Chapter 4

Young Steven: I'm ok. Thank you, sir.

Steven ran out of the restaurant, now calling everything he knew into question. He took a walk on the sidewalk, partially lost in the 80s setting.

Steven: I can't believe it. It's not possible. I was the kid? But, I was so young back then. I never got bit. But it would explain why I was having those nightmares. He and I are the same guy. But there's no way I could be alive this whole time, and have been bit. Nobody just recovers from that in like a day. Unless...I didn't. The only explanation would be...the whole world I thought I knew, was never real. The Gems, Connie, Homeworld. It was all fake. I'm still in a coma in the hospital, aren't I? I'm still bitten. This is just a fantasy world my brain made up. My nightmares came in because this was the very day I was bitten. It's all been a lie. None of this was real. I just hope the Gems will understand.

Steven reactivated the Time Manipulation gem, and was zapped back to his own time. Everything was suddenly dark all around him. He awoke in his bed, and was a kid again.

Steven: What the? Where am I?

Woman's voice: Steven! Are you up yet?

Steven: That voice. It sounds familiar.

Steven quickly got dressed and ran downstairs. His dad was sitting at the counter, and cooking breakfast was a tall woman with red hair. She had a face and hair style almost identical to Steven's mother, Rose Quartz. That's when he realized that this woman was his mother.

Steven: Where am I? Is this, the real world? I'm back?

Steven's memories about his real world began flooding into his mind, to the point where memories from his dream world began emptying. He forgot about Connie first. Then, he lost memories about Homeworld. Finally he forgot about the Crystal Gems, and Rose Quartz. Real world memories began flooding in place of the old ones. His mother's name was still Rose, and Greg was still his father.

Steven: Mom?

Rose: Yes, Steven?

Steven: What are you making?

Rose: Oh, it's something I came up with last night. I call it a Together Breakfast.

Steven: Hey. I, uh promised by band that we'd practice early this morning. Can I take this with me?

Rose: Sure. You do eat it with your best buds.

Steven: Thanks, mom. I'll be back later today.

Steven took the Together Breakfast and walked out the beach house. As he walked through the city, many of the buildings highly resembled the ones from his dream beach city. He entered a music studio building, where his band was waiting. Their Key-tar player was the tallest out of them. She was african american with a large afro and glasses with a leather jacket. Her name was Estelle. A shorter girl with longer hair played the drums. She wore a tank top with shorts and had hair that came down to her feet and covered her eye. Her name was Michaela. There was a slightly taller girl who was thin with a skirt and leggings. She played violin. Her name was Deedee.

Estelle: Steven. You're here.

Michaela: And you brought snacks!

Steven: It's a Together Breakfast. I brought it for all of us.

Deedee: Well, that was thoughtful.

The four started sharing their Together Breakfast, and Steven knew he was right where he was supposed to be...

THE E...

But wait. If the Gems were never real, then the Time gem was never real. So why did history change if it was never real? I know why. But it's my secret. And some secrets are best left forgotten.

For now...

THE END