Steven Universe: The Diamond Legacy

Genesis: Part 1

Bear greeted us when we returned to the caves, chuffing happily and leaning his head against my chest. "Hey Buddy." I scratched his head. Little Brother stood next to him sighing in relief and cocking his head surprised seeing Selene and I holding hands.

"Maybe we shouldn't..." I loosened my hold on her. "It's okay." Selene smiled. "They already know."

"They do?" I blinked surprise.

"Skyla does." Selene responded quietly. "As does Chalcedony. They've been badgering me to express my feeling for quite a time."

"Then lets not disappoint them." In the shrine Calcedony and Skyla discussed the painting on the wall. "It's definitely another Fusion." Callie said. "How? I've never seen one so horrifying." Skyla said. "It's a bad one." Chalcedony answered. "The more toxic a relationship between the components, the more monstrous the Fusion turns out. I feel bad for whoever was in this."

They turned around hearing us arrive. "Good you're here." Callie clapped her hands together. "You have a nice time relaxing before the big challenge?" She smirked. Skyla punched her in the shoulder. "What!? I was just asking a question!"

"Don't worry Skyla." Selene admitted modestly, rubbing her thumb over my hand. "It did." Chalcedony grinned star eyed. "Yes! Finally!"

"Really Callie?" Skyla crossed her arms before turning to use with a smile. "I'm glad you're both okay."

"We are." Selene winked. "Thank you."

"Are we ready to set our plan into motion?" Callie asked.

"We are." I said, pulling my sword out of Bear's fur, its shining blade reflected the crystals' light.

"I'll never get over how awesome that sword looks." Skyla remarked. "We all know what we need to do." "Yes." I said. "Nora, have you heard anything from your folks?" Callie asked.

"Not at all." I answered worried. "Dad wanted me to wait but he hasn't shown up. What if they didn't get the message it's here?"

"There's nothing we can do about it." Selene said urgently. "Right now we need to focus on what we can do. Stopping the Genesis before it renders this island barren. " She touched her gem. "It's going to be tough, and it will be dangerous, but we'll work together and show Tanzanite us Earthlings won't stand and let our home be destroyed."

"Yeah Earthlings unite!" Callie pumped her fist!

As we made final preparations, Selene asked how I was feeling. " I'm nervous. Really nervous." "It will be all right." Selene assured. " We'll be together, if things get dicey we'll leave." She nuzzled my forehead. "And it's not like I'm going to let anything happen to you." "Ditto on that." I smiled with a blush, repeating the same gesture with her. I wanted to show her I had the same level of affection for her, but I felt awkward and I was doing things wrong.

The only one who seemed miffed was Little Brother. "Dude what's wrong?" I looked at him when he exclaimed, gawking like a wide eyed fish.

"What?" I chuckled. "He's strange little fellow isn't he?" Selene remarked.

Not as strange as Chalcedony giggling at us like a fangirl who finally saw her ship become a reality.

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The towering monoliths marked the perimeter of the valley on the other half of the island. Raising an invisible shield dome over of the future Kindergarten site. In the shadow of dusk, the injectors crawled along the valley's cliffs, prepping the stone for germination. I've only ever seen decayed injectors laying abandoned in the Prime Kindergarten, and an imposing artifact on display in the Museum of the Gem Rebellion.  Seeing them active and moving, crawling on the side of cliffs like giant mechanical spiders made my own skin crawl.