#squaridot au

[artistakai]

This is Razor!

She is an off color peridot made on Wasp 17B, the latest peridot homeworld (Squaridot and Bubble are also from there). She is only 120cm tall and defective - her defects aren't insectoid though because she's a hybrid. She's 90% a peridot and 10% a cat's eye quartz (quartzes are felines in my AU), hence the feline traits! Her gem shines like a cat's eye quartz, too. She was overcooked and not found by Homeworld - thankfully, as she would've been shattered. Peri and Nyll bumped into her when looking through Wasp 17B for resources and ended up 'taming' her. Razor eventually lives on Earth with the Crystal Gems and Bubble. They're really good friends!

Kitty!

This is more atmospheric, hope u don't mind🥲

[diegosouzalions]

Hessonite and Squaridot in your AU?

Hessonite: Blue Garnet

Squaridot: Squarivite

[sonasnowdrop]

Emerald and Squaridot redesign RREAAhHH (more like redesigns of my past redesigns— still a redesign nonetheless)

[gemkidsau]

Jail Break Part 2

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[minijenn]

Heyooooo here I am finally contributing to the 5th Year Anniversary Special again. You know I had to for villains week, I love the baddies of UF after all and I decided to do a little UF2 preview for this one in particular. 

So here we have the crew behind Yellow Diamond’s Human Bioweapon Operation (HBO). Aside from the Diamond herself in the background, let’s take a look at who we’ve got here, from left to right: 

Sphene: Yellow Diamond’s most trusted designer. Usually taking on an architectural role for designing grand monuments for her Diamond’s glory, she also dabbles in fashion, which is why she’s assigned to the role of creating a special suit of incredibly advanced (and quite stylish) battle armor for Yellow’s new assassin.

Lemon Quartz: Part of Yellow’s elite Quartz guards, Lemon is one of the two soldiers assigned as a guard and escort to Subject 618 prior to his assimilation. Along with Honey Quartz, she also assists in Agent Stonemason’s training. 

Amber: The first Amber commissioned since the failure of the Earth Colony and the first one to be formed synthetically on Homeworld. She specializes in organic wellfare and possesses unique healing abilities that aid in keeping Subject 618 from failing as past human subjects in the HBO have. 

Hessonite: One of the highest ranking commanders in Yellow’s court. Hessonite is an honored military leader with countless records of success throughout her existence. She was chosen by Yellow Diamond personally to act as the official leader of the HBO, making it her mission to ensure that the project runs smoothly to eventually success. 

Agent Stonemason: Formerly Subject 618. The first successful subject of the HBO, Agent Stonemason is unquestionably loyal to his Diamond. He has been outfitted with a biomechanical arm composed of the same material as the Diamonds’ ships to make up for his biological shortcomings as a human. His mission is to capture or destroy the rebel Rose Quartz, no matter the cost. 

Peridot (Squaridot): The leader of a team of Peridot engineers assigned to the project. Peridot and her team are responsible for designing and building Agent Stonemason’s biomechanical arm, as well as outfitting it onto his body. 

Pearl (Yellow Pearl): Yellow Diamond’s personal Pearl. Her role in the HBO is to serve as a channel of communication between the rest of the team and her Diamond, updating her on the latest progress. 

Honey Quartz: Part of Yellow’s elite Quartz guards, Honey is one of the two soldiers assigned as a guard and escort to Subject 618 prior to his assimilation. Along with Lemon Quartz, she also assists in Agent Stonemason’s training.

Sapphire (Yellow Sapphire): Yellow Diamond’s personal Sapphire, one of her most trusted advisors. With her unique abilities in future vision, she offers her Diamond intel on how best to proceed with the HBO and what adjustments need to be made in the event of potential problems with the process. 

So that’s the squad. I’m pretty sure most if not all of these Gems are gonna show up in UF2 since I took the time to design them all (well, the new ones anyway). But this was fun to work on. Enjoy!

[wickedcriminal]

Did some Yellow Diamond ™️ Crystal Gem edits last night to destress. I really liked editing Pearl :)

Pink/Rose: Yellow D, Citrine

Garnet: Hessonite (Padparadscha and Eyeball)

Pearl: Yellow Pearl

Amethyst: Carnelian

Lapis: Freckles

Peridot: Squaridot

Bismuth: Jasper

[artesesarthouse]

When you reach the Geode you interrupt someone. . .

MAP

Continue your journey!

PREV

In this AU the gems are not gems like in the show, they are corrupted humans due to how the region was corrupted in the past, some may have abilities but not to the extent in the show, this is to keep them grounded but still keep the look they had in the show.

This is a Steven universe and Pokemon crossover project. The idea is to make the creatures, gems, and monsters from SU into pokemon, which yes includes giving the original creature a pokemon dex entry as if it were a pokemon. This project follows the themes of pokemon and guidelines for how evolutions and design looks. This project isn’t to design “better’ pokemon then the games. This is a fun, creative project I’m passionate about and would like you the viewer to understand what this is about. Thank you for reading, please leave a like and comment, much appreciated.

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[kaysdenialt]

Me and the boys at the court room

[clawcommanderabsinthe]

Amedot

Plot Twist: It's Squaridot and Sharky Amethyst

[kinkixat]

Hanging out with your twin~

in my human au squaridot (Sage) is only partially blind

[spiral-of-berries]

You can run away with me anytime you want

A03: Here!

Story Rating: T

Pairing: Amedot, mentioned jaspearl

Summary: A new neighbor moves in, Amethyst falls over a fence, stars are gazed at, makeouts are had, and everything turns out alright. Overall, it's a pretty good summer.

Tags: Human AU

When the new neighbors moved in, Amethyst couldn’t help but notice her.

Well, she’d noticed the dog first. Cute lil’ orange pup, tail wagging and tongue out. That dog had brought a grin to her face the moment she saw it rounding the corner with a zucchini, or maybe a cucumber in its mouth, running up to her and depositing it at Amethyst's feet like some grand prize. Amethyst had laughed out loud, picking up the (definitely) zucchini and giving the pup a hearty pat on the head.

