Hello hello hello! How's it goin' readers, hope your having a good morning, night, or aft- wait...this is my intro, not my outro, what the hell am I doing?

Now for you that are reading this here on HERE, not Wattpad, you guys have been extremely supportive, and I just love knowing that you actually enjoy what I'm writing and not just skimming over it if even that, so thank you, most might not think it, but comment really do motivate writers.

Also, I can't fix this non-bold text...I just copy my work that I first publish on Wattpad and put it here, Wattpad is honestly easier to use, but I know that most of the users here refuse to use it, so I just brought the story to you.

Anyway, I hoped you liked the first chapter, the Spinel aspect might have taken longer than I'd like to come about, but I'd like to make my own plot and not rush it. If there is anything about a story that I hate, it's when the plot is rushed along, it can turn a really good story into less than mediocre. Despite this, I'll be skipping over what is mostly already cannon to the show, I'm sure you don't want me to write the rest of Change Your Mind and the Homeworld arc with only slight changes, so I'll do you a favor and skip that.

Anyway, that's not to say that my writing is anywhere near perfect, it's rare that I even use commas right ffs. I just pride myself on keeping the pacing of my stories at an acceptable rate...if I can help it.

Anyway, get comfy, grab a snack, and let's read. Yeah, that's my intro,...right.

-=Pink's leg ship/Homeworld=-

-=Steven/Blue Diamond/Yellow Diamond=-

-=Immediately after arrival=-

"Steven. Steven wake up." Yellow said, tapping the boy as soft as her large finger would let her. The hybrid child woke up with a yawn.

"Oh, are we there already?" He asked tiredly as he stood up and walked over to the area where he could see outside the ship. "Wow...it's even more beautiful than the last time I was here..."

Blue chuckled as she came up behind him. "Well you never really got to see anything other than the court room and whatever was below it after all."

"Yeah, I was kinda just hiding in the Kindergarten underground before I escaped back to earth." He explained, looking back at her.

"Oh yes, I actually assumed that you left on that Emerald's ship with those off colors. But they're still flying around and ruining our outposts, so I guess not. How did you get back?" Yellow asked as she stood up.

"Well, that human that went with me...he kind of died... but then I brought him back to life, which I guess my mom could do because she did the same thing for a lion on earth, and inside Lars' hair there is some kind of pocket dimension, and Lion has one too, and they are connected, so I used that to kind of teleport back home and...sorry, I'm rambling, you know what I mean..." Steven said, trying not to dwell on the fact that he was holding his friend's dead body in his arms not too long ago.

"Oh my...I'm sorry you had to go through that...because of us..." Blue apologized, looking away in shame, upset that her actions, no matter how indirectly, led to Steven having a friend die.

"It's ok... you guys didn't know what really happened to Pink, you thought I shattered her." He smiled with a shrug. "I'm not upset."

"But Steven, if you aren't your mother and you knew it, then why turn yourself in for her actions?" Blue asked, lifting him up as the three Diamonds left the ship.

"Well, I didn't know she was Pink Diamond. Pearl was physically unable to tell me because mom basically brainwashed her...so I turned myself in for what Rose apparently did, so I could fix everything...now that I think about it, I almost went off and died for something that not only I didn't do, but something she didn't do...I guess I can just add that to the list of things she has done to mess up my life despite being not even being alive." Steven contemplated how someone that he never even met in life, could mess up his life while she was dead!

"Yes, Pink never really thought out what the consequences of any of her actions would be. White usually just covered it up for her, she was extremely spoiled by her." Yellow sighed as she looked to White's ship. "Anyway, speaking of White, here comes something from her ship..."

A white sphere floated in front of them before opening to reveal a white Pearl standing in a T pose with a broken eye. "Hello Pink, White Diamond requests your presence."

"Good, let us do the talking, Steven, and we'll be out of there in no tim-" Yellow began, but was interrupted by the Pearl. "Just Pink Diamond's presence is necessary."

Before either Diamond could object, the monotonous Pearl floated to him and enveloped them in the white orb. "Wait-What are you doing?!" Steven shouted as they floated off back to White's ship.

