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Steven wakes up to find himself in what looked to be a deserted wasteland. His vision was blurred and kept him from recognizing anything else about his surroundings. Letting out a grunt, he gets himself on to his feet.
“Ugh, what happened?” he said as he rubbed his head. Once his vision finally cleared up, he took a moment to look around and examine his surroundings. “Where am I?”
After looking around for a good few minutes, he saw what he recognized as Gem Injectors. They were all lined up against the walls of a canyon, which were filled with huge human-shaped holes, indicating that this was a Kindergarten. However, this didn’t look like any he has seen before.
“What happened?” Steven asked himself, believing there was nobody there to answer it.
“This is the future.”
Steven jumped at the sound of the voice and turned around to see a large hooded figure.
“W-Who are you?” the hybrid asked.
The figure removes her cloak to reveal a large gem. The gem was about Jasper’s height and build with short teal hair. She had blue skin with dark blue stripes on her right arm and a light blue gem on her left eye. However, the most distinguishing thing about the gem’s appearance was her robotic left arm.
“Name’s Blue Calcite. I’m a time traveler from the future. But right now, that’s not what’s important?” said the gem.
“Well then, can you at least tell me what’s going on? What happened? And what is this place?” Steven asked.
“This is the future,” replied Calcite.
“What do you mean?” Steven asked.
Calcite sighs. “In the future, due to constant colonization of other planets, the Diamond Authority ended up taking over the entire universe. Every single planet ever to exist has been completely drained of all life.”
Steven gasps. “WHAT?! NO!! THIS CAN’T BE HAPPENING!! THIS CAN’T BE REAL!!!”
“Calm yourself, Young Universe. This isn’t reality; at least not yet,” said Calcite.
“Well… How do I stop it?” Steven asked.
“The answer will come in time…”
Suddenly, everything was shrouded in a blinding flash of light.
. . .
Steven wakes up with a start, sweating and breathing heavily. He looked around to find himself in his own bed and the light of the moon shining down on him. He sighs in relief knowing that he was back in reality.
He looked at his phone and saw that it was only 4:08 am.
“Could this really happen?” he asked.
“Could what happen?”
“GYAAAHHH!!” Steven screamed before turning around to see that voice belonged to Amethyst.
“Woah, relax, dude. It’s just me,” said Amethyst.
“Amethyst? What are you doing here?” Steven asked.
“Well, I was going to get a midnight snack. But then I saw that you were having some kind of nightmare so I wanted to make sure my little brother was okay,” she said.
“Oh, well thanks, but it wasn’t a nightmare. It was more like some kind of vision,” he explained.
“A vision? You mean like into the future?” the quartz asked.
“Yeah. Something like that. It’s a long story,” said Steven.
“Well, lay it on me,” said Amethyst.
As Steven explained the details of his vision, the familiar face of Calcite can be seen looking into the house.
“The future of the entire universe rests in your hand, young hybrid,” said Calcite.
As she walks away, her body is surrounded by a light blue aura before she disappears in a flash of light.
“Huh?” said Steven.
“What is it?” Amethyst asked.
“I thought saw something, but it’s probably nothing,” the hybrid replied.
“Okay… Anyway, back to what you were saying about the time-traveling gem,” said Amethyst.
“Right,” said Steven as he continued.
(8:05 am; Somewhere near in Beach City)
A moving truck stood in front of a two-story deluxe condo that was surrounded by forest.
The car door opens to reveal a man with light skin, brown hair, and brown eyes. He wore a black shirt with a brown leather jacket. Along with light brown jeans and black boots. The other door opens to reveal a mover in a blue uniform.
He went to the back of the van and opened the trunk, where a teen girl jumps out and hugs him. The girl was 14 years old and light skin. She had brown hair with pink highlights along with pink and light blue streaks hanging by her cheeks. She had purple eyes, plump lips, and freckles on her cheeks. She wore a purple long-sleeved shirt with a pink star on the front, blue leggings with light blue stars on the knees, a light blue sash around her waist, and red sneakers with yellow stars on the side of them. But the most unique part of her appearance was the gemstone on her forehead. The gem pink in the middle with a rainbow pattern around it.
“Hehe, someone’s excited,” the man said, kissing the gem on the girl’s forehead.
“How can I not be, Dad. We finally get live with Mom and the Starlight gems,” said the girl, smiling.
“I’m happy to hear that, Stella. Now go see if they’re home so they can help me move our stuff out the truck,” the man said.
Stella walks over to the house and knocks on the door. After a few seconds, the door opens to reveal a small, defective quartz. She had pale skin with plump lips, pink eyes, and long, pink curly hair styled in ringlets. She wore a pink short-sleeved tunic with a yellow star on the front, light purple leggings with pink stars on the knees, a red sash around her waist, and pink sneakers. She had a pink spherical gem on the back of her right palm, which seemed to have a glowing white light in it.
The pink gem gasped before smiling. “Stella?!”
