Welp, it's time for part 2 ^^

I hope you enjoy this part


Save the Light - Part 2

At the Strawberry Battlefields

The entire team warped to the battle field where Steven then stepped off and sniffed the delightful strawberries. "Man, it feels like we were just here!" He said with a smile upon his face. "Yeah...well I don't see how, but anyways, we've got a Prism to find, so let's get a move on." Bismuth said before the entire gang moved out. Lapis decided to fly above, to get a good view of beyond.

Although, Imperia was wondering why this battlefield was famous. Pearl and Garnet explained that the battlefield was once a war zone from the rebellion over 5,300 years ago. Garnet also explained that may gems were broken and partially some of the Crystal Gems were shattered too. Nephrite shuddered at the thought of being shattered herself, but decided to shrug it off afterwards. "It's very fascinating in my opinion." Peridot stated as she used her ferrokinesis to pick up one of the old rebellion swords to scan it.

It was then that more light creatures attacked, only this time they took the team by surprise. But all the same, it was a quick battle with the help of Peridot's invention: The Peri-Cannon. After that, everyone came across a high cliff which was too high to reach. "Steven! Look!" Peridot suddenly yelped with excitement as she pointed to a platform above the cliff. "Ok! Wait...am...I looking at strawberries? Well, mainly because there's a lot of..." Steven started, only to be cut off when Peridot ran over to him and turned his head in the direction of a strange object. "No, no! Up there! That piece of metal! It looks like Tungsten! I could use that thing to help with my repairs of the computer terminal!" Peridot said as she pointed towards the object.

"Wanna know how we're going to get to it?" Peridot asked, hoping everyone would know the answer. "Useng yur metal abilitees?" Citrine asked with excitement as Steven asked the same thing. "Yes! Your answer is a commendable display of wisdom Steven." Peridot said proudly, also annoying Citrine in the process. "Since the material is a bit too far away for my powers to reach, I can luckily use them on this conveniently placed metal block here." The green gem spoke as she tried using her powers, but it wasn't strong enough for moving the block, causing Lapis to laugh. "Peri, if you wanted a hand, why not get me to help?" Lapis said as she pushed the block over towards the cliff.

After being helped, Peridot lead everyone up towards the metal fragment and she picked it up. "Nyahaha! I'm so relevant! But sadly, this one piece isn't enough. We'll need to find more." She said before explaining the downfall of gaining the fragment. "Ugh, of course. Why am I not surprised?" Bismuth groaned. "I'd say by collecting around ten total specimens of this size will do the trick, and only then can I repair the terminal which will lead us directly to the Clod-Who-Shall-Not-Be-Named!." Peridot explained as she mentioned Hessonite.

"Cool! Well you're in luck, because I'm super good at collecting things." Steven said with excitement as he floated down from the platform and continued to search for more Tungsten parts. Sure there were more light creatures along the way but that didn't stop them in the slightest. All the while, Connie and Bismuth were talking while searching around the place for more fragments. Connie asked about the weapon's capabilities, and Bismuth explained the whole thing. "If you wanted to know, then, this gem weapon is one of the most powerful designs that I've ever created. One side is so powerful that it could destroy a gem's form from a mile's radius, and the other side is said to be so sharp, that it could in theory, shatter a Diamond." The rainbow gem explained to Connie as the young girl shivered at the shattering part.

"Anyways, the weapon requires a lot of special stuff like I mentioned before." Bismuth said before moving on. After finding the rest of the Tungsten, the team moved on to the next area. "Perfect, now all we need are a few more pieces and I can fix this thing...uh you guys know where we're going right?" Peridot stated before asking with slight annoyance.

The team chose to ignore that question, even Lapis did for that matter. "Hmm...one thing though, if we're seeing all these new light creatures, maybe it means that she's nearby perhaps?" Nephrite asked after thinking about it for a few moments. "Yes...this definately is a strange behaviour for a Hessonite." Peridot stated from her homeworld knowledge. "Oh? How zo Pairidot?" Citrine asked. "It's quite simple Citrine. Hessonites are important military commanders who lead invasions...but strangely, it's definitely not normal for a one to go around sightseeing with a prism in hand." Peridot explained, making everyone concerned. "And from what you guys have been describing it, it definitely sounds like she could be the Hessonite. Thus making the whole thing ridiculous!" After speaking, Peridot laughed.

