08/22/16 Author Notes: This chapter has been read, fixed, and re-edited this version is finalized
Author notes: This is my first fanfic, this is just a story that I've had in my head for 3 days replaying in my mind over and over. I really wanted to write a Steven universe fanfic so here goes. Hope you enjoy reading as much as I had typing this. :)
Chapter 1: Onyx Gem
Steven's House
The temple was quiet, Steven sat at the countertop eating cereal. {I wonder what the gems are up to} he thought staring at the warp pad.
Steven took more bites of his cereal waiting patiently for the gems to arrive. Suddenly the warp pad emitted its luminous beam. Rushing towards the warp pad excitedly he yelled.
"Garnet-Pearl-Amethyst! What did you-"
Stopping halfway to the warp pad, he did not see the gems but instead stared at something else.
A small black snake-like body with red lining and a long row of sharp teeth. It didn't have any eyes but it's body was so smooth it looked as if it was made of water.
Steven froze in fear as he stared at this nightmarish creature. The snake turned to Steven and lunged at him with lightning speed; He barely had time to react. His instincts kicked in and from beneath his feet came a rose bubble. Forming quicker than the snake, It cut it in half. The warp pad activated again, the luminous beam had ascended and disappeared revealing Garnet, Amethyst, and Pearl. "STEVEN!" The 3 gems yelled in unison.
"Steven, are you okay!" Pearl asked concerned.
Steven replied sticking to the wall of his bubble. "Y-yeah I-I'm okay."
He tried to make his bubble disappear but his train of thought was off the tracks. The snake began to twitch and flop as it formed a new tail; as if reanimating itself.
"Steven watch out!" Amethyst yelled.
Steven dodged the snake as it lunged at him. Colliding with the wall it cracked the around in rage the snake lunged once more, this time catching its target. Steven yelled in pain, tears forming and quickly falling from his eyes. Pearl and Amethyst gasped in horror. Out of nowhere Garnet struck the weakened bubble shattering it into hundreds of pieces.
"Get it off!" He yelled clutching his wrist.
The creature had it's jaw locked onto Steven's hand. Wasting not even a second, Garnet pried open the snake's mouth and even beyond; Pulling it even further she ripped the snake apart. Revealing an Onyx gem. She ripped the gem away from the snake and the body went limp. The Onyx however began to drip some sort of black liquid. She bubbled it and watched it fill up until the bubble was no longer red, but black.
Pearl quickly reached into her gem and pulled out a first aid kit and tended to his wounds. Steven sobbed In pain. Pearl focused heavily on the task at hand. She knew exactly what to do as if she had done this thousands of times before. Steven sat there with dried tear marks down his face, with new ones forming occasionally.
"There, good as new."
Amethyst came and knelt next to Steven. "How do you feel?" She asked.
"I feel...what's happening?!"
The veins in his hand turned black and traveled up his arm along with what seemed like glowing circuits. Steven quickly took off his shirt and saw where the black veins were heading; to his gem. Everyone panicked at the sight of this. The gems watched the black veins and circuits disappear as they made contact with the Quartz gem. A black swirl formed in the center of Steven's gem. The swirl minimized and compressed itself into a black dot slowly fading away. Steven looked up and stared into the eyes of the gems, each with a face of no answers. His vision began to grow hazy, his eyes grew heavy as he wobbled back and forth.
"Steven! Steven!" Pearl shouted
Falling backwards he blacked out.
Man this was satisfying writing this out. Hope you all enjoyed reading this as much as I had writing it. There is room for more chapters although I wouldn't want to continue writing something people wouldn't like. Please review and tell me anything that you liked about the story and anything you can share that will improve my writing skills and point out any mistakes I might have missed.
What happened to Steven? Questions will be answered in the next chapter.