#vonvon's time adventure au

[artsycooky13]

vonvon internally screams: the episode

#vonvon's time adventure au #steven universe #connverse #connie maheswaran #vonvon #'omg dad why are you so awkward' #im using everything in my power to not do a whole comic about this

[maine-writes]

A New Challenger Has Appeared!

An older Connie and Steven led Vonvon, followed by their younger selves, back to the beach house. All the while, older Connie scolded her child for their barely thought out time adventure.

"Do you have any idea what you could've done?" she continued, her kid stubbornly pouting, "You could've messed up our timeline! What if you made yourself not exist?! Your father was extremely sensitive during this time, he could've been evil!"

"Now, hon-" older Steven began, but as he thought about it, it might not be such a good idea to interrupt Connie in the middle of a motherly panic.

"Okay, I get it mom." Vonvon said as they walked up the steps to the front door, "I'm sorry. I just wanted to see you guys when you were on your adventures. You guys just made it seem so cool."

Older Connie and Steven gave each other a worried look.

"Maybe we left out a few details." Steven admitted. "Some things you were better off not knowing."

"Like the time you got your Gem yanked out?" Vonvon asked, ignoring the fact that their father is still bothered by that event. "Or the realization that you broke every bone in your body throughout your childhood? Or the time you got sucked out into space? Or that time when you and Peridot were stuck deep underground? Or that time you had a near mental breakdown at the Stanford Hotel?"

"Ok, that's eno-...wait, the Stanford?" Steven said, wondering why he cannot remember the failed vacation at an alpine retreat.

"Now, where's the Hourglass?" older Connie asked. "We're going home."

"I threw it in the ocean." Vonvon sheepishly replied. Of course, their parents were far from enthusiastic about this.

"You...threw it..." Older Steven muttered.

"Into the ocean..." Older Connie finished as they both looked out at the vast stretch of water and said:

"Ah, beans."

They decided to postpone the recovery of the Hourglass until the next day, when they would recruit the Crystal Gems, who were staying at Little Homeworld for the annual "Surviving Earth" camping trip. For now, they would stay the night.

Younger Connie momentarily returned home to explain to her own parents that there was some weird Gem problem that needed her attention for the night. Surprisingly, although hesistant, they accepted this and allowed her to return to the beach house.

"Hey, I remember using that one when I was in college." Older Connie reminisced.

"What?" wondered her younger self. "Why?"

"Mom and Dad wanted to drop by." she continued. "But I hadn't seen Steven in a while, and he was in town, so-"

"S-So, anyways!" Older Steven interrupted, his cheeks flushed red. "We should probably head to bed, long day tomorrow! Have to explain everything to the Gems, but I'm sure Garnet's probably already told everyone not to panic."

And indeed, somewhere out in the middle of the woods, somewhere out in the middle of the state of Delmarva, the Crystal Gems and two dozen other Gems were sitting around a campfire, surrounded by an assortment of tents.

"By the way guys," Garnet began, stopping in the middle of her catchy campfire song, "Don't panic tomorrow. Especially you Pearl."

"What? Why would I panic?"

"Well-...Maybe it's better I don't explain."

But that may have only made it worse.

Meanwhile, save for the rhythmic rush of the waves, all was silent, and all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a rat.

But then, a shifting shadow lurked behind the kitchen counter, peering over at the couch Vonvon was sleeping in, who was facing away from the middle of the room. Younger Connie and her future self were sleeping in Steven's bed, whilst young Steven, and his future self, were wrapped up in sleeping bags on the floor beside the bed.

The shadow loomed over Vonvon.

"Yes..." the sinister figure hissed, "Soon, all will be well..."

But when they gently turned the sleeping form, they found nothing but a crudely made dummy.

"What?"

"Judo Chop!" Vonvon screamed, striking the figure with a chop at the shoulder. The shadowy stranger grabbed Vonvon, pushing them to the ground.

"You fell for my Vonvon Clone Jutsu!" the child laughed mockingly. "My most powerful technique!"

The two struggled on the ground for a few seconds, the ruckus stirring the others awake. Someone flipped the light switch, filling the room with light.

To their surprise, on the floor, yanking at hair, kicking at shins, and gnawing on shirts, were two Vonvons. One was wearing Cookie Cat pajamas, of course, the other wore a pseudo-ninja outfit.

"Aha!" our Vonvon declared, "I knew it! There's always an evil twin! Let me guess, you're from the timeline where everyone's evil and you're here to replace me?"

