So here we are! At the Movie at last! And just uh, to give you a headstart, do know that this won't anything phenomenal. It's just a simple AU that is fun to write, and I do know there's probably better written stories of Spinel out there.
Some chapters are gonna be long, some of them are gonna be short, and I don't want to be afraid of making changes. So, let's go!
"Once upon a time, the Gem Homeworld was ruled by Diamonds; White, Yellow, Blue, and the littlest Diamond, Pink. While the other Diamonds conquered many worlds across the galaxy, Pink had only one; the planet Earth. One day, Pink fled the comforts of Homeworld. On Earth, she made a new home, new friends, and finally, new life, giving up her form to bequeath her gem to her half-human son. Without Pink, Gemkind entered an era of despair. But, when Steven Universe learned of his heritage, he reunited with his fellow Diamonds and championed a new era of peace and freedom across the furthest reaches of space..."
White Diamond closed the book, "And now dear Gems everywhere, I'm pleased to announce that Steven is finally ready to take his rightful place on Pink Diamond's throne!"
The camera shifted down, showing a much older Steven, now wearing a pink varsity jacket, a blue shirt with a yellow star, blue jeans, and pink sandals. He smiled, "Hey there, everyone!"
The words "Steven Universe Age 16" appeared for a moment before fading.
"I know you all might be thinking of me as the new Pink Diamond," said Steven, "But, that's not the case. I love to spend my time in Earth, actually."
The Diamonds sat up from their thrones, confused by Steven's choice. Yarrow adjusted the controls, letting the message spread throughout the universe through multiple communications where the millions of Gems watched.
"My home is a beach house where I live with my family," Steven explained, "Garnet, Amethyst, Pearl, and my mother Spinel. As much as I've loved dismantling the empire and saving all your planets, I can't wait to get home and spend some quality time with my family..."
White Diamond was baffled, quickly looking offscreen annoyed, "Cut the feed."
"Your time is up anyway," snarked Yarrow, making Bluebell snicker at her joke and turned off the broadcast.
Steven turned to the Diamonds, "I think that went well."
"Steven, please..." White Diamond complained.
Yellow Diamond stepped beside her, "You can't go!"
"You must stay!" Blue Diamond begged.
"You're all we have left of Pink!" White Diamond then crouched down, shaking the room, "Steven, you belong here with us."
Steven nervously backed away to the warp pad, "Uh, n-no thanks." But the Diamonds weren't ready to give up so easily.
Blue, White, & Yellow: Come live with us at the palace, there's a room waiting for you...
Yellow: Come on...
Blue: Come on...
White: Come on...
Blue, White, & Yellow: Just let us adore you...
Steven stood on the warp pad, "You guys have really gotten better at showing affection, but I've got my own life to get back to. Don't forget, I'm not Pink Diamond-"
Blue, White, & Yellow: Yes, we know that you're not her, but you were hers...
Steven frowned anxiously from how close they were.
Blue, White, & Yellow: You know what it meant to love her, and you remind us so much of her...
"Thanks, but I really gotta go," Steven gently refused.
"But Steven!" The Diamond spoke at once.
"I've disbanded my armies! I've liberated my colonies!" Yellow Diamond insisted.
Blue Diamond moved in, "I never shatter. I never make anyone cry."
"I've been saying 'please' and 'thank you', even to lower lifeforms!" White Diamond added.
Steven crossed his arms, "What did we take about?"
White Diamond sighed, "Ugh, equal lifeforms. Steven, we've done everything you've asked!"
"That's great! Good job! Keep it up! Bye!" Steven encouraged before warping away.
Back home, Connie was reading a magazine and sitting on the floor near the warp pad and looked up when Steven arrived, "Steven! What took you so long?"
Steven leapt over to the girl and wrapped his arms around her. He pulled away and sighed, "The Diamonds. They really want me to move in."
"Why?" asked Connie.
"Because they want to smother me with attention 24/7. They make Spinel from years ago look better in comparison." Steven lightly joked.
Connie laughed, "Guess there's something about you that Gems just love!"
"Guess so." Steven shrugged.
Connie walked over to the door and pressed it to open, "Well, I'm glad I got to see you before heading out."
Steven shut off the screen, "You're really going through with it?"
