Short Story's

Corrupted Steven Theory

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Reflection Meditation
All around him was white. He stood there staring in front of him. He was confused, sad, angry, stressed and tired. He was so tired.

In front of him stood his younger self. A frown was shown as he looked at his older self. It was dead silent. Many thoughts flew through both there minds. The younger Steven took a breath.

"What happened to us?"  He asked calmly a hint of sadness shown through his question. Older Steven's breathing shook as he exhaled. He fell back a hand clutched his hair tightly. His other arm laid limp in his lap as he shook his head.

"I...I don't know." It was strained and filled with pain as his voice shook. His eyes were squeezed shut as his head faced down. All he wanted was to rest but his gem flared with pain making its way throughout his body.

It glowed when it did that. Patches of purple making itself known on his body and tiny horns growing on top of his head, back and sides as they ripped through his organic jacket.

The younger Steven frowned. He slowly walked towards his older counterpart. He wanted to help him he truly did but he knew that his older self needed to understand and do this himself. This would only get worse if he didn't. All that the younger Steven could do was nudge him into the right direction.

When he finally stood in front of his older self he could see that his whole body was shaking. The older Steven's gem flared again making him flinch. He was silent for a while after.

"I'm so tired."

"I know."

"I just want this to end."

"I know."

"I don't want to feel this pain anymore. I just want all of this to stop!" He yelled as tears finally broke free.

"I know." The younger Steven said softly with sadness.

"I'm so tired." He said exhausted not even trying to wipe his tears away. That was when he was embraced by small arms of his younger self. He was caught off guard and shocked.

"I know," The younger Steven finally said quietly. "Your tired and hurting but you can't give up. This has gone on for too long now. If you keep doing this to yourself it will get you no where. What your doing will only cause more pain to you and our friends and family." The younger Steven said.

He pushed away to see the older ones face as his hands clutched the older Steven's shoulders. They kept eye contact with one another.

"We're not alone we have family and they want to help you but your not letting them..." The younger said softly. The older Steven glanced away before shaking his head. His mouth opening to speak.

"I know you think you can do this your self and fix it. You want to do it alone because you believe this is your own fault." The younger said cutting the older one off before he could say anything else. The older one looked back to meet the younger ones eyes.

"Common we've been like this our whole life but we got through because of our friends and family."

"It's not that easy." The older one mumbled looking down into his lap.

"Your right it won't be. This is gonna be hard and tough," The younger one assures his hands still holding older Stevens shoulders tight. "But when you get over it when you let them help you it will still be hard but it will make your life so much easier. It will make our lives much more easier." He continues as he lifts a hand to nudge the older ones face up.

When he does the younger one sees the older ones mind working, thinking on what he was going to say as their eyes met.

"You just have to believe. Not just in yourself but the people who care about you. You have to believe in them to help you fix this."

His younger self was right. All he said was right the older Steven knew that. It sounds so easy but it wasn't. It was so hard and he blamed himself for so many things. He knew he had his friends. Granted he never wanted them to know how he felt or for them to help him when it was his own fault. It only made him feel worse about himself. Though... listening to what his younger self was saying he knew what he had to do.

The younger Steven saw the spark change in his older ones self. He understands. He understands now which will make this a lot harder.

"They will listen. They will be there for you like you have been there for them. This is their thanks for all that you have done."

"For our sake, please let them help you."

The younger one leans in and kisses the older ones forehead. The older one sighs and closes his eyes. His gem flashes pink all around them.

"Steven!"

End~