Wow... we're already at the end? Oh shit... But hey, there's nothing else I can do except write my chapters throughout this quarantine.

Steven woke up slowly, his ears ringing and the sense of numbness spread within him when he tried to move. He could only groan in a mixture of confusion and agony as he tried to remember what happened. The Diamonds... White's Pearl... Iris... his family...

He heaved for breath as gray and white obscured his vision, but it slowly returned. Steven only had enough strength to stare at his arms, which were a sickly pale. His body shivered without his control and his throat let out soft whimpers, realizing something was wrong. Rolling onto his back, the boy lifted up his shirt to see...

His gemstone was gone.

Steven almost felt his heart stop, "... W-Wha...? Where's... W-Where's my..."

He looked around, and his heart was caught his throat as he gazed upon the gray and white Crystal Gems, staring at something above him. Was this another nightmare? Was he dead? He didn't know. It had to be though. He just got his family back. Why was this happening to him?

Then the Gems looked at him, speaking with White's voice, "Oh... you're awake."

Yelping, he swiftly looked up to see White Diamond. Standing in front of her were Yellow Diamond, Blue Diamond, White's Pearl, Yellow Pearl, Blue Pearl, and Iris... They were all black, gray, and white.

"Here to witness Pink's freedom?" White Diamond asked, her voice echoed by the other Diamonds and Gems, "Of course, I didn't want to waste time..." She held up the pink gemstone in between her black fingernails.

Steven gasped for breath, slowly losing it, "P-P-Please... give... give it back..."

"And let Pink surround herself with more flawed Gems like them? Never..." She grinned, "Now they're just as perfect as I am, aren't I right?"

"Yes, White Diamond," Steven saw Spinel speak with White's voice. In fact, the other Gems and the Diamonds continued to say how much better they had become thanks to her. Steven clenched his teeth and cried harshly.

White Diamond stopped speaking and grinned, "Now, enough about them, let's release Pink from her confines, shall we?"

From her fingertips, the gemstone began to glow, floating upwards from her grasp. It first reformed to Pink Diamond, then into Rose Quartz, and finally into Steven. His gem-half floated down to the floor softly, turning his head to gaze at his human half, his expression blank.

The silence in the room was deafening, everyone looking upon Pink Steven with surprise.

Steven, desperate to have his gem back, tried to crawl, but moaned miserably when his body refused to move. He could only heave, his eyes filling up with tears. His other half took notice of this, tipping his head to the side.

"What is this? Where is Pink?!" White Diamond demanded.

"... She's gone..." Pink Steven whispered.

"What did you say? Answer me!"

"... She's GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNEEE!"

His scream violently shook the room, a giant crack forming on White Diamond's stairs, and everyone nearly fell over when the scream died down.

Steven shuddered, tears forming in his eyes, "H-Help..." He looked over to the gray and white Gems until he rested his gaze on a particular Gem, "M-Mom... please... help me..." He began to sob weakly. He couldn't stand to be alone anymore. He wanted help. He wanted Spinel to be there for him.

Pink Steven knew what he meant, slowly looking over to Spinel. With a goal in mind, he began to walk over to their mother figure.

"Where do you think you're going?!" White Diamond shouted, "Stop right there!"

His gem half ignored the Diamond and approached the Gem. For a few seconds, nothing happened, until Pink Steven closed his eyes, with Spinel gasping and clutched her head, much to White Diamond's disbelief.

Steven watched his gem half trying to reconnect with his mother and sighed miserably, wanting Pink Steven to hurry up.

When he reopened his eyes, he found himself in an blindingly white void. Ignoring the light, Pink Steven saw Spinel a distance away from him, struggling in what appeared to be white chains.

"Have to... break... free!" Spinel yelled through her tears, "Have to... help... My son...!"

Pink Steven, walking on air, approached the trapped Spinel, catching her attention.

"S-Steven?" The pink Gem breathed out, panting a bit.

"... ... Mother. ..." Pink Steven spoke gently.

Spinel's eyes widened, "S-Steven! It is you! You got through!"

Pink Steven blinked at his mother figure then placed his hands on the white chains. With his powers, the chains broke one by one until Spinel was freed. The whiteness of the void altered back to pale pink.

The pink Gem was able to move again, crying happy tears as she wrapped her arms around Pink Steven and clutching him close to her chest, "Oh... my sweet baby... you saved me..."

Outside, Spinel had fallen to her knees, everyone falling into shock as colors restored itself to Spinel's form. The pink Gem gasped as she broke free from White Diamond's control, looking up at Pink Steven.

