"Hmmm...wonder what Diamond is doing?"
Steven was walking around the beach with Connie while he thought
"Who's Diamond?"
His eyes turned into stars with excitement
"Oh yeah! I never told you about Diamond!"
Connie nodded in agreement
"Well...I don't know if the other gems would be ok with it but Diamond said I could call them for whatever I want..."
Connie's eyes closed in thought
"Well you sure you should call Diamond Steven?" the boy looked over at his best friend.
He slowly raised his hand to the sky as he thought about it
"hmmm..."
His entire arm was finally up and pointed to the bright blue sky
"YUP!"
His eyes squinted in deep thought as he tried his hardest to remember the Elder Gem.
"Diamond! Come hang out with us!" a few seconds passed but nothing happened...
His eyes opened in question
"Aww...but they said they'd hear me no matter what..."
Connie stood up from the beach and turned to Steven
"Maybe you gotta call them with your mind"
His eyes lit up once more
"Duh! Thanks Connie!"
Now he thought really hard about the warrior and their name.
A strong and cold breeze blew from the ocean causing the two to shudder, it was far away but yet sounded so close by as they heard a horse neigh.
They turned to face the ocean to find the Elder Gem upon a brilliantly diamond made horse. It was heading straight for them while galloping on water.
"Diamond!"
Connie's eyes opened as wide as possible from the sight of the beautiful rainbows the gem created as the sun radiated off the horse and warrior. She couldn't believe what she was seeing.
Before trampling the kids completely Elder Diamond stopped their horse a foot away
"My young gem...you have called me..."
Steven jumped up and down as Diamond dismounted their horse and walked towards the two of them
"Yeah! hang out with us! Garnet is out on a mission, Amethyst is someplace and Pearl is training so I'm bored!"
Connie's mouth slowly opened in amazement and it was hard for her to recover herself
"Steven! Your friends are awesome! I love hanging out with you!"
Although it is physically impossible for one's eyes to turn into stars, except for the universe family, Connie still tried her hardest.
Steven wasted no time in grabbing Diamond's hand and dragging them toward the town
"C'mon Connie let's introduce Elder Diamond to Lars and Sadie! Maybe even the cool kids! They'll love you!"
Both Sadie and Lars were busy doing their normal thing such as reading a newspaper or listening to music until they noticed a change in light...there was a giant shadow.
Both gasped as they noticed Steven tried to squeeze the Elder Gem within the tiny donut shop door, they were slightly taller than Garnet but the armor was not allowing them to squeeze their shoulders through.
"This is nonsense boy..."
fed up Elder Diamond simply broke their way into the store
"I am the Elder Diamond...these pitiful doors cannot hold me back and are meaningless to me."
"Sadie, Lars this is Diamond! Another gem we found, only thing is that they are supposed to be like the ruler of all the other gems back on Homeworld but either way Diamond's gonna be my best friend"
Lars could only manage a squeak as Sadie nodded
"We'd like six donuts please~"
Elder Diamond picked up a workout magazine and examined the humans on every page
"Young gem! Why do these people not wear their armor?"
Connie held onto the bag as Steven looked at what his new friend was talking about
"Oh well not everyone here on earth wears armor like you do...I don't wear armor"
The Elder Gem turned another page
"I see that the lesser gems have taken forms...shall I take a form to make you comfortable?"
"Oh? Well I mean if you want to everyone is beautiful the way they are~"
Steven and Connie exited the store with Elder Diamond as it shape shifted into a different form. But it's armor didn't allow them to see it.
"You'll have to remove that armor for anyone to see how you really look like..."
Connie gently tapped the armor
"Do not do that young human my companions do not wish to be touched..."
Steven handed Connie a donut before looking at Diamond in confusion
"Companions?"
they responded with a nod
"Yes these gems that decorate my armor are the other Elder Gems from the Elder Council...they have sacrificed the ability to live their own lives in place to strengthen my armor for battle."
The three of them slowly walked down the walkways to get fry bits
"That's a bit sad..."
Connie spoke while eating her donut
"I didn't not force them into the position they are currently in...they can be removed at any time...it is their wish to stay as is...I can talk to them and they can talk to me...that is all we require."
"Steven!"
Sorry for a possible short chapter I just don't have any...jazz(?) in my head to work on chapters at the moment but felt bad for not updating this fanfic. By the way (before anyone asks) the Elder Diamond did hear Steven the first time but it just took awhile to travel because they had to summon their horse. Also the Elder Diamond has no gender at the moment (although it is obvious that most Gems prefer to be females or have female pronouns/forms currently) but I'll let the pronouns be up to you guys. Want it to stay as They/Them? You decide. I'm done with high school forever so I promise that I'll starting working on chapters a lot more often, I'll have nothing to do for awhile anyway (I have no job) so expect more chapters.