"Uh...I didn't understand any of that. Could you explain a little further please?" Imperia asked, causing Peridot to grumble. "Well...only one of the most legendary heroes on Homeworld was that Hessonite! Or now that I think of it, the war did happen on this planet that made her famous! From what I've heard, wielding that Prism, she handily decimated countless Crystal Gems and..." As she continued speaking, Peridot noticed Bismuth glaring at her. "I mean...er, she should have more important things to do than travelling around Earth like this." Peridot said in surprise. "Wait...you don't thing..." Connie started, but then Lapis cut her off. "Is she only using the Prism to build up her army again?" The blue gem asked.

"Well the thing is Lapis...she's one unorganized commander, I mean leaving her troops all over the place." Peridot stated sheepishly, trying not to cause Lapis to panic. "That explains why they went all over the world." Bismuth said in realisation. "So my original Commander is going all over Earth instead of fighting...or leaving." Nephrite stated, still trying to piece a few bits together, but she decided to leave that for afterwards as everyone went through a ruined part of the battlefield. There were also quite a few more enemies along the way which seemed a lot stronger, in fact there was even a huge enemy with a cannon on his back, but the enemies were defeated either way.

As they all proceeded, there were more and more tungsten fragments that they found in harder places, but thankfully the found them all before proceeding to the next area. Bismuth suddenly became a little paranoid, mainly because she could have sworn she saw Bloodstone following her, she shrugged it off either way as they had nearly found all the fragments.


Meanwhile elsewhere

(1)A hooded gem watched through an cube as the team kept fighting the light creatures and never once yielding. She was truly fascinated by the way that the gems were fighting, even if it was against their own kind. It was then that she noticed Steven's gem and gasped. "So it's true...you've revealed yourself after all these years...my friend." The gem spoke before a slight crack was heard, thus causing her to kneel.


Later on over on another part of the battlefields

Steven walked up a giant axe within the ground, tired and on the verge of collapsing along with Carnelian and Peridot. It was then they noticed another Tungsten particle which they then picked up. "This is it! This must be the last piece of tungsten we need, so now all I need to do is fix this thing, and while we're at it, we need to get to higher ground." Peridot stated before the gang began jumping from island to island in the air.

It was pretty rough and Connie nearly fell off, but luckily Steven grabbed her in time, more worried about her than usual after she was taken by Blue Diamond. It was however, a little embarrassing to him when he accidentally pulled her close to him. It took him a few moments before he realised. "How...puff..much...longer, is this going to take?!" Imperia asked in annoyance. "Oh pipe down you clod, it's not that far to go." Peridot spoke as she had the help of Lapis who flew her up to the highest point.

When everyone reached the top, they saw Peridot fixing the terminal with Lapis sitting beside her with a final piece of tungsten in hand. "You're kiddin' me right?" Bismuth groaned in shock. "No, of course not, the piece Lapis has is actually the last one. Now it' enough to repair this cloddy terminal." Peridot stated with pride, quickly putting all the pieces together before it suddenly began working again. "Aaaand, there you have it!" She added, turning on the terminal with just the push of a button. "Yay! So, what's it say? Does it show where to find Hessonite?" Steven asked with excitement.

"Indeed it does Steven." Peridot responded with pride. "Well where is she then?" Nephrite asked impatiently for some reason. "According to the terminal, Hessonite's at...the sky arena? Hmm, it's honestly a strange but quite peculiar place for a gem like herself to..." Peridot started, only to be cut off when a huge figure landed on the grassy platform that the team was on, even causing them to shake due to the enormous vibrations. "Welp, that just happened." Imperia sighed in annoyance. "Woah...this one looks tougher than the other creatures. It must be...THE GREAT AND TERRIBLE...DUKE OF STRAWBERRIES!" Steven yelped in shock as the creature swung it's shoulder morning star around without hesitation.

