Steven Universe - What If Lapis Stole Steven? - The Ocean Gem

by Auremberite

What if Mayor Dewey's actions had caused Steven to be raised by Lapis? How will this affect Garnet's relationship? Will Amethyst ever be the same? Can Pearl ever see Steven as more than Rose? Can Lapis save Steven from the threat of Homeworld? This story shows both character development and hard-packed action. Rated T for violence, though no language or suggestive themes.

2. Ocean Gem

I finally fixed one of Ruby's pronouns that has literally been bothering me for the past nine months that felt good omg.

Steven:

Steven finally arrived at the beach. "Okay mirror," He said, "Show me… Me! Errr… sorry, my name is Steven Universe. So show me Steven Universe!"

The mirror showed a clip of him watching Pearl talk to Mayor Dewey, sitting on the kitchen stool, sucking his thumb.

"Yeah! Now show me that time I set all of those rubber ducks I ordered in the mail free!" The mirror showed nothing. "Okay, I guess you can only show me things that you've seen. But I don't know what you've seen, so I don't know what to do. Why don't you show me something interesting?"

The mirror shook just a bit, and then showed him a sequence of what he'd just said. "Steven… set… me… free…"

Young Steven smiled and said, "I don't know, will you still be my friend even if I set you free?"

The mirror responded with a clip of him saying, "Yeah!"

Steven grinned. "Okay! How do I set you free?" The mirror showed him a clip of a boy grabbing the blue stone in the mirror, and pulling it out.

Steven said, "Okay, let's do this!", and so he grabbed the stone, and started to pull. The ocean rose around him, forming a circle around him. He almost had it…

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Pearl:

Pearl had just warped back, and was cleaning up Steven's soup when she heard the rush of water. She ran to the window and saw Steven being surrounded by a wall of the ocean, still holding the mirror.

She cried, "STEVEN!", and ran outside, closely followed by Garnet and Amethyst.

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Steven:

Steven grabbed the stone, and with a final burst of strength, popped it out of the mirror. The wall of water around him dropped, and the stone started to glow. A woman with dark blue hair, blue skin, and a blue dress formed, with the stone embedded in her back. "Thank you Steven!" she exclaimed. The Crystal Gems finally caught up to Steven.

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Garnet:

Garnet knew that this gem was from Homeworld. They'd only had one Lapis Lazuli on their side during the rebellion, and she'd watched that one get shattered in the final battle.

"Steven! Back away from her!" she cried out, hoping the toddler would understand.

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Lapis:

"I'm Lapis Lazuli, and you can't keep me trapped here any longer!" she cried.

She was free! After thousands of years, she was free! She focused her power and summoned two large hands of water. Steven's eyes shimmered at the sight. I guess they didn't have many Lapis Lazulis here on Earth. I bet the rebellion shattered them all. These gems here in front of her - they were evil. But not Steven, though. She could save him from becoming a monster like these four. Using her water hands, she smacked the fusion away into the ocean, and then grabbed the other two and froze the hands, trapping them. Just like she'd been.

"Hey Steven, come with me," She asked, hoping that he didn't hear the desperation in her voice.

"Okay." He simply replied.

He was innocent, and didn't know that he'd be leaving everything that he'd ever known. It didn't matter. She used her water wings to fly them up, and then she plunged into the ocean. She created an instant air bubble around them, so that Steven could breathe, but they could still be under cover.

"Stop! I won't let you take him!" Garnet cried, plunging underwater after them.

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Garnet:

Garnet had to stop Lapis. She couldn't bear to lose Steven. She reared up to punch Lapis, but…

"I… can't"

Her punch fell short.

"Sapphire, we have to!"

"We watched the old Lapis, the Crystal Gem Lapis from thousands of years ago, get shattered. I can't! It's the war all over again, Ruby!"

"That's the war! This is for Steven! For Rose!"

"I knew a Lapis from before the war. She meant more to me than she did to you, Ruby. She was my last connection to home."

"If you're not going to help, then I will!" Ruby shouted.

Garnet slipped away.

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Ruby:

I stood in the bubble, fuming. Sapphire – well she sat down and huddled in a ball, crying. But I had to help Steven. I shot three fireballs at Lapis. With a bored look on her face, she raised a wall of water.

Strategy… I needed a strategy to beat her. But Sapphire was the one who would think of the plans. I stood there helpless for a moment.

Lapis turned the water above me into ice shards, and then let them fall onto me. I had to save Steven. But I needed Sapphire. Fading… everything is fading.

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Sapphire:

"Ruby!" I cried.

Lapis walked over and picked up her gem. She then came over to me and summoned a water knife. It turned to ice. I put my hands over my head to protect myself.

"Ruby and Sapphire, the fearless fusion. But without Ruby, Sapphire here can't fight. She can only see." Lapis said.

But I could see what would happen next. She would pop me and take Steven. The knife came down just over my gem.

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Lapis:

I looked at the two gems, one in each hand. I'd left Steven in an air bubble adjacent to this one. He wouldn't have seen me poof his friend. I couldn't shatter them, though. I would never sink to their level. I dropped them into the water, and commanded a water hand to throw them onto the beach.

I entered Steven's bubble. "You ready to go on an adventure?" I asked.

"Yeah! Let's go!" he yelled. And so we did.