Hey, guys! Sorry that it took so long for this chapter to be posted, but I was busy with my other stories. Anyway, I just finished watching the entire Steven Universe Future series, and well...I loved it, especially the season finale. I can never, ever, ever, EVER imagine Steven shattering a gem. At least, he brought Jasper back to life, but still...wow. Anyway, if you guys were wondering, I am planning on writing the Steven Universe Movie, as well as Steven Universe Future. I can't wait to write Spinel since she's arguably my favorite Steven Universe redeemed villain, and I especially can't wait to write Steven Universe Future.
Now, before we begin, I would like to say something to the Guest who keeps reviewing in all my stories about updating my Jurassic Universe story. Look, I'm flattered that you like my story so much, but you have to realize that I'm working on other stories as well as managing my college life. So, please bear with me and wait for me to update this story.
Anyway, I don't own anything except for my OC's.
NOW LET'S GET ON WITH THE STORY!
Jurassic Universe Theme Song:
Garnet: We
Pear and Amethyst: Are
Saurus: The Crystal
Steven: Gems
All: We always save the day
Steven: And if you think we can't
Saurus: We'll always find a way
The gems: That's why the people of this world believe in...
Garnet!
Saurus!
Amethyst!
And Pearl...
And Steven!
"Almost done!" Greg says while washing a van that had a giant head in the roof with a hose as he wiped the sweat off his forehead. "How's it going with Mayor Dewey's head, Saurus?" Greg asked while looking up at Saurus, who was cleaning the fake head with a sponge and a bucket of water.
"It's going well, Mr. Universe." Saurus says while wearing a white tank top, that showed off his muscles, short black pants, and white sandals.
"That's great! Keep up the good work!" Greg says while giving him a thumbs-up as Saurus nodded, and went back to cleaning. "Man, would I kill to get that body." Greg whispered to himself, feeling slightly jealous at Saurus muscular body before shaking his head as he turned to his son, who was cleaning the van's tires. "Steven, get the hubcaps!"
"Hubbing it up!" Steven as he grabs a sponge and a bucket of water before washing the van's hubcaps vigorously.
"Hub it good this is high-profile!"
"You mean cause it's the mayor's election-mobile?" Steven asked as Greg nodded excitedly.
"Yeah, and if we do this right, we might get some...political favors!" Greg says while wiggling his eyebrows as Saurus stared at him deadpanned while Steven looks confused.
"Yeah, no offense Mr. Universe, but I don't see that happening. You're just washing the man's van, it's not like your babysitting his daughter or something." Saurus says as Greg frowns at him playfully.
"Way to ruin my dreams, Saurus," Greg says as Saurus smiled at him innocently.
"Anytime."
"I'm not sure what you guys are talking about...but I like it!" Steven says, getting excited as he grabs a nearby hose and sprays the van, but the water arches over the vehicle and splashes Greg by accident. Greg laughs as he sprays Steven back, causing the young child to laugh as well as they started a water fight.
"Hey, hey, guys! Knock it off! We have to finish cleaning before the mayor shows up!" Saurus says as their response was spraying him in the face with water. "Okay, that's it!" Saurus says as he leaped out off the van, and transformed into his full dinosaur form as he grabs Steven and Greg in a headlock. "Let's see how you like it?" Saurus says as he used his tail to grab a hose and began spraying the two.
"Hey! Cut it out!" Greg says with a laugh as he tries to escape from Saurus hold, but the teen wouldn't budge.
"Saurus! This isn't fair! Stop it!" Steven says while giggling as Saurus gave him a savage smirk, and lets them go as he changes back.
"I hope this shows you two to never mess with Saurus-" Saurus says, before yelping as Greg and Steven grabs two buckets of cold water and dumps it on his head.
"Revenge!" Greg and Steven shouted as they high-fived each other, and they all laughed.
"Hey, hey, hey!" A voice rang out as Saurus, and the others turned around and saw the Mayor of Beach City running towards them with a displeased look on his face.
The mayor of Beach City is a 40-year-old man with coral skin, a balding dark-brown hair, dark-brown eyes, and a long nose. His outfit consists of a light violet-gray coat with a beige collared shirt underneath, a dark-violet necktie, gray-brown pants, black socks, and chocolate-brown shoes. His name is William Dewey, the mayor of Beach City.
"I'm not paying you guys to wash my car so that you can goof off!" Bill says with an annoyed look as Saurus grinned, and stood up as he lazily leans against the mayor's van.
"Ah, don't be such a buzzkill, Mr. Mayor, we were just having some fun. Besides, your van is squeaky clean." Saurus says as he bangs his fist against the van, much to the man's horror.
"Be careful!" The mayor as he runs towards his van, and roughly pushes Saurus out of the way as he rubbed the spot where Saurus hit the van. "You could've hurt my baby," Bill says as Saurus growled at him, not liking being pushed around like that as Greg grabs the angry teen by his shoulders.
"Easy there, Saurus," Greg says, trying to calm him down as Steven frowned. Not liking Mayor Dewey being mean to his friend, so he did what any kid would do in his situation, and sprays Bill with his hose.
"Steven!" Greg shouted disapprovingly as Saurus laughed.
"Nice one, kid!" Saurus says as Greg glared at him.
"Don't encourage him!"
"Ugh!" Mayor Dewey says as he pulls out a napkin and tries to wipe the water off of himself. "UNIVERSE! CONTROL THESE KIDS!" The mayor ordered as Greg grabbed Steven by his shoulders and pulled him back.
"Hehe, I'm sorry about that, Mayor Dewey. If you want, this one's on the house." Greg says nervously as Saurus eyes widen in disbelief.
"What?! That's not fair! We spent all day washing that-" Saurus says before being muffled by Greg as the old man gave Mayor Dewey a sheepish smile.
"On the house, eh?" Mayor Dewey says as he turns his head to look at his van before turning to Greg as he flashed him his usual politician smile. "I like the way you do business, Universe." Bill says as he got into his van, and drove off as the fake head chanted 'Mayor Dewey!' over and over again.
"What a douche," Saurus says after escaping from Greg's hold as the older man raised an eyebrow at him.
"That douche just so happens to be the mayor of our town," Greg says as Saurus shrugs.
"Eh, I'm not scared of a politician. I've faced many of them in my travels...and had to kill some too." Saurus says under his breath as Steven popped up.
