Tourmaline sat on Steven's bed, playing video games. Greg and Pearl, (after Garnet told her to) went to Empire City for a bit. Garnet had disappeared a little after that.

So having nothing better to do, Tourmaline played some video games. A little into her "gaming session" she got fed up with doing nothing. She wanted to try and practice with her powers. She walked down to the beach.

"Ok, so I was really scared, and then I wanted to-stars, how am I supposed to replicate those feelings?" She thought.

Tourmaline concentrated as hard as she could on summoning her shield. "Come on, come on, come on!" She repeated in her head. Just as she thought she saw some light appear on her arm, Amethyst walked up to her.

"Yo, Tourmaline? Watchya doin'?" she asked.

"Trying to summon my weapon..but it doesn't seem to be working."

"Really? It's pretty easy once you get the hang of it. Steven could summon his shield. Peridot has a weapon right? What is it?" asked Amethyst, getting excited."Uh...uhm...well...Peridot can't summon her weapon exactly..." Tourmaline said nervously.

"Woah, hold up," said Amethyst. "But she had those limb thingies! How could she not have a weapon?" Tourmaline sighed.

"Resources were dwindling on Homeworld. Gems couldn't be made like they used to. That's why Peridots are given artificial enhancements, because they...don't have powers." She finished sullenly. Amethyst looked at Tourmaline. "Hey, don't beat yourself...er, half of yourself up about it. You don't need powers to be part of the team. And who knows? Maybe she actually has powers she doesn't know about." said Amethyst, trying to comfort her.

"Yeah...ok, but for now, I'm trying to get my powers to work. Any tips for summoning a weapon?" Tourmaline asked.

"I dunno." Amethyst said. "It kinda just works for me. Whenever I wanna fight or get somethin', it just works." Tourmaline sighed.

"When Steven summoned his shield, he thought about how he wanted to protect his family and friends. Maybe it could work for me?" she thought. "Ok, I'm going to try something." Tourmaline said. She got up and concentrated.

She thought about how badly she wanted to help the Gems on missions. How she would do anything to protect them. How proud they would be if she got this right. When suddenly, in a flash of light her shield appeared.

It was a little different than before though. It was still the same color, and was still diamond shaped, but it had a Rose Quartz insignia in the center and a yellow lines starting from the center and ending at each corner. "Woah! Cool shield dude!" said Amethyst. "You got any other powers I don't know about?"

"Uh.." said Tourmaline. "I can turn on my visor so it shows me everything about the area I'm looking at."

"Oooh! Show me!" said Amethyst excitedly.

Tourmaline concentrated and tapped the side of her visor. The visor lit up and the heads up display came on. She took it off and gave it Amethyst who began shape-shifting her tongue to see what it was made of.

She quickly got bored with it however and gave it back to Tourmaline. "Is that all you can do?" Amethyst asked.

"Well...I don't know." Tourmaline answered. "I didn't get a chance to see."

"Hey! What if we have a battle!" Amethyst said excitedly. "I don't know..." said Tourmaline. She didn't want to hurt Amethyst or hurt herself. Who knows what would happen to Steven and Peridot if Tourmaline was poofed.

"Come on!" Amethyst said. "I'll go easy on you."

"Alright fine." said Tourmaline concedingly. They warped to the sky arena and got into fighting stance. "Don't hold back! said Amethyst. "I can take it!" Tourmaline wasn't sure, but she wanted to know what else she could do. "3...2...1...GO!" shouted Amethyst.

They charged at each other. Amethyst did her spin dash toward Tourmaline. Tourmaline blocked with her shield and watched as Amethyst was hit by a green bolt of electricity that sent her flying backward.

"AMETHYST!" she yelled. Tourmaline ran to her to see if she was okay. "I'm o-zzzt-k." said Amethyst as electricity continued to course through her form.

Amethyst stood up slowly, and then her hair poofed out. Tourmaline exploded into laughter at the sight.

Amethyst looked like a purple porcupine. "Oh, you think that's funny do ya?" Amethyst asked. She grabbed Tourmaline and gave her a few noogies before letting her go.

"Come on." She said. "We should get back before they realize what we were doing." They warped back and continued on as if nothing had happened. It was timed perfectly too.

Garnet warped back right as they sat down and Pearl and Greg drove up in the van. They seemed more chatty than ever and didn't stop talking up until the front door. Greg left and Pearl saw Amethyst playing video games with Tourmaline. She thought nothing of it and went into the Temple. Garnet just cracked a smile at them before going into the Temple.

"Think we should tell them?" Tourmaline asked. "Nah." said Amethyst. "Pretty sure they'll find out when they want to. Plus Garnet probably already knows. With her future vision thing."

"Yeah ok." Tourmaline answered, almost disappointed she couldn't show off her newfound abilities. "Bet'ya anything I can beat you to the barn." Amethyst said teasingly.

"You're on!" Tourmaline said as they raced towards it, glad at least most of the Gems had accepted her.

So! As you can probably tell, I won't be following the episodes exactly. I'll try to incorporate them her and there, but this is supposed to be about Tourmaline, not the other characters. Sorry I don't update more often, but I believe in quality over quantity. I'd rather have a fewer chapters, but more in them, than many chapters that don't have as much thought put into them. Thanks again for reading! As always, if you have a suggestion or question, leave a review!

-TheFireGamerHD