Chapter 7: Bubble Buddies
It was yet another day in the not so normal town of Beach City, and Isaac was at the Big Donut getting some coffee as well as some donuts for Steven. It's been about a week since the Cat Finger incident, and there wasn't much for the Crystal Gems to do. Only so minor mission to retrieve some few items. But those weren't really hard to accomplish.
"Thanks, Sadie," Isaac said to the girl working the counter. Sadie was a short and heavyset, with curly shoulder-length blonde hair. Out of the two employees working at the shop, Sadie was the nicest and the two became friends after Steven introduced them.
Sadie smiled and placed the bag of donuts and paper cup of coffee. "No problem, Isaac," she said to him, as the young man paid for his purchases. "Where's Steven?"
"He's at the house," Isaac told her, before grabbing the coffee and bag. "Probably waiting for the next mission."
"Is that all you losers do?" the rude question was asked by the other person in the Big Donut, and Isaac's least favorite person in Beach City, Lars. A lanky and somewhat tall young man who wore tunnels in his stretched earlobes, and curly, orange-brown hair is styled into a sort of mohawk. His attitude around Steven and Isaac left much to be desired.
When Isaac met the two, Sadie was happy to see another person like Steven. Lars on the other hand was bitter and annoyed.
"Up you're, Lars," Isaac retorted, turning his head to him, as the Big Donut employee was restocking some other ice cream called Lion Lickers. Compared to Cookie Cats, they weren't even close to them. "At least I'm doing something with my life. Have a good day, Sadie."
"Seeya, Isaac." Sadie waved goodbye as the son of Onyx exited the Big Donut. One hand carrying the cup of coffee, and the other having the bag of donut.
As he started walking on the beach to go to Steven's house, Isaac took a sip of his coffee. But then a loud, monstrous roar echoed in the air. Not only that, but the ground started to rumble. Isaac wasn't able to steady himself, and it caused him to slip his hot coffee onto his shirt.
Isaac silently screamed, trying to hold back his voice from hollering out in pain. "…Son…of a…bitch," he squealed in a soft, high pitch.
This was the third tremor today, and the third time he was hurt because of them! The first was in the morning, and it caused him to roll off the couch and hit the floor face first. The second was in the shower, and he tumbled and nearly killed himself when he fell out of the tub.
Isaac groaned from the burning wet sensation on his shirt and just continued to walk onwards. However, a few seconds later as he walked around the cliff, the blonde teenager stopped when he saw something odd.
Steven was a few meters in front of him, attempting to ride his bike across the beach. Pushing hard against the pedals as they were almost stuck into the sand. That itself is strange, but then Steven parked his bike and looked at something.
Isaac followed his line of sight, and was a little surprised to see Steven was looking at a young Indian-American girl with dark brown skin and waist-length dark brown puffy hair, a prominent nose, and thick eyebrows. She wore a pair of magenta glasses with rose-colored lenses. Her clothes consisted of a white and mint green dress, and peach colored boots.
All she was doing was sitting on the ground while reading a book. Steven then rode his bike closer to the girl, before stopping and parked it. Isaac raised an eyebrow and whispered to himself, "What in the world are you doing?"
Steven got off the bike and had his back turned to the girl, looking at his bike. "Some smooth ride..." He turned his head to look over his shoulder at the girl. She isn't paying attention, and instead continued reading. "Five speeds," He looked at her again, and then back to the bike. "Hand brakes," looked back at the girl, then the bike. "Electric blue finish with a tiger bell!"
Isaac couldn't believe what he was seeing. Steven Universe was trying to impress this girl! He looked at the girl and saw her just staring at the book and flipped the page of her book. Still ignoring Steven. 'Wonder if he realizes she's not interested.'
"I bet there are a lot of kids who'd love to ride this bi—" Steven was trying to get on his when he saw Isaac standing a few feet away, which startled him. "Wooah!" He and his bike fell over on his side.
This got the attention of the girl, and she rapidly turned her head at the boy. She then watched Isaac walk over to him.
