Alone Together, Forever 1

A/N: Hello everyone! It's me, Rosevine6761 with another story! This one is… also… kinda depressing, but whatever! It's also a spinoff story for a chapter I made in We Protect Each Other. Well, let's make this! This chapter won't be much other than a more detailed version of the chapter in We Protect Each Other.

"Aah!"

Stevonnie, plated in their rose gold armor, hit the ground after slicing Yellow Diamond with Rose's sword.

Stevonnie thought of preparing for this battle. All the battle training from Garnet.

A Few Days Ago, With Garnet…

"Make sure you're balanced!" Garnet shouts out. Stevonnie fought against the Holo-Pearl. They held Rose's sword tight. She used her shield and shielded herself against the attack of the expert level hologram. Stevonnie bent downwards and thrusted Rose's sword through the Holo-Pearl's stomach. The Holo-Pearl disappeared.

Pearl clapped. Garnet clapped only for a little bit, but that was it. She whispers to Pearl, and Pearl nods and walks away from the arena.

"Is everything alright? That was record time!" Stevonnie states.

"You are improving, Stevonnie. But you're avoiding something. You are hitting each other these projections in every other place," Garnet points to Stevonnie's chest, right where Yellow Diamond's gem was, "Except here."

Stevonnie sighs, "I'm sorry. But I don't think I could kill another gem."

"It's okay. You probably won't have to. We can all handle ourselves out there." Garnet lies. She looks away from Stevonnie, making them feel sick. They knew that they'd probably have to do the deed. Were they up to it?

Present…

Yellow Diamond turned around, fury in her eyes. Stevonnie glanced at the only other gems who weren't in their gems. Ruby and Sapphire, unfused, glanced back. Amethyst looked up, barely able to stand her ground. She held Pearl's gem tight, making sure that Yellow Diamond couldn't break her.

Peridot, with her new star covered limb enhancers, laid on the ground, looking up to show that she was indeed okay. Well, relatively okay.

Stevonnie, more determined than ever to save their friends, lunged at Yellow Diamond with the sword. Shield in hand, she collided with her. Yellow Diamond started to push forward, and Stevonnie barely stood their ground, but they did well enough.

"Listen, you fusion scum, you have failed. This planet will be under Homeworld's control once again. And no fusion will be able to stop it. And if we can't have this world, the Cluster will be a good enough substitute." Yellow Diamond starts to make Stevonnie lose their balance.

Stevonnie grunts, and starts to push forward again, Rose's sword right against Yellow Diamond's, "No! I can't let you destroy this planet!"

Yellow Diamond, realising that if she kept pushing against this fusion would be endless, pulled her sword up and jumped back. Stevonnie fell forward but caught themselves. Yellow Diamond however, would not let this fusion keep fighting. How could a human and a gem be a match for her? She threw her sword down, right in the middle of Stevonnie. The gems around gasped, and Yellow Diamond smirked.

Stevonnie thought about their training with Garnet. With barely any restraint, kept themselves together long enough to grasp Rose's sword, and stab it straight through Yellow Diamond's gem. It was a remarkable feat, as Stevonnie could barely see, since all of their long hair was in the way. Yellow Diamond poofed instantly, and her gem was cracked. When Yellow Diamond's gem hit the ground, it shattered on impact. Leaving the tyrant dead.

Stevonnie gasped for air, and started to breathe heavily. They let themselves unfuse, and a smoke appeared as Steven and Connie fell out of the fusion. Steven sat up first, breathing hard.

He smiled and looked at the rest of the gems, "We did it!" It took everyone a second, but they started to clap and cheer, knowing that Yellow Diamond was dead. Steven's eyes darted around, trying to look for his best friend Connie. He looked behind him, and saw her body lying there.

"Connie, we did it!" Steven exclaimed. No answer came from Connie. Steven could see Connie's body rising up and down, so he knew she was breathing. "Connie?"

Steven, having a hurt leg, crawled over to his friend. He nearly vomited when seeing her body. "Connie!"

