Twoie smiled at his reflection as he dried off his hair which was still wet from his shower. Despite being somewhat tired he was in a good mood. Garnet and Pearl had woken him up late at night to interrogate him. He had hoped he would have more time to prepare a good cover story, but he should have known that Garnet and Pearl would want to talk to him as soon as possible. Luckily, he was able to come up with a decent lie which Pearl and Garnet seemed to accept. Pearl especially seemed eager to accept the fact that his outfit was just a costume for a play. Garnet had even apologized for attacking him; everything had worked out for the best. He just hoped that Pearl would fix artifact soon. Preferably before he accidentally changed anything major. He let out a small yawn as he exited the bathroom. Maybe he would make himself some coffee.

"-your concern, but that language was inappropriate. I'm a Crystal Gem, I'm a big boy now. And I got to stop saying stuff like, 'I'm a big boy now'."

Twoie looked up towards Steven's room where Steven was busy sternly lecturing his toys.

What is he doing? Twoie wondered as he walked up the stairs that led to Steven's bedroom. Steven had not been home when he went to go take a shower, but it seemed like he was back and full of energy. Twoie suppressed another yawn, he wished that he could have that much energy in the morning.

"What are you up to?" he asked Steven who still had not noticed his presence.

"Twoie!" Steven exclaimed excitedly as he hurriedly turned to face him "You're finally awake!"

"Yeah, I just got out of the shower." he replied as he noticed a box full of toys in Steven's arms.

"Oh! I almost forgot." Steven said as he placed the box he was holding on the ground and moved to grab a bag on the foot of his bed. "I went to go ask dad for some boxes this morning and while I was there I got you something." Steven eagerly handed him the bag.

Twoie took the bag from Steven. He opened it and peered inside. "Clothes?" he asked as he looked up at Steven.

"Yeah! I know I said we'd go visit dad together, but I figured that you would really want some new clothes."

Twoie took a seat on Steven's bed as he took out the clothes from the bag. There was some black t-shirts inside with a gold star emblazoned on their front; they were similar to the ones he would wear when he wasn't on homeworld except that the shoulder sleeves of the shirts all appeared to have been cut off. Twoie held the shirts up in front of himself; they seemed slightly big for him, but they would probably fit. Inside the bag there was also several pairs of blue jeans and a single pair of blue sandals.

"Do you like it?"

"It's perfect, thank you Steven." Twoie was extremely grateful for the new clothes, especially the sandals. He did not want to keep wearing his homeworld clothes; it had brought him enough trouble. He was a little disappointed that he didn't get to see his dad, but he figured it was probably for the best since his dad tended to be uncomfortable around 'magic stuff'.

"You should go try them on to make sure they fit."

"I'll go do that right now while you-" he glanced at the box still on the floor "clean your room?" he half said half asked.

Steven nodded. "I'm getting rid of some of my old toys because I'm a bi-" Steven paused. "...large… man now." he said as he stood up taller and puffed out his chest in an attempt to look more mature, but only succeeding in looking adorable.

Twoie chuckled as he ruffled Steven's hair. "Ok then, I'll be right back." he said as he made his way over to the bathroom.

He closed the bathroom door and began to change into the clothes that Steven had given him. Something about today felt familiar. He neatly folded his homeworld outfit and placed it in the bag as he tried to remember if anything significant had happened to him on this day. He put his phone is his jean pocket. The battery had died, but he figured that he could ask Steven to borrow his charger later. He paused as he decided where to put the Diamond communicator that he had brought from his timeline. The Diamonds had given it to him so that they could contact each other even when he was not on homeworld. It was smaller than the one that Peridot had taken from the moonbase and more advanced as well. He didn't want to leave it laying around in fear that someone would find it, but he also didn't have anywhere he could hide it. He frowned as he wrapped it up in one of his gloves before shoving it deep into the bottom of the bag. He securely tied the bag closed. Hopefully no one would find it because he didn't know if he could explain that away. As he finished putting on the blue sandals he heard the sound of objects falling in the living room. He rushed outside the bathroom to make sure Steven was unharmed.

