Dragontitan: I'm glad you liked it. I'm still thinking about how things will go between Steven and Jasper. She'll probably be resentful towards Steven for "killing" her Diamond since he has her gem and she died giving birth to him, though Jasper doesn't really understand how human childbirth works. The Rose Quartz trio will probably be all buddy-buddy with him and the other Crystal Gems. Steven probably won't have different powers from canon. The update schedule is random but I try to upload a new chapter at least twice a month.

Steven lay on the couch, absent-mindedly strumming his ukulele. "So, no mission today, huh?"

"Nope," Amethyst replied as she took some bread, mustard, cheese, and grape jelly out of the fridge. "There's nothing Gem-related going on, so we're all just gonna bum around and do nothin' all day." She started making a sandwich. "Anyone else want an MC and J?"

"No thanks," Steven replied.

"I'll pass on that, thank you very much," Pearl replied, not looking up from the book she was reading. Pearl didn't particularly like eating human foods, especially not the kind that Amethyst had a penchant for.

Amethyst shrugged. "You're missing out." She then proceeded to take a big bite of the sandwich she made.

"So, what are Ruby and Sapphire up to?" Steven asked.

"Probably cuddling in their room like they normally do when there's no mission," Amethyst replied as she took another bite. "You know how those two are."

"Well, maybe we could all go out and do something fun," Steven suggested. "How about we spend the day at Funland?"

"The amusement park that held Beach City's annual fireworks festival?" Pearl asked.

"Yeah. I kinda wanted to make up for us missing out on that after I got lost in the Temple and that giant lava hand in the Burning Room tried to kill me." Steven made a grim expression at the memory, which then disappeared as quickly as it came. "We could ride there on Lion."

Pearl hummed in thought. "We don't usually partake in human social activaties, but I suppose it would do us some good to get out of the house for awhile."

Amethyst proceeded to stuff the rest of her sandwich in her mouth. "As long as there's plenty of good food, I'm up for anything."

"Great. I'll just get Ruby and Sapphire and we'll be all set." Steven got up from the couch and knocked on the Temple Door. "Ruby! Sapphire! Can you hear me?"

The Door opened to reveal Ruby and Sapphire standing in the entranceway. "Yes, Steven, we could hear you," Sapphire said.

"Is there something you need from us, kid?" Ruby asked.

"We're going to Funland!" Steven happily announced.

"Okay," Ruby replied. "Any particular reason why?"

Steven just shrugged. "I just thought we could go out and do something fun on our day off. Come on! We'll ride over there on Lion!" And he ran over to a dozing Lion and climbed on his back.

"I don't think all five of us will fit," Ruby pointed out.

"Of course we will." Steven moved up to sit on Lion's shoulders. "I'll just sit way up in the front while you guys all squeeze behind me."

"I guess that could work." Ruby looked at Sapphire, who gave a curt nod.

The Gems, Pearl, Amethyst, Sapphire, and Ruby, in that order, all proceeded to climb on Lion's back behind Steven.

"Hey, Lion," Steven called to his pet as he patted him on the head. "You wanna take us to Funland?"

In response, Lion stood up and ran out the door to the beach. Steven gently pulled at his mane like reins to guide him to their destination.


It took them about 10 minutes to get to Beach City Funland. The small amusement park was brimming with people of various ages. The air was filled with the excited screams of children and the salty smell of buttered popcorn.

"Here we are!" Steven happily announced as he hopped off of their furry pink mount. "Welcome to Funland!"

Pearl looked around as she and the rest of the Gems climbed down. "There certainly are a lot of interesting ways to waste your free time."

Steven ran past the park entrance. "Come on! I'm sure Funland has something that each of you guys will like!"

The Gems followed behind Steven as he led the way to a ring toss game. There were glass bottles grouped together behind the stand. Various stuffed animals were hung up on the wall behind them.

"This is Ring Toss," Steven explained. "All you have to do is toss the rings onto the bottles to win a prize."

"That sounds easy enough," Pearl said.

Steven rang the bell on the counter to alert the young man running the game. "Huh?" The man looked up from his magazine and over to Steven and the Gems. "Oh, hey. I'm guessing you wanna play a few rounds?"

