Steven and Connie were taken to the royal palace, led by the queen and her friends. Now they were calmer than before after seeing that the queen and her friends didn't seem like bad people, but they were still a little nervous about telling them about their abilities and so on.
Those nerves went away when they passed through the palace gates and entered the main hall, where both young people were amazed at how big and wonderful the palace looked from the inside. Even though they weren't alone, the two began to look around.
"Wow. This is huge." Steven said.
"I'd seen pictures of palaces in books, but seeing it in person is something else entirely." Connie said.
It was then, when they both noticed something not usually found in a palace, a snowman was standing in the middle of the room. Curious, the two approached him to take a closer look.
"What is a snowman doing in here?" asked Connie, finding it a little strange.
"It's actually quite nice." Steven said.
"Oh, thank you." said the snowman suddenly, which caused the two young people to jump backwards with a shout.
"He's alive!" cried steven in surprise.
"And he talks!" shouted Connie.
"Olaf, what are you doing here?" asked Anna, approaching the snowman.
"When Kristoff took the guards away, I thought you would be safe. So, I decided to stay here and surprise you." explained Olaf.
"I would say that you have succeeded, but in them." said Kristoff, pointing to the open-mouthed Steven and Connie.
"Well. I guess I'll start over. Hi, I'm Olaf and I like warm hugs." said Olaf waiting for an answer, but both young people were still dumbfounded.
"Hey... are you all right?" Elsa asked.
"IT'S UNBELIEVABLE! A SNOW DOLL THAT SPEAKS!" shouted the two excited young people in unison, with stars in their eyes.
The two soon ran towards him and began to look at him with curiosity and amazement.
"I've never seen anything like this." said Steven.
"Neither do I. How is this even possible?" Connie asked. Although she saw a lot during her time with Steven and the Crystal Gems, seeing a talking snowman without a gem was something you didn't see every day.
"Oh, it was Elsa who made me." said Olaf pointing to the queen who was a little nervous when the two young people turned their curious and confused gaze towards her.
"You?" they both asked at the same time and pointed at her.
"Yes. Well, it's a long story." said Elsa scratching the top of her head in a sign of nervousness.
"Wait. I also wanted to know how you fought those pirates." said Kristoff.
"I have an idea. How about we each tell our own story? They will tell about what they did in that fight and you will tell about Olaf. What do you think?" asked Anna formulating a plan so that everyone would agree.
"Sounds good to me." Connie said with a shrug.
"And me." said Steven.
"Same here." said Elsa.
"Good! Story time!" said Olaf excited to learn more about his new friends.
The next minute, Elsa and her friends sat on the thrones (Olaf and Sven on the floor) while Steven and Connie stood before them.
"I think we should start with introductions." suggested Elsa.
"Okay. I'm Steven Universe." Steven introduced himself.
"And I'm Connie Maheswaran." Connie introduced herself.
"Nice to meet you. I am queen Elsa of Arendelle. This is my sister, princess Anna. This is Kristoff, the ice master, and you know Olaf." Elsa said, introducing the others.
"Hello." Olaf said innocently.
"So how did you do that thing where you pull a shield out of thin air?" Anna asked.
Steven and Connie looked at each other to have a visual conversation. If it was true what Connie said about them being in another world, then they wouldn't know anything about the gems or the Homeworld. They still had their doubts about whether or not to tell, and even though they had shown themselves to be good people, they didn't know how they would take the information. But in spite of that, they both agreed that it was the best thing to do.
"Well... The truth is... We're not from this world." Connie began nervously.
Arendelle's group was left with their eyes open when they received this information.
"Excuse me, what?" asked Kristoff, overwhelmed by the information.
"What do you mean by that? Are you from another world?" asked Anna.
"Basically." said Steven, shrugging his shoulders.
Normally, Elsa would doubt that a little, but after what she experienced long ago with regard to her powers, she learned to open her mind to new experiences.
"I know it sounds a little crazy, but it's the truth." Connie said before they could give their opinion.
