/AN: After the biggest wait ever, and that's saying a lot for me, here you go! More info! Ruby and Sapphire! Plus big buff Cheeto puff!/


Roses Room

If the day hadn't already been so bad her, Peridot may have been surprised at the situation she woke up to; as it was, however, the day had already worn out her sense of panic. She had, of course, been confused as to why she seemed to be in a dimension comprised entirely of pink clouds, why she was lying on the ground of said dimension, and why she still had that seemingly never-ending headache. Yet out of all the emotions in her mind, frustration was at the forefront, closely followed by panic.

"Well isn't this perfect. I have no idea where I am, who put me here, or if this is another glitch. I still don't know what Lapis isn't telling me, why that Steven thing was there in the cave, and to top it all off, I can't move!" she thought to herself. The little rant helped to put her situation in perspective. The first two questions could wait a while, even though they were very important, because her first concern was as to who had removed her prosthetic limbs. She attempted to sit up and look around, but was unsuccessful. Her mechanical arms and legs were on the ground, a few feet away from her. She had been about to start moving towards them, but was interrupted by a loud noise behind her, causing her to turn and yell back in shock. It was the Steven! And one of the Crystal Gems! Peridot tried to come up with a plan, but, too disoriented to think clearly, she opted to stay still and hope they didn't break her gem.

"I found Peridot!" Steven yelled. He started to move towards her, but was held back by Amethyst. Peridot recognized the small purple being as the Gem who had captured her on the ship, which meant that the other Gems were somewhere nearby, and she was in no shape to fight them.

"Amethyst, it's okay! Peridot can't hurt anyone!" said Steven.

"Oh no you don't. No way. She tried to kill us!" Amethyst snapped. She pulled Steven back a few steps as she glared at Peridot. They were soon joined by two more Gems. Peridot recognized the fusion. She was the one who beat Jasper. And was that...Lapis?

"State your purpose." said Garnet. Peridot stared up at the rather intimidating Gem. Now was definitely not the time to act defiant.

"I was brought here by Lapis and the Steven. I have no intent to harm. My only goal at the present time it to repair my gem." she replied.

"That ought to be a satisfactory answer. If the Crystal Gems don't view me as a threat, then I can stall for time." she thought. Garnet looked down at the Homeworld gem. She seemed to be telling the truth. And yet something wasn't right. She tuned away from the group, taking a moment to focus. The rest of the Gems looked towards her anxiously.

"Garnet? What do you think? Can she stay?" asked Steven. He wiggled out of the hold Amethyst had him in and walked towards Garnet. The normally quiet fusion gem seemed to be talking to herself.

"She seems honest...Ha! I doubt it...We need to give her a chance...But she could hurt Steven! You saw!...It's what Rose would have wanted..." she muttered, her voice alternating between calm and irritated. A bright light filled the room momentarily. Standing in Garnet's place were two much smaller Gems. One of them glared at Peridot, her hatred obvious, while the other stood quietly.

"Ruby? Sapphire? Why'd you guys unfuse?" asked Steven. Ruby turned her back and refused to speak. Sapphire walked up to Steven and placed a hand on his shoulder.

"It's alright Steven. We just had a little disagreement. We'll sort it out, I promise, we just need some time." she said. Steven nodded.

"Okay, if you're sure. But.. what were you arguing about?" he asked. After a moment of thought, he let out a small gasp, a smile growing on his face. "Did you see something with your future vision? Something good?"

"If it had been something good, we wouldn't have been arguing about it, now would we?" grumbled Ruby.

"So now what do we do? Garnet unfused, Peridot is still here, and Pearl's not coming back anytime soon. Isn't there supposed to be some sort of plan?" asked Amethyst. Sapphire shook her head.

"No plan. Not at the moment." she replied. The remnants of the Crystal Gems formed a huddle and began to talk in hushed voices.

Meanwhile, Lapis had made her way over to where Peridot was sitting, and sat down next to her.

"I guess I owe you an explanation. " she said, looking a little guilty. Peridot glared at the other Gem.

"I'll say you do. You can start by telling me what it is that you know about these... glitches." she said. Lapis nodded.

"Alright. But you have to promise not to freak out about it, okay?" she said, beginning to project a hologram from her Gem.

" It started a few thousand years ago..."

Present day, in a forest somewhere...

Pain and anger; the only things Jasper felt, despite running into multiple trees as she sprinted through the forest. Even with her physical body damaged and her emotions controlling her actions, she still knew where she was going. Soon the forest had ended, fading into a large rocky plain with tall cliffs in the distance. The Homeworld Commander allowed herself a moment of victory. She had made it. Those "Crystal Gems" would never beat her again once her plan was in motion. She may not have been able to go back to her home, but she could ruin theirs, and with any luck, she destroy them in the process. Jasper continued her path towards the kindergarten, focused solely on her goal, ignoring the pain beginning to spread from her Gem.

"It won't matter once I get there." she thought. With this mantra in mind, she kept moving towards the daunting canyon cliffs, unaware of the situation her enemies were in. Had she known, she might have walked faster.


/AN: Yes, I know this one took a very long time to make, I'm sorry. But hey, now I have all the new episodes for motivation!/