"-don't think you can handle that information." he managed to hear Garnet say as she helped Steven pick up his fallen toys.

"Are you gonna tell me something cool about yourself?" Steven asked her.

Twoie gasped. Today was the day that Garnet first told him about her Future vision.

"I guess you could say that I have a sort of-"

"Future vision." Twoie finished for Garnet causing Steven and Garnet to both look up at him as they finally realized his presence

Twoie hesitantly smiled in Garnet's direction. She seemed friendly enough last night, but he was still worried that she didn't trust him. He mentally sighed in relief when she nodded at him.

"You look good, Twoie." Garnet complimented him. Twoie wondered if she genuinely liked his new outfit or if she just really hated his old one.

"You look amazing! I was worried they would be too big for you, but I forgot how tall you are."

"Thank you, it feels good to be out of those old clothes." Twoie told them and that was partly true, but It did feel a bit strange to have his gem covered again. He had gotten so used to parading it around that now that it was covered by his shirt he felt strangely suffocated.

Steven suddenly looked back at Garnet as if remembering something. "Do you really have future vision?!" he asked as stars appeared in his eyes.

Garnet smiled at Steven. "It's true. I'm able to see possible outcomes to most situations, which comes in handy since you seem to attract a lot of danger."

Steven smirked. "Well, danger is my middle name."

"That's a lie. Your middle name, is cutie-pie." Garnet replied as she gently booped Steven's nose causing him to laugh.


Twoie once again lifted his dumbbells to the cadence of the radio instructor. It sounded Korean, but Twoie wasn't sure. Steven had suggested that all three of them go outside and exercise and Twoie had foolishly agreed thinking that they would go for a run or do some pushups, he certainly did not expect to be doing whatever this was. Twoie vaguely remembered enjoying doing this when he was younger, but try as he might he couldn't remember why. It all just felt so childish to him now and he really wanted to stop, but couldn't bring himself to because of how happy Steven had been when they both agreed to exercise with him.

Twoie glanced over at Garnet who appeared to be increasingly more annoyed as time went on. It was funny watching someone as serious as Garnet do this silly exercise routine. It became funnier when Twoie realized that Garnet did not really need to exercise since she was a gem. He smiled, it was kinda sweet that Garnet agreed to this just to make Steven happy.

Garnet abruptly smashed the radio. Twoie winced, he was glad Garnet wasn't angry at him anymore.

"Okay, we're done." she said.

Steven looked over at him. "Yup, I'm done too." he told him as he let his dumbbells drop to the ground.

He pouted as he looked sadly at both of them. "But the day still has so much potential!" he exclaimed as he perked up once again. "Garnet, what are my breakfast possibilities?" Steven asked her as he set his dumbbells on the ground.

"Well, you're already outside, so you'll probably go to the Big Donut." she told him not even using her future vision.

"Wow... That's amazing!" Steven said shocked at the accuracy of Garnet's prediction. "do you see any possible futures where you guys, um, come with me and have a great time?"

"Sure I could use some coffee." Twoie answered him with a smile. He did feel a bit more alert now because of the exercise, but he was still kind of tired. Unsurprisingly, being woken up in the middle of the night to be interrogated was not good for one's sleep schedule.

"Garnet?" Steven asked.

"Hmm…" Garnet stared at Steven while she thought over his question. Twoie knew she would probably say yes and Steven's goofy stares in her direction only made him more certain. Twoie had to bite back a laugh as Steven made his eyebrows do a silly dance. How do you even get your face to look like that? Could he still do that?

"Yes." Garnet said after a couple moments of silence.

"Really?! Then let's go!" Steven eagerly grabbed his and Garnet's hands before running toward the direction of the Big Donut. "So, can Pearl and Amethyst see the future, too?"

"No one can see the future. I can see options and trajectories. Time is like a river that splits into creeks, or pools into lakes, or careens down waterfalls. I have the map, and I steer the ship." Garnet explained.

Twoie almost facepalmed. Did Garnet really think Steven could understand that? When he was told that at Steven's age all that he got out of it was that Garnet's powers had something to do with water.