Then she’d charged around the corner, huffing as she ran.

“Pumpkin!” The girl yelled, skidding to a stop on bare feet. “Don’t just run off like that, silly dog--” She looked up, and she and Amethyst locked eyes. “Oh! Hi, I’m sorry, I’m Peridot, I think we’re neighbors…?” Oh no. Oh no.

She was so cute!

Peridot kneeled down to gather up the dog, which was good because Amethyst needed some time to restart her brain. Peridot was wearing these adorable watermelon-patterned shorts, and christ her thighs--! Amethyst kept her eyes on Peridot’s face, which was at least somewhat more acceptable to stare at. The round glasses were a cute look on her.

“Yeah, yeah-- you guys just moved in, right? I saw the trucks last week. I think I met your… sister…?” Amethyst trailed off, not sure who the growly girl with the eyepatch had actually been.

Peridot made a face and stuck out her tongue.

“I apologize for whatever Sarah said or did. It’s nice to meet you, uhm--”

“Amethyst! Sorry I didn’t introduce myself earlier.”

Peridot smiled, a little crookedly.

“Well, it’ nice to meet you. I’ll see you around! You can keep the zucchini. You should probably wash it, though.” Peridot added, standing up. Pumpkin licked her hand, and Peridot smiled fondly down at the dog.

“Yeah,” Amethyst said, “See you around.”

“Jaaaaasppeeeeerr,” Amethyst whined, “the new neighbor is hot!”

“Didn’t know you liked eyepatches.” Jasper deadpanned, her eyes on her book. Amethyst hadn’t even known that people actually read those stupid cold war spy books until she’d moved in with her estranged sister.

“No,” Amethyst said, rolling her eyes, “she has a hot sister! And a cute dog!”

“Is that where that spaniel lives? Nice dog. Gave me a zucchini.”

“Me too, actually. Anyways, this is a crisis! ” Amethyst declared gravely.

“How so?” Jasper asked, flipping a page in her book.

“‘Cause I wanna bone her! And I’m gonna see her, like, every day ‘til school starts again! How is this not a crisis!”

“You are nineteen years old. I’m sure you can muster up the will to ask her on a date.” Jasper said plainly.

Amethyst plopped down on the couch.

“Jasper, I feel like you aren’t taking my girl emergency seriously.”

“What gives you that impression.” Jasper said, raising an eyebrow. Amethyst gently kicked her. Jasper rolled her eyes.

“Just go talk to her tomorrow. I can usually hear that dog out there, she’s probably there with ‘em.”

“So, what, I should go creep on her over the fence?” Amethyst asked.

“Make conversation with her about her weird vegetable bearing dog or something and let me read my book in peace.”

Amethyst made a hmmph noise, but found herself smiling anyways.

“Maybe I will. You want anything from the fridge?” She called as she got up. It was too damn hot, and needed a soda. Maybe a popsicle.

Jasper shook her head, and Amethyst left her sister in peace.

A couple days later, Amethyst was considering the best way to blow up an old toilet she had found without getting the cops called  or bringing down Jasper’s wrath upon her. Firecrackers obviously wouldn’t be strong enough, but she might actually burn down her house if she tried to stuff the thing full of actual fireworks. Maybe Bismuth would help her haul it to a field later?

Oh, hey, there was that dog again, barking up a storm. Jasper’s advice floated through her head, and, throwing caution to the wind, Amethyst hauled herself up onto one of the lower horizontal beams of the fence, so that she was hanging halfway over the top. Pumpkin ran to greet her, and Amethyst dangled one arm down for the dog to sniff.

Then she looked up and. Peridot was gardening, kneeled down in the dirt and tugging up small plants with a spade.

In a bikini.

Fuck.

She glanced up as Pumpkin stopped barking, and Amethyst felt her whole face heat up.

“Hey,” She said, as if she wasn’t staring at her over a fence. “I heard your dog.”

Peridot laughed and stood up, brushing dirt off of her knees. Amethyst made a valiant effort at not starting. Peridot walked over and crouched to pet Pumpkin, who sat down and panted happily.  

“Yeah, he hates it when I weed the garden. I think he’s scared of the hand spade. Why is that?” She directed the last bit at the dog as she scratched behind his ears.

“Watcha growin’?” Amethyst asked, considering whether leaning down to pat the dog more would make her overbalance.

“Y’know, corn, tomatoes, greenbeans.” Peridot shrugged. Amethyst glanced back at the garden patch.

“And zucchini?” She asked. Peridot’s eyebrows furrowed.

“Yeah, there’s some zucchini growing. I didn’t plant it, I think some must have just gotten left over from the last owners. It’s sort of a pain, but no use wasting a plant, I always say!” She gave a nasal little laugh that shouldn’t have made Amethyst blush.

“Is it just you that takes care of the garden?” Amethyst asked, trying to not make a total ass of herself.

“Yeah, my sister doesn't like gardening. She’ll probably tear it up once I go back to school.”

Amethyst’s ears perked up at that.

“Oh, where do you go?”

“I go to Empire U, for agricultural studies. Why, do you go to school around here?” Peridot asked, tilting her head a bit.

“I go to Beach City College,” she replied, trying and failing to shrug casually while hanging over the side of a fence. Pumpkin yipped, and Amethyst leaned down a bit more to pet him--

And promptly flipped herself over the fence, tumbling down onto her back and narrowly avoiding squishing both Pumpkin and Peridot.

“Oh--! Shit, are you okay!?” Peridot yelled from where she was now sitting, having stumbled back in the chaos. She scooted over to kneel at Amethyst’s side.

Amethyst groaned and sat up. She looked at Peridot, then to the fascinatingly oblivious pumpkin, then back at Peridot.

She started to giggle, and Peridot laughed with her.

They had chatted for a long while after that.

Peridot and her sister were from a farm town in Illinois, but Peridot’s sister had just gotten a job in Beach City, and it was closer to Peridot’s school anyways. Pumpkin was indeed a spaniel, a gift from Peridot’s ex.

