Crystal Facets

Steven

Steven Quarts Universe was a normal child, who lived in a small coastline town named Beach city. Or at least, Steven thought he was a pretty normal kid. He liked to play with his action figures, collected GUYS and GALS, ate Chaaaaaps, enjoyed the occasional doughnut, all the normal kid stuff.

Sure, he had a dad that lived in a van, three gem stone alien sort-of moms he lived with in a temple on the beach, had a large, pink gemstone in his stomach, and was sort of half alien? But other than that, he was perfectly normal!

And today, he was going to be heading on a trip with his dad!

His dad was Greg Universe, a former rock star who in his eyes had never lost his magic. Ever since he was little Greg had raised Steven with a strong love for music. They would sit together for hours composing new songs and lyrics, Greg using his Guitar while Steven played his Ukulele.

Steven sat on the bumper of the van, laying on his back and staring at the roof of the van. He strummed absently on his Ukulele, thinking back to the day before. Greg had decided on an impromptu trip to the countryside to cheer Steven up, who was bummed out after the incident last week.

Honestly, he was still frustrated about it all! First, he learned that cookie cat was gone! Well, at least they stopped making them. The gems had been so nice though, and had gone out to get him a whole bunch! When he had taken a bite of one, he'd been so happy! Despite the cold ice cream in his mouth at the time, he'd felt so warm, right down to his belly!

Which, as it had turned out, was actually his gem activating. He panicked, trying to summon his weapon like the other gems could.

Garnet, the leader of the Crystal gems, had two Gauntlets she could summon at will, Pearl had a spear, and Amethyst had a crystal studded whip. The gems had tried their best to help him summon his weapon, but with all the different ways of doing it, he felt so lost.

Eventually, he tried to do it in a very Steven-y way. He tried to re-create what had first caused his gem to glow, right down to singing the cookie cat theme song again. When it didn't work, he had just assumed that maybe; he wouldn't have a weapon of his own?

As upset as that thought made him, he decided there wasn't much use dwelling on it. He decided to just enjoy the company of his friends, and the company of his cookie cats! As he let himself calm down, and just enjoy the moment, his gem activated again, the light casting from it forming a sparkling shield.

He had been so overjoyed with the discovery of his own Crystal gem weapon, he had accidentally launched it across the room, watching as it rebounded off of several items, walls, and beams, leaving dents or destroying whatever it hit, including its final destination, his T.V.!

He hadn't really cared about the telly at the time though, he had more pressing concerns! He was a Crystal gem, and he needed to help the other gems! When later that day, the queen Centipeetle had shown itself, he had done his best to pitch in, especially when the gems ended up pinned under a rain of corrosive acid.

He leapt into the fray, a cookie cat freezer he received as a gift from Sadie and Lars strung across his back, plugged in via extension cords and stuffed to bursting with his power-up cookie cats. He had eaten so many, expecting the ice-cream to activate his gem as it had twice before, but it hadn't worked as he had expected.

He had inevitably thrown the freezer at the Gem monster, poofing it at last. After the dust of the fearsome battle had ended, he mourned the loss of his cookie cats... and his lunch soon after.

He had since tried several times to call on his new shield, but no matter what he tried, it just seemed like it wasn't going to happen. Hence the funk he was in now. His dad and the gems had talked it over, and decided that Steven needed something non gem related to cheer him up.