"I see.." Steven said nodding in understandment, but it was clear to Twoie that he did not understand at all.

"Hey, Steven remember when you were little and dad would read those choose your own adventure books with you?" Twoie asked. He did not want to change the future too much, but he figured that helping Steven understand future vision wouldn't hurt.

Steven's eyes light up in recognition. "Yeah! I loved those books! Dad would always let me go back and change my decision if I got the bad ending."

Twoie nodded as he fondly remembered the evenings he would spend in his dad's van eagerly reading books. "Well, future vision is kind of like that. There are a lot of bad endings, some good endings and the ending you get is determined by the choices you make."

Twoie smiled as he saw understanding flash in Steven's eyes. "Oh! So it's like Garnet has a choose your own adventure book, but for real life." Steven said smiling.

"Yeah I guess you could say that." Twoie replied nodding at Steven. It was a bit more complicated than that, but it would do for an explanation.


The door chimed as Garnet held it opened indicating that they had arrived at the big donut.

"So, what would happen if I said 'hi' to Sadie?" Steven asked looking up at Garnet.

"The most probable outcome is that Sadie will say 'hi' back."

"Hmm... Hi, Sadie!" Steven greeted Sadie.

"Oh, hi, Steven." Saide said not looking at them as she was busy checking the soda dispensers. Twoie smiled as a rush of nostalgia hit him; he hadn't seen Sadie dressed in a Big Donut uniform in forever.

"Oh, that was an easy one. What would happen if…" Steven paused as he attempted to think of something harder to predict. "I said 'hi' to my BFF, Lars?! Our friendship is deep, but complicated. So the outcome of this experiment is way unpredictable!"

Twoie glanced at Lars who still looked half asleep by the coffee machine. It was strange seeing him back at the Big Donut and it was even stranger seeing him in a color other than pink.

"You'll startle him and he'll accidently spill all the coffee." Twoie warned Steven.

Steven looked over to Garnet who nodded. "That is the most likely outcome."

"Wow! How did you know that Twoie?!" Steven asked him stars appearing in his eyes. "Do you have future vision too?!"

Twoie chuckled. "No, I don't have future vision. I just remembered when all this stuff happened to me." he explained.

"That's right! You probably remember exactly what happened!" Steven gasped in excitement. "So its like you have super future vision!"

Twoie blinked in surprise. "I guess you could call it that." he had never thought about it like that before. He could predict things with one hundred percent accuracy now that he was in the past, but if he changed things too much then his 'super future vision' as Steven called it would be useless.

"That's amazing! You're the coolest." Steven told him causing him to blush.

"The coolest." he smiled as he repeated the words to himself. No one had ever called him that before. The only compliments he had been given recently were of gems calling him 'luminous' or 'radiant' and he suspected that they only did so because they still thought of him as their Diamond.

Twoie glanced at Garnet who appeared to stiffen at Steven's words. If he didn't know any better he would say that she almost looked jealous. Twoie shook his head to clear his silly thoughts. Why would Garnet be jealous of him?

"Hi, Lars." Steven greeted a bit more quietly and with a safer distance between them.

Lars tiredly turned his head towards Steven. "Oh, it's you." he said annoyance tinging his words. Twoie winced he had forgotten how much of a grump Lars used to be.

Lars blinked as he looked at Twoie and then back at Steven. "Wait. There's more of you?!" he asked.

Steven smiled as he happily dragged Twoie closer to Lars to properly introduce them. "Lars, this is my…" Steven faltered a bit as he struggled to explain Twoie's existence.

"Brother. I'm Steven's older brother." Twoie quickly answered for Steven.

"You didn't tell me you had a brother, Steven." Sadie said in mild surprise as she turned to face them finally taking note of Twoie.

"I live out of state." Twoie quickly explained before Steven had a chance to answer. Steven's lies were the most obvious.

Steven quickly nodded in agreement.

"Oh, well it's nice to meet you. I'm Sadie." she smiled as she offered him a handshake.

