I don't own Steven Universe. I'm just a kid with an imagination and a computer.
-Crystal's POV-
I had been walking along the beach when I suddenly spotted a giant Spinney Storm Puffer-fish, and the Gems were fighting it with Steven. I started running towards them and started to hear them yelling.
"Lets show this thing what we're made of guys." Pearl declared.
"What do you think we've been doing for the past hour." Amethyst replied sarcastically. Oh come on! They've been fighting this thing for an hour and no one thought to get me!? I could have been helping!
"Guys! I'm coming!" They didn't notice me calling to them I was too far off to be heard. I kept running towards them at a regular speed while Garnet got thrown into the boardwalk and Amethyst knocked the puffer-fish back into the ocean as a bat. Amethyst and Garnet began arguing as I finally got to them (I could have gotten there sooner, but Pearl has advised me to use my powers seldom as to not make the other Gems feel in danger. Plus after a thousand or so year letting my body work by itself feels great.), and Steven noticed me first.
"Hey there Auntie Crystal! What happened to your outfit?" I guess Steven managed to grasp the other two's attention, because they turned to look at me.
"Steven you can just call me Crystal. My clothes are magically enhanced so that I can change their appearances. The other Gems can do it too, its actually a little bit like shape shifting." Steven was in awe. Pearl was a bit flabbergasted.
"Crystal, as the very symbol of the Crystal Gems and a princess I thought you'd be more reserved than to dress like a human teen."
"Ah, stop harsh-in' on her style Pearl." Amethyst was defending me.
"Guys, shouldn't we go see what happened to Garnet?" I was showing concern where as the others were being quite annoying with their senseless bickering.
"Yeah, lets go get Garnet. She landed by the boardwalk." Steven started walking towards where Garnet had disappeared and the rest of us followed.
...
As we arrived at the boardwalk I could hear someone yelling.
"Are we engaged in some secret staring contest!?" An adult human male was yelling at Garnet as we arrived.
"Garnet!" Steven alerted her to our arrival. "Are you okay?"
"I'm fine." Garnet leapt off of what appeared to be a damaged building and stood in-front of us.
"Hi Steven." An adolescent female greeted.
Amethyst noticed the building's damage and laughed, "Huh-Heh, this place is wreaked. Gimme one down low." She motioned for Garnet to "high-five" her but Pearl knocked away Amethyst's hand.
"No accolades for you Amethyst. She knocked the puffer-fish back out into the ocean!" Pearl complained to Garnet before Amethyst angrily yelled.
"NARK!" Garnet spoke to calm the two down before the tension between them would arise to an argument.
"Lets regroup back at the temple." Suddenly the three gems sprung away into the air, leaving me and Steven to clean-up what ever damage they'd done. I can't believe they didn't even think to apologize!
"Where are you going! What about my sign! Steven! What is wrong with your friends? One of them busts up my sign, then they all just jump into the sky like some circus act!? Without even offering to help!" I face palmed. At some point I would need to go over proper etiquette with those three.
"But, -" Steven was going to defend the Gems when another adolescent female (only older) walked out of the damaged building.
"Daaaad, pipe down." then turned around to look at his daughter.
"Oh, I'm sorry. Did I interrupt your beauty sleep." That would have been more intimidating if he'd dropped his voice to a false pity. His daughter then gave a false yawn before responding.
"I don't need sleep to be pretty." Good come back, I like this kid's sass.
"NOW YOU LISTEN HERE YOUNG WOMAN!" Man this guy was quick to yell. He reminds me a bit of a certain Queen I knew. Suddenly an elderly woman walked out of the shop carrying a dead fish.
"Kofi, your going to wake this fish from the dead with all the noise your keeping. Oh, too later" She wiggled the fish and did a false voice. "Kofi, you so loud. Ah, blah." Then she stuck out her tongue.
"Gunga, your so funny." 's daughter commented. Then started whining.
"Mom, quit joking around. Look what they did to my sign!" Gunga walked over to where we were standing and surveyed the damage.
"Cheese on bread."
"Can you believe it?! Your such a nice boy Steven. Why do you hang out with those animals?" What did he just call the Gems?! I unconsciously balled my right hand into a fist, then grabbed it with my other hand from behind to keep myself from giving in to my rage.
"They are not animals." I grunted.
"They're the Crystal Gems, and they protect humani-" Steven was defending the Gems before being cut off by .
"I'VE HAD ENOUGH!" Gunga looked between the two males and I guess she realized a fight of some sort was about to ensue.
"Oh, girls. I think I hear all of our cell phones ringing." The Pizza girls retreated into the building.
"Gunga your hearing is so good."
"STEVEN! You can tell your friends that they are officially banned from Fish Stew Pizza." turned to walk back into his shop. Steven looked alarmed.
"Wait, what?! Kofi, that's not fair. It was just an accident." A sign was switched from open to closed and Steven began to walk off sadly. I followed as he retreated towards the temple.
...
"So, who are the Pizza's exactly?" Steven kept looking at the ground as he answered my question.
