Chapter 3: Story

June 3rd

Today was extraordinary; Beach City was experiencing cold temperatures in the midst of summer. Topaz is sitting on the Beach, talking to himself.

Topaz: Well, Kyanite, I don't understand this. I bet it's you who's making it cold in the middle of summer. Why I think so? You can control snow, not only that, but the northern hemisphere is not suppose be exposed to such cold temperatures until their winter. I might as well go to a clothing store.

Topaz did what he said he would do. As he's picking out clothes, he goes into the changing room and puts them on.

Topaz: *puts on clothes* Wow. These are a snug fit! *becomes yellowish-green, suggesting interest, but notices they don't change color* That's anticlimactic. But I should've known.

He walks out the changing room.

Topaz: *pulls tags off clothes and give the tags to the cashier*
Cashier: That's gonna be $40.00.
Topaz: *touches both of his earrings, a touchscreen much like Peridot's shows up, except it's yellow and 3D* Let's see. The closest to 1 USD is gonna be 2 Martian Dollars. *give the cashiers 80 Martian Dollars*
Cashier: Foreign money?
Topaz: Just convert it. Also, can you break my hand?
Cashier: You want me to do what?
Topaz: Break my hand…
Cashier: Well, um, ok. Give me your hand, and I guess I'll break it…
Topaz: *gives the cashier his hand*
Cashier: *breaks it*
Topaz: *turns purple, and turns into his regular gem form. He then regenerate with the same clothes he bought, and thanks the cashier*

Topaz walks to the temple. Connie and Steven are outside.

Topaz: Hello children. Like my new look?
Connie: Is that the Topaz guy you're talking about?
Steven: Yea, that's him. Also, Topaz, you look better than ever!
Topaz: Thanks, Steven. Also, who's your girl acquaintance?
Steven: Oh, this is Connie.
Topaz: Connie. Nice to meet you. *he turns yellowish-green* I'm Topaz.
Connie: So you're another gem?
Topaz: Yea. My friend, another gem named Kyanite, will land on Earth soon. After that, things will be a lot better.
Steven: Topaz is a nice guy.
Topaz: Yea, I guess I am. Anyway, who wants to hear a story?
Steven and Connie: Me!
Topaz: Well I guess I'll tell you. When gems were a few millennia old, I say about 4 or 5, they told us these stories to help us go to sleep when we were scared the corrupted gems would get us.
This story is about Corundum. Corundum was a great gem, somewhat like your mother, yet stronger. She started her life as a warrior. Her right hand woman, Orthoclase, was someone she adored so much. She'd fight for anyone's safety, but she cared so much about Ortho. But she knew little about Orthoclase. Orthoclase wanted her dead. She tried so much to destroy Corundum, yet Corundum never expected she would want to kill her. Then one day, it finally happened. Ortho put a crack in Corundum's gem. Again, Corundum didn't know she did it, she was healing. Corundum tried to heal the gem, but she couldn't. When she figured Ortho might've done it, she never hated her for doing it. Her final words to Ortho was, "I'm sorry I made you feel this way. It's not you who should be forgiven, it's me." These final words made Ortho feel bad about what she done. She then took her own life along with Corundum. When the other gems found about this, they burned both Corundum and Orthoclase's gem. When we were at camps, they would give us a bag of their ashes. It's something I would never forget. That's why I started becoming a warrior, because Corundum cared so much for people she loved, even if they hated her back then.

Everything was quiet for a minute. Snow started falling. Everything and everyone was quiet. Topaz then turned blue and started crying.

Steven: Topaz, are you okay?
Topaz: I'm, s-sorry. Just give me a moment.

Suddenly, the sound of a sonic boom happened. *Topaz turned dark green and light purple, suggesting fear and disgust*

Topaz: *Whispering to himself* The hell just happened? *talking out loud* You kids wait.

An object that seemed like a pod as falling from the sky. Topaz stood right under it. It started to combust.

Connie: Topaz, be careful!
Topaz: Don't worry young child. I'll show you the power of Topaz. *He turned green*

The object was falling right under him. Connie and Steven were scared straight. Topaz put his arm straight up. It seemed that the force of the pod was going to crush Topaz's arm, no, crush Topaz. It was coming down so fast, it looked like a meteor was going to hit Earth. When it touched Topaz's arm, it stopped completely. The fire from the pod was put out almost immediately. The snow melted. Topaz put the pod down. He noticed that the glass on the pod was condensed, so he wiped out, just to find that the person in the pod was Kyanite. Kyanite was awake.

Topaz: *blows on the glass and write, "Where the hell have you been all this time? I've been waiting 2 damn days, and now you show up*
Kyanite: *punches the glass, it breaks, then punches Topaz* Damn it, Topaz! You know I don't like it when you curse around me!
Topaz: You speak like a sailor all the time. Yea, you're Kyanite. *Topaz turns a pale green* Also, there's kids.
Kyanite: *looks at the 2 kids* Oh.
Steven: Are you Kyanite?
Kyanite: Y-yes. *mouths to Topaz* What the hell you've been telling them?
Topaz: *speaks in Pig Latin* Iway old-tay at-thay Iway as-way ooking-lay or-fay ou-yay. Eez-jay, ill-chay e-thay uck-fay outway.
Kyanite: *speaks in Pig Latin* Op-stay ursing-cay!
Topaz: You're one to talk. You curse so much, that a sailor would be proud.
Kyanite: *throws snowball at Topaz*
Topaz: *muffled* Okay, okay, okay.

The Crystal Gems come out to find Kyanite, Topaz, Steven and Connie.

Garnet: Are you two okay?
Steven: Of course we are! You should've seen Topaz! He stopped Kyanite's pod with one arm!
Garnet: Kyanite… *looks at Kyanite* So you're Kyanite.
Kyanite: Sorry for the rude intrusion.
Topaz: *walks up to Garnet* Now my side of the deal. Kyanite is here, and I'll tell you. *he whispers something into Garnet's ear* He then walks into the temple.
Garnet: *makes a surprised, then scared face. She then calms herself*
Pearl: What did he say?
Garnet: Away ar-way isway oming-cay. Epare-pray ourself-yay.
Pearl: A war? But why now?
Garnet: He said he would tell us the details inside.
Amethyst: *walks to Kyanite* Want a donut?
Kyanite: Hell is that?
Amethyst: They're great! You'll love them!
Inside the temple, everyone, even Connie, listens to Topaz and Kyanite.
Topaz: You already know, a war is going to rage. This is one the battles of the war.
Kyanite: But before we get into that, we want to tell you our backstory.
Topaz: You probably figured, yes I'm a Homeworld gem.
Kyanite: But we're on your side.
Topaz: This all started when I met Kyanite, 1900 years ago…

The rest of the Topaz's story will be on the next chapter. Stay tuned!