I dont own Steven Universe, Rebecca Sugar does.
Also before anyone gets on me for hinting at any Kiki Pizza x Pearl I would just like to remind everyone that in the comic series Kiki was interested in Stevonnie. Plus she and Pearl seem to get along quite well.
Having said that I do not think Pearl is interested in her nor is Kiki to Pearl that way in Cannon, so just let me have my fun.
The episode opens at a barn.
"Uh where is that?" Kiki asks?
"Oh thats Gregs familys barn." The intercom says. "Peridot and Pearl worked there for a while creating the drill that saved you all."
"Why are we watching this now?" Kofi asked anoyed. "Everyone is sleeping!"
"I told you the point of this is to understand the gems and their culture. Here we have an important flashback."
In the back of a truck parked inside the barn Steven is sleeping on a mattress cuddled up in blankets.
Something looms over Stevens head creating a shadow.
Steven wakes up and sees the figure.
Garnet without her glasses on.
Garnet: Steven!
Steven: Garnet! Is it morning already?
Garnet: It's midnight! Happy birthday, Steven!
"Aw thats sweet." Sadie cooes.
"Hey how old is Steven now, like 12?" Jenny asks.
"No actually he should be 14 now." Vidalia answers.
"WHAT!?" Most of the room shouts.
"But he looks so young?" Sour Cream says.
"Stevens physical age is determined by his mental state." The intercom explains. "As you all know he's still very naive."
Steven: Oh man! Are you finally gonna tell me that you're a fusion of the Gems Ruby and Sapphire like you promised?
Garnet: You already know about all that, Steven.
Steven: It's true.
Garnet: But what you don't know is how Ruby and Sapphire first met.
"WHAT!?" Everyone shouted excitedly.
"Great! A romance story!" Jamie says getting out his notebook to write inspiration.
"Finally, some information on the homeworld." Ronaldo says getting out his own notes.
Steven: OMG! I don't!
The scene changes to a colorful flashback narrated by Garnet.
Sapphire, Ruby and other important gems are seen in full definition, aside from being singular colored. Gems in the background only appear as silhouettes.
First we see is the Sky Arena
Garnet/narrating: The Earth, 5,750 years ago; it was a promising site of a new Gem colony, but progress was being thwarted by a small, persistent group of rebels. A team of diplomatic Gems were sent from Homeworld to investigate. Among those Gems was Sapphire, a rare aristocratic Homeworld Gem, with the power to see into the future. Assigned to her were three Rubies, common soldiers, with a mission to protect her.
"Ok so Sapphires are rare and have aristocratic status and Rubies are common soldiers, Interesting." Ronaldo says writing down notes.
"Hey is that Lapis?" Peedee asks referring to a silhouette of a gem in the background.
"Its probably "A" Lapis." Jamie says.
Ruby Guard 1: Hey! Can't wait for those rebels to get here!
Ruby Guard 2: Haha, yeah! When I see those rebels, I'm gonna punch them right in their faces!
Ruby Guard 1: What are you sayin'? I'm gonna punch them all over their bodies, and then it'll be over.
Ruby Guard 2: What if, I just punch you!
"Hmm. Rubies are small, annoying and trigger happy." Ronaldo says making another note.
"Fair." Sadie says.
Ruby Guard 2 punches Ruby Guard 1 in the back of her shoulder and sticks her tongue out.
Garnets Ruby: Oh, come on. We'll punch 'em together when we fuse. That's why they sent, uh, three of us?
"I'm assuming that's garnets ruby." Kiki says.
Ruby Guard 1: Three this!
Ruby Guard 1 attempts to punch Garnets Ruby, but she blocks the attack.
Ruby is knocked backwards, causing her to back into Sapphire.
Other gems gasp in shock.
Ruby: Oh, I, um, I'm so sorry, I, let me, uh...
Sapphire: I'm fine.
Ruby: What?
Sapphire: It's okay. It was bound to happen.
Ruby: I, uh... okay.
"Ok so even then, Sapphires pretty mellow, cool." Jamie says.
Sapphire: Now please wait here. I must attend to my duties.
Ruby: Right.
Ruby Guard 1: Mmm.