"Yes please," Steven replied.

"Alright. It's a dollar for five tosses."

Steven took a dollar bill out of his pocket and set it on the counter. "Pearl, do you wanna have a turn after me? I think you'll really like this game."

"I suppose it's worth a try."

The man put five rings down on the counter. "Let's see what you got, kiddo."

Steven took the rings and tossed them one-by-one at the bottles. Unfortunately, none of them landed where he wanted them to. Steven hummed in disappointment.

"Better luck next time," the man said as he went back to his magazine.

Steven put another dollar bill on the counter and rang the bell to get his attention.

The man sighed as he was forced to put down his magazine. "Alright, alright." He put five more rings on the counter. "You can play another round."

Steven took the rings and handed them to Pearl. "Here you go, Pearl. You don't have to worry about winning. Just do your best!"

"Alright. Here it goes." Pearl flung each of the rings at the bottles like shuriken. One of the rings had hit one of the bottles with enough force to break off the mouth, and the rest were stuck in the wall behind them, one of them having cut down one of the stuffed animal prizes. Everyone just stared in surprise.

Pearl blushed as she started sheepishly fiddling with her tie. "Oh, um, sorry. I guess I wasn't aware of my strength."

The man looked at the stuffed animal on the ground and picked it up to hand it over to Pearl. It was a white teddy bear with a bright red nose. "So, I guess you won this. Technically, you're supposed to get all five of the rings on the bottles, but, whatever." He leaned forward to whisper in her ear. "Don't tell my boss."

Pearl gave the teddy bear to Steven. "Here, Steven, you can have it. I don't know what I would do with it."

"Thanks, Pearl." Steven said as he clutched the bear to his chest. "Now, let's go find something else to do."

"You guys go ahead," Amethyst replied as she began walking in the other direction. "I'mma go see where the snacks are."

"Wait!" Steven grabbed Amethyst by the shoulder and handed her a 20 dollar bill. "Here's 20 bucks, on me."

"Thanks, dude." Amethyst ran off with the money. "I'm not letting this go to waste."


Steven and the rest of the Gems walked around the park in search of another activity. Steven cast glances over each of his shoulders, scanning what the best option would be. He, Ruby and Sapphire weren't tall enough to ride most of the rides, and he wouldn't dare ride the Teacups again after the incident a few months back. Then he saw two familiar teenagers standing near a tall, red metal structure with a bell at the top.

"Hey, Lars! Sadie!" Steven ran over to them with the Gems in tow.

"Hey, Steven!" Sadie greeted. "Are you here with the Gems?"

"Yeah. There's no Crystal Gem mission today, so we thought we'd just enjoy the day off."

"Cool. Lars and I are hanging out while the Big Donut is closed for remodeling."

"I figured we'd take a stop at the ol' strength tester so I could show off my awesome muscles." Lars flexed his skinny biceps as Sadie rolled her eyes.

"Did one of you guys wanna take a turn after Lars?" Sadie asked.

"Ruby might wanna have a turn," Steven said. "She's great at things that involve strength!"

Ruby smirked with pride as she crossed her arms. "I am, aren't I?"

"Well, let's see if you can beat this!" Lars struggled to lift the heavy mallet over his head before he slammed it down on the pad of the strength tester. The small metal bullet climbed up to the 50 mark, which lit up as the machine taunted "Sissy boy!" The Filipino blushed in embarrassment as he dropped the mallet on the ground.

"You really think I can't beat that?" Ruby scoffed as she pulled at the tails of her headband. "I could beat 10 times that in my sleep! I don't even need to use a hammer!" She summoned her gauntlet and marched over to the structure.

"Ruby, wait!" Ruby had her gauntlet raised over her head before Sapphire ran over to her. The blue Gem kissed her red lover on the cheek. "Do your best."

Ruby blushed as she smiled at her. "Anything for you, Sapphire." Ruby raised her gauntlet high above her head and slammed it down on the pad, the bullet shooting upwards with enough force to end up getting lodged in the bell's exterior as a sharp 'ding' rung throughout the park.

