(Steven Universe Intro)

(The Volcano)


Fox walked alongside Belina Te with the Gems through the village back to the Arwing. "You must forgive your father. You must work together to lead the SnowHorn Tribe together against Scales, instead of fighting each other."

"I will, Fox. Because of you all, my people shall no longer live as slaves!" Belina Te said gratefully.

"OK, we'll see you soon. We gotta take this SpellStone back to the planet!" Fox said, rushing back into the cave.

"Well, Steven was not here. Maybe we'll find him on the way to the Force Point Temple." Pearl suggested optimistically as they walked back to the Arwing. "Where is it?"

"Let's find out." Fox tapped his communicator and General Pepper himself appeared from the holo-display.

"Great job, Fox! You saved the SnowHorn Tribe and collected the SpellStone. But it's not over yet. You need to return the SpellStone to the Force Point Temple. Peppy has indicated that it's located beyond Moon Mountain Pass. I'm sure the ThornTails can point you in the right direction. Pepper out…"

"Well you heard him. We're heading to Moon Mountain Pass next." Fox answered as he opened the cockpit. "Though I help your friend is not there. Moon Mountain Pass sounds dangerous."

"Dangerous? How dangerous?" Amethyst asked.

"Slippy found records stating that the planet's second moon crashed there, bringing with it strange from space that created a race of mutants that turned out to be the SharpClaw." Fox answered as he opened the cargo compartment for Tricky.

"What kind of crash would create an entire species?" Peridot questioned.

"Probably something in the moon, like a foreign element or substance." Connie suggested.

"Well, whatever did it has turned the landscape into a dangerous place so let's hope your friend is not there." Fox said as he climbed in and tapped the controls. "I'm setting the auto-pilot for Thorntail Hollow. I need to rest after that adventure into the mines."

Connie yawned. "Now that you mention it I'm tired too."

"I still don't understand the concept of sleep." Peridot said as she watched Connie climp into the cockpit and climbed in next while the other Gems shrunk down.

"Well it is important to us." Fox said as the cockpit closed and the Arwing slowly lifted off. "Let's just hope things aren't too bad when we get there."


The trip back to Thorntail Hollow lasted half a day. Fox took the chance to take a nap, as did Connie while Lapis followed after the Arwing this time, being the one Gem who could fly through space. The other Gems had remained quiet and waited for them to wake up by they landed back in ThornTail Hollow.

As soon the ship landed and everyone hopped out a Thorntail rushed up to them. "You have got to help us! Those horrible Sharpclaw have put out our lovely beacons and it gets too dark at night! We be scared of the dark!"

Fox sighed tiredly. "Ok, ok. Stop crying. I'll see what I can do."

Peppy chose the moment to appear from Fox's communicator. "Don't forget about the Spellstone, Fox. You have to return it to the Force Point Temple."

Babysitting ThornTail was NOT what Fox is getting paid for but he figured that the only way to get him off his back would be to do it.

"Wait. Can we really stop do this?" Pearl asked. "What about the SpellStone?"

"Look the faster I help the faster we can go. Besides we have a walking torch." Fox said, looking at Tricky.

"You'll need something to burn continuously." The Thorntail pointed at a nearby tree. "The Fire Weed Tree will get you what you need."

One by one the Gems and Fox grabbed fire weeds from the tree and both Tricky's flame command and Garnet's fire power lit the beacons in under five minutes.

"The beacons mean so much to my tribe." The Thorntail once the last beacon was lit. "Thank you so much."

Once that was done Fox lead the group toward the well again, but this time he took the path beyond. At the end of the path Fox planted a Bomb Spore and blow it up. They followed the resulting path until they happened to fall through a weak floor.

They landed on a platform below with air rushing up.

"What's going on?" Peridot asked, holding onto Garnet.

"There's air rushing up." Connie realized as Pearl held her. "It's hard to breath."

"This way." Fox pointed to the left, cross the platforms, and led them up a wind lift.

They came back into the cave and followed Fox out into a desolate, dreary, and spooking looking plane.

"This is it. Moon Mountain Pass." Tricky said.

"Man, and I thought the Kindergarten was creepy." Amethyst said.

"The Force Point Temple should be up ahead." Fox pointed up the hill.

"Be careful. We are not alone." Garnet said.

No one had to argue with her when an avalanche of barrels fell down the hill towards them. Garnet rushed forward, crushing the barrels with her gauntlets, clearing a path for the over as they came upon a gate were the barrels were being launched from. There two Sharpclaw manning the machine which Pearl quickly dispatched and turned off the machine.

"That was too easy. These Sharpclaw are wimps." Amethyst said as the gate opened.

They followed the path to a large structure and went inside, feeling the air getting warmer as they turned a corner and came upon some platforms over a pool of lava that slid into the wall and back out.

"Whoa! Looks like one of Steven's video games!" Amethyst said with a smile.

