Author Note: I started writing this after the baseball episode came out. I never finished it, and the show later did some things that contradicted my story. So knowing that, this story will be slightly AU, but not that much.
Prologue:
If you were a fly on the wall today, what would you see? Just a typical red barn on a typical nice day. It was sunny. There was a hole in the side of the barn. A spaceship created a baseball diamond as it crash-landed, after getting smacked by a giant hand made of water. A large red fusion girl with square hair threatened to pummel other aliens, including a purple girl, a blue girl, a green girl, a 14-year-old kid who looked ten, and a black lady with a square afro. Nothing unusual.
The large red fusion had enough of this foolishness! Giant Ruby bent over and got right into Peridot's frightened face.
Giant Ruby: Tell us where Jasper is, NOW!
Her voice echoed through the otherwise peaceful Barn. The scared green Dorito couldn't help but stare at the giants' right pupil, which had a red gem in it. Peridot, who was terrible at lying, nervously looked to her friends for support. Too bad they all had liars block.
Peridot: Jasper? We know where Jasper is.
Giant Ruby: Well?!
Peridot: Well Jasper...she's on...
Steven suddenly stepped in front of his friend.
Steven(pointing at the sky): On the planet Neptune!
The red fusion squinted her eyes.
Giant Ruby: Neptune?
Steven kept pointing at the sky. Everyone was still, except for a single drop of sweat, which crawled down Steven's face. A squawking bird filled the awkward silence.
Giant Ruby: ...Well, why didn't you say so?
Once the five Ruby's left and everyone was relaxed, Steven turned to his square haired mother.
Steven: Garnet, does your future vision show them coming back any time soon?
Garnet(adjusting her glasses): No. I see one possible future where the new Ruby presses a button and makes the ship crash land on Mars.
Steven: Oh no!
Garnet: I see a second future where they search Neptune for months. Once they figure out that they've been lied to, they come back here.
Lapis crossed her arms and scoffed.
Lapis: You don't need future vision to figure out that much. Any dummy could-
Peridot slapped her new BFF on the arm.
Peridot: Laaaapiiiis, ix-nay on angering the usion-fey.
Steven was glad that Peridots pig Latin lessons were paying off. He would give her the official diploma later. But right now, he had to diffuse the situation.
Steven: So Garnet, are there any other possible futures that we should know about? (Nervous laugh).
Garnet: Well, I see one where...wait. What? There's no way...
Steven: What is it?
Garnet: Don't worry about it. It's very unlikely.
Everyone looked at Garnet in confusion.
Garnet: But for now (picks up a baseball bat) who wants to play another round of baseball?!
Garnet flashed a rare big smile. Everyone else fell backward with surprise.
If you could be a fly on the wall of that barn, you might look up at the peaceful blue sky and wonder: What the heck did Garnet see?
Chapter one:
Blue. Lots and lots of blue. That's what you see when you're floating in Neptune's atmosphere. You would think that life on Neptune would be hellish, if life were even possible in the first place. Neptune has winds that can blow up to 1,500 miles per hour, which is worse than any tornado. It's 373 degrees below zero on a good day. One year on Neptune is equal to 164 earth years. And Neptune has the second strongest gravitational pull in the solar system. But Jesse Jasper didn't mind all of that.
She calmly stood with her hands behind her back, her long white hair and yellow sundress flapping violently in the tornado-like winds. She was standing on a flat metal surfboard, about the size of a minivan. Every once in awhile she'd peek down. Yup, she still couldn't see anything. It was as if she was flying around in a deep blue fog. An orange orb, her record bot, held unto her board with stick-like hands.
There weren't any debris to dodge, so she just leaned left or right, as she rode against the wind current. A wind current which was stronger than any of earth's tornados. Jasper wasn't scared of the blue planets might, or the gray storm surrounding her. In fact, she was smiling as she pushed against the wind currents towards the eye of the storm. Why shouldn't she? After all, today was the anniversary of her arrival on this planet, 30 Neptune years ago. What do you do for all of that time on a barren, blue, and the blazingly cold gas planet? You skyboard in extreme weather of course!
Her magnetic shoes and jet-propelled board made it easy to enjoy the sensation. With every little tilt, Jasper had to lean in the opposite direction. But not too much, or she'd flip upside down. Birds do the same thing. Unlike a plane, birds constantly make micro corrections in their direction as they fly. Jasper, like a bird, did all of this without even thinking.
Her board left a yellow light trail, which disappeared after a few seconds. When she got to the center of the gray storm, her board was at a standstill. It shook as it tried to push against the insanely strong winds. Her poor record bot, who she called Rec, held unto the board for dear life.
Jasper's board violently shook as she increased the speed. She still wasn't moving. As her board's engine roared the yellow light trail collected behind her, creating an impossible cloud of yellow light. She wasn't paying attention to it though since she was trying her best to move her board.
Rec: Attention Jasper.
Jasper (Annoyed): What is it Rec?
Rec: Jasper, the winds in this storm are moving at-
Jasper: I know, I know. 1500 miles per hour, like always. What's your point?
Rec: We'll you've been in the same spot for almost a minute now, even though you're board is at full speed. Perhaps you want to try something different?
