Hello again, everyone. It's me, n00bsl3yR, again back for another chapter! Let us begin!

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Steven, Garnet, Amythest, and Pearl were all up on Stevens bed watching 'Crying Breakfast Friends'

"Haha! I love this show!" Steven laughed, wiping tears off his face. The crystal gems were having a lazy day. The past few days no corrupted gems appeared, no distress calls, or even a robbery had occured in Beach City. It didn't bother Steven or the gems, they liked just hanging out without fear of life or death whenever they left the temple. The crying breakfast friends cartoon was interrupted with an interrupting news broadcast.

"We interrupt your program with breaking news," the news anchor, Charlie, said," Strange portal like ruptures in the skies have been appearing all over the world. The recent sightings have been sent in from all over. Here's a recent one right now." The news feed cut off and cut to the sky.

It was a video recorded on a phone, it was tilted upward to the black vortex in the sky.

"Huh?" Steven said. He noticed something in the bottom right corner. "Hey, guys. Are those strawberry bushes?"

The gems all leaned in and looked at the screen.

"Yeah, it is." Garnet said. "There must be one of those portals at the old gem battlefield."

"We should go check it out." Amythest said.

"C'mon, lets go." Pearl said standing up. Steven's face lit up with excitement.

"Ooo, can I come?" He asked, starry eyed. Garnet shook her head.

"Im sorry, Steven. We know you can handle missions now, but you don't know what can come through that portal. So we're gonna have to leave you here, okay?" Steven's face of brightness turned inti a face if sorrow.

"Ah, man, okay." He said sadly. The three gems walked over to the warp pad and disappeared in the white light. The boy was already bored, despite onky being five seconds of being alone.

"Maybe Connie can come over?" Steven reached for his phone and pulled up Connie's number.

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Mario was blacked out, so was Luigi, Peach was also with them. The three were traveling through the vortex. Peach was screaming her head off. All of a sudden, a blinding white light appeared. The three were suddenly on a beach. Peach opened her eyes.

"W-Where are we?" Peach asked herself.

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Steven and Connie were sitting by the window, watching the waves of the ocean.

"Hmm, this is nice, Steven. The waves are very satisfying to watch." Connie said, propping herself up on her elbow.

"Yeah, it is, isn't it." Steven sighed in relief. He noticed three figures in thr distance on the edge of the beach. He couldn't make out details, but he saw red, green, and pink. "Hey, Connie, do you see that?" Steven pointed to the edge of the beach.

"Um," Connie squinted, "Yeah! C'mon, Steven, let's go check it out!" Steven nodded. Both teens ran outside and started running to the three figures.

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The gems appreared in the Strawberry fields. It turns out the news was right. Just above the battlefield was a big black vortex.

"The news was right, but where did it come from?" Pearl said, rubbing her chin.

"No idea, P." Amythest said.

"Gems! Something is coming out of it!" Garnet yelled. All three gems looked up and a strange looking green thing fell from the vortex. The gems backed up. The thing fell face down in thr ground.

"What is that thing?" Pearl said, poking it.

"It looks, and feels like a plant." Amythest said. "And, it's wearing underwear?"

"Whatever it is, it's very big." Garnet said. The large plant slowly got up on it's stubby legs. The gems backed up in awe at the size of it. The large plant saw the three gems, it's been awhile since it's last meal, it licked its lips.

"Um, did it just lick it's lips?" Amythest asked.

"It sure did" Garnet said.

The three gems summoned their weapons and got in a fighting stance. The plant growled and got into a fighting stance.

"Crystal gems, attack!" Garnet yelled.

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Connie and Steven were sitting with the three strange people.

"Well, I'm Steven Universe, and this is my friend, Connie." Steven said.

"Who are you three?" Connie asked.

"Well, I'ma, Mario Mario. And, this is my brother, Luigi Mario." Mario said.

"And my name is Peach, it's nice to meet you all." Peach said with a pleasant smile. The five all exchanged handshakes.

"Tell us about yourselves." Steven said.

"Okay, well we actually got here through a portal." Mario started.

"And it was sucking things up all over our world, the mushroom kingdom, and a lot of our enemies." Luigi explained.

"Our nemesis, Bowser, and his servant, Kamek, made a portal that started to suck up everything. We're assuming that he got sucked up too."

Steven and Connie looked at each other.

"There have been portals appearing all around. If they're all tied to you three, then that means..." Steven said.

"The gems are in trouble!" Connie finished.

"Who?" Peach asked.

"I'll explain later! C'mon, lets hurry to the warp pad!" Steven yelled. The five ran to the temple.

"Peach, stay here in Stevens house, you'll be safe here." Mario said. Mario, Luigi, Steven and Connie ran on the warp pad and disappeared in white light.

"I hope they'll be okay." Peach said to herself.

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Mario, Luigi, Steven and Connie appeared in the strawberry fields. When they got there, they saw a plant monster eat three gems.

"Noooo! The gems!" Steven and Connie yelled.

"Mario, it's Petey!" Luigi yelled

"And he ate Stevens friends!" Mario added. The four ran over to Petey.

"Hey!" Connie yelled. Petey turned around and growled. "Give us back our Friends!"

Petey growled and snapped his jaws. The four got into a fighting stance.

"Say your prayers, Petey!" Mario yelled.

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Oof, a cliff hanger. See you all next chapter. n00bsl3yR, signing off.