Eh, whatever. I'll just make a chapter today and just publish the next chapter when I can.
Disclaimer: I do not own Steven Universe.
"You're gonna kill me?" Steven asked, confused on how the replica could do that.
"Yes. In fact, I could kill you right now if I had enough power." The replica threatened darkly.
"Isn't that basically killing yourself?" Steven questioned, backing away.
"No no no. Remember, you're my human side, so if I get rid of you, I will have full control of you're body. You're human side only makes me weaker, so if I kill you I will be stronger than I've ever been before!" The replica exclaimed, amused at the thought of becoming even more powerful then he already was.
"You're crazy." Steven insulted once again. The replica just smiled.
"Having you be in control while I be suppressed is crazy." The replica corrected.
"Look, I don't care what you do when you're in control, just don't hurt my friends." Steven demanded. The replica only grinned.
"You know I can't do that. They got in my way, and that will be there last mistake." And with that, the replica vanished.
Everyone who were dancing before had left, while Greg, Connie, Pearl, Garnet, and Amethyst were in the house.
"What is exactly wrong with him? He hasn't been acting weird lately." Greg asked.
"I don't know, but only time will tell." Garnet stated, pressing her back against the wall.
"Ugh, Pearl, have you finished the cake yet?" Amethyst exclaimed with a groan.
"Yes, but you are not eating it until Steven has had some." Pearl stated.
"What? Why!?" Amethyst asked in annoyance.
"Because it's Steven's birthday and it's only fair that he eats first." Pearl explained. Amethyst just rolled her eyes and just Kaye's on the couch.
Connie just stared at Steven while he slept. She wasn't leaving until she knew Steven was okay.
"Alright, so what do you think is going on with him?" Pearl asked everyone. Garnet just shrugged.
"Connie, has Steven been acting weird around you lately?" Pearl asked.
"No, he's been the same old Steven lately." Connie answered, not taking her eyes off of Steven.
Pearl just sighed. This was getting them nowhere. Greg looked at his son, then at the cake.
"Pearl that cake looks great!" Greg complemented. Pearl eyed him closely, than smiled.
"Why thank you Greg." Pearl thanked.
"So, will you be eating any Cake today, or are you gonna eat it for tomorrow?" Greg asked. Pearl slightly gagged at the thought.
"Are you talking about actual consumption of the cake?" Pearl asked, gagging a little once again.
"Well yeah! Oh right! You don't like to eat." Greg finally caught on. Pearl just looked around.
"And exactly what are you you doing over here Amethyst?" Pearl asked, walking up to the couch.
"What does it look like? I'm taking a nap..." Amethyst stated, closing her eyes.
"I can't believe you Amethyst! Steven's in trouble you're just gonna take a nap!?" Pearl scolded.
Amethyst opened her eyes and growled.
"And what exactly do you want me to do!? Just stand near Steven's bed and wait for him to get up? Yeah, no. I think I'm gonna take my chances and go to sleep." Pearl than began to keep rambling on and on about how Amethyst was immature and stuff, until Garnet interrupted her.
"Pearl, that's enough." Garnet commanded, wanting the arguing to stop.
"Ugh, fine." Pearl grumbled as she walked away from the couch.
Everyone then heard Steven start to wake up with a groan. His eyes slowly opened as he began to sit up. He rubbed his eyes with a yawn.
"Steven!" Pearl exclaimed, running up to him.
"Uh, what happened?" Steven asked, looking around.
All of them looked at each other.
"Steven do you remember anything from you're party at all?" Garnet asked.
"I remember getting a headache then everything went black." Steven half lied. It was true he had a headache, but it wasn't the full reason why he was rendered unconscious.
"Erg, um Steven? At the party, you started acting very weird. You kinda looked evil and started talking about how we wanted Rose over you. Than you started attacking the Gems. Luckily, Pearl managed to render you unconscious." Greg explained. Steven just stayed silent.
He knew this would happen, he just knew it.
"Steven, is there something you want to tell us?" Pearl asked, getting a little suspicious.
Steven started sweating nervously. Oh great, now what should he do, tell them and have them get worried? Or lie and say that nothing is wrong and not get them involved.
Steven thought for a moment. Oh the predicament he was in...
He then immediately came up with an answer.
"It's nothing guys, really. There is absolutely nothing wrong with me. Whatever happened must of been some kind of hallucination, or something like that." Steven lied.
The others didn't buy it.
"You're not telling us the truth." Garnet simply said.
"Yes I am! I'm telling you, nothing is wrong!" Steven argued.
"Steven just tell us what's going on, we just want to help you!" Connie exclaimed.
"Nothing is going on! I'm telling you that I'm fine and that it was just some weird hallucination. I think I might have mistaken you guys for some corrupted gem's!" Steven stated.
"If so, why were you taunting us and saying our names?" Garnet pointed out, adjusting her shades once again.
"I-I don't know! Can you guys please just leave me alone? I need some space." Steven asked, getting irritated.
"...Fine, but Steven, please tell us the truth when you stop acting this way." Pearl stated, walking away, along with the others.
Steven just sighed. He was now regretting the decision he had just made.
It was in the middle of the night an thee gems were off on a late night mission while Steven slept. Lion had been outside on the beach taking a nap as well. Steven assumed Lion was too tired to come in the house so he slept out there.
Steven was fast asleep until he had another nightmare about Lapis. He slowly opened his eyes, and looked around his room. He then spotted a shadow near his window. Steven's eyes widened and he quickly closed his eyes, than opened them again. Once he opened his eyes again, the shadow was gone.
Steven quickly got up and went to his window. All he could see was the beach and Beach City, along with Lion sleeping on the sand.
Steven backed away. He was now getting scared. Was someone actually stalking him?
He never expected to be stalked, it was actually kind of creepy.
One thing was for certain, he did not feel safe going back to sleep. Scratch that, he didn't even feel safe in the house anymore.
Steven quickly got dressed, and headed out. He needed some fresh air anyway.
Such a weird chapter, I like it :) Hoped you enjoyed, and please no flaming!
