It was just a normal day at beach city. The gems, however were busy fighting off a crystal bug on the beach. Pearl ducked as the bug flew over her. She tried to stab it from the bottom but unfortunately she missed. Garnet sprinted toward the bug and used her right fist to hit it right in the wings. Amethyst used her whip and was able to capture the bug in a tight knot. Garnet untied the knot, put a bubble around it, and sent it on its way. Steven was sitting on the sand playing his handheld. He killed the final boss in his game and threw his handheld to the ground. " Yes I finally have beaten the boss" Steven exclaimed.

Amethyst ran over to Steven and gave him a high-five. "about time you beaten him, you've been playing forever." Amethyst teased.

Pearl only shook her head as she started heading up toward the house. When everyone returned to the house, Steven ran and jumped on his bed. He was chanting " I beat the boss", much to Pearl's annoyance.

"Steven" Pearl said softly. Steven didn't hear her and continued to jump on his bed. "Steven" Pearl said a bit more loudly, but he still didnt hear her. "STEVEN" Pearl yelled causing the house to shake. Steven looked at her, he was horrified at her tone.

Pearl took a deep breath and smiled. "Will you please stop jumping on your bed before you get hurt." Pearl said suddenly calm again.

She turned around and walked to her room without saying another word.

"Whats wrong with Pearl?" Steven asked, still a bit shaken from her loud voice.

"She's probably upset because she didn't hit the crystal bug and kill it." Garnet said.

" She's acting like its a really big deal." Amethyst mumbled.

" she started acting like that a few days ago. I wonder what is wrong with her." Amethyst added on.

"You two stay here, I will try to talk to her." Garnet said while walking towards Pearl's room. When she reached the door she turned around and glared at Amethyst and Steven. " Please don't break anything." Garnet hissed as she disappeared into the depths of Pearl's room.

" Does this mean we throw a party now?" Amethyst smiled as she crept toward Steven.

"Not now Amethyst I feel bad for Pearl. I made her yell and the whole house shook."

" chill out Steven, She is probably just upset because its been ten years since..." Amethyst lowered her voice and stopped talking altogether.

"Since what?" Steven asked, now much more curious.

"Just someone we knew who had a tragic accident." Amethyst rolled her eyes.

" Please Amethyst, tell me what happened. I must know" Steven got on his knees with puppy dog eyes staring at Amethyst.

" Honestly its not even that big of a deal. End of conversation." Amethyst growled. She seemed a bit ticked off now.

Garnet returned from pearl's room and Steven ran over to her. "Whats this about the death of ten years, or no something happened ten years ago?" Steven asked rushing all his questions to her. Garnet glared at Amethyst, she was clearly enraged.

"What did you tell Steven? Garnet snarled.

"I only told him a gist of why Pearl was upset." Amethyst replied.

"Guys whats going on?" Steven asked getting a bit paranoid.

Both Garnet and Amethyst continued growling at each other so Steven just walked out.

His thoughts pondered on what happened ten years ago.

Why didn't Garnet want him to know so badly?

What happened ten years ago? Who got into a tragic accident?

All these thoughts ran through Stevens head as he was heading toward the arcade. Whenever the gems were fighting he would just play some racing games. Steven put in a quarter and the game began.

When he turned the wheel another thought crept into his mind.

Did Pearl do something ten years ago?

Steven shook his head and tried to focus on the game.

Maybe the "accident" was on purpose and Garnet was involved. That's why she didn't want him to know.

Steven crashed into a sign as he hit his head with his hand.

He wished these thoughts would stop popping up in his mind. He didnt even care anymore about what happened. He just wanted to focus on getting back up to first place.

Steven emptied his mind and only thought about the game. He put his whole attention toward the game. He tried to think of nothing else but the game.

Pearl must be involved somehow. That's why she has been feeling upset. She feels guilty.

That was the last straw for Steven. He threw a quarter at the game and walked out.

He decided he was going back to understand what had happened. He must know the answer and what happened.

Steven raced home and much to his surprise he saw Garnet, Amethyst, and Pearl all sitting around, actually...being nice to each other.

"Whats going on?" Steven said with a slight crack of his voice.

"I feel like we should tell you what happened ten years ago." Pearl said with a slight frown to her face.

" What made you guys finally decide to tell me what happened? Steven asked curious by their change in behavior.

"Since Amethyst couldn't stop running her mouth, You know that something happened. This was also relating to why I was sad earlier. Pearl said, once again with a frown on her face.

Steven ran and sat directly across from the gems.

" What happened ten years ago was a tragic time for all of us. Garnet started off. "You see Steven, there wasn't always three of us. In fact ten years ago there was a fourth gem that fought among us. She was a great deal of help to us. She was extremely loyal to us and just overall a great gem. Until a tragic accident killed her.

Her name was...

Topaz.