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"Alright Steven lets try again okay?" I said helping him up from the sand. He was sweating a lot and looked exhausted but he got up again. "o-okay" he said stuttering due to his exhaustion. "This the last time okay? then we can go inside" I said trying to give him encouragement. Remember, think about those you love and your desire to protect them. Then channel that energy through your gem." I said explaining it over again. "Okay here it goes" he replied looking determined. He closed his eyes and straightened his stance, deep in focus he started to move his arm in-front of him like he was holding a shield. As his arm got closer to being straight in-front of him his gem glowed brightly. The shine started to fade and a shield started to form. "Almost there keep going" I said to myself. He was almost there but he opened his eyes and lost focus and the shield flew away at a high speed. I ducked and fell on my back, now upside-down I watched the shield fly into the water. I looked at Steven expecting to see him saddened but I was surprised to see him jumping around a happy as could be. "Yeah! Did you see that? It went flying way over there! I haven't summoned it that well since I ate that cookie-cat!" he said running by me giggling. "Whats a cookie cat?" I asked wondering. "There only the most scrumptious ice-cream treat there is! But sadly they aren't made anymore" he said looking at the ground. "Don't worry about it, okay? If you really like them we can make some home-made ice-cream treats if you want." I said patting his back. "Really? we can do that?" he asked amazed. "Yeah but not today okay? It already getting late and you sir need a bath" I said holding my nose like he was smelly. He started to giggle walking closer slowly with his hands out. "Oh no. don't come any closer. Stay away!" I said getting up and starting to runaway. "I'm gonna get you all smelly too!" Steven said barreling after me. We played for a while but eventually we went inside and I got the bath ready. The gems were gone on a mission and I was here to keep an eye on Steven and to protect him from harm. I decided however that he wasn't going to get any better at summoning his weapon by doing nothing. So while watched him for the others I thought I could help him with his training.
I finished his bath water and turned off the faucet. "Steven your bath is done!" I yelled from the bathroom. "Okay!" Steven yelled from upstairs. He ran down stairs with his pajamas folded nicely in his hands. "Get out please. so I can get in the bath" he said. I walked out and sat on a stool at the bar. I sat there thinking about what to do with my time. I decided to start on dinner for Steven while he was in the bath. I looked in the fridge for ingredients and possible combinations. But there wasn't much in there but some eggs and some left over grapes. "I need to go shopping, otherwise we're going to run out of food" I said making a mental note. I grabbed a frying pan and greased it and put it on the stove. I turned the dial and started the flame and adjusted it to suit my needs. I cracked a couple of eggs into the pan and started to cook them. "Steven are you almost done? I'm making eggs and toast for dinner okay?" I asked yelling from the kitchen. "Okay I'll be done in a minute." he replied from the bathroom. I finished cooking the eggs and started some toast. He came out from the bathroom in his blue pajamas and sat at the bar. I handed him his eggs and the toast came out just in time for serving as well. "Here ya go! Eat up!" I said with a smile. He devoured the eggs and toast quickly but became quite full.
Later I was reading a book and Steven was playing with his GUYS action figures. I looked up from my book to check the time "Hey stu-ball its time to go to bed" I said to him looking from my book. "Okay then I'll pick up my GUYS" he said while he was putting his GUYS in a toy bin. When he finished he took his bin upstairs and he got ready for bed. He came back downstairs and gave me a hug. "Thanks Steven" I said kneeling so I could return one. While I was hugging him I looked up and saw a painting of a beautiful woman. "Hey Steven. Who's that?" I asked pointing at the painting. "Oh that's my mom. her name was Rose" he said looking down. Lion walked over by us like he was suddenly interested in the conversation. "Whats wrong?" I said putting my hand on his shoulder. "Its just I'd like to know more about her like what she liked and other stuff" he said looking at the picture. "Its okay, we'll find something of hers that will give you the information you need" I said turning him to me. "I know its hard but I promise you I will help with all of my power to help find more on your mother" I said now filled with passion but I decided this talk was for another time and became calm. Lion was staring at Steven the whole time we were talking. "Blink if you love me" he said to the lion. Lion just stared at him until Steven blew on his eyes to make him blink. "He loves me!" he screamed with joy. "Alright you two its time for bed" I said messing up Steven's hair. He went back upstairs and laid down and I turned off all the lights. "Good night Obsidian" he said yawning. "Good night Steven" I replied. It wasn't long until he was out cold so I decided to read a book on the porch outside. I was reading one of the fantasy novels Steven had and I found them entertaining.