As he approached him, Isaac sighed and reached out a hand to Steven. "Come on, lover-boy," he said.
Steven glanced between him, his bike, himself, and finally the girl. More embarrassed than he's ever felt, the boy pushed away Isaac's hand, got up from under his bike, threw his helmet away, and ran away. "Wahhh!"
Isaac and the girl could only watch him run. Isaac then sighed, a little irked.
After carrying the bike and helmet with him up the stairs, Isaac threw them onto the patio of the beach house, before attempting to open the door. However, it wouldn't open because Steven was leading against it. "Steven, open the door," he said.
But Steven shook his head. Then the window next to it was slid open by Garnet.
Climbing in through the window, Isaac saw that the Gems were all at the window. Likely watched the train wreck of Steven trying to be cool for the girl. Isaac looked at the boy, who then tried to act casual. "Whaddup?"
"Who were you talking to," asked Pearl.
Steven tried to act confused. "Huh?"
"That girl," said Garnet.
"Your age. Indian. Puffy dark hair, and wore glasses," Isaac said with a sly smirk and his arms crossed.
The young boy started to blush. "She's just a girl I know, except she doesn't know me," He said, trying to play it off. However, realizing they weren't buying it, he dropped the act. "We never talked."
Amethyst gasped out loud and ran up to him. "You like her!" She exclaimed in glee, while smushing his face.
"Uhh... I like everyone..." Steven told her, pushing Amethyst's arms aside.
"True." Isaac deadpanned before smiling at the Steven. "But face the facts, Steven. You don't just like this girl. You've a crush on her!" Now Steven was really blushing.
"No, I don't!" Steven said quickly.
"Oh yeah, you definitely do."
Pearl gasped. "Let's set up a play-date! I'll write up an invitation and work out a schedule. Ohh! We'll have to find out her favorite kind of tea..."
"What?! No way!" Isaac quickly told her. "Besides, Steven doesn't even know who she is! Nor does she know him, at all."
"Isaac's right. Just talk to her," Garnet told the young boy.
"Okay. But you guys can't watch this time!" Steven pointed at them. "It'll mess up my funky flow."
"Right…" Isaac nodded slowly and sarcastically, while Pearl and Amethyst looked at Steven in confusion. "And since when have you ever had this…'funky flow?'" Garnet lightly smashed him over the head.
"We won't watch." She said to Steven, adjusting her visor.
"Alright!" Steven then ran to the fridge. Opening the freezer, he reached in and took out a glowing bracelet.
"What's that," asked Amethyst.
"Nothing!" Steven exclaimed, opening the door and running outside. After running down to the beach, he stopped for a moment.
The girl was still there.
Steven took in a deep breath, puffing out his chest a little to look more confident, and started marching over to her. As he walked to the girl, Steven started to reset how he'll begin his conversation with her. "Hi! My name is Steven. Hi, my name is Ste-ven. Hi my name is..." He stopped when another monstrous roar was heard by both him and the girl. "Stevan? Oh-whoah!"
The earth started shaking more violently than before. However, Steven heard the sound of rocks breaking and looked up at its direction. A part of the temple above the girl and it began to fall right towards her.
Steven gasped. She was going to die if it lands on her. He quickly ran over. "Hi, my name is Steven!" Steven yelled before jumping on top of the girl to protect her. However, his gem started to glow, and not even realizing it, summoned a large, pink, transparent bubble that form around the two.
The rubble collided with the bubble, but it didn't pop. Like a shield, the bubble protected the kids and shattered the rubble.
"Whoa! How did I do that," Steven asked, looking up at the bubble shield. He then turned to the girl, who was gaping up at him in surprise. "Hi, my name is Steven!"
The girl adjusted her glasses. "Connie," she introduced herself. Steven got off her and helped Connie to her feet. She then looked around at the bubble. "What happened?"
"I'm magic, well... half magic," Steven explained, scratching his head, "on my mom's side."
Connie looked at him with wide eyes. "You did this?"
