An offer only dreamed of.

Connie-" Steven... thanks.. for being my... best fiend."

With her last ounce of breath now departed from her body. Connie had passed. The gems stood silent not knowing what to say to Steven. But he wasn't sad, or angry, because he knew it wasn't over yet. Steven took connie's hand and concentrated. Until- they fused. At first they laid on the ground silent and still, not breathing or moving, but after a few seconds Stevonnie gasped for air and started coughing.

Stevonnie/Connie-" Steven what the hell did you just do?"

Stevonnie/Steven -" I think. I just brought you back to life"

Stevonnie-/Connie-" not that I'm not great full or anything but couldn't you have fixed my self imposed stay wound also?"

Stevonnie/Steven- my powers aren't working. We're lucky I was able to fuse with you. We aren't going to last long like this, your wound is already starting to bleed out. Also it really hurts."

Stevonnie/Connie-" what do we do?"

Stevonnie/Steven -" we go with your plan. We shatter White, and get my powers back so I can heal you, but we need to make this fast. Very fast."

Stevonnie/ Connie-" are you sure?"

Stevonnie/Steven-" I refuse to loose you when I have a chance to save you."

Stevonnie stood up, leaning on their sword for support.

White-" are you really going to fight me? You can barely stand."

Stevonnie-" I don't care what-argh. What you say. (Pant pant) I - will- stop this, and I will stop you!"

White Diamond-" I think I've indulged your antics long enough."

What diamond snapped her fingers, and stevonnie was in an instant transported to a black void. Steven knew it well. They where in..."

Stevonnie/Steven-" the dreamscape?"

Stevonnie/Connie-" what's a dreamscape? "

Stevonnie/ Steven-" it's the place I go to when I communicate with the others When I'm passed out ."

Stevonnie/ Connie-" oh yeah. I always wondered what this place was like. Why has white sent us here?"

Stevonnie/Steven-" I don't know but we need to find a way out- now, the others are probably wondering what in the hell is going on."

Stevonnie / Connie-" Steven... about before."

Stevonnie/ Steven-" it's fine. Honestly"

Stevonnie/ Connie -" but it isn't! "

Stevonnie hold there own hands as Connie's half effectively talked to them self about how they where feeling

Stevonnie/ Connie-" I'm not going to deny what I said to you. I remember all of it and- and. I was mad at you ok! I was the only one that caught on to what you said to me back when aquamarine took you, and I felt both frustration and relief by that. I honest to god thought I was never gunna see you again and I was terrified... because I thought a would never get the chance to tell you how I feel. So I pushed down my anger and stored it with all my other repressed emotions And I kept it there. I kept it there for what felt like a lifetime. Until... what just happened. I'm not telling you this to make you feel bad Steven please believe me when I say that. I just want to confess to you how I really feel about you. Cause you already did, and now it's my turn."

Stevonnie/Steven -" and how do you feel?"

Stevonnie/Connie-"... I love you "

Stevonnie/Steven-" I love you too."

Stevonnie blushed, there shared confessions distracted them from the pain of only for a second.

Stevonnie/ Connie-" if we get out of this... wanna go see a movie?"

Stevonnie/Steven-" yeah. I would. I'm sorry as well. I should have spoken to you about this , the honest truth is that I wasn't sure if you even saw me say what I said to you, and I didn't want to bring it up in case it got awkward, and I was scared. Scared that if we got close and something bad happened to the other... but I guess. ( stevonnie put their hand the their stab wound) I was too late"

Stevonnie/ Connie -" we can argue about what we said and didn't say, what we did and shouldn't have done, till the sun goes down. ( stevonnie's other hand took hold of the one on the scare and moved it to their heart) or we can just recognise that we've said very thing that's needed to be said."

White Diamond-" how touching"

Stevonnie turned around to see white Diamond staring behind them in all her might and glory. But to there surprise , white shrunk down to stevonnie's size for a more even conversation .

Stevonnie-( stevonnie drew their sword and pointed it at white) "why are you doing this?"

White-( white started pacing around as she talked.) " you break down the door to my palace, barge into my court room unannounced, poof half my staff and guardsmen, and attempt to assassinate me, And you're asking me " why am I doing this?". Hahaha. at least your sense of humour is somewhat mentionable. The truth is when you first arrived here I knew exactly who you where... Steven . ( stevonnie grew a face of shock) I am the oldest member of the Gem race, I'm sure you've already figured that out. While I may not act like it, I'm actually quite... I was going to say sane but that wouldn't be accurate. Let's just say I have a wide knowledge of most things in this universe. Including half breeds."