Later that night I heard the portal activate and the gems came through. I could hear the arguing between Pearl and Amethyst through the door. "How many time do I have to tell you not to touch anything? Your like a child!" Pearl squawked. "It looked cool and it was shiny so I couldn't resist" Amethyst said nonchalantly like it was a logical excuse. "You would endanger everyone's safety just because something is shiny? I don't believe this!" Pearl said about to start a lecture. "Hey!" I yelled in the door. They both turned their heads to look at me. "Shut the hell up! he's sleeping!" I yelled now mad at how inconsiderate they were towards Steven. It was surprising that he could sleep through all of this noise. "If you want to argue go do it in one of your rooms" I said now with a quieter voice. "Fine" they both replied going into their respective rooms. "Umm I thought they were going to argue" I asked Garnet who just stood there and did nothing for the whole thing. She just shrugged and went into her room. "Well thanks for keeping me company" I whispered to myself. "I guess I'll go back to reading for now" I said to my self going back outside.
Later around midnight I heard some rustling in the house. "Great Steven must of gotten up" I said going inside to check what it was. I looked around and didn't see anything that could of happened. I looked up at Steven's room to see Pearl struggling to get Steven out from under lion. I jumped up there and immediately started to pull Steven out. "What happening Pearl?" I asked her. "I don't know! He was just on top of him!" she replied looking extremely worried. We finally got him out and he was breathing hard. "Pearl! Obsidian! What happened?" he asked. "Steven are you alright? Why was lion sleeping on top of you?" she asked him worrying about his safety. "I don't know. He's just being a little cling today but that's cause I'm his favorite" he said while lion came up from behind put his paw on Steven and pulled his face into lion's mane. "See?" he said muffled under lion's fur. "Wait why are you here Pearl?" he asked. "Yeah why are you here?" I asked as well. "Me? Nothing I was just uh. Well you know how I always say. Umm... I just uh..." she stopped looking nervous."I like to watch you sleep sometimes, and by sometimes I mean often" she said finally. Okey-dokey its time for everyone to leave Steven alone I'm a growing boy and I need some a'rest. He said going back to bed. "Alright I'm going away" I said walking back downstairs. I looked back to see pearl sitting by Steven's bed just starting at him. "Pearl get down here! Hes trying to sleep" I said now a little angry. "Okay fine" she replied a little annoyed. She went back to her room "this night has been... eventful" I thought to myself.
I went back out side but this time I grabbed my phone and started to listen to music with my headphones. Some smooth jazz is perfect for a night like this so I put on a play-list and relaxed. About fifteen minutes later I saw Steven push lion outside. Pulled off my head phones to listen. "You're on time out. You're gonna stay out here and think about what you did!" He said slamming the door. Lion whimpered a couple of time and Steven came back out. "Aww I just cant stay mad at you. You're a wonderful pink human being... Except you're not 'cause you're a lion." burying his face into lion's mane. Lions mane glowed and Steven's head went in. he sat there for a sec and then popped out gasping for air. I stayed quiet just looking at what just occurred. Then Steven smiled and started to pop his head in and out of lions mane a bunch until lion growled. "I'm sorry I couldn't resist" he said before taking a deep breath and jumping in. he stayed in there for about thirty seconds before he popped his head out for air. He went back in there for about another forty seconds before launching out and hitting the ground. He was holding a VHS tape that said Steven in cursive on it. The gem bed room door opened up and the gem came out. "And he keeps sleeping on Steven's face! But Steven doesn't want me watching him anymore so one of you two has to do it." she finished saying. "Psst! Steven!" I whispered. "lets go before they notice your not in bed". He nodded and we started walking on the beach towards the town. "So whats that?" I asked pointing at the tape. "I don't know. I found it in lions mane and it had my name on it" he explained. "So where are we supposed to watch it?" I wondered. "Who in this day and age would have a VHS player?" I thought to myself. "We'll go to the big doughnut! Sadie has a VHS player in the employee's room. She showed me it when she deputized me as Lars for the day" he said hurrying his pace. "That doesn't sound like a great job" I whispered to myself while I caught up with him.