He shrugged. "Apparently. I'm a member of the Crystal Gems, we fight monsters and protect humanity and stuff."
"Oh! That's kinda like my dad. He's a cop. Well... more like a private security guard."
Steven and Connie just stood there, looking at each other with saying a word for a moment.
"So... how long does it usually last?"
"Oh! Right." Steven placed his hands on the bubble and started making grunting sounds. Trying to make the bubble shield go away. However, when it wasn't popping, he stopped trying.
"What's wrong," asked Connie, who was surprising staying calm.
"It uh... doesn't seem to wanna go away," Steven nervously told her.
Connie looked down. "Oh."
Knowing that he got her in this situation, Steven was determined to get her out. But if he was going to do that, he was going to have to get help from the Crystal Gems. So, he turned and started to try and push the bubble. Surprising, he was able to get the thing to roll and move. "So... I don't see you around that often," he said, wanting to continue talking to Connie.
Connie started pushing to, and the two kids started working together to move the bubble, walking it at a steady pace. "My dad works for a bunch of different beaches, so we're never in the same place long."
"I go on adventures with the Gems sometimes. They usually say it's too dangerous for me though," *pushes bubble, they move forward slightly and he falls over*
"Do you always go in a bubble?"
"No, this is new. I don't know what this is. But it's okay! The Gems will know what to do."
Steven and Connie had reached the house. Now all they had to do was get up the hill. The two try to roll the bubble up the steep hill, but it was too steep. They weren't even able to go up at least a foot up the hill.
"Awww what? Hey guys! Garnet! Help!" Steven called to the house, hoping that someone would hear him.
"I don't think they can hear you," Connie commented.
But, after she said that, the door opened, and Isaac walked out of the house with a new shirt on. He was the only one in the house. After his gemstone started glowing, the Gems figured a monster was the source of the earthquakes, and so they went off to look for it. After closing the door, the young man looked around the beach.
"Isaac!" Steven called to him.
Isaac heard him and turned his head towards him. First, he saw the giant pink bubble and was confused. But then he saw the familiar curly hair and red shirt, he was sure that it was Steven, along with the girl from before, inside the bubble. "Oh geez," he groaned before walking down the stairs. He then jogged downhill to reach the bubble. "Steven, what did you do?"
"I don't know," Steven said, a little embarrassed. "I just made this, and it now wouldn't go away."
Isaac leaned closer to the ball and squinted at it. He then hits it lightly with his finger. "You made this?"
"Uh, hi." Connie said, getting Isaac's attention. "Are you Steven's brother."
"Wait, what?" Isaac looked almost shocked at the question. Is that what people saw them as?
"This is my friend, Isaac Infinite," Steven told her with an oblivious smile. "He's magic, like me. And he's so awesome and strong."
"Oh!" She turned to Isaac with a smile. "I'm Connie. I'd shake your hand, but…you know," Connie trailed off and her smile dropped, wordlessly stating the obvious.
"Yeeeeaaah." Isaac nodded. "Hang on, I've got an idea," he said before summoning his katana.
"Is there a monster nearby," asked Steven, while Connie was amazed by the teenager's ability.
"Possibly. The Gems left to go find it after the glowing started." Isaac raised the katana high up and swung it down to chop the bubble. However, it didn't pop bubble. The sword didn't even leave a scratch on it. It just bounced off the pink surface. Isaac looked from the weapon to the strange barrier. "Hmmm."
He then started trying to stab into the bubble, but once again, it did nothing. "How long would Steven's friends come back," Connie asked anxiously, not only because of Isaac was stabbing a dangerous weapon at her and Steven's direction, but also because it wasn't actually freeing them.
"Who, the Gems? They'll possibly be gone all day," Isaac replied before having his sword disappear. "We're just going to have to figure this out on our own."
"Can't we just wait here until they come out?"
"No, no, no, it's okay!" Steven was quick to reassure her. "I've got other friends that can help."