"I'm Ste-" Twoie stopped talking. Shit, he was supposed to say Twoie. "eeven's older brother, Twoie." he let out a nervous chuckle as he shook Sadie's hand.

"Ugh, great more of Steven's weird family." Lars said sarcastically as he rolled his eyes.

"That's Lars, don't mind him. He's a really nice guy once you get to know him." Sadie said gesturing towards where Lars was standing.

"Yeah Lars is great!" Steven happily agreed with Sadie.

Twoie merely smiled at Lars who looked away in annoyance. He mentally sighed he didn't have enough energy to put up with this version of Lars.


Twoie happily sipped some of his coffee as he, Steven, and Garnet approached the Fry Stand. After some more questions by Sadie and some sarcastic comments by Lars they had decided to go get some fry bits. Well Steven had decided to go, he and Garnet has just followed him.

PeeDee had been equally surprised by the fact that Steven had an older brother, but seemed to like him well enough after he introduced himself.

"You know exactly what I want." Steven told PeeDee, who merely huffed in annoyance as he went to go retrieve the fry bits.

"Any possible futures here where I'm hurt by this?" Steven asked Garnet.

"Hmm... Tons." Garnet told him.

"Uhh... Like... what?..." he asked nervously not expecting to be hurt by fry bits.

"Well, for starters… You could just be going on about your business, eating your fry bits, and then suddenly you choke to death!"

Steven's eyes widened in fear.

"Or you get so distracted that you fall down a manhole!"

Steven looked like he turned a shade paler.

"You could get food poisoning, or be bullied by wasps. And that's just a few instances off the top of my head."

Steven was trembling a bit.

Twoie bit his lip in order to keep himself from comforting Steven. This was an important lesson that he needed to learn in order to grow as a person. He couldn't risk changing the past or else something horrible could happen in the future. It was the responsible thing to do.


Twoie grimaced as he watched Steven struggle to make a sandwich. He had put on a helmet earlier and now his arms were shaking as he attempted to pick up a knife. Steven screamed unable to pick up the knife due to his fear of getting hurt.

"Steven!" Garnet said startled by his outburst.

"Wait! Wait! I've got it." Steven said as he picked up the jar of mayonnaise and dropped it all onto his sandwich.

"That will kill you faster." Garnet said in an attempt to make Steven laugh. Twoie winced knowing that it would only make Steven more anxious.

"Not funny!" Steven told her fearfully.

Garnet frowned finally realizing how scared Steven truly was.

"Nice noggin, Steven." Amethyst laughed as she ran towards the warp pad alongside Pearl. "Nice clothes, Twoie. You kinda look like Greg before he got old." she told him causing him to briefly flash a smile. He liked being compared to his dad and he wished people would do it more often rather than compare him to… he glanced at the portrait of his mother hanging in the living room before shaking his head and turning his attention back to Steven.

"We're ready, Garnet." Pearl informed Garnet. She nervously smiled at Twoie, but seemed to relax once she realized that he was no longer dressed as Pink Diamond.

"Wait. You're going on a mission?" Steven whined as he gripped Garnet's arm."Hold on! Don't leave me!" he teared up as he became more anxious. "At least tell me what's gonna happen with my lunch! Do I choke on a pickle?"

"Mm, you don't choke on a pickle." Garnet attempted to reassure him.

Steven clutched Garnet's arm tighter "That means something else happens with the pickle!"

"Garnet! Shouldn't we be going?" Pearl asked still waiting on the warp pad next to Amethyst.

Twoie smiled in relief as Garnet went to comfort Steven.

"Steven, I can't be with you all the time. Just trust me when I say that you are in control." She told Steven in a soothing voice. Steven smiled up at her appearing to have calmed down a bit.

"Do not go on the roof! No matter what." She warned him before she stepped on the warp pad and disappeared in a flash of light. Steven immediately tensed up again no doubt worried about going on the roof.

Twoie sighed. This was going to be a long night.


Twoie attempted to distract Steven from his fears of the future by offering to play games with him, but Steven refused to do anything that he viewed as dangerous. So they both sat in silence as it started to rain. Twoie frowned when Steven flinched at the sound of thunder. He really wanted to help him, but the last time this had happened Garnet had comforted him. He couldn't allow things to change. It had to stay the same so that his future would happen.