Lapis led out a sharp gasp at the heat and ran a hand through her hair. "I've never been to place with such heat."

Garnet picked up Peridot and Connie, jumping from platform to platform with the others to the other side.

"I think it's safe to say this is the Volcano Force Point Temple." Pearl commented as they went farther to a room with a fenced flame jet.

"Yeah." Fox stopped in front of the entrance to this and when the flame disappeared he jumped down.

Everyone followed him down onto a narrow platform over another pool of lava which they carefully walked across. Once they reached the end Fox pointed up a conveyor belt leading up to another floor. Garnet led the group up the conveyor belt, using her gauntlets to block the incoming barrels until everyone made it up.

"Where to now?" Amethyst asked.

Pearl looked at a sign pointing to the left. "I believe that way."

They followed the sign to the left; crossing a gap in the middle of the next chamber and climbed the wall. They came upon a bridge with a gate in the middle and Connie noticed an opening in the middle of the ground in front of the gate.

"Hey, Fox. I think you can fit the Spellstone in here." Connie tapped Fox on the arm.

Fox held out the Spellstone and they watched as it released a small bit of energy that opened the gate.

They came upon the end of the bridge and saw the door was locked. Garnet moved to punch her way through but the door was strong enough to repel even her strength.

Peridot looked up and saw flames of varying colors and two orbs. "How can the flames change color like that?"

Connie noticed it as well. "They look like they match the color of this orbs."

"One way to find out." Fox took out his staff and used his Fire Blaster on these orbs; when the flame was the color of the orb, fire through the flame so it hits the orb causing the locks to open.

Fox then used the SpellStone on the door to enter when he saw the Spellstone shaped hold in the door. In the next room was a Life-Force Door at the other end that led deeper into the temple and four Sharpclaw were waiting for them.

"Come and get some!" Amethyst shouted as she slammed into one of them with her Spin-Dash.

Pearl slashed down another SharpClaw while Garnet took out the other two, causing the Life-Force Door to vanish.

The next room was large and circular with Krazoa statues lining the walls and ladders allowing for them to climb up.

But Fox noticed a sign on the wall.

Only he who dims the flame of the Krazoa may pass.

He then noticed two furnaces and decided to leave no stone unturned. "Tricky. Flame."

Tricky lit both furnaces, activating two platforms that slid out of the wall on the upper floor. They group slowly climbed the ladder up and crossed the platforms to an entryway that led out onto a balcony and led back inside to another chamber. They crossed the platforms in the next chamber, avoiding fire jets, to the ladder; going across to another ladder, then crossed more platforms to the room they were in before.

"Man, I hate these maze games." Amethyst grumbled.

They cross a few more platforms, but Fox stopped when he felt his staff vibrated again. "Hang on. The staff's vibrating again. There must be a new power for it close by."

Fox turned a corner into the next room and fell down into the mystic cavern that looked like the other once. He came back with a grin as he held out his staff. "This one will come in handy."

The Gems had no idea what he meant until he used it to extinguish all four flames in the room that activated an elevator like platform to rise up and appear in the center of the room down below.

"Whoa! A freeze blast!" Amethyst grinned. "Cool…Lame pun but still cool."

They walked onto the elevator and waited as it took them down into a fiery cavern. They followed along the path to the door.

"Whoa!" Connie gasped at the massive two floor chamber with a platform in the middle on each floor.

That was when Peppy decided to contact them. "Hi, guys. I've been studying the ancient records of this planet and you might be interested to hear this. This temple has been built on a Force Point. A point where pure magical energy is forced up from within the core of the planet. This energy is so powerful that it continually attempts to break the planet apart!

To stop this the ancient Krazoa two Spellstones inside the temple to absorb the energy. When General Scales removed the stones the planet began to fall apart! By returning the Spellstones back to the temple you will bring the planet together once more. Peppy out."

"My word…" Connie gasped when Peppy was done.

"A planet held together by a form of pure energy. I cannot almost imagine what Homeworld would do if they learned of this planet." Peridot commented, surprised by what Peppy had said.

"And if we are lucky they never will." Garnet replied. "Let's get back on task."

"I think I see the way to go." Fox pointed up at the center of the upper platform.

"I think we can shorten the trip." Garnet said.

One by one, the Gems helped Peridot, Connie, Fox, and Tricky up to the second floor, onto the center of the platform where they were all warped away in a flash of purple light. They reappeared in another chamber, this one decorated with Krazoa statues, large glass windows and in the center of the chamber was a large stone altar with four Spellstone outlets and a stream of energy pouring out from below.

"This must be where the energy is pouring from." Peridot hypothesized as Fox walked over and placed his Spellstone in.

The chamber shook as the flow of energy began to slowly fade but much of still remained.

"One down, three to go." Fox said with a small smile.

"Hopefully we'll find Steven near one of these stones." Pearl said solemnly.

He had to be close by.

He just had to be.