16. Monster Buddies

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An overview of an ice mountain is seen, when a section of the mountain collapses. The Crystal Gems and Y/n are inside an ice cavern battling a monster while icicles fall all around. The monster is knocked backwards and crashes into a wall.

"Alright everyone!" Garnet calls out to the group.

"One more attack should do it." Pearl says.

An icicle impales the monster's arm, causing it to fall off.

"Yikes! Your arm." Steven says worried for it as he hold his own arm.

Garnet leaps forward and punches the monster one last time causing it to crumble and poof into a icy cloud. A gem falls from the cloud and Pearl rushes towards it, catching and then bubbling it away.

"Now there's nothing standing between us and the Shooting Star." Pearl says but the cavern continues to rumble and crumble.

"Whoaa, Jeeezzz. Whu-Whoa, mama!" Amethyst cries as she gets buried under a pile of small ice boulders.

"Amethyst!" Steven cries out as he rushes over to the boulders. "Uh, don't worry, I'll dig you out!"

Amethyst however mumbles to Steven but it's muffled by the boulders.

"This job is really getting dangerous!" Y/n says as he looks up the icicles shaking above. 

"We've got to get Steven and Y/n out of here!" Pearl decides now.

Garnet turns to Steven and Y/n now and they look up at her. "I'm sending you two back to the temple."

"But, Garnet, how are you gonna..." Pearl begins to asks but Garnet summons a bubble around Y/n and Steven. 

"You can bubble us?" Y/n asks as he puts his hand on the bubble.

"Garnet, no!" Pearl shouts but it is too late as Garnet sends Steven and Y/n's bubble back to the temple. 

"Garnet!" Pearl shouts.

"Watch your head." Garnet says calmly as the ice cavern then caves in, burying the Gems.


Y/n and Steven screams as they are warped through a bubble stream. The bubble then appears in the basement of the temple, surrounded with several bubbled gems.

"I'm all for adventure, but let's not do that again." Y/n groans. "My head is killing..." He then adds as he holds a hand to his head.

"Really? I'm okay though." Steven says confused.

"Well, at least one of us is..." Y/n sighs rubbing his temples. 

"Whoa! We're back inside the temple." Steven says now before he sees the gem from before. "Hehehe, look at you now. Stuck in a bubble."

"And how do we get out of this one?" Y/n asks Steven now.

"Hmmm. Let me see if I can... Graaa-yeah!" Steven forcefully pulls the bubble open, popping it, and the two begin to fall. As they fall Steven falls on top of the bubble of another gem, causing it to pop.  As the two hit the ground  the gem then begins to reform.

"Steven, what's happening?" Y/n asks in shock.

The regenerating form glows in green, at first seemingly humanoid, before expanding to glowing into a giant familiar monster.

"Aah! The Centipeetle!" Steven screams and tries to run away but he only has Y/n to hide behind.

"Stay behind me!" Y/n says shielding Steven.

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