"Ah-ah-ah-ah-ahhh, ah-ahh, ah-ah-ahhh…"
Sunset Shimmer woke up to the sound of soft singing with a headache, only to find herself in a cell. She just got up, then remembered what happened. Kraang Subprime and that Dusk Quartz creep attacked her and her friends, then a monster formed up and fought Garnet until it poofed her. She knew she had to find them, but she was trapped behind a force field.
"Ok, now how am I going to get through this?" She asked herself, only to see her geode glow. "Hmm, I wonder if..." She held her geode and touched the forcefield, which seemed to move aside for her long enough for her to get out. "Alright, now to find the others."
She went down the hall a bit only to find a cell with what looks like a Gem all huddled up. She had bright scarlet skin, burgundy irises, and dark burgundy, square-shaped hair. She is slightly taller than Steven and has a thick build. She wore a maroon and brown tank top and a shiny golden-bronze headband tied around her hair. Her ensemble also included long brown pants, and short, pointed maroon boots similar to Amethyst's. Her gemstone is located in the palm of her left hand and has a square facet.
"Hey, are you ok?" Sunset asked, much to the gems suprise. This little gem seemed to know her, cause she was more then happy to see her.
"It's you, and you're out, how did you get past the field?" the gem asked.
"Well my geode kinda moved it, let me show you." Sunset said before showing.
"That's amazing." The gem said, astonished. Suddenly they heard singing again.
"Ah-ah-ah-ah-ahhh, ah-ah-ahhh…"
"Someone's singing?" Sunset asked, confused.
Then the gem in the cell knew what to do. "Listen, I know who's singing, her name is Sapphire, and we have to find her." She said with determination.
Sunset did not know this gem, but something told her that she can be trusted. So she held her geode and moved the field out of the way for the gem to escape. "So what's your name?" she asked.
"My name is Ruby." The gem said with a smile. "Come on, let's find Sapphire." They went out to look for her. They stopped to decide which way to go, then Sunset looked out the window and saw that they were in outer space, and she knew getting down would not be easy. Afterward, they ran a ways down one hall then when round the corner to see the mysterious woman who joined them in the battle before being captured by Dusk Quartz and Kraang Subprime. She saw them in suprise.
"How did you get out of your cells?" She asked in bewilderment.
"Like this." Sunset said before letting the mystery woman out of her cell. "So, who are you"
"Call me, Lady Achuta." the woman said "
"Listen the others are locked up some where else." Ruby explained "We need to find them"
"Right, we can cover more ground if you split up." Lady Diamond said.
"Ok, Ruby you go that way." Sunset said to Ruby, pointing left. She then pointed at Lady Achuta pointing to the right. "Lady Achuta you go that way. And I'll go this way." They all nodded and split up. Sunset went down the hall and stopped when she heard voices coming her way so she hid in the shadows while Kraang Subprime and Dusk Quartz just passed her.
"I think we did a pretty good job today." Kraang Subprime said as the stopped near a cell. "So when can we expect the rest of your monsters to show up?" He asked Dusk Quartz, who punched the wall near the cell.
"BE SILENT!!" He shouted before turning to Kraang Subprime, who was a little scared. "The rest of my monsters will be revealed when I feel like it. Report to the bridge and chart a course to our secret base." He ordered Kraang Subprime, who was very urked.
"Sheesh, I just asked a simple question." Kraang Subprime said to himself, passing Sunset Shimmer who was still hiding in the shadows. She came out of hiding when the coast was clear, to see another Gem in the cell the bad guys were talking. She was a slender Gem and slightly taller than Ruby. She has blue skin, prominent lips, a large eye with blue iris and pupil upon her forehead, and pale blue; wavy hair with bangs that cover the top half of her face. Her gemstone is in the palm of her right hand. Sapphire wore a floor-length gown with white, pointer, puffy sleeves, as well as a white top with a long, light blue vest with navy trimmings. She also wore white elbow-length evening gloves. Her feet are usually hidden by her dress, on which she wore blue shoes. She started singing as soon as the villains left.
"Ah-ah-ah-ah-ahhh, ah-ah-ah-ah-ahhh…"
"Hey, are you Sapphire." She asked the Gem, who was suprised to see her. "Your friend is looking for you."
"How did you escape?" The gem asked Sunset, who only needed to demonstrate. "Of course, your geode must cancel out the fields energy." Sunset moved the field the same way as the others.