"SPLIT UP!" Bismuth yelled as The Duke of Strawberries tried crushing everyone with it's morning star. Thank goodness they made it out in one piece, otherwise they would've been flattened. In the process however, Steven was separated from Connie which really got him worried. The ancient being then slowly but evilly started advancing with it's mace still swinging around.

The gems tried attacking it, mainly Garnet, Amethyst and Pearl, but they couldn't even lay a dent on it's armor. Bismuth then discovered a weakness which kept changing with some of the body parts of the creature. Lapis and Peridot then decided to do this one together by using Peridot's Peri-Cannon in order to blast the target, and it worked for only a moment. "Chew on this you metal clod!" Peridot yelled with every shot she fired. It was then that she suddenly ran out of ammo to fire at the weak spot. "Curses..." She muttered before she was swatted away by the mace.

"Hey, come and get me you hunk of metal!" Bismuth yelled before trying to tackle the duke to the ground with full force. It almost worked but Bismuth was grabbed and thrown at Garnet and Imperia. In that time, Steven had ran over to Connie to form Stevonnie, but the Light creature had stopped them before they even held hands. To try and help them, Imperia, Citrine and Nephrite tried to take the duke down, but even their attacks weren't enough.

Connie tried reaching for her sword to attack, but then realised that it was stuck. The Duke then turned it's gaze towards her before attempting to Suddenly, the duke felt a tap on it's shoulder and as it turned around, it saw Alexandrite standing right behind it. Alexandrite growled with anger and before the light creature knew it, it suddenly pounded her foe into the ground mercilessly as it faded into light. "Woah...take it easy girl. So...you're Alexandrite?" Bismuth asked with shock and concern. "Yeah, that's us! Why do you ask?" Alexandrite asked rhetorically. "No reason." Bismuth replied sheepishly before the huge fusion unfused.

"You ok?" Steven asked Connie as he helped her to her feet. "Yeah...that, was intense..." Connie replied, barely able to breath after nearly getting crushed by The Duke's morning star. "Yes...and while this enemy was still strong, amazing work on on your techniques everyone." Pearl complemented with reassurance. Some of the team then thanked Pearl while the rest were out of breath and totally in shock, even Carnelian fainted. "Ahem, as I was saying before we were attacked..." Peridot started, looking at the terminal for a location. "Oh yeah...the Sky Arena. That's where the Terminal said where Hessonite was located." Nephrite finished with realisation. "Nice one Nephie, now let's get going!" Steven said before the gems ran to the nearest Warp Pad.


At the Ancient Sky Arena

The team warped to the entrance of the arena before hastily running up the stairs to the main arena. On the way up however, Steven noticed the ancient Diamond Authority symbols and looked at Pink Diamond on the bottom. "Not now Steven, the prism comes first." He told himself as he caught up with the others and a few light creatures spawned all over the place. But they also saw Hessonite there too as a matter of fact. "Leave the light creatures, they'll only give us away." Bismuth whispered as the team slowly sneaked over to a nearby hiding spot to spy on the garnet.

Apparently, Hessonite was having a fit because the Prism wouldn't respond to her. "Come on! Just...do it like you used to! Can't you access your memory of this place?" She said rhetorically to herself. "I'll take you back to the site of every battle we won on this miserable planet, if that's what it takes!" She continued in annoyance, causing Bismuth and Pearl to look at each other in confusion. "What is she on about?" Pearl whispered. "I think it has something to do with the Prism." Bismuth whispered back.

"Try to remember! Things were so good back then! You were so much stronger! We were unstoppable!" Hessonite still ranted, stomping her feet like a pouting child would do. Whilst overhearing the conversation, Steven noticed Connie texting to one of her friends and seemed to cover up their name. He managed to get her attention back to Hessonite as she continued. "I can't bring you back until we get this right! A Prism that doesn't want to be a weapon...What would they say if they saw you like this? Hessonite! What's wrong with your Prism? Oh it just...activated for someone else, that's all! No, no, NO!" She shouted until somehow, the Prism became Light Steven, pressingly after seeing Steven behind cover.

