Chapter 7:

Pain. That's all Steven could register as he regained consciousness. Every single inch of his body felt as if it were hit by a train. As Steven attempted to stand up, he noticed he wasn't anywhere he could recognize. Although, the place did seem to radiate with happiness for some reason.

Now that Steven has finally got his bearings, he noticed he was in what seemed to be an endless open space with light pink clouds floating across the ground. Where in the world am I? Steven thought to himself.

To figure out his location Steven then tried to recall the previous events that led up to this. I was walking in a cave, by myself and found a.. a.. a room! That's it! The room had these weird walls too. Hmm, what else? Steven's head snapped up into attention as he remembered what happened after. The corrupted gem got me!

Now Steven was freaking out. He couldn't stop thinking about how he got poofed just like the other gems have before. Wait a minute… Steven thought. "I CAN GET POOFED INTO MY GEM!" he yelled out.

Steven was now laughing at his new discovery. He truly was a crystal gem now! He could get hit by anything now and turn out okay later! "Wait a minute…" Steven whispered as he thought of something. "How DO I regenerate?" he asked himself.

Was he regenerating right now? Well, it's a possibility. It seemed that every second he felt more and more fine. In fact, now his pain was at a 4 out of 10. "I CAN REGENERATE!" Steven once again screamed into the infinite space thought to be his gem.

As Steven was celebrating, a sudden giggle could be heard from right behind him. Steven stopped dead in his tracks at the sound. It sounded like a lady's voice to him. Steven slowly turned around to face the stranger who also accompanied him. Once Steven did, his mind stopped working. Right in front of him, was the one person who most wanted to meet in the whole universe. Rose Quartz.

"Mom?" Steven asked while looking up at her.

Instead of answering back immediately, Rose kneeled down next to Steven and spread her arms for him. Steven reacted quickly by jumping into his mom's embrace. "Hello, my little Steven." Rose finally replied after a while.

After what seemed like an eternity of just hugging each other, Steven finally pulled away to ask his questions. "How are you here?" he asked.

"Steven, I only gave up my physical form to have you. I have to stay in here forever. Don't be sad though Steven" she quickly added when she saw Steven tearing up. "I love being a part of you!"

Steven quickly smiled up at his mom after hearing this. Before he could respond though, a bright light suddenly started to take hold of the room. "What's happening?" he asked to his mom.

"You've finished regenerating, my son. Good luck out there, Steven. Be careful." she responded before disappearing into white light.

The light blinded Steven as he felt himself floating up into the air. He felt his body shifting rapidly into different shapes and sizes before finally returning to his. Now the light has cleared from his vision and he felt himself once more floating down to make contact with his bed. The first thing that really registered to him, was Connie with tears running down her cheeks and smiling like crazy. "Connie! Are you Ok?"

A/N: New Chapter! Yay! Next Chapter will start a little before Steven regenerates. Now, please forgive me but I won't update again until Steven Bomb 3.0 is finished. I want to see if anything significant changes before writing my ideas. Please Review!

-ComputerHogger