The Unlikely Confidant

A/N: Once again I would like to reiterate that this fan fiction spoils the whole Stevenbomb 5 (which is to be scheduled from January 30th).

Disclaimer: I do not own 'Steven Universe'. The property belongs to its respected owners.

Chapter 1: A Possible Blessing in Disguise

"What are you doing over there?"

"I thought I heard someone…"

Hidden in the bushes with his son continuing to cry the tears of the blue hooded being's emotional turmoil, Greg supressed a gulp of startle. Though he was still unsure of what was occurring, the look on Steven's alarmed expression read as clearly as any human expression could muster. The tall hooded blue figure, most likely this Blue Diamond that Steven had mentioned when explaining the Diamond Authority, must not be messed with.

Greg glanced back over at his son to seek any sign of some wacky yet brilliant plan that he would come up with. But there was no sparkle of wit or a grin of determination that graced Steven's face. He was so paralysed with fear that he didn't even notice his father looking over at him for guidance. Greg frowned worriedly at how petrified his son was. Clearly, and unfortunately, Steven surrendered. A newfound strength ignited within Greg at the sight of his helpless son. He was not going to allow his son to be taken by some alien dictator to be experimented on. The two of them did not need to be taken away… only one of them needed to be.

Greg grasped Steven's shoulder, which broke the boy's trance of trepidation. "Don't worry," Greg reassured in a low tone to not attract the Pearl.

Steven stared wide-eyed at his father, for he was unable to fathom how his dad could be so calm. Then again his dad didn't quite understand the gravity of the situation they were in.

"I'll handle this." Greg declared with an air of confidence.

Steven's alarmed state managed to break the boundary of impossibilities at his father's words. What was his dad going to do? What could his dad do against a diamond? Not even he, a Crystal Gem, could come even close to rivalling the unbelievable strength of a diamond! Before Steven could rebuttal, Greg quickly stood up from the bushes.

It took a few seconds for Greg's petrified brain to process that he had his back facing the pearl. As quickly as he stood up he turned to the ballerina-dressed gem with a stupidly wide grin, trying to appear friendly and welcoming.

"Hey!" The way he extended the word 'hey' made him seem forced and rude, so he quickly tried to hide this with a sentence that any pleasant stranger would ask: "Nice day out, huh?"

The pearl clattered her teeth in fright towards Greg, and she appeared to grow warier and warier the more Greg spoke. Sweat dripped down along Greg's face, tickling at his skin and mocking him for his lack of courage and smarts to tackle this clearly dumbstruck being before him.

"I didn't see you there… uh…" He dawdled on, his tone breaking into stammers that must have made him look meek and pathetic. "What's…" He trailed off for longer than necessary.

Without thinking about his next actions and whether they came across as 'natural', he snapped his fingers towards the pearl and gave a grin that came across as too tense. "…Up?"

Near the strange pink construct the giant hooded being appeared, judging by the movement of the majestic blue fabric, to have straightened herself up. "Pearl?"

The pearl turned to give the signature diamond shaped salute towards the blue giant. "My Diamond," her quiet and timid voice echoed with reverence. She then gave a formal bow towards her diamond. "I found a native."

"Oh, uh, yeah! I-I'm from here all right!" Greg bumbled as he stepped over a small bush and brushed the leaves that were stuck to his clothes. He looked far from presentable to a figure of such sovereignty, but he could at least express manners.

He gave a bow, his eyes watching the hooded being to be sure that he had not offended her. He uttered Korean, 'How are you doing?', and finished it off with a clumsily executed, 'your Highness'. The figure slightly turned her head to him, a subtle move that caused Greg's breath to hitch. Only the tip of her nose, lips and some strands of white hair exposed themselves to him. Greg could not decipher from her deeply frowned lips whether he insulted her or if she was regarding him with solemn wonder.

"Bring it here." A simple order came from her lips. Though her voice was velvety, her tone contained unwavering authority that hypnotised people into obeying.

Like the comparison made of her tone, the pearl quietly approached her superior. Taking a deep breath with his nose, Greg followed after the servant with a poised stance to try to appear as formal as he possibly could. He heard his son quietly call out to him to not go, but Greg continued on his tense walk until he appeared a few metres behind the colossal being.

For a few moments nothing appeared to happen. Apart from the pearl bowing once more the hooded gem made no move. It took all of Greg's willpower to supress a gulp of trepidation from being executed. All he could do was stare up at awe with his mouth agape, now taking into account at this distance to the diamond at how colossal she truly was. His mother always did say it was rude to stare and have one's mouth agape, but Greg doubted that anybody could resist reacting like him towards Blue Diamond.

"How curious," Blue Diamond mused, her tone containing a tinge of fascination in it. "I'm impressed by humanity's ability to survive in the wild."

