Ocmaniac here with the re-write of my story. Now in the story it self you'll find some changes, also the pairing has been changed as well.
"This looks like the place." A boy with short brown hair and dark brown eye, looks around at the town of Beach City. "Let's see if I were a crystal gem wear would I go." He asked the teen was wearing a dark blue open dress shirt and light red t-shirt with a white colored zig-zag design undershirt, he wore fitted jean with a chain connected from the one belt loop and skipping over the next one he also wore white and blue sneaker to complete the out fit. He carried a single strap black back-pack and circular golden necklace tied around his...well neck.
"Oh well it took me a few months to find this place whats a few minutes here looking for them gonna change." Tyler said as he walked through the city. A few minutes later he noticed a car wash with the word UNIVERSE in bold bright letters, it seems like a very good clue to start with. "Fingers crossed."
Reaching toward the car wash Tyler saw two thing that got his attention a colorful van with the word Universe car wash on the van a man sitting on a lawn with long hair, a tang top, jeans shorts, sandal and guitar strapped around his body. "Well all clue lead to another." Tyler muttered.
Greg fiddled with his guitar trying to find the right cord as he looks out to the beach relaxing in his lawn chair and wearing his sunglasses while doing it. Until a figure appeared blocking the sun from his view. Greg took off the glasses and finally saw teen standing in front of him. "Oh hey little dude what up?" The one man band asked.
"Um is there a Steven and Greg universe around here, its kind important I find them?" Tyler's nerves were working up a storm he hasn't really talked to anyone for about for a months with the occasional greet and meet even when he was a kid no matter how many time he tried to talk someone he would go into a shy phase for a while until he became ready to talk.
"Oh yeah that me Greg Universe at your service. But if you looking for Steven he's out hanging with his friends." Greg answered. "So what's your reason for looking for us?"
"Uh well my mom told me to come here when I was old enough it took me a while but here I am. My names Tyler, Tyler Omega my moms name in Kristine Omega, and my dads name is Imperial Topaz." As the introduction were made Greg face went from normal to shock in a matter of second next thing Tyler knew he was being crushed from a constricting hug from the well know guitar player.
"Ty-Ty! I remember now when you were only just 3 year old you would always take my shade a see if you could pass them off as yours!happiness." He cried in till his eye widen in reminiscent. "Wait right there I got something for you." Going back into his van the new found nephew saw the van shake a bit mixed with mumbling inside until Greg hopped out from the vehicle he held something behind his back making the teenager curious for a moment. "Close your eyes." The adult saw the hesitation on the teens face.
"What?" Tyler asked.
"Just do it I promise you'll like it." Yielding to the fathers request Tyler closed his eyes, second later he felt something attached to his ears and the bridge of his nose, slowly opening his eye the view around the boy gets darker with a shade of purple in. He was wearing sunglasses smaller than Greg's but felt just his size the teen looked at him dumbstruck wondering why he gave this to him.
"Yeah, I figure the next time I would see you, you would probably look a little older didn't know it'll be this long so. What you think?" The parent asked with a big smile, Tyler felt many emotion creep up behind him trying his best to keep locked for now but as soon as he felt something wet fall across his cheek Tyler's vision became blurry and tears began falling continuously, a dam broke down in his mind and he didn't know how to stop it. Greg didn't know what to do a 15 year old crying in front of him just because he was giving the kid sunglasses is fairly uncommon, so he did the only thing he could do, hug him and straight after the hug was returned.
After a few minutes the emotional turmoil was over Tyler began his story what happened to him for the past 12 year he was gone, what happened to his everything he went through to get to here. Only silence filled the two letting the information sink in for a while before Greg could talk a gain.
"So that why your here, you want to meet your cousins huh?" The teen nodded. "Well your more than welcome to stay with us from now on." The boy beamed with happiness and glomped him in unbreakable hug to the man, Greg chuckled at Tyler's reaction. "Okay, okay I think that's enough hugging for one day. If you want to meet Steven he's over by the beach you can't miss it."