"You..."

Then she heard weak sobbing and saw Steven on the floor away from them. Realizing this, Spinel picked up Pink Steven and rushed towards her baby. Steven reached up for her with a hand, and Spinel took it.

"I-It's okay, Steven, I'm here. I'm here. Mom's got'cha."

"W-What?!" White Diamond was aghast, "H-How did-?!" She growled then her eyes lit up, "That's enough of you!"

She fired her powers towards them, but Pink Steven protected his human half and their mother with his crystalline shield. White Diamond, taken aback, fired again, but to no avail and till then, she had enough.

"Don't you raise your shield at me!" Her voice echoed throughout the room, the rest of the controlled Diamonds and Gems' eyes glowing, "I only want you to be yourself! If you can't do that, I'll do it! FOR! YOU!"

She commanded the Diamonds and Gems under her control to fire beams of light upon the three. Spinel clutched the dying Steven close to her, but Pink Steven had summoned another shield, deflecting all of their combined powers, then he burst his shield, a shockwave sending everyone to the ground.

"S-Stop it!" Steven protested, "Stop hurting them!"

White Diamond collapsed in front of them, but Spinel grabbed the two Stevens and moved away from her. Steven weakly reached out for Pink Steven once more and Spinel gently coiled an arm around Pink Steven, holding him close

"H-Here..." Spinel whispered, shifting so both Stevens would make contact.

Steven let out a happy laugh, embracing his gem-half. Pink Steven's blank expression brimmed with a joyous smile as they hugged each-other tightly. Spinel joined in their laughter as well, holding her sons up and spinning on one foot when Steven and Pink Steven glowed. White Diamond opened her eyes and stared at the sight.

The light faded to reveal Steven, this time with his gem placed where it belonged and he clung to Spinel. She gazed back at him lovingly, happy to see her son reunited with his gem.

"S-Steven," Spinel laughed a bit, wiping the tears from her eyes, "A-Are you okay?"

Steven sniffled, wrapping his arms around his mother's shoulders, "N-Now I am... I-I never wanna leave you again..."

Spinel hugged her son back, "I never will. You'll always have me, love."

"WHAT IS THIS?!" White Diamond yelled, her voice echoing throughout the room as she stood up, furious, "Pink! Do you not hear me?! You're not this human! You do act or sound like that! Get away from your toy this instant!"

Steven opened his eyes, and he glared up at the Diamond. He pulled away from Spinel as he stepped forward, "... Spinel's not a toy. She's my mother, she's always been there for me when I was a little baby, she never gave me problems I needed to fix for her."

White Diamond was taken aback, but glowered and in a fruitless attempt, fired her mind-controlling beam at Steven.

But Steven blocked it with his shield. His cheeks blushed pink, until it spread all over his skin, leaving his clothes untouched. Spinel's eyes widened in awe as Steven broke away from the beam.

"Pink...?" White Diamond mumbled under her breath, shocked.

"No." Steven shook his head, "I'm not Pink Diamond. I'm Steven Universe. When I came to this place, I thought I wouldn't be able to convince you to help us..." The room was turning a bright pink as he floated upwards, his gem shimmering, "But after this, knowing what living in a place like Homeworld, I realized how bad it really was. That will all end here, White Diamond, I need to make you understand how bad all of you've done is."

The creator of all Gemkind's eyes widened, "B-Bad? No... You're wrong! Stop this at once!"

Steven closed his eyes, "No, I won't stop helping everyone. Even those who've made others suffer. LIKE YOU!" He screamed, his powers unleashing a pink aura towards White Diamond, narrowly avoiding the other two Diamonds.

Spinel backed up in front of the white Crystal Gems, her expression reading nothing but pride and awe.

White Diamond was overwhelmed by Steven's aura, but no matter how hard she tried to fight it, it only came back twice as strong. Steven kept focusing on his powers, wanting the Diamond to understand everything she's doing. His pupils flickered to form diamonds for a split second before they became round again.

"NOOO! STOP! STOP IT!" White Diamond shrieked, "YOU CAN'T DO THIS! I'M IN CONTROL! STOP! STOOOOOOOOOOOOP!"

And before they knew it, everything flashed white...

...

...

... When the light died down, everyone but Steven, Spinel, and White Diamond had collapsed to the floor, their colors returned to them. Steven slowly fell to the ground, Spinel catching him in her arms.

"S-Steven!" She breathed, "You did it!"

"I-I... I did?"

