"Say, I've never seen you around here before." said Steven, now curious about this new person he'd just come across. "Are you new here in town?"
"Kind of." said the boy. "I do live close by to Beach City, but I don't really come here that often. I mostly stay near home, and when I do need to go out, I mostly go to the other nearby towns."
"Well, I've lived here my entire life." said Steven. "I hardly ever leave Beach City."
"I guess we both have something in common." said the boy. "We don't like to go very far from home."
"Oh, I'm Steven by the way." said Steven. "May I ask what your name is kind stranger?"
"I'm Jet." said the boy.
"Hmm, you seem kind of familiar." said Steven, who was now overcome with an overwhelming sense of familiarity with this boy. "Have I met you somewhere before?"
"Not that I know of." said Jet. "Though in some places, I'm pretty well known."
Steven's pupils then turned into star shapes as he finally realized who the boy really was.
"Wait a minute, you're Berserker Boy!" Steven exclaimed.
"Shh, shh, not so loud." said Jet, looking around worriedly to make sure nobody heard. "Yes, that's me. I'd rather you not say that out loud though. I'm tired of constantly being asked for autographs by kids your age."
"This is so cool." said Steven. "I'm actually meeting Berserker Boy."
"So you've seen my show?" asked Jet.
"Of course I have." said Steven. "I'm like your biggest fan. I've been following all of your adventures since the very first episode, and I've seen every one of them since then."
"Don't get too excited about it." said Jet. "In real life, I'm actually not all that big and important. My real life is pretty boring and uneventful."
"That's okay." said Steven. "Sometimes I wish my life was like that, but then I wouldn't be the person I am now."
"Maybe you could tell me about it." said Jet. "I could use a little fun and excitement in my life to spice things up."
Steven and Jet then sat down at a table outside the Big Doughnut and struck up a conversation. The two of them talked for a while, telling each other about their lives and all of the things they've done, as well as all of the things they were interested in. The two were starting to realize how similar they were to each other and were becoming fast friends.
"Wow, we have a lot in common with each other." said Steven.
"I know right?" said Jet. "All that Gem stuff you've told me about sounds pretty interesting too. I wish my life was as exciting as yours."
"Maybe it will be." said Steven. "If you stick around me long enough, something interesting is bound to happen."
"We'll see then." said Jet. "I'm pretty sure we'll be seeing each other again soon. For now though, I have to go home."
"Same here." said Steven. "I guess we'll hang out again sometime soon?"
"Oh course." said Jet. "Same time tomorrow?"
"Sure" said Steven.
As Steven was beginning to walk away, a pane of glass hanging from a crane above suddenly snapped from the rope holding it in place, and the glass fell straight to the ground. Steven noticed at the last minute that it was about to land on him, but before her could do anything, Steven found himself being grabbed by Jet, who with acrobat-like speed and reflexes was able to get Steven safely out of the way. When it was over, Steven found himself amazed by what had just happened.
"Wow, that was amazing Jet!" said Steven. "You really are a superhero."
"I guess I am." said Jet, smiling and humoring Steven. "Are you alright Steven?"
"I'm fine." said Steven. "To tell you the truth, you didn't really need to do that. I could have easily protected myself with my bubble shield."
"I just did it mostly without thinking." said Jet "It's sort of a habit."
"Where did you learn skills like that?" asked Steven. "I can't even do things like that."
"I've had lots of practice." said Jet.
"Thanks anyway." said Steven.
"Well, see ya then." said Jet, who started to walk away. "Stay safe Steven."
"You too." said Steven. "Bye Jet."
"You know Steven, we're a lot alike." said Jet, as he walked away. "More than you know..."
Steven was left confused by Jet's final words to him as he disappeared out of sight.
As the weeks passed by, Steven and his new friend Jet began to hang out more and more. They gradually started to become closer and form a strong and almost brotherly bond as the two began to relate to each other and talk about their lives. Their friendly meetings usually ended up taking them on several adventures and escapades throughout Beach City. Jet had even watched from afar with great interest as Steven participated in some of his Gem related activities with the Crystal Gems.
One day, Steven and Jet found themselves walking along the shore of the beach, when, suddenly the ground began to shake, as if it were an earthquake.
"What's happening?" asked Jet. "Is it an earthquake?"
Within the next moment, something tunneled out from underneath the ground and came up to the surface. It seemed to be a corrupted Gem monster with an appearance similar to that of a mole.
"It's a corrupted Gem." said Steven. "Just our luck." The corrupted Gem then began to charge towards Steven and Jet.
"Can you protect yourself?" asked Jet. "You're a half-Gem, so you can still summon a weapon, right?"
