The first sign that told him something was wrong was the sinking feeling in his stomach; It was a horrible feeling. It reminded him of the time he had gotten sick on the teacups ride at Funland. Steven now desperately wished that he was on that ride because at least then he could jump off and end the horrible feeling of nausea that had taken residence in his stomach. Steven looked on in horror as a blinding light began to rapidly engulf his body. He willed his fingers to release the source of the light in a desperate attempt to save himself, but it was no use his fingers were unresponsive. Steven mentally berated himself for ever touching the artifact in the first place. This was supposed to be an easy mission; a well deserved break from all the work he had to do now that he was busy restructuring the Diamond Authority into something that wasn't a horrible dictatorship.

Recently, Garnet had been sensing trouble and using her future vision had finally managed to track down the source of the disturbance to an ancient gem ruin located in a dessert. At first Steven had declined to go and investigate the ruins; he was confident that Garnet and the rest of the gems would be able to handle the situation on their own and he felt like he was needed more back on Homeworld, but after some coaxing from all three gems he had relented and agreed to go. He missed the simple missions and he missed spending time with the gems. He was also beginning to feel suffocated by the Diamonds back on Homeworld. Even though they no longer saw him as Pink Diamond they still continued to smother and dote on him. Steven thought it was somewhat sweet and a sign of how much progress they had made, but there was only so much he could take before he needed a break. He just wanted some time to relax and to be Steven; something which he hadn't been able to do in a long time and though Steven would never admit it he missed being a kid. Nowadays he had to abide by Homeworld etiquette, even though the Diamonds had lost their supreme authority they still insisted on following thousand year old etiquette. The Diamonds were also adamant about him learning this etiquette because even though he loathed to admit it Steven was a Diamond and Diamonds had to present their best possible selves at all times. Steven generally saw these rules as bothersome and silly, but he willed himself to follow them because it made the Diamonds more willing to listen to him.

The ruins were nothing special, they were actually quite boring in comparison to previous ruins that Steven had seen. The ruins themselves were in the shape of a crumbling pyramid and the inside was made up of dozens of small square shaped rooms. Each room had winding sets of stairs cases that seemed to stretch on forever. Many of the stairs cases would lead to dead ends or were just extremely unstable. Some stairs cases would even glitch before disappearing completely only to reappear in a different location. In order to cover ground more quickly Steven had suggested they split up. The gems had disagreed at first, but after a dozen more dead ends they reluctantly agreed. Halfway through a staircase Steven realized that objects had begun to appear and disappear seemingly without any reason. At first he believed that there might be something in common with all the objects that would help solve the mystery of the ruins, but looking at the objects only served to confuse him more. Some objects seemed like they would go together like a book and a map, but then other objects like a sandwich or a raft would appear and leave him with more questions. What do a raft and a sandwich have in common? Perhaps the harmless nature and rather bland appearance of the ruins is what made Steven lower his guard. Usually he was much more careful about touching gem artifacts. He should have regrouped with Garnet and the others so they could decide on what to do with the artifact together.

When one of the staircases lead him to a door rather than a dead end Steven eagerly opened it and went inside. The room was small and square like the previous ones, but with one notable difference; this room lacked stairs which was a big relief to Steven's aching feet. Being half gem made Steven's endurace far greater than that of any humans so he wasn't tired, but given that Steven had not originally planned on going on this mission he had failed to change out of his Homeworld outfit. This had caused no problems at first and because the ruins were located in the desert his outfit had actually helped keep him cool, but as he climbed more and more sets of stairs his feet had begun to feel pinched by his footwear. Steven missed the open feel that his red sandals had provided him; he was half tempted to just finish the mission barefoot but stopped himself from doing so when he saw a pedestal stand in the middle of the room. Floating barely above the stand was an object that just screamed ancient gem artifact. As Steven quickly closed the distance between himself and the artifact he noted that the artifact bore a striking resemblance to the ruins themselves. It was in the shape of a pyramid except at its peak there was another pyramid attached to it. As Steven went to grab the object he thought that it looked like a bowtie or like an hourglass. All thoughts on what the artifact resembled quickly vanished as he was left immobilized by the object. It was then that the nausea hit him. Only when the light from the artifact had reached his neck did Steven allow himself to panic. Had his muscles actually listened to him Steven would be frantically flailing about, but his muscles refused to budge and Steven was forced to watch himself become engulfed by its blinding light. Steven's last thoughts before his vision was completely engulfed in white were of simpler times with the gems and of his home in Beach City.

Steven was worried. Garnet had been on edge ever since she had destroyed the warp pad back at the galaxy warp. Steven didn't quite understand why Garnet seemed so worried about Peridot, he had seen her beat gem monsters way bigger and scarier than her before. What made Peridot so different? Everytime Steven attempted to ask Garnet these questions it became almost impossible to find her. It was as if she could tell when he wanted to ask these questions and purposefully avoided him. Steven also tried coaxing answers out of Pearl, but she would always just tell him that he wasn't ready or that he was too young. Steven couldn't wait until he was older because if what Pearl told him was true older people knew everything. Amethyst was the easiest gem to talk to, but when it came to the topic of Peridot it seemed that she only knew a little bit more than he did. If she did know more then it was clear that she wasn't about to tell Steven anything. Amethyst would usually distract him with a fun game or a joke and he would eventually forget why he had visited her in the first place.

Steven let out a sigh before shaking his head. All this thinking was making him hungry and he was a growing boy so it was important that he ate so that he could grow big and strong like Garnet. Sadly, the gems were away on a mission so he had to make himself dinner. As he debated whether to have a peanut butter and jelly sandwich or mac and cheese a flash of light filled the beach house. Steven closed the fridge and quickly turned around to face the source of the blinding light. The gems were back! However, Steven quickly realized that it couldn't be the gems since The light was coming from the living room and not the warp pad. He shielded his eyes with his hand and squinted in an attempt to see what was causing the light. Slowly the light began to dim until Steven could faintly make out a silhouette. It looked like a person. Steven slowly approached the glowing figure as it began its graceful descent from the ceiling to his living room. Half way through it's descent the figure abruptly froze midair before unceremoniously falling right on top of the coffee table with enough force to break it in half. Steven winced. That looked like it hurt.

"Are you ok?!" Steven asked worriedly as he rushed to assist the magical stranger. He heard a muffled groan as the stranger struggled to get up off the floor. When Steven had finally managed to get the stranger standing the first thing he noticed was their strange outfit. They looked like they were dressed as a fairy.

Steven gasped "Are you my fairy godmother!?" He asked excitedly. He had read about them in some of his books and he knew that they could grant you wishes.

"Oh no! This is bad!" The stranger exclaimed as he frantically took in his surroundings before resting his gaze onto Steven. "This is very bad!"

"Huh? Are you hurt? Do you need help?" Steven asked confused as he searched the stranger for any cuts and bruises. He could try and heal them with his spit. As he searched for any injuries he finally noticed the gem that rested on the strangers stomach. A gem that he could recognize anywhere, a gem that he saw everyday, his own gem.