I do not own Steven Universe or any of the characters. If I did there would be a lot more episodes about rose and the rebellion against home world. I only own amber.

Hey everyone! First things first I would like to apologize that it's been so long since I last updated this story. I'm not going to lie I have been distracted by other stories on this site and on wattpad. I'm not going to say this won't happen again because it probably will I'm going to do my best to fight the urge to just keep reading and keep this story going. Secondly, I got a message asking about Ambers skin color. When I wrote down normal I meant normal for gems so she has an amber like skin tone. Next I would like to let you all know that I will be going on a temporary hiatus (SORRY!) at the end of march. I don't know when I will come back because I'm actually going to join the navy. Finally, about this chapter I wasn't originally going to one for this episode but I got an idea that will allow more of ambers back story to be revealed quicker than originally planned. So without further ado…...I give you TOGETHER BREAKFAST!

Stevens P.O.V.

I opened the window and stared outside for a while. "Everyone's out" I said pausing 'what I should do until they get back?' Turning around the first things my eyes landed on was my collection of samurai movies. 'dad did get me that new movie...' my thoughts were interrupted by my stomach growling loudly. "Guess I'm making us breakfast" and headed into the kitchen, wondering what to make today. I finally decided to make waffles and put them in the toaster. I went through the cabinets looking for the syrup when a box of popcorn caught my attention. 'Man popcorn sounds good too but I already started the waffles.' Looking between the two with hesitation, I finally decided to make a few to add to the waffles and make them better than ever! I put three bags in the microwave to save time and set the timer (I'm not making this up he really did put three in at once). During my search for the missing syrup I made a total of four waffles and stacked them on a plate. Finally finding the syrup behind some boxes of cereal, I ran back to the waffles and drenched them in syrup. I walked over to the temple and knocked on the door "PEARL! GARNET! AMETHSYT! IS ANYONE HOME?" I called out banging on the door.'Guess not' I thought sadly before going back to the kitchen 'I'm going to make the best breakfast EVER for everyone!' determined to make a breakfast that we could all eat together. The microwave dinged and I went to grab the popcorn bags. They were really hot so I quickly grabbed them and dropped them onto the counter, meanwhile blowing on my hands. When I was sure that they had finally cooled down enough I poured all three bags on the waffles. 'The gems must be on a mission!' I suddenly thought 'and since they were gone when I woke up they must be almost done!' I ran over to the warp pad and sat down to wait.