All the gems rushed over to Connie. She was laying on the ground, barely moving. Blood was spattered all over the young girl. Her arm appeared to be broken, and her leg had at least a fracture. Amethyst noticed something sticking out of Connie, and Amethyst nearly threw up thinking about what that could have been. Sapphire was horrified, and she, along with Ruby looked away.

Connie was bruised everywhere, and had deep scrapes and cuts. But the thing that had worried everyone the most was the yellow sword sticking out of her chest. It wasn't exactly where the heart was, but it was close to it. The sword Yellow Diamond had used was in Connie's chest.

"Oh no, pleasepleaseplease…" Steven stood up despite his leg injury and sat beside Connie. He checked her pulse. It didn't seem normal. "Guys, what will we do?"

No one answered, until stifled sobs came from Sapphire, "W-we can't-t get her t-t-to a hospital in time. It would t-take too long…" Sapphire started to sob. Steven started to cry too.

"What about on Lion?" Steven asks, still a little hopeful.

Sapphire shakes her head, "If we go on Lion, the force of the portal would be too much for her. She would still die."

"No! Connie, come on, come on! I know you can do it! We're supposed to be Jam Buds, remember?" Steven starts to shake Connie's head slightly. Connie stirs awake, and her eyes are nearly closed. She rolls her head over to Steven and smiles. Steven hugs her and cries.

Soon, a glow goes around the both of them. Stevonnie was formed again.

Everyone gaped at the sight of the fusion. It wasn't because Stevonnie had formed, because Ruby and Sapphire could form Garnet that easily if they tried, but it was because Stevonnie looked just fine. Nothing was wrong with her. It was like both Steven and Connie were unharmed.

Ruby looked at Stevonnie, "How is this possible?"

Sapphire thinks for a second, "I think I have an idea," Sapphire walks to Stevonnie, "What if this was like, Gem stasis? But it's a fusion? Steven is injured, and Connie is critically injured. But, when they fused, it was like their injuries were relieved, and so Stevonnie is like life support."

"So, does that mean their injuries are healed now?" Amethyst asks. Sapphire looks down, unsure.

"Why don't we just find out? Um, Stevonnie… can you unfuse?" Peridot butts in. Stevonnie shrugs, unsure. They think about unfusing, and eventually smoke goes around them and they do.

Peridot jumps back, and everyone looks away.

"Oh my stars! Fuse back! Fuse back!" Peridot shouts, turning away as well.

Steven and Connie were on the ground again. Connie looked the same, but it seemed she had a little more blood on her. It also seemed like she was starting to look more like a rotting corpse, but was still alive. Steven looked worse than he did before, but not as bad as Connie. He had cuts and bruises all over him as well, and also had blood. Steven looked as though he was about to faint. He crawled slowly over to Connie, and they fused again.

Stevonnie was back, and they looked just fine. "Sapphire, I think you're right."

Sapphire starts to sob, and Ruby cries as well. Amethyst sniffles, trying to keep a calm composure. Peridot looks down, but doesn't cry. Amethyst feels a warmth in her hand. She looks down and sees Pearl's gem glow white. She lets Pearl's gem go, and she reforms.

"Ah, that's better." Pearl looks around. "What happened?"

Amethyst points to Stevonnie, and Pearl looks at the nearly perfect fusion "I don't understand what you mean."

"In the battle against Yellow Diamond, Connie became critically injured. This is the only way that they are safe. If we tried to take Connie to the hospital, she would have died." Sapphire explains. She sighs, "And even if we did take Stevonnie to the hospital, and unfuse her there, both Steven and Connie would die. Their separate conditions have become too critical now. Stevonnie is the only way they can survive."

Pearl puts her hand to her mouth and starts to cry, "Rose, I'm sorry I've failed you…"

Stevonnie just looks at themselves, and then looks at their gem, as the gems around are in tears.

S:S:S:S:S:S:S

In just a few days after the attack on Earth, things had returned back to normal. Well, as normal as they could be. Stevonnie slept in Rose's room for the time being, until something was done with the beach house to expand it so there would be more room for them.

Pearl had barely come out of her room. And when she did, she seemed miserable. She had felt that she had failed her leader. And that she would never see Steven again. Garnet was only fused one time since Yellow Diamond came a few days ago. Ruby and Sapphire would fuse again, but after things were settled. They did it out of respect, and how it could be hard having two permanent fusions.

