Somewhere out in Space:

She was almost out and free. She was done with all the experiments. Mystic Topaz had found a way to escape this planet and go somewhere else. She had hijacked a spacecraft and was almost through the atmosphere of the planet before another ship started to fly towards her. Taking a big risk, Mystic started to increase the ship's speed. She knew well at the ship she had taken would have trouble with high speeds, and there was the chance that she could crash into something as well.

As she sped up, the other ship increased it's speed as well. Looking to the console of the ship, Mystic found a button that would make her go as fast as the ship could handle, at least for a short while. The gem smashed the button, which slightly slowed her down. The gems controlling the other spacecraft recognised what she had done, and at the last second before she sped off, blasted her ship.

The attack caused Mystic Topaz to fall over. Within a few minutes, the ship started to slow down again. Getting back up, Mystic looked at the console map. The ship had managed to go fast enough that she had gone through about three months of light speed travel in about ten minutes.

At that point, the ship's engine couldn't take it anymore. Part of the spacecraft exploded, almost knocking over Mystic again. When the second explosion occurred, it happened in the ship cockpit, causing the gem inside to end up being thrown into space. As her way of escape was completely destroyed below her, Mystic Topaz tried to find away to head towards the closest planet.

The shrapnel from the explosion started towards her, and Mystic tried to get out of the way, but instead it collided with her. It was able to push her faster towards the nearby planet, but it also hurt her enough that she ended up being poofed. As the metal was caught in the planet's gravity, it started to rocket down. Three trails were left in the sky from the metal and the two gems. Each of them ended up going in different directions. One of the the two gems ended up crashing nearby a city. About a mile towards the city from the gem's landing place was a sign that said, 'Welcome to BEACH CITY!'

Three days later:

"Lion, stay out here. I'll grab you some Lion Lickers so you don't have to come in." Steven walked into the Big Donut and up to the counter. Currently neither Sadie nor Lars was there, so he assumed they were in the back.

"Sadie! Lars!" Steven called out. "Are you back there?"

A new girl stood up from behind the counter. "Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't see you there. If you're looking for Sadie, I can get her."

Steven wasn't sure what to say, so the girl just told him, "Well, I'll just go back and grab her."

In less than a minute, the girl had come back with Sadie. "Oh, hey Steven. Sorry I wasn't out. I hope you don't mind I let Topaz man the counter while I was in the back. I found out Lars was sick today and she happened to be in when I got the call. Topaz asked if she could help for the day and I told her yes."

Steven's eyes sparkled. "Topaz? You mean like the gem? Are you a gem?"

Topaz looked a little shocked. "No, my mom just named me after one. Though it could be cool if I were."

Steven looked a little sad. "Aww, too bad." Then he perked up. "Hey, maybe if you're in town for a while, I could show you around. Where are you staying?"

Topaz looked a little sad. "I don't really have a place, I was just going to stay here tonight if Sadie let me."

Sadie looked shocked. "You mean you don't have a home!"

Steven was surprised too. "Wait! Really? You don't have anywhere to stay?" He thought for a second. "Maybe you could stay at my place for a little while. I know there's some room and I don't think the others will mind."

Topaz smiled. "Really? That would be wonderful. But only if you're sure no one will mind."

Steven waved his hand. "Don't worry. It'll just be like when my friend Connie sleeps over. The only one who might not like it at first is Lion, but as long as I give him Lion Lickers, he's fine. Oh, that reminds me, I also want a few of those." He finished, pointing to the freezer.

"Well you did come here a little late." Sadie started to say. "And we were getting close to closing time, so if you want, you two can head off to Steven's house while I finish closing."

Topaz and Steven thanked Sadie before heading to the temple. As they arrived, Topaz looked at the statue that made up the temple. "Woah, that's pretty big!"

Steven nodded. "Yeah, that's my house right there." He said, pointing to the middle.

"You actually live here?!" Topaz exclaimed.

When they got inside, Steven showed her around. "So, the food's right over here, and my bed is up there. The bathroom is down that hall, but Peridot likes to stay in there. If you want you can sleep on the couch."

"Wait? Peridot? Why does she have that name?"

"She's a gem. Just like the others and me! Well, I'm only part gem, I'm also part human."

At that moment the warp pad lit up and Peridot stepped off. "Hey! Where are those clods? They were supposed to follow me."

Topaz suddenly grabbed Steven and pulled him towards her, shaking her head as she took a step back.

"Hey! Who's that!" Peridot exclaimed, looking at Topaz.

Suddenly, Topaz's hand shot out from her side and a small ball of fire came from it. Behind Peridot, the pad lit up again. Topaz started to run out of the house with Steven as the fireball hit Peridot. Garnet Amethyst and Pearl saw Peridot poof back into her gem and saw steven being dragged out by Topaz, though not able to see her.

"Steven!" He heard the gems call out. They didn't come out right away as they bubbled Peridot in case she reformed while they were gone. Topaz made her way up to the warp pad on the statue's hand and, once she and Steven were on it, activated it. Not fully sure on how to control it, the gems were warped to multiple places before Topaz decided to jump off.

"I thought you said you weren't a gem." Steven said, staring at Topaz, who wouldn't stop looking at the pad until Steven shook her. "C'mon, we have to go back."

Topaz looked at him for a few seconds before she got up picking him up as well. "No. we're not going back there, and they're not making me go back home."

The gem started walking away from the warp pad, with Steven in one arm, and her other rubbing her gem.