AN: Hello everyone, I am proud to present to you all my first ever Steven Universe fanfiction. I got into SU only recently, but it's quickly become one of my favorite shows. This story was inspired by the story "Aftermath" by Out Mismatched Socks as well as the song "99 Red Balloons" too.

Disclaimer: I don't own Steven Universe

It was a beautiful morning in beach city. The sun was up and the residences where going about their daily business. Both Beach Citywalk Fries and Fish Stew Pizza had opened for business. Big Donut had opened and were opened with Sadie behind the counter and Lars in the back. The latter was supposed to be working, but was lounging around.

"Lars, can you bring more napkins." requested Sadie.

"One second!" called Lars.

Lars was texting Buck Dewey on his phone while sitting in a steel folding chair.

Are you doing anything?

Eh

You want to hang?

Sounds cool

I can hang right now.

Aren't you working?

Sadie can cover for me.

Ditching your co-worker isn't cool.

Yeah. I am stacking boxes right now.

Hello?

Sorry. Had to help Sour Cream. His little brother was in his DJ equipment.

Oh.

Lars recalled the dumpster fire outside Big Donut that Onion somehow started.

We can hang later. Met us on the beach.

Cool.

"Lars, are you bringing the napkins?" asked Sadie.

Ditching your co-worker isn't cool.

"Yeah." answered Lars, grabbing a box of napkins.

It was a busy day at Funland. Customers where coming in and spending their hard earned money. Normally, this was been good the employers as they would see this reflected in their paychecks. However, this was not the case for Mr. Smiley who had to run Funland by himself. The route was taking its toll and he was currently slouched in a chair taking a five minute break.

"Hello, Mr. Smiley."said a male voice.

Mr. Smiley looked over and saw Jamie standing before him.

"Hey Jamie." sighed Mr. Smiley exhausted.

"Busy?" asked Jamie with a chuckle.

Harold smiled and nodded weakly.

"Between maintaining the rides, manning the booths, manning the arcade and making sure Onion doesn't destroy anything...I'm exhausted." answered Mr. Smiley.

"I gotta letter for you." noted Kevin.

Keving handed the letter in question to Mr. Smiley.

"Hey, it's from Frowny." noted Harold.

Mr. Smiley opened the letter and began to read it.

Dear Harold,

I hope you are doing well. I have been doing well myself. Once I returned from Beach City, I wandered around Ireland and the United Kingdom. Recently, I've moved into an small house in St. Albans, Hertfordshire. Just

I've been trying to work on my act and have done some solo shows in London. The audience seem pleased, but I do miss preforming with you. Hopefully, we can reunite and preform together again.

I am so glad I was able to met you again after all these years. It was really overdue and it feels great to be close again. We must keep in better touch.

Your friend,

Quentin

"It seems like good news." noted Jamie.

Mr. Smiley smiled and nodded.

"A letter from a good friend." said Harold.

"That can help break the monotony." mused Jamie.

"Things are never dull around here." laughed Mr. Smiley.

The two shared a laugh until Mr. Smiley saw something out of the corner of his eye.

"No Onion! I can't have another lawsuit!" cried Mr. Smiley, running after the boy.

Back on the boardwalk, business was going as usually. Jenny had a day off and so she was hanging with Sour Cream and Buck Dewey. Next door, Peedee was manning the station. Ronaldo was supposed to being helping, but he was distracted. Peedee was checking the stock when he noticed the ketchup was running low. He looked over to Ronaldo sitting in a chair.

"Can you grab some more ketchup packets from the back?" asked Peedee.

"One second. I have to make everyone aware of these Doritos." answered Ronaldo, with a bag of Cool Ranch Doritos in his lap.

"They're just Doritos." noted Peedee.

"Look at their triangular shape! That's clearly a sign they're controlled by the Illuminati!" exclaimed Ronaldo.

"They've always been triangular." stated Peedee, exasperated.

"Exactly! They've been right under our noses all the time!" cried Ronaldo, waving his arms.

"I'll get them." sighed Peedee.

Peedee began walking to the back.

"Just help any customers." requested Peedee.

Ronaldo was updating "Keep Beach City Weird" with his new warning about Doritos when two familiar faces arried.

"Hey Ronaldo, we'e come for the bits." said Steven.

Ronaldo looked up seeing Steven and Connie outside. Lion was nearby relaxing.

"Hey, check out "Keep Beach City Weird" when you get home!" declared Ronaldo excitedly.

"Okay." said Steven, surprised.

Luckily, Peedee returned at this time with packets of ketchup.

"Hey Steven, I'll get you the bits in a second." said Peedee.

"Thanks." replied Steven happily.

Peedee put down the ketchup packets and began gathering the bits.

"What are you two doing today?" asked Peedee.

"Steven and I are taking a break after training with Pearl." answered Connie.

Peedee was finishing scooping up the bits, when the sky suddenly went dark.

"There's not supposed to be a solar eclipse." noted Connie.

The looked up and saw a too familiar site blocking out the sun.

"That's a Homeworld ship." said Steven, voice shaking.

Steven and Connie fought about the bits and quickly jumped into action. Looking over, he saw other Beach City residence walking out to see what was going on. Steven and Connie hopped onto Lion and raced off to the house. They arrived finding not only the three familiar Gems there, but also two more familiar faces.

"Oh Steven! I'm so glad yourself!" cried Lapis.