"Come on, let's get you out of here." Sunset said with a smile.
"Thank you, Sunset." Sapphire said with a returning smile.
"No problem, but you know, i feel like i've seen you--" Sunset started but then they heard Ruby call out. "SAPPHIRE!!"
"No time to explain, come on!" Sapphire said before grabbing Sunset's hand and started running, pulling Sunset along. By the time they stopped Sunset was feeling dizzy and in a atrium another hall, Ruby and Lady Achuta stopped at the same time.
Ruby let out a loud gasp, her eyes wide as she noticed the blue Gem, the very one she had been searching for all this time, standing afar, but in plain sight at last. "Sapphire!" she shouted, a huge smile of relief spreading across her features as she ran forward into the large atrium ahead.
"Ruby!" Sapphire exclaimed, just as allayed as she hurried to meet her, finally allowing the kids a clear view of each other.
"Ugh, it still feels scary, being split up," Ruby whined, absently running her hand through Sapphire's hair. "It's like a part of me is lost in space"
"Ruby…" the blue Gem chuckled softly, giving her partner a small kiss on the cheek. "We were only apart for a few hours."
"I know, but every second I'm away from you still feels like years to me…" the red Gem sighed contentedly under her lover's feather-light touch.
Sunset knew right away that those two were in love, for she saw the same thing in Leo and Twilight. Then she saw Lady Achuta, who was sad is if she was missing someone she loved two.
Ruby and Sapphire remained close as their hug finally broke apart, but they didn't dare break physical contact with each other, out of fear that if they did, they'd be separated once again. "Did they hurt you?" Ruby asked intently, gently caressing the blue Gem's cheek.
"No, no, I'm ok," she assured, placing her hand overtop her lover's. "Did they hurt you?"
"Who cares?!" Ruby laughed mirthfully, her eyes filling up with joyful tears.
"I do!" Sapphire exclaimed with a bright smile, leaning forward to playfully kiss the red Gem's tears away. These peppered kisses soon turned into a full-on one, as Ruby pulled her lips to Sapphire's, catching the blue Gem off guard. Still, she happily accepted it as they drew their arms around each other once more as their kiss grew even deeper and more affectionate. It didn't last for too long, however, before Ruby surprised Sapphire once again, breaking the kiss off as she easily hoisted the blue Gem up, both of them laughing brightly as she began to spin her around.
Their loose, ecstatic, love-fueled dance continued, their warm, united laughter continuing as they spun in wide, uncalculated circles, paying no mind to the two girls still watching them curiously. In fact, they paid nothing but each other any mind, even as their gems began to glow in bright harmony and as their forms began to merge together. The emerging fusion continued laughing as the two halves meshed with each other, their laughter starting to become singular as they rose higher and higher into the air before the immensely intrigued pair. And, as the light from the fusion abruptly cleared and the couple's affectionate giggles turned into the triumphant laughter of one, the pair was met with an unquestionably familiar figure. It was Garnet.
"Garnet!" Sunset gasped, her eyes wide as if her mind blew up. "Y-you're a fusion!?"
Garnet nodded with a small, somewhat awkward chuckle. "Aw, sorry! We didn't want you meeting us here like this.
"Well did i make a good first impression." Sunset asked, hoping for a good awnser
"Oh, Sunset…" Garnet said with a warm, affectionate smile as she placed a hand against the side of her young ward's face. "We already love you.
Ironically enough, however, this tender moment was cut all too short as a gruff, outraged shout echoed through the nearby halls. "Where is she?!"
"It's Dusk Quartz," Garnet reported, her manner turning as serious as it usually was as she turned back to the kids. "Sunset, you and Lady Achuta find the others and get to the control bridge."
"But we don't know where they are," Sunset shook his head. Garnet was quick to rectify this however, by leaning forward and giving the kunoichi a quick, gentle kiss on the forehead, seemingly out of nowhere. Though initially confused by this, Steven let out a sharp gasp as a quick image flashed through his mind, guiding her down the halls of the hand ship and to the pair of cells that Raph and Fugitoid were being contained in. "W-whoa!" Sunset exclaimed as her thoughts returned to the present. "I-I just saw where they are! How did you do that?"
"Future vision," Garnet winked slyly, knowing there would be more time to explain later.
