Chapter 2

Connie waited for this kid to explain himself to her, he was silent for a while now, but she didn't mind, she could tell he needed time to think. Steven looked up at her and he gave her a soft smile, "I'm Steven, and what I am is complicated." He replied, sitting up so he could face her. "Even if I told you I'm sure you won't believe me." He added, wrapping his arms around his knees.

Connie sat down in front of him with her legs crossed, she placed her hands on her knees and grinned at him. "Try me!"

Steven looked up at her, the excitement in her eyes made him blush. The young boy rubbed the back of his head, before explaining. "For starters I'm not a human, well at least not full human. I'm only part human, the rest of me is these species called Gems. You see, I'm not from this planet, I'm from a planet called Homeworld. I guess you would call me an alien, in human terms." Steven stood up and he turned around so his back was facing her, which exposed the diamond shape cut out of his shirt where his gem was located. "Each gem has their own gemstone on them, mine is rose quartz." The boy explained.

Connie reached up and touched the gem, it felt so cold and lifeless. "It's cracked." She whispered, moving her hand away.

Steven turned around and sat back down on the sand. "Yeah, it is. Your gem is like your heart, when it cracks...well, everything goes wrong." He replied, not wanting to tell her that it also kills you if it breaks.

"Is that why your eyes are like that? Lifeless and empty?"

"Sorta, I was banished into a mirror and I could see through it, where it reflected stuff. I was in there for two years until I was released, when I came out I think my broken gem caused my eyes to take the reflection of the mirror." He explained, not knowing exactly why his eyes were like this, that was just what he thought.

The more this boy explained the more Connie was concerned. "Oh; if you were in that mirror for two years, how old are you exactly?"

Steven fell blank at that question, to be honest he had no idea what his age was now. "I-I don't know, I think I'm 12? Wait, no 14? I feel 12, but I'm sure I'm 14! I must of never aged in that mirror! I'm still 12, but in reality I'm 14. Ugh! Let's just say I'm 12, ok? I feel 12 so I must be 12." He insisted.

"Ok! I'm 12 too, so we're the same age!" She giggled, she looked up at Steven and noticed that he was gritting his teeth and rubbing his eyes. "A-Are you in pain?"

"No, don't worry about it! You won't be able to help me, even if you tried."

"Steven, what's wrong?"

"Nothing! Nothing is wrong, C-Connie."

"Steven, just tell me! I want to help!"

"No! There's no point!"

"I don't care, what's wrong?"

"I'm dying, ok?! When a gem cracks, they die!" Steven yelled, which made Connie move back a little. Tears started to trail down the boys cheeks and he buried his face into his knees. "There is no way to fix it, so I didn't tell you." He cried, clenching onto his legs.

Connie clenched her fists and she stood up, a determined expression on her face. "No! I'm not going to let you just sit there and let yourself die without even trying to find a way to heal you! Do you know of any other gems that live here?" She asked.

Steven lifted up his head and he wiped the tears away, "there's the Crystal Gems, but I don't thi-" Instantly Connie grabbed his arm and pulled him up, dragging him toward the city. "C-Connie, what are you doing?!" He asked, trying to regain balance to walk with her.

"I'm taking you to the Crystal Gems!" The girl replied, determined to get him fixed.

Steven gasped, he tried to pull away from her and run, but her grip was firm. "Connie no! They'll kill me, they don't care for gems like me." He shouted, but as suspected she didn't listen and kept dragging him, so the boy gave up and let her.


The pair came to the temple and they were greeted with a purple being, stuffing her face with donuts. "Amethyst?" Connie said, recognizing the gem from behind. Steven quickly moved behind Connie and tried to hide the best he could.

Amethyst turned around, her mouth full of donuts, she swallowed them hard and lifted her hand. "Sup." The gem greeted, all smooth like. "What brings you here, Connie?" Amethyst asked. Connie was going to respond until she noticed Steven was hiding, she pulled Steven into view and pointed at him. "Oh it's you, why did you bring him here?" She growled, folding her arms.

"Amethyst, he needs help, I know you and your friends know how to heal him. Can you please help him?" Connie asked, looking over at Steven who was shaking with fear.

Amethyst looked at Connie as if she was crazy, giving her the silent treatment for a while, until she looked toward the temple. "GARNET, PEARL, LAPIS!" She shouted, with that the gems came outside and ran over to where they were.

Lapis got there first and when she saw the boy she let out of the mirror, she grinned. "You came back! Are you ok?" She asked, moving forward to touch him, but he quickly moved away from her in fear. Lapis frowned, she stepped back and looked up at the others who seemed to not be happy about this.

"Why is this human here with him?" Pearl asked, this was the first a human ever came to this area, she didn't even know they knew where they lived.

