Chapter Four: What's a Steven..?
Beach City looked nice. They had this donut shop with a giant donut on top… That is, until Onyx tried to eat it. A few blocks down the beach, there was a cliff that the Gems easily cleared in one bound. Beyond it was an ocean, and Malachite had the power to turn the salt in seawater into a different material so it heals injured Gems, which is just what he did. The Gems laid down their hurt friends in the shallow part of the ocean, and their bodies started to glow, the cracked gems sizzling with purple and gray electricity, the electricity filling in its path on the cracks.
Soon, Tourmaline and Altaite were healthy again. "Glad you guys are back", said Turquoise. Malachite came next to her and hugged his "siblings".
"Guys, how did we not notice this?", Onyx inquired. They looked at what he was staring at. A giant woman carved into the cliffside.
It looked like a fusion of some sort, as it had about six arms, two with gems, a gem on the chest, and another on the forehead. There was a cottage where the belly would be.
And out came two Gems who were both around four feet tall. One blue, one red. The blue one was wearing a regal gown, with bangs covering her eyes, or maybe just one eye. The Gems couldn't tell.
The red one looked like she was athletic, as she had a crimson sports headband. Her hair looked like someone ironed an afro.
"I knew this would happen," the blue one said. "I'm Sapphire. It's nice to meet you."
"I'm Ruby", the red one said. "Sapphire here has future vision; she can see the future and possibilities."
The Gems introduced themselves. It turned out Ruby and Sapphire made a fusion called Garnet, and the only reason why they weren't fused was because they needed to take care of some errands.
"Cookie Cat! Come back!" A child's voice exclaimed. The Gems saw an ice cream sandwich, still in the packet, flopping down the stairs, a human running after it. As he was running, his shirt went up a bit. He had a rose quartz where his belly button should be. But he was a human… he didn't look like a Gem.
"Oh, that's Steven. Did you ever hear about Rose Quartz?" Ruby asked.
"Yes, wasn't she the rebel Gem that Yellow Diamond fought in the Homeworld War?" Altaite asked Ruby, who was tightening her band.
"Yep, that's her. Steven here is her child. Half human, half Gem."
"Is that… possible?"
"I guess so, I mean, you can tell he's half human because, as we speak, he's chasing ice cream down the stairs. Gems don't have to eat, which I assume you know by now."
Sapphire started braiding Turquoise's hair, looking bored.
"So, have these Stevens taken over the human race?" Tiger's Eye asked with a confused look on her face.
"All humans have names. That's just his." Sapphire popped in.
A short, purple Gem with an amethyst on her chest came out of the cottage.
"Steven, you need some help?" She pulled out a dark purple whip and lashed at the ice cream. It didn't smash it though; it grabbed it. She came over to Steven and gave it to him.
"Thanks, Amethyst."
"You're welcome, Steven bro."
Just then, yet another Gem came out. Tall, skinny, pale Gem with a pearl on her forehead came out.
"Hey, Pearl!" Steven didn't seem to notice the other eight Gems near the shore.
"Steven, it's too late to be out. Take your Cookie Cat and go to bed. We're going to keep training you with your healing saliva tomorrow."
"Chill, Pearl," Amethyst said to her.
"Ruby, Sapphire, who are these Gems? Pearl asked, completely ignoring Amethyst.
And they introduced them to each other.
And they joined the family.