If your reading this, chances are, you read the chapters before this one, if you skipped a chapter, READ IT, or else this won't make sense, at ALL.

Marine ran for the warp pad flailing his arms around like a madman. "Who is he?" Steven asked. Pearl gasped in horror as Marine jumped on the warp pad and warped out. Steven was held back by Garnet and Pearl form the warp pad, as if they were afraid he'd come back. "I thought I told you not to let strangers in!" Pearl yelled. This was they first time this happened to him. "Well..." Steven mumbled. "They came through the warp pad..." Garnet stood there. "How many were there? Describe them."she asked. "Well, you saw Aquamarine." Steven said. "He had an associate. A grey one. Her hair was shaped like a, well, I can't explain it really, but it was long and ran down her back to her feet. Her name was Howlite." "So he's at it again." Amethyst grumbled. "He's... wha?" Steven asked. "I can't believe he's back." Pearl said, ignoring Steven. "...and I can't believe he partnered up with Howlite. I thought he was better than that." Garnet said.


Gem Homeworld: ? Sector 8, Min. Quadrant

"He's befriended the Human Gem, and he won't do the Mission." Howlite said. "That Human one, they call him, a..." Peridot shuddered. "A Steven." Howlite listened, grumbling in the process. "Say, how did you get back here after you shot out your escape pod?" Howlite asked Peridot. "I just found the nearest warp pad, and came to Rub' e'Rock." Peridot said. "You mean the junk space station that built your ship?" another person asked, just walking in. Peridot and Howlite stood at attention, glum expressions on both their faces. "Y-yellow D-diamond, s-so g-glad y-ou could make it." Howlite said, trembling in fear. "I want that planet destroyed, and you'd better do it soon!" Yellow Diamond commanded as she walked away. "Destroy Earth, they said, it'll be easy they said. Oh please, it'll be as easy as pleasing Yellow Diamond." Peridot mumbled. Yellow Diamond turned around, full of rage, to Peridot. "What did you just say?" Peridot gulped. "I SAID, WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY?!" Yellow Diamond roared." Peridot was now squirming aqainst the wall, but was being held there by a yellow hand. "Send her to 20 Gem Hours in the CAVE." Yellow Diamond said, letting go. "Please, no!" Peridot screamed. "Not the CAVE!"


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Marine sat down on the stone bench. He decided to go to one of his favorite places, the Ocean Temple. He sighed, and said to himself, "I wish things were like they used to be." Marine looked around, then looked back down at his lap. He always hated what happened to him, with that one gem, and...

One of the walls started to glow a bright pink. Marine looked over to see that Steven and a pink lion had jumped through the mysterious portal, and also noticed Steven was walking over to him. "Oh, hey Steven..." Marine mumbled. "What's the matter, Marine? I don't think what the gems say is true, and they're not always correct, right?" Steven asked. Marine looked at Steven, tears forming in his eyes. "It wasn't always this way..." Marine mumbled silently. "What do you mean, it always wasn't this way.'?" Steven asked. "I mean, I..." Marine looked at Steven. "Oh, nevermind, you won't understand." "Please!" Steven said. "I want to know what troubles you." Marine sighed, he looked at Steven, and then started to tell his tale of woe. "Steven, I used to be the most popular, most nicest, most friendly gem that any gem knew." Marine sighed again. "I was living the life, then from out of the sky..." Marine hesitated to tell any more, and then went on. "... like a bomb, came some little punk in a rocket." Marine looked at Steven, then continued. "...and then all of a sudden, some strange things were happening to me. I was respected, known, and I was doing the best I could to carry on, because after that, everything I was used to was taken away." Marine looked at Steven, at the water, then back down again. "I even the lost the love of whom I adore." Marine sniffed, and stared into the ocean. "W-who was the one, the one who you lost the love of them?" Steven asked, carefully. Marine sighed. "She had the eyes of a beauty of a pearl, her hair was the color of the ocean, and she loved to play in the water, she just loved it." Marine looked down again. "Her name was Lapis. Lapis Lazuli." "I KNOW LAPIS!" Steven exclaimed.

Sorry this one was sorta short, guys, but I didn't want to much *ahem* backstory to be spoiled.