Life After Steven (Steven Universe x reader)

~The Exibit~

(First off... thank you for 600 reads! I didn't know I'd get so many readers so quickly!

Enjoy!)

It was empty. Sergei said it was 'after hours.' The place was huge, but it was all about Homeworld and everything after a story Sergei was about to show you.

A long wall down a thin hallway had tons of paintings on it. But each one had the same characters. "In the first painting, there's Steven. Also known as God," he pointed to the first painting of a small boy and moved on to the second. "He had his mother's gem, Pink Diamond. Funny not a lot of people know the true story. Anyways, in the third picture it shows Yellow and Blue Diamond taking Steven to Homeworld," he said as shown.

It felt so good to finally get answers to everything.

"And then in the fourth... the story of Steven and Lapis Lazuli. Now listen carefully because this is a major part that the Diamonds missed," Sergei pointed to a blue mirror. "Lapis Lazuli was trapped in a gem for some time, Steven took her gem out of the mirror," the next photo, "And the mirror shattered."

You caught on before he even finished.

"The Diamonds knew this, that Steven and the mirror were the same. Pink Diamond would reform if she was... set free. Like Lapis. And like the mirror when Pink Diamond was set free..."

"...He died. That's why the Crystal Gems were so mad at the Diamonds because Steven died! He meant so much to them!" You say. "Thank you! I have to go-"

"WHAT! You can't just leave me he-"

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Though as excited as you were, you couldn't let the Diamonds know. If they even knew you left Homeworld without permission, the punishments seemed endless. Your mind was full of thoughts about Steven and the people you saw on Earth. Why was Japan so advanced and not everyone else-

"Excuse me! You! Please help me!" a voiced echoed through the hallway, almost making you think the voice was inside your head. "Can you hear me? PLEASE! If anyone is in there please free me!"

You've been down this hallway once before. Many gems have asked you, begged you to set you free. But for some reason this one felt different. You look at one of the cells, a thin orange see-through wall blocking the gem to exit. It was another Emerald, her gem on her navel. As soon as she saw you her eyes lit up.

"Hey! Can you please set me free! What happened was a misunderstand! Please set me free I did nothing wrong!" the Emerald begged.

You slowly approach the trapped Emerald. "Why are you here?"

She shook her head as if the question was unanswerable. "I was just kidding my own fucking business and than two Amethyst soldiers tool me in! They said I killed a gem, Sardonyx Facet 219? I don't even know who she is!" She watched you as you looked around, waiting for someone.

"I can't help you," even though you wanted to.

"But they said the Emerald's gem was here," She pointed to her gem. "Two gems never have the same location. Someone messed up!"

You eye the gem up and down. Most Emerald's don't look the same, but not all are briolette snapped. "I- I'm sorry. I can't help you."

"No wait! Please I know you're important. You're Peach Sapphire, the one White Diamond spent so much time making? Please get her to continue my trail," Emerald begged.

You though about it for a second. "I'm on thin ice with my Diamond, but I'll try," and with that you left.

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"Recontinue the trail?" White Diamond repeated after you. "Just from looking through our court files, she stuck out to you?"

You nod nervously. "I don't know why... but I want the trail to open up again. We didn't give this Emerald chance I feel like."

White Diamond didn't answer at first. She slowly shook her head. "My my my," she slowly looked down at her Pearl. "You are thinking too much little one," suddenly she grabs you with a tight fist and you gasp. "You can't be thinking like that dammit!" Suddenly her mouth became wider and blood spilled down her cheeks. "I've worked so hard for this world! And you are just going to ruin it like her!" White Diamond pointed somewhere, but you didn't look. Your eyes were locked on her bloody mouth.

"M-my Diamond! Wh-what I-"

"Shut up! Or do you wanna end up like her?!"

Now you look over and eye White Pearl. "M-my my Diamond... I don't understand..." you say struggling against her tight grip.

"I mean you and White Pearl were exactly alike!" She threw you to the ground. You hit the ground hard, rolling across the ground not knowing where you'd end up. But you didn't expect to land right in front of White Pearl's feet. "Do you want me to have to make up another story why you're fucked up like my Pearl?"

She reaches for you again but you back away. Her eyes were now bloodshot, red as ever. "What's wrong with you my Diamond? You're not corrupted, are you?"

She giggles like it was a joke. "Of course no- what do you mean?" She went blank.

You opened your mouth to answer, but the look of her terrified you. Her eyes and mouth bled down her cheeks, dripping down her neck. "My Diamond red stuff is coming out of you! You are corrupted!"

"Red?! I'm not!" She reached for you again and this time got you. "I have a life-long mission for you! Never EVER go to Earth!"

She lifted you in the air and threw you so far you didn't even know where you were.