"Political favors~," Steven says as Greg and Saurus smiled.
"Ahh, you rascal!" Greg says as he picks his son up, and gave him a noogie as Steven laughs.
"Thanks for defending me, little dude. I really appreciate it." Saurus says while ruffling his hair as Steven smiled.
"But seriously enough with the hose fights! I will keep losing customers if you keep that up." Greg says as Steven pouted.
"Aw, okay," Steven says before yelping as he, Greg, and Saurus got sprayed with water.
"Steven seriously knock it off. You're ruining my hair." Saurus says while trying to pull back his long wet hair from covering his eyes as Steven shakes his head.
"That wasn't me," Steven says as he and the others turned around and saw a weird purple cat holding a running hose with her mouth.
"What the?" Greg says, confused.
"It's that a cat?" Saurus asked as the cat, weirdly enough, smiled at them mischievously, and sprayed them again. "Hey, cut it out!" Saurus says as he and the others began to run away from the strange feline, and the cat followed them.
"What is with this cat?!" Greg asked as the cat sprayed them with some water before dropping the hose as she chased after Saurus.
"Huh?! Why is she after me now!?" Saurus screams as he tried to shake off by running a little faster. But the little furball manages to easily keep up with him as she tackles him to the ground, and begins licking his face. "Ew! Gross! Get it off me!" Saurus says in disgust as he tries to push the cat off of him, but before he could. The cat's body was suddenly covered with a white glow, and before the young teen could react, the cat shape-shifted into Amethyst.
"Gotcha, dude!" Amethyst says with a shit-eating grin as Saurus stared at her surprised, before rolling his eyes at her.
"Ha, ha, very funny. Now, can you get off me?"
"Aw, but I'm too comfortable to get off," Amethyst says while eyeing Saurus, somewhat seductively as Saurus blushed at words.
"Amethyst!" Steven yells as he and Greg ran towards them. Amethyst winks at the blushing Saurus before jumping off of him as she grins at the duo.
"Totally fooled you guys, didn't I?" Amethyst asked as Greg smiled hesitantly.
"You sure did, Amethyst," Greg says as Steven nodded excitedly.
"Yeah, that was really cool, Amethyst!"
"Speak for yourself, Steven, you don't have Gem drool on your face," Saurus says grumbly while using a hose to wash off Amethyst drool off his face. "Thanks, Amethyst," Saurus says while glaring at her as she smiled at him innocently.
"You're welcome," Amethyst says as Steven smiled before frowning as he lifts his shirt and stares at his gem.
"I wish that I could shape-shift like you, Amethyst," Steven says sadly.
"You could probably learn," Amethyst says offhandedly as Steven and Saurus stares at her in surprise.
"I can?" Steven asked with an excited look.
"He can?" Saurus asked with a doubtful look.
"Of course, he can, he's got a gem," Amethyst says while pointing at Steven's gem as the boy pulled his shirt down.
"Well, yeah, but with him being organic, I figured that it would be impossible for him to shape-shift," Saurus says as Amethyst shrugs.
"Hey, you never know if he can unless he tries. I mean, he did summon his shield a few weeks ago." Amethyst says as Saurus nodded.
"True."
"Whup! Magic stuff!" Greg says with an alarmed look as he took a few steps back from the group. "Should I get out of here? Is there going to be an explosion?" Greg asked worriedly as the boys were quick to calm him down.
"Don't worry, Mr. Universe, nothing bad is going to happen," Saurus says as Steven nodded.
"Yeah, Dad, it's no big deal," Steven says as Greg nodded, and began to calm down, but then Amethyst butt in as she shape-shifted into Steven, and gave the startled look a mischievous grin.
"Yeah, it's fine," Amethyst says.
"Gah!"
After calming Greg down before he had a panic attack, the gang had regrouped the temple as Amethyst stood in the middle of the kitchen. Ready to show off-I mean demonstrate her shape-shifting abilities as she smirked at the boys.
"Alright, check it," Amethyst says as she shape-shifted into a dog, then a fox, then a small boat, and finally a rat.
"Awesome!" Steven says as Amethyst smiled at his compliment before noticing Pearl walking into the room as she grinned.
"Hey, Pearl!" She shouted, gaining Pearl's attention as Amethyst shape-shifted into a seal. "Arp, arp, arp!" Amethyst barked out as Steven laughs, and Saurus smiles in amusement while Pearl stares at her blankly.
"Do more!" Steven says as Amethyst shape-shifts into a wolf. "Aawooo!" She then shape-shifts into a tiger. "Rawr!" Amethyst roars out before transforming into Saurus. "Sup, guys," Amethyst says, mimicking Saurus voice as the boys laughed while Pearl rolled her eyes in annoyance.
"Ha, ha, okay, I will admit, while I'm still annoyed with the whole licking my face thing. Your shape-shifting powers are quite impressive," Saurus admitted as his lookalike smiled at him.
"Thank you," Amethyst says as Pearl walks over to her.
"Amethyst, you're overdoing it," Pearl says as Amethyst rolls her eyes and leans against Saurus side.
"Uh, chill it, dude,"
"Just because you can shape-shift, doesn't mean you should." Pearl scolds as Amethyst gave her an annoyed look.
"Can you shape-shift?" Steven asked Pearl.
"Well, of course, I-" Pearl says before getting interrupted by Amethyst as she shape-shifts into Pearl.
"Well, of course, I can, I'm perfect," Amethyst says with a high-pitched voice before turning around as she begins smacking her butt. "WOMP! WOMP!" Amethyst says as Pearl shoves her to the side, and Amethyst tumbles away laughing.
"Anyway, all Gems can shape-shift, Steven," Pearl says before projecting a hologram of a Gem showing off her shape-shifting abilities. "We can turn into objects, people, animals, change parts of our bodies, etc. The bottom line is that we can turn into just about anything we want."
"Well, if that's the case, then why don't you, Garnet, and Amethyst use your shape-shifting abilities more in battle?" Saurus asked curiously.
"That's because overusing our shape-shifting capabilities will cause our physical forms to glitch out." Pearl says as she showed an image of the Gem's physical form destabilizing and caused her body to spazz out, much to the surprise of the boys as Pearl turned off her hologram. "So we only shape-shift when it's absolutely necessary," Pearl says before sweatdropping as Amethyst came in, still transformed into Pearl, and begins smacking her butt again.
"WOMP! WOMP!"