"THAT FORM AGAIN! Why are you still thinking of that tiny human?! How did it put these silly ideas into your refraction! You don't belong to him! YOU, BELONG, TO ME!" Hessonite spoke angrily, attempting to smack the Prism. But at that moment, Steven jumped off his hiding spot, slid under Hessonite and blocked her with his shield. "NO!" He yelped with concern, quickly summoning his shield to block the punch much to Hessonite's shock and Connie's fright. The gems then surrounded the warrior before summoning their weapons. "Hessonite, we're here to..." Bismuth started, only to be cut off when Hessonite jumped passed Imperia, grabbed the Prism and teleported away.

"...Stop you?" Bismuth said with shock. "Well on the plus side, at least she didn't teleport to her ship." Carnelian said with reassurance. However, Hessonite's ship then flew off at that moment. "You waire saiéng?" Citrine said as she and Amethyst glanced at the red quartz. "Really? Again?" Steven groaned. "Don't worry everyone. It's lucky enough that she doesn't know we're still tracking her." Peridot said, using the terminal to find out where Hessonite went. "Lucky enough we hae you Peri." Lapis said with a weak smile.

"Huh...that's odd. She's returning to the Strawberry Battlefield. Maybe this terminal needs a reboot." Peridot said with confusion. Pearl and Nephrite then went over to Peridot to see what the problem was. "No, hang on a second. Those co ordinates...they're actually pointing towards the location of the Pyramid temple." Pearl said with shock. "You mean...the one that we blew up a while back?" Steven asked, recalling the day when he and the Crystal Gems went into that same temple to get a corrupted gem. "That's the one." Pearl said with a smile. "What is it with you guys and blowing up ancient temples anyway?" Peridot asked in annoyance.

"Come on, some of them weren't even our fault." Amethyst pouted to Peridot. "They were mainly Amethyst's fault." Garnet stated judgmentally, causing Amethyst to frown. "So, we go back to the ancient Temple and then what?" Connie asked, unsure about what the plan was. "We find Hessonite and stop her. I've got a little score to settle with her." Nephrite stated with a confident attitude as she ran off towards the warp pad. "Huh...What's gotten her so cocky all of a sudden?" Bismuth asked, looking at Steven who shrugged in confusion.


Back at the Strawberry Battlefields

The team warped there instantaneously and Peridot immediately got to work on finding Hessonite's location. It took a while, but somehow Peridot managed to pinpoint her location. There was a huge crater and in the middle of it was some form of small pyramid. "Oh my stars...this is it." Peridot stated in amazement. "Ok, this definitely wasn't here before." Steven stated as he looked around the pyramid's outside. "This... we never knew of this..." Pearl said in horror. "Then this must be where she went. We'd better get going, but be careful." Nephrite said before she went first into the Pyramid. "Welp, here goes something." Steven said, following his uncorrupted friend along with Imperia, Lapis and Connie.

Summoning her hammer, Bismuth went next as the others followed afterwards. "Is there any possibility of this being a trap?" Bismuth asked cautiously. "There could be." Garnet stated, making everyone shiver a little.


Inside the Pyramid

The gang came through the archway and found some form of stairs. Steven and Connie were about to start walking down, when two flames lit up with a bit of a roar, making Connie jump a little. "Relax, it's just those...automatic fire maker...things..." Imperia stated, feeling a little unfamiliar with ancient technology. As everyone proceeded down the stairs, Steven became a little shocked that there was another place underneath that ancient pyramid the whole time.

"Hmm...I guess it's kinda interesting that another super secret pyramid was here this whole time. So you guys really didn't knon anything about this?" Steven asked the gems. "Like you said: Super secret." Pearl stated. "Nothing familiar about this place." Amethyst said, kicking a piece of debris off the edge of the platform. "I didn't see anything about this." Garnet said, and she had a good point.

