This was actually a dream I once had.
Characters created by: Rebecca Sugar
Chapter 8: Cat-astrophe
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Crystal Gem Temple-Amethyst's Room
Through the giant piles of trash in Amethyst's room, Steven, Connie, and the Gems were carrying boxes of trash and putting them outside the temple.
"Thanks for helping me clean out part of my room, I never thought I could have TOO much garbage in my room." said Amethyst.
"You're welcome Amethyst," said Steven, "some of this junk is actually pretty cool."
"How can a person have this much garbage in their room?" said Connie, who was carrying a box outside Amethyst's room.
"Well, my room is big as you can see, really big." said Amethyst.
"Hey kids, can you help us carry some boxes too?" said Steven.
The three kids then grabbed a few boxes of junk to help out.
"What are we even gonna do with all this junk anyways, like where are we gonna put it all?" said Connie.
"We can look through it and auction off some of this stuff," said Steven, "some of these things could actually be worth something, like this grandfather clock, we could get a lot of money auctioning off this stuff."
"An auction does sound good, you're right, we could get a lot of money off of it." said Connie.
Connie carried a box of junk to the outside of the temple, carefully walking down the steps with the box in her hands. At the bottom, Connie laid down the box next to other boxes of junk. Little to Connie's knowledge, a blue wand device fell out of the box and onto the sand.
Connie was beginning to walk back up the steps of the temple before she noticed a tail wagging behind the box she laid on the sand. Connie walked back over to the box and found behind it a brown cat.
"Aw," said Connie, "Aren't you just the cutest little thing."
Connie then saw that the cat was messing with the wand.
"Oh, this must've come from the box." said Connie, who grabbed the wand, "What is this thing?"
Suddenly, the wand glowed, and suddenly, Connie felt sharp stings around her body, as if she was hit by a lightning bolt that kept shocking her.
For one moment, Connie was knocked out.
"What happened?" said Connie.
Connie opened her eyes and noticed her sudden change in vision. She could see less color, and her vision was a little blurrier, and she could see more in the corner of her eyes then before.
"What the?" said Connie, "What happened? Why has my vision changed? I know I'm not wearing glasses."
Connie looked around and noticed the box from before as tall as her. Connie then noticed she was on four legs. Connie tried to get on her two feet, but she couldn't stay on two feet for long before having to get back on four. Connie looked down and noticed her hands were now furry paws.
"Oh no, I'm a cat!" said Connie, "Wait, if I'm a cat, then where's my human body?!"
Connie looked around and saw her human body. It was moving by itself on four legs.
"The cat must be in my body now," said Connie, "wait, how can I even sound just like my human self and speak clear English in this cat body?"
Just then, Connie's human body, which was being controlled by the cat, ran down the beach, headed for town.
"No, please come back!" said Connie, "Oh no, I gotta tell the others."
Inside Of Crystal Gem Temple-Present Time
Steven, the kids, and the Gems continued to carry boxes of junk.
"Hey, where's Connie?" said Steven.
"Yeah, where is she? We need all the help we can get." said Peridot, who was also carrying some boxes.
"I'll go see where Connie is." said Steven.
Steven stepped out of Amethyst's room and was approaching the open door to the outside of the temple when he saw a brown cat in front of the entrance.
"Well hey little kitty," said Steven, "what are you doing here? Do you have an owner?"
"Steven, it's me Connie." said Connie in the cat's body.
"Woah, did that cat just talk to me?" said Steven.
"Steven, it's me, Connie, your wife." said Connie.
"Connie? What are you doing in a cat's body?" said Steven.
"I don't know, I picked up some device and me and a cat switched bodies and now the cat is loose in my body." said Connie.
Suddenly, the kids and the Gems stepped out of Amethyst's room.
"Hey, did you find Connie yet?" said Amethyst.
Amethyst and the others then saw the cat.
"Kitty!" said Aquamarine.
Aquamarine picked up the cat.
"Aquamarine, it's me, Connie, your mom." said Connie.
"Mom, what are you doing in a cat's body?" said Turquoise.
