Steven Universe Future: A Corrupted Identity

Chapter Three: The Mess She Made

The scene back on Homeworld wasn't what Steven or Spinel expected. The throne room was a complete mess. The roof was blown apart, the thrones were all in shambles and the floor was cracked.

Screams of anger and bursts of colors all over. The entire room went blue and Steven fell to one knee, eyesight blurring with a flurry of tears.

Spinel stayed standing, her eyes barely watering.

"Wha-?" she asked, looking around.

The Diamonds were fighting one another, yelling over one another. The only words Steven could hear were "Pink" and his own name.

"GUYS!" Steven shouted, his voice ringing over the noise. The Diamonds stopped and stared down at him.

"Steven!" White said joyously as if nothing were wrong. "Please tell Yellow and Blue to stop acting like children!"

Blue clenched her fists. "I wouldn't be acting this way if you just listened, White," Blue stressed, her hand turning a blue glow.

Steven got to his feet, eyes still watering heavily. "What is this all about?!" he cried.

Blue waved her hand and his tears vanished, but her face remained hard. "White and Yellow don't understand you," She started, but Yellow cut her off.

"We don't want to push you away," she started, but White stepped in front of her.

"It's nothing to worry about, Steven," she assured him, though her kind tone did not reach her face. "Just a family spat."

Spinel raised her hand. "Uhh, my Diamonds?"

"SPINEL!" Yellow yelled, noticing her for the first time. "I thought I told you to stay in your chambers!"

Spinel shuffled uncomfortably. "I thought I could help," she said.

Yellow shook her head, her nostrils flaring. "Steven asked for us to come without you and you disrespected his wishes! How could you, a funny little gem, know how to help with issues this complex?"

Steven put his arm out in front of her. "She listened to me, which is more than you did!" He told the Diamonds, who huffed simultaneously.

"We're trying to help you, Steven," White said. "But it's hard when you run off like that!"

"So you start fighting with one another? That's real helpful," Steven said with an eye roll and flat tone.

"Well, I can't use my traditional way of helping, now can I?" White fired back. "You forbade it!"

Steven gave her a look. "Because taking away a gem's free will is the answer to everything."

"Steven..." Blue tried, but he wasn't done yet.

"Or making them cry," he said looking at Blue. "Or destabilizing and bubbling them," he said to Yellow.

Both Yellow and Blue looked down, shame on their faces, but their fists were still clenched.

"If you let us help you, we wouldn't be like this," Yellow said.

"So now it's my fault?!" Steven said, voice growing steadily in volume.

"Uhh, Steven?" Spinel tugged at his arm. "Maybe we should go."

He pulled his arm violently away from Spinel and stepped off the warp, toward the Diamonds. "I came here asking for help and you destroy the throne room!"

"Only after you did first," White pointed out, unhelpfully.

Steven glared daggers at her. He felt the anger growing inside him. He felt his face get hot and his arms shake, but right now, he didn't care about that. This was his problem. Just another thing he had to fix.