Prologue

Far, far away from earth, a gem was working. Her assignment wasn't a simple one. Rather, it was a difficult task given to her personally by Yellow Diamond. Peridot 2F5L Cut 5XH, praised for being one of the smartest of her kind, was attempting to access the logs of her traitorous sister, the Peridot of the failed earth mission. They had met personally upon emergence from the Kindergarten from Homeworld, but unlike her sister, Peridot 2F5L Cut 5XH was loyal to Yellow Diamond. She would not fail in where her sister had proven dishonest.

"Ugh, how hard is it to recover a simple data frequency!?" Peridot 2F5L Cut 5XH exclaimed. Not far from Earth, Peridot 2F5L Cut 5XH's ship orbited. She stayed within Earth's gravitational field but did not land, mainly to avoid the emergence of the Cluster and also guarantee her self-preservation. "What happened to those data logs?!" Unbeknownst to her, they were sitting at the bottom of Earth's ocean. This fact would not dissuade her though or her determination to succeed in her mission.

"Oh my, Diamond, I have it! After stellar cycles! I FINALLY have it!"

"Log Date 6 5 2, this is Peridot…updating status…still stuck on miserable planet." The recording droned, "The fusion experiments are developing properly. A few have even emerged early…"

"Yes? What else?!" Peridot 2F5L Cut 5XH shouted. The recording began to fade in and out, static sounding in-between transmissions, signifying that the previous recording had been lost and re-recorded over.

"…In my attempts to complete my mission, a specimen by the name of 'The Steven' has shown the ability summon a gem weapon, a pink shield to be precise, powerful enough to withstand the lasers from an Era 2 battle ship. My experiences with 'The Steven' have proven a hindrance, as he allies himself with the Crystal Gems. My thoughts conclude him to be some sort of abomination, as he appears to be a human with Gem powers. How this is possible is unheard of…"

Peridot 2F5L Cut 5XH was suddenly speechless. A hybrid….with a pink shield!? Unlike many of Era 2 Gems, Peridot 2F5L Cut 5XH tried to remain up-to-date on her history. Call it being resourceful, but when Yellow Diamond assigned her this mission related to Earth it had also spiked her curiosity in re-learning about the rebellion. A clear image of Rose Quartz and her iconic shield came to mind. However, reality set in. Peridot laughed as she spoke. "That is ridiculous. Statistically speaking I'm being irrational. I mean the only thing that would make this more baseless is if 'The Steven' had healing powers!"

"Log Date 6 06 2, this Peridot with one final entry. I have come to conclude that my only way of getting off-planet resides in fixing the Galaxy Warp. From my interrogation of the Lapis Lazuli, 'The Steven' was able to fix her gem prior to her departure from Earth. My hope is such healing abilities may extend to Gem technology as well…"

Peridot 2F5L Cut 5XH stopped laughing. It seemed as if time suddenly froze. "What…did she just say?" She quickly got to work to replay the recording.

"From my interrogation of the Lapis Lazuli, 'The Steven' was able to fix her gem prior to her departure from Earth. My hope is such healing abilities may extend to Gem technology as well…"

Again.

"…My hope is such healing abilities…"

And again.

"…Healing abilities…"

And again.

"…Healing abilities…"

"Oh. MY. STARS!"

The silence that followed was deafening, yet ironic. The recording continued to play in the background as Peridot 2F5L Cut 5XH began to process the information she had just learned. This sudden shock slowly turned into utter realization, and then panic as she realized she had to get this information to her leader NOW.

"This is happening. This is REALLY happening." Like her traitorous sister, Peridot 2F5L Cut 5XH had limb enhancers to assist her with her duties. She, however, had opted for a more sleek design without floating fingers. Her limb enhancers instead attached above the elbow at the shoulder, functioning more as a prosthetic rather than an extension of her natural arm. Her hands could shape-shifted into tiny, wire-like tendrils. Her right hand shifted and the wires hooked into the computer, beginning to up-link directly into the ship's mainframe. Her left hand meanwhile went about setting the coordinates for the nearest Diamond outpost. Her visor suddenly glowed, and began showing a variety of calculations taking place as the ship commenced to take flight. "Checking flight patterns…setting coordinates for Pink Diamond outpost…." Her visor's image suddenly shifted, flashing and displaying a mechanical part of the ship. "….Initializing gravity engine."

With a flash of bright light, Peridot 2F5L Cut 5XH's ship bent reality and blasted off into space.

Narrowly missing Peridot 2F5L Cut 5XH's departure, the Crystal Gems arrived back in Earth's orbit. As the ship slowed and prepared to land back at the barn, Steven continued to gaze out the window in deep thought.

"What's wrong, Steven?" Steven turned to see Garnet standing off to his side, looking outside at space in a similar manner he had been. Steven twiddled his thumbs as he spoke.

"I'm scared, Garnet. It sounds like the Diamonds are monitoring the emergence of the Cluster pretty closely. What happens when they realize we've stopped it? They'll come for us…they'll find out about my connection to mom…"

Her visor flared once as Garnet contemplated Steven's words with her future vision. "I don't see any immediate futures in which our visit would give them a reason to come here specifically for us. For now, we are safe..."

"…But when they do come, we will be ready." Steven finished, giving Garnet and the rest of the Crystal Gems a knowing look. They smiled back.

Little did they know how quickly the future was about to change.

I think it has been years since I felt like I had the time to actually sit down and comprehend a story of this magnitude, let alone had time to sit down and write it. I have a lot of ideas, but no solid story line yet, so please feel free to inbox me any ideas you may have. From the summary, you can gauge there will be one major OC who will function as a sidekick to Connie in a way, but that won't be for a few chapters in yet.