"BWAHAHAH!" Lars laughed out loud. Turned out that Sadie and Lars were the first people that Steven had Isaac push them to. Isaac was starting to wonder if the boy even had anyone else to talk to, other than him of course. But while Lars was laughing at Steven and Connie's expense, Sadie was actually trying to help. As Isaac attempted to cut the bubble, she used a hammer. "Way to go, Steven! Is this your magic love bubble or something? Did you make it because you're in looove? Lars mocked the choppy kid, while pressing his face against the bubble.
"That's Lars," Steven told Connie. "We're basically BFFs."
"I thought Isaac was your BFF," Connie said.
"He's my secondary BFF."
Isaac grunted with each impact of the sword. "Geez, Steven. You're too kind," he said sarcastically. He stopped to glare at Lars. "And quit making weird faces!" True enough, Lars was making kissy faces while pressing his face against the bubble. Then things turned creepy as he started licking the surface of the bubble.
Sadie started having enough of her co-worker and yelled at him. "Lars, quit being a jerk and help!"
"What? I'm helping Steven on his date," Lars said with a smirk.
"You're embarrassing him!"
The two of them began arguing with each other as Isaac, Steven, and Connie. "He and Sadie run the Big Donut," the young boy said to the young girl.
"Do... they get along," asked Connie.
"Not at all," Isaac simply replied.
Steven simply watched the arguing going on. "They're crazy about each other."
"I refuse to believe that."
"I'm gonna go try something else!" Sadie exclaimed, having been fed up with Lars. She dashed into the store.
"Steven said something about his mom beginning," Connie said. "Can't she help us with this?"
Isaac scratched the back of his head and looked away. "Well, that's just the thing," he said, before pushing Lars to the ground with one hand, as the teenager was making kissy noises again. "In order for us to live, both our moms had to give up their physical forms to bring us into the world. So, I guess you can say that it was death from childbirth."
Connie looked sad. "So, you two never got to even see your moms?"
"Actually, there's a painting of my mom hanging up in my house," Steven said. "What about you, Isaac?"
Isaac looked away again and crossed his arms. "I've…"
"AHHH!" Sadie came running out of the Big Donut with a stool, before Isaac could finish. She charged at the bubble and hits it with the chair. However, instead of the bubble, the blonde just ended up breaking the stool.
At this point, the situation was looking hopeless. Steven nervously chuckled for a moment, before saying, "I have a better idea."
"Whoa, a trawler! And a little skip-jack!" Connie exclaimed joyfully at some of the many boats she pointed out. The two kids in the bubble and Isaac were now at the Beach City Pier. Isaac was stepping onto a boat that had a harpoon gun.
"You know a lot about boats," Steven commented.
"That's what happens when you hang out at the beach and don't swim and don't have friends," Connie said. That got them an awkward pause. "Y-you look at boats..."
"As much as I like seeing you two talking together," Isaac said, getting their attention as he loaded the harpoon. Jamming the spear into the barrel of the cannon. "I just like to say that you better move out of the way, and that this is a very bad idea."
"It's okay, Isaac," Steven said, as the two immediately move to the sides of the bubble. Out of the way of where the spear will hit the bubble. "Oh, hey Onion! Stay back!"
Isaac looked to his right and nearly yelled and was startled. Standing next to him on the skip-jack was a fair-skinned boy with a small tuft of blond hair and a chubby face. Wearing a white sweater, a deep periwinkle shirt tied around his neck, and pale red footie pants. Isaac guessed that the reason that he was named Onion was because of his oddly shaped head that looked like an onion.
Onion stared at Isaac for a long moment, and the blonde stared back feeling uncomfortable. Feeling that there was something about the kid that wasn't right. But all Onion did was eat popcorn before giving Isaac a thumbs up.
Isaac looked away and shook his head to clear it. He grabbed the handles of the gun, took aim at the center of the bubble in between the two kids, and fired.
However, the harpoon deflected off the bubble and hit right into the hull of another boat. Isaac quickly hopped off the skip-jack and ran over to the bubble, as Onion gave him another thumbs up. Isaac reached the two kids and watched as the boat sank beneath the surface.