5 minutes later

"3,2,1 and warp in" I said to myself and when nothing happened I fell to the ground in sadness. "ugh… guess they're still out saving the world."Going back to the kitchen, I grabbed a can of whipped cream and used a decent amount in the middle of the waffles "Look at you. You are outta control!" I said.'Maybe the gems aren't on a mission' I thought and tried to think about where they might be. 'Maybe they are just outside' I ran over to the front door and slammed it open "Pearl! ...Garnet!" I called but received no response once again. I walked back inside and go back to improving the breakfast. I tried to think about what else I should add and looked around for any ideas.My eyes landed on the fridge 'wait! Didn't we get strawberries the other day?'. Running over to the fridge and opened thedoor 'yes!' I grabbed one and returned to the food. I tried to imagine how it would look placed in different places but nothing seemed right so I just decided to put it in the center. I smile when its complete because It looks absolutely delicious, I grab the plate and hold it up, shouting "ITS DONE!" at the top of my lungs.I put it down and look around 'But no one's here to share it with me' I thought as I laid down on the counter next to the food. I thought about just eating it for myself but I couldn't do it. "That things too good for me to eat alone. It's a…Together Breakfast" I said aloud. At that moment the warp pad activated and I got excited 'FINALLY!'. I was so excited that I fell to the floor. I let out a small grunt but quickly stood up and saw Garnet "Ah Garnet perfect. Check it out." I said holding up the Together Breakfast (I'm just gonna start calling it TB.)"It's not exactly healthy but it's in a stack. So I guess you can say it's a balanced breakfast." I continued. I was able to not laugh at my joke but I couldn't get rid of the huge smile that was on my face.Garnet didn't laugh and there was only silence causing me to feel like I needed to explain myself. "You know like I made us all breakfast. Like best buds" I said lifting us the TB."I can't stay" she said as she adjusted her glasses "there's business to attend to in the temple."She turned around and used both her gems to open the door to her room. "uhhhh business… like what?" I asked, hoping I could get her to stay longer and it worked. I put the TB on the counter and walked over to garnet as she looked back at me "I have to burn this" she said and opened up a weird looking poster. It was a bit weird but also cool.I pulled out my phone and took a picture, I was going to send it to dad but garnet took my phone away "I have to burn this to" she said and walked in to her room.After the door closed I realized what had happened and ran to the door "NOOO my apps!" I yelled and pounded on the door. 'Wait I have a gem to. Maybe it will work this time' I lifted my shirt "Door" I tried to say in a commanding voice and pressed my gem against the door "Door open." When nothing happened I pulled away and grabbed my stomach "Aww… you never work when I need it" I grumbled as I walked away.The door slammed open and I looked up to see Amethyst looking like a male police officer with a water gun. "Dumb police! Ugggg you dumb" she said and fired the water gun, which was aimed at the TB. I jumped in front of it so it wouldn't get wet and ruined. Amethyst changed her head back and began laughing"Oh man! I totally got you. You should have seen the look on your face" she said still laughing. I got up "I knew it was you" I said as I headed over to my closet to get a new shirt. "Psst how?" she asked me and I looked at her as I put my new shirt on "Cause that's a water gun and I'm not dumb" I said. "You got something on your shirt" she said and points to something. I looked down wondering if I put on another dirty shirt by mistake only to have Amethyst spray my face and laugh at me again. The temple door opened again and we both looked at it. 'That's weird isn't that Amethysts door?' I thought. "HEY!" she yelled as she turned completely back to normal "that's my door!" confirming my suspicions as she ran over to the door. Pearl walked out with a sword in her hand "Oh Amethyst! There you are. Care to explain what one of MY swords was doing in your room?" Pearl asked and Amethyst replied with "Having a sword party" in an amused tone. Pearl looked at her annoyed for a second before calming down "Its fine" she said "it's in the past. I forgive you" she twirled the sword onto her shoulder. "Ugh" Amethyst said and rolled her eyes. "Also" Pearl said "I cleaned up your awful awful mess. Your welcome." Looking pleased with herself. Amethysts eyes widened "YOU DID WHAT! I HAVE A SYSTEM!" she yelled as she ran back to her room and the door closes behind her. "Amethyst! Wait!" I yelled as I grabbed the TB. Pearl looked at me "What's thematter Steven" sheasked. "I wanted us to all havebreakfast together. So I made TB. But everyone keeps leaving" I said to her but noticed that she wasn't paying attention and just walked back into her room. "Oh no!" I yelled "Not you too. I can't let this become together brunch." I ran after her and managed to squeeze my way into her room. I looked around amazed 'So this is what the inside of the temple looks like' I thought. I noticed pearl was on top of a waterfall dancing. Then swords came out of the water and pearl put the sword she found in Amethysts room in its sheath "There we go" she said as she looked at the order of the swords. "HEY PEARL!" I called out to get her attention. The moment she saw me all the swords fell back into the water. "STEVEN WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE! You know it's dangerous for you to be in the temple!"she opened the door for me to leave but I didn't even look at it. "Were going to have a nice TB. Even if I have to get my shoes wet" I said as I walked into the water holding the TB above my head. Pearl looked at me like I was crazy "WHAT! GET OUT OF THERE!" she screamed at me but I ignored her "I'll swim it over to you. See doggy paddle forward." A few seconds later I noticed that I was near the edge of a waterfall and began to get scared. I tried to swim backwards "Oh gosh! Wait! DOGGY PADDLE REVERSE! REVERSE!" I yelled but I was still pulled down the waterfall and I just kept yelling. The waterfall started to go up and down which confused me. I eventually fell into a lake that, lucky for me, wasn't that deep. I held the TB so the food wouldn't get wet as I washed ashore. I groaned as I stood up and saw Amethyst kicking stuff around. I called out her name and she walked over "Oh hey Steven! Did you come down the waterfall?" she asked me "Pearl gets so mad that I have her junk but it's always falling down here" she continued not letting me answer. I looked around as she spoke