"Honestly. After what Anna and I saw you do, I think you're telling the truth." Elsa said.
The two young people were a little surprised that they accepted it so quickly.
"Do you really think so?" asked Steven.
"Of course. What other reason could there be for lying to us?" Anna asked.
"If they believe you, so do I." said Kristoff.
The younger members of the Crystal Gems smiled as they saw that they trusted them, it was even more obvious that they were good people to trust.
"So, are the people of your world capable of doing that?" asked Anna.
"No. That was my gemstone powers." Steven said, lifting his shirt to show everyone his navel gem.
"Oh. Nice rock." said Olaf.
"Do your powers come from that rock?" Kristoff asked.
"No. The gems are a race from another planet far from ours. They are like stones, but they can manifest a human-like body. Each gem usually has a function to perform: guard, worker, scientist, messenger, warrior, etc." explained Steven.
"Wow. They're an amazing race." said Anna, showing interest in their history.
"Yeah... Maybe." said Steven a little nervously, because, although that was true, there was something else in the story.
"Is something wrong?" Elsa asked.
"You'll see. Gems don't reproduce like humans do. They are... harvested." said Connie.
"Harvested? Like plants?" Elsa asked.
"Something like that. However, for a gem to be born, it must absorb the life force of its environment. That is, if it harvested a group of gems in a forest, it would become a desert as a result." said Steven.
The queen and the others were surprised by that. For a gem to be born, did the surrounding nature have to die? That sounded like a cruel method, even if it was for a race to grow.
"That's horrible. How can they allow that?" Anna asked.
"The Diamonds didn't care about organic life, they just cared about increasing their numbers." Connie said.
"The Diamonds?" asked Kristoff.
"They are like the rulers of the Homeworld, the world of gems. There's Yellow Diamond, Blue Diamond, White Diamond and Pink Diamond." Steven said.
"But wouldn't that destroy their planet?" Olaf asked.
"As they said before, gems are magic stones, surely they wouldn't need the same conditions as the other species, right?" said Elsa.
"Yes. In fact, when the Homeworld ran out of resources to harvest more gems, the Diamonds decided to conquer other worlds to use as gem gardens." said Steven.
That came as a bit of a shock to Arendelle's group. It wasn't enough for them to turn their planet into a desert (they assumed), but now they were going from planet to planet, taking them as their own and using them for their own benefit without caring about the lives they occupied that planet.
"Wow. Those gems sound like a cruel and evil race." said Olaf expressing the thoughts of all.
"Actually, things changed when they tried to do the same thing to our planet." said Steven.
"Why? What happened?" Elsa asked, worrying about the home of the two young people.
"Among the gems that were born on Earth, there was one, called Rose Quartz, that was different from the rest. She admired the beauty of the Earth and didn't like what the Homeworld did to her. She asked Pink Diamond, the Diamond in charge of the planet, to leave the Earth, but she refused, so Rose Quartz gathered a group of rebellious gems, forming the Crystal Gems, which were fighting against the gems of the Homeworld to free the Earth." said Connie.
"But the war against the Homeworld lasted hundreds of years. Rose Quartz had to make many difficult decisions to protect her companions and the Earth. One day, she decided to do something that, even if wrong, would mean the end of the war." Steven continued.
"What did you do?" Anna asked, deep in suspense.
"She killed Pink Diamond." Steven declared.
A small gasp escaped from the mouths of the others (except Connie). She killed a queen of her world. Elsa, although she was surprised by that act, had to agree that it was a bad decision, but also that it was the only one that could free a whole planet.
"So, is the war over?" asked Kristoff.
"Yes, but not as they expected." said Steven.
"What happened next?" asked Elsa.
"The Diamonds were devastated to lose one of their own, so they decided to launch an attack on the Crystal Gems." said Connie.
"Well. They killed their sister; it is normal that they wanted revenge." said Olaf.
