SU: Homecoming Chapter 4

I do not own SU. Except my OC's! I'm getting tired of saying it so I will just put it up at the summary. -_-

Steven watches as Tiger Eye warps in and grins. He wants to introduce him to Connie so that they will be friends. The boy was already excited.

"Hey Tiger, I have awesome stuff planned for us!" He cries as he rushes down the stairs and up to the rusty haired boy. He couldn't see the sadness in those yellow eyes of his.

"Oh do you? I have some stuff too for us to do." Tiger says with a small smile. His tail was waging a little.

"Really like what?"

"How many people we can evacuate in an hour." The gem hybrid says avoiding eye contact with the boy. He runs his hands through his hair and sighs. "That awesome stuff you mentioned has to wait Steven."

The boy was unaware of the destruction of the Diamonds on Homeworld. Tiger spoke briefly to him about what happened and was able to tell Garnet the news. She had been seeing the future of this possibility.

Connie arrived just minutes after Tiger left with Garnet to evacuate the town.

"So, we can't have a break." Steven mumbles as he told her everything prior to her arrival. They were sitting on the couch, thinking of the one thing that will happen; chaos. "I'm sorry you have to go through this with me. You should be home resting. Pearl said so."

Connie reaches out and touches his hand. She gives him a gentle smile, "You never have to apologize for anything, Steven. We promised each other that we do everything together. Which we did!"

Steven couldn't help but smile at that. He loves that about Connie. She is dependable, smart, and a fighter. He couldn't imagine what may happen in the future if he wouldn't have reunited with his full gem self. To him, he was her future. She was his future also. He may not need to spell it out to her. Their bond is strengthened by the love they both share.

Pearl and Amethyst comes out of the purple's gems room. They were both arguing about cleanliness and bugs. Pearl spots Steven and Connie and immediately goes over to them with a grin.

"Hello you two! What brings you here Connie? I thought you were taking a few days off."

"I am, mam! Steven wants to introduce me to a friend of his." Connie smiles as the boy next to her smiles nervously. "How are things going now that you have your friends back?"

Pearl opens her mouth but Amethyst beats her to it; "Pearl already has hickeys!"

A blue blush forms on the pale gems face, "Amethyst!" She yells as the gem laughs hysterically. She turns to the two children. "It's a long process but its going good. The hessonites are getting along well."

Connie and Steven watch as Pearl leaves to find Garnet. Amethyst rushes to the fridge to grab frozen pizzas. Her laughter died down as soon the door slams shut. Her body shook as she shuts the fridge door. Steven was afraid that she was going crazy.

"P doesn't have a hickey." Amethyst joked with them as she gulps down a whole pizza.

In the darkest of times, Steven can count on Amethyst to be his light of humor, but Connie brings confidence to them. They both have that power. If he was stranded on a deserted island for twenty four hours, he would chose both Connie and Amethyst to be stuck with.

Tiger Eye returns with Garnet. He has his jacket zipped up to cover his gem and his hands in his jeans. His hair covering his face. Garnet had a hand on his head.

Steven stood up already remembering that Connie hasn't met Tiger yet. He was going to speak but Garnet held up her hand. She shakes her head at them as he leaves the room.

Finally, it was Connie who broke the silence, "So that's Tiger Eye? He seems nice."

Steven nods at her, looking at Garnet to explain her reasoning. The fusion sighs and sits down on the couch.

"Tiger Eye told me to explain something to you. His past." She starts as Amethyst, Connie and Steven sit down at her feet like children waiting for story time. "It was two thousand three hundred and seventy years ago. Yellow Diamond was mourning over the shattering of Pink Diamond. One of her chief advisors, Topazolite, sought out to comfort her.

"Yellow was in too much of dismay to care of the fusion rules. So they had fun and the next day or so, Tiger Eye was created. Homeworld, when they heard about this, put Tiger Eye into a cellar for the next thousand years. Topazolite vanished after it all."

Steven and Connie gasps at the pain that Tiger must've gone through. Getting separated from your parents like that. Amethyst couldn't figure out what to think. So they just threw him into a cell? No explanation why?

Garnet saw their faces but continued her story; "For years Yellow was slowly forgetting her creation until the thousand years were up. She had forgotten about Topazolite as well. Yellow was forced to abandon Tiger Eye at one of her kindergartens. There, he lived until Peridot arrived. She brought him back to Homeworld.

"Yellow was furious at this point that her creation was back. She called it a mistake. Such horrible things that Jasper, our Jasper, agreed to train him for combat. This was just the start of Era three. Tiger Eye vows to never return to the awful place that he was created from. He vows to search for his father, Topazolite, even though it was quite clear that he was half of him. As his final duty, Topazolite used up all his power to transfer them to Tiger's gem. If he couldn't do that, then Tiger Eye would've been a useless creation for Yellow Diamond."

"He went through so much. He didn't really have a chance to be himself." Steven whispers placing a hand on his gem. "He was a disgrace to Homeworld."

"Sounds way too familiar." Amethyst whispers letting her hair down over her face.

"Tiger Eye told me that he wants to start something new. Once Bloodstone is out of the picture." Garnet announces standing up. "She is dangerous and has a deadly weapon."

"Is it something lame like a flute?" Amethyst jokes not believing that it was real.

"Precisely. We can't let her play it unless we want to get poofed and used as her power. No doubt that she has all three diamonds powers." The fusion responds looking straight down at the ground. "I have no idea what she's capable of when up against humans. You may have to sit this one out Connie."

The horror across Connie's face was enough for Steven to start fearing for their lives now. Everything they did together, may come to an end at the sound of music? His hand immediately grabs the girl's hand and squeezes it.

"Steven?"

"Whats wrong dude?"

"Bloodstone may come and destroy the town." He whispers looking up at them all. "But she won't destroy my faith in my family!"

R and R