Steven Universe Oneshots

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Lapis, when she wasn't bored, was fighting. She was always fighting. Fighting Jasper, the current, the boredom. The feeling of hopelessness, that she was delaying something that was already predetermined by the universe and time. It was maddening.

What was more maddening was that Jasper just kept fighting. How? How could she have that much strength? To keep fighting the pressure of the ocean, the swirling of the water, and Lapis all at the same time? Maybe she wanted to see the sun again.

It was very dark. Lapis couldn't see anything, but she could feel the mucky sand under her feet and the darting of fish around her. At least there was life. Life in the darkness.

She nearly collapsed. Jasper was fighting again. She strained against the chained, dragging Jasper back down. Her shoulder burned, even though she was surrounded by cold water. Her mind screamed and she started to see blue in the green-black water. It wasn't just her. It was the sun.

They were coming the surface. Lapis wanted to see the sun again, and the seagulls, and the seashells. But she swam down, pulling Jasper down with her, and the blue disappeared. Light blue turned into dark cobalt than to black.

Jasper was done fighting. The chains that Lapis had at her hands went slack. Lapis sat down, breathing hard.

Was Jasper tired? Was she sad? Was she angry? Was she lonely, wanting to be back at home? Was she desperate, just trying to see the sunlight now, not event thinking at home anymore? Did she really want to go back there? To Homeworld?

Lapis was used to the ocean, but the constant waves were even annoying to her. It must be painful to Jasper, the waves chipping away her gem, very very slowly. And Jasper was a gem made on land, not suited for the ocean or the water pressure.

At least Jasper's gem will shatter first if we're stuck here. Lapis thought grimly. It didn't make her feel any better. How long would it take? Months? Years?

She didn't want to be down here for that long. She wanted to sit on the long stretches of sand and drink soda and go surfing. She didn't want to be a prisoner of the ocean. She smirked at the word.

It seemed that she was always a prisoner. In the mirror, just another source of information. At Homeworld, she was a servant, only barely above Pearls. Now at earth? She was trapped in her natural habitat. In the ocean.

And did Japer ever feel like this, trapped down here, not able to do anything besides fight and think? Did she really want to go back to Homeworld, where she wasn't unique at all, just another gem, another copy and never the original.

At least on Earth, there was light and life. Lapis was grateful for the occasional dim light of an anglerfish or the glowing jellyfish or one even a illuminate starfish. There was light even here, where there was nearly no life.

At Homeworld there was no life, just gems. It was so dead and sad. She didn't want to go back there.

"Lapis?"

"Yes Jasper?" Lapis asked. The words sounded muffled by the water.

"I'm tired."

There was a silence. Lapis really didn't know what to say. So she is tired, just I am. Lapis thought. She can be tired. I thought she would never stop fighting.

"I am too."