Ruby Guard 2: Yes.
Sapphire walks towards a giant palenquine as the other rubies stand attention.
"What is this?" Sadie asks.
Garnet/narrating: Sapphire had been called to Earth by Blue Diamond, specifically to share her vision of the future.
"BLUE DIAMOND!?" Everyone was shocked.
"Finally!" Ronaldo squealed. "The Gem matriarchs! Ok so Diamonds appear larger than other gems and reside in palenquines."
"So the earth was supposed to be her colony im guessing?" Jenny says.
"No." The intercom says bluntly.
"Then who..." Fryman asks but is cut off.
"Later."
Sapphire: My diamond, I've arrived.
Garnet/narrating: Blue Diamond spoke. Sapphire, tell me what will happen here.
"WHAT!? We dont get to hear her actual voice? What a rip." Ronaldo says incredulously.
Sapphire: I foresee the rebels attacking the Cloud Arena. Before they are cornered, they will destroy the physical forms of seven gems, including two of my Ruby guards, and myself. Immediately after my form is destroyed, the rebels will be captured. The rebellion ends here.
"Yeah...no." Vidalia says.
"Oh hey look she has a Pearl too." Jenny pointed out. "Dang shes so blue."
"Diamonds have pearls that stand in a single place and hold their hands together." Ronaldo says writing the information down. "Also they reflect their owners color and have, presumably, the same gem placement."
"Hey so our Pearls pretty multi-colored. Who do you think her owner was?" Buck asks.
"Well shes Roses isnt she?" Nanefua says.
"Jasper did say she was defective." Fryman says.
"Hey! That Pearl is much rounder!" Sour Cream points out.
"Ok no one tell my dad there are other Pearls ok?" Buck pleads.
Blue Diamond: Thank you, Sapphire.
Garnet/narrating: Blue Diamond said, relieved.
Blue Diamond: That's all I needed to know.
Sapphire: I look forward to speaking with you again once I reform back on Homeworld.
Sapphire gives a curtsy to Blue Diamond before returning to her Ruby guards.
Garnet/narrating: Sapphire knew she would be a casualty, but it did not faze her. She saw her whole life laid out before her, and she had already accepted all of it.
"She makes it sound like death." Kofi says, sure getting "poofed" as they called it didnt seem pleasant but Saphire even admitted she would reform later.
"Its probably as close to death as gems have." Kiki reasons.
"What about breaking the gem itself?" Jenny retorts. "You saw what happened with those fusion-things." She shutters a bit. "They still give me the creeps."
"Oh hey look, the lovebirds are meeting each other." Jamie says pointing to the screen where Sapphire stands next to Ruby.
Sapphire: What a beautiful place to build a colony. I wish I could have seen more of this planet.
Ruby: Uh... there's still time.
Sapphire: That is a nice thought, but... no.
Rose Quartz shouts from off screen:
Blue Diamond, leave this planet! This colony will not be completed!
Ruby Guard 2: It's the rebels!
"Who are you!? Show yourselves!" a random gem asks.
The screen shifts to Pearl, wielding two swords, and Rose Quartz appearing from above her.
Rose: We...
Rose and Pearl:... are the Crystal Gems!
"Wow, theatrical much?" Vidalia snarks.
The Palanquin carrying Blue Diamond and her Pearl sprouts mechanical legs and walks off.
"What? Seriously she runs?" Kiki asks irritated. "Are all the gems in her court aside from Sapphire cowards?"
"Well do you expect a queen to do her own fighting?" Jenny asks her sister.
"Well if I was a powerful gem I would think to help the lesser gems." Kiki says bitterly.
"Well thats the difference between you and her then." Sadie says.
Garnet/narrating: The attack was right on schedule.
The crowd gasps in amazement as Pearl single handedly takes on two gems on her own.
Kiki was blushing a bit.
Our Ruby and the other two merge into a single giant Ruby with all of their gems in the same placements. She/they roar and charge at Rose.
Rose cracks a smug smirk before swinging her sword, defusing them.
Pearl then poofs the Rubies aside from ours. Then prepares to strike Sapphire.
"Well talk about good first impressions." Sour Cream snarks.
