//------------------------------// // Intros & Flashbacks // Story: Equestria Ninja Gems // by Mister V //------------------------------// The Rainbooms and the Turtles stared at this woman at the door, astonished that she knew that Pinkie Pie was going to knock on the door. "What do you mean you knew that we would knock" Raph asked, confused. "Well you see I have something that lets me see events to come." The Woman explained smiling. "I call it Future Vision." "Whooooooaaaaa, that's totally rad dudette." Mikey said, with his mind blown. Suddenly Twilight gasped "Your one of the Crystal Gems, aren't you." she said excited. "Why, yes I am." the woman said before introducing herself "The name's Garnet." "Awsome name." Rainbow Dash complimented. "Thanks." Garnet said before adding "Hey would you like to meet the others." "Yeah, That's why we came isn't it." Mikey said, excited. "OK, Follow me." Garnet instructed. They soon entered the house. it was like any other house with a kitchen, furniture, and a bathroom. but Sunset saw a picture of a beautiful woman. she had bright-peach skin, black eyes, very long, curly pink hair styled in thick, tube-like ringlets, and defined lips with a pale pink color. she also wore a strapless, floor-length, lilac and snow trimmed, tiered white and usually pink dress with multiple layers, resembling the petals of a rose. It had a star-shaped cutout in the navel area showing a gem. She wasn't sure but there was somthing familiar about her. "Everyone else is in the arena." Garnet said. "Follow me." "So how are we going to get there." Mikey asked. "We'll use the warp pad." Garnet said. "Warp pad huh, sounds fun." Shini said. Well Shini spoke too soon, cause when everyone arrived to the arena everyone except Garnet was feeling sick to their stomachs. "Don't worry you'll get use to it after a while." Garnet said. "Come on." They soon go down to an arena where they see the rest of Crystal Gems sparing each other. "Oh hey Garnet." said a little boy in the arena when everyone stopped for a breather. he was relatively short with a thick, stocky build. He has curly dark brown hair and full black irises, which Leo guessed can sometimes have stars as the pupils when he gets excited or optimistic. He wears a salmon-pink T-shirt with a gold star in the center of it. He also wears cuffed blue jeans and salmon-pink flip-flop sandals. He had a gemstone, a pink diamond, which is where his navel should be. "Are these the visitors you saw in your Future Vision." "That's right Steven." Garnet awnsered. "Cool, so you guys have names?" Steven asked. "My names Leonardo." Leo started introdusing everyone "These are my brothers Donnetello, Michelangelo, and Raphael. And these are our friends, Twilight Sparkle, Sunset Shimmer, Applejack, Pinkie Pie, Rarity, Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash, April O'Neil, Casey Jones, Fugitoid, Karai, and Shinigami." Now it was Steven's turns to make introductions. "I'm Steven Universe. and these are my friends. You already know Garnet." "How right you are Steven" Garnet stated. He then turned to a young Indian-American girl of dark brown skin and slim figure, slightly taller than Steven. She has a prominent nose, black eyes with thick eyebrows, and dark brown puffy hair. She wears a white, button-down, collared tank top, gray button-up shorts, her pink glow bracelet, and peach sneakers with white bottoms, laces, and socks. "This is Connie," "Nice to meet you." Connie said with a smile Next Steven introduced the other Crystal Gems. He started with a Gem about Steven's height. She wears a black tank top that it is torn open at the chest to reveal her gemstone, dark mauve shorts with black stars on each legs, and her boots are white. "Amethyst," "Yo" Amethyst said with a cool tone. Steven then turned to slender gem with a thin build, ivory skin, sky-blue eyes, a pointed nose and thin lips. Her hair has a peach color and resembles a pixie-cut in the front, while in the back, her hair leads to a point. Pearl is without eyelashes or pupils, although they have been seen in some close-ups. Pearl's gemstone is located in the middle of her forehead and has no facets. She wears a poofy, cyan blazer with a yellow star on the back over a teal-blue top, indigo leggings, and slip-on light pink ballet flats. "Pearl" "It's a pleasure." Pearl said with a bow Next he turned to a gem with a slim figure and considerably tall, being about the same height as Pearl. Lapis has cyan skin, cobalt blue chin-length hair with long bangs and fringe that covers her entire forehead, which occasionally looks messier and round, royal blue eyes. Her gemstone is embedded in her back, which takes the form of a water droplet. she wears a backless, halter crop tank top that is blue on top and navy on the bottom resembling half a star. She also wears puffy dark-blue pants, which represent the second half of the star tied up by a bronze-gold ribbon, and matching sandals. "Lapis," "Hey there" Lapis said with a calm attatude Then he turned to a gem with lime-green skin and pale chartreuse yellow hair styled into a tetrahedron shape. Her true eye color is unknown at this time but can be presumed to be some shade of brown-gold, due to being tinted as a color by the yellow color of her butterfly-shaped visor which exposes her forehead. Her mouth and tongue are bluish-gray, and she has a pointed upper lip. Her gemstone is located on her forehead and is shaped like an