Note: This chapter occurs around a month after Too Far in late November in universe.
Disclaimer: I do not own Steven Universe, so please don't sue me, as I have no money.
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The Stranger in the Kindergarten
Beach City, The Temple.
Today was a particularly exciting day for Steven Universe. Today they would finally unbubble the strange gem from the Kindergarten and he would finally have his questions answered. This had been a long time in waiting, an entire month, and Steven was bursting with questions.
Though, thinking back to said gem, Steven couldn't help but feel a little bad about the reason for the gems extended imprisonment. The week following her bubbling had had enough excitement to put the quartz out of their thoughts.
'But now we're finally gonna meet her' Steven thought as his giddiness returned full force. He could barely keep still as he lead Garnet into his mother's room, bubble held between her hands.
As they entered the room and allowed the door to fade into clouds, Garnet finally stopped and turned to face Steven. Cracking a brief smile at the young hybrid, Garnet relented to his unspoken wish and handed him the object of his focus.
Upon receiving the bubble, Steven took a deep breadth to calm himself before looking over at Garnet. After receiving a nod to continue, Steven then applied preesure to the sphere within his hands until gave way with a small pop.
The freed gem immediately began to glow and float higher in the air as Steven and Garnet backed up. Shining brightly, a body quickly formed around the vulnerable gemstone. Once the gem had completely formed, she dropped to her knees before rising up with a stoic expression on her face.
She was wearing a long-sleeved v-neck body suit with a black collar that formed the tip of a golden five-point star in the center of chest. The top was colored a deep pink with black sleeves and light pink cuffs with two more stars on the elbows. The bottoms consisted of a pair of black pants and dark reddish-pink boots with black toes.
Her hair hung to just below her shoulders, but did not form ringlets like Stevens mother. Instead, it was more akin to Amethyst's unruly hair than the former leaders.
The quartz did not keep her stoic features for very long as her face broke into a wide smile. Looking down at the young hybrid, she dropped to one knee to get nearer to his level before asking, "Your're the little human with the magical spit, right?"
Taken aback by the sudden question, Steven shook his head as he answered, "Uh, yeah, I am. Why do you wanna know?"
"Just wanted to thank the little organic that saved my life is all," She said, getting back to her feet. Looking over towards Garnet, she asked with excitement, "And you wouldn't happen to be the famous perma-fusion Garnet, would you?"
"Maybe," Garnet said guardedly, her wariness evident in her voice
"I can't believe I'm actually in the same err...room as the legendary Garnet," she said, her voice filled with awe, "It's almost like I'm dreaming, except I'm not, because I'm awake."
Steven couldn't help but laugh at the strange gem's words, the tension around them seeming to lessen. Shooting a beseeching looking over at Garnet, he was relieved to see her nod her consent to his unasked request before turning back to the quartz.
"Excuse me," he said, getting her attention, " would you mind answering a few questions for us?"
"Considering my sudden intervention earlier, I'm not too surprised. I'll answer your questions, but I've got a few questions of my own."
"Alright," Garnet said, her voice neutral, "but we ask first."
Nodding her head, the rose quartz said, "That's fair."
Garnet then asked, "Who are you?"
"Rose Quartz Facet-4D6T Cut-4YF or Wy-ef for short." Wy-ef replied, her expression matching Garnet's.
"What is your purpose here," Garnet questioned, crossing her arms and reaching up to adjust her shades.
"Essentially, I came here to find out if the rumours circulating throughout the The Authority about the reemergence of the original rebellion is true. And if they were true, then I was to contact them and tell them of the reformation of the Crystal Gems and my status as one."
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Sorry this took so long, but I hit a little writers block about midway through. Feel free to reveiw if you wanna give feedback on how I'm doing, and thanks for reading.