"Alright I think I can see it." Before Tyler continued walking he turned around a face Greg once more. "Thank you Uncle G you have no idea how much this means to me!" He screamed out waving to his uncle Greg. He waved back and the teen continued running with a smile across his face.
"Okay he said that his house would be around here somewhere, said that I can't miss it. Now how can't I?" Tyler's question was soon answered when he saw a mountain size statue in a shape of a women and in the center was a small house in the way. "Oh that's how." He muttered looked at the statue in awe couldn't help but marvel at the design before walking to the house. "Man this place is amazing, well time to make my appearance." Before he could knock on the door something from the inside. Tyler was shock to see the door melting from green color goo attach the door.
"Uh hello?" The teen asked only to jumped buy a ferocious green and black creature ready to bite him. Holding him back he saw the same green slime dripping from its jaw melting the floor around them. "Get this thing off me!" He screamed.
"Don't worry I got it." A women voice were heard. She had an afro it was squared shaped with she wore a visor that covered her whole forehead and eye and mixed colored body suit, but what really got to Tyler was what she was wearing on her hand they were over sized gauntlet that could squish his whole face if she wanted to, the woman grabbed the creature with one hand and poof it was gone. "Are you alright?" She asked.
"Y-Yeah. Um thanks for the help." Still starstruck at what happened. "Um buy any chance are you a-"
"Uh guys these thing don't have gems." Another girls voice called out. She had purple skin and white hair wearing a darker shade tang-top and a even darker shade sweat pants. Her weapon was a jagged whip and a stone at the center of her chest and in front of her was another girl she looked like something out of a ballet with pearl white skin color and light blue top and light brown skirt with a see through scarf wrapped around the skirt and ballet shoes the match the outfit and a large stone placed on the top of her head her weapon of a spear
"That mean there must be a mother somewhere." The gauntlet wearer said as she punched another creature without looking. Ignoring the 'whoa' coming from the teen.
"We should probably look for it before it hurts anyone else." The ballerina said holding the centipede looking creature as if it was a overactive dog.
"Oh oh can I come? Can I?" A little boy asked he looked no older than twelve years old, light pink skin with an afro and pudgy face he was wear a light red shirt with a star in the middle of it mixed wearing jeans and sandals.
"Steven until you can control the power of your gem we'll handle protecting the threat of humanity." The ballet girl said before snapping the neck if the creature. "Okay?" The little boy looked downfallen before turning his attention to the fridge scaring away at another centipeetle to the afro woman.
"No way, how did you get these I thought they stopped making them." Tyler looked at the boy holding an ice cream packet, it seem familiar at first before he remember what they were.
"Hey are those cookie cat?" He asked drawing everyone attention to the the teenager. "Hi there." Waving sheepishly the the group.
"Oh hi can I help you with anything?" The spear user asked.
"I fee like I'm answering my own question here but are you guy the crystal gem?" Tyler asked.
"Yep that us the names Amethyst, the tall one is Garnet our leader, the ballerina over there is Pearl and the kid here is Steven Universe, so what your beef stranger." Amethyst asked the teen.
"Well I'm hoping that if any of you guys heard of the name Topaz?" That question earned wide eyes from the girl and a confused looked from the preteen.
"Did you say Topaz, as in Roses brother Topaz?" Tyler nodded to Pearls question. "But I thought he was gone."
"Well technically your half right." The teen rolled up his sleeves up to his elbow and showed the crystal gems two triangular gems located at he middle of his for arms. "Nice to meet you guys my name the name Tyler Omega I guess you knew my farther as Imperial Topaz. Kinda got a nickname Impy from Rose and my mom." Smiling at the team.
"Wait-wa-wa-wait. Topaz is your dad?" The whip user asked confusingly.
"Uh guy who's Topaz?" Steven asked completely forget about the ice cream cookie he was holding.
"Topaz used to work with us before he left, he was also Roses big brother." Garnet answered for him. Steven eyes widen in shock.
"So that would mean-" The twelve year old trail out.
"Yup this guy here is you relative, older cousin to be exact." Pearl finished.