The gems then continued down the stairs, with every flame igniting upon them passing it. Lapis was a little nervous about being in a dark place, but Peridot was there for her as always. A load of stairs later, Carnelian was beginning to get tired and accidentally tripped up. "WoahwoahwoahWAAAAAAAAAAH!" She screamed as she went rolling down the stairs head first. "CARNELIAN!" Amethyst and Citrine yelped in panic before they rushed down to help their red sister. There was a loud crash at the bottom which frightened everyone.

After getting to the bottom, the gems saw Amethyst and Citrine helping Carnelian out of a huge pot which she had accidentally gotten her head stuck in. It took a few tries for the two quartz sisters, but eventually they got her out. "You have two feet don't you Carnelian?" Peridot asked the quartz who nodded with a dizzy head. "Well then why don't you use them instead of acting like a human bowling ball you clod?!" The green gem yelled in annoyance.

Looking around the place, the gems saw that this must have been a secret temple for elite gems as Bismuth would put it. "Wow, this place is so mysterious and dungeony." Steven said in awe. "Oh man, what are we gonna call it?!" He then asked with excitement. "You're going to name it now, aren't you?" Pearl asked, possibly knowing the answer already. "Hmm...how about...Pyramid O' Peril. Yep, that's the official one!" Steven said with pride, causing Connie and Lapis to giggle. "That's the thing I like about you Steven, you've got a lot of humour and habit of naming things." Nephrite said with a smile.

"Hey guys, take a look at this." Bismuth stated, noticing a huge hold within the ancient floor. "What in the name of Homeworld did this?" Imperia asked, using her gem to light up the edges. "No idea...but whatever it is, it can't be good." Bismuth stated. "It must be where Hessonite did. Let's check it out." Nephrite said as she summoned her sword and jumped down. "Nephie no wait!" Steven said, failing to prevent his friend from jumping down into the hole. Connie then tried getting Steven away from the edge, but she accidentally tripped and both kids fell into the hole.

"Steven!" Lapis shrieked as she flew down to catch her friend. "Connie!" Garnet and Pearl gasped, soon enough, the whole team jumped down the hole.


Down the hole

Steven floated down to the floor gently with Connie held rightly in his arms. Once he was safely on the floor, Steven breathed gently with relief as the other gems joined him shortly after. "Phew, that was close. But still, a good landing all the same. Anyways whe...uh Connie, you can let go now." He said before noticing Connie still clutching him. "S-Sorry about that." Connie said sheepishly as she let go of Steven.

"Oh my gosh...look at that." Bismuth said, gazing up at a mural which looked to be Rose Quartz attacking several light creatures which looked the same as the one Steven fought a while back. "Rose too on a bunch of those Prism gems along with me, Garnet and Pearl...but I never knew there were thousands of those things." Bismuth continued as she looked over at Garnet and Pearl with concern. "I heard legends on homeworld, about the Prism...about it being created by a powerful Diamond...but I never knew it was true." Peridot stated in amazement. "But...why would a Garnet like Hessonite want something that powerful?" Imperia asked in confusion.

Just then, Steven heard a distant cry in pain from a corridor, which sounded pretty familiar. "Nephrite!" Steven yelped as he ran off to find his friend. "Steven wait!" Connie cried out as she ran after her Jam Bud. "Ugh, of all the moments!" Bismuth groaned before running after the two kids.

Up ahead, Steven and Connie then ran into a gigantic hallway with a some form of rainbow path. They cautiously walked across the path as fires of different colors ignited instantly from Red to violet. "Woah..." Steven said with concern as Connie held his hand for reassurance. "I don't like the look of this place..." Connie said, clutching her sword in her hand, just in case Hessonite showed up to attack. The two kids then saw Nephrite, sprawled out on the floor in pain before they gasped in shock and ran over to her. "Ow..." She groaned before seeing Steven run up to her along with Connie.