"The trawler," Connie moaned in depression.
"Time to go." Isaac started pushing the bubble back and down the dock.
"'Funland'?" Connie and Isaac asked as the human and two hybrids rolled the bubble through the entrance of Beach City's very own amusement park. From what Isaac could see, it featured everything that you would see in any amusement park. From roller coasters, an arcade, a midway, a teacup ride, a ferris wheel, a carousel, and even bumper cars.
Yeah! Tons of horrible accidents happen here everyday!" Steven said with a smile. "There's gotta be something to break this bubble."
"Steven, I don't know about this," Isaac said in an uneased tone.
"Don't worry! We just gotta find the right ride." The three stopped for a moment and looked around for any ride that could help them. But while Connie and Isaac were looking from something safe, Steven immediately went for the first thing that he spotted. "Yeah, the kiddie coaster!" The ride that he was talking about was called the Appalachian, which was possibly named after that the major mountain chain lining the East Coast, where Beach City is located.
They pushed the bubble up the ramp to get onto the ride, as the coaster cars sped past them on the tracks.
"Alright, we just roll down this ramp as the carts are coming at us, and the crash will break us free!" Steven explained the plan.
"What happens after the bubble pops," asked Connie.
"We'll be free!"
A very awkward pause was caused by the response, until Isaac voiced his opinion. "That is the worst plan ever. Of all time."
But then before they could do anything else, the city was hit with another earthquake. Mixed with the same roar from all the other times. The entire amusement park shook, and caused Isaac to fall on his back after losing his balance.
"Whaaa- This will work!" Before Isaac could even stop him, Steven pushed the bubble onto the tracks of the roller coaster. Once on the tracks, him and Connie were sent rolling down the ride. The roller coaster came right at them and hits the bubble. But they weren't freed. All it did was having them rolling along the tracks as the cars pushed it.
Luckily the operator caught on quickly and pulled the lever for the emergency brakes.
Isaac could only sit on his butt and watch as the cars were brought to a sudden halt, causing the bubble to fly off the tracks. His face then had a look of horror as Steven and Connie were sent flying over Funland before landing straight into the ocean. "STEVEN! CONNIE!"
Steven and Connie could only sit in the tight space and watch as they sink to the bottom of the ocean. However, their journey down wasn't a long one, and in about ten seconds they hit the ocean floor.
It knocked off Connie's glasses, so when she stood up with Steven under her legs, she wasn't able to see anything clearly. "Where are we?" She looked around and getting off of Steven.
Steven picked up her glasses and handed them to her. "The bottom of the ocean," he answered. Connie let out a horrified gasp. "It's okay!"
"How is it okay?! Are we even close to the shore?"
"Yeah, sure!" But that was a lie. The reality was that Steven had no idea where they were or if they were near to the shore. All he could do is keep Connie from panicking any further.
"Let's start rolling," Connie said, putting back on her glasses. The two kids got to their feet and started rolling the bubble forward. Not know if they were going the right way. The environment around them was really a sight to behold, but neither of them were interested in it.
"It's a good thing this bubble is air tight, otherwise we'd be drowning right now," Steven joked and laughed nervously in a poor attempt to lighten their dyer situation. Connie especially wasn't very amused. In fact, at this point, she was downright terrified that they would never get out. "Don't worry Connie, I have an idea that will definitely work, when we get back—"
He was interrupted when a large shadow appeared above them. They looked up, and while Steven was amazed, Connie was scared.
The creature was a giant worm-like monster that was relatively long and the width of its body was nearly equal throughout its entire length with its head enlarged into a spherical shape, where a circular mouth was located at the end. The body was colored light brown with scattered spots in different hues of purple and blue across it. Finally, its entire body was covered in a thick, shiny translucent light blue coating.
"A huge worm!" Steven gasped, while Connie was covering her eyes in fear. "It's okay, look."