The sphere dissipated, dropping Steven to the floor and leaving the Pearl floating next to him. He watched as she floated backwards and through the wall.

"What is this place?..." He asked himself out loud as he turned around. "Pink!" A echoing voice called in calm delight. His eyes landed on a blinding light of a woman that sent chills down his spine. "There you are."

"Hello, Starlight." She hummed with a sickeningly sweet voice. She was towering, even larger than Blue and Yellow, her presence just emitted power, he aura of her light was threatening to quite literally blind him. She had black nails, lips, and eyelids, her hair holding the shape of a star.

"...White Diamond..." Steven whispered in awe.

"You certainly gave everyone a scare, they're all just thrilled to see you safe and sound." She smiled, standing still as a statue in a T pose, similar to the Pearl he encountered before.

He cleared his throat nervously. He knew he had to be careful after how the others described her, this could be his only shot. "Hi, I-" she cut him off right away.

"As for this latest little game of yours, thank the stars it's over, did you have fun? Did you get it all out of your system?" She smiled, talking to the boy condescendingly.

He tried to speak up again, becoming more and more threatened by just looking at her the longer he was here. "I-"

"Good, good. Everyone is so relieved, welcome home Pink." Steven went to say something yet again, hoping that he wouldn't be interrupted this time, but unfortunately he was.

The white sphere that brought him here summoned around him again and before he could even realize what just happens he was being carried off. "Wait!

The sphere dissipated yet again, this time leaving him in an overly pink room. He sighed as he ran his hands through his hair. "Where am I now?"

-=Skip over the whole pebbles thing=-

Steven laid on his new bed, it being surprisingly more comfortable than his own as well as wearing new cloths that were also surprisingly more comfortable than his old ones. Suddenly there was a knock at his door, scaring all the little pebbles back into hiding.

"Um, come in?" Steven called, wondering who would be coming for him, slightly hoping it was one of the other two Diamonds and not that white Pearl.

The door opened to reveal the Yellow Pearl. "Hello, my Steven, my Diamond requests your presence in her extraction chamber."

While it wasn't exactly one of the two Diamonds, he was grateful that he didn't have to deal with the intensity of White Diamond so soon. "Um, right, let's go."

"Sorry, but you will need these." She said, handing him a pair of pink shorts and a towel. "Your current uniform isn't made of light like my Diamond's is, you must remove it for the proper effects."

She held the door for him with a bow. "After you, my Steven."

"I- Uh, while I in no way mean to try and say the ways of your people are bad, I would rather you not call me by my Steven, just Steven is fine." He chuckled as he rubbed the back of his neck.

"Very well, Just Steven." She bowed again, taking his words as literal as she possibly could.

"No, call me- ugh, never mind, where are we going again?" He sighed walking next to her.

"My Diamond: Yellow Diamond, has requested that you join her in her extraction chamber, I predict that Blue Diamond shall request that you join her next, I'm no Sapphire, but she seems to have taken a liking to you as she did with Pink, I'm sure she would want to spend some personal time with you as well." Yellow Pearl explained in her usual nasally voice.

"Oh, but what exactly is this 'extraction chamber'? That sounds pretty scary actually..." Steven said, slightly nervous on what this intimidating Diamond wanted him to join her in. Was it some kind of extreme training room or something?! Would he even be able to handle what she has in store for him?!

"Well, we're here, you can see for yourself, I'm not sure how much clearer I can be other than saying extraction chamber." The Yellow Pearl said, stopping in front of a large yellow door.

Steven, needless to say, was very nervous. He looked over to the Pearl and steeled his nerves before opening the door and walking in.

To his surprise, he wasn't met some intense training, but ... a relaxing sauna?... "uh, hey Yellow, you called for me?"

"Oh, yes. How did things go with White, she didn't hurt you or anything did she? She has quite the temper after all..." Yellow asked, leaning over to look down to him.

"No, she didn't lay a finger on me, though I couldn't ask her about the corrupted Gems, in fact I couldn't even get a word in before she sent me to what I assume is my mom's room." Steven reassured her as he jumped up on the seat across from her. "So, not to sound rude if you really just wanted to spend time with me, but did you need me here for something?"

