The Strength That Lies Within Chapter 3: Making New Friends, a steven universe fanfic

By the time lunch had come around Steven was exhausted. He only had 3 classes before lunch, but they had tired him out. Math had been a nightmare, science had been kind of boring, and music had been more fun than he was expecting. And finally came lunch. He rushed to the lunch room and got in line for his tray. Lunch today was peanut butter and jelly sandwiches which Steven loved, though he heard some students complaining. As Steven exited the lunch line he scanned the cafeteria. Though he could see neither Pearl nor Amethyst he definitely heard Amethyst's loud laughter. Following the sound, he found a set of double doors in the back of the cafeteria that opened up to an outdoor extension. There were about 7 tables outside set beneath a decently sized pavilion. At a table towards the back of the pavilion sat Amethyst and Pearl as well as a few other people Steven didn't know. Amethyst noticed as he approached and called to him.

"Hey Steven over here!" she yelled.

Pearl covered her ears at the yelling.

"Amethyst please," Pearl said taking her hands off of her ears, "there's no need to yell he's right there."

"Who's the new guy?" said a short dark- skinned girl with a strong voice. She had an afro that almost looked square. Her black eyes were wide and powerful. She had a small nose and thin lips. She wore a red zip up jacket over a bright blue shirt, the shirt being tucked into her red shorts. Around her afro was a red band. She looked really tough as opposed to amethysts wildness, and pearls meek presence ruby's aura resembled that of a flame.

"Oh Ruby this is Steven. Steven this is Ruby," Amethyst said. Steven looked at ruby and smiled.

"Hi. I'm new here. It's my first day." Ruby looked at Steven. She stared for a moment sizing him up then cracked a smile.

"Nice to meet ya," she said slapping him on the back.

"Whoa!" Steven said trying to hold onto his lunch. She had slapped his back so hard his lunch had almost flown out of his hands.

"Sorry," Ruby said rubbing the back of her head embarrassed. "I chose weight lifting as my elective so I don't know my own strength sometimes."

At the sound of giggling everyone turned to look at the source. A girl wearing a blue sleeveless blouse and white Capri pants was sitting at the edge of the table. Her cream colored skin had a bit of tan to it as opposed to pearls near albino complexion. Her hair was a pretty sky blue color. Her bangs were swept low on the left side of her face covering her left eye. Her only visible blue eye was sparkling with kindness and amusement. She had a small nose and full lips. Amethyst pearl and Steven joined the girl in her laughter and while she was blushing so did ruby. When the laughter died down the blue haired girl introduced herself.

"My name is Sapphire," the girl said with a smile on her face. "it's very nice to meet you Steven."

"Nice to meet you too," Steven said. Amethyst looked around the table noting someone's absence.

"Hey, where's Garnet," she said looking at Ruby. She just shrugged.

"I don't know. Boxing probably ran over into lunch again." She responded.

"Who's Garnet?" Steven said finally sitting down to eat his lunch. Pearl piped up to answer.

"Garnet is Ruby's older sister," pearl explained. Ruby walked over to sapphire and put her arm around her. Sapphire blushed but it didn't seem that Ruby noticed.

"She's basically Sapphy's older sister too," Ruby said holding Sapphire close. "My older sister's always lookin out for sapphire when I can't."

"I'm always looking out for you too," said a voice at the other end of the table. Everyone had been watching Sapphire and Ruby so they hadn't seen the tall girl walk up to them. She was not the tallest in the school but she was pretty up there. She towered over pearl, the tallest in the group so far. Her square afro like Ruby's made her even taller. She also had Ruby's dark complexion. Half her face was covered by her reflective shades. She had ruby's small nose but unlike her sister she had full lips. Her voice was smooth and suave. She wore a red tank top with black jeans. She smiled and sat next to Sapphire at the end of the table. Ruby took her arm from around Sapphire blushing.

"What took you so long?" Ruby questioned. Garnet put a hand to her temple and groaned.

"Jasper wouldn't accept that she lost our boxing match fair and square so she requested a rematch." Everyone at the table collectively groaned. Steven looked at everyone's faces and understood that this Jasper person was a bit of a headache.

"Jasper again!?" Ruby yelled, getting upset. "What is that girl's problem?" Sapphire put a hand on Ruby's shoulder.

"Calm down Ruby," She said in a soft calming voice. "Garnet's here now. Besides after losing twice in a row I don't think Jasper will bother Garnet for a while." Garnet chuckled a bit.

"Right you are Sapphire," Garnet said.

"Wow," Steven said interjecting for the first time since Garnet's arrival. "You won twice in a row!? That's so cool!"

"Thanks," Garnet said. "And who might you be?"

"I'm Steven. It's my first day." He said.

Garnet put her hand on his head and said, "Well Steven you should come watch me box sometime."

The sound of a bell cut through the air, signifying the end of the lunch break. Steven reached for his bag and turned to everyone, no one having moved yet.

"I'd love to watch you sometime Garnet. But I don't wanna be late to my next class so I gotta go. By Garnet, Amethyst, Pearl, Ruby, and Sapphire!"

The large group of girls said their goodbyes to Steven and slowly dispersed. Steven ran to finish the rest of his first day of school.

Authors Note: Hey guys thanks for reading what I've written so far. I've done what I can to make these girls slightly resemble their gem counterparts and I want the personalities to mirror. I'm a huge fan of the show and am very excited. I felt that this chapter was kinda meh, so i'm gonna introduce a mini sort of character bio here.