My Only Friend (Steven x Spinel)

1 - Crimes

About two years later..

The mood was negative, and the cities lay silent. Yellow tape surrounded a small street in Little Homeworld. A Purple Sapphire was yelling at the officers as they tried to clear the area.

Gem shards lay scattered on the ground. Three have been determined to be the owners of these shards. Two are confirmed dead, and the other is being searched for, as their gem might only be chipped.

An officer pleaded, "Please miss, calm down-"

"CALM DOWN?! MY FRIEND IS IN PIECES RIGHT NOW- DEAD. DO YOU THINK THIS IS A JOKE?!" The Sapphire continued to yell. One of the officers had to take her away.

In the Crystal Temple, the Crystal Gems, excluding Lapis, Biggs, and Snowflake Obsidian, were discussing the situation and who they should get involved. Steven laid quietly in his bed. He would go out and participate, but a mere week ago, Connie broke up with him. It was brief, but it still hurt him. Amethyst had tried to lift him from this mood, but she hasn't been successful. Garnet also thought that Steven should be left alone for a bit more.

Unknown to the rest of the gems, however, he did leave his room once in awhile. Steven would sit somewhere calm and quiet like the garden to ease his sadness. Though, there might've been another reason he waited there..

Meanwhile..

Spinel sat in Pink Diamond's palace, as it has been hers for around two years. Life with the diamonds was as terrible as she thought, but it were something else made it horrible;

The protestors.

A group of gems that's only getting larger. They keep on verbally harassing Spinel when she is out in the public eye to the point where she can't trust any place outside her room. The Pebbles are helping her, but they're only doing what they were meant to do. The actions aren't sincere, and Spinel believes that.

Spinel wants to leave and go back to Earth. She knows the diamonds wouldn't be happy with that, especially White Diamond.

But these protestors are going to come to shatter her one day- Maybe even soon. Thinking about this was like making a choice:

Either put her safety in jeopardy here or run away and see her old friends again. Both were equally risky..

Spinel stood up, shooing away the Pebbles.

She needs to escape.

:Spinel's POV:

Am I really going to do this? Run away..? Yeah- but where do I go? I need to find one of those teleporters and get out to the.. garden.

I could just stay there and everything will be great and dandy until the diamonds realize I'm gone..

Okay, standing around won't do anything; Let's give this a shot.

I look out the window- There's a sneaky exit! It's nighttime too, how convenient. I stretch all the down to ground and no one's around. Good.

I walk around, hopefully one of those warp pads is around somewhere..

And- there's one. A warp pad lays on the ground silently. Perfect! I go on and warp away.

I'm free! I should've just warped to Earth directly, but this place is still a little calming. Even though she left me here..

But wait.. someone's in the distant just.. sitting there. Who in this universe would be in this dead place or even know about it? Well, a couple others do know about it, but why would they be here..?

I walk closer to them. The figure gets more and more distinct until..

Wait.. is that..?

*To be continued..