This place looked like hell. The temple was crushed by the Homeworld gem's strange hand-shaped ship, and debris was all over the beach. If they all survived this it would take weeks to clean this up, not to mention the humans.

The gems had already made the humans evacuate and they were angry enough. Once they would see the mess they had made, all of the humans would be outraged. But that was not the problem at the moment.

There was a Homeworld gem at the beach, and was forcing Lapsi to fuse with her. This was all madness and Pearl didn't want Jewel anywhere near it.

"Jasper stop!" Steven yelled to the orange gem, but was beaten by the white gem Jewel. Jewel quickly striked Jasper in the jaw, making her step back and let go of Lapis. Lapis quickly trembled but was beaten by an outraged Jasper who knocked her down with a hit in the forehead.

"I had enough of you, why do you have to ruin my life?" Jewel yelled as she summoned her shiny silver sword from her gem and planted it into the ground.

Suddenly Jasper's legs were trapped in metal coating the exact same color as Jewel's sword. Steven had never seen her done this, but was in awe at the new experience.

"Jewel stop, don't hurt yourself!" Pearl yelled to her daughter. She quickly ran off to help her daughter but was stopped by Garnet's strong hand.

Garnet looked down at Pearl taking off her glasses to reveal three beautiful eyes, all different colors with different stories. "She needs this." That was all Garnet said, but Pearl knew there was so much more behind it.

Pearl turned to her daughter and saw her fighting with the gem. Jewel had grown so much since the incident and Pearl could not be happier. But she still wasn't ready. The anger Jewel had in her could not be controlled. Though if somebody had killed your father, how would you control that anger?

Pearl planted her feet on the floor, confident in her daughter. She watched Jewel fight the gem that took her love away, and didn't help her. For Jewel did not need any help.


Fighting Jasper was like fighting a giant, but Jewel knew she had the power. Any strike that on Jewel would be quickly healed, and countered with her perfect sword work. Not to mention the metal coating had made it harder for Jasper to walk, or dodge her attacks.

"You little runt," Jasper gritted from her teeth, barely able to dodge one of Jewel's strikes. "You can't face me without using your powers, you're a coward. Your father would've been ashamed!"

Jewel froze, not sure how to react. It had been her who killed her father, Jasper had ruined her life, and now she had the chance to avenge that death. But she stopped. It was true, Jewel was using her powers, but if you had them you could use them. What if her father would think of her like that, a coward with a gift?

No he couldn't he loved Jewel. Even though, her father died long before she could remember a lot, she knew. Her father loved her, and she loved him back. Jewel would fight Jasper and would use her gift.

She then returned to her normal state and took a fighting stance. She was ready to fight Jasper, for she had been ready for a long time. But today was different, today she knew she would win.

Jewel then stabbed the ground with her silver blade which caused a light to shine so bright the orange gem had to look away. This was the perfect opportunity for Lapis to go.

Jewel looked to Lapis who also had her eyes closed from the light and did not sense this opportunity.

"Lapis hurry!" Jewel yelled, but it seemed she was too weak. Lapis was still able to go but looked as if she was to faint at any moment. Lapis quickly went to Steven and fainted in Steven's arms.

Jewel sighed with relief everyone was okay, but now it was her turn to save this planet. She quickly drew her sword from the ground causing the blade to grow brighter and more than before.

Jasper still with her eyes shut ran to Jewel almost as if she was trying to ram into her. Her helmet was out and looked deadly going at such a speed. But Jewel was able to easily counter it and slice Jasper.

Jewel had finally done it, she looked to the ground to see Jasper's tiny orange gem laying on the small particles of rock. How could such a small gem create such a large and ruthless creature? Though Jewel had finally finished Jasper she wanted to be sure of it, Jewel lifted up the gem and put it in the bubble. She would not kill Lapis, for she was a trophy for all she had done.

It was finally over Jasper was gone and Jewel had done it. She could finally avenge her father while using her gift, and couldn't help but shed tears when her father's image flashed to her brain.


As Lapis woke up she felt a strange burst of energy coursing through her, almost as if there was something in her. She looked around frantically trying to see what was happening to her, but saw the gem who defeat Jasper watching her.

The gem turned to her and noticed she was awake. "How do you feel?"

"Different" she said plainly.

Lapis thought for a minute of what she was going to say. "Sorry, but what exactly did you do to me?"

"I should've explained I'm sorry. I was trying to heal you, but you had so much regrets that I had to purify you." The gem said this, as if it was a simple thing that she did on a daily basis.