Although Elsa and Anna wanted to scold Olaf for saying that, they had to agree that he was right. If something were to happen to one of them, surely the other would want revenge.
"Rose Quartz and some gems survived the attack of the Diamonds, but the rest ended up getting corrupted." said Steven.
"Corrupted? What is that?" Anna asked.
"In human terms, it would be as if they became wild beasts, or in the case of the gems, monsters." explained Connie.
Arendelle's group had a mixture of emotions, but the main one was sadness. Believing they had won the war, only to be attacked later by something that turned their companions into monsters. It was certainly a blow to those who survived.
"But that's not why they gave up. With the planet free from the control of the Homeworld, the remaining members of the Crystal Gems began a new mission: to gather all the corrupt gems, to keep them in storage until they could find a cure." said Steven, who saw the depressing state of the others and decided to tell that to encourage.
The smile came back on the faces of the others. In spite of the circumstances, they kept hoping that one day they would find a way to cure their fallen comrades.
"That's great! Rescue mission!" said Olaf excitedly, causing a little laughter in the others.
"Although that's not all." declared Connie.
"What do you mean?" asked Kristoff hoping nothing bad would happen after that.
"Over the years, Rose Quartz did many things now that she was free. One of them was to fall in love with a human." Connie said.
"Oh! How romantic." said Anna.
"Yes. They even had a child together." said Connie.
"A son?! Great! And where is he?" asked Olaf.
Steven pointed to himself. "It's me. I am the son of a gem and a human." Steven revealed.
Arendelle's group was shocked to learn that. They would never have imagined that Steven was a being born of a gem and a human, something that, surely in their world, they would find impossible. Elsa smiled at the knowledge that even someone who did such things would find happiness and love.
"Surely your mother is a great gem." said Elsa.
"She was." said Steven in a depressed tone.
"What happened?" asked Elsa, noticing her change of mood and hoping she hadn't made any bad comments.
"You will see. As we said before, gems don't reproduce as we humans do. So, my mother decided to sacrifice her form and her life to create me. In other words, the gem that I have was hers." said Steven showing once again the gem in his navel.
Elsa and Anna felt sympathy for him. They lost their parents when they were very young, but unlike him, they knew their mother, while he never knew her.
"I'm very sorry about your mother." Elsa said sympathetically.
"It's all right. I'm over it and now she helped the Crystal Gems in their missions." said Steven changing his mood for the better.
"Do you participate in missions despite being so young?" asked Kristoff.
"Isn't that a bit dangerous?" asked Anna.
"Sometimes, but with the help of my friends, we can handle anything. We actually defeated some corrupt gems and even some gems from the Homeworld." said Steven.
"Wow. You guys are an amazing group." Olaf said.
"And you, Connie? Are you a gem too?" asked Elsa, curious about the young swordswoman.
"No. I am a complete human. Steven was my only friend and after hearing a lot about his adventures, I decided to join the group." said Connie.
"That's why you have that sword, isn't it?" asked Kristoff.
"Yes. One of the Crystal Gems offered to train me in the handling of the sword and now I'm good enough to accompany them on missions." said Connie.
"I can confirm that." said Anna recalling what a good swordsman Connie was when she faced the pirates.
"Oh, oh, oh. I have a question." said Olaf raising his hand like a child in a classroom.
"Tell me." said Steven.
"You said that thing about the shield that Anna mentioned was your gem powers. What kind of powers do they have?" asked Olaf with much curiosity and emotion.
"Well. The main powers are the summoning of weapons." started Steven invoking his shield and then vanishing it. "The weapon varies from the gem that is invoked, such as a hammer, a spear, a whip, etc. Apart from the shield I can also create defensive bubbles that can also serve as offensive ones." said Steven.
Elsa and Anna began to remember the skills that Steven used during the fight with the pirates, especially when he turned his bubble into a spiked ball.
"They can also transform their body, making your arms longer, your legs longer... But the most special power they have is fusion." Steven said.
"Fusion?" Elsa asked.
Steven and Connie looked at each other with a toothy smile of excitement.
