How could Peridot describe being in her gem? One thing to say is that everything is green and basically the colour of her gem. There was a floor she was standing on that was a lighter shade of green, she supposed that it was a lime green platform while everything else was the same colour as grass. She really didn’t have any other option than to walk along it, so she did. She didn’t look like how she did before, right now her physical form was at its simplist.
As she walked further, she could see illuminated spheres hovering on the sides of the paths. As she got closer she could see all the people she had known. People like Lapis, Jasper, her mum… whom she would never see again. She never did get to give her that present, which was essentially her entire reason for being here in Equestria. There were other people (or ponies, she supposed) she knew like Celestia and Luna. As she looked into the spheres she could even see some of the times they had faced each other. She also saw some recent ponies like Shining Armor and Princess Cadence. With all of these familiar faces, it was inevitable that she would see the one that she hated the most.
King Sombra.
His image was as clear as the others, if not clearer. He had a smile on his face and hate in his eyes. She held such disgust for those burning eyes that appeared to see right through her soul. She shivered and walked on, with no sound being made other than the tapping of her feet. She walked hastily until she was sure that she was out of his sight. The gem let out a large sigh of relief as continued to reach the end. She felt like the space she was in was infinite, though she supposed that it was essentially her mind, so it could be as big as she wanted it to be.
She remembered looking for Springtrap with Garnet and Lapis after he appeared. He had stabbed her with his own claw, and she had retreated back into her gem. She thought about how much she wanted to get him back for that, or at least hoped that her friends had done something to him.
Right now however, Peridot just wanted to reach the end of this path and get out of her gem. She wondered what type of outfit she’d have. Her prayers were answered as she finally found herself at the end. She walked towards it, but hit her head as she bumped into another image of Sombra, casting a particularly large shadow. She backed away, never taking her eyes off of the image or its shadow. The gem felt herself getting lighter as she recognised the feeling of leaving her gem, she rose into the ‘air’ while getting brighter and brighter.
She opened her eyes and found herself standing on a pillow with a maid staring at her with wide eyes, half in awe and the other half in fear. It wasn’t surprising, seeing as how it was a crystal pony. She mare backed away slowly and briskly walked away once she was out the door.
“What was that about?” She heard a voice in the halls; a voice that she knew. When Jasper walked through the doorway, she her eyes became similar to that of the crystal maid but without the fear. “Peri?”
“Jasper?” They both smiled at each other.
“Looks like you’ve finally reformed.” Jasper chuckled.
“Yeah, how long has it been?”
“Not as long as you’d think. It’s only been about two days really. The only news we have is that Celestia and Luna will be visiting sometime soon.”
“What about Springtrap? Did you guys defeat him and throw him in jail or something?”
“Well we came across this guy named Jack who had been looking for the guy, along with his friend and a timberwolf. That damned bunny was tough, he tricked Lapis, beat Sardonyx and was somehow able to create his own gems. He made one to distract us and ran away. We have that gem with us right now; he was in a block of ice but now he's in a bubble. We haven't let him out yet." The orange gem explained. Peridot nodded on until she realised she wasn't wearing her limb enhancers. She frantically looked around for them for a moment before finding them on the bed before her. She quickly put them on and shook herself off to get used to them once again.
"There we go." She smiled as she moved into a sitting position. "Where's Lapis?"
"In the throne room with the others, talking with the new princess and prince about what happens now."
"Yeah... what will happen to us?"
"I don't really know." Jasper shrugged. "The Crystal Gems are pretty much guaranteed a good position. Us on the other hand... I have no idea. We haven't exactly been the best of people in our time here.” She stared down at her large hands. “We've hurt innocent peo- I mean ponies. We've tortured those who didn't obey Sombra. We've enforced his disgusting regime and kept the ones who could help them away. We’re criminals who've spent 1,000 years running from what we did. Maybe the sisters will cut us a break, but I'm not getting my hopes up.”
“So what if they decide to finally apprehend us?” Peridot asked. “Do we keep running?”
“Probably.” Jasper sighed. “Back to the same old, eh?”
"I suppose." Peridot nodded. "So, You said the others are still with them?" Jasper nodded. "Let's join them then."
"So where exactly were you guys if you were in hiding the whole time?" Cadence asked Lapis.
"Well we just sort of moved around a lot really, we hardly ever went back to Equestria so we mostly stopped at places like Griffonstone, Minotropolis, Zebrica and so on. After a while we split up and went our separate ways, just doing doing our own stuff."
"And then some stupid Pegasus author comes along looking for adventure." They all turned to see Peridot standing at the doorway in a sulk.
"Oh, you're back Peri." Lapis smiled.
"Hmph, yes. I'm up to speed anyway, no need to explain anything."
"Well either way." Pearl spoke. "The question that we're all thinking of still remains; what now? What happens now that Sombra is gone?"
"Well... The princesses are visiting tomorrow." Shining informed them. "There are some things that she'd like to say and discuss with you three." He turned to the Crystal Gems. "And possibly reconcile with you three." He then looked at the Homeworld Gems, who seemed to be a bit worried.
"Don't worry, I'm sure everything will be fine." Cadence smiled at them. "In the meantime just relax a bit, take your mind off of it."
"Yeah... Sure." Lapis rolled her eyes as they all left.