After eating some food, Rachel started to work on summoning a weapon. Steven explained it as best as he could, and Rachel couldn't help but smile, having thought that she'd be the one teaching him only to have it reversed in reality. Rachel had trouble summoning anything until after an hour, which brought out a large kite shield with a rose emblem on it. Pearl and the other gems were ecstatic about how fast she had learned while Steven was jumping about with excitement on how cool her shield looked. It quickly disappeared though as she became flustered from all the compliments. "Um… t…thank you… er… it… didn't last too long though…"
"Don't worry, Rachel." Steven smiled as he put his hands on his hips. "With our training, you'll be able to soon hold it for long periods of time!"
Rachel liked the sound of that and decided to sit in the house while the others trained some more. She walked around, trying to adapt to the changes that had been made to the temple while she was gone. She walked over to where she remembered the gem door was and tried to open it with her gem. Much to her surprise, it glowed and the door opened!
She entered the pink clouded room with a curiosity, since she hadn't been in there in ten years. The door remained open though, for some reason. Rachel grimaced as she felt the room shift to accommodate her and her own gem. She left after only a few minutes though, knowing that she probably didn't feel right staying in it at the moment. Rachel found herself drawn to another room though.
This room was dark and had multiple bubbles filled with different gems. She found herself drawn to a particular gem that was colorful on the inside and seemed to go inwards like a strange temple of colors. She knew that she wasn't allowed to touch them, but… for some reason, this felt like something she had to do. She was about to touch the strange bubble when she heard her brother calling for her. She gave one quick glance back at the gem before giving a grimace and walking back to the main area where her little brother was standing next to a slightly taller girl with long dark hair and a kind face. She was also carrying a set of books, making Rachel grimace as she realized that she knew less than Steven probably. This was probably Connie, the bearer of Rose Quartz's sword.
Looks like Rachel was going to be tutored…