"So you're really gonna stay and fight Dusk Quartz?" Lady Achuta asked, somewhat worried. "Even though he has that monster that broke you guys up last time?"
"Yes," the Gem leader nodded, resolved as she rose to her full height.
"Are you sure you'll be able to beat them on your own?" Sunset asked, still rather uncertain of her odds in such an arduous fight.
"It's ok, Sunset." Garnet assured with a strong, confident smile. "I'm never alone."
Sunset knew that Garnet was right, she was the power of two Gems that love each other, so Garnet can handle Dusk Quartz. So she and Lady Achuta when off and, as if on cue, Dusk Quartz came into the room, with Corrupted Garnet close behind.
"So you've come back together eh?" He began in a menacing manor. "Well your not the first Garnet I faced, you know." He said pointing to the Corrupted fusion. "You can sense it, can't you? the cold bitter truth that this monster is you from another universe, MY universe. we faces each other on this very spot before in my world and I took her down just like I'll take you down, because I've learned every punch you can throw at me." He finished menacingly.
Garnet simply chuckled at this, knowing from experience and beyond a shadow of a doubt that everything Dusk Quartz had said was a lie. "No, you haven't."
And then, the Gem leader did something that the dark figure had not been expecting. She began to sing.
Dusk Quartz scowled, clearly not amused by this boast as he and Garnet began to circle each other, both of them clearly ready to fight. the Gem leader continued, taking up a defensive stance as Dusk Quartz pulled out his sword. Dusk Quartz and his monster brazenly rushed forward at this challenge, all while Garnet smirked, flicking her fingers over her eyes as her iconic visor materialized once more.
Garnet sang properly now, her melody swift and bold as she easily jumped out of the path of Dusk Quartz's first punch. She gracefully flipped out of the path of each of the villain's swipes, staying clear of the all the while. As Corrupt Garnet kept throwing wild, angry, uncalculated punches, Garnet continued to avoid them, all while keeping in the succinct, catchy beat of her song.
Garnet got low as Corrupt Garnet swung for her again, surprising her by kicking the Sword cleanly out of the vlllain's hand and inter her own. "We are gonna stay like this forever." With a triumphant smirk, the Gem leader snapped the weapon that had defeated her before cleanly in half, easily leveling the playing field, much to Dusk Quartz's fury. Garnet smoothly slid her hands over her body, proud of her form and everything it represented as she summoned her gauntlets, paying Dusk Quartz no mind as he grabbed his sword in response.
The two Gems lunged for each other, ready to attack each other with everything they had as Garnet continued her daring, heroic song all the while.
Fugitoid and Raph sat, their backs against the walls of the walls of their adjacent cells, both of them dejected and resigned to their no doubt bleak fates. However, amidst all the ways they had anticipated their captivity ending, the last one they could have expected was Sunset and Lady Achuta suddenly arriving out of nowhere to rescue them. Sunset's odd ability to clip through the energy field made easy work of the jail break.
Then the collective group followed what Garnet had ordered, rushing for the bridge and knowing that taking control of it was the only way they would ever be able to get back to Earth. Of course, upon arriving there, they were quick to discover that it was anything but abandoned, as Kraang Subprime sat in the control seat, intent on guiding her ship back to who knows where. The alien let out an appalled gasp as the unexpected intruders arrived, but even despite his surprise, she was quick to grab the closest blaster he could find, ready to put an end to this nuisance.
But as usual, our heroes subdue Kraang Subprime and tie him up with Fugitoid's glue gun.
At the same time, the brawl between Garnet and Dusk Quartz continued, both of them throwing blows back and forth at an incredible speed. Amidst singing her chorus, the Gem leader outmaneuvered the villains most of the time, her smaller size and higher speed proving themselves to be an advantage over Dusk Quartz's ferocity and muscle. She even managed to get a few sings in herself, including a particularly nasty uppercut to Corrupted Garnet's jaws, one that she retaliated against by catching Garnet's wrist as she readied another punch. Enraged, the monster threw her opponent down hard, creating a sizable dent in the floor of the atrium, but even so, Garnet only stayed down for mere seconds, her melody continuing as she picked herself up to face the charging Corrupt Garnet once more.
"Don't touch that!" Kraang Subprime ordered hotly, struggling to wriggle free from the glue that was restraining him. She scowled up at Fugitoid, who had already hurried for the ship's control panel, outraged with both her enemies as well as herself for being defeated by them so easily. "You don't know what you're doing!"