Greg was unsure if he needed to say something to Blue Diamond's musing. Judging by how the ruler's servant was not nudging him to say anything he guessed that remaining silent was the proper thing to do.

"What a strange planet..." She continued, her tone shifting to one that sounded deeply sombre and wistful. "Where else would a being as fragile as a human live while a being as powerful as a diamond…" A hand rose to gesture to the spider-like contraption before her. "…perish?

All of Greg's nerves vanished at the diamond's forlorn words. His brown eyes softened in sympathy towards the towering figure. Everything about this figure and her connection to this vehicle started to connect the dots and make sense to Greg. She came to this contraption to mourn for the loss of Pink Diamond. This spider vehicle was her grave, and the flowers that outgrew the contraption were the flowers on the grave.

"This is where it happened, where she was…" The once intimidating giant's voice started to break from the overwhelming sense of heartache. Greg could hear her crying. "…Broken."

Without pondering if there would be consequences to talking to the hooded being, Greg asked kindly yet tentatively, "Were you close?"

"Very." Blue Diamond responded austerely.

He gave a deep sigh and his shoulders sagged in empathy. Perhaps he would push his boundaries by speaking to this figure of royalty, but Greg felt within himself that he should comfort her. She lost someone dear to her, just as how he lost someone dear to him. Yes he was aware that she was the equivalent to a dictator to the gem culture. Yes she and the Diamond Authority once tried to colonise the Earth. But it didn't matter who she was or what she had done. Losing someone close to you is always an unbearable feeling to go through.

"I'm awfully sorry. I know how hard it is to move on when you lose someone." He sympathised.

There was a pregnant silence that filled the air. For a moment Greg feared that she would lash out at him with 'you don't understand!' or 'I don't need your sympathies!'. But she did not react violently or scold at him pettily. Greg then thought she dismissed his words as him being gormless, but then the figure turned to face him. If it weren't for her tears that streamed like cascades down her face Greg would have gasped in astonishment. She looked so perfectly sculptured with her symmetrical features, and her diamond shaped pupil eyes were so arresting that anyone would drown from their intensity. Her diamond, which cruelly enough was shaped as an edged tear, glowed dimly against her chest. Such an elegant looking figure of legends and, like some legends, tragic in nature.

Her eyes were wide and they blinked questioningly at him. "You do?"

Greg looked towards the contraption with a heavy frown of sorrow gracing his usual smiling face. His heart felt like it added hundreds of weight to it, making him feel forlorn and, as oxymoronic to the term heavy heart, fragile.

"I lost someone very important to me too," Greg started, trying his hardest to not cry himself. He shut his eyes to prevent the tears from forming. "I miss her every single day and I think about her all the time."

His eyes opened gently and he looked down at the ground. "But… she's never coming back." He managed to utter, surprisingly aloud and not as a whimper. His brown eyes stared up at the diamond's blue ones. "That feeling can be so hard to be ok with…"

It is considered commendable to impress or astonish a diamond. Rarely was a diamond ever fazed by anything, especially that of an organic being. But to say that this human stunned Blue Diamond was too simplistic of a way to describe how she felt. This strange creature… perfectly reflected how she felt. No one, not even the other diamonds, came even remotely close to understanding how she felt. Yet this organic being that happened to be in the area understood her as if it was a manifestation of her emotions speaking to her. It completely baffled her that this human had willingly shared its story of lost. It was strangely relieving to hear someone not dismiss her for being too caught up in sorrow.

"I'm surprised that a human being is capable of understanding how I feel." Blue Diamond admitted, not trying to disguise her surprise with her former solemn tone.

She turned away from the human to face Pink's palanquin. Strangely enough a sense of pity ignited within her towards the human's eventual demise. No one on this planet was aware of their inevitable fate to the Cluster.

"It's a shame." She uttered quietly and then she stood up. "There's a geo-weapon incubating in your planet that will destroy everything shortly."

The pity she felt towards the peculiar human became an untamed wild fire that consumed her very being. It was so… perplexing, to feel sympathy towards a species she has never shown any interest towards before. This human did not judge her or dismiss her feelings, unlike Yellow and White.

Perhaps… perhaps this human could be of use to her. It spoke about how the lost of a dearly loved one had heavily impacted it, and it also sounded as if it had moved on. It accepted its loved one's death but it did not try to forget the loved one, unlike Yellow. It wasn't pretending that its loved one didn't exist, unlike White. So this human could help her learn to overcome her grief of Pink, without dismissing the memories Blue had with her. If this human could understand her and move on… then it should be able to help her. Yes… this human would be spared from the Cluster, and in return it would cure her from the dark curse that was grief.

This human would become her confidant.

"But…" She turned to regard the human, a propitious smile gracing her usually forlorn features. Her shining blue eyes regarded the human with the thought of a promising future for herself. "You don't deserve that, do you?"