“Hey, Rosalina,” Stella replied.
Rosalina let out a joyful scream before pulling Stella into a hug.
“Hehe, nice to see you too, big sis,” Stella said, hugging the quartz back.
“You’ve really grown since the last time I saw you,” said Rosalina, pulling back.
“Rosie, you saw me last week during my training session,” Stella explained. “Anyways, where’s Sunny; I wanna see my baby sis.”
Suddenly, Stella was tackled into a hug by a yellow blur. She looks down to see a small quartz soldier, smaller than Rosalina. She had pale yellow skin, long yellow hair tied into a side ponytail with a light blue scrunchie and a pink bow on the other side of her hair, yellow eyes, plump lips, and freckles on her cheeks. She wore an orange short-sleeved short with a gold star on the front, reddish-brown leggings with orange stars on the knees, a white skirt, a red sash ribbon, and white boots. She had a yellow spherical gem on her left shoulder, which seemed to have glowing white light in it.
Stella smiles before hugging the gem back. “Hey, Sunny.”
“Hi, big sis. Are you here for training or are we having a sleepover?” Sunny asked.
Rosalina giggled. “No, silly. Stella will be living here now.”
Sunny gasped. “Really?”
“Yep. You’ll be seeing me all the time,” said Stella, stroking her younger sibling’s hair.
Stars filled Sunny’s eyes as a wide smile spread across her face. “Yay!”
She hugged her sister tighter, causing her to gasp for air.
“Okay, Sunny. I need to breathe,” said Stella, gasping.
Sunny releases her. “Sorry, Stella. I was just excited.”
“It’s okay, sis. Anyways, is Mom here?” she asked.
"Not right now. But don't worry, Mother Quartz will be here soon," said Rosalina. "By the way, does James need help unloading your stuff?"
"Yeah. Dad told me to come and get you guys," Stella replied.
"Okay, then. Let's go inside and get the others," said Rosalina.
As the three were walking into the house, James was conversing with the mover.
"Just sign here, Mr. Buddwick," said the mover holding up a contract.
"Sure thing, Phil," said James, signing the contract.
"Okay, and you said you had a wife. I need her signature too," said Phil.
Suddenly, a large gem, the size of White Diamond, flies toward them with rainbow-colored wings made of light and land next to them.
"Uh… Who's that?" Phil asked.
"That's my wife, Crystal Quartz," said James, smiling.
Crystal Quartz smiles before giggling. “Oh, dear. I forgot how terrifying my regular height is to people.” She immediately shapeshifts to a smaller size until she was just 8 feet.
Crystal Quartz had the build of a typical quartz soldier. Her hair was a mix of pink and light blue and it was long enough to reach her hips. Her skin was bright pink and she had plump lips and purple eyes. She wore a light blue strapless top with a gold star in the middle and a long, pink dress with gold stars and a purple ribbon around her waist. On her forehead was a gem that was similar in appearance to Stella’s.
Phil just looked on in bewilderment before shaking his head and coming back to his senses.
“Anyways, I’ll need you to sign here, ma’am,” he said, pointing to a line on the contract.
Crystal Quartz signed the contract but had terrible handwriting.
“Sorry, I’m not used to these things…” she said, handing the contract back to Phil.
“Okay, then. Pleasure doing business with you. Would you like me to lend a hand and help you unload the truck?” Phil asked.
“No thanks, I got it,” Crystal Quartz responded, carrying a load nearly twice her size into the house.
“Woah, that’s a strong woman,” said Phil.
“She sure is,” said James, smiling. “Anyways, thanks for coming on short notice, Phil.”
“Hey, man. It’s the least I can do after you helped me all through college,” said Phil, smiling
“Yeah, by the way, how’s the debt?” James asked before they burst into laughter.
“Hey, man. Not all of us can make money by being an archeologist, treasure hunter, and explorer,” Phil replied, laughing.
As they were talking, Crystal entered the house and placed the box down in the living room. She then smiled playfully as she sensed a familiar presence.
“You can come out, Stellarya. I know you’re back there,” she said.
Stella jumps out from behind the couch and hugs her mother. Crystal kissed her daughter on the cheek before hugging back.
“Welcome to your new home, my Little Comet,” said Crystal Quartz.
Stella blushed. “Mom?! I’m fourteen. Are you seriously still gonna be calling me that?”
“Yes, because no matter how old you get, you’ll still be my Little Comet. And you’re still as cute as you were when you were an infant,” she said, pinching Stella’s cheeks, earning an embarrassed groan from her daughter.
“Anyways, where are the others?” she asked.
“They had to take care of something in Star City. But don’t worry. I told them that you’d be moving here today, so they should be here soon,” said Crystal Quartz. “In the meantime, why don’t you go upstairs to your room and get adjusted.”
As Stella heads upstairs, Crystal’s expression turns serious.
“I hope Steven received my vision,” she said to herself.