"Unless you were irresponsible like Amethyst," Pearl says as Saurus nodded understandably, and Steven beamed.
"That sounds so cool! I want to try them all!" Steven exclaimed as Pearl gives him a serious look.
"Don't bite off more than you can chew, Steven," Pearl says before leaving the house as Amethyst shape-shifts back into her normal self.
"Alright! Show me how to change into a huge lion!" Steven says while bouncing up and down in excitement as Saurus gave him an amused look, and placed his arm on his shoulder.
"Steven, I know you're excited about discovering a new power and everything, but I think we should start things out slowly, and work our way up to the big stuff" Saurus says as Amethyst nodded in agreement.
"He's right, Steven. You should start out with something easy before doing any fancy tricks." Amethyst says as Steven pouted in disappointment before smiling again as he looked up at Saurus and Amethyst.
"I think I understand. How about I try to transform into a cat? Just like how Amethyst did earlier." Steven says as Saurus smiled and ruffled his head.
"I think that's a good start, what do you think Amethyst?" Saurus asked as she nodded.
"Sure, that's fine, now follow my lead, Steven," Amethyst says as Steven nodded, and paid close attention as well as Saurus. "First, think of what you wanna be, and then, just shake it out." Amethyst as she shape-shifts into a cat. "See? Now your turn." Amethyst says as Steven looks a little unsure about her advice.
"Uh, okay," Steven says as he takes a deep breath and starts straining himself. "Caaaatttt...!" Steven says as Amethyst shakes her head.
"Nah, you're too tense. Just relax and feel it." Amethyst says as Steven nodded, and presses his fingertips against his temples.
"Feeelll iiiitttt…!" Steven says, concentrating greatly as Amethyst and Saurus stared at him with concern.
"Uh, if you're not ready, we can try later?" Amethyst asked as Steven shakes his head.
"No! I want to try this!" Steven says as he continued concentrating, but nothing was happening. "This isn't working," Steven says with a groan as he turns to Saurus. "Saurus, how do you transform?" Steven asked as Saurus stared at him in surprise, not expecting Steven to ask him that question as he rubs his neck nervously.
"Oh, well, I'm not sure if its the same as how Gems shape-shifts, but I transform into my Dinosaur State by feeling an intense feeling of pure anger and hatred." Saurus says nonchalantly as Steven, and Amethyst stares at him with surprised looks.
"Really?" Steven asked as Saurus nodded.
"So, do you feel angry every time you transform?" Amethyst asked while tilting her head as Saurus shakes his head.
"Not necessarily." He says as Steven and Amethyst stared at him, confused. "You see, at first, I could only transform when I'm really, really angry. But as I grew older and grew more experienced with my powers, I no longer need to feel extreme hatred to transform. Now, all I need to feel is a slight annoyance, and I'm all set." Saurus explained as Steven nodded thoughtfully, and looks at his hands.
"So, does that mean that I've to feel angry to transform like you?" Steven asked as Saurus thought carefully before shaking his head.
"Nah, I don't think so, but I do think that Amethyst was on to something with her advice," Saurus says as Amethyst looks at him in surprise.
"Really?" She asked as he nodded.
"Yeah, but I think that instead of only feeling calm or angry at once, I think its best that Steven feels relaxed and tense at the same time," Saurus says as they stared at him confused. "Look, let me explain. Steven, come here." Saurus says as Steven walked over to him. "Close your eyes," Saurus says as Steven tilted his head confusedly. "Just do it, please," Saurus says as Steven nodded, and closed his eyes. "Take a deep breath, and let your body relax, Saurus says as Steven took a deep breath, and his body slowly grew relaxed. "Now, I want you to picture what you want to transform into, Saurus says as Steven begins thinking of turning into a cat. "Do you feel anything?" Saurus asked as Steven hums, and felt something rubble in his stomach.
"Yeah, I do...it feels really weird," Steven says as his gem begins to glow.
"That's good now, like Amethyst said, try to shake the transformation out of your body. But instead of shaking, try forcing the transformation out," Saurus says as Steven nodded, and closed his eyes as he begins concentrating.
After a few seconds, nothing happened until Steven felt something originating from his gem as he flinches, and fell on the floor as his body began to glow. Steven groans in pain as he felt his body stretching and contorting around while his bones and organs rearranged themselves to suit his new form. Steven panted heavily as he feels like he was going to pass out at any minute. But then the pain disappeared as Steven shakily opened his eyes, and blinks in confusion as he saw the shock/surprise looks on his friends.
"Guys, what's wrong?" Steven asked as his voice seems to snap his friends out of their daze.
"I think you should look for yourself," Saurus says as he grabs a nearby mirror, and placed it in front of Steven as the young boy gasped in amazement.
"No way! I'm a cat!" Steven says while laughing in disbelief at his new form. Steven had become the mirror image of the cat that Amethyst transformed earlier...albeit his skin and fur were colored pink, and his gem was still residing on his bellybutton.
"This is so amazing! You look like a normal cat." Saurus says as he picks Steven up, and looked over his appearance. "Well, almost," Saurus says amusedly as Amethyst smiled at Steven.
"I got to admit, at first I didn't think it will work, but you manage to surprise me, little dude," Amethyst says while petting him as Steven purred from her petting, and Saurus sets him down.
"Think you can change back?" Saurus asked as Steven nodded, and closed his eyes in concentration as he slowly changed back into his normal form.
"This is so cool!" Steven says as Amethyst smiled proudly at Steven, and placed her arm around his shoulder.
"So, Steven, how does it feel to shape-shift for the first time? I bet it felt great, right?" She asked as Steven smiled uneasily.
"Uh...yeah, it felt great," Steven says as Saurus noticed his nervous smile, and gave him a suspicious look. "I want to shape-shift into more animals! What should I turn into now?" Steven says as Amethyst thought carefully.
"How about a fox?" Amethyst asked as Steven nodded, and begins to concentrate as he slowly transformed into a pink-furred fox.
"What else?" Steven asked.
"Well, how about transforming into a goat?" Amethyst suggested as Steven nodded, and slowly transformed into a goat.
"Tada!" Steven says with a grin before reverting back into his human form as he smiled at his friends. "Any more requests?" Steven asked as Saurus smiles at his enthusiasm while Amethyst begins bouncing up and down excitedly.
"Ooh! Ooh! Try to give me a high-five from across the room!" Amethyst suggested as Steven stared at her, confused.
