This was so hard too write at 9:00 AM...And hard to write in general since Steven already knows what'll happen with the Together Breakfast, and it was hard to write the way Steven acts after jailbreak doing this. But, it'll all work out, just not the way I know a lot of you would have expected, nor probably wanted, but it works!
Also! I just found out the Steven Universe episodes were on hiatus until September!? Oh man that sucks...I was looking forward too the next episode now I have too wait another month..Oh man...Well putting that aside hope you enjoy!
EDIT: Well since I went on hiatus I didn't post this chapter till AFTER the episode so you can tell how long its been since I have edited this chapter. Although I came up with some pretty good ideas in this amount of time!
Steven put the microwavable popcorn in the microwave, watching the bag expand as the kernels puffed out into edible popcorn. He sat at a stool, playing with Centipeedle while he waited. The monster spit a glob of acid below the microwave when Steven tripped over him in his game of tag. The counter had a huge hole in it, Steven looked guiltily at the hole, glancing to Centipeedle, who was trying its best too climb onto the counter and eat the delicious popcorn. Acid dripped down its mouth like drool, it focused it's attention on the popcorn. Steven laughed.
"Wait so does this mean gem monsters like to eat too?" He had never thought about it before. He patted the monsters messy hair, deciding that later he'd ask Pearl to comb it's hair, it looked painful when the hair got caught in its mouth and the Centipeedle chewed on it hungrily. Steven took out the popcorn, throwing it in the air and laughing as it caught it in the air playfully. Steven had a thought, Centipeedle was an official member of the Crystal gems right? So it deserved too see the temple! Steven grinned.
"Wanna see the temple!?" Steven asked, knowing he'd get no response, but answered with an,"Okay!" Assuming the Centipeedle even understood him to begin with. He pulled along the treat with him. He opened it up, but instantly remembered- too late, Garnet came warping into the temple through he warp pad, bumping Steven, and almost dropping the scrolls in her hand. She looked at him stoically, before a smile crept up onto her face, it was brief, but noticeable. She was obviously curious as to where he was going, but like usual she held her curiosity in and kept her stotic facade draped across her face. Steven noticed Centipeedle was drooling on her leg, she seemed to not notice as she brushed past Steven and opened the temple doors.
Catching a brief glance of all the gems bubbled in the room Steven shuddered, so many gems, kept captive, even if he knew it was for the best, he began thinking of Centipeedle, all trapped in a bubble, unable to fully regenerate from its gem, if Steven hadn't popped it would the poor Centipeedle have been kept forever in that state, bordering regenerating, and regeneration stages, and never knowing when or if it would ever be able to see the outside world again.
Steven snapped out of his thoughts when Centipeedle started chewing on his sandle anxiously. "Hey!" Steven cried, flinging the gem monster off of his sandle weakly, only managing to toss it a foot or two away. Steven grinned, leading the centipeedle inside. "You're gonna love the temple!"
"What do you mean Stevens not here?!" A voice cried out, it was Pearl, she was looking around frantically for the boy, they had checked his "room" if you could even call it that and found no sign of the small carefree boy. The pale gem was nearly tearing her bangs out in stress, had they done something wrong? Was it because of their last mission? Thoughts raced through Pearls head as she frantically checked the house three times over
"I mean he's not there! I hadn't seen him so I figured we'd go to the big doughnut (Of course spell checker won't let me type the actual name so I'm forced to type "Doughnut") like usual and I couldn't find him." Amethyst said for the thousandth time since Pearl had freaked out.
"Pearl you're overreacting." Garnet stated, inside however Ruby and Sapphire were in turmoil over the lost boy. But somehow she managed to keep her stotic expression on her face.
"I'M NOT OVERREACTING!" She cried, falling into a a tight ball and staying there, it was silent for a minute or so before Garnet broke the silence.
"It doesn't matter, we need to focus on finding Steven, the first place we should check is the kindergarten maybe he wandered off there." Amethyst said.
OH YEAH DID I MENTION THAT THE LAST PART WAS AFTER "FRIEND SHIP" I bet I tricked some of you into thinking that was past Garnet Amethyst and Pearl...(Probably not though...) OH WELL! Back to the story!
Past
Steven and centipeedle first checked Pearls room, making sure she wasn't inside (Because obviously she'd have a fit for the gem monster to be inside her room.) He let the centipeedle splash around for a bit before he hopped up to the tallest pillar, allowing them both to gaze at the beautiful sight Steven let himself be lost in thought of what might happen, and that he was kinda glad he went back..Now he could fix things...He could make sure they catch Peridot...Find out the secret of the spire...Prevent the cluster...But first comes first, and that's training Centipeedle-
"STEVEN!"
'Huh?' He thought, he looked around frantically it was Pearl, Garnet, and Amethyst voices? How could that be? They weren't anywhere in the room as far as he could tell?
"Pearl? Garnet? Amethyst~?" He called, no answer, did he just imagine it? He knew he didn't the second he felt something cold touch the back of his neck, then the pain registered..And all he could see was white and black colors, blending into an unsettling gray.
Pretty short chapter, but a lot of content (I sorta came up with most of it on a whim...) But anyways! I can no longer type the letter "Z" on my computer cause it is stuck, right now I'm typing on my grandmas computer, but on my own I'm gonna have to use spell checker a lot more just to get the letter "Z" To type. Welp! Hope you've enjoyed and until next time~!