Distant Lands (Spinel x Reader)

Chapter 1

First chapter note: Only the very beginning takes place similar to the events in the movie, but this is canon diversion. Spinel warps directly to earth via warp pad, there is no injector, and she has no rejuvenator.

A/N: This is going to be different from our last one. Spinel here hasn't had a chance to deal with any of her emotions, and this is going to be fairly.. dubcon for a while. This is your warning. My wife and I decided we wanted to explore her character growth in.. a different type of situation.

Steven gives you a high-five as you toss your sandwich wrapper in a perfect 5.0 in the garbage bin across the street. The two of you just got finished eating lunch, and you hadn't seen your favorite teen in several days since he just got back from Homeworld a few hours prior.

"Wanna go check to see if they're done installing the warp pad yet?" Steven asks, shoving his hands into his pockets.

"We've left them alone for a while, I feel like they should be done by now." You chime in with a smile.

You both meander slowly through Little Homeworld, chatting about the more recent events that you guys have been dealing with. With the Diamonds now on your guys' side, there has been honestly TOO much to do, and you've been trying to lighten Steven's load. But the kid is just too earnest, and much too hard working for his own good.

As soon as you guys round the corner, you see Amethyst standing near Bismuth and the newly installed warp pad.

"Yo! Over here!" The purple gem motions over to the both of you, as Bismuth walks away to deal with a couple of other things. "Just got done. Looks nice yeah?" She chuckles and ruffles Steven's hair. "Sorry to keep my biggest fan waiting." Steven swats her hand away, and the two of them laugh for a bit. All of you start talking about how far the place has come, and everything you guys still needs to get done.

You have known Steven since you were 14 and applied to be his babysitter through a local ad. At first, it was really rough, since you know, the whole gem business shtick was really not what you were expecting out of the job. But ever since Pearl accidentally threw that jungle gym at you and you dodged it perfectly, you proved to be a useful guardian for Steven, and they recruited you for gem missions on the occasion. Pearl was the one that taught you most of what you knew, her sword fighting lessons came in very handy the few times you were in life-threatening situations.

Over the last 8 years, you have watched one of your favorite people grow up to be the most dependable person you know today. He doesn't really need you now - but you're apart of their family, and you never planned on leaving them. You don't know what you'd ever do if you lost this kid. You'd do whatever it took to keep him safe, and alive. He worries about you constantly - you are human, after all, but honestly? You're resilient if anything, and stubborn. It'd take a lot to kill you.

"Alright! Who gets to be the first to test out the warp pad?" You're interrupted from your thoughts at the sound of Steven's voice. You look up to see Amethyst raising her hand excitedly, and she and Steven play rock paper scissors to see who goes first.

You're only vaguely paying attention to what's going on when you get this indescribable gut feeling to flee.

The warp pad activates - none of you are touching it.

Within a split second, you've grabbed Steven's arm and yanked him to the side - just as some sort of scythe hits the ground where he stood with a loud THUNK. You move to stand in front of him and reach behind you to grab your sword.

You grasp empty air and curse at yourself for leaving your sword at home. Of fucking course. You let out an aggravated noise, and you see a pink arm stretch over and yank the scythe out of the ground. You follow the arm until you make eye contact with the attacker, her eyes meeting yours and a wicked grin spreads across her face.