Amethyst had boggled at that-- who got their girlfriend a dog when they didn’t even live together? Peridot had gotten very quiet at that, so Amethyst had changed the subject.  

Eventually, the sun started to dip and Peridot’s sister poked her head out the door to tell them to quiet down. Amethyst had climbed back over the fence, promising to see Peridot another day.

That brought them to today, standing in a field. Jasper had vehemently vetoed the toilet, so Amethyst decided on an old-furniture bonfire instead. Bismuth had indeed given a lift and an old cabinet, which Amethyst had demolished with an axe hours beforehand.

“Are you sure this is safe?” Peridot asked, clad in a tank top and shorts, standing a healthy distance away from the pile of splintered wood.

“I do this all the time! Old furniture goes up really well. I remember when we chopped up an old playset, that thing went up like dry newspaper!” Amethyst exclaimed as she piled rocks in a ring along the intended fire pit. “Bis said there wasn’t any varnish or anything on it, so we probably won’t get cancer.”

“What do you mean, probably? ”

Amethyst grinned and exaggeratedly rolled her eyes.

“Aw, c’mon. A little cancer never hurt anybody! You’re out in the sun all day anyways, you’re pretty much bound to get it.”

Peridot pouted and crossed her arms.

“It’s too hot to wear clothes while I garden. I’m just being sensible.”

Amethyst bit back a comment about being too hot -- she wasn’t sure if they were, y’know. There yet. But hey, now they were here! Alone, with a (semi) romantic fire. Amethyst had even brought marshmallows. She shoved the last rock into place and stood up, brushing dirt and grit off of her hands. The sun was just starting to set, now. She trotted to the car to fetch the lighter, the kindling, and of course the snacks.

“Do you burn a lot of stuff out here?” Peridot called.

“Nah, usually if I have a bonfire I’ll go to the beach. It’s supposed to be super crowded there tonight though, so I figured we could just use this field.” Really, Bismuth had gently suggested that they use the field in a sort of, don’t you get me in trouble for contributing to your pyromania by setting the beach on fire way. Amethyst was happy to comply.

“Is the beach busy a lot? I haven’t been.”

“It depends on the day and where on the beach. I know some pretty good spots.” Amethyst carefully didn’t mention how many of those spots were technically private property. It wasn’t like Rose and Greg cared anyways, unless they were doing something stupid, like burning massive amounts of shit.

“Can you take me sometime?” Peridot asked, and Amethyst hesitated in stuffing the kindling beneath the woodpile.

“That, uh, sort of sounds like a date, Per.” She laughed nervously, busying herself with the soon-to-be fire.

Peridot was quiet for a long moment. Shit. She’d been pretty sure Peridot was gay. In fact, she was already considering filing an official complaint, because she was pretty sure that it was illegal to wear a flannel like a crop top if you were straight, and Peridot had definitely done that (Amethyst hadn’t ogled her, no siree).

“I, uhm, thought this was a date?” Peridot squeaked, and Amethyst’s heart stopped for at least the third time that evening.

“Oh. Uh.” Amethyst started dumbly at her hands, still holding old newspapers. “Well, uhm, it is now? Is that…?”

“Is that a thing you’d be interested in?” Peridot ventured, “Like. Dating…?”

Holy shit yes , Amethyst’s mind screamed. Somehow, she managed to barely keep her composure.

“Yeah, man. Dating. That sounds pretty fantastic actually.” She said, like someone who didn’t have fireworks going off inside her brain. She crammed another handful of paper into the ple, and clicked the trigger of the fireplace lighter experimentally.

She’d been right, the pile of furniture went up beautifully. She scooted back a few feet, and Peridot sat down beside her.

“That went better than I thought it would,” said Peridot. Amethyst wondered what she was referring to.

As promised, the second date was on the beach. That had played and splashed in the water all day, but as the sun started to set they found themselves sitting on a dock, feet dangling in the water and hands inches away from each other’s.

“I should have brought Pumpkin,” Peridot mused, and Amethyst laughed at the mental image.

“He’d be tracking sand around your house for days, man! All that fur.”

“I’d wash him off with the hose! He likes playing with the hose.”

“I can’t even get all the sand out of my fur, and I have thumbs to operate a shower with. He’d give your sister an aneurysm.” She shook her head wildly for emphasis, and Peridot laughed and shielded herself as salt and sand sprayed from Amethyst’s thick bleached hair.

“Alright, alright, point taken, stop spraying me! Jerk,” She said, with no true malice.

Amethyst pouted anyways.

“I’m just trying to save your dog from a sandy fate!” She declared, voice full of mock offense, “And your house. It’s awful, trying to get all the sand out of the shower afterwards.”

“That’s why I keep my hair short. Less sand vectors.”

Amethyst giggled, and Peridot blushed and grinned.

“Vectors, huh? You’re such a stem major.” Amethyst laughed, gently bumping her with her shoulder. Peridot looked down at her lap. Amethyst looked at the profile of Peridot’s face, drinking in the upturn of her nose and the way her eyelashes looked in the sunset.

“Are you worried about when we go back to school?” Peridot asked, and Amethyst tilted her head.

“Are you?” Amethyst asked in return, already knowing the answer.

“I don’t know, maybe?” Peridot said, brushing at some sand that was stuck to her thigh. “I mean, I know we aren’t super serious yet or anything, but…”

Amethyst kept her eyes on Peridot, silently encouraging her to go on.

“I don’t know, I mean, you’re really cool and I haven’t dated-- wanted to date someone else in, well, a while, and I just, I just don’t want it to end yet?” Peridot hugged her legs to her chest, resting her chin on her knees.

“I mean,” Amethyst began, faltering a bit, “I think you’re really cool too? And I think you’re cute and I want to get to know you, I mean, it’s not even July . We have time to think about this. I dunno, I usually play this sort of stuff by ear, but maybe, maybe we just see where this goes? Figure out August stuff in August, y’know? Is that… Okay?”

Peridot let her feet dangle over the side of the dock again, but she was still sort of… hunched? Small looking.

Amethyst called out, “Hey.”

Peridot looked over, and Amethyst leaned forward to kiss her.

It was really nice.