Connie slowly stepped forward and began to explain, "I know you don't like Steven, but he needs your help! Please, please, please help him! He's in pain and I can't do anything to help him. I may be new to all this magic stuff, but I know that he is dying and needs to be healed." She begged, looking back at Steven who was completely shocked of how much she cared for him.

Pearl bit her lip, she looked at the others who seemed to be convinced. "Fine, we'll help him...but it doesn't mean we trust him." She stated.

Lapis gave Pearl a look, before turning her attention back to the small male gem. "Don't listen to her, I trust you. Now let's get you inside the temple to the warp pad." She whispered, before she could lead him herself, Pearl came over and pushed him toward the temple. This made Lapis really frustrated and annoyed, "don't have to be so pushy." She mumbled, looking away as the white gem took Steven to the house.

When they got to the house, before Steven entered he looked back and saw that Connie was left behind. "Wait! What about Connie?"

Pearl looked at the human and she shook her head, "she stays there, it's too dangerous for her to come."

"Then I'm not going! If Connie stays, then I stay." The boy replied, folding his arms.

Connie looked up at him and smiled, it was sweet that he wanted her to come, but she knew Pearl was right. "No, Steven...she's right, it's better if I stay." She said.

Pearl nodded, knowing she was right she walked into the house. Garnet on the other hand stayed with Steven, "I think she should come."

Pearl swung around and gave Garnet a 'are you crazy' look, "b-but, she's a human!"

"That doesn't matter, she is the only one Steven seems to trust and if Steven feels more comfortable taking her, then she should come." The fusion stated, with that Pearl gave up and Connie came running up the stairs to meet with Steven. "Now we can go."

Everyone got on the warp pad and they warped to a meadow that had roses growing everywhere, in the dead center was a fountain. The fountain had a large statue of a beautiful gem on the top, Steven recognized this gem; which caused him to perk up. "That's Rose Diamond! Is this her spring?" He asked, walking toward the large stone fountain.

The other gems watched as Steven walked to the spring, the mention of Rose Diamond shocked them. "Y-You knew her?" Pearl asked.

"Knew her? I was raised by her! She taught me all I know, she was like a mother to me." Steven replied, his smile faded when he remembered she wasn't here.

Connie placed her hand on Steven's shoulder to cheer him up, "who's Rose Diamond?"

"Who's Rose Diamond?! She's the queen of love and life, she helped battle for this planet! She even made this fountain to heal the broken war gems! Rose, was an amazing gem...but she left back to Homeworld." Pearl explained.

Lapis looked up at the statue, she always wanted to meet her and get to know this amazing gem, and if Steven knew her he could help that dream! "Steven, it's about time you get into that fountain. You're gem is almost at its limit." Lapis said, walking over to the young gem she placed her hand on his shoulders and gave him a soft smile. Steven looked up at her and nodded, before hopping into the spring, leaving everyone to fall silent.


A few minutes passed and it felt like it was forever, Connie and Lapis started to get worried about Steven, that is until a bright light shined in their eyes. Just when the light faded away, a figure shot out of the water and hovered above the spring. "The pain went away!" Steven shouted, looking at his hands. Connie looked up to find that her friend had beautiful large pink wings that were made out of rose petals and his mirror eyes were replaced with bright pink pupils. When the gem landed back on the ground, Connie sprinted over and hugged him, glad to see that he was ok. However the others were amazed to find that he had wings, it was rare and legendary for a gem to have the ability to create wings.

"What are you?" Lapis asked, walking toward Steven.

"Whoa momma! Where did those come from?!" Amethyst asked, running over to Steven.

"How did you make those wings?" Pearl asked demandingly, she didn't want to believe that this young gem, was that advanced and powerful.

All this pressure was causing Steven to panic, he backed up slowly and covered his face. "I-I..." He stuttered, when he felt Connie's hand on his shoulder he opened his eyes and before she could react he grabbed her and flew into the air with her in his arms.

"Steven, wait! We didn't mean to frighten you, please come back!" Lapis called, but the boy already flew off with his friend. The blue gem turned to Pearl and folded her arms. "Why did you have to ask that?! So what if he has wings? I thought they were cool!" Lapis growled, getting pretty tired of Pearl being so mean to Steven.

"That kid shouldn't be able to form those! Only really powerful gems can create wings with their gem powers! If he can do that, then I'm sure he has more powerful abilities just waiting to be used." Pearl replied, while pacing back and forth to clear her mind and help her calm down.

Lapis clenched her fists, her gem started to glow and behind her the fountain water started to rise. "He's just a kid! He can't be dangerous!" She growled, as the water formed into a wave, "why won't you just give him a chance!" She spat, instantly the wave hit Pearl causing her to fling back.

"Whoa! Calm down, Lapis! No need to get out of control." Amethyst said, walking over to the water gem slowly.

Lapis's gem glow faded and all the water fell, she growled and ignored Amethyst. "I'm going to go look for him." Was all she said, before she took the warp pad and warped out of there.