Here it is everyone, my very first Steven Universe story. I've written fanfics before, but never for this show. Let's hope I do well for my first story on this archive.

-Earth-

It was a dark and starry night. All were asleep in bed... but then. A blue streak of light shot through the sky as if it were a shooting star. It soon entered earth's atmosphere and crashed into the ground. Soon the light from the mysterious item dissipated, revealing a person...

-Morning in beach city-

It was an average day in the city of Beach City. Well, as average as you can get in the life of Steven Universe. So far his morning started off normal, and now he was going to one of his favorite food places.

"Hey Fryman!" He greeted the head fry cook who was also one of his friends.

"Hey Steven. Let me guess: you want the bits" The fryman said with a smile.

"Yes please" Steven replied with an equal smile. The fryman quick put the fry bits into a bag and handed them to Steven. "Thanks" Steven said, and then walked off. "Hm... I what the other gems are up to" he said to himself while eating his fry bits.

-The Gem house-

There was a house near the beach. Not only was it the place where Steven lived, but it was also the home of the crystal gems. There were three gems: Garnet, Amethyst, and Pearl. Garnet was the leader who rarely talks. Amethyst was the fun-loving, playful one who liked to joke around. And Pearl was... the boring killjoy. They were the protectors of humanity. In fact, Steven himself was a crystal gem. A half gem, but a gem nonetheless. And at this very moment, Garnet and Pearl were on a mission searching for a rare item. Amethyst was however, was back at home sitting at the counter with her arms rested on it. Just then, Garnet and Pearl came back from their mission.

"Hi Amethyst, we're back from the mission" Pearl told her with a light smile.

"Were you successful?" Amethyst asked, looking over her shoulder.

"Yes" Garnet spoke.

"What are you thinking about, Amethyst?" Pearl asked, noticing she wasn't being her normal, goofy self.

"Oh, nothing. Just thinking about this one gem that I used to know..." She told her.

"Well-"

"Guys!" Steven burst through the door, cutting Pearl off from her sentence. "Something's wrong!" he yelled.

"What is it, Steven?" Amethyst asked him.

"There's a giant rock snake near the park" he told them.

"Let's go Gems!" Garnet said and they ran out the door.

"Wait! I'm coming too!" Steven said as he followed them.

-The park-

The Gems had soon made it to the park where Steven had told them the monster was. And to put it simply, there was serious damage done to the ground.

"Where is it?" Amethyst asked, realizing there was no monster.

"It was here. I saw it while I was passing by, eating my fry bits" Steven said.

"Well it has to be here somewhere. Giant creatures don't just vanish into thin air" Pearl said. Suddenly, the ground stated shaking. It was then that the creature that Steven had described had appeared above ground.

"Told ya" he said quickly.

"Gems! Weapons!" Garnet said on command. They used the gems on their bodies to summon their weapons. Garnet had gauntlets, Pearl had a spear-sword thing, and Amethyst had a whip.

"Steven, stay back" Pearl told the young gem. The rock snake made its first move by using it's tail to try and knock them away. However, this did nothing due to Garnet grabbing its tail with her hands. She then tossed it into the air. This gave Pearl the chance to throw her weapon at the snake. Unfortunately, used the snake used this opportunity to dive back into the ground, avoiding Pearl's weapon at the last second.

"Oh no you don't!" Amethyst said, grabbing the snake by the tail with her whip. She used her might to pull it out of the ground. When it landed it hissed with a shake of its tail. The snake soon opened it's mouth wider and fired three balls of green energy. The gems acted quickly and dodged.

"Wow. This thing is pretty strong" Pearl said. The snake turned it's attention to Steven and raised it's tail.

"Steven!" The three gems shouted simultaneously as the snakes tail was about to slam down. Steven was too nervous to move. He shut his eyes tight, expecting the attack. However, he felt nothing. All he heard was a clash of metal.

"Huh?" He opened his eyes. He looked up to see the attack of the snake's tail was being blocked. The odd part was, it wasn't one of the girls protecting him. In fact, it was some one new entirely. The person had a wind blown black haircut with a piece of hair sticking out in front of it's forehead. The figure was also wearing a blue shirt, black pants, black and white boots, silver shoulder pads on both shoulders, black and blue bracers on his lower arms, black fingerless gloves, and on it's shirt was a white star in the center of the chest area. Its skin color was a light shade of blue as well. The other gems had surprised looks on their faces. This warrior had saved Steven. Not only that, but it was a guy too. But what was most surprising of all was his weapon. In his right hand was a double-sided battle axe, and in the center of the axe was a blue gemstone. This guy wasn't just an warrior. This guy was a crystal gem.

"You guys look like you could use some help" he said with a smirk. He deflected the snakes tail and prepared for battle. The snake hissed. He just snickered, ready to face this thing. His opponent slammed it's tail on to the ground, making rocks come up from under the ground. He used this to his advantage as he leapt into the air. Once at the same level as his rocky foe, he brought his weapon up and slammed it down on to it's head. This damaged the enemy, but not enough to where it would be destroyed. He landed on to the ground and the snake his angrily at him. The snake opened it's mouth and energy began to fill it once more.

"Watch out!" Pearl warned him. The snake fired three shots of energy once more. The new gem countered by spinning his axe in front of him like a fan. This caused the blasts to be reflected back the monster itself, causing it to be stunned by its own attack.

"It's over now" He said. He then did something that would surprise the others once more. He had made the handle go from staff-like to gun like, and the blades of the axe spreader out further with electricity surging through the gaps of the blades, turning his axe into a crossbow. "Ready!" he shouted, aiming his crossbow into the snakes open mouth. "Fire!" he shouted, pulling the trigger of the crossbow, shooting lightning bolt type arrow into the enemy's mouth, causing it to explode in a flash of light. Once the light dissipated, a small gem rolled over to him. He put away his weapon and picked up the gem in his right hand, sending it away. The other gems put their weapons away as well as they walked up to him.

"Who are you?" Pearl asked him.

"Don't you know? I'm a crystal gem just like you guys" he told them, smiling.

"Then where's your gem?" she asked. He lifted up his shirt to show them his gem which was embedded in the center of his chest. He then pulled it back down. "So there are other gems" Pearl said with hand almost over her mouth.

"Yes. And this one is male no less" Garnet said.

"Hey, do any of you know who this guy is?" Steven asked. Garnet and Pearl shook their heads. Amethyst however, looked as if she knew him.

"Is it really you?" she asked, walking up to him.

"It is" he said, looking as if he knew her as well.

"Cobalt!" she said with joy, hugging him in an embrace.

"Hey, long time no see, Amethyst" he said, returning the friendly hug.

"Amethyst, you know this guy?" Pearl asked with a questioned look.

"Oh yeah, Cobalt and I go WAY back" she told her. Cobalt smiled lightly. This could get interesting.

And there you have chapter 1 of my first Steven Universe story. Hope you guys all liked it.

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