UNIQUE ~ Steven Universe~ (Daughter Stories & Episode Thoughts)

Pearl (3)~Sword-schooling

Welp, I'm sick x)

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You are sitting in a big cloud with Steven, Amethyst, and Garnet.

There are stairs and a warp-bad, and you sit on a light cloud besides Amethyst.

Pearl is twirling her sword around. "Now, let me teach you the art of sword-fighting."

You've been living with the gems for a few weeks now, while your dad has been resting in the hospital. Now, you're in the training center.

She shows you some moves with a hologram, and your eyes sparkle.

"Whoa," You say in amazing, getting onto your knees and pointing, almost falling off of it.

Luckily, Amethyst helps you back up onto the cloud.

"Thanks," You say to her.

"No big deal," She says, shrugging and smiling at you.

Your gem glitches and you age a bit more, about 18. It doesn't bother you though. Just another skill of your mom you haven't mastered yet.

Pearl shows you different technicians and different footings, which you find really cool.

"It's not really about fighting, but defending yourself," Pearl explains, her eyes looking at you for just a moment, then her gaze returns to the clone.

"Aw! But I wanna see the boomerang-blade!!!"

Yells out Steven. Pearl turns around to talk to him, when, suddenly, without any warnings what-so-ever, the opponent sticks the sword right into Pearl's gut.

You freak out.

Your eyes widen and your jaw drops.

"Oh no," Garnet mumbles.

"Oh, hehheh," She chuckles.

"Everything's going to be ok, guys, it's all going to be ok, ok?-"

Then, a large cloud of smoke appears with a poof!

You and Steven look at each-other. Both of your eyes fog up and blur, fogging up deeply.

You rush over to her gem and you feel the world going blurry.

Scared that you might pass out, you sit down and hug her gem and wipe away the fog that seems to be growing onto your eyes, hoping not to cry.

But Steven does.

"Is she gonna be ok?"

Garnet pats his and your backs with a comforting smile and a couple hugs, explaining how gems can regenerate and how the bodies are illusions.

Steven wipes at his tears, and so do you. You look at each other and smile. "So, how long is it gonna take for her to come back? An hour? Two hours?"

Two weeks later

You and Steven are sitting on the couch. The sky outside is dark with navy blue sky, and the wind is slowly picking up, rain drumming onto the windows as grey clouds start to form.

You sigh and clutch Pearl's gem. "This is taking forever," You mumble.

"Yeah, and my replacing Pearl with the sword-fighting-clone didn't exactly go over well, either," Mumbles Steven. You nod and rub your many bruises.

"I miss Pearl," you finally say. "Yeah," Steven says in agreement.

Suddenly, a bright blue glow comes out from the gem, and the white pearl starts to hover up to the ceiling.

"Grab it!" Steven calls out. You lunge for it but miss, toppling onto your butt back onto the couch.

A noise from the gem emits, like a long and low hum, and sparkles fade away as Pearl stands there, her pink skirt and blue t-shirt being replaced by new cloths.

You and Steven smile and hug her.

"PEARL!" You both yell out.

"I've missed you too,"Pearl jokes.