Steven Universe: Chipped [Pearl x OC]

Chapter 1-1: Gem Glow

It's been thousands of years since the war ended, and the Crystal Gems won after Rose shattered Pink Diamond. Unfortunately, the other Diamonds sent a powerful blast that corrupted the remaining gems on Earth. Rose was only able to save me, Garnet, and Pearl, and we found Amethyst in the Prime Kindergarten not long after. A few years ago, Rose met a human man named Greg and gave up her form to give birth to a human child they named Steven Universe.

Steven is half-human and has Rose's gem, but he's been unable to summon any attacks so far. We built a house in front of the temple for Steven to live, and his father lives in his van in town. Steven is obsessed with these ice cream treats called Cookie Cats. He goes down to the Big Donut almost every day to get some, but apparently, he hadn't heard that the business went under a few days ago.

Pearl, Garnet, and I went out a stole a bunch today, but a horde of corrupted gems we've called Centipeedles swarmed into the house soon after we got back and put the ice cream in the freezer. By the time Steven got back, we had poofed about half of them. They're surprisingly easy to poof, especially with my hammer.

Steven burst into the house with a mini-freezer on his back like a backpack, exclaiming, "Hey guys, you won't believe this!"

A centipeedle jumps on him, and he screams.

Amethyst uses her whip to pull it to her, saying, "Sup, Steven?"

Pearl is fighting Centipeedles on the Warp Pad, Garnet is fighting in the kitchen, Amethyst is fighting in the living room, and I'm fighting in Steven's room.

He says, "Awesome! What are these things?"

I poof another Centipeedle with my hammer, grunting as I respond, "Centipeedles. Nasty, wriggly little buggers."

Pearl grunts and lifts up a Centipeedle as she says, "Sorry, Steven. We'll get these Centipeedles out of your room. We think they were trying to get into the temple."

Steven says, "Aw. You don't have to get rid of them. They're cool!"

The Centipeedle Pearl's holding hisses, melting part of the floor with its spit.

Amethyst poofs another Centipeedle and picks her nose as she says, "Um, you guys? These things don't have gems."

I poof another and notice that she's right.

I say, "Huh. That's not right. They're poofing, though. What could that mean, Garnet?"

Garnet responds, "That means there must be a mother somewhere nearby."

A Centipeedle sneaks up from beside Garnet, and she quickly punches and subsequently poofs it.

Pearl says, "We should probably find it before anyone gets hurt."

Steven excitedly asks, "Oh! Oh! Can I come? Can I? Can I?"

Pearl responds, "Steven, until you learn to control the powers in your gem, we'll take care of protecting humanity, okay?"

She snaps the neck of the Centipeedle she's holding, poofing it.

Steven groans, "Aw, man." He notices a Centipeedle raiding his fridge and exclaims, "Hey! Get out of there! Go on! Shoo! Aw, they got into everything! Not cool!"

Garnet punches the Centipeedle, poofing it. Thankfully, that was the last Centipeedle in the house. As we start gathering in the kitchen, I rest my hammer on my shoulder as Steven opens the freezer o see all of the Cookie Cats we took for him.

He exclaims, "No way. I- It can't be! Wha- Where did you get these?! I thought they stopped making them!"

Pearl closes the freezer, responding, "Well, we heard that too, and since they're your favorite -"