The fourth of July was, predictably, also spent on the beach. This time, Amethyst was actually allowed to be on the little stretch of beach that Rose and Greg actually owned, and Peridot had only sort of side eyed her when Greg let them through the gate Amethyst had bypassed last time.

Peridot had been almost uncharacteristically shy around all the others, sticking close to Amethyst's side as they wandered from the volleyball net to the grill to the fire pit. Amethyst just held her hand and attempted to be loud enough for the both of them (and handily succeeded).

Peridot warmed up quickly, though-- Pearl mentioned transport phenomena or some other nebulous concept and Peridot jumped on it like a drowning man on a liferaft, sparking up conversation about molecular transport and scaling and Amethyst wandered off somewhere in the middle for another hotdog, but Peridot and Pearl both seemed to be having fun. Well. ‘Fun.’

Garnet gave her a inscrutable thumbs up, and Amethyst piled more mustard and relish onto her hot dog.

And then it was ten minutes ‘til the fireworks went off, and there was some kind of goddamned conspiracy going on here, because somehow Peridot and Amethyst were the only two on the cliff by the lighthouse, waiting for the show. Usually the joint was packed (well, if you could call the Cool Kids and that anime kid a full crowd). Bismuth and Rose had both suggested that they head up and wait for the rest of the group to catch up, Amethyst was calling shenanigans.

And yet. Somehow the universe had afforded them privacy this Independence day, so Amethyst was ready to declare this the good sort of shenanigans, and that she had a good group of friends, even if their ages did widely differ. Maybe they just wanted her to mack on someone her own age, who knows.

What mattered right now was that Peridot was sort of leaning her head on Amethyst’s shoulder, and she smelled like sunscreen and bonfire smoke, and Amethyst doubted she smelled much better.

Amethyst’s hand found Peridot’s, and they tangled loosely together.

“You sure can’t see many stars around here,” Peridot murmured.

“”S what the fireworks are for,” Amethyst replied, “were there a lot of stars where you lived?”

“No,” Peridot said, “But you could drive a couple hours to where the stars were. It was amazing-- there were so many, you couldn’t see anywhere to fit even one more in.” She sighed longingly.

“I’d love to show it to you,” Peridot whispered, “You’ve shown me so many of, of your places, and it’s only been a month. I want to show the stuff that’s special to me.”

Amethyst squeezed her hand, unsure how to reply. Peridot scooted impossibly closer, nudging her head into the crook of Amethyst’s neck.

“I really, really like you,” Peridot whispered, and Amethyst kissed her temple.

“I really, really like you too.”

Peridot tilted her head up and kissed Amethyst’s nose, and Amethyst grinned widely.

She’d’ve probably appreciated the fireworks more if Peridot’s tongue hadn’t been in her mouth, but hey, who was she to complain?

The summer flew by after that-- spent in days splashing at the beach, hanging out in each others back yards, sometimes to help Amethyst wreck some shit, sometimes to play with Pumpkin sometimes to help Peridot garden.

There were trips to Funland and the boardwalk, nights spent by bonfires, and even a day where Peridot sheepishly turned up at Amethyst’s door with an armful of zucchini. They’d made enough zucchini bread to feed an army, and Amethyst had laughed when Pumpkin turned up at the door with yet another of the vegetables, just like the day they met.

But, all good things had to end, summer especially. Peridot and Amethyst sat on Amethyst’s back porch, eating popsicles and looking up into the sunset sky.

Peridot rested her head on Amethyst’s shoulder, and Amethyst slurped her popsicle directly in Peridot’s ear. Peridot half-heartedly elbowed her in the ribcage. Amethyst gave Peridot a sticky, grape flavored kiss.

“I did the math,” Peridot said. “It’s a five hour trip each way.”

“Fuck that.” Amethyst snorted. “That sucks, man.”

Peridot gave her popsicle a mournful lick, turning so that she didn’t dribble on Amethyst.

“We’ve still got discord! And, y’know, our phones.” Amethyst said, trying to offer some sort of comfort.

“I know,” Peridot mumbled, “I just, I get worried about long distance stuff, what if you find someone else--”

“Peri. You have met, like, all of my friends, and no one's gonna transfer to Beach City of all places. Who am I gonna hook up with? They’re all, like thirty-five and I’m pretty sure Jasper is banging Pearl already anyways. Besides you’re-- you’re unforgettable, man! Irreplaceable. Irrperiplacebale? No, wait--”

Peridot giggled, and Amethyst grinned.

“Dork,” Peridot said around a mouthful of blue raspberry.

“Your dork.” Amethyst said, pleased with herself.

They sat in companionable silence for a few minutes, bathed in orange-gold.

“You really think Pearl’s fucking Jasper?” Peridot asked quizzically, and Amethyst gave an exaggerated shudder.

“I try not to think about it, dude.” At least Jasper seemed happier nowadays. It wasn't her business, she supposed.

Amethyst slid the last of her popsicle off of its stick and into her mouth, sucking on the ice.

“You packed yet?” She asked, and Peridot nodded.

“Sarah can’t wait to get me out of the house, I think. I still have to pack my clothes, but all my room stuff is packed.”  

“Sarah is gonna lead a reign of terror over this neighborhood, isn’t she?”

“You’ll have to strike her down.” Peridot sighed dramatically.

Amethyst snorted, and Peridot finished off her popsicle, twiddling absentmindedly with the stick.

“You hear from your roommate yet?”

“Some psych major,” Peridot said, “She seems nice. Said she’s gonna bring a lot of books. Wanna hear my popsicle joke?”

“Hell yeah, I do.”

“What’s the best side of a house to put the porch on?”

“Fuck. The sunny side?”

Peridot giggled.

“No, the outside!”

“Pffft, is that really what it says?” Amethyst asked, playfully grabbing for the stick.

“Yeah! It’s one of the better ones I’ve heard, actually.”

“That’s why I don’t believe you.” Amethyst grabbed for the stick gain, then switched tracks and prodded at Peridot’s sides. The effect was immediate, Peridot let out a yelp of a laugh and curled up defensively.