"How?"
"Like this!" Amethyst says as she used her shape-shifting capabilities to stretch out her arm 10-feet ahead of her.
"I got to try that out!" Steven says as he closed his eyes and concentrated as he imagined his arm stretching away from his body, and threw out his hand.
"Whoa!" Saurus says while ducking from Steven's stretched out hand as it zoomed across the kitchen, and reached towards Amethyst as Steven gave her a high-five.
"This is amazing!" Steven shouted in excitement while mentally sighing in relief that he didn't feel any pain from performing that stunt as he retracted his hand back into his body.
"Yeah, that was pretty cool, Steven. I'm happy that you were able to master this ability without any difficulty." Saurus says as Steven smiled hesitantly.
"Yeah, no difficulty," Steven says before perking up as he looked at his Gem with a huge smile. "This is the greatest day of my life! I've finally mastered one of my gem powers!" Steven screamed in exhilaration as Amethyst grinned.
"You should go and show your dad your new power, he's gonna freak out!" Amethyst says as Saurus frowned worriedly.
"Well, with how he reacted back at the car wash, I don't think-"
"I got to show my new power to my dad!" Steven shouted as he ran out of the house, and Saurus glared at the smirking Amethyst.
"You like to mess with people, don't you?" He asked as she shrugs.
"Yep, pretty much." She says as Saurus shakes his head, and followed after Steven.
"Dad! I'm back!" Steven yelled as he was running back to Greg's car wash and saw his dad sunbathing outside on a chair.
"Hey, schtu-ball," Greg says as Steven grinned.
"Check it out," Steven says as he closed his eyes and grunted as he slowly transformed into a cat. "Tada!" Steven says with a strained smile, only feeling slight discomfort from transforming again.
"Ah!" Greg screamed in surprise and slight fear as he fell off his chair and stared at his son in shock.
"I've shape-shifting powers now!" Steven says excitedly just as Saurus showed up.
"Hey, Greg. Sorry for not giving you a heads up, but Amethyst thought it would be funny to scare you." Saurus says.
"I-It's okay, Saurus," Greg says, still staring at his son as he looked over his cat body with a fascinated/uncomfortable look. "So, it's this like a thing that you can do now? You just can you shape-shift into anything you want? Like the Gems?" Greg asked as Steven turned back to normal, and thought carefully about what his father said.
"Well, so far, I've only transformed into animals and stretched out my arm. But I think I can transform into humans if I try," Steven says as Saurus looks apprehensive.
"Uh, Steven, you have been shape-shifting a lot now, maybe you need a-" Saurus says before getting interrupted by Steven as he transformed into a pink version of his dad.
"Wow! Look at me! I'm Dad!" Steven says as Greg stepped back in shock, and looks incredibly weirded out.
"U-Uh, that's a pretty cool trick, son," Greg says with a hesitant smile as Steven smiled at him before groaning as he held his head, and turned back to normal.
"Whoa, Steven, are you alright?" Saurus asked worriedly as Steven's headache disappeared, and he gave the teen a thumbs up.
"Yeah, I'm good. Just got a little dizzy there." Steven says before beaming. "Anyway, I'm going to take this show on the road!" Steven says before running off as Saurus turned to Greg, who still looks incredibly freaked out.
"Don't worry, Mr. Universe, I will keep an eye on him, and make sure he doesn't get into trouble," Saurus says as Greg sighs in relief.
"Thanks, Saurus, that makes me feel better. Now, if you excuse me, I'm going to faint." Greg says before falling onto his chair as he passed out. Saurus stared at Greg confusedly before shrugging as he ran after Steven.
"Hey, kid, wait up!" Saurus yelled as he caught up to Steven, and gave the kid a worried look. "Hey, are sure you're alright? You took quite a dizzy spell there."
"Saurus, relax, there's nothing wrong with me, I just got a little dizzy that's all. Trust me, if I was feeling any real pain, I would tell you." Steven says as Saurus didn't look convinced, but nodded nonetheless.
"Well, okay then," Saurus says as they reached towards the Big Donut, and Saurus was about to enter the store, but Steven stops him.
"Wait, before we go in, we got to use my new powers to prank Sadie and Lars." Steven says as Saurus was about to protest, but the playful side of him couldn't resist messing with someone as he grinned, and nodded.
"I agree, and luckily for us, I have a plan," Saurus says as he bends down to Steven's eye level, and whispered into his ear. A few minutes later, Saurus walked into the store while carrying a pink raccoon in his arms as he saw Sadie and Lars standing behind the counter and walked over to them.
"Hey, guys!" Saurus shouted, gaining the teenager's attention as they looked up to him.
"Hey, Saurus," Sadie says before she and Lars did a double-take as they stared at the small animal in Saurus arms in surprise/confusion. "Uh, Saurus, why are you carrying a raccoon in your arms?
"And why is it pink?" Lars asked as Saurus smiled.
"Oh, this is a raccoon that I saved earlier from being run over by a car. I was planning on releasing it to the wild, but the little guy seems to have taken a liking to me." Saurus says while discretely morphing his tail as it sneaked behind the counter and grabbed a bottle of whip cream.
"But why is it pink?" Lars asked as Saurus shrugged while sneakily using his tail to spray Steven's mouth with whip cream as the young child giggled under his breath.
"Oh, I don't know. But I have a theory that-AAAAHHH!" Saurus says before screaming in fake pain as Steven bit his arm, and Saurus dropped him on the floor as he clutched his bitten hand. "My arm!" Saurus says with tears of pain rolling down his face as Sadie was quick to run to his side while Lars stood there, looking surprised by what just happened.
"Saurus! Are you okay?" Sadie asked worriedly as Steven scurried across the room while looking rabid as he spewed whip cream out of his mouth.
"Oh, no! That thing has rabies!" Lars screams out in horror as Steven turned to him and grinned as he stalked towards the terrified teen. "No! No! Stay back! Sadie! Help!" Lars pleaded for help while backing away from the rabid-looking animal as Steven hissed at him.
"I'm coming, Lars!" Sadie screams before looking down at Saurus. "Don't worry, Saurus, we will get you the hospital in no time." She reassured the crying teen before glaring at the raccoon determinedly as she grabs a nearby broomstick, and ran after the pink-furred raccoon. "Get away from him!" Sadie screamed as she stood in front of Lars, ready to defend him as she twirled her broom around. Steven glared at her before smirking as he suddenly turned around and ran after Saurus. "No! Wait! Come back!" Sadie shouted as Steven ignored her, and leaped towards a terrified-looking Saurus as he landed on the teen's face.