"Hey there Steven I finally get to meet my little cousin." Tyler said with a smile hugging the little boy his chest. "So I'm guessing you want to know why am I here huh?" The team nodded. But the leader was the first to speak up.
"Only if you want to, there no need to force it."
"Thank you Garnet but its okay I'll just give you the short version of my story." Giving the run down what happened the crystal gem could only stare in silence at the poor boy. Losing his mom at the age of ten, being on his own for six year to finally meet the last of his family. "And that about covers the end of my journey, so what do you think? And before you start I don't want here any apologize from any of you there was no way you guys could've known. I came here for a fresh new start with my family nothing more and nothing less." Tyler added, getting a group hug from his cousin and the crystal gems. Giving a small thank you everyone let go and one another.
"How did you lose Kristine?" Garnet asked.
"Turns out when a human woman gives birth to a hybrid gem the effects are different, even though my dad gave up his form to make me, but her life force was taken too in order to birth me. She went softly, in her sleep." Tyler explained. It was enough for the gems and Steven to accept.
"So Tyler did you unlock you gem powers." Pearl asked changing the topic.
"Yeah a little. I was able to unlock my weapon for a moment let me try again." The group nodded. Tyler took a few second to concentrate before his gem glowed bright orange and then appeared two two weapon from his forearm. They were metallic tonfas with a orange color paint job. But just as it appeared it vanishes and left Tyler down in one knee and breathing hard the crystal gem became concern and ran to the junior gems aid. "Well almost got it."
"Hey are you alight? What happened, you had the gem glow right?" Steven asked wondering if he should be worried about his cousin or amazed at the weapon.
"Ha.. I'm fine you see I haven't fully unlock my gem powers so far I can only get the weapon and even that takes some time to appear." The teen explained there were a few times where Tyler manage to conjure up his weapon but it was only to such rare occasion.
"Well I think that's an amazing start for someone your age, give it time and you'll be a master of your own gem."
"Thanks Garnet, so I'm guessing Steven didn't go pretty far activating his gem power huh?" Tyler asked.
"Sadly no but he is only a child so it would take time." Pearl noted. Tyler walked up to the fridge and saw a freezer full of cookie cats.
"I haven't seen these in months how do you guys get them." The teen asked. He heard about their cancellation on making any more cookie cats.
"Well we knew that these were Steven's favorite-"
"So we went out and stole bunch!" Amethyst said interrupting Pearl causing her to gain an annoyed looked toward the whip user.
"I went back and paid for them." She added.
"It was my idea." Garnet said.
"It was everyone idea." Amethyst pointed out.
"No it wasn't." Steven then began to sing the cookie cat theme song, as he finished Tyler and the gem all laughed the teen he was about to ask for one till he saw Steven ate one and pink glow showed up. The glow came from Stevens belly it that Steven was able to use it power for a moment but the glow shimmered down until the light was gone.
"It took me a two year to finally get my gem to glow and he did it but just eating a ice cream sandwich, talk about over powered." Tyler could see the disappointment in Stevens face, he could understand that he want to be able to help his friend. The teen put a hand on Steven back and gave a supported smile. "Don't worry Steven you'll get the hang of it heck I wasn't able to use my gem power until last year and yet you manage to do it just now your better at this than I am."
"Thanks Tyler, but I was really close that time can one of just explain to me how to summon a weapon?" That got Tyler thinking maybe he need a better view at how to use his gem that way he doesn't get tired. Pearl eagerly accepts hopefully he'll get the just of it soon. Later Tyler and Steven were back at the house with the gem as it turns out Pearls explanation was a little too confusing the only thing Tyler got from was creating a dance with a leaf. Amethyst explanation turned vague saying she doesn't do anything and just feel it so he didn't know what to make of that and Garnet explanation was completely confusing leaving both boy boys lost on their own.
"Well I'm more lost about gems than I thought I should be.". Tyler sighed in defeat.
"Hey what about you how did you summon your weapon the first time?" Steven asked.
"Well mine its different I was going the right way but at the same time I wasn't." The teen answered his best he could see the confuse look on Steven trying to find another way to explain it to the poor boy. "It like this, when I try to make my gem to glow to summon my weapon I focused on one thing whether an emotion a memory anything that can help fuel its power. Are getting it?"