The blue gem ran over and hugged Steven tightly.

"I...can't...breath..." wheezed Steven.

Steven saw Peridot sitting on the floor clutching her legs.

"Oh sorry." replied Lapis with a snort.

Lapis let go off Steven and stepped back.

"What are you and Peridot doing here?" asked Steven surprised.

"We're going to need them." answered Garnet.

Steven shook his head and gulped.

"What is going on?" asked Steven worried.

"It seems the Rubies were found by Yellow Diamond. The one you named Eyeball informed her of the situation and she has sent a battalion of Quartz soldiers here to shatter us." answered Garnet.

"They're going to shatter me!" cried Peridot.

"You'll be fine. We won't anything happen to ya." said Amethyst with a wink.

"Steven, we'll need you and Connie to fight." said Pearl anxious.

"I'll call my mother and tell her." said Connie determined.

Garnet walked over and knelt down before Steven.

"Steven, my Future Vision showed me Beach City being caught in the fighting. It will be best if you and Connie have the town evacuate." said Garnet.

"I'll do it." said Steven.

Steven gave Connie his phone and she called her mother telling her she needs to fight alongside Steven and reassuring she that she will be fine. Steven called his father and told him to bring as many people as possible to the beach. He then called Mayor Dewey and asked him to do the same. Steven and Connie then headed to the beach themselves where the found the residents waiting.

"Stu-ball! What's going on?!" asked Greg worried.

"That is a ship from the Gem Homeworld with a battalion of quartz soldiers. They've come here to attack Gems and us." answered Steven stoic.

"We need you all to evacuate the city. If not you'll be caught up in the fighting." added Connie, also stoic.

"Are you sure?" asked Mayor Dewey worried.

"Yes." answered Steven.

"Are you going stay?" asked Peedee.

"Yes. We need to fight." answered Connie.

"Then we'll stay too!" declared Sadie.

"What?!" cried Lars.

"We cannot leave them." said Sadie.

"We're staying too." said Buck Dewey.

"It's not cool to leave our friends behind." added Sour Cream.

"We can handle whatever they got." added Jenny.

"Oh yeah! I'll stay too!" cried Lars.

"If you're staying them so am I." said Peedee.

"Me too." added Kiki.

"I gotta get footage of this for Keep Beach City Weird!" cried Ronaldo.

Onion walked over looked at Steven nodding his solidarity.

"We appreciate this..." began Connie.

"You can't!" exclaimed Steven.

Silence followed as everyone looked at Steven.

"This is a battalion of powerful Quartz soldiers from Homeworld. This is going to be a difficult fight and Beach City will suffer damage." explained Steven.

"Steven-" began Sadie.

"We're already vastly outnumbered! If you stay then you might be hurt or worse! I don't know if we're going to survive!" cried Steven, tears rolling down his cheeks.

A moment of silence followed as everyone took this in.

"Connie." said Steven softly.

Steven held out his hand. Connie accepted and a bright glowing light enveloped them. Once it vanished, only one person stood before them.

"Please. Leave." said Stevonnie, almost begging.

The residence of Beach City all looked at each other.

"You heard them! Evacuate!" declared Greg.

The residents of Beach City evacuated their most essential items and left their hometown once more due to alien invasion. They traveled outside the city and set up camp at the field where Steven and the Cool Kids found Peridot's escape pod. They got out of the car and set their eyes toward Beach City.

"Greg, they'll be okay." said Vidalia.

Vidalia walked over to her friend.

"Thanks Vidalia." sighed Greg.

Vidalia felt a tug on her pants. She saw her youngest son was behind this.

"You must be really worried." said Vidalia.

Vidalia picked up her son. Onion mumbled something to his mother.

"It's okay Onion. Steven will be fine." said Vidalia reassuring.

"Don't worry Onion. You'll be spending tie with Steven again before you know it." added Greg.

Onion smiled at this.

"Poor kid." thought Greg.

Suddenly, the sound a of a speeding car could be heard. A car came to a sudden halt and Connie's parents exited.

"Mr. Universe! What is the meaning of this! cried Priyanka, worried.

"Where is Connie?!" asked Doug, also worried.

The Maheswarans looked up and saw the alien craft over Beach City.

"Connie!" cried Doug.

"Why didn't you stop here?!" asked Priyanka horrified.

"I could have if I tried. She would not leave Steven and the Gems to fight alone." answered Greg sadly.

"Look!" cried Ronaldo.

Everyone looked over saw a glow coming from the ship. The ship fired a blast toward Beach City.

"Connie!" cried Priyanka.

Priyanka hugged her husband while the other Beach City residences stood speechless.

"Are they..." began Kiki, too horrified to finish.

The Gem ship fired a barrage of blasts followed by more silence.

"No." said Sadie, shaking.

Lars put his arm around Sadie.

"It'll be okay." said Lars.

"Lars, I love you!" declared Sadie, in the heat of the moment.

Sadie pulled Lars in and kissed him.

"Wow! A giant water hand!" cried Ronaldo.

Everyone looked over and saw a giant hand made of water rise out of the water and smash down the ship.

"Is it over?" asked Sour Cream.

A large explosion and a series of destructive noises echoed from Beach City.

"Things will be fine." said Greg.

"How can you say that?" asked Priyanka.

"They are the Crystal Gems. They always save the day." answered Greg.

A/N: There is the first chapter finished. I hope you enjoyed this and will keep with it. Please review.