"Oh, no! It's eating my face!" Saurus screamed as he fell on the floor and tried to shake off the rabid raccoon.
"Don't worry, I'm coming, Saurus!" Sadie says as she ran over to the young teen, and raised her broom. "Get away from him, furball!" Sadie screamed as she was about to whack away Steven when suddenly a bright glow covered the raccoon as Sadie shielded her eyes, and opened them again. Sadie felt her jaw dropped in shock as she saw Steven sitting on Saurus lap, and the boys were grinning at her mischievously.
"What the what?" Sadie and Lars said in surprise/confusion as the boys laughed.
"Ha, ha, we totally got you!" The boys said before giving each other a high-fives Sadie looks at them, bewildered.
"I-I, don't understand, Steven how did you-"
"It's a new power that he learned earlier today," Saurus says as Steven got off his lap, and they both stood up. "Apparently, the kid can now shape-shift into anything he wants, and he decided to test out his new powers by pranking you."
"And, by the looks on your faces, I can safely say that we definitely fooled you!" Steven says.
"Wait, you mean to tell me that was just a prank, and you really don't have rabies!?" Lars says, looking absolutely pissed off of being tricked as Saurus grinned, and held out the bottle of whip cream.
"Nope, it was just whip cream. Oh, and by the way, here's the money for the whip cream." Saurus says to a stunned Sadie as he tossed over 2 bucks to her as she caught it mindlessly.
"Anyway, it was fun pranking you guys, but we gotta bounce. See you tomorrow," Steven says as he and Saurus walked out of the store, leaving behind a shocked Sadie and an annoyed Lars. "Man, that was amazing! Thanks for coming up with the idea, Saurus." Steven says as Saurus smirked.
"Steven, when it comes with pranks, I am the pranking king. But I couldn't have done it without my shape-shifting little buddy." Saurus says as he grabs Steven into a headlock, and ruffled his hair.
"Ha, ha, Saurus! Cut it out!" Steven says as Saurus lets go of him, and the boys laughed.
"Well, today was fun, but I'm getting pretty tired. Want to go home and watch some TV?" Saurus asked
"Heck yeah!" Steven says before blushing as he heard his stomach gurgle. "Maybe, after a quick snack," Steven says sheepishly as Saurus laughed.
"Sure, little buddy," Saurus says as the boys walked over to Beach Citywalk Fries, and saw Peedee working at the counter.
"Hey, Peedee!" Steven says excitedly as Peedee turned to them and smiled.
"Oh, hey, guys. Long time no see." Peedee says as Saurus grinned at him.
"So, your old man have you working the deep-fryer, now?" Saurus asked as Peedee grinned back.
"Yeah, and it's amazing! Much better than dressing up as Frybo." Peedee says as Steven smirked.
"Speaking off..." Steven says he closed his eyes and grunted as he transformed into Frybo. "Tada! Did you miss me?" Steven says with a goofy voice as Peedee jumped back in shock.
"What the heck!?" Peedee yelled out as Saurus looks at Steven's appearance with disgust.
"Oh great, this thing again," Saurus says with an annoyed tone as Steven gave him a confused look.
"Saurus, I thought you got over your fear of large mascots," Steven says as Saurus scoffed.
"Just because I'm not afraid of them anymore, it doesn't mean that I like them," Saurus says just as Mr. Fryman showed up.
"Hey, son, how's the business going so far-" Mr. Fryman says before shutting up as he saw a pink-version of Frybo standing in front of him. "Frybo! You're back!" Mr. Fryman yelled out in happiness as he pushes Peedee aside and leaped through the counter as he tackled Steven to the ground. "I missed you so much!" Mr. Fryman says while hugging an uncomfortable Steven as Saurus pokes his shoulder.
"Uh, Mr. Fryman? I hate to break it to you, but that's not Frybo." Saurus says as Mr. Fryman stared at him, puzzled.
"What do you mean? It is Frybo, I mean, just look at him." Mr. Fryman says while pointing at Steven as Peedee leaped out of the counter, and walked up to his dad.
"It's true, Dad. That's not Frybo, it's Steven." Peedee says as Mr. Fryman gave his son a surprised look.
"Steven?" Peedee's father says as he looks down at 'Frybo', who gave him a sheepish look.
"Hey, Mr. Fryman," Steven says as Mr. Fryman stared at him confusedly, and lets go of him.
"Okay, what the heck is going on?"
"Steven learned a new power from the Gems, and now he can shape-shift into anything he wants." Saurus says nonchalantly as Peedee and Fryman gave him shocked looks.
"Are you serious?!" Peedee says as Saurus nodded. "That's so cool...and a little freakish," Peedee admitted as Steven walks up to him.
"No, it's not, Peedee. It's natural." Steven says as Peedee looks unconvinced. "Look, let me show you," Steven says as he closed his eyes, and slowly transformed into a pink version of Peedee. "Ta...da," Steven says while breathing heavily as the Fryman family looked at him in amazement.
"Whoa! You look like me!" Peedee says excitedly while looking him over as Saurus noticed Steven's heavy breathing, and grew worried.
"Hey, kid, are you feeling alright. You look a little more pink than usual." Saurus says as Steven was about to respond, but got caught off by Peedee.
"Steven, your new power is amazing!" Peedee says as Mr. Fryman nodded.
"You're right about that, son, but you know who would love this? You're older brother. Yo, Ronaldo!" Mr. Fryman hollered as a teenager appeared while carrying a box in his hands as he gave the old man a lazy look. Ronaldo is a moderately tall, teenage boy with a thick build, long blond hair that resembled curly fries, and black eyes. He wears a burgundy collared shirt with orange and flames covered by a white apron, short tan cargo shorts, and gray sandals. His full name is Ronaldo Fryman, the most annoying character in the show.
"What's up, Dad?" Ronaldo asked before noticing a pink version of his brother standing in front of him as he gasped. "No way!" Ronaldo says as he leaps out of the counter, and ran towards Steven as he pulled out his phone. "I gotta take a pic for my 'Keep Beach City Weird' blog," Ronaldo says while taking a few pics of Steven as Saurus stared at Ronaldo in surprise.