The large monster turned its head so that it could face some red glowing seaweed. Showing that it had five tentacles near the mouth, and the mouth was circular with multiple rows of white teeth present, each tooth in a circular arrangement in each row. There was also a red gem located in its mouth that gave off a red glow that passed through the skin and coating, creating the illusion of eyes on the head.
"It only wants to eat that bright stuff," said Steven, with Connie starting to calm down a little. "See? Not scary at all."
However, after consuming the seaweed the worm monster lets out an ear piercing, shrieking roar. And then suddenly dived head first into the seafloor, creating a hole and started to burrow itself deep underground. Causing several cracks in the ground, but one of them turned into a crevice that started to go towards Steven and Connie.
Steven and Connie started to panic, until the crevice reached them and opened up directly under them. Their bubble fell into the opening, sinking deeper into the ocean.
They stopped when they hit the bottom of the crevice. Steven groaned and opened his eyes while rubbing his head in pain. That's when he saw that his foot was on Connie's face. Oh, sorry! Are you alright," Steven asked after taking his foot away. He was about to help her stand up, but Connie stood up on her own. Remaining silent and not saying a word to the boy whose fault it was that she's trapped. "It's not so bad, uhhh." That was until he saw the top of the crevice. "It-it's okay, I uh..."
"IT'S NOT OKAY!" Connie snapped at Steven after finally having enough, startling the boy and having him look at her in shock. "You keep saying that, but YOU don't know what you're doing! Now we're going to suffocate or starve at the bottom of the ocean and only my parents will notice because no one else cares about me!"
"Huh?" Steven even more surprised as Connie started to tear up.
"I'm gonna disappear without ever making a single friend." And with that, Connie finally gave into her sadness and other negative emotions as tears fell from her eyes. Covering her eyes, Connie sat down and started to sob.
But then, Steven offered her a glowing bracelet that illuminated the bottom of the crevice. This caused Connie to stop crying and look up. "We can be friends," Steven insisted, smiling apologetically as Connie looked at him with a surprised, teary look. "I saw you at the Boardwalk Parade last year. You dropped your bracelet. I picked it up, but then I couldn't find you. I saved it in the freezer, so it would last longer, in case I saw you again."
"Oh! You were the kid on the car wash float." Connie rubbed her eyes dry and chuckled. "You had soap bubbles in your hair."
Steven started blushing as he laughed and rubbed the back of his head. "I was supposed to be a scrub brush. I'm sorry Connie," he said. He then gently grabbed her left arm, making the young girl blush as he put the bracelet on her. "If I had returned your bracelet back then, you wouldn't be stuck in this bubble with me now."
Still blushing, Connie said to him, "No, it's okay. I'm having fun."
The two kids just sat together, smile. But then, the bubble suddenly burst. Quickly losing air, Steven grabbed her by the hand and led Connie to the surface.
Back on the beach, Isaac was standing on Funland's pier. Looking all over for the bubble. The sun had already gone down, and there was still no sign of the kids. "Oh man, the Gems are gonna have my head," he said to himself.
But then he heard two pair of voices gasping for air after breaking the water surface.
"Steven! Connie!" Isaac called out to them as the duo coughed and took in deep breaths of air. "You guys okay?" However, his attention was brought to his gemstone that started to glow.
And just when Steven and Connie thought that it was finally over, the Worm Monster emerged from the ocean near them. It then attacked the kids, causing a large wave that swept them up and threw them onto the beach.
Isaac looked back at the water and saw the monster coming right for them. "Get out of there!" He yelled at them before summoning his sword and jumping off of the pier to attack.
However, the monster changed directions and came right for him. Isaac saw it coming, and dodged out of the way before it could bite him.
"Isaac! It eats shiny things," Steven shouted to the teenager. "It wants your gem!"
Isaac looked at his gemstone, but quickly turned back to the monster when it shot its head at him again bit and kill him. He quickly rolled away and faced the pier. That's when an idea popped into his head.