Ruby put her hands on her hips as she beamed with pride. Everyone else stared at the strength tester in various degrees of surprise. Lars especially stood dumbstruck as he sputtered incoherently before he pointed at Ruby and cried, "You were just trying to show off!"

"Hey, you wanted me to try and beat you," Ruby said smugly as she wrapped an arm around Sapphire. "It's not my fault I'm so much stronger than an average human."

Lars walked away from the group. "Ugh, whatever. I'm gonna go get a soda."

"I wonder what's gotten him so upset," Pearl said. "He knows he's not stronger than a Gem, right?"

Sadie smiled apologetically. "Lars is just a bit of a jerk sometimes." And with that, the blonde ran off after her co-worker. "Come on, Lars, it's not a big deal!"

"Okay, bye!" Steven waved at her. "We're gonna go find something else to do!" They then took off before bumping into Amethyst, (with Steven literally bumping into her) who was carrying an assortment of carnival foods in her arms.

"Hey, watch it! You're gonna make me drop my snacks."

"Sorry, Amethyst. We were just gonna look for another activity to do."

"A'ight, cool." Amethyst started walking along side the rest of the group. "Did I miss anything?"

"Well, Ruby just beat Lars' score on the strength tester," Steven said.

"Cool. You want some popcorn?"

"Sure." Steven ate some popcorn from the bucket Amethyst was holding. "So, what do you guys feel like doing?"

"I don't really have a particular preference," Pearl said.

"Me neither," Ruby said before turning to Sapphire. "What about you, Sapphire? What do you feel like doing?"

"Nothing in particular," Sapphire said.

"I'm up for whatever," Amethyst said as she munched on her cotton candy.

"How about we go to the arcade?" Steven suggested. "There are lots of cool games to play there."


Steven and the Gems went into the arcade where, Mr. Smiley, the owner of all of Beach City Funland, including the arcade, was standing at the prize counter.

"Steven! Crystal ladies! What brings you to Funland?"

"It's 'Crystal Gems', actually," Pearl corrected.

"We're here on our day off," Steven said.

"Well, ain't that just dandy! I never get the day off!" Mr. Smiley's smile never waned while he was on the job, not even when he voiced his misfortunes. "Have fun!"

Steven took some quarters out of his pocket and gave one to each of the Gems.

"Okay, so I only have enough change for each of us to play one game," he explained. "so we should pick one that we'll really enjoy, got it?"

"Got it," the Gems all said in unison.

"Okay, now let's have fun!"

Each of the Gems went over to a game that looked particularly interesting to them; Pearl decided to try her hand at a driving game called "Road Killer", Ruby, feeling it couldn't hurt to brush up her button-mashing skills after Steven beat her countless times in Bash Brothers Melee, decided to play a fighting game called "Teens of Rage", and Amethyst decided to play the classic arcade staple known as Skee-Ball. And by play, that meant she sat right on top of the outermost ring and threw all but one of the balls straight into the middle hole as a long strip of tickets slid out of the ticket dispenser.

"Amethyst, what are you doing?!" Steven cried as he ran over to her.

"You were right, Steven! The arcade is fun! This game is kinda short though."

"You're supposed to throw the balls up the lane like in bowling." Steven jumped onto the lane and walked up to take the ball from Amethyst, then jumped down to stand across from her at the front of the lane. "Like this." And he bowled the ball up the lane to demonstrate, getting it into the bottom hole.

"Ohh... I kinda prefer my way."

Steven sighed as he went to see how the rest of the Gems were doing. He spotted Sapphire standing there looking at the quarter in her hand.

"Hey, Sapphire. How come you're not playing anything?"

"I don't know which game to play. There are a lot of options... a lot of possibilities..."

"Let's see..." Steven scanned the arcade for something that Sapphire might like. He spotted a brightly-colored game that had four controllers shaped like pieces of meat.

"How about this one?" Steven led Sapphire by the hand over to the game. "Meat Beat Mania. You just move the meat..." Steven took Sapphire's quarter and put it in the coin slot. "to the beat!" Steven handed Sapphire the two ham-shaped controllers. The screen came to life as a cartoon pig moved its arms side-to-side. Sapphire hummed as she mimicked the movements on the screen with perfect accuracy.