inverted triangle with flattened corners. Her body suit covers her entire chest and is green at the top with a pale chartreuse yellow star on the front, and her leggings are bright green with a dark green star on each knee. The area between her chest and leggings remain dark green. She also wears pale chartreuse yellow boots. "Peridot," "Hmmm I must say, the robotics in your body are quite impressive, Mr.Fugitoid." Peridot said to Fugitoid with interest "Why thank you" Fugitoid said. And finally Steven turned to a gem who has a large, bulky body type with broad shoulders and a strong, flat chest that is wider than her lower body. She is very tall for a non-fusion Gem, being slightly taller than Garnet. Her legs are noticeably shorter compared to her arms. Her head outlines the shape of the rest of her body, with a large jaw and noticeable cheeks similar to Steven. Her hair is styled in several dreadlocks in a mixture of several bright tones, all held back by a lilac headband. She has a periwinkle complexion, and she sports a single tattoo-like marking of a star pattern on her left shoulder in a smoky dark red. Her gemstone is located in the center of her chest and is noticeably concave. she has a backless and strapless black top that has a square cutout in the middle to reveal her gem. Beneath that is a long light red attachment with a light and dark red apron-like attachment under it, and both of these have a light red belt around them with a light-pink star that is tilted and cut off by the belt and black top. Her pants are a burgundy color, and she has dark brown boots. "And Bismuth." "Hey there, If you want a those weapons of your's updated, It'd be a pleasure to do 'Bismuth' with you." Bismuth said with a pun and a smile. Pinkie laugh "Do 'Bismuth' with you, that's funny." Mikey laugh "Dude she does puns, how cool is that." "So Garnet, i was wondering, when did you and the other gems come here." Twilight asked. "Well, it's a long story." Garnet began. "You see it all began Over 6,000 Years Ago Pink Diamond had begged the other Diamonds for a colony of her own until she was finally allowed to have one. Pink chose Earth to be her colony, and like any other Diamond, she sent her Gems to the planet to begin building structures and Kintergardens. The Prime Kindergarten and other structures were successfully established, but Pink soon discovered the life that lived on Earth. She grew fascinated by humans and other lifeforms and knew that if the colony was completed, the Kindergartens would drain all of the life force from the Earth and destroy all life that lived there. Pink attempted to reason with the other Diamonds as to why they could not complete the colony, but when they did not listen, Pink created an alter-ego named Rose Quartz through shape-shifting. Rose Quartz would be used to start a rebellion in an attempt to save the Earth, and nobody would know that it was Pink Diamond behind it all. Pink Diamond (as Rose Quartz) and her Pearl rebelled, founding the Crystal Gems. 250 years later, Rose explained to Pearl that by joining her, they could never go home, and if they were caught, they would be killed, which Pearl accepted. Over time, Rose amassed an army and was able to connect with many Gems who shared her same ideals, such as Bismuth. At the Prime Kindergarten, Rose gave a speech to the other Quartzes, asking if them if what they wanted was to inject Gems and build structures. She also asks if they will destroy the life that's already on Earth or join it. Rose's message got around and resonated with many Gems. Pink Diamond's empathy towards the Earth and beliefs about the Kindergarten's injustice instigated her to defect from her fellow Gems; she truly cared for every form of life on the planet. Another reason that Pink formed the Crystal Gems was that she disagreed with how Homeworld's society ran; she believed that Gems shouldn't have to do what the Diamonds wanted them to do, but instead choose their own lives and fate. When the Crystal Gems began to make themselves known, Pink Diamond told Yellow and Blue at the Moon Base that the colony couldn't be completed because of them, but they still would not listen. Because of this, Pink Diamond decided to wage war against Homeworld in order to save the Earth. Soon, The Rebellion officially began against the Gem Homeworld. Little is known about the ensuing war. Many battles were fought and took place in different locations all over Earth, such as the Ancient Sky Arena, the Cloud Arena, and the Strawberry Battlefield. Rose was able to keep her army in contention with Homeworld's superior army because of her healing abilities. Once she and Garnet took on a battalion of Quartz soldiers together, and then she and Pearl stopped a drop ship when Pearl threw the Nephrite pilot out of the ship. Bismuth supplied the Crystal Gems with weapons that she created in her forge, and Rose kept most of them in her armory. Around this time, Rose and Bismuth had a fall out due to conflicting ideas, leading Rose to bubble Bismuth and tell the Crystal Gems that she was lost at the "Battle of the Ziggurat". Sometimes humans also fought alongside the Crystal Gems. 500 years later, Around this time, Pink Diamond no longer wanted anything to do with Homeworld or her duties as a Diamond. With Pearl, Pink Diamond crushed up dirt and turned it into pink shards. Pink ate the shards and then had Pearl shapeshift into Rose and pretend to shatter her in front