there is a 25 year time skip. All Steven, Connie, Star and Marco are 40 years old. Btw, if u want to see the illustrations, you can check out my two Instagram accounts. the offial Halfees blog and doublefangirl356. With that said, let's begin!

Garnet enjoyed walks along the beach. They seemed to help her focus.Even after 25 years it was hard to forget him. As a leader, Garnet had the weight of all the responsibilities. Her team was falling apart. Pearl has become more and more distant and whenever you mentioned something that He liked ( which was pretty much everything) she would burst into tears. Amethyst has become increasingly aggressive and short tempered over the last years. They pretty much never heard from Lapis and Peridot. Though, when they did see them, Lapis would always sit away in a corner, doing god knows what. Peridot was probably the one Garnet respected most. Peridot managed to cover up her emotions and continue with life.

the sun was shining brightly that day. There was a mild breeze in the air. The perfect weather. Garnet thought about the last 20 years.

After He passes on, well the gems just couldn't let go of his old things. They just sealed off His bed with a curtain and left it like that. After that, things got worse. They New he attracted monsters and corrupted gems, but as soon as he was gone, there was no one left to defend against. Peridot created this machine that helped track courrupted gems, but as soon as they got to a place with the corrupted gem, it was gone. And usually it's Gem was bubbled. Every single time the bubble was a different color. After a few failed attempts to get there before whoever was behind this, they gave up. Every now and then they would send Amethyst to pick them up. That meant a lot of free time. The Gems weren't used to having so much free time, and without Steven, they didn't have anything to do.

Steven. Garnet missed him so much. Not Rose, but Steven. She would give anything, just to see him again. Actually she sort of did. In a nightmare. In that dream Garnet was floating in a pink space. Then suddenly she heard the cry's of a familiar voice. They were happy cry's. They were Steven's. Garnet turned around to see the young boy running towards her. When he reached her, Garnet hugged him tight. "I missed you so much". Garnet said half-crying. She knew that it was just a dream, but it was something. Then everything changed. The space turned a darker shade of pink and Steven whispered "Garnet?" As she looked st his belly. A sword was sticking through his gem. "Garnet?" He wispered again, Before poofing. Garnet woke up with cold sweat.

Garnet was so into thought, that she didn't notice a flying frisbee until a female voice yelled

"Incomeing!"

Garnet managed to catch the frisbee before it hit her face.

"Oh my god, miss, are you okay? I am so sorry." Said a girl running up to her.

the girl was small. No older than 12,13? Mabye 11. She had her black curly hair with a pink streak tied in a ponytail. Her eyes were brown, almost black. She wore a aqua blue shirt, with a yellow star in the middle, and black shorts. The girl reminded Garnet a little of Connie. They girl and Connie had similar faces.

"be careful next time." Said Garnet gently giving the frisbee to the girl.

"you seem familiar... yeesh, that looks like one nasty sun burn." Said the girl pointing at garnet's skin.

"Never seen pink skin before. Mabye you should visit the doctor. My grandma is one. Or you can ask my sister, or at least one of them. She really likes scincey stuff." Said the girl takeing the frisbee.

After Steven, Garnet never really talked to anyone human. But she decided to speak to the girl. "You sure got a lot to say. Are you new around here? I never seen you here."

"Yeah, I just moved into a nearby town, a week ago..." before the girl could continue her friend Shouted:

"Hope! Mom just called and said you have to come home right now! Dinner is ready!" Her friend had short blonde hair and pink upside down triangles on her cheeks. She looked roughly the same age as the girl-Hope. Hope's friend wore a blue shirt with a pink anchor on it and a pink skirt.

"Okay coming!" Said Hope then turned to Garnet. "''Twas a pleasure meeting you." And sprinted off.

"What a nice girl." Garnet said to herself. Before she could carry on walking, she saw a pink water bottle lying in the sand. Garnet picked it up. She read the label and almost had a heart attack. She took off her glasses and read it again.

'Hope Maheswaran-Quartz Universe If you find this bottle please call this number: 5244796388.'