When we got to the store I saw Lars and Sadie there just about to put the key in the door. "Sadie! Sadie!" Steven yelled as we ran to them. "Steven you know the store doesn't open for another hour" she said finding the right key. Steven leaned up to her and whispered in her ear. Really? Come on! She said putting in the right key and running in. I followed and so did Lars I think. Steven waited at the door for me. "Do you want to see it with me?" he asked holding up the tape. I thought about it for a minute. "Its not my choice. Its up to you who sees it" I explained. "I want you to see it then" he said walking in the break room and I followed.
Steven put in the tape and pressed play. At first it was a couple shots of the sea waves and some birds. Then it flashed to the outside of the temple before the house was made. Then to a man with a long mullet dancing across the screen and a woman giggling in the back round "what are you doing?" the voice asked. "Steven that voice..." Sadie said. Then it flashed to a man sleeping and a seagull standing on top of him. "Look Greg made a friend" the woman said. The seagull squawked and Greg jumped up flailing his arms and the woman laughed. Then it flashed to Greg's face "go on" the woman said. "Sorry I'm getting stage fright here" He said rubbing the back of his neck. "Tell us about yourself" she asked. "Well lets see here, my name is Greg. No no no this is all wrong!" he said. It flashed again to Greg holding a guitar and one foot on top of a rock. "They call me... MR. UNIVERSE!" he said strumming his guitar. "get ready out baby cause your gonna have the coolest dad this side of the cosmos!" he said pointing at the camera then doing an air guitar solo. "Press the button Rose!" he said. "Oh right" Rose pressed a button and a swirl of pink went across the screen. "Was that the right one?" she asked him. "Umm maybe" he said shrugging his shoulders. "Well what does this one do?" she asked before a black star closed out the shot. It flashed again this time to a scene where Greg was sitting on the beach looking out to the ocean. "Isn't it remarkable Steven?" she asked. "This world is full of so many possibilities. Each living thing has an entirely unique experience. The sights they see, the sounds they hear, the lives they live are so complicated and so simple. I cant wait for you to join them." She said. She turned the camera to her face "Steven we cant both exist. I'm going to become half of you, and I need you to know every moment you love being yourself that's me loving you and loving being you. Because you're going to be something extraordinary, you're going to be a human being" she finished. "Hey Rose!" Greg yelled from off camera. "Take care of them Steven" she said lastly. It flashed one last time to a shot where rose was walking over to Greg and they were about to kiss but the screen went to static. I didn't notice I was crying. "Its been a while since I have this kind of feeling" I thought feeling the water on my face. I looked at the other two and the were crying too. "Hey Sadie come on we gotta open up" Lars said as he opened the door but he stopped when he saw their faces then backed out. We walked out "what in the world did you guys watch?" he asked Sadie. I let Steven walk ahead and I grabbed their shoulders and said "Remember to always cherish your loved ones, because today might be the last day you see them" I looked at Lars and he was obviously confused. But I didn't wait to explain. I walked out the door into the moon-light and Steven was waiting for me on top of lion "its okay Steven go home, the gems are probably looking for you" I said. "You're right! Bye Obsidian!" he yelled from on top of lion while he left. You know she was right about how each living thing has a unique experience. Not all are good ones but we try to make the best out of everything. Good or bad we still have the power to prevail our obstacles. If some can't do it we help them up and teach them how to. Its what you said that one day. Isn't that right... Sphene"
whew that was a long chapter. If you made it here then give yourself a pat on the back! But I felt like this episode had to be in this story to deepen the relationship between Steven and Obsidian. Some altered versions of the show will appear along with my own original events. oh and side-note which do you guys think should be in here? Jasper or Peridot redemption tell me in your review please I kinda need to know because its hard to chose because I can do either one but I can't do both. Well I could do both but it would take some time for those to develop. Okay so when you review put either a 1 for Jasper, a 2 for Peridot, a 3 for neither, or a 4 for both. Remember if you have some advice or some criticism about the story please don't hesitate to comment. Thanks in advance and see ya next time.
-Joe