"How did yo-?" Evil Vonvon began.

"I've been sleeping under the bed and leaving a dummy in my place for months now!"

Both versions of Steven and Connie looked over at Vonvon, wondering if that child is either insane or a genius.

Then Evil Vonvon looked at the older Steven and Connie, their little eyes beginning to water.

"Oh no." Vonvon, the one we know, said. "You're not evil, are you?"

"I'm from a timeline where I never knew my parents." They explained. "I was raised by a glowing pink version of Papa and Grandma and Grandpa."

"Aw man," Vonvon groaned, "You're not evil, you're just sad!"

"Well, there is a sort of evil timeline." Not-Evil Vonvon mentioned, "Except, its not me. It's a big pink version of Papa, and he's like the king of Homeworld."

"Wait, there's a timeline where I become evil?!" Young Steven panicked.

"Not evil, just Pink Diamond" Sad Vonvon explained.

"Why are you here?" young Connie asked.

"This Vonvon's time vacation opened a lot of timelines." Other Vonvon explained, "And I thought, since I'm here, I could replace them for a while until you find the Hourglass."

"But what if we found it tomorrow?" older Steven asked.

"Oh, you wouldn't." Alternate Vonvon said, pulling the device from their pocket. "I found it shortly after Vonvon threw it in the ocean. I was going to give it back after spending time with you."

"Wait, our kid's time travelling opened other timelines?" Older Connie wondered, "What exactly does that mean?"

"Other Vonvon's were able to get their hands on their Hourglasses." said the other Vonvon. "It's really complicated and doesn't make much sense."

"You met other me's?" Prime Vonvon asked.

"Yeah, there's one from a timeline where Papa never got the attention of the Diamonds." They said, producing a small scrapbook from another pocket. "There's a Vonvon who is wandering the timelines, they're giving out these scrapbooks that have pictures of their adventure."

As it turned out, there were over a dozen recorded timelines in the scrapbook. There was a Vonvon who was raised in Japan. Another who lived with the Gems in a similar situation as Steven in his younger days. There was even an insane Vonvon who only had a sock puppet as a companion and frequently broke out of the asylum to unleash chaos upon Beach City. That was the closest version of an Evil Vonvon.

"There's a Vonvon who only knew the Crystal Gems as parts of Gem Tech from the war." Other Vonvon explained. "They said that they looked into the future of our timelines with their Garnet machine. It all works out in the end. No big bad problems."

"None?" Future Connie and Steven asked.

"Apparently."

"See?" said Main Vonvon. "Everything works out in the end. It's the Will of the Force."

"Vonvon," Older Connie said. "The Will of the Force is just an excuse to explain away things that would've been too troublesome to explain."

"But since we're here." Older Steven said, placing his arm around his wife's shoulder. "Don't you think we deserve a vacation too? We could see the old sites, finally get some time to ourselves."

"But what about th-"

"We'll be in disguise. Besides, it might be fun."

Connie thought, and she thought. Perhaps it was time they had a break from the relentless demands of work.

This was the start of a wonderful vacation. A time vacation.

@artsycooky13

#the conclusion of our little adventure into Vonvon's Time Vacation #behold! the myriad timelines of cooky's au #vonvon's time adventure au #steven universe

[artsycooky13]

#vonvon's time adventure au #steven universe #connie maheswaran #vonvon

[artsycooky13]

would vonvon being around when steven and connie were young mess up the timeline? like would older steven and connie would be like wait a fucking second I know you.

i think we’re thinking the same thing anon

#vonvon's time adventure au #steven universe #connie maheswaran #steven universe au #ask #send asks

[maine-writes]

How I Think Vonvon Got The Hourglass

They had a plan. They knew the when. They knew the where. They knew the how.

They just needed to do it.

Their parent's not-so-secret room was hidden behind the bookcase. All they had to do was push the secret button behind the old photo of Pearl.

The bookcase slid aside, revealing the secret room. Each wall was lined with strange technology and other odd devices, from limb enhancers to a Gem destabilizer. One odd object in the collection was an old video cassette. But then, on the far wall, behind a metal grate, were the things deemed too dangerous.

Alongside an Hourglass, there were a couple bubbled Gems, and a scary-looking device that looked like a yellow, spiked pile bunker.

Hanging on the grate was a picture of Vonvon, a big red circle around their face and a line going through it. The words, "Keep Out Vonvon." printed in big, not-so-friendly red letters below it.

