Normal Pov.

Thunder struck across the sky as rain pelted the ground below. The wind blow harshly, shaking trees as it did. The ground was nothing but mud at this point and the creatures of the woods quickly took shelter from the storm.

Then a large figure runs by.

It keeps running trying to get away from something. The rain beating against the figure that seems to be heading in a random direction. In these harsh conditions it had a hard time noticing the spear that just missed his body and in-bedded itself in the tree he just passed. It bobbed and weaved through the trees trying to lose its assailants.

?:"Why did this have to happen to me?!"

...

*Earlier that day*

It was a beautiful sunny day outside with birds flying around and the gentle waves of the ocean only adding to that. The rays from outside shine through a window and onto a young boys face. Said boy squints his eyes trying in vain to remain asleep but ultimately fails.

The boy wakes with a groan before rubbing the sleep from his eyes. He stares at the ceiling for a good minute before pulling the covers off of himself then slowly getting out of bed. He stretches his body out, hearing his joints crack and pop as he works to get them all stretched out.

When that was done he headed downstairs and over to the kitchen where he grabs a stool to help himself reach the upper cabinets. After a minute of searching he pulls out a box of cereal, Cinnamon Toast Crunch to be exact, placing the box on the counter before going to the fridge and pulling out the milk carton. Reaching under the counter and pulling out a bowl big enough to quail his appetite. With everything there he began making his breakfast. This being one of his favorites cereals this might just be a good morning after all. One could only hope.

He sat in silence as he ate, actually enjoying these moments of peace and quiet that don't happen too often. Sadly right as he finished his breakfast the warp pad went off and ended his peace with the sounds of the gems arguing. Their voices seem to ring across the room ending the great silence that was the being of his peaceful morning.

Stevens Pov.

I looked to the warp pad as I was putting my bowl in the sink. I saw Garnet, Amethyst, and Pearl standing there arguing with one another. I also noticed how beat up they all looked, seems they must of gotten into a nasty fight with a gem monster. Not wanting them to continue arguing I call out to them.

"Hey Guys!"

They stopped arguing and turned to me.

Garnet:"Good morning Steven how was your sleep"

"It was pretty good"

Garnet:"Good to hear"

With that she goes into her room.

I then turn to Amethyst and Pearl and see them arguing with each other again.

Pear:"I TOLD YOU NOT TO TOUCH IT!"

Amethyst:"Jeez Pearl you need to chill it wasn't that much of a problem"

Pearl:"WE HAD TO FIGHT OFF WAVES OF SENTRIES BECAUSE YOU COULDN'T KEEP YOUR SELF FROM TOUCHING THE 'COOL' THING!"

Amethyst:"And it was totally worth it. Hey Steven check this thing out!"

Amethyst pulls out a strange cube with even stranger gem markings all over it. I had a hard time understanding what the markings meant. But from what I could make out it seemed to depict a giant person towering over smaller beings with his hands raised in the air, destruction and mayhem ensuing in the background. I didn't get to continue looking cause Pearl came over and tried to snatch the box from me, but fail.

Pearl:"Give me that! It needs to be bubbled"

Amethyst:"No way, I'm going to go add it to my junk pile!"

As she began making her way to the temple door Pearl managed to snatched it from her.

Amethyst:"HEY!"

Pearl:"No Amethyst, this isn't just some cool box it's a prophecy cube made by high ranking Sapphires. These prophecy's could range from a bright future to a world ending event. That's why it was so well guarded!"

Just as Amethyst was about to try and take back the cube Garnet comes back out. She quickly walked over to the two gems and snatches the cube from them. This got their attention as they looked to her in confusion as she bubbles the cube and sends it to the burning room.

Garnet:"Gems I had a vision of a something bad happening in a jungle. Could be a gem facility we forgot to check so be ready for anything"

Pearl and Amethyst nod and headed to the warp pad with Garnet. The gems were about to leave when I rushed over to them.

"Hey can I come with you guys?"

The gems looked at each other before turning back to me.

Garnet:"We are going to a place we haven't been to. The place could be filled with traps from the war or even worse. So no"

I deflated at that but I wasn't going to give up.

"I promise to be careful and if we run into anything dangerous I'll hide somewhere till you guys deal with it"

They looked amongst each other again before sighing.

Garnet:"Fine you can come, but you have to stay close to us"

"*Nods* I promise!"

After that I joined them on the warp pad and we all warped away.

...

Normal Pov.

Steven and the gems arrived at some jungle looking place like all others and began their trek through it looking for whatever it is they are looking for. Hours pass as they continue searching for the facility. They were about to give up when they stumble across the facility right next to a mountain. The thing looked to have been built into the side of the mountain with massive blast door. Said doors looked to have seen better days due to the rust and dents littering them. The group went up to the blast doors and tried to find a way in. Running out of options the three gems decided to fuse together to increase their strength and pry the door open. After a bit of effort they managed to get one of the doors off and tossed it to the ground. With the way cleared they proceed inside.

The moment they enter they find themselves in some sort of a hub area. Searching the area for a bit before coming across documents on some project, this could be what they are looking for. They start reading through the documents in detail. It describes some kind of device that was built for a purpose but it was vague on details. This clearly shows that whoever made these documents apparently didn't have the necessary clearance to know more then what was needed. Curiosity peaking the group, they decide to go deeper into the facility hoping to find the described device.

During their search they came across a few corrupted gems but something wasn't right with them, they were bigger and stronger then their counter parts which worried them. After sometime they came across another massive door. Looking around for a way to open it Steven saw a panel with a hand print on it and without thinking he placed his hand on it. The panel begins to glow and the door opens. The gems were startled by the door suddenly opening, which caused Steven to chuckle, but quickly composed themselves and went inside.

