"I'm still grounded?" Steven pouted. The morning sun crept over the ocean and lit the temple, Y/n shielded their eyes as they tried to pretend they weren't paying attention to the argument going on.
"Yes, you're still grounded!" Pearl folded her arms
"You disobeyed an order," Garnet reminded
"Y/n disobeyed an order!" Steven pointed, "Why aren't you grounding them too?"
"Well..." Pearl tried thinking of an answer, "We can't ground Y/n because we're not responsible for them nor did they ever agree to follow our every order,"
"And now we're gonna bury you 'til you've learned your lesson!" Amethyst menaced as she held up a shovel
"Ah! That's not how grounding works!" Steven panicked as he jumped behind Y/n
"They're not gonna bury you on my watch," Y/n laughed a bit as they knelt down and hugged Steven
Suddenly, the door burst open and Greg appeared breathing heavily, "Dad?" Steven tilted his head
"Uh, guys?" Greg tried to catch his breath, "You better come check this out,"
"What're you..." Y/n frowned as they stood up and looked out the window, "...You guys should see this," Y/n said as they went with Greg outside. Steven, Pearl, Amethyst, and Garnet ran with them as they looked out to the beach and saw the entire was ocean was gone. The group ran to the crowd of the other Beach City residents and listened in
"W-w-wha?" Mayor Dewey stammered as he looked around, holding his megaphone
"Wait. What the... Where did it go? Whoa!" The collective crowd murmured. Y/n saw Ronaldo snapping pictures quickly on his phone as he moved around in circles.
"The ocean!" Steven shouted as he looked at the barren beach
"Hey, it's those magical ladies! What's going on here?" Mayor Dewey jumped in front of the Gems and shouted into the megaphone.
"The ocean is gone, obviously," Garnet said
"That's right. Now it's just a desert. No one wants to take a vacation to... Desert City! Aww, we're gonna lose all our summer business!" Mr. Dewey whined
"That's what your concerned about? Not the fact an entire ocean missing and the damaged ecosystem?" Y/n frowned
"And all the beach babes! Awwww!" Lars cried
"Lars! Think of the bigger picture!" Y/n barked
"Who's gonna buy my fries?" Mr. Fryman yelled
"And my pizza!" The owner of the Fish Stew Pizza called
"And who's gonna have fun at Funland?" The man who seemed to run every stand at Funland called
"I hate all of you," Y/n pinched the bridge of their nose.
"As mayor, I DEMAND you explain this immediate-" Mr. Dewey got closer to Garnet, yelling in his megaphone. Garnet then knocked it out of his hands, "ly,"
"It was Lapis Lazuli," Garnet told
"Lapis Lazuli?" Steven and Y/n asked at the same time
"She's the Gem you two released from the mirror," Pearl told as she projected a hologram of Lapis with her Gem. Earning admiring gasps from the crowd
"But she's a Gem, just like us. " Steven pointed out
"There's a lot you don't know about Gems, Steven." Pearl told
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No Rest for The Weary| Crystal Gems X Reader
Fanfiction((COVER BY @CARLSRIGHTEYE ON QUOTEV)) Y/n's attempt to be a good person in a wold full of evil backfires and is forced to move to Beach City. Unbeknownst to them, they are about to embark on a journey of grand proportion and unlock some underwhelmin...
