Cordelia had been taking a relaxing walk through the forest. Well, not exactly relaxing, because she was in the Forbidden Forest, and if anyone at all found out….she was pretty much dead. But she couldn't help visit her favorite beasts. The Thestrals. Everyone who could see them found them creepy, or just bad luck, but not her.
And now, the earth was shaking. Cordelia grabbed a tree for support, not wanting to fall onto the muddy ground and ruin her clothes. "What in Salazar's name was that?" She asked herself, as she stood up straight, looking around for anything that caused that unexpected rumble. "Perhaps it's a troll…out in the woods….who can smell my blood…and…" She paused and shook her head. "I have to get out of here before the troll can have a chance to eat me."
She turned around and followed her footsteps on the ground. The forest grew brighter, and soon she found herself looking at a clearing. An almost empty clearing where Hogwarts was supposed to be. She didn't even see Hagrid's hut. And at the moment, Cordelia knew she was lost. And she had no idea where she was.
"Well, shit."
Meanwhile, in a backyard not so far away, Sugar sits on a fence while she talks to her brother, who is sitting on a windowsill. Sugar is shocked by the loud noise and falls off of the fence, into the woodsy area behind her house.
As they all gathered into a grassy flatland, a massive…thing stood in the middle of it. Whatever it was, it was like a mix of a terrifying machine and an hourglass, it had three long spider-like legs that held it in place, the top was pink and faceted, and the middle had a vial filled to the brim with odd, colorful liquid. And if they looked closely, a figure stood on top of it with a wild grin.
"There really are some odd twolegs here," Fern'Claw sneered at the rest of the hunting patrol. Ginger'Blaze giggled a bit and Tiger'Lily scowled at him.
Meanwhile, Sugar ran toward the clearing, her brother, Chocolate, following after her.
Cordelia, who had small knowledge about muggle technology, looked at the metal spidery hourglass thing and froze. She knew for a fact that whatever that thing was, was definitely not made by muggles. She squinted at the top of the machine, and there standing, grinning like a mad man, was the outline of a figure.
Cordelia was not going to deal with some bizarre wizard or witch. Not after seeing her mother fly back into the ranks of the most feared wizard the wizarding world has seen. No, sir. She was going to stay as far as possible from that thing and think of a plan. And if it came to the point where she needed to fight, well, fight she would.
Steven’s eyes widened in fear. It looked like an injector like the ones from the kindergarten…Charlie immediately moved to the machine. “Hey, what are you doing here?!” she called out to the figure. “Charlie, no!” Ink ran after the princess. “Get back here!” Steven followed Ink.
The silhouette turned to the faint voice below them from this at least 60-meter injector. "N'aww, are you mad~?" They giggled, then looking to the others behind her. "Well, well, well, if it isn't Steven Universe! I knew you'd show up eventually~! This doesn't look like your preferred clique, but what do I know?"
“You…You know my name,” Steven muttered. He couldn’t believe this. Was this yet ANOTHER person wanting to kill him? Ink crossed his arms. “His friends are busy doing other things,” the skeleton hissed as Charlie nodded. “Yeah! What do you want?!” the princess asked.
Cordelia carefully walked up to the spidery hour-glass machine, her wand carefully tucked away. Cordelia now knew that they were dealing with an insane….witch? Wizard? Elf? Goblin? Magical beast? She didn't know, and she didn't know if she wanted to know. She looked at the so-called Steven Universe, and his companions. If she was confused about them, she didn't show it.
"It's kinda rude that the first thing you say to them is 'why are you here?' and 'what do you want," Cordelia drawled. She stayed quiet as she looked up at the figure. There was something about them that made her feel like she was in danger.
"I'm surprised you think there are people who don't. Everyone knows about the savior of tha galaxy!" Looking at the skeleton, the stranger pulled a faux sad face. "Well, dat's a shame, I was looking forward to beating them at their own game." They shrugged, "What I want is you." The grinning Gem….presumably- pointed at the hybrid with another grin, alongside an ominous chuckle.
Steven took a step back as Charlie growled. “Well, you’re not getting him!” she hissed as Ink nodded. “Yeah, you’ll have to get through us!” the skeleton agreed, having grown rather fond of the princess and the hybrid. Both of them took combat stances, willing to fight this newcomer.
Cordelia gagged. "God, the affection for this kid is disgusting." She paused and looked up at the figure on top of the machine. "And your obsession with this kid is concerning. The only other person I've seen being so obsessed over a teenager is the Dark Lord. And he's a homicidal maniac with no nose."
The Gem cackled at their protectiveness. "N'aa-ha-hawww you weally care about him, don't you?" She asked in this taunting voice. After getting a little chuckle out of this, she curled her finger into a makeshift horn, then blowing into her hand and pointing at the group with the other. The machine rose from its landing point and went to hover over them when a massive drill formed at the bottom, about to crush the three! (four?)
