Chapter 1: The Prologue


The scene opens with red curtains lighted by some spotlights. The spotlights move out of the way as the curtains open revealing the title card before showing illustrations of events unfolding as the voice of White Diamond narrates over them.

"Once upon a time, the Gem Homworld was ruled by Diamonds. White, Yellow, Blue and the littlest Diamond, Pink. While the other Diamonds conquered many worlds across the galaxy, Pink had only one, the planet Earth. One day, Pink fled the comforts of Homeworld. On Earth, she made a new home, new friends, and finally, new life, giving up her form to bequeath her gem to her half-human son. Without Pink, Gemkind entered an era of despair. But when Steven Universe learned of his heritage, he reunited with his fellow Diamonds and championed an new era of peace and freedom across the furthest reaches of space." the voice of White Diamond said before shutting the book she had been using to retell the story.

"And now, dear gems everywhere, I'm pleased to announce that Steven is finally ready to take his rightful place on Pink Diamond's throne!" the tallest Diamond gladly announced.

The camera pans down to show the half-Gem, along with a certain blue Gem standing to the side, as he turned to face the camera and the viewers watching. "How's it goin', everybody" the now 16 year old greeted.

"I know you all might be thinking of me as the 'new Pink Diamond', but you don't have to put me on a throne. I already have a rightful place, and it's on Earth!" Steven said, much to the confusion of his family of Diamonds.

"It's a beach house, where I live with my friends, Garnet, Amethyst, and Pearl. As much as I've loved dismantling the empire and saving all your planets, I can't wait to get home and spend some quality time with my friends." the half-Gem happily said, unbeknownst to him, a certain pink Gem which had vines growing around her stood alone and watched the static feed on her end.

The white matriarch had a look of disbelief on her face, turning her attention to Blue Pearl and Yellow Pearl that had been working the transmission. "Cut the feed!" whispered sternly.

"Your time was up, anyway." Yellow Pearl remarked having her blue sister snicker at the comment as she practically skipped away, cutting the transmission off.

Once the feed had been disconnected, the half-Gem turned to face his Diamond aunties. "I think that went well!" he said.

"Steven, please!/You can't go./You must stay." the three Diamonds disagreed.

Meanwhile, the blue Gem known as Lapis Lazuli, sighed as she held and shook her head. "Here we go again..." she mumbled.

"You're all we have left of Pink." White Diamond said before falling to her knees, having the room quake at the action. "You belong here, with us." she said.

"Uh, thanks, but...no thanks." Steven declined with a nervous smile.

White, Yellow, and Blue: Come live with us in the palace. There's a room waiting for you

Yellow: Come on

Blue: Come on

White: Come on

Both Yellow and Blue went down on their knees themselves with all three begging the boy.

While Steven chuckled nervously with some sweat dripping down his forehead and backing away, Lapis snorted as she chuckled softly. "Well, this is new." she admitted as she watched the quartet.

White, Yellow, and Blue: Just let us adore you

"You guys have really gotten better at showing affection, but I've got my own life to get back to." the half-Gem stared up at them then hopped up on the warp-pad. "Don't forget, I'm not Pink Diamond!" he reminded them before White slammed her hand close by with the three Diamonds moving closer to him.

'This would be sweet if it didn't sound so possessive...' the water Gem thought, admiring the different tones and expressions the three Diamonds did for their own part of the song, showing off their different personalities. Yellow with her sharp movements, Blue with her delicate body language, and White seeming to be over-the-top.

White, Yellow, and Blue: Yes we know that you're not her, but you were hers
You know what it meant to love her, and you remind us so much of her

"Thanks, but I really gotta go." Steven said, shifting his eyes towards Lapis to help him out of here.

"But Steven!" the three matriarchs cried out, laying on the sides now. "I've disbanded my armies! I've liberated my colonies!" Yellow argued. "I never shatter, I never make anyone cry!" Blue put in her part. "I've been saying 'please' and 'thank you', even to lower life forms!" White told him.

"What did we talk about?" Steven crossed his arms.

The tallest Diamond sighed, "Equal life forms." she rolled her eyes a bit. "Steven, we've done everything you've asked! White argued.

"That's great! Good job, keep it up. See you back home, Lapis! Bye!" Steven quickly dismissed himself as the warp-pad activated with him being transported back to Earth in a beam of light.

The three Diamonds and terraformer sighed, "He reminds me so much of his mother." Lapis said, pinching the bridge of her nose.

"Oh, don't remind us, Water Angel." Blue rolled her eyes as she stood back up before smiling down at the blue Gem as she approached her, bending down with Lapis hopping into her palm. "But, as we learned." Blue said. "And as he told us many many times..." Yellow continued. "Steven is not Pink." Blue finished, holding her index finger up in emphasize.

"Even so, it's just..." White said as she stared sadly down.

"But, it still hard to let go, huh?" Lapis smile sadly up at her. "Don't worry, we all have our demons to deal with." she rubbed her arm, smiling warmly as she felt Blue pet her head with her finger.

"Yet, we all can strive to build a better future. What Gem more fitting to help than my Water Angel and young Steven's...um...Beach Summer Fun Buddy?" Blue smiled sheepishly, wondering if she got the words right.

The blue Gem crossed her arms and winked in confirmation. Blue smiled warmly back down at her, lowering her hand down near the warp-pad.

The blue Gem stared down before looking back up at her Diamond's face. She then hugged her Diamond's finger and placed kisses on it before hopping down onto the warp-pad. "So long, I love you." the blue Gem formed a heart with her hands over where her own heart would be. Her Diamond mother and aunts returned the gesture with loving eyes. The warp-pad activated once more transporting the blue Gem back to Earth.


Meanwhile

In the deepest and darkest region among the stars, a shadowy figure sat upon her throne-like chair in front of the control console of her otherworldly spacecraft as she stared at the recording of Steven's message to the universe. Her left eye, a silver iris with white pupil, seems to glow like a star in the darkness, while the other was covered by her shaggy bob haircut pitch-black hair with bangs.

A wicked smile slowly formed on the shadowy figure, "Hehehehehehe..." she chuckled sinisterly. Her visible eye morphs into a scarlet iris with a black pupil, taking in a cat-like feature, as her chuckles became louder until she shut her eyes, reeling her head back, full-blown evil laughter escaping her mouth.

With her, resting on the left side of her armrest, had been some small pitch-black blob-like creature. It too joined her, although not understanding as to why at the moment, with it's high-pitched giggles contrasted her own but became just as maniacal all the same. "Ship laugh with me!" she commanded the vessel itself, continuing in her hysterics, which responds with a rumbling as if being irked by her words yet sets course to Earth.