of other Gems. From that point on, Pink Diamond was now able to live freely as Rose and Pearl belonged to nobody. At this point, Earth is no longer seen as a viable colony to Homeworld. With one final effort to wipe out the Crystal Gems, the Diamonds unleashed the Corrupting Light,corrupting any gems exposed to the blast. Rose was able to protect herself, Me, and Pearl from becoming corrupted with her shield. The remaining Crystal Gems used their abilities to defend Earth from countless threats. As Rose wished, the Crystal Gems contained the Corrupted Gems in bubbles. Rose made it the Crystal Gems' mission to one day figure out how to cure Corrupted Gems. The Crystal Gems also met and recruited Amethyst, who popped out of the Prime Kindergarten too late to fight in the Rebellion. Years later we came to beach city to settle down." "Whoa, that is some crazy history." Casey said, astonished. "You know, I think I met Rose once." Sunset said. Garnet, Pearl, and Amethyst looked at each other, wondering. "Sunset, where are you from?" Garnet said, curious. "Well it's kinda hard to believe, but I come from a magical world of talking ponies called Equestria." Sunset began. "I came to Earth because I was mad at my teacher, Princess Celestia." She then went on about how she returned to steal the crown of one who she would later call a friend, Princess Twilight Sparkle, how she stopped the Dazzlings, a group of sirens who reformed later on, went to New York, met the Turtles, and learned ninjistu, met Sci-Twilight at the Friendship Games, helped save the earth from the Triceratons, and defeat many villains, including their old nemesis, The Shredder. "And that's my life all in a nutshell, crazy right." She said humorously, only to find Pearl and Garnet staring at her with shock. "Do you think it's her Garnet." Pearl said. "Maybe, there's only one way to find out." Garnet said to Pearl, then she turned to Sunset. "Sunset do you remember anything that happened before Princess Celestia took you in as your student." "Well back when a was younger, I was an street urchin in the gutter, where I, along with others like me struggled to survive." Sunset began "Suddenly three teen dragons showed up and shook us down for money. I tried to fight them back but i was small and they were big. Then all of a sudden four unicorns showed up and fought them off, the leader had a large mane that when along her back like a swoth of roses. And after the dust settled she wanted to give me a gift. She kissed my horn and it felt like a great magic flowed into me. It was so powerful that the first thing i did was blast a large beam of magic out. I thought she would be mad at me, but instead she just laughed and said "don't worry, I have a feeling that you'll learn to use it well." and no sooner had she said that then Princess Celestia showed up before me and said, "It seems you were given a great gift, how would you like to learn how to use it." I smiled and said yes. We started to leave but when i turned around to thank the unicorn who gave me this gift, she was gone." "No way." Amethyst said, her mind blown. "Sunset, I believe we were the ponies that saved you all those years ago."Garnet said to Sunset Sunset stared in amazment "Are you sure?" she asked, wondering if what she said is true. "Was there anything about the other unicorns you remember." Garnet said. "Well, one of them wore a cool pair of glasses, just like you." Sunset remembered. Then she had flashes of Garnet looking like one of those ponies. "No way. It is you, but you look so different. How is that possible?" "Well it's complicated unless you think about it. Sometimes, if our bodies are badly damaged, we release our physical forms and retreat to our gems to regenerate." Garnet explained. "Hmmm, yeah if you think about it, it does kinda make sense." Sunset said. "I can't believe it!" Pearl said excited "it's been so long since we saw you. Rose couldn't stop talking about you. She would be so proud if she saw what you've become" "Hehehe Yeah" Sunset said at first but then she asked "Wait, what do you mean 'if'. "Hi, um acually, I'm Rose's son, she kinda turned into me." Steven started to explain and lifted his shirt revealing his Mom's gem "Well I have her gem, the rest is from my dad." "Wow. That's just, wow" Sunset said with her mind blown. "Well it's not easy to accept her choices, but we have to work with them." Bismuth said, speaking from experience. There was silence for a moment, then Rainbow Dash asked. "So what were you guys doing before we got here?" "Oh we were doing a sparing excercise to keep our skills sharp." Connie said and then she asked "Hey do you want to join us." The Turtles and the Rainbooms looked at each other for a moment, then Leo said "Sure we'd love it." Unaware to any them a cloaked spy drone was watching them and relaying what it saw to a dark room on a mysterious ship, where a Kraang droid was watching them. "That which is known as Kraang Subprime, We have located those which are known as the Turtles and the Rainbooms." he reported to his boss "They are with those which are known as the Crystal Gems." And there on a seat was what looked like an quartz soldier, but a compartment opens in the chest revealing Kraang Subprime himself. "Excellent find there." He said with satisfaction "Get ready to face my wrath, miserable terrapins and teenagers. Mwahahahahahahahahaha!" He laughed like a maniac, knowing revenge will finally be his.