"Wow, Sapphire, you're really good at this game! Keep at it." Steven ran off to see how Pearl was doing.

The tall Gem in question walked to the entrance/exit of the arcade, muttering something under her breath about how video games are a waste of time.

"What's the matter, Pearl?"

"Ugh, the game I was playing kept calling me horrible, even though I haven't crashed into anything!"

"What was the game called?"

"I think it was called 'Road Killer' or something like that."

"You're supposed to crash into everything in that game!"

"Crash into everything?! That's what's horrible! I can't believe someone would actually play that!"

Ruby was heard roaring in anger.

"Hold that thought!" Steven ran over to where she was and saw that she was aggressively mashing the buttons on the "Teens of Rage" game.

"How's it going, Ruby?"

"I'm trying to beat this guy in the game, but he's not letting up!"

"Who are you playing against?"

"I dunno! Some guy in a jacket! Does it matter?!"

"Kind of. Some of the guys are stronger than the others."

Then, the letters K.O.! flashed on the screen as Ruby's player character lay on the ground defeated, her opponent laughing triumphantly. Ruby started trembling before she burst into flames. "RAAAAGH! I HAD IT WITH THIS SLAG-DAMNED GAME!"

And with that, she summoned her gauntlet, and punched a large hole in the screen, inadvertently spreading her flames to the machine, which then spread to the other machines surrounding that one. Soon enough, the entire arcade was ablaze. All of the patrons of the arcade ran out in panic as Mr. Smiley called the fire department.

When Ruby's anger died down, she saw what was happening around her, and immediately recognized it as a result of her own irrational actions. "Oh no..."

"Come on! We gotta get the rest of the Gems!" Steven grabbed Ruby by the wrist and ran around the burning arcade, desperately looking around for any sign of the Gems. "Pearl! Amethyst! Sapphire! We gotta leave!"

"Steven!" Pearl and Amethyst ran over to Steven and Ruby. "Don't worry! We're right here!"

"Wait! Where's Sapphire?!" Ruby cried, her eyes darting every which way. "Sapphire! If you can hear me, I love you!"

"Come on! I think I know where she is!" Steven led the Gems over to Meat Beat Mania which, surely enough, Sapphire was still playing in the midst of the fire. She's reached level 22, even.

"Sapphire!" Steven ran up to her. "Come on, we have to leave right now!"

Sapphire didn't pay him any attention. She was only focused on the rhythm of the dancing pig on the screen.

"Sapphire, please!" Ruby unplugged the game, bringing Sapphire back to reality. Ruby stepped in front of Sapphire to face her, putting one hand on her shoulder and using the other to caress her cheek. "I love you too much to lose you."

"Ruby..." Sapphire took a look around. "Why is everything on fire?"

Ruby put a nervous hand behind her head. "I kinda let my temper get out of control."

"So it was you who started this crazy fire?!" Mr. Smiley interrogated.

"Yeah," Steven said. "Sorry."

"Sorry nothin'! Y'all are banned from Funland Arcade for the rest of the year! Now get out of here before I ban you for the rest of eternity!"


The Crystal Gems rode back home on Lion.

"Sorry for getting you banned, kiddo," Ruby said.

"It's okay," Steven said. "Aside from that, today was a pretty good day. We all still got to spend time together, and that's what really matters."

"So, what are you gonna do now that you can't play games for the rest of the year?" Amethyst asked.

"I can still play video games at home." Steven yawned. "Speaking of which, I'm ready to go home and take a nap."

"Me too. There might not have been a mission today, but I'm pooped."

"Right. Let's agree to spend the rest of this day off resting," Pearl said.

"Sounds good to me," Amethyst said.

"Me too," Ruby said.

"Me three," Steven said.

Sapphire hummed in agreement.

They rode up the Temple's pathway, onto the porch of Steven's beach house, and through the doorway, and Lion stretched and yawned before promptly lying down with his backside still halfway outside the door. The Gems followed suit as they all lay their heads on Lion's back as if he were a great pink pillow. Steven sighed contentedly as he snuggled the teddy bear Pearl technically won for him on their day out.