She had been out there for hours. Just staring out into the ocean admiring every single detail there was to know. Even after the boy left for more slumber then returned to the morning the same stars were still in her eyes.
"Good morning Emerald" Steven said with a smile standing behind the gem which caused her to turn around
"Good morning, SSSteven" the gem stood up and turned around to the boy
"I have decided to ask you for a request" Emerald said as they walked back to the house
"Sure what is it" Steven said and stopped just outside of the door
"You see I want your help to remember my past before Homeworld and I can't do that by myself, and whatever you did last time seemed to help because I can slowly feel memories rise but very blurry ones, anyways would you like to help?"
"Of course! You're one of us now….if you want to be" Steven said shyly still not knowing where the gem stands
"I'll give it a try and if I like it...i'll stay" the green gem said which made the boy ecstatic and a big noise and cheering come from inside the house
"But in the meantime I need to keep my ship somewhere else instead of the kindergarten" the green gem said to the smiling quartz
"I know the perfect place!" Steven said and opened the door for the struggling gem who smiled sheepishly
The three gems from inside the house was filled with joy. They have to make her stay here amazing, they want the Emerald they knew back. They didn't even hear the door turn and the two gems step in until Amethyst elbowed the tallest gem who was spinning the pearl around.
"Oh" Garnet said before dropping Pearl onto the floor unexpectingly
"Good morning Garnet, Amethyst, and Pearl" Emerald said in her usual happy smile
"Oh, uhm, good morning Emerald" Pearl said dusting herself off once she stood back up
"Steven and myself are going to put my ship in a place for safe keeping, would you three like to come along?" Emerald asked the overly excited gems
"Oh yes we would love to!" Pearl exclaimed happy as ever
The green gem smiled widely and everybody felt as is she never left. Even the shorter gems who have never seen or heard about her before until not so long ago. But to everyone she was a family that stayed with them since forever.
…
"So where am I landing?" The confused Gem said to Steven
"Oh right next to the barn" Steven said as he look from the barn to Emerald and answer again once he saw her confused face
"The red building" he said and pointed to the damaged building that is the residence of two gems who where half outside half inside afraid that a homeworld ship was there
Once they were landed the water gem formed a hand from the pool next to her while the metal gem tried with all her might to make the metal do her biding but eventually failed. They prepared themselves once they saw the door finally open slowly and was surprise when their favorite Rose Quartz came running out to hug them.
"Hey Peridot! Hey Lapis!"
"Steven!" they cried out relieved and hugged the young boy
"Steven what were you doing inside of a homeworld ship?" they both said simultaneously which caused the boy to be a little freaked out
"Well I want you to meet a new gem" Steven said and turned around to the the four gems and gestured to Emerald to stand next to him
"Oh my stars…" Peridot whispered astonished
"Guys this is-"
"An Emerald!" Peridot screamed and ran towards the gem (Well half way there she tripped and ended up rushing over there on hands and legs)
"I have heard so much of you!" Peridot squealed with joy as she gazed up to the high powered gem
"But I have never thought I'll get to meet you in person" Peridot said with stars in her eyes which made the gem smiled and crouch down to shake the overwhelmed gem's hand
"It's such a pleasure to finally meet you"
"Please Peridot the pleasure is all mine" Emerald said lightly which made the gem make a noise that was between a laugh and a cry
"And you must be a Lapis Lazuli" Emerald said standing back up and asserting her attention to the slightly jealous gem
"Yea…" the blue gem said not completely trusting the new homeworld gem
"Remarkable, i,haven't seen a Lapis Lazuli in years...oh what an honor to finally be acquainted to one!" The gem said to the shocked and flattered Lazuli while a memorized Peridot stood next to the green gem still blown away
"Oh well thanks"
"Do you mind showing me how you use your powers?"
"Well I just…." Lapis said as she thought of her fist and the water next to them turned into a fist
"Oh how wondeful!" Emerald exclaimed overly excited
"How do your wings work? Is there a limit to how much you can carry?"
"Well I haven't really tried to pick up heavy stuff yet so I have no idea" Lapis said as she sprouted her wings and watched as the memorized gem walk around and touched her wings and gem shivering under her cool warm touch
"I apologize for my curiosity" the gem said as she walked back around in front of Lapis
"I just needed to put my ship here while I figure stuff out" Emerald said pointing back to the ship
"It's no problem" Lapis said casually and tore her short friend away from the green gem
"Why thank you" she smiled as a thank you and turned her attention to peridot
"It's a pleasure to meet you...both of you" Emerald said and walked her way back to Steven
"Oh my stars" Peridot exclaimed as she watch the higher ranking gem walk towards the other gems then to the warp pad
"What is the big deal with her...why are you so worked up about her?" Lazuli said curiously and a little bit jealous
"Where you made yesterday?" Peridot said shocked but then felt a little heated once she remembered about the whole mirror thing
"Right sorry, but that was Emerald. Not just any other gem, she is the only Emerald on homeworld and is in all of the diamond's court! Every other gem would be lucky if they can be in her presence and-"
"But we aren't on homeworld Peridot, rankings and courts don't matter here" Lapis said interrupting the overly excited gem as she walked away from the gem and into the barn
"Lapis wait!" The shorter gem ran to her and stood behind her embarrassed
"I'm….I'm….so..rry, it's just Emerald had done a lot for us Peridots back on homeworld and to meet someone who kept us from ending up like a pearl, its…." Peridot said with tears slowly coming down and her hand on her face trying to wipe them away when Lapis grabbed her hand, crouched down, and wiped away the single escaping tear
"I didn't know" Lapis said so soothing and calm making Peridot stare at her and burst out laughing with the water gem
"Do you want to teach pumpkin to say clod again?"
"Sure"