As they entered the room everyone noticed how there is no light, making it very hard to see. While walking carefully around in the dark they started to heard a humming sound coming from somewhere in the room. Then suddenly the lights came on, bathing the room in bright light. After a moment of adjusting to the sudden light the group spotted what was making the humming sound.

It was some kind of black object that kept changing into various shapes. It went from a square to a pyramid before becoming a hexagon. The thing also had two rings of white energy surrounding it. The rings were rotating around the object, constantly changing positions around it.

Thinking this was the device mentioned in the notes Garnet called out.

Garnet:"There's the devise!"

Pearl looks at it with a curious gaze.

Pearl:"We should try shutting it off. Don't want to find out what it does"

At that Amethyst cracked a massive grin as she walked closer to the device.

Amethyst"I got this"

Amethyst summons her whip and wraps it around the the devise... only for said device to start rotating rapidly. Amethyst was sent swinging around the room trying to keep her grip on her whip. Sadly she lost her grip and went flying into a wall a crossed the room. Everyone looked and saw her literally embedded in the wall just deep enough to hold her there. After a moment she fell out off the wall and onto the floor with a thud and started groaning in pain.

Amethyst:"Ow... that hurt... a lot"

Pearl walked over to the down gem and crouched next to her.

Pearl:"Well maybe you should think before you act"

The purple gem raises her head and gives Pearl an unamused look.

Amethyst:"*grumbles* I'd like to see you try and stop that thing"

Amethyst continues to grumble as she gets to her feet. The others surround her as they start discussing a plan of action. Before any plan could be made a part of the ceiling opened up and out came what looked like camera. The 'camera' looked at the group before a beam came out of it's center and started to scan each of them. They all stood still while it proceeded to scan them. After few more scans it stopped and retracted into the ceiling. They waited for who knows how long before letting out the breath they didn't know they were holding in.

Amethyst:"Well I guess were-"

Suddenly the room was bathed in a red light as the alarms went off. Then turrets started popping out of the floor, wall, and ceiling. They all pointed at the group, humming with energy.

Pearl:"You just had to open your mouth, didn't you"

Amethyst gave a sheepish smile before dodging out the way of a energy blast. All the turrets started opening fire on them. As the gems dodged the shots Steven just stood there as none of the turrets seem to care about him. Using this to his advantage he makes a beeline for the object in the center of the room.

Steven:"If I can bubble it then maybe these things will shut off"

He continues to run over to the object without the gems noticing since their to busy trying not to get hit. As he gets closer his gem starts to glow without him realizing. He stops right in front of it and was about to bubble it when it started changing frantically. Then it stopped and became an orb with the two rings moving to either side of the orb. Steven watched as the orb seemed to open and reveal an eye staring right at him.

The gems were backed into a corner and readied themselves for the end as turrets got ready to fire the killing blow. Just as the turrets were about to fire they shut off and retracted back to where they came from. This confused the gems greatly as they were sure that they were going to die.

Amethyst:"Why did they stop?"

Garnet simply shrugged while Pearl was looking around madly.

Pearl:"Where's Steven!"

This got the other two in a panic as they began looking around for the boy. It didn't take long for them to see him over by the black object. This object seemed to be staring right at Steven and began to glow. The thought that Steven might be in danger got the gems in motion, trying to get to him.

Gems:"STEVEN!"

But they were too late.

The light reached a critical brightness before exploding in-front of Steven.

Stevens Pov.

All I felt was pain. Everything from my head to my pinkie toe hurt. Maybe next time I'll remember to stay a good distance away from strange objects that I don't understand. To make it worse there was a constant ringing in my ears that was giving me the worse headache ever.

Groaning I slowly open my eyes and took in my surroundings, it seems I was still in the same place as before. What was a room is now mostly rubble with everything in ruins. With some effort I slowly pick myself up, ignoring the pain as best I could. As the dust clears I hear a gasp and look around for the gems and noticed something is off.

They were shorter, A LOT shorter. Then I realize that they're not shorter.

I'm TALLER.

I reach out with my right hand and try to speak to them, but what I saw was not my hand it was a CLAW.

"*Startled* W-What!?"

And my voice. It was a lot deeper then before and seems to have a echo to it.

"*Panicked* What's happened to me?!"

I looked to the gems.

"G-Guys?"

The gems just stood there mouths agape. Then slowly their expressions changed from shock to anger. They all summoned their weapons and started walking over to me with murder in their eyes. The look was like they were going to attack me or something behind me.

This scared me and I backed up slowly as they got closer. Seeing me move must have triggered them cause they started charging right at me not at something behind me. So with no other option I did the only thing I could think of.

I ran.

...

*Present*

I don't know how long I'v been running for but I don't care. I keep running and running until I reach a cliff. Seeing no one nearby I took this moment to catch my breath. As I slightly relaxed I thought about the gems and what they tried to do. It didn't make sense to me.

"They looked ready to kill me! Why! Why did they try to kill me?!"

While I kept asking the same question over and over in my head I never felt the tears rolling down my face. When I did feel it I openly cried and wailed my sorrow. As time went by I curled into a ball on the muddy ground as the rain started beating on me from above. As I was about to fall asleep I heard a voice not to far away.

Unknown:"It went this way!"

In a panic I spring back onto my feet and try to flee again but instead I slip on the mud and fall over the edge of the cliff. Time seems to slow down as I fell, I saw the outline of three individuals standing on the edge of the cliff looking right down at me. The three people I cared about, saw as heroes, and thought of as family looked at me with nothing but anger and disgust. All I could do was look back at them with nothing but fear in my eyes as I fell into the raging river below.