"Yeah I get but why did you say that you're doing it the wrong way."
"Because the kind of fuel isn't strong enough I'm guessing other than that until you can find the right fuel for your gem no matter how much time you put in it you won't be able to summon your weapon. At least that what I think, I'm still having trouble summoning my weapon." Tyler elaborated. "Any way the point is every goal need a type of fuel to achieve it and right now neither one of us has found it yet. Did you get that or there thing is confusing for you?"
"No I got it just wish I knew what my fuel is." His cousin said.
"Well I know you can't find in a gas station." Laughing at his own joke. "Come on I wanna try those cookie cat I heard of they're suppose to be delicious." He said leading Steven to the kitchen. Opening a packet Tyler indulged himself into the treat the next thing he know the same glow appeared around Steven only brighter than before. In a flash a pink spiral shield was summon out of Stevens belly. "Steven you did it!"
"Its a shield." Pearl said amazed at the weapon.
"I get a shield. Ohhhhh Yeah!" Steven jumped for joy but the shield then shoot froward from the belly and ricochet around the room and ended up getting stuck to a T.V.
"Well at least you can summon it." Tyler said with support.
"I can summon my powers from eating ice cream." The junior gem beamed with excitement.
"What in these thing."Pearl asked.
"I have no idea but I guess it was meant for him to eat them, either that there was reason why they discontinued them in the first place." Tyler option out. What he didn't get was why didn't it work for him if Steven ate one, Tyler tried another bite out of the ice cream and waited only to have nothing appeared from his arm. Before he could say anything the ground start to shake and a shadowy figure was show from the outside. "Uh guys what was that?"
"It the mother." The gem rushes to the field to face the mother centipeetle leaving Steven and me alone at until Steven decided to run off with a mini fridge full of cookie cats. Groaning at the situation Tyler follows Steven.
"Hey Steven what do you think your doing?" He asked as Steven stuffs his with cookie cats from the fridge.
"Is he trying to activate his gem?" Tyler thought but soon stopped thinking at what to do and stopped Steven from consuming any more. "Steven I understand that you want to help but this is not your fuel like I told you before it has to mean something much more deeper." He explained before looking at the monster. "We have to think of another way."
"But how?" Steven asked. He looked at his cousin for answers but saw his face differently as though he was no longer there. "Uh Tyler are you alright?" Asked nervously. The teen looked at his cousin and smiled.
"I'm alright Steven there's nothing you need to worry about, stay here alright this'll be over soon." Tyler voice was different deeper even. Tyler began walking toward the centipeetle slowly ignoring the calls from both the gems and Steven to get away from he monster. Only to be face to face with the green and black monster bug. The monster first screeches at the teen, but his face remained stone like. "I understand. Your hurt in more ways than one all that corruption is killing you and you have no way get rid of it." The monster slowly hiss at the teen placing its head in front of the boy as he reaches out his hand, while Tyler tries to get closer the centipeetle only hiss more and more as he get closer. "Don't worry everything going to be alright, you can trust me." Just like Tyler finally place a hand on the monster head and out shine a bright orange light between the two, the light then engulfed them for a quick moment before dimming.
As the light left the gems plus Steven ran up the teen only to find the field empty leaving out Tyler face down to the ground and spherical stone in his hand, the teen wakes up with a groan. Groggily standing up he looks at he surrounding and see the shocked face of both the crystal gems and Steven. "Did I miss something?" He asked, somehow he just knew his life was going to be interesting.
Hope you guys like the changes, it only the fist chapter so it won't be as noticeable as the last. But allow me to clarify on a few things, first Tyler's mom death: Kristine died over the drainage of life force used to give birth to Tyler, she was able to take care of him for about six year before her life was drained. Over the next ten years Tyler lived as an orphan, on his sixteenth birthday he was given a chest left by his mother leaving leaving details of his life in case she died. Once the truth was revealed the teen set out to find his family in hopes to fill the place wear it was left barren.