Authors Note:

Hi guys! So here I am, with YET another Steven Universe story that will PROBABLY have Garnet x Pearl (Pearlnet) shipping at some point in time because i can't seem to avoid it…

BUT it'll mostly be about me sharing my headcanons about The Rebellion and me showing off my OCs as well as a few borrowed OCs (will be credited when they appear)

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I own nothing but the OCs Chloromelanite, Black Tourmaline, Citrine and Emerald.

Canon compliant until Steven Bomb 4

This, Garnet realised, was bigger than she'd ever known. Than anyone had known, really. If anyone had known that the rebellion was this big, then they wouldn't have ignored And somehow, without meaning too, She had had gotten in the middle of all of this - an attempt to overthrow Blue Diamond and protect this measly planet. She had become a rebellion..

After she had met with the pink Quartz (Though there was no such thing as a pink Quartz, Garnet knew, so it meant once she must have been known as someone or something else) and her renegade Pearl (How did a Pearl become so very very free she wondered?), and to ensure that she 'Rose' had had a quick talk with her including basic information about Ruby, Sapphire and most of all: Garnet.

'What did Ruby and Sapphire do before they left?' She asked, smiling and urging them to tell her, ensuring that neither Garnet, Ruby nore Sapphire had anything to fear. The answer came soon thereafter: Ruby was a soldier. Sapphire was an arare aristocrat who served Blue Diamond mainly. None of them had really been that fond of their respective roles in society, but had come to accept their fate rather quickly after creation. It weren't like they were ever given a choice.

'What's your name, together?' It seemed more like an afterthought, something she hadn't realised she didn't remember to ask until now. This felt harder to answer, but she at least had one. Her/their name was/were Garnet. She/they was/were named Garnet together ( she hadn't quite figured out what it meant, though, or how she could know).

'What do you believe could be your weapon? Do you have one at all?' She said, this time blushing and apologizing, admitting she knew very little about Sapphires and Rubies individual abilities. she had had Carnelians as guards because they were more stable and better company, and she had refused to lead a court on Home World, because she couldn't find any gems that she had wanted in it (which meant that she could never have been a Quartz, because a Quartz would never have a court).

They're Gauntlets, she told her. Her weapon was gauntlets. Both Ruby and Sapphire had a gauntlet each as weapons, os it was only logical.. Or ,they thought both had a gauntlet. Sapphire had actually never had to or even, just for the sake of it, tried to summon hers, but she felt what it would be inside her, and she saw it, too.

'And last but not least, are you ready to meet the others?' As Rose said this, the face of the Pearl lit up, too, and she let out a long gasp that was probably meant to be a sentence. It seemed like she couldn't wait to get back to...however 'the others' were. Garnet was a little confused about that, not really understanding what they were talking about. She had so far assumed there would be no more gems except Rose and the Pearl. After all, those were the only rebels known to Home World, and the only ones Garnet had ever seen in her visions so far.

Upon seeing her confused face, Rose had laughed and told her that yes, of course there were more rebellions that just her and Pearl. The Pearl herself, though, simply scoffed and mumbled something about 'stupid, confused paint-buckets...will never be good soldier material...bet the others will love love love her...' that Garnet pretended not hear. The Pearl's comments hurt, of course, but she had gotten an impression that this Pearl was quit easy to get on the wrong side of, so she didn't think much of it. She assumed that as soon as she did something 'positive', the Pearl would turn around and love her again.

Next, they had said they'd show her their large, well-equipped base in the djungle that they had worked hard for weeks to put together. By the sound of it it was really something they were proud of. Garnet thought it sounded real good, and she couldn't wait get to see it…

Until she got there, and saw that it was neither big nor well equipped. it was just a simple cave, with a small warp pad in a corner and Garnet silently wondered why they lied. If Rose really had been a high up gem back on Home world, like Garnet suspected, then surely she couldn't consider it to be the way she described it, could she? maybe she was confused...she did seem a little 'spaced out' at times.

