The rest of the day was spent away from the house. Steven went to the donut shop and only annoyed Lars by his very existence. Steven was on the beach enjoying the view of the sun as it began to set in the horizon. Today might of started off sad with the story of Topaz but now watching the sun as it sets, it brings me peace. Steven thought to himself. As the night began to get darker and darker Steven only admired the stars as they began to appear. "Hey Steven look over there." Pearl pointed toward a cluster of stars. "That one is the Big Dipper." Pearl said as Steven tried to see the outline. Pearl only watched as Steven was straining his eyes to see what Pearl was pointing to. "You know Steven, telling you the story of Topaz and now being here under the stars makes me feel at rest." Pearl opened up. "Steven can you make me a promise?" Pearl asked. "Yeah what is it?" Steven replied now seeing the constellation. "Don't ever leave us the way Topaz left us...ok?" Pearl asked again. "Stop it you're going to make me cry again." Steven wailed. "Yes I promise I won't leave you guys ever." Steven promised. A tear fell from Pearl's eyes as she hugged Steven very tight. "O-ok p-p-pearl you c-can s-stop squeezing so tightly now." Steven struggled to say as he could barely breath. "Ok sorry my bad." Pearl chuckled and carried Steven to the house. She tucked Steven into his bed and went to her room respectively. Steven laid in his bed thinking about Topaz. I wished
I met her before she died, We could of been really great friends, probably. Steven thought to himself once more before drifting off into a deep sleep.
The next morning Steven awoken to the sound of seagulls being very loud. He looked around for the gems but they were still in their rooms. Steven decided to go down to the arcade and spend some time playing his favorite racing game. Steven put the quarters in and the racing game began. Steven remembered last time he played this game. His mind was filled with thoughts of who Topaz was before he found out the truth. Luckily, now that he knows the truth, his mind is now all clear. Steven focused on the game. He was avoiding all the obstacles and and passing the other cars with ease. Steven made it to the end winning first place. Steven put his initials as GAP which was the first letter of each of the gem's names. Steven wondered where the gems were at now. He went back to the house and saw the gems were nowhere to be seen. He did however, see a note was left on the counter. The note read.
Dear Steven
We are going on a mission and wont be back for awhile
Try to stay out of trouble until we return ok?
Pearl
I wish I could go with them to help with missions sometimes. Steven thought to himself once again. Steven decided to just play video games until the gems returned. As soon as Steven turned his console on he heard a knock on the door. Steven felt his heartbeat begin to rise. Who could possibly be knocking on his door. Steven went over to it and looked out the window. He saw a figure dressed in a black cloak standing at his door. Steven didn't know what to do so he just hid behind the counter. He would hope the figure would go away but they didn't. Steven realized that this person wasn't going away unless he opened the door. "I'm sorry gems" Steven whispered to himself as he headed toward the door. He hesitantly opened the door and looked up at the figure standing in front of him. "Is there something you need?" Steven asked freaking out inside. "Do not fear me I'm not an enemy." The figure suddenly said. "Who are you then?" Steven asked, his legs began to shake. "I'm a friend of Pearl, Amethyst and Garnet." The figure said. Steven began to feel a little more relaxed.
"You can come in I guess."
Steven said stepping back to let her walk in. "Thank you that would be lovely." The figure walked in heading straight toward the couch. "Where are the other gems." The figure asked. "They are on a mission right now." Steven answered. The figure only smiled as Steven was looking around the room, nervous as the figure only smiled at him. "Can I ask your name?" Steven asked twiddling his thumbs. "My name is Jade." The figure said making Steven calm down just a bit more. "Oh uh ok its nice to meet you Jade." Steven was staring at the ground. There was a long awkward silence between the two. "Pearl sent me here to protect you." Jade said giving a smile to Steven. "Why would they send you to protect me?" Steven asked becoming a little more alarmed at Jade's presence. "Did they tell you what kind of mission they were going on?" Jade asked. "No" Steven replied. "Oh...well they are on a very dangerous mission that could possibly kill them."
Jade said Staring at Steven intensely. "That doesn't explain why you are protecting me." Steven said sitting up on the couch. "If for whatever reason they fail the mission, then the creature they are fighting will come after the next person closest to them." Jade explained. "You seem pretty close to them so wouldn't it come after you first?" Steven asked. "No because I'm not as close to them as you are to them." Jade replied. "Wait how do know so much about me?" Steven asked feeling the air turn tense. Jade only sighed as Steven felt his heartbeat begin to rise. "Look I've just known the gems for a long time and I've seen how close you guys are. I've seen you guys around on the beach but I never had the heart to say anything."
Jade said lowering her head. "Oh I'm sorry you felt that way." Steven said as his heart began to slow down to normal speed. "Do you wish you could be with them?" Jade asked. "Kinda , I mean I've been on tons of missions before but never an actual real mission." Steven confessed. Jade smiled and sat straight up. "Hey Steven if you follow me I can show you what the gems are up to right now." Jade offered. "Ok lead the way." Steven said. Jade held her hand out and closed her eyes. Suddenly a portal appeared right in front of the warp pad. "Follow me into this portal and I'll take you to the gems." Jade said heading toward the portal. Steven was right behind her and stepped into the portal with her. Steven felt a bit dizzy as he was standing there. "Hey Jade I don't feel so good." Steven said. The room began to distort and Steven felt like he was moving. Steven stepped to the side as if he was falling. "I feel like I'm going to fai..." Steven fell to ground and everything blacked out around him.
A/N: 0.0 Steven blacked out I wonder what hapened
I actually got a chance to type this up so I did.
I will get around to writing the chapters longer but for now here they are
so have a good day
Superstormcake
