Connie's Secret [Steven Universe]

1.

•Connie•

With my bag slung around my neck, I headed to the warp pad and made my way to the Arena.  As soon as I arrived, Pearl and Steven were already waiting for me there.

"What took you so long?" Pearl grumbled.

"I had homework, sorry..." I answered back as I unzipped my bag and took out my sword. I still couldn't believe that I'm a sword fighter, and I have a proper sword. I'm still digesting the fact that I'm a sword fighter. It's just too much to handle, but Pearl forces me to do it. I'm still relieved that Steven doesn't know my deepest secret, but I'm still finding the perfect time to tell him the truth.

"Well, don't be late again!" Pearl raised he voice, which made me jolt.

We then started training with simple balance warm up, then the new techniques. Pearl seems stricter than before, as she seems very serious and doesn't care if I'm hungry, hurt, or even thirsty. She reduces the break by 5 minutes, which seems very suspicious. Every time I get stressed and drop my sword, Pearl will yell at me and reprimand me.

Soon, I got fed up and asked her, "Why are you stressing me øut?"
(A/N: hehe u see what I did there)

Pearl sighed. "It's because, you need to protect Steven,"

"Might I remind you again? Well, I shall," she added.

"On the battlefield, when every thing is chaos, and you have nothing but the way you feel. Your strategy and you sword, to protect Steven. Just think about the life you'll have, together after the war. So you do it for him, that's how you know you can win," Pearl sang with a voice like an angel.

"But how do you know when the war is coming?" I protested.

"That's the point! You don't know when the war will start. So, you must be prepared!" She raised her voice.
"Now, show me how you attack from behind!" She commanded.

|| After training ||

Oh gosh, I'm really exhausted. I looked at my hands and saw the tremendous amount of cuts and bruises. I reached into my bag to find the bandage and wrapped it around my hands.

Steven decided to sit beside me. "Hey, Connie... wanna go to my place for dinner?" Steven said.

"No thanks, my mum's making spaghetti. Maybe tomorrow," I answered back.

We headed to the warp pad, but before we could teleport to Steven's house, Garnet and Amethyst teleported here.

"What's wrong?" Pearl asked.

"It's earth. The war, it's happening. Black Diamond is real, and she's attacking us," Garnet explained.

Steven an I gasped. I began to fell butterflies in my stomach. No, this couldn't be happening!

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