"Rose is Bad-"Peedee is cut off by his father.
"SON!"
Sapphire: Thank you, Ruby. You did your best.
Garnet/narrating: Ruby suddenly realized what Sapphire meant. She had known that Ruby would fail. Sapphire had accepted it. But Ruby... Ruby could not.
Ruby: NO!
"Aww true love." Jamie says. "And Garnet told me love at first sight isn't real."
"I think this was more of fulfilling her duty to Sapphire than love Jamie." Sadie says.
"We dont know how much time they spent together before this, she could have developed something for her." Kiki reasons.
Ruby charges at Sapphire, pushing her out of the way of Pearl's attack.
They accidentally fuse.
"GARNENT!" The room cheers.
But the first fusion is different than the no today. No glasses, plus her hair was split between blue and pink rather than merged into her normal darker color. Not to mention her clothes looked like they were Ruby and Sapphires stitched.
"Hmmm. I guess they need more practice." Jamie reasons.
Past Garnet: Wha... What... !?
Gems around her look horrified.
Past Garnet: What...what is this?
Pearl also looks surprised. She brushes it off and prepares to strike.
Rose stops her.
Rose: Wait! This is... hm?...
"Rose immediately knew she would make a great teammate." Jamie says fondly.
... Let's go.
Pearl: Uh... bye!
Pearl and Rose run away.
Garnet defuses back into Ruby and Sapphire.
Gems surround them still looking disgusted.
Garnet: The furious crowd closed in around Ruby and Sapphire. They'd never seen fusion of two different types of gems.
Various Gems/Garnets voice: Unbelievable! Disgusting! This is unheard of!
"Oh ok, so two DIFFERENT gems fusing is a big no-no. "Nanefua says.
"Hey did that one gem look like Stevens, friends mom?" Peedee asks.
"Doc Maheshwaran? Yep." Sour Cream says, hed seen her before.
"Shh!" Renaldo shushes them. "We need to see what happens."
"BD is NOT going to be happy about this." Mr. Smiley says.
Garnet: Blue Diamond's voice cut through the crowd.
Blue Diamond: The rebels have fled. Sapphire, this was not the scenario you described!
Sapphire: This is... not what I saw! I don't know what happened, I...
Ruby: No! It was me!
Blue Diamond: Clearly. How dare you fuse with a member of my court?
Ruby: Forgive me, I... !
Blue Diamond: You will be broken for this!
Even Kofi looked horrified.
"WHAT!?" Most of the room screamed.
"Not cool your highness." Said Buck.
"Don't hurt them!" Jamie shouted.
"Run Ruby RUN!" Shouted Peedee.
The crowd of Gems begins to close in on them,
but Sapphire grabs Ruby's hand and runs away with her.
The room cheers.
"Go Sapphire!" Janny cheered. "Your amazing."
Ruby: Waaaiiit! What are you doooiiing!? Nooo!
Sapphire with Ruby in hand jumps off the Sky Arena.
They fall and disappear through the clouds.
They land somewhere on earth. A mountain where it is raining.
They appear normal colored now.
Ruby: Ugh, why'd you do that!? I have to get you back up there!
Sapphire: They were gonna break you!
Ruby: Who cares!? There's tons of me!
"No. Ruby no." Sadie says sadly.
"Rubies have little sense of self worth." Ronaldo says taking notes. "Perhaps an intentional design in their programming to make them efficient soldiers."
"OW!" Ronaldo says reacting to Sadie elbowing him in the arm.
Ruby looks around frantically and panics.
Ruby: Gahh! What do we do now!?
Sapphire looks unsure and scared.
Garnet/narrating: Sapphire had known every moment of her life. How it would happen, and when. But because of Ruby's impulsive gesture, she suddenly jumped the track of fate, and everything from that instant on was wrong, and new. She couldn't see, she couldn't move. She was... frozen.
Ice forms around Sapphire's dress.
Ruby: Ah! We have to get you... out of here!
Ruby goes behind Sapphire and grabs her out of the ice.
Ruby: Come on.
Ruby carries Sapphire into a nearby cave.
Ruby sets her down.
Ruby: Alright, this should be good for now.
Sapphire uncovers her single eye.