"What could possibly happen to me on the roof?" Steven whimpered.

Before Twoie could answer the front door burst open startling Steven into action. He ran and quickly closed the door.

"Okay. Calm down. Maybe I should just get a snack." Steven said in an attempt to comfort himself. He gasped in fear. "But what if..!" he stared at the fridge in horror lost in his own imaginations.

Twoie looked away unable to stand seeing Steven so scared. Garnet would be here soon and then things would be better. He shouldn't change anything. This was the way things were supposed to be; the way they had to be.

Thunder clashed loudly, startling Steven and causing him to scream. He ran to the living room where the coffee table once was and curled up into a ball on the floor.

"What's happening to me? I'm supposed to be…" He grabbed MC Bear Bear, who was still on the floor, and brought him close to his chest "a Crystal Gem. I'm supposed to be a Crystal Gem!" Steven whimpered while tears streamed down his face.

Twoie's heart clenched painfully in his chest as a realization hit him like a ton of bricks; Steven was just a kid. A kid who so desperately wanted to gain the approval of his family; to live up to the memory of his mother. He glared at the painting of Rose Quartz that hung in the living room, looking over them as if to mock him. He looked back at Steven who was scared and confused. He thought about all the other horrible things that Steven would experience in the future, that he had experienced in the future. Those events were much scarier and much more dangerous than thunder. Was he really going to let Steven go through all those things?

"Steven." he said gently as he placed his hand on Steven's back in what he hoped was a comforting way.

"I…" He hesitated. He was afraid if changed the past too much then it would ruin his future. He was a coward.

Another clash of thunder hit causing Steven to shake violently in fear.

That was the last straw for Twoie. He gathered up Steven in his lap and gave him a fierce hug. He didn't care if he changed his future anymore. He needed to protect Steven to give him a better future.

"Steven just because you're afraid doesn't mean you aren't crystal gem." he gently told him.

"You don't understand!" Steven said as he shook his head into Twoie's chest. "I'm not a kid anymore. I can't be scared. Everyone's waiting for me to be brave and strong like my mom."

"Oh, Steven…" Twoie rubbed Steven's back soothingly. He almost wanted to laugh; he spent his childhood desperately wanting to be like his mother and now he desperately worked to prove that he wasn't his mother. That he wasn't Pink Diamond. "You don't have to be like her. You can be someone even better."

Steven sniffled as he glanced up at him. "But the gems they-"

"They love you because you're Steven not because they think you're Rose Quartz." Twoie sighed. He desperately wanted Steven to understand. He didn't want him to commit the same mistakes that he did. "Steven I know it's scary not knowing what will happen or what will hurt you and I know that you just want to impress the gems, but it's ok to be scared sometimes. It's ok to ask for help, but most importantly you have to remember that you choose your own future."

"I think I understand." Steven told him as he dried his eyes. "I just really wanted to be grown up, like you."

"...like me?" Twoie was surprised. Why would Steven want to be like him? He was a coward. He was just going to let Steven suffer because he was afraid of changing the future.

"When you first came here you were able to summon mom's perfectly, you were strong enough to block one of Garnet's punches, and you were smart enough to understand future vision without freaking out." he looked frustrated. "I can't do any of that. I'm just so… useless."

"Steven." Twoie said sternly, but Steven refused to meet his gaze. "Steven, look at me." Steven hesitantly looked back at Twoie.

"You're not useless, ok?" he said gently. "You're kind and generous and you always see the best in people." Steven flushed and looked away not used to being complimented.

"Look, I know that you want to get better at using your powers, but can't beat yourself up like this. It's not healthy." Twoie hesitated for a moment before getting a determined look on his face. "If you want, I can help you master your powers."

Steven immediately perked up. "Really?" he asked excitedly as the rest of his fear left.

"Yeah, really?" he smiled at him glad to seem him happy again.

When Twoie next saw Garnet he and Steven were happily playing checkers.