Steven Universe: The Diamond Legacy

An Unexpected Visitor

*edited 2/21/21*

I can happily say Selene was a good roommate. She was friendly, easygoing, and great to get along with. We'd spend nights just hanging out with each other, singing and playing music (they returned my guitar since I was done being grounded) talk about the things I'd look forward to showing her on planet Earth and read to her The Hobbit. It felt like we've known each other forever.

However, there were still some bumps in the road.

" Out! Close the door!" I yelled startled she was inside the bathroom when I was drying myself off. Thank goodness I was quick to shield myself with a towel. The door slammed shut, and I quickly put on my pajamas for the night.

"Selene we've talked about this." I wrung my hair out with a towel." You can't walk in while I'm taking a shower." "But you weren't taking a shower." She said confused. " You were out. I waited until you were finished to come in."

"I was still undressed." I said.

Selene lowered her head. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to cause embarrassment. You weren't in the shower and you'd yet to change into your clothes. I thought it would be okay."

I immediately dropped the harshness in my voice. "It's okay, I'm not mad at you. I'm sorry. You're like me, you understand directions better when they're more specific." The Pearl nodded forgiving.

"Hey." I smiled, putting on my sweat jacket. "There's something I wanna show you." As we walked downstairs, Grandpa noticed us. "Where you going Nora Beans?" "Out on the Hand. Wanna come along?"

"Na I'm good." He said. "I'm not crazy about heights. Be careful when you're up there, okay." "I will." I said. "See you later."

I took Selene on the Warp Pad and transported ourselves to the Obsidian statue's hand. I zipped up my jacket against the wind. "Don't worry it's safe." I reassured her when she looked nervous. "There's a railing surrounding us. You won't fall off unless you wanna tempt fate."

She nodded as we stepped off the Warp Pad. Standing on the statue's palm the entirety of Beach City spread below us, the landscape spotted by lights abruptly ending at the pitch black of the ocean. Even the ocean wasn't a dark abyss, the boats flickered on the water like fairies, and above  us spread the milky way in its expansive glory.

We truly lived in a world of light.

"This is incredible." Selene gazed out on the view, her hands gripping the protective railing. (That wasn't there during Dad's childhood. Aunt Bismuth built it at his and Aunt Pearl's urging to keep me from falling off.) "You can see the whole city from here."

"Most of it." I noted. "There's a blind spot from Temple hill but if you look at it over here from an angle." I lowered my knees an tilted my head. "You can see the rest of the city."  What caught  Selene's eyes was too big to be blocked by the hill.

"Nora. What's that?" She pointed at what appeared to be  towers of glittering lights rising to the stars, piercing the clouds. It had a shape like the Mountain Fortress and the Castle of the Winds; Crownlike structures with multiple spires, connected by walkways like a spider's web. It looked otherworldly compared to the surrounding area, and it was.

"That's Gem City." I said excited. "Pretty awesome right?" Selene gaped. "I didn't know Earth had a Gem settlement like this." "It's a fairly new place." I explained. "It  started out as a small community called Little Homeworld. At first it was home to the Gems cured from corruption, but as time went on and more Gems immigrated to Earth, it grew to become the glimmering metropolis you see now."