AN: A very short chapter to apologize for my inability to have inspiration and to soften the hiatus.
Steven was in his room playing video games. The gems were working on the drill, and Pearl had made him stay home because of the drill incident.
"Not because I blame you, Steven, I just don't want you to get hurt." Classic Pearl.
He had reached the opening cutscene after the tutorial levels. There was a giant creature onscreen, the offspring of the evil wizard's magic.
"With this powerful creature, I will be able to rule the-" The creature then zapped him with a tentacle beam.
*Gasp* "Plot twists this soon!? Connie would love this!"
"Destroy... Humans... Destroy... Life... Destroy... EVERYTHING!" The onscreen image began to shake. Then there was a bright flash of light.
"No, Patriciannaica!" The mage character that Steven was playing as called out to the helpful run away sword fighter, Patriciannaica. She had been quite helpful and had made the game quite easy. He was also curious to hear her backstory. Text appeared on the screen.
The Earth has been destroyed
Everyone you ever cared about is gone
But by some luck, a time spell of old was activated and you were sent back in time to one month ago
It is up to you now, young mage, to save the world!
It was an interesting plot with lots of potential, and seemed very promising, but suddenly Steven was not interested. He saved the game and shut it off. It was just too similar to the mega-fusion-experiment problem he had in real life. And Patriciannaica reminded him of Connie, with her awesome sword fighting skills. There wasn't a magic hourglass anymore, so he couldn't hope to have the same luck as in the game. He was only going to get one shot at this.
He fell back on his bed, not wanting to think about what would happen if he messed up. Another image of Connie popped into his head, her beautiful smile warming his heart.
He decided then that he would do anything it took to protect her. He would fight that monster to the death if he had to... Hopefully he wouldn't have to. But he would do it if it was the only way.
For that beautiful, fierce girl that had made him feel a way he couldn't quite describe for over a year now.
He would do it for her.