"Wait a minute, you were the one that created that blog?" Saurus asked as Ronaldo grinned, and stopped taking pictures of Steven as he turned to Saurus.
"Why yes, young man. It's a pleasure to meet one of my loyal fans." Ronaldo says before turning back to Steven as Saurus gave the older teen a deadpanned look.
"Well, I won't say I'm a fan. I've only used your blog to track down the Gems." Saurus says, but Ronaldo didn't seem to hear him as he stares at Steven rather intently.
"Who are you, strange creature? Are you part of a group of shape-shifting aliens from another galaxy." Ronaldo asked as Steven chuckled.
"No, Ronaldo, it's me, Steven. I just discovered my shape-shifting powers today. Pretty cool, right?" Steven asked as Ronaldo grinned.
"Mega cool! Hey, do you think you could transform into me so that you and I can take a selfie with my number one fan?" Ronaldo says while grabbing onto Saurus as the teen gave Ronaldo an annoyed look.
"Since when was I your number one fan?" Saurus asked, but Ronaldo ignores him as he looks at Steven expectantly.
"Sure, one Ronaldo transformation coming up," Steven says as he closed his eyes and hummed as his body glowed, and he transformed into...Garnet.
"...Uh, Steven, that's not me." Ronaldo says as he and Saurus stared at Steven confusedly as the young kid laughed nervously.
"Err, sorry, my mistake. Just suffering from some technical difficulties." Steven says as he closed his eyes, and his body glowed again as he transformed into...a poodle?
"Okay, now that's just insulting," Ronaldo says with a glare as Saurus pushes him off of him, and looked down at Steven with a worried look.
"Hey, Steven, what's going on with you, buddy?" Saurus asked as Steven looked up to him with a panicked look.
"I-I don't know, I'm trying to change into Ronaldo, but I can't," Steven says as he tries to transform into Ronaldo, but keeps changing into the wrong form. "What's going on with me!?"
"Okay, okay, Steven, calm down, just try to turn back to normal. I think we had enough shape-shifting today." Saurus says as Steven nodded, feeling kind of sick of transforming all the time as he closed his eyes in concentration, and tries to change into his human form...but ended up transforming into a two-headed chicken. "...Okay, I think this is what Pearl meant about the danger of shape-shifting." Saurus says nervously while mentally scolding himself for allowing Steven to goof off with his new powers all day as Steven grew scared.
"S-Saurus, what's going on with me?" One of Steven's head said.
"Why can't I change back?" The other head said as Saurus looks creeped out.
"Okay, this too weird even for me," Saurus says before shaking his head as he gave Steven a reassuring look. "Don't worry, Steven, I'm sure the Gems would have a solution to this." Saurus as Steven nodded, and Saurus picks him up as he began sprinting towards the temple. A few minutes later, we see the boys arriving at the temple as Saurus was about to call out for the gems. But then a glint caught his eye as he turns his head, and saw the Crystal Gem's sailing out to sea on a small boat.
"Guys, wait!" Saurus screamed while running towards the ocean as the Gems heard his scream and turned around.
"Is that Saurus? And why is he holding a...pink two-headed chicken?" Pearl says with a confused look as Amethyst snickered.
"We can't stop, lizard boy! We're going out to fight a living island, so if you don't want to miss the action, you better start swimming!" Amethyst yelled before laughing as the boys reached the shore.
"Hey, wait! I wanna see a living island!" One of Steven's heads says as Saurus gave him a look.
"Steven, we have more important matters to deal with first," Saurus says while motioning his chicken body as both of Steven's heads blushed.
"Right, forgot about that." One of Steven's heads said as the other head looks at the ocean determinedly.
"Come on, Saurus! I will change into a great white shark, and we will be able to catch up to the Gems in no time!" He said as Saurus went wide-eyed.
"Wait, Steven, I don't think-" Saurus says before getting interrupted by Steven as the young boy tried to change into a shark. But instead of a shark, Steven transformed into a six-armed cat and fell on the ocean.
"YEOW!" Steven meowed in terror as he leaped out of the ocean and landed on Saurus head as he unsheated his claws out in reflex.
"OW! GODAMM IT, STEVEN! THAT HURTS!" Saurus screamed while trying to get Steven out of his head as the Crystal Gems gasped.
"Steven, what's going on?!" Pearl asked with worry as Saurus pulls Steven off his head, and Steven gave Pearl a panicked look.
"A-Amethyst and Saurus taught me how to shape-shift, but I started abusing my powers, and now I can't change back!" Steven screamed as Pearl grew more worried and turned to Garnet.
"We have to stay and help, Steven!" Pearl says as Garnet shakes her head.
"We can't. This is a tectonic emergency. We'll deal with Steven when we get back." Garnet says as Pearl groaned in frustration and turned to Amethyst as she glared at her.
"For the record Amethyst, I don't blame Saurus for this, I blame you," Pearl says as Amethyst shrugs nonchalantly.
"Eh, that's fair," Amethyst says.
"Hey, wait! What about Steven?!" Saurus asked.
"Saurus! Help Steven feel calm! We'll be back as quick as we can!" Pearl yelled as the Gems drift away to sea.
"Well, they were much help," Saurus says sarcastically as Steven groans in annoyance and leaped out of Saurus arms.
"I'm so sick of shape-shifting! I just want to be myself again!" Steven yelled while kicking the sand in anger.
"Whoa, little dude, I understand what your going through, but you need to stay calm. Just take a deep breath, and think about turning back into a human." Saurus says as Steven nodded, and took a deep breath as he begins of turning back into his human self.
At first, it seemed to work as a bright glow covered his body, and an outline of his body appeared, but before he could change back fully. Steven felt an intense feeling of pain like never before as he let out a gut-wrenching scream and fell on the floor as he began to shape-shift wildly.
"Saurus!" Steven says as he turned into Sadie. "Help!" Steven says before morphing into Lars. "Me!" Steven says as he transformed into Pearl.
"Steven!" Saurus as he rushed in to help the poor boy, but before he could. Steven transformed into a pink version of Saurus Dinosaur Form as he turns to Saurus, and accidentally smacked him away with his tail as Saurus was sent flying through the air, and bangs his head against a rock as he got knocked out.