"To explain, we first want to introduce you to someone." said Connie.
Arendelle's group was confused. Was there anyone else besides them? Their confusion grew even greater when Steven and Connie started dancing, as if they were in a show. They moved each other at their own pace until at last they held hands and spun around like a top.
Suddenly, both were covered by a strange bright light. Elsa and the others looked on with open eyes as the shapes of both of them moved around each other until they formed a single silhouette. When the light faded, instead of the two of them there was a woman who looked even taller than Elsa.
"Hello." said the woman.
Everyone's mouths were so open that they could have touched the ground, although that was the case with Olaf.
"W-W-W-Who are you?!" asked Anna completely shocked by the sudden appearance.
"I'm Stevonnie, the fusion of Steven and Connie." Stevonnie said.
"Are you a fusion?" asked Kristoff overcoming his surprise.
"Yes. Fusion consists of two or more gems coming together into one being, combining their bodies, minds and spirits." Stevonnie said, joining her 2 hands for emphasis.
"So, you're Steven and Connie at the same time?" Elsa asked.
"Yes, and at the same time, no. Although Steven and Connie are conscious inside, I am myself, with my own personality." said Stevonnie.
The others were surprised that the gems could have that ability. Before they could ask any more questions, Stevonnie was shrouded in another light and her shape split in two. When the light faded, Steven and Connie were back to normal.
"And well... I guess that's it." said Steven.
Elsa had to put her surprise aside when something crossed her mind.
"Just a moment. If you're from another world, what are you doing in this one?" Elsa asked.
Steven and Connie were left with their eyes open as they remembered why they had come there in the first place.
"Well. We were both on a mission with the Crystal Gems to investigate a message to the Homeworld, but when we arrived at the place of origin, we discovered that a gem from the Homeworld had created a kind of portal to bring an army to Earth." began Connie.
"We managed to defeat it, but during the fight, there must have been some malfunction in the device that caused the portal to absorb us and bring us here." Steven finished.
"And you have no way to return?" Anna asked.
"No, but it's okay. I'm sure the others will find a way to find us." Steven said confidently.
Arendelle's group smiled as they saw that these young people were fully confident that their friends would find them. That's when Elsa had an idea.
"I know. What if you stay here until you can get back?" Elsa asked.
"Are you sure? We wouldn't want to disturb you." said Connie.
"I agree with my sister. We can't let two children go around alone." said Anna.
"Besides, it would be my thanks for saving us from the pirates." Elsa said.
"Well. If you put it like that, we can't refuse." said Steven, excited at the thought of spending the night in a palace.
Elsa and Anna were happy to accept the offer, as they wanted to know more about their adventures.
"Wait. There's something else." said Connie, drawing everyone's attention. "Olaf said that you did it, what does that mean?" asked Connie recalling the previous conversation.
Elsa immediately became nervous. She had the feeling that, being children and having seen many superhuman things, they would see their powers in a better way than people did at first, but that didn't stop her from being a little nervous about her reaction. But now that they had told their story, it was their turn to speak.
Although instead of speaking, she stretched out her arm and over her hand, a set of white and blue sparks and flashes swirled to form a snowball.
"I created Olaf because of my ice powers." said Elsa, seeing that he had left the two young people completely speechless. Elsa was a little worried about waiting for their reaction.
"UNBELIEVABLE!" they both shouted in unison with stars in their eyes. Elsa's eyes were wide open as she hit her head mentally for thinking badly of them.
"Do you have ice powers?" Steven asked. "That's amazing!"
"I've seen a lot of things in my life, but a complete human with powers is an amazing thing!" Connie said.
Elsa began to be glad that they saw their powers in a positive light. Anna was happy to see her sister happy.
"Can you teach us more tricks?" asked Steven.
"Please?" asked Connie.
Elsa couldn't help but laugh a little at that request. Even though they had faced monsters and enemy gems, they were still children above things. One thing was for sure, they would all have a lot of fun.