Stevonnie-" then why Lie to me?"

White -" I wanted to see if you here really you. An independent soul, or Pink masquerading behind a vail of flesh. This might surprise you but some gems take control of there ... merged self upon it's- spawning, is that what you call it when organics reproduce? I haven't left this world in a while. Anyway you've made it perfectly clear that Pink Diamond has no conscious remnant within you. You're exactly who you say you are...Stevonnie. "

Stevonnie-" why did you bring us here?!"

White -" I wanted to talk. Pearl... isn't much of a conversationalist. I can see why pink asked me to replace her. But more to the point I owe you an explanation as to why your powers won't work. The peridot is absolutely right. I'm blocking them."

Stevonnie- ( stevonnie drew there sword at White, stopping only inches away from her face, white didn't even blink an eye.) "listen to me you 1950s light bulb! you're going to take us back to the real world right now and unblock my powers or else..."

White-" or else what?"

Stevonnie -" I!... I..."

White -" Blue and Yellow maybe powerful but they lack a certain perspective about this reality. A perspective you two know all too well."

Stevonnie-" that being?"

White-" mortality. All things live, and all things die. Even gems crack and disintegrate on there own eventually. But. You have a more... shorter, yet expanded lifespan at the same time. Something my species lacks. It's not a secret that home-world is no longer viable as a planet, if we are to survive we must start an exodus of this world as soon as possible. Plans are already in place, and several potential worlds have been selected. We will find a new planet to call home-world, and The person who will lead us to this new Eden shall be you. Stevonnie. The both of you shall become the tip of the spear, of conquest".

Stevonnie-" I will not be controlled again!"

White -" you miss understand. ( white placed her hand on stevonnie's face) I want you two to willingly work for me"

Stevonnie-" what?"

White-" genocide is a taxing venture. This time I want to try a different approach to conquering planets with life. Co-existence. You are literally a living, breathing example that organics and gems can function and work as one. We can show any potential allies that it's towards their benefit to become a part of our empire, and those who resist will fall by your hand. If I control you it defeats the whole point of the statement."

Stevonnie-" this is all very well and good. But why would I help you?"

White-" because"

White snapped her fingers. Stevonnie looked down to see their stomach bleeding out.

White-" while time in this dimension maybe slowed, Out there you both are bleeding to death with every passing second. It takes great mental discipline to stay as a fusion, and the pain of your wound outweighs that strength. If you fight me you will un-fuse and cause a mess all over my court. You can't win against me. Neither can you friends. They will be shattered, If Blue and Yellow where here then you might stand a chance, but I promise you they aren't coming, finally Which ever one of you survives wouldn't stay alive for very long, and you've both made it clear that you don't want to loose one another. In fact... I think right now my offer seems pretty good to the both of you. "

Stevonnie dropped to there knees. Everything white just said was true. If they fought her both of them would surely die, something neither Steven or Connie wanted. The thought of them loosing each other was unbearable

White-" I will bring back your powers and then some. I will help you unlock your true strength. The power to fight like a Diamond. ( stevonnie looked up at white, tears run down there eyes)

What do ya say?"

Meanwhile in the real world.

Ruby-" what do you mean she stabbed herself?!"

Sapphire-" white was controlling her. She made Connie fight Steven, and then when she knew Steven would win...she took victory off the table."

Pearl-" I don't understand though. They fused an-and then-they just- passed out ?"

Amethyst -" right before you guys reformed. P, it wasn't natural it was like they where forced into nap time."

Bismuth-" ugh guys. Do humans normally... glow?"

Stevonnie's gem started to glow pink. The others looked to see that the wound was healing. At first they where happy but then.

White-" good you've all reformed. I wouldn't want any of you to miss this."

White snapped her fingers and with a flash of white light, stevonnie was teleported under white diamonds hand. White lifted her hand to raise her captive for all to see. Stevonnie while still unconscious formed a diamond symbol with their arms. Their eyes then opened to reveal they where pure white. Without moving a muscle Stevonnie's physical appearance started to change. The battle warn outfit repaired itself and donned the colours of black and white, a futuristic trench coat covers their back, and at their side a holster for the sword that was forged to kill Gods. But no longer Rose's agenda. Now it was White Diamond's.

With their transformation complete, stevonnie levitated them self down to the ground, they opens their white, diamond shaped eyes and looked at the crystal gems who where still coming to terms with what just happened. Stevonnie drew their sword and said.

Stevonnie-" Crystal gems! By the authority of White Diamond you are to surrender immediately, and then be escorted back to Earth. This is your only warning. Don't make this any harder than it has to be...please."

End