He Did It For Me: Steven's Legacy

Chapter 09: Further Down

"I don't think she's coming." Both Amethysts said as the memory Gem turned to the memory Steven, who stared at his fingers, and asked, "Uh, what are you doing?"

"If you make your eyes blurry, it looks like there's a little magic sausage between your fingers."

Memory Amethyst tried to replicate it but frowned instead. "This is stupid. It doesn't even work."

"Try this." Memory Steven moved the bang in front of memory Amethyst's eye.

"Hey, don't mess with my- Ooohh... now I see it."

"Well, even if we didn't catch Peridot, at least I taught you a great way to pass the time!"

Amethyst couldn't help but laugh at the memory, and said, "Oh, he's such a goofball."

"Yeah, such a goofball," Connie said with a small smile.

"It's all your fault." The voice repeated. But Connie continued to pay it no attention.

The pair resumed their journey. Across the memories of when the Crystal Gems finally captured Peridot and worked with her to stop the Cluster. Amethyst and Steven were at the barn during a sunset, and the Gems were cleaning up a mess caused by a drill that malfunctioned. "Hey, are you alright?" Memory Steven asked her. "That was a close one. It's a good thing Peridot was there to save you."

The memory Amethyst rolled her eyes and crossed her arms just as Peridot walked in on them. "Yes, it is a good thing." The memory Peridot stated before she paused and stared for a while. "Listen, I..."

"Just spit it out." The Amethysts said.

"Ughh! Why are you Earthlings so difficult!?" Memory Peridot slammed her thumb on the recorder, which declared, "Log date 7-11-2. This entire planet is backwards. There hasn't been one instance of correct behavior exhibited by any one of these "Crystal Gems." I have concluded that they are all defective. But I am no better. I failed my mission, and now I'm working with the enemy. And I can't even get that right. I have apparently "hurt" Amethyst's "feelings," which was not my intent. If I've damaged my standing with the best Gem here, then I've made a serious mistake. I'm still learning. I hope you understand. I want to understand. I'm sorry. Peridot. Facet 5. End log."

"Oh, Peridot." An emotional memory Steven began.

"Hey, Peridot... thanks." The Amethysts said, which made the green Gem blush and smile awkwardly. Then walked off with one last tease, "But you're still a nerd."

Connie and Amethyst continued through all the shenanigans Peridot and Amethyst got up to together. Even being there to welcome her to the Crystal Gems. They saw the battle against Malachite as Alexandrite, the baseball game with the Ruby Squad, and helping Peridot unlock her powers. But then, they arrived at a memory Connie remembered. When Jasper arrived at the beach.

A badly beaten memory Amethyst struggled to stand as she told the memory Jasper, "Rose said... I'm perfect... the way I am!"

"Then she had low standards." Memory Jasper replied. The enraged memory Amethyst charged at Jasper with a spin-dash, only to be kicked into the air and slam into the ground before the large quartz as she continued to taunt, "You could've been me! And what are you instead? Just a joke." Memory Jasper then headbutted memory Amethyst with enough force to poof her physical form.

Amethyst glowed once more as her form began to change again. Her tank top became white with a jagged hem, black leggings with dark mauve stars, and boots became the same dark mauve hue.

The memories changed over to the sky arena where Steven and Amethyst had their duel to see who the best was at being worst. "If I can't beat you, I'm never gonna beat Jasper!" The memory Amethyst shouted.