Book 1: Redemption

Book 1: Redemption is the first story of Numbuh 227's AU Steven Universe series, and the first SU story in the Fanverse. It is canon divergent starting from the episode "Sadie's Song." The story narrates the Crystal Gems's efforts to locate Malachite and Steven's attemps to redeem Peridot.

Redemption was published on November 27, 2015.

FanFiction link: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11637892/1/NSUA-Book-1-Redemption

deviantART link: http://operativenumbuh227.deviantart.com/art/Book-1-Redemption-Prologue-574884956

Archive of Our Own link: archiveofourown.org/works/5300444/chapters/12236507

Summary
One night, Steven is up late, contemplating about how he couldn't save Lapis. Pearl comforts him, saying Lapis made the choice to fuse with Jasper to protect him. As Steven goes to sleep, a Robonoid that was spying on them leaves the temple to return to Peridot. Meanwhile, Lapis and Jasper are still fighting for control at the bottom of the ocean. Malachite grows sick of their bickering and vows to take control of her own body to get revenge on the Crystal Gems.

The next morning, Garnet exits the Temple and is startled when Steven, who's having a nightmare, screams. When he wakes up, Steven tells Garnet that he connected with Lapis via dream, and she warned him that Malachite's personality was taking over. After informing the others, Garnet declares that they must prepare themselves for Malachite's arrival, which include increasing Steven and Connie's training. Suddenly, Greg bursts in and tells the Gems that there's an attack on the boardwalk. The attackers turn out to be Fusion Experiments, and after Garnet snaps out of the shock of seeing them, the Gems attack.

Pearl defends Mayor Dewey while he attempts to invite her on a date, Amethyst fights near the Fry Shack while Ronaldo livestreams, and Garnet protects the Pizzas with help from Nanefua. Steven ends up guarding the Big Donut, but he's overpowered by a Gem mutant. Sadie throws donuts at it to save Steven, drawing its attention to her. Before the mutant can hurt her, Dr. Maheswaran runs it over with her car and proceeds to do the same with others as Connie helps Steven. The mutants begin to gain the upper hand and Amethyst gets seriously weakened. As Steven holds her, lamenting he couldn't give her strength, his gem glows and transfers some energy to Amethyst. She gains a power boost that allows her to perform a powerful Spin Dash attack on all the mutants. Once all the mutants are defeated, she collapses in exhaustion, as does Steven moments later.

Characters

 * Steven Universe
 * Pearl
 * Garnet
 * Amethyst
 * Greg Universe
 * Connie Maheswaran
 * Dr. Maheswaran
 * Peridot
 * Malachite
 * Jasper
 * Lapis Lazuli
 * Cluster Gems
 * Mayor Dewey
 * Ronaldo Fryman
 * Peedee Fryman
 * Mr. Fryman
 * Nanefua
 * Kofi Pizza
 * Jenny Pizza
 * Kiki Pizza
 * Sadie