"Saurus!" Steven screamed in horror as he tried to reach towards the unconscious teen, but fell down on the ground as the pain was too much for him to move. "Aagh! Stop!" Steven yelled at himself as he tried to get control of his shape-shifting, but his panicking seems to make things worse as he began transforming like crazy. "Amethyst!" Steven pleaded for help as he changed into a hybrid of a rhino and a lion. "Pearl!" Steven screamed as he turned into a hybrid of Ronaldo and Frybo. "Garnet..." Steven yelled weakly as he collapsed on the floor and transformed into a hybrid of his Dad, and Saurus. "Someone...help...me..." Steven groans out as he looks at his reflection in the ocean, and gasped in realization. "Dad! He would know what to do!" Steven says as he shakily stood up from the ground, and ran towards his Dad's car wash.
"Ugh, did someone get a number for that bus," Saurus says groggily while sitting up from the floor as he rubs his head, and gasped. "Steven!" Saurus yelled as he looks across the beach for the young boy, but couldn't find him. "Steven! Where are you?!" Saurus yelled before looking down as he found mismatched footprints heading into the city. "Don't worry, Steven! I'm coming!" Saurus shouted as he ran after his friend.
Later at night, we see Greg washing the floor with a hose in his car wash as he was listening to music on his headphones. Greg bangs his head to the music before hearing a loud noise behind him as he took off his headphones and looked around.
"Hello? Who's there?" Greg says as he looks around, and noticed a large figure standing in the shadows. "Look, buddy, we're closed, so if you want your car washed, you have to come back tomorrow-Ah!" Greg says before screaming in fright at the sight of a huge blob of pink flesh walking towards him. "Stay back!" Greg yells as he turned on his hose, and sprayed the blob of flesh with water as it flinches, but shakes it off as it continued crawling towards Greg.
"DAD!" A small familiar voice rang out from the blob of flesh as Greg blinks in confusion, and turns off his hose.
"Huh?" Greg says as he looks at the little monstrosity more closely, and saw Steven's head popped out from the flesh as he gasped. "Steven!"
"DAD!" Steven yelled out, with tears of pain rolling down his face as he tried to reach out for his dad. "HELP ME, DAD!"
"Steven! What's going with you!?" Greg asked, worried for his son as Steven grunted in pain.
"I CAN'T STOP TRANSFORMING!" Steven grunted out as he felt another shift coming and grows tentacles from his hair as his eyes turned cat-like. "HELP ME, DAD!" Steven yells as a gorilla arm spawns out from his back, and his mouth was replaced with an Eagle's beak.
"I'm coming, son!" Greg says as he tries to reach to his son, but got smacked away by Steven's gorilla arm as Greg landed a few feet away from the young boy.
"DAD!" Steven screamed in worry as he tried to crawl over to his dad, but freeze up as he felt another transformation going on. "OH, NO! NOT AGAIN!" Steven says as his body continued expanding, and the young hybrid let out an agonizing scream as he felt his organs shifting around rapidly as his molecules broke down before fixing up again as Steven even felt his bones crack from the constant morphing.
"STEVEN!" Greg screamed with tears rolling down his face as he clenched his fist in anger, feeling useless for not being able to help his son to get through his pain as Saurus showed up.
"Steven! I'm here to he-Oh my god!" Saurus says while staring at Steven with a horrified look on his face as Greg turned to him.
"Saurus! What's going on with Steven?!" Greg asked as Saurus shakily looked up to him.
"S-Steven was showing off his shape-shifting powers all day, but it seemed that he went a little overboard, and now he can't stop changing or even change back into his human form." Saurus says as Grew began to panic.
"So, wait? You mean to tell me that Steven is stuck like that forever!?" Greg asked as Saurus shakes his head.
"No, not if I have anything to say about it! I got an idea on how to fix Steven, so cover me because I'm going in." Saurus says as Greg nodded, and stood back as Saurus slowly made his way towards a quivering Steven. "Steven, buddy, can you hear me?" Saurus asked as Steven slowly looked up to him, and Saurus felt an immense feeling of sadness covering his body as he saw Steven tearful face.
"Saurus...it hurts...please make the pain go away!" Steven says as Saurus gasped, remembering himself saying that to his mom as a memory appeared on his mind.
(Flashback)
We cut to a dark room, where we see a 5-year-old Saurus kneeling on the floor in agony as green scales popped out of his body. Saurus moans in pain as he felt his organs and bones shift around to accommodate his new form, and collapsed on the floor as his body began expanding.
Saurus whimpered in pain as he tried to get up from the floor, but fell down as the door opened, and a worried-looking woman walked into the room. The woman is a 28-year-old with long black hair that reaches to her waist, Caucasian skin, vivid blue eyes, a long nose, and has a beauty mark on her left cheek. Her outfit consist of a lab coat with a green shirt underneath, blue jeans, and black shoes. She also seems to be rather tall for her age, standing at 6'2. Her name is Vivian, Saurus mother.
"Saurus!" Vivian screamed, concerned for her son as she ran towards, and bends down to her son's eye level.
"Mommy...it hurts...please make the pain go away!" Saurus says as Vivian felt her hear-break by watching her baby boy suffer from so much pain, and begins tearing up.
"It's okay, Saurus, Mommy's here. Just take a deep breath, and concentrate on changing back." Vivian says as Saurus nodded, and closed his eyes as he tries to change back into his human form. But the pain was too much for him to concentrate as as he grew more scales, and his eyes turned reptilian-like as Saurus begins to panic.
"It's not working!" Saurus yelled as Vivian grabbed his face and forced him to look at her as she gave him a determined look.
"Saurus, listen to me, I know it hurts. I know that you must be feeling the most pain than a five-year-old should, but you got to calm down! It's the only way for you to change back!" Vivian yelled as Saurus whimpered.
"But, Mom, I can barely think! The pain is too much!" Saurus says with tears of pain rolling down his face as Vivian felt tears rolling down her cheeks as well, but she put on a brave face as she kisses her son's scaly forehead.
"It's okay, son, you don't have to do anything. Let Mommy take care of this, just listen to my voice." She says as Saurus nodded shakily, and Vivian closed her eyes as she cleared her throat.
Between in and between out
Between North and between South
Between West and between East
Between time and between space
Saurus whimpers as he tries to listen to his mother singing, and ignore the stunning pain of feeling his ribs pierce his stomach.
From the shell
A song of the sea
Neither quiet nor calm
Searching fiercely for...
My love
I am between love...