and when she finished I asked "Junk like what?" she looked at me before picking me up and holding me over her head "JUNK LIKE YOU!" she said and we both started laughing. "Imma throw you in the junk pile" she said as she ran to the nearest pile and threw me on top of it. She put her hand on her hip and looked around "Isn't it awful?" she asked me "Pearl organized everything" I looked around and couldn't see it. "It still looks messy to me" I said and she cheered up "Thanks I try" she replied with a huge grin as she kicked some stuff in a random direction.She finally noticed the food in my hands and became completely focused on it "Oh what's that Steven?" she asked me and I held it up "It's a TB" I said excited. "Alright snacks!" she said and reached for the food but I pulled it away from her "No its for everyone to eat together" I said as I stood up "That's the essence of TB." Amethyst stares at me blankly "Ah" she said slowly before reaching for it "give me, give me" she said and I ran away to keep her away from it but she chased after me. I ran towards a hallway "We have to eat it together!" I shouted back at her as I kept running. "You can't out run me!" she called out to me "We both have little legs!" I reached the end of the hallway only to find the floor gone and a bunch of floating rocks "Wha?" I said confused."Steven!" Amethyst called out "I'm hungry!" I looked back and took a deep breath before jumping onto one of the rocks. "You have to hold on" I called back to her as I kept jumping towards the rest of the rocks.I noticed how the next rock in front of me suddenly had a stone arch way on it. 'weird that wasn't there before.' I shook my head "that's not important. I have to keep going if me and the gems are gonna have this TB.' I jumped onto the rock and ran through it and I suddenly saw a garden in front of me. (think the garden from Mulan. The scene where Mulan returns home. Just no bench. Also the room works a bit like Roses room.) "Whoa" I said in awe as I walked forward looking around. I noticed that there was a large circle of lit candles around a tree (you know wat it looks like if you've watched Mulan). 'I wonder who this room belongs to' I thought. Suddenly the walls were covered in paintings.I went over to the closest one and took a closer look at it. It was a picture of my mom, Pearl, and a gem that looked exactly like…AMBER! My eyes widened and I took a step back "No way" I whispered. I looked back to theentrance I came through and noticed it was gone 'not good' I thought. I looked around trying to find anything that might get me out of here. "AN EXIT!" I yelled as I finally noticed my way out and rushed out. I looked back and once again the door I came through was gone. I looked around and noticed I was in a room with a giant round looking thing with crystal stems coming out of it everywhere. One of them even went through the floor right in front of me."Steven there you are" I heard Pearl call out and I immediately jumped onto the one in front of me. I noticed Amethyst run in as well and got super excited "Sweet two out of three" I said 'now I just need to get Garnet' I thought. Pearl looked very scared "Oh! Oh! Steven be careful" Pearl called out to me and I was confused "Why"I asked wondering what could possibly go wrong at the moment. She looked around nervously "You really shouldn't be in here." She said "this is the crystal heart. Oh! its connected to the most dangerous areas of the temple. Hold on tight and don't look down" she called to me as she ran over. As soon as she said that I looked down and lost my grip a little on the poll. I began to slide down very fast and I let out a yell. Eventually I was going through a pink room and it felt very familiar. "Oh hey" I said as I looked around "this isn't so bad" and as soon as I said that the scenery once again changed back to being very scary."Oh never mind" I said and eventually I stropped a little bit off the ground. I made sure the TB was ok before I looked around again. I noticed Garnet was in the room 'yes!' I thought and was about to say something before I noticed she was walking towards a pit of lava. She took my phone and snapped it in half "Aw" I silently said as she dropped the two halves into the pit. Then she used her gems to drop the poster into the pit. It began to release a quiet scream but the moment Garnet bubbled it the screaming stopped. I slid the rest of the way down and started to heads towards Garnet. However, I was stopped by Amethyst and Pearl who appeared right next to me. Pearl leaned down and whispered to me "Steven we're getting you out of here." However, I wasn't really paying attention because I noticed something really awesome! "THIS IS GREAT! WERE ALL TOGETHER!" I yelled causing Garnet to gasp and look towards me. The smoke in the bubble started trying to break out and Garnet quickly focused on it again. "We can finally eat" I said as I held the TB over my head "I mean we don't have any forks" I said as I lowered the TB "but we can eat with our hands. I'm not gonna judge" I continued not paying to what was going on around me.Pearl and Amethyst ran over to Garnet trying to help her. Garnet looked back at me "Steven" she said "go!" I took it the wrong way "Ok want to meet up in the kitchen?" I asked her. The bubble broke and the smoke started to grow and attack the gems. "It's trying to escape" Garnet shouted "force it back" as she attacked the smoke, it dodged and headed in my direction. I ran and suddenly Amethyst was there saving me "Thanks Amethyst" I called as I kept going. She and Garnet started to attack the smoke again but it dodged once again and headed for me. It went into the TB and became a monster that started attacking the gems. Pearl tries to throw her spear at it "It's taken refuge in organic matter." she called before the TB attacked her with whipped cream, sticking her to the wall "It's horrible!" she screams as she looked at it with disgust.Garnet and Amethyst try teaming up but they too got trapped on the wall only with a waffle this time. I looked at where the gems were, not believing what was happening."This isn't what I wanted" I said "I just wanted to eat together like best buds" and my disbelief soon turned to anger. "THAT'S ENOUGH!" I shouted as I began struggled to push the TB towards the pit. "I don't care if you are the most important meal of the day!" I continued "I made you to bring us together not TEAR US APART!" I shouted the last part as I pushed it fully into the lava pit.Garnet and the rest of the gems finally escaped the food that trapped them on the wall. I was kneeling in front of the pit panting slightly and the gems walked over to me. Amethyst and Pearl put their hands on my shoulders and I looked at them "I'm sorry guys" I said "guess I dreamed to big."