"Purify?" Now Lapis was scared, what did she mean exactly by purify? And why did she feel so confident all of the sudden?

"Well it's a simple procedure really. You just take away your regrets and some of your unnecessary fears, and turn it into, well… Light."

"Light?"

The gem let out a small smile. "I don't think I can explain that part, but maybe they can." She said pointed to behind Lapis. Lapis then turned to the Crystal Gems and saw Steven.

"Steven!" Lapis said sounding more happy than she ever did. She then ran to Steven and pulled him into an embrace that even she didn't know where it came from.

The rest of the Crystal Gems then acknowledged Lapis's presence, but went to go discuss something with Jewel on the tiny sleeping corner Steven called his "bedroom".

Lapis suddenly noticed she was still embracing Steven and quickly let go. But strangely she did not feel shy at all. Lapis felt so happy with herself it was a strange thing.

"Sorry Steven," she said sounding all too happy.

"It's okay Lapis, I'm just glad you're okay," Steven told Lapis with a light blush that made her get butterflies in her stomach.

Lapis giggled, she legitimately giggled. Lapis had never giggled before, she had never heard the strange thing until she came to Earth. Something was wrong with her, and it was obvious Steven could tell.

"Lapis are you feeling okay?"

Lapis thought of what to say. She wasn't feeling fine, but she wouldn't tell Steven that. Why would she want him to worry.

"I think the gem did something to me." She blurted out. That was not exactly what she was going to say. Yes, she wanted to be honest to Steven but he shouldn't worry.

"What who?" Steven sounded more alert than she wanted him to.

"The gem that healed me… She said she purified me, but I don't know what that means exactly. She said you guys could explain it to me."

Steven let out a smile that brightened the whole world. "Yeah, Jewel has some super cool powers! She can do this thing where she is able to purify a person, so like make them feel better about themselves, or make them more happy! And that's what she did to you because she said you could ever heal if you had all that weight of your regrets."

Lapis looked to the floor unsure of what to say, or what she would say. She then felt a hand on hers. Lapis looked up to see Steven looking back with sorry eyes.

"Lapis," he said softly almost as if it was a whisper. "I'm sorry if you're uncomfortable but we needed to do it or else you might have been gone and I can't lose you. Never again."

Lapis looked into Steven's eyes and kissed his cheek. It was a soft simple kiss, but it meant a lot to Lapis. She then squeezed his hand tighter to prepare him for what she was going to stay. "I'll stay."

Steven looked at her with a surprised look. "What… How did you know… I was going to ask you?" Steven was now blushing.

Lapis let out a small laugh. "I just knew."

Steven hugged Lapis once more, burying his face in her shoulder. He murmured a quick "thank you" and never let go.

Lapis did not want him to.


Jewel had saw something when the light was shining, she saw herself. Jewel saw her flaws and perfections, her likes and dislikes. But one thing was bothering her in particular.

Jewel had saw Peridot.

Now was not the time to reflect. Jewel promised the gems she would help clean the temple, and was not going to back off on the promise again.

She saw Garnet, discussing something with Amethyst as they were picking up the broken pieces of the temple. Jewel then turned to the right to see her mother picking up different pieces of the ship in the water. From the distance it looked like she was sad, almost as if she was crying.

As Jewel stepped close to Pearl she realized she was not crying but only deep in her thoughts.

"Mother," Jewel called out which seemed to snap Peal out of her daze.

Peal snapped back like Jewel had scared her and dropped all of the pieces of debris she had collected back onto the floor. "Oh! You scared me Jewel."

Jewel began to pick up the fallen pieces and looked up at her mother. "I'm sorry." She said as she went back to cleaning.

Jewel really enjoyed cleaning, though she had noticed most humans despise it and see it as a punishment. It really helps her calm down which she needs in a lot of cases.

She turned to Pearl once more to find her once again in thought. "Mother, what are you thinking about?"

Pearl thought for a little more, like she was trying to find the proper words. Almost as if if she didn't do this right it would never work. "When that light was shining did anything happen to you?"

Of course this had to be brought up. It was bound to happen, but Jewel didn't think she would have to tell Pearl now. How would she react when Jewel told her the truth?

"I saw myself, I saw what I was made of. I saw my different qualities and my wants. But there was a want in particular I need to find, I was going to explain this to you later… But now is probably the best time."

Pearl held out her hand and grabbed Jewel, squeezing the slightest bit. "Daughter, you can tell me anything."

Jewel sighed and squeezed Pearl's hand. "I want Peridot, and I'm going to find her."