Jasper smiled when he said that. Rec couldn't sigh, but he could get annoyed. He hated it when she got like this.
Rec: I don't like that look on your face...
Jasper: You know, going against the wind stream makes me feel like I'm trapped in quicksand. That's no good.
Rec: Oh my stars, you're doing the thing again...
Jasper: Rec, the humans have an expression.
Rec: I don't need to hear the expression...
Jasper: Sometimes, you have to go with the flow!
In less than two seconds Jasper turned her board around and flew full speed in the direction that the wind was flowing.
Rec: Are you crazy?! One wrong move and you fall right off the board and into the center of a gas planet!
Jasper just leaned forward. She was busy focusing on her board. She adjusted her weight and leaned where the wind was taking her. Then she turned back to her buddy.
Jasper: Rec, you may want to hold on tight.
Rec: What are you about to do?
Jasper's face was full of mischief as she smirked.
Jasper: Hoverboard, deactivate thrusters.
The hoverboard beeped as the lights went off. Everything except the magnet that held her in place was turned off. Jasper's shoulder gem glowed as she pulled two ropes from it. The ropes moved by themselves, as Jasper commanded them to tie around the hoverboards handlebars.
Jasper held on for dear life as the board thrashed violently all over the place. She laughed with glee as the board began to do cartwheels. She didn't even notice that the wind was blowing the board downward.
Rec: Danger! Danger! Jasper, we're sinking. This board isn't strong enough to escape the planets pull. If we don't stop, we'll be sucked down to the core. And yes, it's a one-way trip!
Jasper: Then hold on!
Rec: What have I been doing?!
Jasper turned on the thrusters and turned back towards the wind. Her board effectively parked in midair, unable to defeat the power of the planet.
Rec: It's not enough! We might as well be tied to an anchor!
Jasper: Be patient.
Jasper's biceps bulged as she pulled on the ropes with all her strength. She began leaning back, which made the front of the board raise a little bit. She could barely concentrate as the wind rushed past her ears.
Jasper: (Muttering) Come on!
She leaned back more, which raised the board a bit higher. Soon the board began to vibrate, as it fought against the superstorm.
Rec: The board can't take this much pressure, it's going to break!
Jasper: Duly noted, now be quiet!
Jasper could feel herself sweating, but the wind blew it away as soon as it formed.
Jasper yelled as she bent her knees to lean all the way back. The board went completely vertical and shot into the air like a rocket.
Jasper: WOOOOOOOOO!
Rec: If I had a stomach I'd be throwing up right now!
Jasper stayed in that same position for what felt like forever, until she began to see light. Soon she blasted past Neptune's atmosphere and into the vacuum of space. It was freezing, but seeing the sun was like seeing an old friend. As the board settled to a stop, she excitedly yelled at the top of her nonexistent lungs.
Rec: There's no need to yell like that. No one can hear you in space. Even if they could, no one would care.
Jasper laughed at that. She pressed a button so that a glass helmet would form around her head. She didn't need to breathe, and the vacuum of space didn't bother her. But without her helmet, she couldn't tease Rec.
Jasper: Always a killjoy Rec. You really are a tool of Yellow Diamond. Did you get the footage?
Rec: Yes, I recorded your near-death experience. I would advise that you be more careful next time.
Jasper: I could, but then I wouldn't get to see you worry. And seeing you worry is so much fun!
Rec: The only thing that concerns me is this low battery. It's already down to 20 percent. You really should head back and...
The black screen that served as Recs face suddenly flashed red.
Rec: Danger! Danger!
Jasper: Buddy, you don't have to sound like an old TV show. We escaped the storm.
Rec: No, I'm not talking about that! There's a ship approaching!
Jasper shielded her eyes as she looked at Neptune's moons. She could only see seven of the 14 moons, looked great. With the sun behind her and the space surrounding them, she could get lost staring at this scene. She'd have to come back here and draw this. But...
Jasper: Do you need a system update? I don't see a thing.
Rec: Maybe if you'd ask me where to look, you'd see that red star above Triton.
Jasper looked above the moon that she lived on, and saw a tiny red star. But Jasper didn't remember there being a red star. As she kept looking, she noticed the star getting bigger.
Rec: And no, before you ask, this isn't my way of getting you into astronomy. That star is actually a spaceship, headed right for us.
Jasper (excitedly): Wow, neat!
Rec: No that's not neat! You're a fugitive from Homeworld. Yellow Diamond probably found you after all of this time. And you know how she feels about deserters. If you don't leave you'll be shattered!
Jasper: So the safest thing would be to go in the opposite direction of this ship?
Rec: Exactly!
Jasper: Go as far away from the ship as possible?
Rec: There you go!
Jasper smirked.
Rec: Don't you even think about it! No, this is not a smart idea!
Before Rec could say anything else, Jasper activated the thrusters and sped towards the ship. Jasper laughed as her long white hair flew backward with the speed.
Jasper: Let's make some new friends Rec!
Rec still held on for dear life with one arm, but he used his other arm to give himself a facepalm.
Rec: Sometimes I wish that I was a toaster.
To be continued.