"Yes! You did!" Spinel cried, "You saved us all, Steven! I'm so proud, I knew you could do it!" Once again, she embraced Steven in her arms. Her soft pigtails twitched as she heard groans from behind her. She and Steven ran over to the Gems who began waking up.

"S-Spinel?" Pearl moaned before she was greeted with a unexpected kiss from Spinel.

"Everything's alright now," Spinel grinned to her lover.

Jasper quickly got up and helped Lapis and Amethyst up. Bismuth and Peridot ran over to check up on them and were relived to see that they were. Garnet too walked over to Jasper and high-fived her.

Smiling in satisfaction for his family reuniting, Steven walked over to the Pearls. Much to his surprise, Yellow Pearl, Blue Pearl, and Iris were consoling a confused pink Pearl, even though the cracks on her eye were still apparent. Looks like she too was under White's control.

"Are you alright, dear?" Iris asked.

The Pearl rubbed her eye, "I-I... I don't know. Where am I?"

"Welcome back," Steven greeted before walking over to the Diamonds.

"I... I don't understand... why do I feel this way...?" White Diamond wept, kneeling and turned away from her fellow Diamonds who looked on in concern.

Steven walked up to her, "White?"

The main creator ignored his question, "Why did you do this? I was flawless before this... But you... how did you..."

"... No one's flawless or perfect," Steven told her, "We all have problems we need to fix. And that starts up opening up your mind or trying new things, like I did. I was afraid of being alone, but I was alone when I got here. And look at me!"

"What are you trying to say?"

"I'm... just saying you should open your eyes up a little more, and that starts with helping us."

White Diamond stared the boy, considering the offer...

Lars and his off-color crew kept flying through space, hoping to find a way back to Earth. However, they became surrounded by multiple Gem ships and they all panicked, with Padparadscha having a slow reaction. However, their panic faded as a screen pulled up to reveal Steven waving hi and explaining what's going on.

Once they got into one of the Gem ships, Lars ran out to hug Steven and even Spinel. Spinel was so happy to see Lars alive and well, along with the Rutile Twins, Rhodonite, Fluorite, and Padparadscha.

Back on Earth...

Sadie: And if we look out of place

Well, baby, that's okay.

I'll drive us into outer space

Where we can't hear what people say!

I know I don't have a plan,

I'm working on that part,

At least I've got a van,

So let me drive my van into your heart!

So let me drive my van into your heart,

So let me drive my van into your heart,

So let me drive my van into your heart,

So let me drive my van into your heart!~

Just as the music finished, the Diamond mech landed right above the concert. The crowd all cheered, and when Sadie looked up, she dropped the mic. A large white bubble floated down to the sand near the crowd, revealing the Diamonds, their Pearls, Lars, The Off-Colors, the Crystal Gems, and Steven.

"Steven!" Greg cried out in joy, running back the crowd and a gawking Ronaldo.

"Dad!" Steven ran over and tackled his father into a hug, laughing joyfully. Spinel smiled lovingly at the sight.

"Welcome home..." His father murmured.

"Steven!" Another voice came and Steven saw Connie running towards him, her arms outstretched.

The hybrid stood up and welcomed Connie's hug, the girl bursting into happy tears.

"You're okay!" She cried, "You did it!"

Steven sniffled, "I-I sure did..."

The Off-Colors celebrated the fact the Diamonds accepted them and were finally on Earth, and Lars reunited with Sadie and met Lion. While that was happening Connie took Steven along with her down the beach.

"Connie?" Steven became worried, "Is there something wrong?"

"N-No, there's nothing wrong, it's just..." Connie took a few steps away, but stopped and turned her head to reveal her glittering eyes, "I'm just happy you kept your promise."

Steven stared at her in awe, and smiled, "I-It was a bit rough, b-but... I had my loved ones with me. I did wish you came with me though..."

"I know," sighed Connie, "And uh... Jam Buds?"

"Yeah... Jam Buds."

Grinning, Steven brought Connie up and spun with her, laughing with her until they were enveloping a glow and Stevonnie reappeared, dancing and laughing as one.

From the distance, Kevin sneered at them, then was met with a manically grinning Spinel, who grabbed him by the chest and swiftly moved her knee to strike him in the crotch. The teen cringed heavily from the pain and fell over.

Nodding to herself in satisfaction, Spinel glanced over to Stevonnie, feeling nothing but pride and joy in her gemstone.