"I have my shield." said Steven, summoning his shield and blocking the Gem monster's attack.
"Since it looks like we have no choice but to fight this thing, I guess I'll have to help you then." said Jet, smiling. "This looks like a job for Berserker Boy."
The two of them then charged at the corrupted Gem and began to fight it. They both knew that in order to win, they'd have to damage it enough in order to poof it, or be able to hold out long enough until help from the Crystal Gems could arrive. Steve blocked each of its attacks with his shield, and Jet was able to nimbly dodge each of its attacks and hit it with a few punches and kicks, which needless to say proved ineffective. The fight went on, but then the Gem monster started to push them back. Seeing an opening, the gem monster knocked away Steven's shield, leaving him wide open and defenseless. As it charged towards Steven, Jet jumped out in front of him to block the monster's path.
"Well Steven, it looks like I'll have to use this." said Jet.
Seemingly out of nowhere, Jet then pulled out a sword with a blackish color to it. He attacked the corrupted Gem with the sword and slashed it a few times.
"Jet, your magic sword, it's actually real!?" exclaimed Steven, with shock and surprise.
The two exchanged blows with each other, and in the process the corrupted Gem managed to claw Jet, tearing the front of his shirt. Now seeing an opening, Jet charged at the monster and stabbed it straight through the chest, causing it to poof and it's gem to fall to the ground.
"Another job well done for Berserker Boy." said Jet, giving Steven a thumbs up.
Afterwards, Jet immediately picked up the monster's gem and wrapped his hands around it. As he did so, a black bubble formed around the Gem, encapsulating it. Jet then turned around towards Steven while still holding the bubble, and in an area on his stomach, above his belly button, there could be seen a black, faceted gemstone embedded there.
"What!" exclaimed Steven, almost unable to believe what he was seeing. "Jet, you're a Gem!?"
Steven just stood there, completely dumbfounded while staring at Jet's gem.
"Shocking isn't it?" said Jet, sarcastically. "Yes, it's exactly what it looks like. This is my little secret. I'm a half-Gem, just like you Steven."
"No wonder." said Steven, thinking back on all the things Jet had told him before. "Everything makes so much sense now. That's what you meant by all those things you said to me, like how were more similar than I think. All those things you did on your show, they were real weren't they, because they were Gem powers."
"The reason we bonded so well must be because we're both half-Gems." said Jet. "We understand each other on such a deep, unspoken level because we're the same Steven."
"This is so amazing." said Steven. "I never knew that there could be other half-Gems out there."
"There aren't." said Jet. "As far as I know, we're the only ones."
"Wait, if you're a half-Gem, and you already knew that I was a half-Gem after I told you, then why didn't you tell me before?" asked Steven.
"I was waiting for the right time to tell you." said Jet. "I didn't tell you earlier because I was afraid that it might freak you out if you found out so suddenly. I didn't want to scare you off and ruin our friendship, like what usually happens with so many other friends that I've tried to make in the past. The truth is, you're the first friend I've ever had that's stuck around with me for this long. Everyone usually is either scared of me or thinks that I'm weird or creepy, but not you Steven."
"Are you kidding?" said Steven. "This is so cool. I've never met any other humans out there who are as awesome as you."
"Wait, you don't think I'm a freak?" asked Jet, surprised.
"Why would I?" said Steven. "To consider you a freak, that would mean I'd have to consider myself a freak. Not only that, I'd also have to consider the three people who love me the most in the world to be freaks too."
"All this time, I never could have imagined there was someone out there just like me." said Jet, surprised by Steven's reaction.. "Someone who could accept me as a friend."
"Don't sweat it." said Steven. "I'm everyone's friend. If you ever need someone to be there for you, you can count on me."
"Thanks Steven." said Jet.
"So..." said Steven, bringing up a new topic. "Which of your parents did you get your Gem powers from? You're a half-Gem, right? So which parent was it? Your mom, or your dad?"
"It was my mom." said Jet. "From what my dad has always told me about her, I thought she was the only one of her kind."
"It must be hard not having her around." said Steven, with a sad look. "Her being gone and all."
"Gone?" asked Jet. "She isn't gone. She still lives with me and my dad, though she doesn't really do or say much."
"What do you mean?" asked Steven, now perplexed. "I thought Gems who have a child lose their physical forms. Are you saying she's still alive?"
"Well, not exactly..." said Jet. "Hey, I know. Why don't I take you to meet her. She'd probably love to meet another one of her kind."
"Okay then Jet." said Steven, now very curious. "Take me to see her."
Fun fact: Jet is sort of a fitting name for him since a Jet is actually a type of gemstone. It's an organic one like a pearl, or amber, or copal, or coral.