"Oh, yes. I assumed your first encounter with our dear sister wouldn't play out in your favor; you're just the offspring of the one she's looking for after all. No, we need you to make her like you. And well if you're anything like your mother, than it shouldn't be too hard." Yellow explained, leaning back and relaxing.

"Right...but how do I go about that? I mean last time I couldn't even say one word to her, she just kept interrupting." He groaned as he sat down.

"Yes, that's definitely how that would've worked out... Steven, she knows who and what you are, even if she calls you Pink. In her eyes, you are less than a Diamond, and White has sort of...how should I say...strict rules about talking to what she would consider...lower beings. You being organic makes you a lower being, but you still hold a Diamond after all, maybe if you get on her good side, she'll listen to what you have to say." Yellow plotted, thinking of how they could convince, White, of all Gems, to come to earth.

"I understand that much I guess, but that doesn't help me know how to get to her...any ideas?" He asked, looking over to the large Diamond.

"Hm... Blue should be entering her chambers not too long from now. I'm sure she knows a way or two to make White like you, ask her; I'm sure she'll ask you to join her as well." Yellow informed him as she stood up.

She walked out of the sauna with Steven right behind her, where they saw Blue Pearl waiting patiently. "Oh, hey Blue Pearl, I guess you're here to take me to Blue Diamond, huh?"

"Oh, you knew? As to be expected of the offspring of the beautiful and intelligent Pink Diamond." She said with a bow.

"Uh, I don't know about all that, you might be giving her more credit than she's worth...but I mean both Yellow Diamond and her Pearl told me that Blue would want me to come to her." He explained after making sure Yellow was out of ear shot. "Anyways, just call me Steven, all that 'my Diamond' stuff and 'my Steven' stuff makes me uncomfortable, so just address me like you would another Pearl I guess."

"..." she wasn't sure what to do. On one hand, she wanted to point out how wrong it was for a Diamond to put themselves on the same level as a Pearl, but on the other hand, she didn't want to say he was wrong, he was a Diamond after all. "U-um, please, do not think so lowly of yourself my Diamond, you have inherited your mother's throne and with it: her title."

"No, that's ok. I'd much rather you just call me by my first name and that alone. I'd personally like to think of us as somewhat friends, wouldn't you?" He asked, turning to her with a smile.

The quiet little Pearl tensed up and blushed a dark shade of blue. "Y-Yes...if that is what you wish...I'd like that very much..." she replied with a small smile of her own.

"Also, no more of that bowing to me stuff, friends don't do that either, got it?" The hybrid questioned, walking right next to her as they traveled to Blue's sector.

"Yes, I understand...Steven." She said with a slight nod. Her Diamond was Blue Diamond, so she was used to having a nice and merciful Diamond by now, but Steven was on an entirely different level, he actually treated her like an equal Gem and not like an object.

When they got to the large blue door that led to Blue's chambers, the blue Pearl went to open it for him, but he beat her to the punch and let her walk by as he held the door for her. She gave a small snicker as she passed him. "Thank you, Steven."

"Of course." He smiled as he followed her in. "Now where is Blue Dia-" He was interrupted by another set of doors swinging open with Blue emerging from them.

She looked around and the second she spotted Steven, she rushed to his side and lifted him up. "Steven, Yellow said you were ok, but I just had to see for myself, are you really ok, White didn't do anything, right?" She seemed to panic.

"No, Yellow was right, I'm perfectly fine." He assured the Diamond as he sat in her hand.

"Oh, that's such a relief..." She smiled as she brought him over to her tub. She set him down and let him float there as she sat down in the water herself. "So, how did it go? Is White going to help us with those poor Gems on earth?"

Steven sighed as he floated on his back. "No, I don't think so...she kept interrupting me when I tried to ask about it, and once she was done talking, she sent me off in her white bubble thing. I couldn't get a word in."

Blue hummed in thought. "Well, I guess we just have to make her like you, maybe then she'll listen to what you have to say."

"Yeah, Yellow said the same thing, in fact, I was supposed to ask you about how we could do that." He explained, swimming over to her.