Greg felt alarmed at the mention of a weapon in the Earth. "Geo-weapon?" But after his exclamation he came to realize that Blue Diamond was referring to the thing that Steven managed to bubble.

"You know…" Blue Diamond turned to Greg, her hands grasping the sides of her hood to reveal her entire face to him.

Even at this close range Greg still had to crane his neck to look up at her. He hoped he did appear rude by staring or gaping at her.

"I really shouldn't be here." She flashed a light smile towards him. "But I'm glad I came one last time. I can still save one last piece of her legacy."

Oh! It sounded like she may be trying to cope with her grief! Perhaps all she needed was someone to listen to her, and for someone to share her experience!

Greg placed his hands on his hips and flashed an auspicious smile towards her. "Oh yeah?"

Then in a split second Greg felt a massive hand clench around his entire being. He grunted at the grip the diamond was applying to him, and he stared up at her with terrified brown eyes. A revelation hit him, causing him to clatter his teeth in horror. Was he this 'one last piece' that she was referring to?

Blue Diamond stood up from her spot and she outstretched her free hand. At that moment a gigantic metallic blue arm rose from the clouds, its shape resembling that of the diamond's outstretched arm. There was a loud hum emitted from the ship, a hum that made Greg shiver as if he were caught in a blizzard.

"That's a… big arm!" Greg managed to gawk out as his eyes scanned the strangely shaped ship.

After the summoning of the colossal ship, Blue Diamond sauntered over to her personal blue palanquin. It was at that moment that Greg began to panic and fidget around, but the diamond's vice grip was that of a snake's. He tilted his head up to look up at the sovereign being's face.

"Put me down! Please!" He pleaded, his tone growing shakier and shakier the more he begged. "Put me down, your Highness!"

But the diamond was deaf to Greg's begs. Greg suddenly felt enveloped by the colour blue of the palanquin's curtains, causing his breath to hitch and for his pleading to halt. Then a sense of elevation followed, which caused him to scream in terror.

"Be at ease." Blue Diamond whispered stoically, completely unfazed by the floating vehicle in which she stood in.

Suddenly the cool breeze of the wind of outside disappeared. The palanquin ceased floating, and a silence filled the area. Without a moment's hesitation Blue Pearl brushed aside the contraption's curtains to make way for her superior. When Blue Diamond exited the palanquin she approached two amethysts guarding the door of the hangar bay. They both gave the diamond salute towards their ruler.

"Bring me an aquamarine." Blue Diamond ordered.

Both amethysts acknowledged their diamond's wishes and rushed out to fetch an aquamarine. Blue Diamond then glanced down at the quivering human, who looked up at her with the largest eyes she had ever seen from a human. She raised an eyebrow towards the panicky animal. She did not understand why the creature was so fretful when she stated that she was saving it from the destruction of its home. Then again the great diamond, as she had learnt today from this human, knew very little of this strange race.

The sound of a door opening caught the diamond's attention. A cyan coloured gem entered, wearing the standard Blue Court clothing that all Blue Diamond's subjects wore. She had her white hair tied in a bun, where some strands fell to her gem located where the left ear would be. Marine green eyes leaked no emotions or the thoughts going through the mind of the gem. The gem was the embodiment of solemness and obedience, just as how Blue Diamond wanted from all her members of her court.

"You requested for an aquamarine, my Diamond?" The aquamarine inquired.

Blue Diamond gently placed Greg to the floor, where he placed his hands behind his back as he stretched and cracked his spine. He was huffing heavily, for his lungs greedily grasped at the air that he needed after being crushed in Blue Diamond's grip. Sweat ran down the sides of his face as he stared at the aquamarine with trepidation evident in his eyes. The insides of his mouth felt as dry as a desert's surface, and his head pounded uncontrollably until the pounding unleashed a migraine. Fear was taking possession of his body, and there was nothing he could do about it.

Blue Diamond sauntered on over to the door where the aquamarine and the amethysts stood. "This human will travel with us. I need you to give it anaesthetic."

With that order the colossal majesty and her servant disappeared behind the door, leaving Greg to be tended by the aquamarine. He squirmed as the cyan gem approached him, causing him to back away against a wall like a mouse cornered by a cat.

"Hold still!" The aquamarine commanded.

Greg disobeyed the order out of panic and tried to make a run for it. He didn't know where to run, but it would be better to run away than be knocked out! But he did not get far, for the two-stationed amethysts tackled him to the ground. He grunted as he fell on his back, and began to squirm and thrash as he was being held down. A shadow came over him and it belonged to the aquamarine, who crouched with some strange metallic computer-like chip in her hand.

"Please! I-I d-didn't do anything!" Greg stammered fretfully, his eyes widening the closer the cyan gem got to his face.

Yet the aquamarine dismissed his pleas and placed the chip on the back of Greg's neck. In a split of a second, before Greg's brain could process what happened once the chip made contact with his neck, he fell unconscious.