Steven Universe and the Mysterious Figure

(1) On the Run

Life seems to enjoy throwing me through loops. I was born from a not so normal family in a not so normal world. But I suppose my idea of normal is different from others. I was born alone in Empire City which is next to Empire State. The city was large and never seemed to sleep. Filled with skyscrapers and taxis. Wherever you went you could always see someone. There was no such thing as a silence in this city. My life never started out happy, I was a forgotten child with no one, I suppose that's why the Matrons named me Suha.

I grew up in an orphanage and always felt different. I had medium brown skin color with a dark gray tint and dark eyes. I looked like a normal child, accept with one exception, I was born with a gemstone in my lower back. The gem was dark grey in color, maybe even black and was in the shape of a rectangle. This abnormality left most of the orphanage confused. I was ignored by most children and bullied by the rest. After many years of being ignored and bullied by my fellow orphans, for the first time there was a dark light that was radiating off my gem and it seemed as though everyone stopped looking at me.

I went to school and no one had spoken to me. This dark light was ignored by everyone at school, it was as though I had faded into the darkness. There were many times I wanted to run away from this orphanage, so many times, but whenever I did I was caught by the police or child services. I took a chance at recess and ran away from the school. No one seemed to notice as I walked on the streets of Empire City, police officers ignored me and I was able to walk back to the orphanage perfectly fine.

I stood where I could see my bedroom window and took a leap. I was blessed with super strength that I hid, fearing I was going to be experimented on by the government, yes I watched too many tv shows. I grabbed onto my window and pulled myself up. It was always unlocked and was the only room in the attic of the orphanage. I shared the room by myself. It was nothing special about it, a tiny bed filled with a little bit of clothes. I changed my clothes into a black overcoat that extended over my arms, a long dark grey scarf, a black hat, and gray leggings. I kept my all black shoes, the colors of my clothes weren't my decision, but the same colors given to all the orphans. Black fit with everything and gray was cheap. I took a leap off my window and landed on my feet, making a small crater where I stood. I was pretty durable as well.

I gave one last look at the building I spent my entire life at and continued on. I knew there was an old train that ran across the Delmarva Peninsula. All I had to do was stay there and not get caught. It took a few hours to reach the old train and due to my gem still glowing I was able to sneak inside. I closed my eyes and went to sleep.

By the time I woke up the train had stopped. I wasn't sure how long I had been asleep but I jumped out of the train for a little bit. I needed to stretch my legs. I was about to get back on the train when I saw two... people? Get off the train and start walking. The first person seemed to be a boy, he looked like he was ten to twelve years old, but I wasn't entirely sure. He was overall pretty short with a thick, stocky build. He had curly dark brown hair with matching eyebrows and full black irises. He wore a salmon-pink T-shirt with a gold star in the enter and cuffed blue jeans and the same salmon-pink flip-flop sandals.

The other.. Person.. was around the same height as the boy beside her. Her build was stout but her face was older than the boys. She looked in her late teens, early twenties. She had bright lilac skin, dark indigo eyes and thick, messy pale lavender hair that went down to her ankles. Her bang was large and it made it difficult to see her left eye. She had pump lips and an upturned nose. She wore a mauve, oversized, off-shoulder gray tank top with a black bra underneath. She also wore black leggings with star-shaped cutouts on the knees, with a tear above the left star and small, pointed, white boots.

The most interesting part about the two of them, that made her jump out of the train and follow them and a gem they had on their bodies. The purple one's gem was light purple and was centered in the middle of her chest where her heart would be. The boy was a little harder to see, a deep pink almost rose color and was located where his navel should be.