"Nephrite, are you ok?" Steven asked with concern, helping the captain to her knees. "I'm ok, Hessonite took me by surprise and knocked me down." Nephrite responded just as the other gems caught up and went over to help her. "Wait a minute, where's Hessonite and the Prism?" Steven asked with shock before hearing her voice echo around the room. "Oh, look at this, Your new friends...here to steal what's rightfully mine." She said, revealing to be on a platform with the Prism on top of a pyramid shaped podium.

"Ugh...I should've never listened to you...especially when you abandoned me and my crew!" Nephrite hissed despite her condition. Hessonite then teleported over to Nephrite and leaned over to face the one-eyed gem. "Heheheh, says the surviving captain who only has two members of her crew left." Hearing this, Nephrite gasped as Hessonite walked around her. "Yes...I've heard about you. How you were, somehow, able to survive the final attack of the diamonds along with your two crew members. I heard everything, especially from Black Nephrite when she was retrieved. You're very lucky she was a foolish superior to you, otherwise I would have shattered your crew after you. But now that I'm on the verge of getting back my Prism's memories..." Nephrite didn't respond to Hessonite after hearing those words and instead, glared at her ex-commander.

Hessonite didn't even get to finish before Steven interrupted her. "The Prism doesn't want to be with you! It doesn't want to be a weapon!" Steven yelled, causing Hessonite to growl in anger. "And you...!" She said, teleporting over Steven and summoning a cutlass from her gem before pointing it at him.

"You're the one who ruined everything! How did you override my Prism?! All my customised settings... all our hard won battles... you've scrambled it's memory!" She shrieked in anger, frantically asking question after question. "Leave him alone! He didn't do anything!" Connie hissed, putting herself between Hessonite and Steven before attempting to attack. Hessonite merely smirked at at this before effortlessly blocking the attack and grabbing Connie by her shirt. "Heh, a human? Pathetic, even our race is more superior then them." She said before throwing Connie towards the edge of the platform.

Connie ended up hanging onto the platform for her dear life, but she was slipping slightly. "Connie, hang on! I've got you!" Steven yelled, grabbing Connie's and and attempted to pull her up, but no avail came. He tried desperately to pull Connie up, but her hand slipped from his and she fell to her presumed demise, screaming. "NOOOO!" Steven cried out as tears fell from his eyes at the thought of losing his best friend and Jam Bud.

Outraged by what Hessonite did, Peridot, Amethyst and Imperia confronted Hessonite before she could reach the Prism. "HEY! You orange...fluffy...evil...CLOD!" Peridot growled, summoning her metallic boomerang. "Yeah! Nobody does that to our friend!" Amethyst yelled, summoning her two whips. "We've fought tougher foes than you, like Jasper and Black Nephrite!" Imperia spoke firmly, summoning her telepathic arrow. "Hopefully you'll be just as weak as them!" Amethyst said, attempting to whip Hessonite, only to see the Garnet grab the whip.

Hessonite then pulled Amethyst towards her before swinging her around and throwing her at Peridot, causing the two gems to fall down screaming. Imperia tried to attack with a huge arrow storm, but Hessonite swiftly punched her in the gem, sending her flying off the platform. "Guys!" Steven yelped in horror before Garnet tried to punch Hessonite but was split back into her two components who fell off the edge. Citrine and Carnelian were then both poofed and thrown off the edge too. Strangely Lapis was nowhere to be seen, but Pearl and Bismuth then engaged in battle with the Garnet, clashing with both spear and mallet.

"Ah, the renegade Pearl, and the blacksmith Bismuth." Hessonite said with a smirk. "Hessonite..." Pearl spoke with a glare. "Long time...really long time in fact." Bismuth spoke, somehow able to manage with her gem weapon. "We clashed back then...you forced us back, but you never stopped us! I'll never let you win!" Pearl continued to speak as her voice grew more angrier. "Not even me!" Bismuth growled, not even breaking a sweat. "Yes you will. We know you and your friend are in over your heads." Hessonite said, angering the two gems in the process.

