Here you go guys, another chapter. i hope you like it.
Steven had human speed, so it was difficult keeping up with the gems, but he managed to arrive at the battle, eager to fight despite his stomach ache.
"Guys, what is that thing?" Steven asked, he had gotten a good glimpse of the monster, it was a large green monster with a reptilian-like body. It had claws that were the size of Steven, and spikes along its spine that were as long as the gems put together. It had a long snout and a thick collar. It's movement was incredible, Steven couldn't keep up with it with his eyes and the gems couldn't keep up with it physically. He heard pearl yelp, it had whacked her with its wreckingball of a tail.
"This is the monster that got away from us!" Garnet yelled, blocking an attack from its claws. Steven looked at the monster again, it was ugly when you actually were able to see it. He felt his body lurch and fly into the air, he looked up and saw Amethyst carrying him, he looked down and saw the spot where he was just standing which was now covered by massive spikes.
They landed and Amethyst ran back to join in the fight. He ran towards the creature also, trying to look for a weak point. The tail swung at him, he activated his bubble and was merely thrown back. He landed and it popped. He got to one knee, clenching his stomach. Right when he had formed his bubble, his stomach ache intensified.
'Why is my stomach hurting so bad?' Steven said, tears starting to form. The pain was unbearable, it felt as though he just got pummeled by fifty guys who all punched him square in the gut after not eating for days. His first instinct was to stand up and fight the pain, if the gems saw the way he was acting, they wouldn't let him fight.
His face turned to a look of pure concentration. He ran at the beast, emitting a battle cry, which slowly turned into a cry of pain. It seemed that with each movement, his stomach pain grew worse. Eventually he gave up and fell over crying, the gems rushing to his aid, except Garnet who was still fighting the monster.
"Steven! Are you alright?" Pearl asked. She rolled him into his back and lifted his torso.
"I... I can't move." He said, then he blacked out.
*steven's dream*
"Huh?" Steven said aloud, he was in a strange place. It looked as though it were a cave, but it was much too designed and decorated to be a cave. He looked ahead of him and saw a figure standing there.
"Hello boy. We finally meet." The figure said. Steven was studying her, she looked oddly familiar. Steven widened his eyes as the realization hit him.
" Your the person from the other night! The one that disappeared!" Steven said. He got into a battle pose, but quickly jerked forward, grabbing his stomach. Even in his dream, the pain was unbearable.
"Don't waste your movement boy, the modifications i did to your gem will cause you to feel incredible pain which will intensify with every power you activate and every movement you do." She said. Steven looked up at her, sweat running down his face. She was starting at him, the only thing he could see if her were her lifeless eyes.
"W-what do you m-mean, "modifications"? Steven asked. She laughed. It didn't sound evil, it sounded normal. Steven couldn't tell if she was on his side or not.
"Take a look for yourself." She said, she looked down at his stomach, so Steven slowly lifted his shirt, each movement causing his stomach pain to throb. He gasped at his gem, it was still pink, but it had a dark purple spot in the middle, and it seemed to be spreading. Steven's face turned angry.
"What did you do to me!?" He yelled, quickly tightening his grip on his stomach.
"When the time comes boy, you will understand that this is for the best. In time, you will come to me for help, after all the ones you thought loved you will turn their backs on you in an instant. Until then, I will visit you in every dream. When you are ready to come to me, you must only say you are. I will allow you to continue on without pain from the transformation of your gem, but it will be the ridicule that will be your true pain." She said.
Steven then woke up.
* Real world*
Steven woke up with a gasp. He was in his bed with a warm rag wrappedvaround his head. He took it off and looked around. He got up and went downstairs to see lion on the floor sleeping, no-one else was there, so the gems must've been out on a mission.
"Hey lion." Steven said. Lion looked up at Steven, growled and ran out of the door again.
"but it will be the ridicule that will be your true pain." The words echoed in Steven's head. He did feel just, his physical pain was gone, but his heart ached seeing how his best friend was acting around him. Steven sat down in the floor, thinking that things were gonna get bad, but it could always get worse.
Alright, that's it. Review please, tell me what you liked, didn't like, stuff like that. Who is that mysterious figure that Steven keeps hmeeting? find out next time(or after next time... but sure when the reveal will come)