21. Space Race

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Y/n and the Crystal Gems arrive on a Warp Pad, leading a series of other Warp Pads.

"Woah." Steven said impressed.

"That's a lot of wrap pads..." Y/n let out quietly.

Garnet steps on a Warp Pad. "Inactive." She says and Steven proceeds to paste a sticker of a crying apple on the Warp Pad.

Amethyst jumps onto another Warp Pad. "Inactive!" She calls out.

Steven runs over and paste another sticker on the Warp Pad, this time of a crying crossiant.

Pearl was standing on another Warp Pad looking down at it in disappointment. "Inactive."

Steven pastes another sticker of a crying pear on the Warp Pad.

"Do we have to check all of them? They're all still inactive, like always." Amethyst asks wnating to slack off.

"We need to make sure." Garnet tells her.

"I've never seen so many Warp Pads before!" Steven comments as he gets two stickers. "I hope I have enough of these Crying Breakfast Friends stickers."

"Where do all these Warp Pads go, anyway?" Y/n asks as he looks down at one of them.

Pearl sits on the Warp Pad she was standing on. "Well, these Warp Pads were used to travel off-planet. They were our connection to the Gem Homeworld and to Gem-controlled planets all over the universe." Pearl explains.

"Gem Controlled planets?" Y/n asks but he is interrupted by Steven gasping. 

"You mean we could go anywhere we want in outer space?" Steven asks excited.

"Yeah... We could do that if they weren't all busted." Amethyst says shooting down Steven's hopes.

"It's true. The Galaxy Warp have all been inactive for thousands of years." Pearl says sadly.

"Can't you fix them?" Y/n asks now.

"... No." Garnet answers.

"It's fine." Pearl chuckles a little. "I'll always have my memories of other worlds. But now I'm here. On Earth. Forever." 

"With us!" Steven cheers as he stands besides Y/n.

"Right, with you." Pearl says as she sadly smiles, She gets up and place her hands On Y/n and Steven's heads before she walks up to a broken Warp Pad larger than the rest. "It really is incredible out there, though. I wish you two could see it." She says as she closes her eyes and remembers it fondly.

Steven, seeing that the Warp Pad is visibly broken, pastes a sticker of a crying waffle on it.


It was the next day and Greg and Steven are watching 'Crying Breakfast Friends!' outside. On-screen, various breakfast-themed characters are crying, such as Crying Waffle, Crying Pear, Sad Apple and Spilled Milk.

"Stay tuned for another episode of Crying Breakfast Friends!" The Narrarator says on the tv as it cuts to a commercial. 

"Yeesh. I must be getting old. I used to like cartoons." Greg comments.

"Hey, Dad, did you know the Gems used to travel all over outer space?" Steven asks his dad.

Greg chuckles. "Yeah. They're pretty far out, son."

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