Saurus growls soothingly, feeling slightly tranquil by his mother's soothing voice as his scales begin to disappear.
Between the winds and between the waves
Between the sands and between the shores
From the shell
A song of the sea
Neither quiet nor calm
Searching for love again
My love
Love is...between love
I am between love...
Vivian sang as she opened one of her eyes, and smiled as she noticed her son slowly transforming back into his human form, and continued singing.
Between the stones and between the storms
Between belief and between the seas
From the shell
A song of the sea
Neither quiet nor calm
Searching for love again
My love
I have found my love
And it is you...my darling son.
Vivian sang as she finished her song and smiled lovingly as she noticed that her son had transformed back into his human form and passed out on her lap as she rubs his hair.
"I love you, my darling son," Vivian says as she kisses his forehead, and Saurus yawned cutely as he snuggled up to his mother, and smiled lightly.
(Flashback over)
Saurus smiled lightly from the fond memory before shaking his head as he bends down to Steven's eye level, and gave his friend a determined look.
"Don't worry, Steven. Everything is going to be okay because I'm here and as well as your Dad." Saurus says as he looks at Greg, and motions him to come over as Greg gets the message, and ran over to his son's side.
"Steven, don't worry, buddy, I'm here, daddy's here," Greg says as Steven began to calm down at the sight of his father, and Saurus looked up to him.
"Steven, listen to me, I know it hurts. I know that you must be feeling the most pain than a kid should, and trust when I say this, I know how your feeling. So, that's why I think it's important that you got to stay calm and concentrate on changing back." Saurus says seriously as Steven nodded.
"R-Right, I will try," Steven says as he closed his eyes and tried to change back into his human form, but it didn't seem to work as he began growing again. "It's not working! Saurus! Dad! Help!" Steven pleaded for help as Saurus grabbed his head and forced him to look at him, and a worried Greg.
"It's okay, Steven, you don't have to do anything. Just let me and your dad handle this." Saurus says as Steven nodded, and Saurus turned to Greg. "I have a plan, Mr. Universe, but you need to follow my lead. Can you do that?" Saurus asked as Greg nodded fiercely.
"I will do anything to help my son," Greg says with a determined look as Saurus nodded, and turned to Steven.
"Okay, Steven, all I want you to do is to listen to me and your dad's voice. Can you do that?" Saurus asked as Steven nodded shakily, and Saurus nodded approvingly as he took a deep breath, and began singing.
Saurus: Between in and between out
Between North and between South
Between West and between East
Between time and between space
Saurus sang as Greg stared at him confusedly, wondering why he was singing, but shrugs as he decided to play along.
Greg: From the shell
A song of the sea
Neither quiet nor calm
Searching fiercely for...
My love
I am between love...
Steven panted heavily as he felt his body and mind relax from the soothing song as he began to slowly revert back to his human form. Much to older man's surprise as he turned to Saurus, who winks at him as Greg grinned and the guys continued singing.
Saurus: Between the winds and between the waves
Between the sands and between the shores
From the shell
A song of the sea
Neither quiet nor calm
Searching for love again
My love
Love is...between love
I am between love...
Saurus sang as Steven smiled, and yawns as his body began to glow. Greg's eyes widen from the glow as Saurus silently motions him to finish the song, and Greg nodded as he continued singing.
Greg: Between the stones and between the storms
Between belief and between the seas
From the shell
A song of the sea
Neither quiet nor calm
Searching for love again
My love
I have found my love
And it is you...my son.
Greg sang out as the glow dies down, and the guys were happy to see Steven back into his human form as the tired boys lean against his dad's side, and yawns.
"Dad...Saurus...thank you." Steven says before passing out on his dad's lap as Greg rubbed his hair, and he smiled down at his child.
"No problem, Steven," Greg says before looking at Saurus. "Thanks for helping me with my son, Saurus. It really means a lot to me."
"It's okay, Mr. Universe. Steven is my friend, so I was glad to help out. Plus, I knew what he was going through, so I knew how to help him." Saurus says as Greg stares at him in surprise.
"Really?" Greg says as Saurus nodded.
"Yeah, when I first discovered my powers, I couldn't control them properly, and my transformations caused me great pain. But every time that would happen, my mom will come in and sing this song. It always manages to calm me down enough to change back, so I figured it would work with Steven." Saurus says as Greg smiled.
"Well, it did, you're mom is a miracle worker," Greg says as Saurus smiled sadly.
"Yeah...she was," Saurus says while looking up at the sky.
"Oh, I didn't know. I'm sorry for your loss." Greg says as Saurus waves it off.
"It's fine, Mr. Universe, my mother died 6 years ago, so I long mourned for her loss, but...it still hurts sometimes," Saurus says with a sad look on his face as Greg nodded understandably.
"I know how you feel. I lost the love of my life a long time ago." Greg says while looking down at Steven's exposed gem sadly as Saurus sniffled.
"Tell me, Mr. Universe...does the pain ever go away?" Saurus asked as Greg sighed, and shrugs.
"Honestly, Saurus...not really. Don't get me wrong, some days the pain hurts a little less, but other days not so much," Greg says before smiling as he looked down at his son. "But having family and friends around really helps take the pain away," Greg says as Saurus looks down at the ground with an emotionless look.
"Yeah...family and friends," Saurus says as flashes of a man wearing a lab coat, and a smiling 10-year-old girl appeared on his mind as Saurus grew sad again. But before he could dwell deeper into his thoughts, Saurus heard multiple footsteps heading towards them as he turns around, and saw the Gems running towards them.
"Steven! We're to help-" Pearl says before shutting up as the guys shushed at her.
"Quite! Steven is sleeping!" Saurus whispered harshly while pointing at the sleeping child as Pearl grew embarrassed by her outburst.
"Oh, sorry," Pearl says before noticing Steven in his human form again as she grew confused. "Wait, how did Steven-"
"I will answer all of your questions later after we get Steven to a bed. Come on, Mr. Universe, let's go." Saurus says as Greg nodded, and stood up from the ground while carrying Steven as they began walking towards the temple.
"...I guess Saurus had this covered." Pearl says as Garnet crosses her arms.
"I told you so," Garnet says as Pearl glared at her before sighing as she and the others followed after the guys.
And done! I hope you guys enjoyed the chapter, and I can't wait to write Bubble Buddies because one of my favorite characters debuts in the next chapter.
Anyway, as always, I will catch you all later.