Steven Universe Of The Creek

Chapter 40 Honeysuckle Gem Hunt

Everyone split into pairs and lined up by the entrance of the Honeysuckle Maze. Raj and Shawn stood in front of the teams with Steven's team at the end of them all. "Alright everyone, let's explain the rules of the Honeysuckle Maze." Raj smiled. "Rule number 1, stay in the maze at all times. Rule number 2, don't steal candy from the other team."

"Whichever team has what candy, it's rightfully theirs." Shawn added while placing the candy in their honeysuckle basket, showing the teams where they put their candy in their own honeysuckle baskets.

"And the final rule, once the second to last team exits the maze, we blow the whistle to the final team to get out right away." Raj then walked by the entrance. "The surprises inside the maze will have eight jumbo sized eggs filled with candy, instead of just one candy."

Shawn then stands next to Raj. "But we modified the maze to make them difficult to get. Trust me, as much we love to do this, challenges are often unavoidable."

Steven and his group would think otherwise, but with Jessica on their team, she'll keep it fair and square. "With all that being said," Raj opened the entrance by pulling the rope.

"Have fun hunting for sweets." Raj and Shawn both called, allowing the teams to enter inside the maze. Momentarily, all the teams split up through multiple pathways with Craig and Steven's teams separated upon taking opposite pathways. Jessica has the honor to hold the honeysuckle basket while Steven, Connie and Kenneth's head height is almost above the hedge height, but not enough for their eye height to be above the hedges.

"I got to say Kenneth, this maze looks really cool for kids to actually be part of." Steven smiled. "Granted there's no flowers in the hedges, but in the creek, this wasn't meant to be a garden."

"I actually expected flowers when I witnessed this for the first time." Kenneth responded. "But the kids here would have a nightmare to clean up everything in the maze after planting them. You think kids would do that instead of gardening people?"

"No, not really. I do have a friend who does gardening in Beach City though."

"But she doesn't do mazes like this one." Connie filled in.

"It would take a really long time anyway, I bet fifty bucks anyone wouldn't make it as many blocks, like the road."

"A little exaggerated, but I would bet on that too." Steven laughed. Jessica's in front of the team, managing to search for the candy. After her team took a left of the maze, she witnessed laffy taffy displayed on the hedge.

"I found one!" She smiled as she rushed to the sweet, picking it up as she placed it inside the basket.

"Great eyes, Jessica!" Connie called.

"It won't be easy for the jumbo eggs though." Kenneth added. "Easy on the eyes but hard to get."

"I'll do what I can to get at least one of them on my own." Jessica responded. "And I'll still share one quarter with you three."

"We're not greedy for sweets, but we would take at least one from the egg."

"Works for me." Steven said.

"And me." Connie added. "Those eggs are probably towards the other side of this maze. Maybe there's one in the middle of the maze." She then took a look at the map. "I'll try to keep us properly navigated."

Meanwhile on Craig's team, Omar picked up a stick of mint gum and put it in the honeysuckle basket Craig's holding. "You really look like you're advertising a honeysuckle commercial." Omar commented.

"Without the outfit we used to wear?" Bryson responded. "More like a glasses commercial."

"Or mostly a contact lens commercial, minus the shades and...with real blindness being the problem." Craig responded. "At least I'm getting a break from the many voices."