Time skip

All the gems took part in helping recreate the TB only doubled this time. Once it was complete I looked at it nervously remembering what the last one did. "I don't think I can eat this" I said and Amethyst agreed "Lets order pizza" she said and we all agreed. "It did try to eat us" Garnet added. Amethyst went and called for pizza and I suddenly remembered the mystery room."Hey Garnet" I asked, sitting down on the couch. "Yes, Steven" she said "I was just wondering about something. While I saw in the temple I was in a weird room that had a really nice garden filled with candles. It also had a picture of my mom, Pearl, and some other gem in it. Who did it belong to?" I asked and noticed how garnet stiffened. She didn't say anything. She just stood up and walked into the temple and Pearl looked between us "That's not a good subject to bring up to Garnet, Steven" she said and walked into the kitchen with Amethyst. 'Wonder why their acting so weird' I guess I'll have to talk to Amber about it later.

Time skip

Sitting down on the rocks and gazing at the sea as the sun set was one of my favorite things to do. Leaning back a little I placed my choker on the ground and sighed. 'So peaceful' the waves gently hit my feet. "AMBER!" a voice suddenly shouted right next my ears causing me to fall on my side in surprise. I looked up and saw "Steven?" I asked "what are you doing here" I continued and sat up slowly. "So you are a crystal gem!" he exclaimed as he focused in on the gem on my neck and my body froze '…I just got here. I don't want to leave again so soon!' was the only thing going through my head. He tilted his head "Your gem looks weird" he statedand that snapped me out of my daze turning around iquickly put my choker back on. "You never answered my question" I said not looking at his face as I tried to change the subject. "Well I was in this room in the temple, wondering who it belonged to and the moment I thought that pictures appeared all over the walls. I noticed how there was a picture of my mom, Pearl, and you." I smiled a little, 'so my room wasn't destroyed (explanation at bottom).' "Yes. I am a gem however I don't think I can call myself a crystal gem anymore." I said to him. "Wait? Why? The crystal gems are like a family. You don't abandon family" he said very seriously which surprised me for a second. I stood up turning back to him "I know why don't you come back to the temple with me and..." I didn't let him finish. I spun back to face him and shouted "STOP! I MADE A HUGE MISTAKE STEVEN, ONE THAT COST ME EVEYTHING! EVEYONE I LOVED AND CARED FOR TURNED THEIR BACKS ON ME! MY WHOLE LIFE DESTROYED IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE! I CAN NEVER SHOW MY FACE TO THE PEOPLE I ONCE CALLED FAMILY!" Looking at his tear-filled face broke me out of my rage.Releasing a small sigh, I turned my back to him once more, tears starting to form in my eyes. "I'm sorry Steven. It's just very hard for me to remember and talk about what happened back then. I'll tell you whatever I can whenever you want but you must not tell the other about me" I explained, my voice trembling slightly.I didn't wait for him to respond and just ran back into my house and locked the door. I leaned against it and slid down putting my head against my knees and began to cry.

Ok explanation time. So if you've watched the whole series then you remember the episode 'Rose's scabbard' where Pearl took Steven to see Rose's secret room. Well one of the things you see is armor of the fallen. So here's my thoughts the crystal gems have never hinted at being anywhere but beach city so the temples always been there. Since all the gems live in the temple there must have been a ton of more rooms. So what happened to those rooms? My explanation for the story is that the rooms were sealed off by the gems and eventually destroyed by the temple. After all the temple has a heart so why can't it have a will of its own sometimes. I'm sorry if It's not the best explanation but that's what I'm going with

Also I apologize if Steven seemed ooc but I want to have Steven be the person who helps ruby and amber reunite and reconnect. So if he seems a bit more mature to you like he does to me then that's the reason. I will see you all next time!