Ginger'Flame looked around as he heard what she said, awfully confused. Tiger'Lily scoffed, heading back to hunting. "She's sure got bees in her brain," Fern'Claw sneered once more, "I've certainly never heard of a savior of the galaxy." Ginger'Flame giggled slightly.
Sugar and Chocolate burst into the clearing, looking at the thing in sheer wonder.
(if you count Cordelia, then yes, four)
This fellow was dangerous indeed. Cordelia had to get out of there and fast. "Well, things escalated quickly." She said as she looked at Steven and his companions. Whatever happened from staying away from that machine? What happened to staying away and formulating a plan? I'm acting like a foolish Gryffindor..
Normally, she would have left the other three to their fates. Let them get killed, while she escapes unharmed. She barely knew them after all, and she wouldn't feel guilty if they died. But she stood there frozen, unsure if she should either leave or stay and help the other three out. She took a deep breath and soon realized something. This lunatic was a threat to her family and friends. And to the Wizarding community in general. And the Wizarding World didn't need another lunatic who was obsessed over a teenager.
That thought alone was what made her decide to stay with the other three and help out.
"Move out of that things way!" She yelled at the others as she took out her wand from the sleeve of her shirt. She knew her wand was no match for the machine, but it made her feel a little bit brave.
Steven and his friends moved backward, with Steven falling onto his behind. He quickly scampered up and rushed to Charlie as she tried to figure out a plan. She eventually just ran further form the machine, dragging Steven with her as Ink followed them.
Seeing this happen from StarClan, Pumpkin'Heart materialized near her brother to protect him and the clan. Hopefully, she would be able to distract the odd twoleg.
Cordelia moved backward as well, trying to ignore the feeling she had. She watched as Steven and his friends started running away from the machine. She had two options. Follow the boy and his friends, or stay where she was and face sudden doom while a lunatic tried to kill the boy. Or the earth. Or whatever they were here for. She quickly made her mind and followed the three at a distance.
Unfortunately, the stranger couldn't see the near-invisible ghost cat from that great a height, and she was much too busy laughing her ass off maniacally, sounding like a crazed animaniac.
Seeing this, Pumpkin'Heart came up with an idea. Using the might and blessing of StarClan as a whole, she summoned a powerful storm.
“Who is that?!” Charlie asked, trying to catch her breath once the trio stopped. Ink shrugged. “I have no idea!” the skeleton yelled, just as confused as the princess was. Steven looked back to where they came. “I don’t know but whoever that is…they definitely have a grudge against me,” he sighed. He wasn’t too surprised about it but he thought he fixed everything!
The towering machine loomed over the group, as the mysterious villain stared at them, the thing injected the pink liquid into the earth, though seemingly to no effect. Jumping down to the rim of the huge Homeworld tech, the silhouette gone, and their form now revealed. They had bubblegum pink cartoony gloves, its color matched that of pointed shoulder pads that the stranger wore, their shirt was minimalistic and was whine purple; they had hot pink pointed boots that had a little indent right before the boots stopped just below knee height; their pants are hard to describe so let's just go with the description of an equally hot pink skirt and tights on underneath. Their skin was pale bubblegum, you know, the color it becomes after you've taken all the flavor out of it? The stranger's hair went up in two points, just imagine you take ponytails and make them stick out like a rabbit's ears and made it magenta; they had tired raspberry-colored eyes and black streaks coming down from them, closely resembling mascara running down your face after crying. But the thing that stood out the most was the gemstone that took up most of her chest, it was shaped like a heart and was flipped upside down, and the sight was kind of…disturbing.
"Not so protective of your silly little hybrid friend, are you, now?"
Steven noticed the gem and his eyes widened. “It’s…It’s a gem…no wonder they’re after me,” he muttered as Charlie looked at the hybrid. “So what you’re saying is they’re from Homeworld?!” she asked, remembering what he told her and Ink about the gem home planet. Ink couldn’t believe this. He was trying to figure out what that liquid was.
Cordelia had finally caught up to Steven and his friends. She had no idea why a Gem was after him, or what Homeworld even was. She looked at the pink liquid inside the machine and then at the cartoony person with the upside-down heart gem. "So, a crazy gem lady is after you. Is…this normal for you?" She said with a frown.
“Basically, yeah,” Steven nodded, sighing. This was way too normal for him and he hated it. Charlie looked back at the machine. “I wonder what’s in there,” she muttered. Ink shrugged. “Whatever it is, it’s not good.”
(we should probably give Spinel something to do…)
"Oh, that must suck.." She twirled her wand in her hand, trying to think of something that could help them. "Maybe it's poison of some kind? It's not uncommon to hear that muggles kill their targets by using an injector and some poison."
Fern'Claw snickered loudly as Ginger'Flame tried to hold him down.
(i love how the warriors don't really care about what's happening)
("End of the world?? We're cats, we never give two fucks")
(They don't understand what's happening and have an afterlife anyways.)
