peridot was hiding from the crystal gems yet again. This time behind a huge rock, cornered. "Dumb planet...stupid rocks!" She mumbled under her breath. "Peridot we know your out there!" Pearl called out. Peridot panicked and looked for places to escape. She looked left, right, and back again frantically trying to find ANY place to go. Nothing. She quickly opened up her scanner on her arm and called lapis. Lapis's face showed on the screen. "Lapis I need help NOW!" She whispered to the screen. Lapis just rolled her eyes and sighed. "Yeah ok I'll be there in a sec."
"Peridot there are only a few places left I can look and when we find you..." Pearl trailed off. Off in the corner of her vision peridot could see lapis gliding through the sky. She landed on the ground and pearl walked up to her, they talked and then walked in her direction. "What is she doing?!" Peridot mumbled. "Peridot I know your there." lapis called. "Just come out and I'll explain everything." Peridot hesitantly stood up and walked out into the open. Pearl still held her weapon in her hand, ready to attack. Peridot stood and walked out from behind the rock. she didn't dare question lapis. last time she did that lapis almost drowned her.
"peridot." lapis began. peridot narrowed her eyes as she looked at the rest of the crystal gems. "im on their side now." lapis sighed. "W-wha?!" peridot screamed and went to throw her hands in the air but winced as she had been hurt during her battle with the crystal gems. "im sorry, but I have no other option. Homeworld said they would shatter me if I return." lapis said. Peridots eyes grew wide with worry. "b-but, I, I thought we-I mean you were on my side." peridot wined. Garnets gaze grew softer at the look of them. lapis sighed and grabbed peridots hand. "yes I was, and still am. There is another way. Join us." peridot looked at the crystal gems, only amethyst and pearl still had their weapons out, garnet and steven just stood there waiting for her response. peridot looked back at lapis. "okay." she sighed. lapis smiled and hugged peridot. peridot was taken back by the action but hugged lapis back anyways. "yay! peri's on our side now!" steven called.
"heheh." peridot chuckled. "okay so where is the hous-" "PERIDOT 1037!" peridot was interrupted by her communicator going off. she opened up the screen to see yellow diamonds pale yellow face and gold hair. "YOU HAVE FAILED ME FOR THE LAST TIME!" She screeched at peridot. "YOU USELESS SHARD OF GEM TRASH! DONT BOTHER COMING BACK TO HOMEWORLD YOU IDIOT!" then the screen went black. tears welled in peridots eyes at the world her leader had said. she covered her face with her hand and sat on the ground. "come on gems. we should give her some space." garnet said as she left. Pearl, amethyst, and steven following.
Peridot just sat there with her hands on her face crying. Lapis stood there for a second. then she sat down next to peridot. "peridot, I know what your going through. Its not easy, it hurts like hell too." lapis looked at peridot. "n-no, you don't understand." she choked out. "I was abandoned by my leader, almost killed, told im worthless, and..." she trailed off. "what? what is it peridot?" lapis asked. peridot shot up and ran to the beach house and away from lapis. "PERIDOT!" lapis called after her. but peridot kept running. she through open the door and ran inside, up the stairs and into a room. (this is lapis's room btw, peri doesn't know because the crystal gems had assembled it after lapis had just join them) the room was green and blue. peridot ran into what looked like a closet. she quickly closed the doors behind her and sat in the corner of the small room.
Lapis walked into the house (bottom level) and ran up to all the gems who looked shocked and were all looking at each other whispering something she couldn't understand. "im looking for peridot. do you guys know where she went?" they looked at each other and than back at her. garnet was the first to speak. "she ran upstrairs into your room. peridot probably doesn't know it was yours." she said. steven then chose to speak. "yeah she seemed real upset. I hope shes okay..." he said worriedly. "i'll go check on her." lapis said and walked up the stairs quietly so that she wouldn't scare peridot. she opened her door and walked into the room.
"Peridot?" she called softly in a calm voice. peridot stopped crying and looked though the crack in the door. "I know your here just come out im not mad at you I just want to talk." she saw lapis walking around the room. oh crap am I in her room?! and in her closet?! peridot thought and mentally scalded herself. lapis walked slowly again around the room. "Peridot if you aren't going to come out i'll just have to look for you okay?" she walked over and looked under her bed, behind her shelf and was now walking toward her closet. oh crap oh crap oh crap WHAT DO I DO?! peridot panicked. lapis reached toward the door handle and opened the door. there sat a half-crying peridot huddled in the corner. "peridot..." lapis looked at her sadly. "lapis I-im s-sorry. I d-didn't know t-this was y-you room." peridot said her voice was quiet. "im just going to go-" "no peridot whats wrong?" lapis interrupted her. peridot looked at the ground and stood up. "I... I don't know..." she said before walking out.