"Kofi is the guy who owns Fish Stew Pizza. Nana Gunga is Kofi's mom. Jenny is 's oldest daughter and Kiki is his youngest. They all run Fish Stew Pizza together." I held my next question because we had reached the temple. The Gems were discussing what to do about the puffer-fish.
"Hey Steven. Hey Crystal." Amethyst greeted.
"I've got bad news everyone. You've all been banned from Fish Stew Pizza." Steven's sorrow was the complete opposite of the Gem's response.
"Oh, uh, that's okay." Pearl responded.
"That pizza wasn't even good." Amethyst added.
"Aren't you guys upset about this?" Steven asked.
"Not at all Steven." Garnet replied nonchalantly.
"But these are our neighbors." Steven complained.
"There's nothing we could do about that now."
"*Cough* Apologize *Cough*" I attempted to prompt the Gems with the proper course of action.
"Are you okay Crystal?" Pearl asked.
"Just peachy." I said sarcastically and rolled my eyes.
"Good. Right now we need to figure out a way to take care of that puffer-fish." Pearl declared seriously.
"But what's the point of saving people if they're just gonna ban you from their pizza shops?" Steven asked.
"We don't do it for thanks." Garnet answered. Annoying as the Gems could be, I had to give them credit for sticking to code.
"Yeah, see. That is so nice of you. The Pizza's don't even know. If they got to spend some time with you they'd see how fun, and smart, and mysterious you are."
"Heh, mysterious." Garnet chuckled at Steven's description of her.
"Hmm, oh! I know! I'll throw a little party in the beach in-front of the temple. Just us and the Pizzas!" Steven announced.
"I don't know Steven, I mean-"Steven cut off Amethyst.
"Don't worry, I'll take care of everything!" Steven decided. He then ran out of the Beach House.
"So then, Crystal. Any thoughts on the situation?" Pearl asked me.
" Well, I feel quite upset about some people's lack of manners after they damaged private property. Wait up Steven!" I called out before exiting the Beach House. I glanced at the Gems as I left and noticed that they looked a bit shocked by my scolding.
"So, what is "pizza" exactly?" I inquired while following Steven. We had just left the grocery store and I was carrying a bag containing lots of food that I had no idea what to call.
"What! Oh, wait... I keep forgetting that your still new to the future. Don't worry though. Well, its tomato sauce, cheese and then some toppings on top of a round piece of dough." I was still lost and Steven must have noticed the confused look on my face. "It's sorta hard to explain if you don't know what I'm talking about. I'll just buy you a slice after we make peace with the Pizzas after tomorrow's party."
"Speaking of which, why are we heading in this direction? Isn't the temple in the other direction?" I glanced to the side of us and saw the cliff that hid the temple in the distance. Technically I guess its my temple... but I prefer just calling it the temple. Anyways, I was sure that there were some items in the paper bag I was carrying that would need to get stored in some sort of cooling unit soon.
"We just need to stop by my Dad's car wash and get the grill." The realization had just come to me that Steven had a father. It made sense in retrospect, how else would Rose have had Steven. It was also a bit hard to fully grasp the concept that my little sister Rosy had met someone and... you know... uh...
"And we're here!" I shook my head to clear my mind of that off setting topic and looked up at the "It's A Wash" building. It didn't look all that conventional considering my understanding of building structure. What on Earth were all of those machines inside of the building for? And why did the building have a huge hole through it? Honestly the entire building was just making me nervous.
"Steven, do you want to go in without me?"
"What do you mean go in?" Steven acted confused as he walked towards a van. He knocked on the rear a bit before the door opened and a man who was both long haired and bald came out.
"Hey Steven. What's up?"
"Hi Dad! We need to borrow the grill."
"We?" glanced behind Steven to look at me. I stared back blankly.
"Oh! Right. Crystal, this is my Dad, Greg Universe. Dad, this is my Aunt, Crystal Quartz."
"Aunt?" Greg looked really confused. "Rose has a little sister?" The hair in my pony tail stood a bit on end as he said little.
" Actually, Rosy is my little sister." I said while shifting the grocery bag to my right arm so I could put my left hand on my hip. I switched my eyes from being purple to black, added a dark glare and noticed Greg visibly stiffen. I smiled a bit on the inside, then noticed Steven looking concerned about my aggressive mannerisms. I rolled my now once again purple eyes, dropped my glare, and extended my left arm. I added a light smile and spoke with a chipper tone. "Hello Greg. I guess this makes me your sister in-law." Greg slowly moved to shake my hand.
"Crystal is a bit intense, but she can also be very nice." Steven told his father.
"Um, okay then. Well... you guys can take the grill just make sure you return it when you're done using it." Greg brought out the grill. I handed Steven the groceries and reached to pick up the grill. Unfortunately it was too heavy. "If you want I can bring the grill around with my van."
"Nope, I can do it." I concentrated on my strength and my hands began to glow bright white. I tried again and was able to lift the entire grill over my head with one hand. I began walking back towards the temple.
"Bye Dad! We promise we'll return the grill!"
"Bye Steven, and try to stay out of trouble."
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