"Oh, we know exactly what we're doing," Lady Achuta said with a triumphant smirk as her and the others stood over the downed villain. "We're beating you!"
"Grr! You'll pay for this, you… you filthy freaks!" Kraang Subprime threatened, even if he was really in no position to make good on such a threat.
"Yeah, yeah, keep on yelling about getting your revenge or whatever," Raph rolled her eyes before turning to the professer. "You got this, Fuge!"
"Okay, first to send a message to the others" Fugitoid took in a deep breath as he took a seat, not quite familiar with such advanced technology, though he was more than willing to send a message home. "now to turn this ship around!" The robot thrust his hands into the panel, shivering somewhat as lines of data and code flashed through her eyes. At the same time, Sunset gasped as she noticed a nearby monitor showing a live feed of the ship's atrium, one that he was quick to point the twins towards as they watched Garnet's duel against Dusk Quartz and Corrupted Garnet continue to unfold.
The Gem leader had given her song a momentary break as she struggled to hold the villains back, the pushing her across the floor using her battle helmet. Garnet broke this tension by delivering a heavy punch to Corrupted Garnet's stomach, sending her flying upward into the glass dome of the atrium. Dusk Quartz miss a beat, however, as his body instantly charged with electrifying energy, curling up into a rapidly spinning ball for a moment before she threw herself down at Garnet hard. While the Gem leader blocked the blunt of this attack with her gauntlets, the immense force of it was more than enough to send them both crashing in through the floor of the atrium. They fell, hard and heavy, through several layers of the ship's infrastructure, before finally plowing into the large engine room towards the base of the vessel, sending them both flying to opposite ends of it amidst the resulting rain of wreckage. And, as damaged and battered as she was from that last attack, Garnet was clearly not beaten yet as she picked herself up, her confident ballad continuing as the smoke cleared.
She continued to sing, ignoring Dusk Quartz's cruel smirk as he hardened his resolve once more. "And if you think you can stop me, then you need to think again." She rose to stand, both of her halves brimming with bravery, determination, and love that filled every harmonious word of her song. Her gauntlets formed over her hands once again as she prepared to finish this fight, once and for all.
the chorus began again as Garnet beat back Dusk Quartz's thrusts, only to get caught with a brutal left hook that sent her flying to the ground. The Gem leader jumped to her feet, sending a fast kick Corrupt Garnet's way that she only barely dodged. Garnet saw her opportunity and took it, jumping in and bashing both of her fists against the sides of Corrupted's head, and then poofing her before bubbling the gems and warping them away easily. She leapt back, amused by Dusk Quartz's blatant fury as he recovered from the assault and madly charged at her with another spin dash.
Garnet jumped out of Dusk Quartz's path, steering clear of the resulting explosion as he collided with the wall before throwing himself at her again. The Gem leader paused as she watched Dusk Quartz zip around the room wildly, giving both of her halves an idea about how to claim victory against the villain. She paused, just for a second as she caught Dusk Quartz squarely by the helmet, stopping his assault right in its tracks.
She threw the villain hard over her head, flinging him right into the central core of the ship.
The resulting explosion was immense, painfully zapping Dusk Quartz and even sending Garnet flying as a massive Bhole tore itself through the hull of the hand ship. This eruption was easily felt throughout the rest of the ship, even up to the bridge, where it roughly knocked the rest of our heroes forward, releasing Kraang Subprime from the glue.
Garnet sang victoriously as she dashed away from the blast, leaving Dusk Quartz behind as she hurried to rejoin her team.
No longer trapped by the glue, Kraang Subprime rushed forward, still recovered from the glue and the hits. A strange green orb formed around him, one that sunk into the floor before Raph could leap onto it and stop it. The rapidly descending hand ship curled up at this, the green ship's escape pod launching out of it and jettisoning back towards Earth, letting Kraang Subprime get a rather haphazard getaway, but a getaway all the same.
Still, there would be time to worry about Kraang Subprime later. Instead, our heroes all gathered around the front window, watching in fearful dismay as the Earth grew larger and larger by the second as the ship they were on hurtled towards it. With the vessel as damaged as it was, there would be no slowing its descent, meaning that a crash, and a likely deadly one, was inevitable.
