A/N:

You all seem to really love Purple Diamond. Anyways, these are the works I posted on tumblr a while back which were under 1k words and I didn't feel were long enough to warrant their own story. I call them the Under 1000 Club. But since you all want to know what happens between her and Steven so badly, I've finally amassed enough of these for me to feel a collection of them is well and good. I'm not uploading everything all at once though. Be patient.

They're in order of when I've posted them, but they aren't in chronological order, if that makes sense. Sometimes I just get the urge to write anything along the timeline of this AU, so hey. Whatever works, right?

Speaking of under 1k, this one BARELY didn't make the cut. But you're getting it now, so hey. Remember sit back, relax, and most importantly, enjoy!

"I had fun…"

"Steven." The boy stated, looking up at the pearl Purple Diamond assigned to look over him.

"Yes, Steven." Purple Pearl said. "However, I should return to my Diamond. Her meeting should have concluded by now."

Steven pouted. Sure, Purple Diamond's pearl didn't quite play along as he wanted, but the boy could still say he had fun. "Okay." She walked off, leaving Steven to his drawings of the gems he had seen since arriving. He was just putting the finishing touches on a frilly peacock topaz when Peridot and Amethyst came running back.

"Yo, dude! Peri totally hacked their system!"

"Not so loud!" The little green gem scolded. "More specifically, I hacked diamond-level clearance files." She snickered. Peridot cleared her throat, attempting to return to a more serious demeanor.

Steven stashed his drawings away in his cheeseburger backpack. "You didn't have to do something so… bad."

"Hey, that's nothing compared to what PD will do when she's done with us." Piped Amethyst.

"What do you mean?"

The two gems looked at each other as they all stood in silence. It was Peridot who finally spoke up. "We should head back to the ship."

While the roaming eye was technically impounded and given direct orders to be shot down upon takeoff, Steven and his friends were still allowed back on. Peridot patched the video through.

Instead of a private chamber filled with a varying amount of screens and activities, it was a more public affair. Aristocratic gems of the Purple Court filled seating of each side, and in her own box sad Purple Diamond and a different pearl than the one she owned now.

Pearls danced on the stage below, their masters looking quite proud at the showcase of their perfect trophies. But Purple Diamond was not.

The diamond looked like she would rather be anywhere but there at the moment. Her chin lazily rested upon a folded hand while the fingers of the free one rapped against her right thigh. "I think I've had enough." She said, straightening up.

The pearls stopped their dance and everyone else silenced. The diamond looked over the members of her court, each of them terrified. She stood, and every gem bowed their head. "Now who would care to explain this…" She looked down at the pearls left onstage. "Performance?"

Three gems stood, and made their way to the stage; an iolite, fluorite, and spinel. The iolite courageously stepped forward. "My Diamond, forgive us for this display. These pearls are clearly defective and shall be dealt with posthaste."

"Perhaps it is not the pearls who are defective, but their masters." Purple Diamond stated. Jaws dropped and eyes widened as gems throughout the mass were stunned. A sly grin formed across the diamond's face, exposing her sharp fangs. "Oh, but there is a simple way to tell. A pearl should always obey their owner, or Diamond…. Pearls, shatter them."

Steven ran out of the ship, leaving his friends shouting for him to come back. He just couldn't watch anymore. So he kept going, not paying attention to where he went.

Now he was lost, and crying.

Between sobs, he noticed a glowing panel. He stood up, walking over to it, and it disappeared, showing up on another panel down the corridor. Someone was showing him somewhere. He followed, ending back up in Purple Diamond's chambers.

Purple Pearl stood at her side, and the diamond, sitting on her throne, glared down at the hybrid before her. "You betrayed my trust."

"B-But I didn't do it."

"Stop crying." She demanded, slamming a fist down beside her. "I don't care who stole the file or how, but if you thought I would not notice, then you were sorely mistaken."

Steven reluctantly wiped the tears from his eyes, looking up at the diamond. He wouldn't rat out Peridot or Amethyst, fearing for their safety, but he had to say something. "I'm… I'm sorry."

The diamond scoffed at his apology, but the rage seemed to melt away, replaced with curiosity. "You certainly are an interesting one." She mused.

Steven looked over to the pearl, standing dutifully by her diamond's side. "So, did those pearls really…?"

"What, shatter their masters?" A devilish smirk crossed the diamond's features. "The answer to that, Little Universe, is yes."

"Why would you make them do that?"

"Because I was bored. And seeing gems of the higher order nearly break themselves was too much of an opportunity to be passed." Purple Diamond laughed.

Steven felt like he could shrink away and disappear right there. Seeing this diamond take gems' deaths in such a lighthearted manner was absolutely awful. "But what did you do to the pearls after?"

"Oh, I gifted them to the other diamonds." She stated with a wave of a hand. "They were quite livid after finding out where they came from. Doubt the pearls lasted much longer after that."

Steven wrung his hands, he wanted to speak up again, but couldn't.

The diamond noticed this, letting the hybrid take a moment to recover. "Listen. I will let you have another chance. However, if you betray me again, there will be consequences."

Steven hastily shook his head. He couldn't believe she was just letting him go after this. "I won't."

"Now go fetch your friends and bring them here." She ordered. "I will be watching you personally from now on."

The doors of the chamber opened, allowing Steven to head back to the ship. Of course there was a catch to it all. Why would there not be? Well, as long as he could get Peridot and Amethyst to behave, there wouldn't be any problems. Easier said than done. But, even after all this, the boy still felt he could get through to her.

A/N:

Yeah, should Steven be scared? Will PrD do anything to him? Well, go read A Diamond's Gift! Speaking of that fic, it was actually written after this particular piece. Funny how that works. Welp, that's how the Under 1000 Club goes.

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