"I found a cat messing with some wand thing and our bodies were switched." said Connie.
"You found the Geo-teleporter?" said Amethyst.
"Geo-teleporter?" said Steven.
"Ok," said Pearl, "as you know on Earth, the way gemstones are made can vary, but the main component is compressed carbon. Well, usually those same ways for gemstones on Earth are the same for Gem homeworld. Homeworld Gems are usually created out of compressed carbon, and then their magical properties and their physical forms are created, and usually, Homeworld Gems are made underground, and it's hard to gather them from underground. With the Geo-teleporter, we're able to teleport the newly made gems to the surface, where the gem then has space to create its physical form, we had no idea it could also switch personalities between two organic bodies."
"Where'd you find it Connie?" said Garnet.
"It was in one of the boxes down there, I'll show you." said Connie.
The others followed Connie down the steps to the box where the Geo-teleporter was.
"Right there." said Connie, pointing to the Geo-teleporter laying on the sand.
Garnet then picked up the Geo-teleporter.
"We'll need to find your human body so we can switch back your personalities." said Garnet. Garnet then put her hands on her head, "Hmm. We'll find your body outside of the town hall, but it's gonna be tricky to get it, there'll be a lot of scratching, so be careful."
Steven then picked up Connie's cat body.
"Oh don't worry my little kitty," said Steven, "we're gonna find your body, oh you so cute, I just wanna pet you forever."
"Please stop." said Connie.
Steven then put Connie down.
"Now let's go find my body." said Connie.
Back Of The Big Donut-Present Time
Behind the Big Donut, an employee was taking out the trash. After dumping one trash bag into a trash disposal and closing it, the guy noticed Connie's human body on four legs.
"Hello, can I help you?" said the employee.
Suddenly, the cat controlling Connie's body lunged onto the man.
"What are you doing?!" said the employee, "Are you mad?!"
Then, Connie's body jumped from the employee over the wall, and ran on four legs through the town. Connie's body then stopped in front of the town hall.
"There it is!" said Peridot.
The others ran over to Peridot.
"Alright not so little now kitty," said Steven, "just come to Steven."
Steven then pulled out a red laser pointer. The cat controlling Connie's body now used its human hands to try and touch the laser.
"Now, just come peacefully over to us." said Steven.
Steven slowly walked closer and closer to Connie's body. Connie's body noticed Steven and hissed at him. Steven quickly grabbed Connie's body.
"Gotcha!" said Steven.
Connie's body started clawing at Steven's face, the human nails digging into his skin.
"Ow!" said Steven. Steven accidentally let go of Connie's body.
Connie's body then ran on four legs through the door into the town hall.
"We gotta get my body!" said Connie, who was being held by Pearl.
The crew ran into the town hall after Connie's body. Connie's body stopped in front of a security guard.
"Halt!" said the security guard.
Connie's body meowed at the security guard.
"Eesh." said the security guard.
Before he even knew it, the security guard was getting scratched in the face by Connie's body. Connie's body then continued running down the hallway as Steven and the others were catching up.
"Let's split up to find Connie's body!" said Steven.
The crew then split up through the hallway. The three kids saw Connie's body running into an office.
"There it is!" said Turquoise.
The kids then stopped in front of the entrance to the office.
"Alright kitty," said Turquoise, "just stay right there. Hey you guys, we found it!"
The others went to the office entrance. Steven then grabbed Connie's body again, being more careful this time. Connie's body was struggling to get out of Steven's grip.
"Alright, let's see." said Garnet, who got out the Geo-teleporter.
Garnet then aimed the Geo-teleporter at Connie's body and then to the cat's body. Both Connie and the cat's body shook.
"Oh, you did it!" said Connie, who was back in her body now.
Pearl then let go of the cat, who ran back out of the town hall.
"Thanks you guys." said Connie.
"Well, that was something." said Pearl.
"If we didn't find Connie's body, it would've been a total cat-astrophe." said Steven.
"Really?" said Amethyst.
"I saw that coming." said Garnet, "Future vision can see jokes too."