Welcome back! Please check out "Welcome Home, Little Pup" and suggest some ideas for the future! I already have them planned, but tell me what you think! Eh, I'll just work on that chapter later. Also to the very friendly guest that reviewed, Lapis got prisoned by Peridot – I'll write all about it in the chapter prequel.

PLEASE NOTE:

While searching for my story to read the reviews, I see someone named queencee02 uploaded a similar story before me. I hope I am not copying you in any way! If you think I am, I will move this fanfiction story to another site (it will be specified if I do). I had just thought of the idea while looking at a picture, and didn't bother to check. I'm so sorry L. UPDATE: I contacted her and informed her about it!

Onto the story ~.

Chapter Two – Homeworld: Part 2

Lapis Lazuli punched her cell in fear. Her neighbor, a weak Ruby with a gem on the side of her head, had told her Peridot was searching for Steven. Jasper had even stated, before knocking him unconscious, "Yellow Diamond needs to see this…thing." Lapis faced the wall, buried her head on her knees, and began to sob. As wet tear stains soaked through the knee part of her dress, the Ruby next door yearned to help her. "I want to help you," the Ruby said. She may have been weak, but she was secretly 5% human…it was worth a try. "Sure, I guess," Lapis weakly stated. Luckily, the Ruby was able to get out, but sadly Jasper walked by and poofed her instantly. "NOOO!" Lapis said. "DON'T you DARE shatter her…" Lapis squeaked weakly. "Don't worry," Jasper said, smiling. "Your little friend is just one of the mistaken Rubies." Jasper dropped the Ruby's gem, and it cracked severely. With a strong STOMP she shattered the Ruby's gem. "NOOO!" Lapis said, bursting in tears. While Jasper disabled the force field as a test, Lapis managed to grab all the red shards. Jasper picked up Lapis and threw her in the cell, forcing her to drop some shards in her cell. At that moment, when Jasper enabled the force field again, she knew she had done a good job. She walked back to the ship controls with an eerie smile and smiled even more in satisfaction.

Peridot walked by. "It looks like the Ruby was shattered. Oh well. She was useless anyway. Give me the gem shards." "No," Lapis said. "No way." "Fine," Peridot sneered. She instead went to go to the controls to quickly drop off the Nephrite to Homeworld, and then take her to White Diamond's court (with a special pass coding given from Jaspers) so she could continue working. She had done a good job, but hopefully the Ruby, Garnet's Ruby, would be shattered next. Meanwhile, in Lapis' cell, Lapis clutched a handful of red gem shards, while crying fearfully and sadly. A few hours later, Lapis got a new roommate. It was another Lapis Lazuli, but with a different outfit and hairstyle. "Hi," L#2 (her nickname) said. "I'm Lapis Lazuli, but you can call me L#2 or Erra 2 Lapis." "Okay," Lapis muttered. "I'm a Lapis Lazuli as well but just call me Lapis." L#2 nodded and sat in the cell next to Lapis. It was quite upsetting how weird L#2 acted. Her gemstone was in the exact same place as Lapis. It was as if she was a robotic clone. It was creepy to Lapis. However, it meant that she wasn't alone. She could get through this.

Hours later, a small boy with a damaged eye approached Lapis, along with a disgruntled Ruby who wasn't proud to see her, and she instantly recognized the boy. She was too traumatized to speak, but she managed to. "Steven?!" "Lapis, I can free you!" he said, and reached to cut through the force field with his chubby fingers. "NO! STOP!" Lapis said. "Why? I'm trying to free you," he replied in concern. "If we do what they say, maybe they'll go easy on us," Lapis replied. Her pulse grew at a rapid rate. "That's why we can't fight them…" tears fell down her face. "That's why we have to fight them," Steven tried to persuade her. Lapis buried her head into her knees, her bangs covering her eyes, but what had damaged Steven was the permanent hurt look in her eyes. He, even, could see a small glimmer of hope in them, but it disappeared. "I'll come back for you," he said, and ran off with a Ruby leading him.

But he never did.

Sorry for the super short chapter, but I am ready for the next chapter!