The couple walked downstairs to the porch as Connie told him, "Of course. I've always wanted to go to space camp."
"Yeah, space is pretty great now," Steven said, "But are you sure you don't wanna stay with us for a little longer?"
"My parents are doing what they can to support my interests. It's sweet," Connie said as she stepped inside Steven's room to get her duffel bag, "Plus, I get all the freeze-dried ice cream I can eat."
"But Sadie Killer and the Suspects are playing tonight. Isn't a rock show a little better than space camp?"
"It's maybe equal to space camp."
Steven chuckled as Connie's phone vibrated.
"That's my mom," said Connie, "I should get going." The couple gave each-other another hug... then Connie blushed and kissed Steven's cheek, a blush appearing on his cheeks and making him freeze in place.
"Okay! Bye!" Connie waved to him and ran down the stairs.
Steven placed a hand on his kissed cheek, grinning widely and his eyes gleaming as he ran out to the porch, "Tell everyone at space camp that space used to be super scary and dangerous, but it's great now!"
"I will!" Connie shouted back to him, walking down the beach and waving goodbye again.
Steven let out a content sigh...
Steven: Here we are in the future, here we are in the future and it's bright...
Nothing to fear, no one to fight.
I can't believe we've come so far,
Happily ever after, here we are!
Once upon a time, I thought I'd always be in Pink Diamond's shadow.
Fixing all her crimes, I'd thought I'd always be in endless battle
Until I began to hone... A power all my own...
That I could feel growing stronger everyday,
And now I saved the world, not just that- the whole galaxy saved!
We did it!
Here we are in the future!
After petting Clementine's head, the teen ran down the porch. Pearl and Greg were relaxing on the beach, Lion sleeping inside the van and Pearl was holding a guitar.
"Hey Pearl! Hey Dad!" Steven greeted them, running over to Greg.
"Hey Stchu-ball," said Greg.
"Steven!" Pearl held up her guitar, "I'm learning to play the bass."
"I keep telling her, it's bass."
"Excuse me, B-A-S-S spells bass."
"You're the boss."
Pearl smirked, "Heck yes I am," She hopped up onto the van...
Pearl: Once upon a time, Spinel and I lived to be of Pink Diamond's service
Til the day the three of us snuck down to be on this planet's surface.
Rose used to be my fantasy... but it was Spinel who set me free...
But in the end, I guess I put her heart a-side,
And after love and loss and all the tears that we cried, I find that-
Pearl & Steven: Here we are in the future!
Lion padded over to Steven as they laughed, the boy petting his mane, "Hey buddy. I'm heading into town."
Greg gave his son a finger-gun, "See you at the concert tonight?"
"Wouldn't miss it for the world!" Steven stated and hopped into Lion's mane. Inside the Pink Dimension, Steven hummed the tune of the song, walked over to the oak tree and hopped out of Lars' hair.
Steven: Here we are!
Garnet pulled a seat out, "I saved you a seat." Steven sat down, the Off-Colors standing around and Lars placed his famous ube roll for them.
"Thanks Garnet!" Steven smiled to the misfit Gems, "Hey guys, what'd I miss?"
"You're just in time for my favorite part of the story…"
Garnet: Once upon a time, a Sapphire came to Earth with her Ruby soldier
Sapphire's deadly fate was set until the Ruby rushed in to hold her.
Suddenly they were fusing... Beautiful, strange, confusing...
And there I was, a bundle of questions, so naive,
That if you never told me this, I never would have believed you then, but-
Garnet & Steven: Here we are in the future!
"Lemme just save this," Steven bubbled his ube roll and sent it away, "Hey, any idea where Mom could be?"
"Very likely at her new flower shop," replied Garnet, knowing very well who he meant, "Bet she'd love you to visit."
"Of course!" Steven nodded, and ran off.
At the flower shop, "A Haven Made Of Petals", Spinel stepped outside with a watering can and sprayed a hanging pot of mayflowers near the door, her expression reading nothing but satisfaction.
"Hey Spinel!" Steven happily greeted, running towards the pink Gem.
Spinel stopped watering her mayflowers, smiling at the sound of Steven's voice. She placed the watering can down and embraced her son in a bear hug, "Heya, sweetheart!" She pulled away, still holding his hands, "What'cha up to?"