With the Worm Monster getting ready to attack again, Isaac made a mad dash for under the pier and it followed. Setting his plan into motion while running and yelling frantically for his life, Isaac zigzagged around the pillars of the pier. The monster pursued after him unaware that it was getting itself wrapped up and entangled. After running around enough, Isaac quickly jumped over the body and back-rolled on landing.
The monster was now completely immobilized and was now struggling to break free.
Isaac then went to the rocks that were next to the pier and climbed up them. After getting onto the pier, he ran towards the head of the monster that was sticking out from under the structure.
He leaped off the pier and fell towards the top of the head, angling the blade of his katana down.
Upon stabbing deep into its skull, the monster was destroyed with the usual loud poomfp and a large cloud of smoke.
"Steven!" The Gems came rushing towards them. Steven and Connie ran towards the cloud as it cleared away. Isaac on one knee with the tip of the sword stabbed into the ground, and the monster's gemstone clenched in his left hand.
Isaac huffed with satisfaction and stood up. "Isaac, what's going on?! What did you do?!" Pearl exclaimed accusingly.
"That was incredible!" Connie exclaimed with a big grin and stars in her eyes.
Isaac smiled at her while tossing the gemstone in his hands. "Believe me," he said before bubbling it and sending it off, "hang with Steven, and you'll see something truly amazing." That last part was to get the boy a helping hand.
"Y-Yeah," Steven said with a grin.
Amethyst couldn't help but butt in and grabbed Steven's shoulders from behind. "So, are you going to introduce us," she asked with a teasing voice, making Steven blush.
Then Pearl intentionally made things worse for the boy by saying to Connie, "Steven was so excited to meet you. Right Steven?" All Steven could do was nod his head and laugh nervously.
"Hey!" Garnet then came to save the boy. She grabbed both Pearl and Amethyst and picked them up. "Don't mess with his funky flow." The tall Gem then turned and walked off with them.
"Funky... flow," Connie asked Steven with a puzzled expression.
"You're on your own, bubby." Isaac ruffled the boy's head and walked off. Leaving Steven to only reply to Connie with a really nervous laugh and a groan.
AN: And here's Act One: Chapter 7.
The last few chapters of this story have actually been ready for me to post. I was planning to write one chapter for each chapter I did for one of the other stories I had and then do two more for when it was time to update "Gem of War," then update them all at once. So, with that being said, it'll be a while before I release the next chapter.
With that being said, after I finish the "Serious Steven" chapter, I've been thinking of skipping all the way to the "So Many Birthdays" episode and getting that out of the way, so that I could be on time for when I post Onyx's profile on DeviantArt. The reason for releasing it on that date will be explained in "So Many Birthdays.
IMPORTANT!
I also wanted to ask all you readers something VERY important. A question that change a lot about the story.
Do you want you to know Onyx's full backstory?
The story of Onyx has been something I've been very passionate about and for the longest time, I've been set on letting the story play and for Isaac to find out the truth about her. However, with Diamond Days coming up soon, and the fact that we all know that Rose Quartz is Pink Diamond, I figured it would be easier to just have a whole chapter telling Onyx's full story.
It's not being to be a massive chapter. It'll more or less be summarized, and it'll be as if it's being narrated, not going into a lot of detail. But I promise it will tell you everything about Onyx
I guess it could be like how in God of War 4, we all know who Kratos really is and we're just waiting for him to tell his son the truth.
If you all want to know Onyx's full story and not have to wait for a long time, then know that it'll come right after "So Many Birthdays." Because at the end of the chapter, Pearl and Garnet will finally tell Amethyst the truth about the Gem of War.
Don't worry, the truth about Pink Diamond isn't going to be told to her or Garnet. However, for the backstory chapter, it'll feature Rose's secret in all its glory and much more.
I'll have a Poll up so that you all can vote, and if you're not a user, please tell me in the Reviews. For me, I'm putting Yes, but I'm also willing to wait and slowly reveal things about her.
So please tell me, do you want Onyx's complete backstory, or do you want to wait? Please vote!
Alright, on to the next chapter…