The entire group gasped as the bridge doors flew open, revealing the Gem leader, looking worse for wear after her intense fight, but still standing strong and in once piece. "Garnet!" they all gasped in surprised relief, though she allowed them no time to celebrate.
"This ship is going down!" she announced, confirming what they were all afraid of.
"Everyone, brace for crash landing!" Fugitoid warns
The ship plowed down through the dawn skies over Beach City, the entire town still completely dark and abandoned as the hand ship appeared again. Only this time, its time in the sky was incredibly short lived as inevitably crashed into the base of the cliff near the beach, its hull sliding off and into the water upon impact.
And then, mere seconds after it landed, the entire ship exploded.
The rest of the group return to see the ship crash and knew they have to find them. They soon find them in a bubble, slightly damaged but alive just the same.
"Are you guys ok?" Twilght asked with consern "we got your message and came back as fast as we could."
Yeah, we're ok" Raph said with confidence
"Say who's your new friend here?" Casey asked, noticing Lady Achuta.
"My name is Lady Achuta, and come look at me like that again and i will skewer you where you stand." She threatened.
"So, Garnet, I always knew you could fight like two Gems, but I didn't know it would be literally." Sunset said, blushing a little.
"Uh, Raph, did Sunset hit her head?" Donnie said, confused. "Cause it sounded like she said Garnet is a fusion."
"Wow! you really are the smart one aren't you." Raph said sarcasticlly
"Wait, you guys met Ruby and Sapphire?" Amethyst interjected, surprised.
"Yeah and they really are a cute couple." Sunset said with a smile.
"Thank you," Garnet remarked with an amused, gracious nod.
"So when were you going to introduce them?" Pinkie asked, looking like she already knew.
"We were going to introduce you when you arrived, but then that monster attcked." Garnet shrugged, not too upset over her plan being accidentally ruined.
"That's ok, but i am curious as to how you two met." Sunset said with interest.
Garnet blushed and giggled as she began her story, remembering the whole thing as if it were a flashback.
"The Earth, 5,750 years ago; it was a promising site of a new Gem colony, but progress was being thwarted by a small, persistent group of rebels. A team of diplomatic Gems were sent from Homeworld to investigate. Among those Gems was Sapphire, a rare aristocratic Homeworld Gem, with the power to see into the future. Assigned to her were three Rubies, common soldiers, with a mission to protect her.
"Hey! Can't wait for those rebels to get here!" One of the Ruby guards said.
"Haha, yeah! When I see those rebels, I'm gonna punch them right in their faces!" the othet guard said.
"What are you sayin'? I'm gonna punch them all over their bodies, and then it'll be over." Ruby Guard 1 said.
"What if, I just punch you!" Ruby Guard 2 said before punching Ruby Guard 1 in the back of her shoulder as she yelps out in pain, and sticks her tongue out. Then the Ruby we know tried to break the two apart.
"Oh, come on. We'll punch 'em together when we fuse. That's why they sent, uh, three of us?" She said with concern. Just then Ruby Guard 1 attempts to punch Ruby, but Ruby blocks the attack. Ruby is knocked backwards, causing her to back into Sapphire.
"Oh, I, um, I'm so sorry, I, let me, uh..." She said only for Sapphire to interrupt.
"I'm fine." she said calmly.
"What?"
"It's okay. It was bound to happen."
"I, uh... okay."
Then Sapphire gave the Rubied an order. "Now please wait here. I must attend to my duties." the Rubies responded with authority
"Right."
"Mmm."
"Yes."
Then Sapphire walks to Blue Diamond's Palanquin, where Blue Diamond's Pearl is standing next to Blue Diamond's throne, all the while the Rubies standing at attention.
"Sapphire had been called to Earth by Blue Diamond, specifically to share her vision of the future." Garnet continued.
Sapphire enters the palanquin "My diamond, I've arrived."
"Sapphire, tell me what will happen here." Blue Diamond said.
"I foresee the rebels attacking the Cloud Arena. Before they are cornered, they will destroy the physical forms of seven gems, including two of my Ruby guards, and myself. Immediately after my form is destroyed, the rebels will be captured. The rebellion ends here." Sapphire said.
"Thank you, Sapphire." Blue Diamond said, relieved. "That's all I needed to know."