Amethyst laughed too, kissing her and tasting blue raspberry.

Summer was ending, but they were gonna be fine.

[drawbauchery]

at least they tried (?)

[sonasnowdrop]

Scribbles.

[facetiousfanboy]

Shopping Mall AU 2

part 1

Steven and Connie go to the mall to see a movie with Greg acting as chaperone. They go shopping afterwards and meet some of the citizens of the mall. 

Steven was nervous. It had been a week since he had met Connie and they had become friends. In that short time they had already shared numerous interests and bonded over many things. One such thing that they shared a liking for were books, and quite by chance there was a movie adaptation of a book they both liked showing in theaters right now.

The two of them had quickly planned out going to see the movie and had convinced Steven’s dad to act as a chaperone for them, with the permission of Connie's mother. Now it was only a few hours before they would go to the theater and Steven was both incredibly excited and very nervous.

His dad walked into the living room and smiled at him. "Hey Shtoo-ball. Are you excited to see that movie today?"

Steven looked up at his dad and nodded, then he shook his head, then he nodded again, then shook his head.

His father blinked and tilted his head. "Is that a yes or a no?"

Steven shrugged. "I'm excited but nervous..."

His father smiled and took a seat in his recliner. "About going to see the movie?"

Steven nodded. "Connie and I were talking about what the movie could be like and well we think that the movie might be really different from the book."

Greg nodded. "Oh, the old book-to-screen adaptation worries." He grabbed his guitar from its stand next to his chair and played a couple chords. "I wouldn't worry. The movie might not be the best but you'll never know until you go to see it. Who knows? You might end up enjoying it!" He hummed as he started playing a song.

Steven listened to his dad and considered his words. "Yeah, maybe it will be good.” He smiled at his father. “Thanks dad!"

"No problem bud." He looked at his watch. "Oh hey, we better get ready, Connie's gonna be here soon." Greg got up, placing his guitar back on its stand and going to get ready.

Steven had already gotten ready, he had even packed a few hidden snacks to sneak into the theater. He just had to put on his sandals and he would be ready to go. He double checked his wallet to make sure he had his money then went to check on Lion.

The large cat was curled up on a windowsill, some of his extra fluff hanging off the edge. He opened a single eye and looked at Steven indifferently as the other approached. He then stretched and rolled onto his back.

Steven smiled and gently scratched at the scruff of his neck, causing the light red cat to lift his head up in response and lean into the scratches. He purred softly and grabbed at Steven's hand with his paws.

Steven smiled at the cat. "I filled your bowl a little bit ago Lion, don't eat too much." He pulled his hand from Lion's grasp and the cat stared at him.

The doorbell rang and Steven went to open it. Connie stood on the other side, wearing a striped shirt and denim overalls.  She smiled at him.

"Hey Steven! Are you ready to see the movie?" She asked, smiling.

Steven smiled and nodded. "Yeah! It's gonna be great!" He almost forgot his manners. "Please come in, my dad's getting ready then we'll get going." He stepped aside.

Connie stepped inside and looked around. "Wow, I like your house."

Steven smiled. "It's pretty nice. We've got a tv, and a microwave, and a cat." He pointed at Lion.

Connie's eyes widened and she looked at Lion. "Wow. My mom won't let me have animals." She hesitantly held her hand out towards Lion. "Can I pet her?"

Steven nodded. "Sure, but Lion is a he." He stated.

Connie blushed lightly and hesitantly pressed her hand against Lion's side. Stars appeared in her eyes. "He's so fluffy!" She exclaimed, petting him slowly.

"Yep! He's really lazy though."

Connie smiled. "That's alright." She looked at Steven as she continued to pet Lion. "So what is it we're doing after we see the movie?"

"Me and Dad thought it would be fun to walk around the mall and look through the shops. It's going to be lunch time too so we should eat."

Connie nodded and pulled her hand back when Lion suddenly grabbed it, jumping in surprise.

Steven chuckled. "He's just playing. He likes grabbing hands."

Connie nodded and smiled, going back to petting Lion and not jumping when he grabbed her hand this time. She giggled happily.

"Try scratching behind his ear, he loves that." Greg stated as he walked into the room. They didn’t see him come in so they jumped and looked at him. He just smiled at them. "Hello Connie, I'm glad you could make it today." He walked into the kitchen and grabbed his wallet and keys from where he had left them on the table.

"Thank you for having me Mr. Universe." Connie smiled and moved away from Lion, holding her hands behind her.

"Of course!" He walked back into the living room. "If you two are ready let's get going."

Steven quickly patted down his pants to make sure he had his money then nodded. "I'm ready."

"I'm ready too." Connie stated.

They left and got into Greg's van, driving to the mall and going in. They bought their tickets and went into the theater. It was mostly empty save for a few people who had not yet seen the movie and had come to the morning matinee. They picked a row near the middle and put on their 3-D glasses while the film started.

They film ended two hours later and both Steven and Connie emerged from the theater filled with energy. They were talking excitedly and reenacting some of their favorite scenes from the film. Greg followed behind them, smiling as he watched the two. He had thought the film was fun and inventive, though he hadn't understood some of it as he had not read the book.

"It's too bad they cut out the sword fight from chapter twenty but I think it was still a really fun movie." Connie stated.

"Yeah, I loved the costumes and settings, they really matched what I pictured when I read the book." Steven smiled.

"The special effects were nice too." Connie chuckled. "Though that scene with the goblin was a little silly."

"Yeah but I think that was the point." Steven looked back to Greg. "What did you think dad?"

"I thought it was good, but you'll have to explain some of what was going on to me later." He rubbed his neck. “I’m afraid some of it went right over my head.”

Steven nodded. "Sure!" His stomach then growled. He reached his hands down and rubbed at his stomach. "I'm hungry."

Connie nodded. "Me too." She put a hand over her own stomach. They had eaten the snacks they had brought within the first hour of the film.

"Well let's go to the food court. We can definitely find something to eat there." Greg suggested. He began walking towards the food court with the two kids walking before him. They moved around, reenacting some of the more exciting action scenes but they made sure not to get in other people's ways.

