Prompt 2 -
The Gems were fighting again and Steven was so over it. It had been a few months since Spinel's attempt to kill them all and he had thought things were going great! After constant nagging and pestering (with Amethyst's help) Jasper had reluctantly agreed to try out the whole 'Hero thing'. Her and Lapis had made progress from kill on sight to arguing every chance they got.
Least they stopped breaking the house apart, Steven had thought.
Pearl had felt that will practice and experience she could send those two with Peridot to collect artifacts they didn't have time to get themselves. That had started another whole fight. Jasper undermined Pearl's existence and Pearl jabbed back at the warriors ego. That had ended with the front of the house blown out. Peridot pointing out everyone's flaws and defects had her and Amethyst's at odds. There fighting had not gotten fully physical past Amethyst throwing the small techy out into the ocean from the roof. Even Garnet's calm exterior was starting to crack. The war vets comments on her filthy war machine tactics hadn't gone unnoticed or appreciated.
Just like all the others, Garnet was starting to get into the arguments now. For all there screaming and shouting at each other Steven was surprised that nothing had come storming out of the strawberry fields to tell them to shut up or eat them. Most corrupted gems had been rehabilitated and fixed but there was always the last few alluding capture. That's not why they were here today. They were here to look for a neckless of sorts.
"Its the earth equivalent of a neckless." Pearl had explained as they all gathered on the wrapped "It will be very tempting to pick up but don't touch it or it will blah blah blah-" Steven had tuned her out when Lapis stared making snarky comments about servants and Jasper had to try to 'defend' Pearl's honor by telling her to leave defective things alone. That leaves them where they are now. Trudging threw the fields, stepping over and around weapons and strawberries, with Steven being the only one really looking.
After a while Steven couldn't take it anymore. "Will you all just shut up!"
The gems fell silent in an array of sock and surprise with a bit of discus thrown in.
"You guys have been at this for hours." Steven said throwing his arms out "Why can't you all just get along for once?!"
"Steven." Pearl started.
"No! You all have been doing this for weeks! I don't understand why you all just can't let the past go!" Steven yelled stomping his foot. "All I want is for us all to get along and-"
Crunch
Steven looked down to see something shiny under his shoe. He moved his foot and laughed. All the anger and tension melted away as he bent down and picked up the very thing they were looking for. "Who knew it would be in a strawberry!"
"Steven!"
"No!"
"Don't touch that!"
The neckless started to float in his hand and he held it out from himself.
"Steven! What was the one thing I told you never to do?!" Pearl yelled.
"Never touch magical object." Steven said watching as the neckless started to glow. "Oh geez."
Everything started to glow brighter around Steven. He felt like he was on the warp pad as he started to float, his cloths moving around him. "U-Um Guy?" Steven said a bit panicked. As the neckless started to glow brighter and brighter he felt weightless. Just as suddenly as the glowing started it stopped for only a moment before blinding everyone.
Steven felt himself rocket off into the light and a chorus of his name echoed out behind him. He looked down to see his body flying away for the ground. He watched as the others panicked. Garnet, Amethyst, and Pearl formed Alexandrite. They reached out of Steven but he launched right out of there reach. Jasper grabbed Lapis and launched her with all her strength at him, Lapis herself using the momentum to help her fly as fast as she could at him. Just when he thought Lapis was going to catch him he blinked out of existence.
The last thing he herd before flying down a rainbow stream and into darkness was him name.
"STEVEN!"