"I look forward to speaking with you again once I reform back on Homeworld." Sapphire said, giving a curtsy to Blue Diamond before returning to her Ruby guards. Sapphire knew she would be a casualty, but it did not faze her. She saw her whole life laid out before her, and she had already accepted all of it.
"What a beautiful place to build a colony. I wish I could have seen more of this planet." She said to Ruby
"Uh... there's still time." Ruby pointed out.
"That is a nice thought, but... no." Sapphire said with regret. Ruby felt bad, Sapphire just came here and now she has to give up her physical form for the colony. Suddenly they heard a voice call out.
"Blue Diamond, leave this planet! This colony will not be completed!" the voice said.
"It's the rebels!" Ruby Guard 2 shouted.
Various Gems mutter among themselves. One Gem can be heard shouting, "Who are you!? Show yourselves!" Just then, Pearl, wielding two swords, and Rose Quartz appear.
"We are the Crystal Gems!" They pronouced
"The attack was right on schedule." Garnet said with concern.
The Palanquin carrying Blue Diamond and her Pearl closes, sprouts mechanical legs, and walks off. Pearl uses her swords to defeat four other Gems before Ruby and her fellow guards intervene and fuse into a much bigger Ruby . The Ruby fusion charges after Rose Quartz, but she counter-attacks, instantly defusing the Ruby fusion. Pearl then jumps in and destroys the forms of the two other Ruby Guards, leaving just Ruby. Pearl then prepares to strike Sapphire.
"Thank you, Ruby. You did your best." Sapphire said, ready to meet her end.
"Ruby suddenly realized what Sapphire meant." Garnet continued "She had known that Ruby would fail. Sapphire had accepted it. But Ruby... Ruby could not."
You bet she could not a she got up running. "NO!!" She shouted, charging at Sapphire, pushing her out of the way of Pearl's attack. As the two of them spin in the air, they fuse into Garnet for the first time. Garnet has curly hair that is mostly light blue with the left side being mostly hot pink instead and purple-maroon skin. Their bodysuit is split diagonally. The right side resembles Ruby's bodysuit but colored light pink with medium length sleeves. The collar and sleeve on the right side have a dark indigo cuff/collar. The left side resembles Sapphire's dress, but colored indigo, with a slightly puffy pale blue sleeve. She also has a black glove on her left arm starting from her elbow and covering her entire hand. Her indigo half-dress stops a little below her hips, where it extends out a bit. Her leggings are hot pink on her right leg and dark indigo on her left. She has a tall dark indigo boot on her right foot and no left boot, and she also does not have a visor like her later regenerations.
"Wha..." She said as she examined her newly formed body, and the two gems on her palms. "What... !?" Unaware to her, Onlooking Gems gasp, horrified. They mutter among themselves. "What...what is this?"
Pearl, amazed, looks on, but shakes it off and prepares to strike. She is stopped by Rose Quartz.
"Wait! This is... hm?" She said as the other Gems notice her and begin to approach, ignoring Garnet "Let's go."
"Uh... bye!" Pearl said before the two of them jump away.
"The furious crowd closed in around Ruby and Sapphire." Garnet said, with concern "They'd never seen fusion of two different types of gems."
"Unbelievable!"
"Disgusting!"
"This is unheard of!"
"Blue Diamond's voice cut through the crowd." Garnet said, her voice suddenly getting serious.
"The rebels have fled." Blue Diamond said. "Sapphire, this was not the scenario you described!"
"This is... not what I saw!" Sapphire said, getting nervous. "I don't know what happened, I..." But Ruby intervene.
"No!" She said "It was me!"
"Clearly." Said Blue Diamond, Who was irked. "How dare you fuse with a member of my court?"
"Forgive me, I... !" Ruby said in desperation.
"You will be broken for this!" Blue Diamond declared.
The crowd of Gems begins to close in on them, but Sapphire grabs Ruby's hand and dashes off with her.
"Waaaiiit!! What are you dooiing!? Noo!" Ruby shouted as she and Sapphire jumped off the arena. The two of them disappear into the clouds. Then, Ruby and Sapphire land at the base of a mountain, where it is raining heavily. "Ugh, why'd you do that!? I have to get you back up there!" She said hysterical.
"They were gonna break you!" Sapphire said with concern for Ruby.
"Who cares!?" Ruby said with even more concern then Sapphire "There's tons of me!" She then looks up at the rain, and the area around the mountain. She groans in panic. "Gahh! What do we do now!?" She asked with fury.