Pearl would never be able to form Rainbow Quartz again, or so she assumed. Since Stevonnie was mostly human, could they fuse with full gems? Or was Stevonnie even mostly human anymore? It seems to be the gem factor that was keeping Steven and Connie alive, so maybe Stevonnie was mostly gem.

Amethyst had seemed to act like things were normal the most. She was sad, but she bottled it up. Peridot spent a lot of time at the barn, so no one knew how she was coping. Amethyst looked nearly like she didn't care, but she really did. She liked Steven. And she liked Connie. But, she looked on the bright side. At least they were still with them and alive.

At least they were still with them and alive. Even if it was as a permanent fusion.

Ruby and Sapphire were in their respective rooms, and so was Pearl. Stevonnie was sitting on the couch, thinking to themselves. Amethyst stood by the Temple door. She looked at Stevonnie. It seemed Steven and Connie made a system. Whenever Stevonnie looked closer to how Steven did, Steven would be in control, and it would be like talking to the little guy again.

Whenever Stevonnie looked closer to how Connie looked, then Connie was more in control. When Stevonnie had both of their looks combined on them, similar to when they first fused, both Steven and Connie were in control. Amethyst smiled when first she saw this, it was like speaking to both of them in the same room. Just like normal.

And lastly, when Stevonnie didn't seem to resemble Steven or Connie at all, Stevonnie was being themselves. Having their own personality.

Amethyst kept this system a secret. Until the other gems had finished their misery, she'd tell them. So maybe in a few days. Amethyst noticed that it seemed both Steven and Connie were in control.

Amethyst sighs. She wants to talk to them, but at the same time, she feels a depression, and wants to stay away. She wanted them to be individual again. She just did.

Amethyst nearly slapped herself. She was being selfish. Or was she? This was similar to what she had heard Pearl say yesterday.

Yesterday…

Amethyst walked around her room. Pearl hadn't come out for a while, and even if Pearl had been annoying, she didn't want Pearl to do anything stupid. She dipped her head in one of the puddles, and it came out in Pearl's room. She could see Pearl on the same water tower her head was in. Curious, she was silent and tried to see what Pearl was doing.

"Rose, I can't believe I have failed you like this," Pearl sighs, "You must be so disappointed. I couldn't protect Steven. I couldn't protect Connie. I am a failure."

Pearl looks up, as if Rose was there to answer. "I want Steven back."

Pearl shakes her head, "It's not that I don't like Connie. Because I do. She is a remarkable young girl. But, Steven was my mission. My cause. Steven is what you left me for. I had to keep him protected. But I didn't." Pearl starts to have anger bubble up, along with choked sobs, "But now Steven is stuck in a fusion forever! Why can't he be separate? How will things be the same again? I can never talk to him individually again. Teach him things only I could tell him."

Pearl starts to cry, "Oh Steven!"

Amethyst takes her head out of Pearl's room, letting Pearl have some privacy, and she resisted the urge to roll her eyes since Pearl was being very dramatic.

Present…

'No. I won't be like that. Stevonnie is just the same as Steven and Connie would be. I am going to make sure that Stevonnie knows that.' Amethyst thinks to herself as she makes her way over to the fusion.

She slides on the couch next to Stevonnie. For some reason, sitting by the fusion made Amethyst want to cry.

Amethyst tries to hold herself together as she looks over to the new, permanent Stevonnie. She would never be able to see Steven by himself again. It would never be him.

"You know, things will be okay, right? Nothing's really changed… you guys are just fused permanently now!"

Stevonnie doesn't answer Amethyst, making Amethyst frown from her fake smile. Amethyst tries again.

"H-how do you f-feel?" She stutters, asking Stevonnie. Stevonnie responds, feeling better.

Stevonnie looks down, tears in their eyes.

"I feel amazing."

A/N: So, what do you guys think? I don't think this will be much of a long story, but more of a shorter type thing. But chapters won't come out right away. I have many other fanfictions to work on.

And I'm on spring break! Yay!

I hope you like my new fic!