"Huh." Vonvon wondered, looking at the sign. "Wonder who that's for."

Picking the lock on the grate was the easy part, a skill they picked up from Amethyst, figuring out how to use the Hourglass was hard.

"Alright, Von," the child said to themself, taking the Hourglass out to the beach "Remember what Ruby always told you. If you ever get your gremliny hands on Gem tech and you can't get it to work. Shake it and hit it until it does something."

And that's exactly what they did. After about an hour of messing with the weird device, they threw the Hourglass into the ocean in frustration and went over to Fish Stew Pizza.

"Well that was a waste of time." They muttered to themself.

"Welcome to Fish Stew Pizza, what can I get you started with?" said a younger-than-they're-used-to Kiki.

"Ah, beans."

@artsycooky13

#steven universe #vonvons time adventure au #ah beans #i just love that weird photo of pearl #its just so badly framed #a very short story

[maine-writes]

The Trouble with Time

"You are in big trouble." Future Connie said to the sheepish child. "Time travel. Time travel! Do you realize just how dangerous this is?!"

"I wanted to see you guys when you were my age." Vonvon explained, glancing over at the younger versions of their parents. "You and Papa always told stories of your adventures, and I sometimes imagined being there."

"You know how many times your father could've died during this time?!" Connie continued. One may be foolish enough to suggest that she may be being a bit too harsh on the child, but then, chances are they've never been through a childhood of harrowing ordeals. "He only lived because he has Gem powers! If he was a regular human, he'd be dead dead!"

"N-now, hon..." Steven tried to say, not needing a reminder of the several dozen instances of potential painful death.

"Wait, Vonvon is our child?!" younger Connie interrupted, blood rushing to her cheeks. "When does this happen?!"

"H-How many more times do I almost die?" Steven asked, afraid of the answer he'll get.

"They look exactly like Stevonnie." older Connie said, "Come on, young me, I thought we didn't need glasses anymore. Also, you don't need to know that. And at least six more times, little Steven."

"Seven." Older Steven corrected. "There was that time when I visited you in college and you were at your parent's after your dad had that nasty fall, remember?"

"Right, the space T-Rex. You mentioned that."

"Anyways, you have no idea how dangerous time stuff is." older Connie said, calmer now. "Who knows how many timelines you affected, and how you affected ours."

"But how'd you know I came back here?" Vonvon asked.

"We had memories of meeting you, and now we're getting memories of meeting us." Steven replied. "But your mother's right, time travel isn't something you should be messing with."

"But I, we, did." young Steven said, raising his hand. "That didn't seem to do anything."

"Not exactly." explained his older self. "It took us a few tries to get here with the time machine Peridot made. We found a timeline where we used the hourglass to go back in time, then just never came back. You remember, Steven & The Stevens?"

"Yeah, that'll haunt us for always." older Connie commented.

Young Steven's eyes grew distant and dim as he locked the thought and memory away in the darkest corner of his mind. He doesn't need to know about the timeline where he died. And possibly watched himself die. Not today.

"Oh no." Older Steven said. "I think I just made my late teen years worse."

"Worse?" young Connie worried.

"Just remember, he needs a hug every so often." her older self explained, hugging her Steven.

Young Connie glanced over at her distant-eyed Steven. Slowly and awkwardly, she wrapped her arms around his shoulders, pulling his head to hers, and patted his curly hair.

"There, there." she said, wondering how exactly this will help, not that she's complaining. "Anything else I should know?"

"Yes, we go to college." Older Connie began to list, thinking back to everything she wanted to know back then. "Mom eventually accepts the fact we got a tattoo. Do not let Steven name Vonvon, no matter how much painkillers we are on. The name was a nurse's idea. Yes, the sock puppet the nurse used to try and calm us was weird, but it helped. And no, the guy we meet at college was not flirting with us, he's-"

"No, I mean anything I should know about Steven?" young Connie interrupted, even though she was curious about her own future.

"Three things." older Connie explained. "He will experiment with his shapeshifting powers, and he will get it, but only after a few worrisome days of being a cat. Always remember, he does love you, even if he does turn pink. And there will be times when he needs time alone and other times when he needs a hug, You'll get a sense of them."

"He turns pink?"

"Yeah...yeah..."

But as older Connie returned to scolding little Vonvon while her younger self privately wondered about what a future with Steven holds, a shadow loomed in the distance, watching from the darkness of the lighthouse. It leered at the group with a ferocious, sinister glimmer in its eyes.

