Things were pretty chill in Beach City for the time being. The gems were fighting corrupted gems, and Lapis & Peridot were learning to get along better each day. Steven and Connie were trying to deal with their feelings for each other the only way they seemed to know how, spending more time with each other or just being Stevonnie.

Stevonnie loved running down the shoreline barefoot, or buggin Lars at the Big Donut. Their favorite thing to do? Racing. After everything that happened with Kevin, Stevonnie realized that they still wanted to experience that same thrill, time and time again.

One night, Stevonnie and Amethyst decided to race together. Garnet, Pearl, and Greg didn't think it was a good idea, but the two didn't listen. Heading up the mountain, the two got ready to race back down. Little did they know, that trouble was upon them.

Amethyst was winning, as Stevonnie laughed, just having the time of their lives. Nature had a different plan though, that Stevonnie didn't see coming. Soon enough, erosion kicked in, and rocks and tree branches started tumbling down, and Amethyst slowed down to a stop, avoiding hitting everything.

Stevonnie kept their eyes on Amethyst, wondering why she had stopped. They looked back at the road and didn't know what to do. In the blink of an eye, they unfused, and Steven covered Connie, as they accepted their fate. Connie watched as Steven was impaled by glass and pieces of the car, crushing him...then Connie watched him poof.

"Eh...my head." Connie opened her eyes, to find her parents towering over her.

"Oh Connie!" They embraced her, as Connie winced in pain.

"Ow ow! What-what happened?"

Mr. and Dr. Maheswaran backed up, and had a seat by their daughter. "Connie, you're in the hospital," Connie's mother said. "Greg said that he was driving you too in a rental car and it hit a tree."

"You have a concussion, but that's about all. You're very lucky." Her dad chimed in.

"Where's Steven?" Connie sat up, ignoring her throbbing headache.

Connie's parents looked at each other, not knowing what to say.

"Connie… Let's just say he...what did those gems say, Doug?"

"Poofed."

"Yes, that's right. Steven's not here my darling. He poofed."

Of course Connie's parents thought the worst… Connie did too, but for different reasons.

The gems didn't know what to think when Steven poofed in the accident. Steven was the only one of his kind, so who knew what was going to happen? Greg was distraught, and the gems were worried too. Nobody knew what to do. Connie stopped coming to the house, but Pearl often found her sitting at the beach, with Lion by her side.

Garnet didn't tend to go in her room anymore, she was constantly unfusing, as Ruby and Sapphire became too unstable to stay together. The two would sit up on the hill and hold each other, trying to figure out how to best solve this seemingly unsolvable problem.

Amethyst stayed with Greg, trying to coax him into watching Li'l Butler to keep his mind off of things. She was sad too, Steven was her buddy. Spending time with Greg helped a little though, plus it gave her something to do as well to keep her mind off things.

Pearl took her feelings out by sword fighting in the Temple constantly. She felt like it was over again, and she didn't know what to do. She loved Steven, she finally had understood that he was different than Rose, and she'd grown to love who Steven had grown up to be. Now he was gone.

One morning, Garnet, Amethyst, Pearl, and Greg were having a "Together Breakfast" to help keep Steven's memory alive while he was gone. Steven's gem was carefully placed on the coffee table, placed upon a Cookie Cat pillow, the gems checked on it often in hopes that Steven would come back.

In the midst of putting the strawberry on top of the waffle tower, stacked high, a pink glow filled the room. The four watched in awe, as the gem regenerated, but who stood before them now was different, and everyone was in one spoke for a moment, you could've heard a pin drop.

"Greg?"

"Rose?!"