Steven Universe: Beyond The Mirror

New Friend

Throughout the afternoon, Steven has run into Lars and Sadie, the two employees that run The Big Donut. Lars has been a bit of a bully lately, but at least not today for all he cares about is bragging about the beach babes.

Sadie, the softer, kinder employee, hopes to meet a new friend over the summer which is exactly what Steven desires above all. He has decided, in his own words, to walk backwards with the mirror into his own beach summer fun buddy.

He nearly got ran over by Mayor Dewey's van as it blares out its campaign slogan, "Mayor Dewey!", excessively in a non-stop manner. Steven screams, forcing the driver to stop just in time. The mayor scolds Steven about being in his path of travel before driving around him to get to the beach.

Lapis, inside the mirror, chuckles from Steven's immaturity and the absurd proportions of the predicament he was in. Her eyes flash a segment she remembers of Steven laughing while dashing to the boardwalk which projects into the frame of the mirror.

Steven's jaw drops with a grandeur smile as he realizes that the mirror is still somehow active after all. "You work!" Steven starts asking it questions, striking up a conversation with the Gem who could only play back instances that the frame saw within the past hour.

Steven spots the mayor's van and he heads over to the beach where the majority of the citizens have gathered for the summer announcement. Steven takes this opportunity to embarrass him with a simple fart noise created from the palm of his left hand he puts up to his mouth.

The citizens let out a chuckle...and within a few more repeated by the mirror...laughter. After Mayor Dewey leaves, Steven stays behind with the mirror as the residents clear the area. The sun sets over the horizon as Steven talks more with the mirror, laying on his stomache in the sand.

He presses his left hand to his cheek as he kicks his legs back and forth in the air. "You got a lot of mileage out of that joke. You're pretty funny for a mirror." Steven tilts his head to his left as the mirror repeats what he just said. "I'm not a mirror!" Lapis tries something new as she chuckles within the mirror.

Her eyes replay the scene--but quickly cuts off to another to help it make more sense. "You're pretty funny for a-Steven!" Steven quickly removes his hand from his cheek and slaps it down on the sand with a gasp. "You made something new! Say something else!"

Lapis exhales as she focuses on adding and cutting out three seperate scenes to form a new sentence. "Steven-is-a new friend!" Steven blushes as his lips curl into a big smile. "Really?!"
"Yeah ha ha!" Steven brings the mirror close to his face as he sits back up on his knees. "You're my friend too!"

Lapis couldn't help but find the childish conversation charming and amusing. She laughs as her eyes constantly flash Steven's laughter, forcing one scene to overlap the same one. Steven gets up as he turns away from the beach. "I gotta go tell the Gems!"

Lapis gasps, cutting her laughter short as she grimaces inside the mirror. The last thing she wants right now is for the Crystal Gems to find out about the mirror's hidden awareness. She knows that if she gets caught, it would ultimately result in something far worse than being trapped in the mirror that's already holding her captive.

Steven, being provincial of the Gems' intentions due to his young age, assumes that they will find the mirror just as funny and cool as he did. Lapis pleads for him to stop by echoing his scream from nearly getting run over earlier. Steven rushes over to the temple and opens the door to call out to the Gems who are already in the living room.

Garnet, a fusion Gem of scarlet skin with a visor sits on the couch with Amethyst, a short lavender Gem with long wavy hair that reaches the height of her own size. She waves to him, revealing the gem embedded on her chest as Pearl attempts to balance a few objects on top of the locker.

The trio gives him a warm greeting as Amethyst offers him a joke. "Wanna see something high-larious?!" She pulls out a stuffed bear next to her and she places it on a table. Pearl immediately impales the animal with her spear as Amethyst burst out into her cackle.

She presses a hand to her chest as Pearl strikes a glare towards her. "You don't understand! Symmetrical means both sides have to be the same!" Pearls growls as she rips the bear off her spear before flinging it into a pile of items Amethyst already annoyed her with such as a box of cereal and a toaster.

Steven stares at the stuffed mess in a moment of horror before shaking it off to regain his enthusiasm. "Okay, that's great. Anyway, I fixed the mirror!" Pearl's spear dissipates as the Gems grin, apparently impressed. "Excellent work, Steven!" The next thing Steven says, however, reverses all of that into a state of sheer panic.