Ezra In Beach City (Book 1)

Marble Madness

At the open beach, Steven and Connie sat on the beach in front of the Crystal Temple.

"Can I look yet?" Steven asked as he covered his eyes.

"Okay." Connie replied.

Connie held out a book titled 'Unfamiliar Familiar'. Steven opened his eyes and gasped.

"BOOOOKS!" Steven cheered. "Whoa, cool cover!"

"It's my favorite series!" Connie said. "It's about this girl named Lisa and she's a witch! - I mean, she doesn't know she's a witch at first, and she has a familiar, which is sorta like this spirit companion that everyone in the world has. And hers is a talking falcon named Archimicarus! Anyways she goes on this quest to find her father after he's kidnapped by the mysterious one-eyed man."

"Whoa, mystery!" Steven said.

"Here! Lemme get you started!" Connie insisted before she took the book from Steven and opened it. "Ahem. Chapter One: The Morning Thief. Lisa awoke with a start, the echoes of her dreams still dancing in her mind, the low rumble of thunder murmured through the quiet house-."

A distant rumbling noise was then heard, that shocked Steven and Connie a bit.

"Wooah, this is a really good book!" Steven said.

"Uh... okay." Connie replied before she continued. "The house was deathly still. The only sound Lisa could hear was her own heartbeat pounding in her ears. The hairs on her neck tingled when suddenly-."

Something then suddenly plunged into the sea near them.

"What the-?!" Steven said in confusion.

"Aahh!" Steven and Connie said as they got splashed by water.

Ezra and the Gems bursted out of the Beach House to see what happened.

"What was that?" Amethyst asked.

A giant green sphere rolled onto the beach from the sea and legs extend out of it.

"It's one of the Marble Robots." Steven exclaimed.

"What?" Connie asked.

The robonoid started to advance toward Steven and Connie.

"Steven! Connie!" Ezra exclaimed.

Garnet quickly jumped in between and stopped it with her gauntlets.

"AMETHYST! PEARL!" Garnet called out.

Both Amethyst and Pearl leapt into the air and dove towards the robonoid.

"Huuuuuh- Yaaaaaah!!!" They exclaimed.

The Gems successfully destroyed the robonoid, while Steven had already summoned his bubble shield to protect himself and Connie. Ezra ran over to them as Steven dispelled his bubble shield.

"You both okay?" Ezra asked.

"I love hanging out at your place!" Connie said, amazed.

"Pearl, do you think this was-." Steven asked.

"One of Peridot's Machines?" Pearl finished. "Yes I think so, only... we've never seen one this big before."

"Or this gooey!" Amethyst added, who was covered head to toe in green goo.

"Amethyst, we need to be careful we don't know what this stuff is." Pearl scolded.

Amethyst snickered and got a mischievous look on her face.

"Oh no!" Pearl warned. "Don't you DARE get that stuff on me!"

"GOOP HUG!" Amethyst said as she spread her arms out wide.