A thing they didn't lie about, though, was that there were more rebels. In the small, dark cave that Rose called their base, there had been at least 10-20 gems awaiting the return of their leader and next in command (Garnet assumed by the way pearl acted that she was second in command). All of them either sitting on the floor or standing along the walls. Some seemed anxious, others happy, a few was crying or showed evidence of having cried, but most of all they just seemed surprised and shocked when she stepped into the cave alongside Rose and Pearl, clearly not having expected to see a fusion like her in their home.

Some of the gems, in fact, was staring at her in such a way that Garnet immediately realised that she was the first fusion they'd seen in their entire lives. The knowledge filled Garnet with pride, as she felt that it was right for them to see what a real fusion looked liked the very first time. It meant they'd never be confused how a real fusion was supposed to be like...because surely she was a better fusion, than the one Ruby had created together with Ruby C4 -33 and Ruby C4-34?

It felt odd though. To call herself a real fusion. Hadn't what Ruby had done with the other Rubies been real fusion? No, she decided, it was not real fusion if the feelings for one another was not real.

When they had made their way about halfway into the cave, a grey skinned gem that looked like she was at least 6 feet tall minus the high heeled shoes she was wearing, appeared before them. The gem, which didn't have her gemstone visible anywhere, was dressed in a loose red top and an aquamarine skirt that matched her long, wavy hair in the very same colour. The grey gem, Garnet immediately observed, was also followed closely by a similar looking grey coloured gem. The smaller one was, however, clearly not the same kind of gem, because her body was significantly smaller and she was dressed in an oversized yellow sundress instead if the bigger gems red and blue blouse and skirt combo. And opposed to the gem the smaller of the two was clinging to, she was not wearing any shoes, either.

Stepping in between Rose and Pearl, the grey gem held out some kind of charts for Rose to see, at the same time updating her on what had happened during the time that the two of them had been gone. Apparently it was a lot that had happened, because the gem continued talking for a long period of time, only quieting down as they reached the back wall of the cave, and, Garnet suddenly noticed, an entrance to a side-cave.

Here, Rose and Pearl continued forward, venturing into the dark hole in the wall without the slightest bit of hesitation and without another word leaving Garnet behind with the two unknown gems and a cave full of other unknown gems that was starring at her expectantly.

But that was two weeks ago.

By now, Garnet knew the two gray gems was named Black Toumalin (the small one) and Chloromelanite (the bigger one) and the later had been the mistress of the former while they both served a common master above all. She also knew that the both of them had been forced to escape from Home World when their master died in order to avoid being crushed and repurposed.

Chloromelanite had already on Garnet's first day of staying in the cave become her personal guide and informant, to which she could always turn when needing help or advice or if she wanted to ask something about anything or anyone. Of course she could always go to Rose, too, but Rose had explained her that it'd be better to have a more available gem for her to talk to when she wanted to ask a question or if she required any assistance.

Plus, Pearl had added - ever so helpful like a Pearl should be - that Chloromelanite would need to check on her at least once a day to see how her abilities and skills, both in combat and otherwise, was developing, anyway.

Chlor (as she insisted Garnet call her, preferring it over her full name of 'Chloromelanite' ) and her little Toumalin, that Garnet now understood was more of a little sister than a servant, had in turn also introduced her to some other gems that they knew to be rather open minded and thought she could get along with. Garnet had thanks to that quickly made friends, and she was getting more comfortable with her new life for every day that passed.

This had been the beginning of how Garnet had learned to know not only the brilliant Rose Quartz and her renegade Pearl, but also gems like Chloromelanite, Black Tourmaline, Citrine, Emerald and later also two vastly different Amethysts, all of which she later in life would think of as her closest family and friends.

Of course there had been many more gems among the rebellion, too, and all of them had been her comrades and allies of Garnet. However, some of these gems, they was and had been more than that. They had been her friends. The first friends Ruby, Sapphire and Garnet had ever had. And they were the best of friends, too, because they made her who she was.

They made her a Crystal Gem