Hello and once again I AM SO SORRY FOR LATE UPDATES ugh I wish school was still on summer break...Nevertheless hope you enjoy!
Steven and Centipeedle fell down into the gravitational pull and into the vortex filled with water, he screamed and yelped, his shirt catching a few ledges now and then, but it wasn't enough to stop the pull of gravity from taking it's toll on the two, Centipeedle was safely tucked in Stevens cheeseburger backpack, it was open just enough too support the Centipeedle as an air hole, but not enough too make it be able too escape, its feet and legs were too small too get a good grip anyways, it also helped that it didn't have any thumbs or fingers.
Steven fell into the water, with a plop into the water, it left a red mark on his stomach, he acted as a cushion for centipeedle, the rest of the way down was peaceful, and slow, Steven stared at the ground below as he swam down the water fall into a lake, they were obviously in the sky, he looked up, seeing a large ocean above him instead of clouds, it looked like it was sprinkling, but it was just pieces of the water above managing too get out off the Spires grip and fall down into the lakes below.
Steven and Centipeedle made it down onto the land, Steven pulled out his raft, inflating it and jumping in, leaving Centipeedle in there, but letting it poke it's head out to scan its new environment, it was really quite beautiful.
"What could have cause you too act up like this?" Steven half questioned and half scolded the Centipeedle for being so reckless, he guessed Pearl really did rub off on him at times. Centipeedle lowered it's head, Steven patted the matter hair awkwardly, avoiding patches where acid had stung the poor monster. Steven was sympathetic towards his..pet, and gave a reassuring smile. "It's alright, you didn't mean too." He said, giving the Centipeedle a rub on its stomach as he had with Lion, he still needed to re-recruit the fluffy pink Lion once again.
He stared out at the vast lake, it was quite big, but maroon grass lie on the end of the lake, it was land! Steven paddled towards it, the water had a thickness too it, and unlike the sea spires water, this water had a sunset tint too it, pink, red, orange, and yellow, and the occasional purple and dark blue floated in the water, acting as if it was a whole separate liquid. Steven stuck his hand into the pink tinted water, his hands seemed too go right through it actually, as if it wasn't really there, it was the same light pink tint that Rose's room had, in fact the pink water had a cloudy feel too it, as if he could jump right into it and land straight into his mothers room.
He stuck his hand in the yellow, it had such a unnatural feel too it, something he couldn't even describe, it was..uncomfortable really, and it was warm, unlike the pink which was a calming cool, like a summer breeze had become eroded with snowflakes, it was wonderful, but this was not wonderful, it was unnerving and honestly, Steven didn't quite like it as much, it reminded him of homeworld really, it seemed like it would be a unnatural and unnerving place, but Steven never thought of homeworld as..warm. He thought of warm as good, so did that mean he thought this colored water was both good and bad? It added too the uncomfortable factor of the tinted water really. Steven stuck his hand out, yellow dripping off his fingers, he stuck his hand in the normal water, letting the yellow wash away.
They were almost too shore already! Steven must've wasted some time examining the colored water, if they were this close, they could practically jump straight onto shore now! But Steven wouldn't risk it, he paddled just a bit closer, his hand accidentally resting in some red, it was scalding! Steven's hand rushed out, just in time for him to feel the bump off the shore collide with his raft. Steven grinned.
"Come on little buddy! Let's explore!" Stevens eyes grew wide, stars forming in them with excrement of a real adventure! And not one potentially killing him this time! Well, that wasn't completely true...He didn't care though he was excited. No one could've blamed him though he was a kid, he loved adventure. Steven unzipped his backpack, allowing Centipeedle to briskly jump out and beside the boy, he was happy that the Centipeedle didn't just bolt and never look back.
As Steven walked he talked to Centipeedle about what it was like as a humanoid gem. "I wonder what you looked like! You were probably super cool! With awesome hair like you have now! Were you still green?! What kind of gem did you have? Were you apart of the Crystal gems or homeworld?" Steven cringed a bit at the mention of homeworld and that something as wonderful as Centipeedle could have originated there. Centipeedle of course didn't answer any of the questions and really Steven was pretty okay with that, he'd rather the Centipeedle not say anything than to somehow begin talking and explaining everything too him, it would freak him out most likely.
