The Lost Diamond
Chapter 2
As the figure came closer to them they could see that it was wearing robes made of a fine material that they have never seen before. A hood covered the face of the figure as it walked closer. It was black as the midnight sky and seemed to shine a light on it. Steven whispered to Garnet, "Is that a gem?". Garnet whispered back, "It must be. Who else would come to Earth.". Steven realized that he might have to fight and he summoned his shield just in case.
At the sight of the shield the figure stopped and seemed to be staring into the shield as if mesmerized. Steven noticed this and was immediately curious about this. After about another 5 seconds the figure began walking again. The Gems began to get into a defensive stance but as they were about to summon there weapons the figure vanished. The Gems were surprised by this and were confused as they looked around them. Steven knew exactly where the figure was. It was right in front of him bent down on a knee examining Steven's shield. "Um... guys!" Steven said in a panicky voice.
The Gems noticed and immediately grabbed Steven and Connie and jumped backward. The figure then spoke to Steven. "Is that any way to greet a newcomer to this planet. Although I guess it was rude to stare mysteriously at your shield little guy." The figure's voice was that of a deeper tone than other gems. It was calming and relaxing. At this moment the Gems had already summoned their weapons and were about to attack. Garnet then yelled, "Who are you! What is your purpose here!".
The figure seemed to look at Garnet confused. "Excuse me but, haven't I already apologized for being rude? I know I startled you but dang I didn't know I was that scary. Oh, it must be the hood. Sorry, it's a habit." The figure then lowered its hood and the Gems were shocked to see what it was. It looked like a Gem of course but not like any other Gem. It was different, rather HE was different. The Gems had never seen a gem take on the form of a man. The figure had a red face like Ruby's but a slight tone lighter. His eyes were a dark color almost a complete black from a distance. He had a kind face but the Gems didn't care much for that.
Garnet then spoke in a less offensive tone, "You still have not answered our question. Who are you and why are you here?" The figure then said with a sigh, "Ok, Ok. I guess I owe you since i scared you half to death. My name is Red and I am a gem but before you say anything and jump to conclusions I am not from that "HomeWorld" that everyone keeps talking about." Red says HomeWorld with extreme sarcasm. "Doesn't anybody know that there are other gems out there other than on HomeWorld." At this, the gems looked at each other confused. Pearl then said, "That's impossible there can't be other gems out there." Red looks at Pearl and says, "Nobody believes it, but I guess that's where I get all my mystery from. Anyways, I came to this planet to try to hide. I may or may not have gotten in trouble with some law enforcements but they won't find me here... hopefully." Amethyst whispers to Garnet, "Should we trust him?".
Garnet shows no emotion and appears to be in deep thought. Red looks at them awkwardly and was about to speak before Peedee ran up and threw a rock at him. "Leave us alone!", Peedee yelled. Before the gems could react Red immediately jumped forward towards Peedee. Red had summoned his weapon which was a two-sided longsword. Red held it in a reverse grip as he held it against Peedee neck. Mr. Fryman was behind Peedee and was about to grab him before Red interrupted.
"Look I don't want to kill you but you shouldn't try to kill me with whatever that thing was that you there-", Red couldn't finish his sentence before Amethyst used her whip to wrap it around him and slam him to the ground. Steven yelled out, "Wait, guys, he didn't mean it!". It was already too late, the Gems were on the offensive. Mr. Fryman managed to get Peedee who was frozen with shock and carry him out of the fight. Red stood up and looked at Amethyst as she tried to hit him again with her whip. He caught the end of it and said, "That wasn't very nice!." , as he used her own whip to throw her into the ground like she did to him. Garnet managed to hit Red away before he could do more to Amethyst.
Connie tapped Steven on the shoulder as he watched this. "Come on Steven, we need to help.", Connie said but Steven wouldn't move. "We need to get the Gems to see that it was an accident. Peedee didn't mean it." Steven said. Connie looked at Steven in surprise but nodded. They ran towards Red fighting off the Gems. He was dueling with Pearl with her trident and his sword. He dodged a punch from Garnet and jumped away from a strike from Amethyst's whip. He was about to perform an aerial strike on Pearl when Steven ran in between them with his shield. Steven yelled out, "STOP!" before being hit in the shield with Red's sword. The force was so strong that it formed a small crater where Steve was standing.
Both the Gems and Red stopped their attacks but Red seemed to be in a trance as he looked into the shield just like he seemed to be when he was walking towards them from the ship. He went out of it as Steven spoke. "We don't have to fight. Red, Peedee didn't mean to attack you he was scared. He isn't an enemy. Garnet you have to believe me. Red just misunderstood the situation." Garnet looked at Steven and said, " I really can't resist that face. Okay then Steven, we'll try to be friends." Pearl and Amethyst both yelled out "WHAT!" but Garnet didn't show any signs of caring. "I am truly sorry. I'm new to this planet and I don't know what's lethal and what's not. I didn't mean to hurt this Peedee. It's just a reflex from the... jobs I've done. I didn't even want to fight. I'm sorry...um whats your name?", Red said apologetically. Steven said, "It's ok. My name is Steven Universe. This is Connie, Garnet, Pearl, and Amethyst.". Steven pointed to them as he said their names. "Um... so what now?", Steven said as he looked at each other awkwardly.
By now we can cue in the Star outro that usually ends the episodes. Thank you guys for reading... if you even got this far. By now you already realize this is my first story. And yes, the author notes aren't gonna happen again. It was just to say this wasn't going to be a great story. I'm still learning as it is. So anyway thx again for reading :D.