"Just stopping by to say hi to my favorite mom!" Steven replied happily, and they both laughed in joy.
"Oh Stevie," Spinel wiped a small tear from her laughter, "I never thought my life would come to this, but I'm so glad it did..."
Spinel: Once upon a time, I was gifted as the only one of my kind
But loving Pink and her Pearl was the only thing that was set on my mind.
Then we started the war to end their reign... And we all went through so much pain...
Soon Pink had died, but then a new life came inside!
You were so dear, I held you near.
And now that we've both grown up, I can say that-
Spinel & Steven: Here we are in the future!
After another hug at the end of her verse, Steven pulled away, "Say, do you know where Amethyst could be?"
"Probably at Little Homeworld, hanging out with the others," Spinel answered, brimming a smile, "Take the warp. I hear they're making another one." She kissed his forehead before he ran off to the warp.
Steven warped and was about to walk off the pad until Amethyst's whip wrapped around him and pulled him towards its owner before he could fall, "Whoa! Careful dude!"
Steven and Amethyst then pointed finger-guns, "Pew pew!" And performed a handshake, finishing it off with "1! 2! 3! Hup!"
Steven kept holding Amethyst's hand, "Thanks Amethyst!"
Yelping at the shake, Steven and Amethyst held into the rope tied around the warp as it pulled up, showing Bismuth and Jasper working on the lever of the crane, Lapis sitting on the edge of the platform.
"Steven! You're just in time!" Bismuth called out to them, "We're just about to install the new warp!"
Amethyst gave the orange Gem a thumbs up, "You're doing great, sis!"
Jasper only responded with a thumbs-up of her own as Peridot floated up on a trash can lid, her fingers pulling up a screen, "At this rate, Little Homeworld is 16.3 percent away from completion!"
"That would mean it's..." Lapis calculated in her head, "Only 83.7 percent complete! We'd better get cracking!" She summoned her water wings and flew off.
"We're on it!" Bismuth replied as she and Jasper cranked the lever of the platform, lifting the purple Gem and hybrid over Little Homeworld, watching the multiple Gems of many kinds working on constructing and building Little Homeworld.
"Wow," Steven gazed below him, 'Little Homeworld's growing fast."
"So are you!" Amethyst shape-shifted into Steven and spoke in a deep voice, "Look at me! I'm a young adult!"
Steven laughed, and shifting back to herself, Amethyst smiled happily, "I love that all these Gems want to make their new home on Earth. Wish I'd had this when I first emerged..."
Amethyst: Once upon a time, I burst to life inside of the Kindergarten
A product of a war that I had no idea I had a part in.
I came out late and alone... Knew nothing but my home...
But I know now exactly who I'm s'posed to be.
And it's a part of this family!
The crane lowered the warp into the hole, guided by Iris. Steven and Amethyst hopped off the warp as it was placed in.
"So, whaddya think?" asked Amethyst, just as Garnet, Pearl, and Spinel arrived.
Steven: If I could just stop right there and be...
Finally done,
Finally us,
Finally we...
Are in the future!
Crystal Gems: Here we are in the future, and it's bright!
Nothing to fear, no one to fight!
I can't believe we've come so far!
Steven: Happily ever after!
Amethyst, Garnet, Pearl, & Spinel: Happily ever after!
Steven: Happily ever after-
Crystal Gems: Here we are!~
Back on the hill of the Statue, Steven plucked a yellow flower, kissed his pinkie finger and poked the stem, restoring the flower. The Crystal Gems all laid together on the grass, with Pearl and Spinel laid on their stomachs and held hands, their fingers intertwined.
"Ah... This is just wonderful. What do you all think?" asked Steven, his eyes closed.
Pearl smiled, "I agree."
"Me too." Spinel mumbled.
Amethyst nodded, "Here here."
Steven opened his eyes and glanced up at the fusion, "How's the future look, Garnet? Does everything stay like this forever?"
Garnet's face brimmed with a smile with her visors shining... but it faded into a frown and she sat up, "... No!"
FYI, if any of you are confused, which is definitely about the Pearls, 'Yarrow' and 'Bluebell' are the nicknames for Yellow Pearl and Blue Pearl respectively, given by Spinel.