Blue chuckled as she scooped him up. "You know...all four of us used to come here. We'd all get in together and we would play Pink's favorite little games, one of our personal favorite was the one where she would swim down to the bottom of the water and sing for us," she reminisced in delight. "we would have to guess the song she was singing."

"...You guys must really miss here, huh? I used to think you guys were monsters for what you did. Corruption, the Cluster, and the war. But, you didn't start the war, and you were fighting it right after your sister 'died', even I know, that grief will make anyone act in a way that they previously wouldn't." He sighed, thinking about just how bad it must've been to loose family.

"Yes, we were very...grief stricken. Pink meant everything to us, and she was taken away, just like that...we may have reacted in a way that hurt more Gems than the ones responsible for all of it, that's why I wish to fix what we did..." The emotional blue monarch sighed.

"Well we can do it, we just need White to be on our side. That's why I need your help Blue, you have to have an idea. You said that you all liked that music game that you played with mom, maybe something to do with singing will help?" Steven asked, hoping that they could find something to help the situation.

"Hmm...maybe not singing specifically, but Pink would always throw balls in the throne room, I know White always enjoyed that." Blue smiled.

"Throw balls? So like...juggling or something? I don't think I can do that." Steven questioned.

Blue just laughed at the hybrid. "No, not literally throw balls, but throw a ball. It's a grand party that has music and dancing. White very much enjoyed coming down to be apart of it. Steven, if you can throw a successful, grand ball, that could be a good first step to getting on her good side."

"I don't know, I've never done anything like that...well there was Garnet's wedding, but that was a party, you guys seem like the types to like more elegant parties, with slow dancing and fancy suits and dresses." The young Diamond ran his hand through his hair as he thought about how much he'd need to learn before he could even think about throwing a ball.

"That's all fine Steven, you may borrow mine and Yellow's Pearls, they can help with preparation." Blue said reassuringly.

"Right...yes, this could work, I can do this." Steven nodded as he hopped onto the side of the tub. "I'll get started right away."

-=one year later=-

-=The Diamond house=-

Steven's ball went off without a hitch! There was no unexpected hiccups to mess the whole thing up, and he was able to at least get White's attention.

Since then, Steven had grown close with Blue and Yellow and found a way to talk to everyone back home on a regular basis as well.

They used a face monitor that was sent to them by Homeworld to take him around town and talk to the people of Beach City, even Lars and the off colors, who had returned not too long after he left.

Though not all things went smoothly, he still had a rocky relationship with Garnet. She was too ashamed to try and be apart of the daily calls that the others would have with him and therefore they never got the chance to confront the issue that they left off with. Steven on the other hand felt that her avoiding him meant she hated him, so he too avoided her.

Steven himself was regretting taking on her little challenge, not only did he now think Garnet hated him, but he was lonely on Homeworld and it showed.

So today, on his fifteenth birthday, the Diamonds had a surprise for him. Blue, Yellow, and even White Diamond herself had looked into a certain Gem that Pink once had to keep her entertained and happy.

After finding out that she wasn't part of the rebellion, they came to the conclusion that she was still where they had put her.

"Oooh Steven!" Blue called for the hybrid. "We have something for you!"

Steven had told them how they could become closer as a family on Homeworld after seeing how his mother's absence had left them drifting apart. How would they become closer, you may ask? Well, Steven had a house made for them in a secluded part of Homeworld, that's how.

Now instead of living in that large castle that kept them so far apart, they lived in a moderately large house, even for beings as big as the Diamonds.

The hybrid had convinced them that they could become closer as a family if they were physically closer more often. Every one of them had their own room in a long hall, each being bigger than they needed to be if you asked Steven, but nevertheless, the family was actually bonding far better than before.

Blue and Yellow had become his Homeworld mother figures...and as for White...well she was also somewhat of a mother figure in a way.

The young Diamond had convinced White to help cure corruption amongst the Gems in the temple, though he purposely avoided Garnet, he made sure to spend time with literally everyone else in beach city including the corrupted Gems. After about a month, his house was rebuilt with another warp pad, this one being a galaxy warp that took him to and from Homeworld.

