(Steven)
He woke up from his nap. They have been traveling in the fastest mode for a while now. It gave him a head ache at first but after some time, he got used to it. They must've been far away from Earth.
"Steven, were here.",Citrine gently shook his arm as he opened his eyes.
"Woooh! okay, now land over there! That's where I'm from! I CAN SEE HOME!!!"
"Steven, I've never seen you like this before!", said Turquoise while laughing.
"I'm happy! I should be like this all the time. So should you guys.",Steven said.
He looked out of the window and was jumping. He was so excited to see the gems and his dad, and Connie and Lars and everyone else in Beach City!
Citrine landed the escape pod gently on the beach next to the temple, where Steven directed her. The door opened slowly and light flooded the pod. Steven ran out of the pod as fast as he could not even noticing the other gems hesitation back in the pod.
He ran up to his father's van which was right by the temple.
He banged his fists into the sides of the van as hard as he could."DAD! IM HOME!", he yelled with the biggest smile he could possibly put on.
Inside the van he heard shuffling around and then the back doors swung open
"STEVEN, IS THAT REALLY YOU?!", Greg, his father saw Steven and tackled him in a hug. His dad looked like a mess. Most of his long hair was gone. His face was all sticky with tears and cheese. They cried into each others arms for a good minute.
"Steven, where were you!? I was so worried. What happened?" His father was crying and examining Steven at the same time. He kept rubbing Stevens forehead and running his fingers through Stevens curly hair.
"well. I was just captured by Citrine, one of Yellow diamonds soldiers. But it's okay now because She helped me get back home and we're friends now!" Steven hugged his dad again and this time tried to remember his shape better his warmth and his smell. He missed his father so much.
"I'm just glad you're home buddy. But where is this gem? Did they hurt you?" He looked at Stevens forehead again.
"No, well, maybe? but I'm fine now... Citrine! where did you go?!" Steven started to look around.
"Hello", Citrine said. She was standing next to Turquoise, behind them the whole time.
"Gah!", Greg fell over in surprise.
"Dad, this is Citrine and Turquoise. They both risked their lives to help me get home. I guess you can call them Crystal Gems now too."
"Umm, hello. Thank you for bringing my son back I guess." he scratched the back of his head that still had hair.
"You're welcome!",said Turquoise with a smile. Steven taught her manners well.
"Let's go say hi to the gems!", said Steven as he grabbed Greg's hand and pulled with no success.
"Steven, wait," Greg looked down at his son.
"what is it? Won't they be happy to see me?"
"Steven, they aren't here. They left to look for you and they have been gone for... almost eight months now."
"what!",Steven ran to see for himself. He ran into the house.
"Guys? is it true? Are-are you gone?",Stevens voice cracked at the word gone and he started crying. He fell to the floor and couldn't stop crying. All he wanted was his family and they left. They weren't here.
They left to look for him. He finally made it home and they are gone. Why can't anything work out right? Why couldn't they just stay a little longer? He wouldn't have stayed though. He would have looked for them too.
He has to tell them that he is home somehow. He ran back outside to his father and the two gems.
"Dad, where did they go?"
"I'm not really sure. All they told me was that they finally found out where you have been taken and that they were going to get you back. They wouldn't let me come. They said it was too dangerous."
"Oh no.", Steven looked up at the bright blue sky that he has been missing for so long. They went to home world. If they got caught, they could be shattered. He had to get them back. No time to waste. If he ever got back to earth he would have to have a reunion with beach city then.
"Dad, I know where they are. We can get them back. But we need to go now."
"But you just got here. If you need to go, you can at least shower and change out of those weird clothes you got there."
"Fine.", Steven ran off into the house. He grabbed a fresh shirt with a star on it, jeans and some underwear. Oh how he missed his clothes!
He showered all the grime off of his face and body. It took a while. He hasn't gotten a shower in a long time. How long has it been? he will have to ask his dad. It's been at least eight months. His dad said that the gems have been gone for that long.
He shook the thought from his head and got out of the shower. He looked in the mirror. Surprise hit him as he saw his face. He had a scar on his temple that ran to his forehead. His face in general was thinner than it had been before. There was no mirrors on homeworld. He looked down at his stomach in the mirror. It was also thinner but it wasn't as bad as his face. He lost a lot of fat. Homeworld didn't have the luxuries that earth had. Like fry bits and doughnuts.
He got dressed and ran over to the cabinets in the kitchen. He grabbed some chaaps in the top shelf. There really wasn't anything else there besides some moldy hot dog buns. He filled up a thermos with cold water and put the chaaps and the water in his cheeseburger backpack. He also filled it with other things he found useful on previous missions. Like a raft, some rope, and MC bear bear. He missed his best bear. Lastly he brought his mother's sword which was propped up against the couch. Connie must've brought it back. He should call Connie. They work best as a team.
He went over to his dad and the others who were outside by the pod.
"we should bring Connie. She wasn't too happy that we didn't bring her into space last time and her and I work best in a team. My phone is broken, do mind if I use yours dad?"
"Sure thing, Shtuball."
He dialed her number on his dad's phone.