"How about instead of a fight, you just ditch your friends and come along with me? I think I deserve a Pearl by now." Hessonite offered evilly. "Tch, what makes you think...ugh...she'll take that offer?" Bismuth asked rhetorically, straining a bit. "Simple, I'm a bit of a legend. Even without my prism, I always win." The Garnet explained, stating that she didn't need the prism? That phrase was shocking...but why would Hessonite be after the Prism then? Bismuth decided not to let it bother her for now as she and Pearl still attempted to take down Hessonite.

"No? Still want to fight? What a shame...for both of you." Hessonite said, he smirk suddenly becoming a glare. "For...P...Rose!" Pearl growled as Hessonite then kicked Bismuth back. "Rose! Oh yes...forgot about her. Either way, she'll never get to see me rise to power once again. Even without..." But before The garnet could continue, she was interrupted by Steven. "HEY HESSONITE!" He yelled before the gems looked to see Steven holding the Prism in his hands. "Is this what you really want?!" He asked angrily. "Steven! Wait don't...!" Bismuth tried to warn Steven, but it was too late, the Prism emitted some kind of light, which engulfed Steven and even caused Bismuth and Pearl to fall off the platform.


Somewhere below the platforms

She felt cold...her head felt light and her right leg hurt an awful lot. It felt like she was dying, but thankfully it was only a less amount of pain that she suffered from. "Connie... Con...ca..y..he...me...?" A faint voice said, sounding like crying. Slowly but carefully, Connie started to regain consciousness. "I'm so so...I sh...hav...be...h...so..." Opening her eyes carefully, Connie saw Lapis, Sapphire and Citrine worried for Connie. "Ugh, my head..." She groaned, as she sat up and held her head. "Don't worry everyone, I told you Connie is fine." Sapphire said, causing the rest of the gems to sigh in relief.

Lapis then started crying uncontrollably as she hugged Connie. "I thought you were dead. I saw you falling and I tried catching you before you hit the floor, but it was too close. I'm sorry!" She said with Peridot holding her shoulder. "Lapis, I'm fine. Ow...I think I broke my arm, but other than that I'm fine." Connie said with reassurance, feeling her arm which she usually held her sword which stung when she tried moving it. "Garnet, what's...wait...Sahppire?!" Connie said in shock. "Oh... Yés. Dureng oot fight wiv Hezonite, Ruby and Sapphiyaire got sepairatéd." Citrine explained sheepishly.

"Wait...where's Steven?!" Connie asked, only realising that Steven wasn't amongst the gang. "Oh no! Sapphire, where's Steven?!" Lapis asked frantically. "I cannot see him. However, I do know that we will find him." Sapphire said, trying to calm Lapis down. "Wait a minute...what about the others?" Connie asked with concern. At that moment a triumphant laugh was heard from behind. "Never fear, for Peridot is here!" Peridot said as she immediately ran over to Connie with Steven's Cheeseburger Backpack. "And look what I managed to get." She said, handing Connie the backpack. "Nice going Peri, how'd you get this?" Lapis asked with a smile. "Steven dropped it when he tried to save Connie, so I took ahold of it for him." Peridot said with pride.

Peri then took out a first aid kit from within the backpack, got a bandage and wrapped Connie's broken arm in it. "Ow...thanks. I don't think I'll be able to fight in my condition until we find Steven again." Connie stated, trying to grab her sword but faltered when she tried moving her arm. "I'll help you Connie. All you have to do is sit here while we do the rest." Peridot said, giving Citrine the sword temporarily. "Thanks Peridot...so Sapphire, can you take us to the others?" Connie said, stroking Peridot's hair before turning to Sapphire. "I can. Ruby is already with them." Sapphire replied with a smile. "Right, we'll need two keys to unlock this door, I'll go down this path, you and Citrine take the other way." Lapis said, attempting to walk down the tunnel to find the Key on her own.