Now for nearly a year, he was primarily living on Homeworld with the Diamonds, trying to fix everything that Homeworld was responsible for. He even helped the Diamonds reconcile with a few alien races and now they had intergalactic alliances.

Needless to say: Steven had done a lot to help Homeworld. It was a hard conversation to have with his family, but they understood that he still had work to do. He was a Diamond now, he could use his influence on Homeworld for the greater good, though he did visit often, including earlier today when he went to celebrate his birthday on earth. Everyone came, even an awkward appearance by Garnet, but just seeing her attend the party was good enough for him.

Steven came out of his room, hearing his Blue aunt call for him. All three of the other Diamonds were sitting in the living room with furniture designed from earth furniture, it being actually soft and comfortable, much to the three eldest Diamond's liking.

"Yes, Blue?" He asked as he entered the room to see all three of them waiting for him. "Did I do something?..."

"Yes, you did in fact do something." Yellow said, hardly able to keep a straight face as she sat there with her arms crossed.

"I, um...what would that thing I did... be?" He asked nervously, hoping he didn't do anything that would have major consequences.

"You were born fifteen years ago today, Starlight, that's what." White hummed with a smile. She had taken to calling him his mother's old nickname, though he didn't mind that much.

"Oh geez." Steven chuckled with a sigh of relief. "I thought I messed up. Wait, how do you guys know that though?"

"That Pearl on earth told us that today was a special occasion for you and exactly what it meant for humans," Blue smiled.

"So, we thought we would go with your homes tradition and give you a gift. Well I guess it's a regift, but I'm sure you'll enjoy it nevertheless." Yellow nodded with a smile of her own.

"A gift? Oh no, you guys aren't trying to get me to own a Pearl again are you? I thought I made it clear that owning people isn't right, that's why I made you all stop ordering your Pearls to do things that they didn't want to, especially with you White..." Steven sighed.

"No, no, no, Steven, not a Pearl, and you won't exactly own her...you see, we can tell that you've been lonely here on Homeworld, so we did some digging and we came across your mother's old Gem, her name is Spinel and she's going to be your new best friend." White explained, her own blinding smile shining bright.

"My new best friend?..." this brought Connie to mind. She had become very popular in school recently and started going out with the kid who's arm she broke: Jeff. He was really upset at first, but he realized it was his own fault for missing the opportunity that was right in front of him for so long. He left her on earth again and went to Homeworld for three months without so much as a call directly to her.

"Yes, we predict that she is in the garden that we had built for Pink, though you may want to get there fast, the poor thing was left there all alone over six thousand years ago..." Blue informed him with a sad look.

Steven wasn't sure who they were talking about, but whoever it was, has been in isolation for that long, so he didn't think twice about going to help her.

-=Pink's garden=-

Steven was surprised that he was able to find this place after three different locations seeing as he had never been here before.

"Um, hello?!" He called out as he walked into the garden that was just floating through space. "I'm here to help!"

He kept walking until he came upon two foot-shapes marks in the ground. "Wha-"

Before he could say anything, he was tackled to the ground. "Who are you?"

-=End Of Chapter=-

So just again, thank you for the support, I'm glad you're enjoying this so far...well that's presumptive of me, but so far most of you at the very least enjoyed the first chapter.

Just so you know though, I am not the biggest fan of Connie. I honest to god enjoyed her character and how she was developing...until post wanted.

I'll keep it short and just say that I can't wrap my head around how she could even imagine them taking on Aquamarine without any casualties, or even with a thought of winning ffs!

Just the fact that she put Steven through a little mental breakdown despite being his supposed friend, well it made me think less of her.

Then there was his birthday. She clames to have no preference on how tall and mature looking he could be, but I mean...you saw how she was all over him when he was faking his new mature look...you haven't seen that side of Connie before then or since then.

Now I might be looking into it too close but I mean...it looks like she does prefer older Steven because after he's back to normal, so is her attitude towards him. He's back to being that childish friend who will never be anything more until he looks older again.

Oh, and don't even get me started on Pink, I hated her FAR before Spinel came along, this just helps all those Rose/Pink sympathizers see what I see.

Anyway, once again, thanks for reading, and as always, good morning, goodnight, or good afternoon, I'll see you all again soon.