Dear Steven,
Sorry I hadn't written. Nothing around here has been peachy recently. And I can swear by it that things since last summer had really changed and I don't really know what I was expecting honestly. My brother has been torn for the last few days, his pen pal Frisk had ran away from her foster home and the people called to tell him. He was heart broken and it made my heart ache and... Whew I'm emotional lately. You're 14, you went through puberty so you get it huh?
I'm glad my brother and you don't make penis jokes like all the other guys in my grade. Sometimes I swore, despite my love for cartoons and sparkles, I was a hundred times more mature than those dummies.
I'd also like to ask if you've thought of growing up. And I'd like to apologize for such a sad letter, believe me when I say I can't wait to get rid of this sad gunk. It's like, blocking my inspiration for writing you letters. I've been passing the time by hugging my brother... Uck... And knitting sweaters. And on that note, I'm gonna slide into the reason I wanted your shirt size!
In a separate package, I made two sweaters for my best pen pal. The first one is just red with a star, I saw your shirt and tried to remake it. The other is based off that picture you sent last time. I put all of you and your family in sweater form. And it's amazing that I finished it in one day! When I'm older I'm totally making a personalized sweater company. Doesn't that sound wonderful and overwhelming!
Dipper is hovering over me so I'm not going to futher that depressing topic I was talking about in the beginning. Ugh I'm in a good mood now, let's continue the happy talk okay?
I think fusion sounds freaking awesome. I'd like to think of our fusion, huehue, Maben or Stebel sounds pretty cool right? I definitely think you'd have the latter of the looks right? Oh man we'd look so epic together.
Rose Quartz is someone my Grunkle Ford talked about, she was the leader... I'm sorry you didn't get to know her really, but actually being her is very special. My mom ships me off every summer to go party and stuff with my dad. Which I can't blame her, living with two hormonal teens is difficult. It's cool that you're lion is connected to your mom too! My mother surprisingly let me keep waddles.
Oh gosh I almost forgot too. Having a sibling is amazing. They're always there no matter what. Dipper helped me alot last year at the end of summer where I kinda opened a rift to a demon demention. There was this evil yellow triangle named Bill who put me into a sleep to make me think summer would last forever. Dip got me out of that with some awesome speech. He also protected me from the evil gnomes and helped my mermaid boyfriend get back to sea... I'm getting really far here huh?
Anyways, my brother is cool. It's too bad you don't have one, but you have the gems to make up for it.
With Pizazz,
Mabel.
"Steven that's wonderful. " Pearl grinned at the boys sweater with their family portrait stitched in.
He did a full turn in front of the gems and Connie, striking a pose to earn a great deal of laughter from the people.
Grabbing out the star sweater, Steven looked up to Garnet, "You haven't said anything in a while. How does it look? "
"Adorable."
Peridot snatched the shirt from his hands, "I don't get it, what's the use of a sweater? Don't humans avoid... Sweat? "
"Sweaters keep you warm Peridot, " Connie spoke, grabbing the thing from her, "They're really useful in the winter, and this one is very comfy judging by the yarn. "
"I wish I could send her something as nice and special as these. She's a really nice girl, and it sounds like things haven't been going well for her. " Steven's guilt made him grimace.
Amethyst emerged from the fridge, hands full with food and drinks, "I donno why not send her a gem shard... Or a gem in general, why can't you take Lion or a warp pad and meet her? "
Taken back, Steven clutched his chest dramatically, "That goes against everything a pen pal is supposed to be about. "
"Not really for you Steven, you're a filler because my teacher needed an extra kid or else we couldn't even do it. You can break as many pen pal codes as you want. " Connie twirled her fingers in her lap.
Pearl jumped in, "I would love to fill Ford in on what's happened. We've also gotten some chance that we could find a weak spot to use the drill . Plus, Steven, you'll get to meet this girl and hang out to get away from all this cluster business for a bit. "
"You'll really let me go to Gravity Falls? " Steven was wide eyed and exposing his abundance of excitement.
"We can leave tomorrow if you'd like. But we better get Connie home so you can write to your own pen mate. Your parents will have a fit. " The gem began to grab the girls belongings.
Sighing, Connie gave Steven a hug, "I'll see you when you get back okay? I expect the full story, Universe. "
With one nod and another quick hug, Steven was left alone with the silent Garnet. Peridot and Amethyst fled back to the barn to start work in the drill again. Pearl would take Connie to Greg who would in turn take her home. Sadly Steven knew her parents wouldn't trust her to go out of state with the gems. Which kinda itched at the boy to why they didn't have any faith in their daughter.
Turning to Garnet, Steven looked up, "Garnet... I know fiture vision is meant to be used for important things. But could you check to see if I have that nightmare again? "
A quiet nod was given before she adjusted her glasses and the room was full with an awful eire silence. It gave Steven enough time to start his dinner of leftovers from HamburgerHelper he had the previous night. Occasionally throwing glances twords Garnet as her vison lingered.
After a few moments too long, he went to her. Touching her did nothing to rid the trance. Fear gripped the boy as he clawed at her legs, desperately trying to fish her out.
"Garnet? " He called out anxious, "C'mon, snap out of it! "
A large gasp made him flinch and fall back. Garnet was now giving all of her abilities to lean against the beam she stood by. She was out of breath like she'd just ran five miles, and her sun glasses tipped down to reveal slight tears forming on her eyes. All three threatening to drip tears down her face.
The still shocked Steven flew into her arms. Her hug being stronger than he'd ever witnessed.
"I'm sorry you had to see that. " She spoke delicately as she held him close.
Reaching up slowly to wipe her stray tears from her face, he too spoke in a hushed tone, "It's okay, it's fair now. You helped me ladt night when I was upset. Now it's my turn... Garnet, what just happened? "
She cleared her throat, "I saw it, there was no nightmares. But something that happened a very long time ago happened again. The vision got curupted, and it repeated over and over until you pulled me out. "
"W-What makes that happen then? Are you okay? " He asked.
Garnet let out a small chuckle, "I'm fine. Thank you Steven. Last time it happened, we figured someone was altering with the time. Everything went backwards and it messed with my future vision. "
His brows pinched together, "Do you know who? "
"No, we can't figure it out. It was just one small blip in the time space continuum. Whoever has the power to do so obviously doesn't use it often. "
"That's..Different. " Steven giggled.
She booped his nose, "You need to get your stuff for tomorrow. It's a big day and you do need a shower. Then it's bed. "
"What about dinner?" He gestured twords the cold hamburger helper.
"Okay, dinner first. "