Keep Beach City Weird!
I appeared in a dumpster. Yes, it was an actual dumpster with garbage and discarded food. I got out of the dumpster and brushed the small amount of food that was on my dark blue clothes that were melded onto my body. That was when I noticed that my skin was the same exact color as Lapis'! Blue!
I soon realized that I was in an alley in between two buildings, and outside of the alley I could see there was a bustling road. I walked into the light of the sun after being shielded by the shadows of the buildings above me and looked around to see where I was. I seemed to be right next to the boardwalk from the show, which was only a street way!
I was giddy with excitement, because on the boardwalk was where a lot of the show took place, and I could get fry bits, pizza from the pizza place, go to Funland Arcade… There were so many things to do that I could stay here for days without bore!
But the I realized that I was trapped here in the universe of Steven Universe, and that I promised Sarah... or Aquamarine. Mari? Yeah, just like her fanfiction, I'll call her Mari. And I'll go look for her, because that's what I promised her before. Then we'll go get fry bits!
"Mari?" I call out to the open air of the boardwalk.
She was nowhere to be found, which means I would need to keep searching elsewhere. I walked down to the Beach Citywalk Fries, where Steven always go the bits. Steven always had to do a bit of goading to get the bits, since they weren't on the menu, so, that's what I would have to do. I walked up to the counter and saw that Ronaldo was working today! I hope my blue skin wouldn't make him flip out and put me on his… "OH MY GOSH YOU'RE A BLUE PERSON!" He yelled at me. "WAIT? ARE YOU A NEW GEM?! ONLY GEMS HAVE DIFFERENT COLORED SKIN!"
"Umm…" I tried to say, but he drowned me in words and questions again.
"WHERE'S YOUR GEM LOCATED?! YOU LOOK LIKE THAT ONE CRAZY GIRL THAT STOLE THE OCEAN THAT ONE TIME!" He yelled some more, "HERS WAS ON HER BACK! IS YOUR THERE TOO?!"
He tried to climb over the counter, but I stopped him in his tracks. "I just want fry bits." Dang, I was as cold as Lapis.
He sulked back into the hut of fries, and went to the deep fryer. Her poured the bits into a small bag and handed them over to me. "Come back soon." He looked devastated, and I felt pretty bad.
"Take a picture."
"Huh?" He responded.
"Take a picture of me for your blog." I answered.
"YOU FOLLOW KEEP BEACH CITY WEIRD?"
"Of course. I'm a huge fan. What better than to give the author of my favorite blog a picture of me?" Man, I was laying it on thick! But, I was making up for being mean to him.
As soon as he had the picture prepared to be taken, a hand came onto my shoulder. The person's hand was huge and… bumpy? Ronaldo snapped the picture and I looked up at the person. It was my other bae, Garnet. Cool glasses and all. "Hello, my name is Garnet."
"Oh, I already know who you are!" I replied, jumping up and down.
"You do? Do you have future vision?" She looked away. "No. You're a Lapis gem, of course you don't. How did you know my name?"
"I… Uh…" I remembered that I'd got Sarah a gemology book for christmas, and made up an excuse. "I know my gems really well. Garnets are made by the fusion of Ruby and Sapphire gems." I was sweating like a fat man on a 95 degree day, but the white lie seemed to have worked.
Garnet nodded. "Seems reasonable. Lapis gems are known for recording history and information." She looked out at the ocean. "Our Lapis is gone now."
"She's somewhere in the ocean, isn't she? Why don't you just go find her?"
Garnet stared at me from behind her glasses. "I don't know how you know these things, but Malachite is too dangerous to be disturbing as of right now. Currently, we have a couple of other problems."
"The Cluster and finishing the drill." I responded to her.
Garnet looked away again. "Like I said, I don't know how you know these things, but you could help us out with the drill if you do. Do you want to help?"
"I… I have to find my friend. If I find her, I'll meet with you back at the barn, alright?"
"Sounds reasonable. Just note, Peridot doesn't like visitors." She reminded me.
"I know."
"Of course you do." She smiled. "I like you, Lapis." Guess that was my name now. But what if we found the other Lapis? Would I be… Lupis? Garnet took a fry bit and popped it into her mouth. "Still hate food." And she kissed my forehead, giving me visions of the future, revealing where Mari, or Sarah was.
"Thank you Garnet."
"Thank you for coming to Beach City." She started to walk away and then looked back at me. "I still hate fry bits." And continued to walk away. Probably back to the barn.
I fell to the ground in excitement. I met the ACTUAL Garnet! Ronaldo looked down at me from over the counter, and asked, "Are you okay?"
"Completely, Absolutely, Fine." I responded, sounding a bit too happy. I took my fry bits and set off to where Mari was waiting for me, which was under the ocean.
I dove into the ocean, when I soon remembered that I could control water. Down in the depths of the water, the ground was flat and filled with coral, so I could walk pretty normally. I had formed an air bubble around me, even though gems didn't need air to breath. It was nicer to walk with my feet on the ground and not have to swim everywhere.
In front of me, a giant Crystal Gem monster swan in the water. I used my powers of water to bring down tons of water onto the beast. It quickly poofed out of existence and I bubbled it in a blue bubble. To match my gem color. I sent it to the temple where all of the other bubbles were. I just had to picture the temple in my mind and send it there.
After the bubbles the monster emitted after being destroyed dissipated, I saw Mari's gem laying on the sand in front of me. That must've mean her physical form was hurt! She could be gone for a while, so I might not be able to talk to her and show her around, but at least I had her… or at least her gem back.
I swam back up to the surface and brought myself over to the shore, where I walked through a small crowd of onlookers. You wouldn't think they'd have seen heir ocean move around before, wouldn't you? They probably all just thought I was here to steal the ocean just like my gem counterpart.
I ignored them and made my way into town, where I walked and walked until I reached the countryside, where the barn sat atop a large hill. I saw a well nearby and brought up its water with my powers, and use it to lift myself up to the barn. The only person that noticed me floating in midair with water was Garnet, who was probably expecting my arrival. Dang future vision!
I landed on the ground near Garnet. She came up to me and said, "It would be nice If you would surprise Seven tomorrow for his birthday. If he knew that another gem has come here on his birthday, he would freak out. Can you make a fancy entrance to show how awesome you are? That would make him happy." She put a hand on my shoulder. "Can you do that for Steven?"
I nodded. "Sure. I could hide in the barn, up in the loft. I really want to hear the story you're going to tell him tonight."
Garnet smiled again. "You always know, don't you?"
I smiled at her as well. "Most of the time."
I took off and snuck into the barn. I made myself comfortable and settled down in the loft, waiting to relive the episode, "The Answer" My favorite episode! Cotton Candy Garnet Forever!