They reached the food court and looked around. It was relatively empty since it was a work day for most people. The only group of people there besides them were three cool teenagers who were at a table eating their own lunch and laughing. Steven, Connie, and Greg walked forward and looked at the businesses.

"So, what would you two like to eat?" Greg asked, waiting for the other two to decide what they wanted.

"Well my mom says I'm not allowed to eat trans fats so anyplace with a salad should be fine for me." Connie stated.

Steven pointed to Burger Baron. "How about there? I'm sure they have a salad."

Greg looked at the place and smiled, noticing that the cashier was the same one which had served him the last time he had been at the mall. He nodded. "That's a good idea Steven."

The trio went over to Burger Baron and stepped to the counter. Lapis looked up at them with a tired expression. However as soon as she recognized Greg her eyes became wide and she stood up straight.

"You!" She blushed when she realized her mistake and sputtered for a moment before saying her line. "I mean, welcome to Burger Baron, home of the Bopper. My name is Lapis and I’ll be taking your order today."

Greg smiled. "Hi Lapis, it's good to see you again. I brought my son and his friend today." He gestured to the two children with him. Steven had gone up to the counter and stood on his tiptoes to get a better look at her.

"Hi I'm Steven!"

Lapis looked at him. "Um, hi..."

"I really like your hat!" Steven exclaimed, smiling at her.

Lapis blushed and looked at her hat, smiling as she reached a hand up to adjust it. "It's a part of our uniform but I make it work." She joked.

Connie stepped forward. "I'm Connie." She bowed her head to Lapis who nodded and smiled.

"It's nice to meet you both.” She blinked when she remembered she was at work. “Um, what can I get you?"

The three each gave her their order and she read it back to make sure it was correct. She then sent it off to the kitchen.  

"Hey Lapis, what's it like working at the Burger Baron?" Steven asked, curious about her work.

Lapis seemed surprised by his question but she answered regardless. "It's alright... But it's also a bit tiring, and I always smell like fries when I go home."

Steven nodded and seemed to consider something. "Have you ever thought about working somewhere else?"

Lapis looked at him and let out a heavy sigh. "I have, I've tried applying to lots of different places but I haven't had any luck." She looked down, depressed at how trapped she felt in this job. She felt like a bird trapped in a cage, unable to spread its wings and fly.

"Have you ever tried applying at the store across the street?"

Lapis looked at him in confusion. "The store across the street?"

Steven nodded. "Yeah! My mom owns it! It's called Terra and it sells a lot of stuff."

Lapis shook her head. "I didn't even know it existed."

Steven smiled. "You should try applying! I could even put in a good word for you!"

Lapis hesitated. "But you don't even know me."

Steven smiled. "Yeah, but I can tell you're a good person."

Lapis blushed and looked away. “I’ll be right back.” She went into the back and returned a few moments later with their food on a tray. She set the tray in the pickup area. "Enjoy your meal."

Greg took the food. "Thank you Lapis."

She nodded and went to help the person in back. The trio sat down and ate. After they were done they went walking through the mall.

"Is there anywhere you'd like to go first Connie?" Steven asked, looking around at the various stores. He loved exploring new places and he had never been in most of the stores in the mall.

Connie looked around, pondering the shops before spotting one that really grabbed her interest. She pointed to a Burns and Nimble, a book store resting near the end of the section they were walking in.

Steven smiled. "Oh good idea!"

Greg smiled. "Well let's head in there." They all moved towards the store and walked inside. The first thing they saw upon entering were two women working together to set up a stand.

The one standing on the floor was white with blonde spiked hair. She wore khaki pants and a pretty yellow blouse along with a lanyard around her neck which had her work I.D. hanging from it, there was also a necklace with a square yellow stone. She was directing the other woman, a girl with brown skin who was dressed in jeans and a blue sweater, her hair hung down, pulled to the side by clips which had small blue stones on them and she wore a pair of glasses with circular lenses. The woman in blue was standing on top of a stepladder, carefully setting up a piece of cardboard on top of the display while the other told her if it was straight or not.

The woman setting up the display was the first to notice the the customers and she quickly whispered to the other. The woman in yellow turned and smiled at the group. She walked over to them, holding her hands together.

"Hello and welcome to Burns and Nimble. I'm Yvette, the manager. Is there anything I can help you find today?"

Connie spoke up immediately. "Do you carry the Unfamiliar Familiar series?"

Yvette looked at her and smiled. "Of course! Right this way." She walked Connie into the store, taking her to the fiction section and helping her to find the series.

The woman in Blue looked at Greg and Steven who were still standing there. "Sorry about this, I'll be right down, just need to get this fixed first." She struggled to get the display into the proper place.

"It's no problem. You're just doing your job." Greg stated.

She smiled. "Thank you for understanding." She stopped moving it. "Does that look straight to you?"

Greg nodded. "It looks good from where I’m standing."

She stepped down and wiped her hands on her jeans, moving to get a good look at the display. "Yes, that looks very good." She turned and held her hands together. "Thank you for your patience. My name is Bonnie, how can I help you today?"

"Can you direct me to your music section?" Greg asked.

"Of course sir, right this way." She walked him over to the music section. Greg immediately began looking through the titles, looking for something that spiked his interest.

The employee turned her attention to Steven next. "Is there anything you're looking for young man?"

Steven looked around at the store before answering. "I'd like to see your books on art."

She smiled and led him over to the art section. "I used to be very interested in art myself, when I was in high school." She ran a hand along the shelves. "Is there anything I can help you to find?"

Steven looked around. "Do you have books about sketching?"

She nodded and helped him to locate them. "Are you interested in becoming an artist?"

Steven smiled. "Maybe, I'm not sure yet."

She smiled. "Well I hope you enjoy whatever you do choose.” She gestured to the books. “We have all manner of sketching books, ones that show you how to draw figures, landscapes, creatures, even some for aliens. Is there anything else I can do to help you?”

Steven looked up at her and smiled. “No, thank you though Miss Bonnie.”

She nodded and left him to look through the books, going back to finish setting up the display.

