A girl in their teens with long, curly, and black hair ran down the stairs with a box in her hands. She set the box down on the kitchen table.
"Look what I found, Grandma Garnet!" The girl said, pushing her hair out of her face.
Garnet looked into the box and saw multiple tapes with labels written on each of them.
"I found them under mom and dad's bed!"
Garnet looked up from the box and into the girl's eyes.
"You know they don't like you rummaging through their stuff while they're gone, Stephanie." Garnet said.
Stephanie got a sad look on her face.
"I know. I was just curious as to what is on them and I wanted to check if you knew." Stephanie said.
Garnet looked down and into the box, then looking back up at Stephanie.
"I have no idea."
Garnet was quite curious herself as to what was on them.
"Can we watch them pleeasseeee?.." Stephanie begged, giving Garnet puppy eyes.
Puppy eyes had always been Garnet's weakness.
"Okay fine. Just don't go telling your mom and dad that I let you."
Stephanie grinned widely and grabbed the box, running up the stairs and sitting on her parents bed. Garnet walked up to the TV, grabbing a tape out of the box. The tape had a "1" Written on the label on it. Garnet popped the tape into the TV.
Tape #1
At first there was static which quickly disappeared after 5 seconds. A 12 year old Steven popped up on the screen.
"Hey guys, I'm Steven. I have been pretty bored at the temple lately so I decided to take videos of myself. Isn't that fun? I will give you updates on my life every once in awhile."
Steven looked in back of himself and saw Garnet punching a gem monster.
"Sometimes I wish that I was able to get a weapon like the Crystal Gems all have. They are so cool. They always tell me how great my mom was. Maybe I can be great too. Just like her! Yeah!"
A spear flew across the front of the camera, missing Steven's nose by an inch.
"Be careful, Steven." Pearl said.
"Well anyways, I should probably get out of the temple before I get hurt. That wouldn't be good. Ehehe.."
Steven sighed.
"Sometimes I feel lonely.. and.. trapped in this life.. Like.. I have no decision.."
The TV screen turned to static as the tape ended.
End of tape #1
Stephanie watched at Garnet took the tape out of the TV and then turned toward her.
"Well. That's all I guess." Garnet said.
"Wait! but there is like.. a ton more!"
Garnet sighed and grabbed another tape out of the box, it having a "2" written on the label. She popped it into the TV and sat back as it started.
Tape #2
"Hey, guys and girls! Today at the boardwalk parade I saw this girl. She was tall and.. pretty."
Steven's cheeks turned red.
"I'm going to go grab her bracelet that she dropped. Maybe in the future I can give it back to her if I ever see her again."
The camera Steven was holding shook as he ran over to a glow bracelet that was on the ground.
"Hey, Steven. Whats that you got there?" Greg asked as he walked over to Steven and saw the glow bracelet he was holding.
"It belongs to a girl that was watching the parade. She dropped it and I was thinking that maybe one day I can return it to her."
Greg's eyes went wide.
"My little boy has his first crush!"
Steven's face turned a deep red.
"No! I don't like like her!"
Greg squinted at Steven, giving a mocking smile.
"Sure you don't." Greg said with a wink.
Steven got a flustered look on his face and he walked away from Greg.
"If you want it to stay glowing, keep it in a freezer!" Greg shouted from behind Steven's back.
"I'll catch you guys later. I have a busy day playing video games ahead of me."
The camera cut off and the oh-so-familiar static once again appeared on the TV.
End of tape #2
Stephanie looked at Garnet.
"So that is dad?" Stephanie asked.
Garnet nodded yes and popped the tape out of the TV, gently placing it back into the box.
"But.. Where is mom? He told me that they met when they were young." Stephanie asked.
"He was talking about her." Garnet said.
Stephanie went wide eyed.
"So.. the tall and pretty girl that he was talking about is mom?"
Garnet nodded yes and then grabbed a tape with a "3" on it out of the box.
"But if that is how dad saw mom, then how did they meet?"
Garnet looked at the tape in her hands.
"This will most likely tell you."
"But what will the other tapes tell me then?"
Garnet shrugged.
"I don't know."