Steven looked up, "Whoa!" He gasped seeing a floating pillar, it was glowing yellow, he stuck his hand into the aura, feeling at the pillar, it was just as he'd thought, it had the same fell as the yellow tinted water, warm and unnerving. He pulled his hands away, looking around for another, close by was a orange one, bigger than the yellow one, it wasn't a surprise though since there was more orange tinted water so it most likely went by how much tinted water there was too determine how big the pillar was, or the other way around.
"Ah!" Steven gasped as a crystal shrimp fell straight towards him from out of the water, he expected impact and then sharp crystals burning his flesh, or stinging him, or poofing him, or electrocuting- He stopped in his thoughts, noticing nothing was happening. He opened his eyes, the crystal shrimp had gone right through him! Steven touched the pillar, he could still touch that...Why not anything else? He touched Centipeedle, so obviously he could touch things that came down with him like Centipeedle, the raft, and his cheeseburger backpack, and these odd pillar things, Steven brought one down closer, inspecting it, a thick glob of acid hit it, vaporizing it, the yellow water suddenly dried up immediately, the maroon grass turned yellow tinted for a moment, shifting too a lighter version of the previous maroon, now looking a bit more like red violet. Steven looked towards the orange pillar, not daring to touch it after the red colors incident..but maybe...maybe it was his only way out of here..it was worth a shot.
"Sqee!" Steven said, while moving his arms like wings, the Centipeedle was taken aback by the odd noise, Steven earned a glob of acid spitting at the orange pillar. The orange water dried up, and the grass turned too a dark purple, with a bit of red tint, Steven noticed how light the ground felt now, before it was heavy, and the gravity had made him move a bit slower, he didn't notice it at first though, but now he felt really light, maybe if he destroyed all the pillars he could float through and get back too the sea spire! Somehow. Steven pulled out a bag of chips throwing a handful at Centipeedle, it took this as a treat of doing a good job and continued too shoot things with acid, from just random flowers, too water, and then a small purple pillar, causing the purple water, which honestly wasn't much, too dry up and the ground too turn purple.
Steven noticed a pattern they all seemed too go in a circle around Steven...as if...trapping him? Steven felt in his pocket...The purple string from earlier...Where had the gem gone? Wasn't there a gem at the tip of the string? Steven held it out too examine it further, but a harsh wind snatched it form his palms.
Steven kept spraying pillars until the ground was nothing more than a white transparent cloud, he couldn't feel it, it was hardly noticeable until he fell out of the clouds grasp that he was falling through, the water was completely dried up except for the water above.
A gravitational pull pulled him and Centipeedle up back into the sea spire area, Steven congratulated Centipeedle by throwing it some chips for it to catch.
Steven gasped, he was soggy and wet, he had landed right in front of the river, he climbed up the steps, seeing the gems with pure panic on their faces, they brightened upon seeing Steven, hugs were given all around, Steven was about to tell them everything, but instead fell asleep in Garnets arms, she smiled, taking the statue from him and placing it on the spire, it glowed blindingly, causing Steven too blink a few times, but then fall back asleep, cradled in Garnets arms, the spire was re-fixing itself, pillars were building up, stairs on longer crumbled, and floors were whole again, and roofs no longer threatened to cave in which was a big bonus, the gravitational pull below seemed too slow a bit, calming down and the water slowed too a calming speed, the sound of the water hitting the whirlpool was no longer threatening and deafening, but instead relaxing and reassuring. The three smiled.
"Looks like he passed." Was all Pearl managed too say once she'd broken out of her state of pure shock and confusion, She kept a close eye on Centipeedle. "But what do we do about.." Pearl trailed off.
Amethyst shrugged, "We keep it P. it's Steven's." Amethyst said, jumping down the stairs, Garnet followed, then Pearl.
"B-but, Garnet! Please, tell Amethyst, is this really a good idea?!" Pearl asked, looking to Garnet for reassurance, she only shrugged stoically, a blank face plastered on, she cradled the boy closer, asking Pearl too guard the Centipeedle and make sure it doesn't wander off. Pearl nodded reluctantly.
"Ugh..This is gonna be a long week." Pearl groaned, Centipeedle sprayed acid as if agreeing. Pearl smiled a bit, patting the Centipeedle on the head. "Good...Pet..Monster." She said.
Yeah this chapter was a bit cliche...Gems go too a sea spire, boy falls and they think he died, hes stuck in some other magical place, and he comes back after some time, but aside from that I think it wasn't that bad. I hope.
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Answer: Basically Steven went back in time from the point where the series went on hiatus, back to gem glow, hes confused as too what happened and notices off changes this time around, other than that the rest will explain itself over time.
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