Steven began to rifle through the books slowly, looking at some of the ones which were about drawing landscapes and people. During his search Connie came over to him, carrying a book that had all sorts of information about the Unfamiliar Familiar series such as information about characters and places in the book.

Connie began to show him things in the book, telling him about the series but trying not to spoil anything since he was still working his way through the books. Steven in turn showed her some of the books he was interested in, things about sketching trees and flowers.

Eventually Greg made his way over to them and smiled when he saw them together laughing and talking. "How’s your search going?"

"It's going great Mr. Universe!" Connie exclaimed, clutching the book to get chest. "I think I'm ready to go."

Greg nodded. "How about you Steven?"

Steven smiled. "I'm ready, but I couldn't find anything." He had in fact found a few books he was interested in but they cost too much.

Greg nodded. "Too bad. Let's go buy your book Connie, then we can go to the next shop." They made their way to the front and Yvette helped them to get checked out. They waved goodbye to her and to Bonnie as they left the store.

The next place they headed to the toy shop. They went into the store and looked around at their selection. They were approached here by a large woman wearing a big smile that displayed teeth that looked almost sharp. She had a stud on her left cheek. "Hey there! Welcome to the shop! I'm Cheryl, is there anything I can help you to find?"

Steven looked up at her in surprise. "You're really big."

Greg frowned. "Steven, that's rude."

Cheryl chuckled. "I don't mind." She rolled back the sleeve of one arm and flexed her muscles, her bicep bulged. "Besides, I am pretty big."

Greg smiled awkwardly and chuckled. "I think we'll just browse for now. Thank you Cheryl."

She nodded. "No problem, just come to me with any questions or concerns."

They walked around the small store and played with the things on display.

Connie became interested in the puzzle games. She began to work at solving the one on display. Steven browsed through the board games.

Greg eventually offered to buy each of them something small. Connie went with a small puzzle toy and Steven went with a card game. They bought the items and left.

It was starting to grow late into the afternoon now but Greg had one final destination he wanted to take Steven to. They walked to the Pear store and went in. They were immediately approached by a girl with blonde hair that was cut short and had an almost square shape to it. She had very light freckles on her cheeks and she had a patch over her left eye. She was dressed in a polo shirt with the store's logo and green shorts.

"Hello sir, how can I help you?" She spoke with a nasally voice.

Greg had to do a double take when he looked at her. She was incredibly similar to that girl he had met the other day in the media store. He smiled. "Hello, I'm Greg Universe, this is my son. We'd like to see your phones."

Steven looked up at his father in surprise. "Really dad?" His dad and mom had been talking recently about getting a phone for Steven but he didn’t think it would be happening so soon.

Greg smiled. "Maybe, but we're just looking for now."

Steven turned to Connie and started talking with her excitedly about what it would be like to have his own phone. Connie seemed excited as well as she talked to him about the possibilities. The girl helping them watched the exchange for a moment before speaking.

"Right, I'll refer you to our saleswoman." She used her tablet to send a message then looked at them. "Feel free to look around while you wait." She walked away, going to a desk and typing something into the computer there.

Greg, Steven, and Connie walked around the store, looking at the various phones, tablets, and computers. They picked up the items and played some games on them. They were soon approached by the saleswoman. Greg was surprised to find that it was that woman who had helped him the other day. He was also surprised to see that she had a prosthetic in place of her right leg.

Peridot stopped when she saw him and blinked in surprise. "You!" She pointed.

Greg smiled. "Hello Peridot. I didn't know you worked here too."

Peridot became a little flustered. "I work at a few stores in this mall. I've got to pay the bills and one job just doesn't cut it."

Greg nodded. "I understand that all too well." He smiled. "Oh let me introduce you to my son. Steven!" He called to his son who was investigating the apps on a tablet. He quickly moved over to his father when called and stood beside him.

Greg patted his sons head. "This is Steven, my son."

Steven smiled. "Hi! It's nice to meet you."

Peridot hesitated before giving a short wave. "Hello."

Steven tilted his head. "You look like that other woman who was just helping us."

Peridot flushed. "That's my older sister, she's the manager here. She's a bit of a," she paused before continuing, remembering she was talking to a child, "a clod."

Greg smiled. "Well let's look at phones."

Peridot nodded. "Right, um, let's start with the latest model." She led them to the display and picked up the phone, showing it to them.

Connie came over when she noticed them looking at phones.

Steven quickly got Peridot's attention and gestured to Connie. "This is my friend Connie."

Connie gave a shy wave. "Hi..."

Peridot waved back awkwardly. "Um hello..." She slowly continued, explaining things about the phone and why it was better than the other models. She continued, showing them the other models and explaining things about them.

Soon they were on the older model. "So this is the uphone 4J. It's a little older but it works well and can use most of the apps that the others do. It has a little less memory but is no less powerful."

Steven picked one up and inspected it. "I like this one, does it come in other colors?"

Peridot nodded. "Yeah, of course, and you can personalize it with your protector too."

Steven smiled. "Awesome!" He flipped through it, looking at the apps and things on display.

Peridot nodded. "Yeah, it is kind of awesome I guess... Um do you want to know about our sale going on right now?”

Greg looked at her. “No, can you tell me?”

Peridot quickly went through the details of the sale, telling Greg everything she could. She was hoping she could get him to either buy a phone now or come back soon and get one. She soon finished telling him about the sale. "So what do you think?"

Greg stared at her, processing what she had told him. “Well it sounds like a good deal. I think I’ll take Steven home and discuss it with his mother then we might come back.”

Peridot nodded. “Yes, please do.” She really needed more sales, they helped her to earn just a bit more that she needed.

Greg put a hand on Steven’s shoulder. “What do you think bud?”

Steven smiled. “I like this phone, it’s really cool!”

Connie smiled and nodded. “Yeah, and if you get a phone we can talk to each other all the time.”

Greg nodded. “Thank you for helping us Peridot.”

Peridot nodded. “Um, no problem.” She cleared her throat. “I’m here on Saturdays, Tuesdays, and Fridays if you want to come back and have me help you again.”