"There they are." whispered the ominous shadow. "After all these years...I have you now..."

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#steven universe #vonvons time adventure au #who dat?! #theres so much stuff Connie wants to know

[maine-writes]

May The Von Be With Ye

"Star Wars! Star Wars!" Vonvon chanted excitedly, giddy with anticipation.

Today was a special day for Vonvon and for Star Wars fans everywhere. It was May 4th, and not just any May 4th, but Star Wars Day.

They remember being introduced to Star Wars like it was yesterday, except it was almost a couple decades into the future. They remember their father dusting off the old collector's edition. They remember the blaring anthem of the opening crawl sequence, the thrill of battle against a giant space station, and Han Solo.

Today, they plan to watch all of Star Wars, from the prequels to the sequels. Plus Clone Wars and Rebels. They'll have to resist the temptation of telling Steven and Connie about Boba Fett.

"Who's ready for an excrutiatingly long amount of time absorbing a metric ton of storyline?" Connie asked, equally as excited as Vonvon.

"I am!" Vonvon declared.

"Then, we'll end with Rise of Skywalker." Steven said.

"Despite what people said about it," Vonvon mentioned, "I was okay with it."

"You saw it already?" Connie asked. "How? It's brand new?"

"I...uh..." Vonvon uttered, begining to sweat bullets. "Wiki'd it! That's right! Wikipedia spoilers, cuz I was curious why the early watchers hated it! H-Hey, how'd you guys get into Star Wars?

"My dad introduced it to me." Connie said. "Then I introduced it to Steven."

"There's something about Darth Vader revealing that he's Luke's father that I relate to." Steven added, consciously oblivious to the haunting parallels.

"Do the Gems watch?" Vonvon inquired curiously.

"Amethyst likes Harrison Ford." Steven replied. "Apparently met him once. Pearl used to point out how it's a poor representation of space. And Garnet, she watches, I think?"

"Peridot? Lapis?" Vonvon continued.

"Peridot has a ongoing fanfic." Connie said.

"And a comic." Steven added. "And a Discord."

"Didn't she kick you off it?" Connie asked, knowing the obvious answer.

"All I'm saying is Obi-Wan deserves his own show."

"And Lapis?" the child repeated.

"She seems alright with it." Connie said, patting Steven's head. "But I don't think she's really into it into it."

Then an old memory popped into the child's head. One that has had their curiosity for years.

"Hey Connie." they began, "I heard you've been practicing the lightsaber forms."

"You are?!" starry-eyed Steven asked, surprised by his girlfriend's secret hobby.

"W-who told you?!" Connie said, flustered. "Did Pearl say something?"

"Yeah, Pearl." The child had no real idea when Connie started learning lightsaber combat, just knew that she did. One of the problems of being from the future.

"She's been helping me learn." Connie continued, "If there's one thing she likes about Star Wars, its the lightsaber combat forms. But I'm far from calling myself a Jedi."

Vonvon jumped up and scampered off downstairs. When they returned, they were carrying their duffle bag. From it, they pulled out a few lightsabers and robes.

If there is one sound that always satisfied Vonvon, it was the iconic whir of a lightsaber extending and moving. Donning a plain brown robe, they twirled their yellow lightsaber, extending out their left arm and pointing two fingers, like a horizontal V, at Connie.

"Jedi Master Vonvon, master of Form III: Soresu." said the child.

Connie and Steven picked up a blue and green one, respectively, swinging them around for fun.

"These are awesome!" Connie said. "Where'd you get them?"

"I...uh...brought them from home." Vonvon explained, forgetting that these particular models aren't available for another few years. They desperately hoped that neither of them would notice the copyright date of 2028 etched into the pommel.

Then there was a knock at the door.

"Oh hey, the Lars and the Off Colors are here." Steven said, "Seeing how they've never seen Star Wars, I thought this would be a perfect time. I mean, space Gems, Star Wars."

When he opened the door, the first to greet him was little Padparadscha.

"Wait, Darth Vader is Luke's father!?" She yelled, to the confusion of everyone else present.

"Who's Darth Vader?" one of the Rutiles wondered.

Let me guess," Lars began, "One of you mentioned the big reveal a minute ago?"

"Steven did it." Vonvon confessed.

May the Fourth Be With You!

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#steven universe #vonvons time adventure au #star wars #remember to watch at least 1 movie today