"Sapphire had known every moment of her life." Garnet explained "How it would happen, and when. But because of Ruby's impulsive gesture, she suddenly jumped the track of fate, and everything from that instant on was wrong, and new. She couldn't see, she couldn't move. She was... frozen."
Ruby notice ice begins forming around Sapphire's feet. "Ah! We have to get you... out of here!" She said as she stood behind Sapphire, grabbed her, and pulls her out of the ice. Ruby, carrying her, looks back for a moment. "Come on." Ruby carries Sapphire away from the mountain and into a nearby cave. Ruby sets her down there and examines the area. "Alright, this should be good for now."
Sapphire sits down, and uncovers her eye."Thank you..." She said. Ruby looks at her, stunned speechless. Fire starts forming around her feet. Ruby steps out of the flames, startled. They make a fire, and the two warm up beside it, but Ruby keeps pacing, still panicked.
"What kind of Ruby am I supposed to be?" Ruby said, terrified "Look at this! It's my fault you're stranded here. How am I gonna save you?"
"You already did." Sapphire said to Ruby with content.
"What!?"
"You already saved me."
Ruby sniffles and sits down next to the fire, still perturbed. The two remain silent for a moment, thinking about the fusion they performed. Ruby stares at her gem and Sapphire's gem for a while.
"I... I've seen gems fuse before, but I had no idea that's what it felt like." Sapphire said with curiosity "I always thought... I never realized that fusion... that'd you'd disappear like that."
"It's never like that!" Ruby explained "Whenever I've fused, it's always just been me, but bigger, I... I've never had a third eye before."
"I've never had more than one! It was nice." Sapphire said with a smile.
"Ha... yeah..." Ruby said, blushing. Ruby and Sapphire later leave the cave, as the sun is coming up and it is no longer raining.
Ruby and Sapphire explored the wildlife of the Earth, including butterflies and frogs.
In another instance, Ruby and Sapphire are looking at the moon together.
they finished dancing by fusing into Garnet once more. Not used to this form, Garnet stumbles about.
"I was back; I was someone and I didn't know who." Garnet said with a smile. "But I felt I was getting the hang of my strange new form. ... And then I fell."
Garnet trips and rolls down a hill. "... Ouch." She said. Suddenly, a sword is pointed at Past Garnet's face. Past Garnet recoils back towards the hill. "Ah! Don't hurt her! Don't hurt... me?" She looked up, revealing Pearl as the sword bearer.
"It's you! The fusion..." Pearl said, surprised.
"We didn't mean to fuse!" Garnet said, scared. "Well... well, we did this time. We'll unfuse! We, we'll..."
She calmed down when Rose Quartz approached.
"No, no, please..." She said in a kind voice. "I'm glad to see you again."
"And there they were." Garnet said with a warm heart. "Rose Quartz, the leader of the rebellion, and her terrifying renegade Pearl."
"I don't upset you?" She said confused.
"Who cares about how I feel?" Rose said with a smile "How you feel is bound to be much more interesting."
"How I feel?" Garnet said, unsure. She never thought of how she felt about it. "I feel... uh, lost... and scared... and happy. W-why am I so sure that I'd rather be this than everything I was supposed to be, and that I'd rather do this than anything I was supposed to do?"
Rose laughed "Welcome to Earth!" The said with a smile.
"C-can you tell me!?" Garnet asked, wanting an awnser. "How was Ruby able to alter fate? Or, why was Sapphire willing to give up everything? W-what am I!?"
"No more questions." Rose said, suddenly serious as she held. Garnet's hands. "Don't ever question this. You already are the answer"
"So... ? What was it?" Sunset asked Garnet, who raised her eyebrow. "The anwser"
"Love, Sunset." Garnet whispered "The anwser was love."
"Wow, I knew it." Sunset said with a smile.
"So did i" Garnet added with a grin as the group went home. Unaware to all of them was after they left, Kraang Subprime showed up and salvaged from the ships parts until Dusk Quartz's hand popped out of the wreckage.
"So now what do we do now?" He asked douting his partners plan.
"Don't worry about it." Dusk Quartz said as he opened his bag revealing two more bubbled gems. "We have plenty of time to test the other warriors and get the plan ready." The two of them then left the area, knowing all to well that the battle as just begun.