Greg smiled. “Great! We’ll try to come back on one of those days.”

Peridot smiled despite herself and nodded. “Alright, I’ll see you then.”

Greg nodded. “Of course.” He turned his focus back to the kids who were talking excitedly about the phones and the technology. He took them and led them from the store.

Peridot’s sister approached her once they had left. “Another lost sale sis?”

Peridot scowled at her. “They are going to come back.”

She rolled her eye. “Uh-huh, sure they are.”

“Don’t you have something you’re supposed to be doing, Ms. Manager?” Peridot quickly grew tired of her sister’s antics.

Her sister nodded. “Yeah, sure.” She left her.

Peridot took a deep breath and mentally prepared herself for the next few hours. She needed this job, needed to be able to afford the rent for her place. She went to the desk and began filling out a form until the next customer came in, she quickly went to help them.

Greg looked at the two children as he walked out into the parking lot. “Well that was a pretty good day wasn’t it?”

Steven nodded. “Yeah! A movie then a new game and I might even be getting a phone!”

Connie nodded. “Thank you again for taking me Mr. Universe.”

Greg smiled. “You’re very welcome Connie. Make sure to thank your mother for letting you come when you get home too.”

Connie nodded. They started telling jokes as they got into the car and drove off, heading towards Connie’s home to drop her off before they would head back to their own residence.

Thank you for reading and stay tuned for the next chapter when Jasper delivers the fridge to Greg’s house. Until then please like, reblog, and tell me what you thought. 

Part 3

[corrupt-gem-reader]

We... Are Corrupted Gems!

We live in disarray!

Without a clear sense of thinking,

We always start a fray!

That's why the people of this world flee from...

...(Reader).

Tongue Monstress!

And Centi.

...and Steven!

Seeing how I haven't seen this AU Idea touched upon yet, I'm seizing this opportunity.

...literally it's as simple as it sounds;

instead of the Crystal Gems or The Diamonds raising him, how about a pack of corrupt gems bring up the hybrid boy?

it's kind of a cliche start: the diamonds figure out his location and send out gems to arrest the infamous "Rose Quartz" once and for all. they find him as a baby [obviously] and are obviously confused as to why she was so small and made wierd squeaky sounds. Of course, this was probably some kind of trick to evade punishment and homeworld was NOT to be fooled!

not the CGs take out a good deal of the invaders, but one [I'm choosing squaridot for this, can't think of anyone else that would fit] snags the baby while the gems were distracted but in a panic, she fled into the nearby woods, where the confused, startled baby boy starts making a fuss.

his little noises attract big fluffy momster, (whom I shall dub fluffy and is a quartz by default, since she's an X reader character and her name is Reader's choice) and upon seeing the massive behemoth, she immediately drops her hostage and runs for the hills, hoping she can come up with a valid excuse for the loss.

Fluffy quartz comes upto the discarded child, and instantly feels an intense urge to protect the teeny human. something about how tiny and helpless he looked made her feel some sort of pull towards him. without a second thought, she takes him back to the cave and from there, you somewhat know the rest.

tl;dr- Steven is found and raised by a corrupt gem due to a mistake in his abduction.

I'm stopping here because if this runs on for too long, It won't be able to post.

I'll expand upon this piece once I get a full grasp on the storyline.

but, I think I can explain the replacement CGs for this piece:

☆ Fluffy Quartz {spoilers?}: she's the replacement garnet. this is literally just the reader/viewer from my OG fic. her appearance is centered around the Reader's depiction, so of course she's a generic grey to make visualization easier. and this time around her material instincts develop much more quickly and stronger.

☆ Tongue Monstress: couldn't think of a better Amethyst stand-in. I see her roping in all kinds of foodstuffs into her mouth with her tri-tongues and being more chaotic.

☆ Centipeedle: Of course she's Replacement pearl. I had to change her head design; no matter how many times I tried; drawing an eyeball in a beak is not my thing. she's very anxious and is always on the look out for the dreaded "gem-poofers" should they show up. she may have something for fluffy.

☆ And Steven!: ...well, I'll expand upon him some other time since I'm pretty sure I'm at word capacity.

...but he doesn't know that his name is Steven just yet.

[babygemsau]

Hi everyone! I know that the Baby Gem AU hasn't had any updates for a while, it's mainly due to me being both busy with my last year of high school, creating artwork for a new YouTube and Instagram video for Thanksgiving and making videos for my new channel, "Nostalgic Nuggets!" But don't worry, the Baby Gems will come back for NEW adventures on WattPad very soon!

Until then, why don't you meet four other characters being planned to appear in NEW chapters!

Baby Peridot: As green as a bean, this little Gem can be both curious… and a little tiny bit demanding. This is because she was born like that… before being rejected by Squaridot. In the end, she managed to make a BETTER team… but still has the curiosity that the other Baby Peridots were, which Baby Steven is happy to help her with. She also carries some of the traits of an autistic child.

Baby Greg: before he was known as Baby Steven's dad and the Baby Gems' loving caregiver, Greg was a REAL ROCKSTAR back when he was a baby. He enjoys making music with his homemade guitar (which he keeps hidden from his controlling parents). Baby Greg secretly makes music at his local daycare center since anything music is off-limits at his house. Whenever he's at daycare, he feels free from all the steamed vegetables, itchy sailor suits, hair gel and having to look like a gentleman all the time.

Baby Vidalia: Not much is said about when Vidalia was a baby girl, who also attends the daycare center with Baby Greg. She's seen as a gum-chewing toddler, always being accused of being Baby Marty's girlfriend (even though they're both about 14 months old). She also has a small interest in making artwork when she has some alone time.

Baby Marty: When "Farty Marty" was still in diapers, he used to be Baby Greg's ONLY friend when they were in daycare. He can be extremely uncaring and quite selfish at times when things don't go his way, especially when he's being Baby Greg's "manager". But he's only using him to try and scam the children out of their candy to listen to his music and tries to plug his homemade drink, Play-Doh-la.

If you guys want to help out with this AU, send me a direct message or comment below if interested. Until then, enjoy these four cuties!