"Huh? Sapphire only has one eye?" Fryman asks.
"I guess that's why Garnet has three eyes instead of four." Says Peedee.
"A little strange for a psychic but It works." Ronaldo says making notes. Sapphires=ice based powers and single eye.
Sapphire: Thank you...
Ruby looks at her blushing. Ruby realizes she is making the ground under her burn. She steps away.
People chuckle at how smitten was with Sapphire.
"So I guess shes into cyclopses." Jenny says chucking.
Rubies=fire. Ronaldo wrote down.
Around a fire Sapphire warms up by it
Ruby keeps pacing.
Ruby: What kind of Ruby am I supposed to be? Look at this! It's my fault you're stranded here. How am I gonna save you?
Sapphire: You already did.
Ruby: What!?
Sapphire: You already saved me.
"Awww."
"Yeah Ruby don't be so hard on yourself." Kiki says.
Ruby sniffles and sits down next to the fire.
Ruby stares at her and Sapphire's gems.
Sapphire: I... I've seen gems fuse before, but I had no idea that's what it felt like. I always thought... I never realized that fusion... that'd you'd disappear like that.
Ruby: It's never like that! Whenever I've fused, it's always just been me, but bigger, I... I've never had a third eye before.
Sapphire: I've never had more than one! It was nice.
Ruby: Ha... yeah...
"Aw they are bonding." Sadie coos.
When it stops raining Ruby and Sapphire leave the cave.
Tha audience sees snippets of Ruby and Sapphire bonding while exploring the forest.
They find butterflies.
Ruby shows Sapphire a frog.
At night they lay on their backs and watch the moon.
The next day the two of them dance, humming.
"They are sooo cute." Kiki cooes.
"Is it me or do some of these songs sound familiar?" Kofi asks.
They fuse into Garnet again, and walk around awkwardly.
Garnet/narrating: I was back; I was someone and I didn't know who. But I felt I was getting the hang of my strange new form. ... And then I fell.
Past Garnet trips and rolls down a hill.
People couldn't help but laugh.
Past Garnet: ... Ouch.
Pearl points the tip of her sword to Garnets face, she scoots back afraid.
Past Garnet: Ah! Don't hurt her! Don't hurt... me?
Pearl: It's you! The fusion...
Past Garnet: We didn't mean to fuse! Well... well, we did this time. We'll unfuse! We, we'll...
Rose speaks off-screen.
Rose: No, no, please... I'm glad to see you again.
Garnet/narrating: And there they were: Rose Quartz, the leader of the rebellion, and her terrifying renegade Pearl.
"Hmm. Renegade Pearl." Kiki says to herself.
Past Garnet: I don't upset you?
Rose: Who cares about how I feel? How you feel is bound to be much more interesting.
Past Garnet: How I feel? I feel... uh, lost... and scared... and happy. W-why am I so sure that I'd rather be this than everything I was supposed to be, and that I'd rather do this than anything I was supposed to do?
Rose chuckles
Rose: Welcome to Earth!
Past Garnet: C-can you tell me!? How was Ruby able to alter fate? Or, why was Sapphire willing to give up everything? W-what am I!?
Rose: No more questions. Don't ever question this. You already are the answer.
Present
Steven: So... ? What was it? The answer.
Garnet: Love.
Steven: Wow... I knew it.
Garnet: So did I.
"Awww." The room says.
"Beautiful." Jamie says sdmiring the story. "Two loves in a romance forbidden by classism and prejudice. Exiled from their homes and joined another country to fight for their love. That would make a great play."
"Ok thank you intercom, this was HUGELY helpful, we got to see a DIAMOND! Im still shaking…."
"Can we talk about BD?" Kiki says. "I mean she just ran out like that."
"I have a theory."
"What is it Ronaldo?" Peedee asks.
"It can be assumed the diamonds are the first gems. So perhaps they decided to 'upgrade' their subjects."
"Are you suggesting the diamonds are weaklings?" Sadie asks.
"Its just a theory. Not saying its one I fully believe."
"Yeah not sure I believe that." Peedee says.
"She was huge." Says Fryman.
"Ok, next two episodes, more diamond info."
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