Throughout the next day, Steven explained to the Diamonds what their powers really did to the Gems that didn't escape from Earth during the Diamond Blast. The Crystal Gems all grabbed the bubbles they could from the Burning Room and they all arrived at Rose's Fountain. They threw the bubbles into the healing waters, with Steven diving in as well.

Yellow and Blue Diamond stepped into the water with ease, but White Diamond was more hesitant until she stepped into the water and sat down with her fellow Diamonds. Steven swam over to the edge of the statue of Rose Quartz as the bubble popped and revealed the Gems that had been corrupted, albeit with some of their corrupted features. Nephrite and her crew leapt into the water, becoming healed from their corruption.

As Biggs and Ocean popped their heads above the water, they glanced up at Jasper, who was smiling anxiously at them. At first, they frowned, but then they grabbed Jasper by the legs and pulled her into the water. Jasper rose up, bewildered until she saw the two Quartzes were laughing, but not at her. She smiled and laughed, nearly jumping away when Bismuth threw herself onto Biggs.

Pearl released the Heaven and Earth Beetles into the water, healing their corruption. The pale Gem's eyes welled up with tears, looking over to a crying Spinel and Garnet. Happy for all of their past companions, the three Gems hugged together. Amethyst, standing with Peridot and Lapis, gave them both a high-five.

Later that night, after repairs had been done with the mech's arms, the Diamonds gave Steven and the Gems a peace sign before heading off. Spine could've sworn she heard the three of them talking about more Spinels, but she brushed it off.

Peridot finished putting her limb-enhancers back on as Lapis was talking to Spinel, "Yeah, we'll take the barn to the new place."

"I'll help carrying the stuff," Bismuth offered.

"Me too," added Jasper.

Spinel nodded, "Alright then. See you all later?"

The four newest members of the Gems agreed, saying their goodbyes. Jasper gave Spinel a glance, mouthing the words 'thank you'. Spinel smiled back to her as they left.

Connie said her own goodbye to Steven before she ran back to her parents to go back home, along with everyone else in Beach City.

Steven, on the other hand, let out a low yawn, his eyes half-lidded in drowsiness.

"Aw, you tired, bud?" Spinel asked, patting his hair.

Her son didn't reply as he hugged her leg, snuggling against it and his cheeks brushing over the sot fabric of her dress. Chuckling a bit, Spinel lifted the boy into her arms, "Hey guys, Steven's all tuckered out. I'm gonna take him to bed, is that alright?"

Pearl, Garnet, and Amethyst all nodded, the former walking over to her and kissing her again.

"You're such a good mother," She whispered huskily, "You've always been."

Spinel blushed, but kissed Pearl's cheek back as Greg stepped up to her, kissing their son's forehead, "Goodnight stchu-ball. You had a long journey."

"Wow, Steven," Spinel whispered as she walked up the stairs to his bed, "Hard to believe all of this happened. You saved us, you saved the corrupted Gems, and you saved the entire galaxy."

Steven hummed a quiet reply as Spinel took off his sandals and placed him in his bed, tucking him under the sheets. She sat on the edge, staring at her son and feeling as if she would burst with love. She brushed the curls from his forehead, leaning close to him.

Steven lifted himself up to hug her tightly and she coiled her arms around him, giving that wonderful feeling of being love and protected, "Mom?"

"Mm-hm?"

"... Thank you for everything you did for me. I... I didn't think I could do it on my own."

"Oh Steven, I always knew you could do anything if you put your mind to it. I always wanted you to believe that.

"I do... Love you, Mom."

Spinel kissed his forehead, "Love you, sweetheart."

They both then glanced over to the window of the bedroom, the full moon shining its light proudly upon them. Spinel felt another feeling of something big happening, but brushed it aside, just wanting to bask in her happiness. Her life was complete now. She played with Pink Diamond, defended her friends in the war, survived the corruption, stayed by her friends' sides, and took care of Steven. And yet, it didn't feel like it had ended yet...

"Hey Mom?"

"Yes?"

"What's... gonna happen in the future?" asked Steven.

Spinel smiled gently, "With you around? Only amazing possibilities."

WHOO! And that ends the whole series I spent 5 months on! I know things were dragging at the beginning, but I'm so thankful for all the positive and constructive reviews you all gave that helped me change the series up a bit. I wouldn't know what to do if you guys didn't help me open my eyes a little more when I came up with this AU. Thank you all so much ^^

Now... onto the Movie...

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Canon Steven: I am a child, what's your excuse?

My Steven: *uses powers to make White Diamond see what she's doing wrong*