"B-But Lapis..." Peridot started, only to be cut off when Lapis looked at Peridot firmly, causing her to give up and go down the path with Citrine. All the while, Sapphire stayed with Connie and kept an eye on her. The young girl on the other hand, was worried about Steven. "Steven...just hold on. I wish I could know you're ok. Maybe I had the help of that Diamond from...nah, it's impossible for her to hear me." She said, sighing sadly and closing her eyes for a moment.

"It's not that impossible Con-nee." A familiar voice suddenly spoke from thin air. "Who said that?" Connie said, frantically looking around the place for the source of the voice. "You cannot see me, but I can see you. Let me show you from MY point of view." The voice spoke again, suddenly causing Connie's eyes to turn red as she looked around an unfamiliar planet with red, pink and purple gems roaming around the place and interacting with other lifeforms.

Connie then looked behind to see a familiar red figure, Red Diamond. "It's certainly been some time young one." Scarlet spoke with a smile, observing Connie. "Woah...how did you...?" Before Connie could finish, Red cut her off. "Omni-senses and Trans-dimensional communication, it's what I use to view parts of the galaxy for barren planets instead of ones full of life. It's all for the purpose of sparing life from destruction." She explained with a smile.

"Anyways, I need your help, can you find Steven for me?" Connie asked as Red Diamond then used her eye to search around for her friend. "I can see him...but he's far away. Normally I can see everything, but something mystical is making me see him from a great distance." Red Diamond said as she looked back at Connie. "I can tell you how to get there, but you must follow these specific directions. I will explain when you retrieve the two keys." After speaking, Red Diamond then released Connie from her vision, and the young girl found herself back in the cavern.

She looked to see Sapphire and the others looking right at her. "Are you alright Connie? You passed out for a moment." Sapphire spoke with a hint of concern. "I'm alright...did I miss anything?" Connie said with a question. "Well, not much, apart from Peridot being right. I got lost trying to find that key, but I found it in the end." Lapis spoke sheepishly as she and Peridot placed the two keys into the slots, opening the door in the process. "Yes! Can you believe it's once again up to the Newsest Crystal Gems to save the day?! I knew it wouldn't be long before it came to this once again! How lucky are they to have new gems, like me, Lapis, Citrine, Carnelian or even Imperia?" Peridot said with excitement. "Peridot, it's best to focus." Sapphire said coldly, passing Peridot in the process.

"Oh...right." Peridot said glumly. "C'mon, you guys. We gotta find out-ow! Friends..." Connie said as she winced because of the broken arm. "Easy there Connie..." Lapis said, helping the young girl along in the process. "She's right you know Connié. Don't push yurself, you'll be fine once we gét you to Steven." Citrine added firmly before the gems continued their journey to find the others. Thanks to the directions given by Red Diamond, Connie was able to help the gang out. "Also...Sapphire. About Hessonite...she's..." Connie was then interrupted by Sapphire with her future vision. "Powerful." She spoke. "Yes, and so...merciless. I guess this is the nature of having an enemy...or a lot of them." Connie added, shivering a little. "Not all Homeworld Gems are this way. But yes, we must not forget what we're up against." Sapphire said sadly. "If she's done anything to harm Steven, I'm gonna..." Connie started with anger before she realised, that that's what Bismuth would say, so she kept her mouth shut after realising.

"Woah... I 'ave nevair seen zat side of you befaire Conni." Citrine said to herself in shock before looking at Lapis and Peridot.


Meanwhile, elsewhere

Bismuth worke up, having landed on top of a huge rock Pile. "Ow...wow...that hurt." She groaned in pain, getting up from the pile to see Ruby arguing with Imperia and Carnelian. "ARGH! THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT IMPERIAL TOPAZ!" Ruby screamed in anger. "Ow, don't blame me. Hessonite cracked my gem, I couldn't summon my arrow in time!" Imperia roared back. "This is really crazy! You guys are nuts!" Carnelian yelled before tackling the two gems to the ground and starting a fight with them.

All the while however, Pearl, Amethyst and Bismuth watched in concern before Pearl decided to break up the figting. "That's enough everyone! Now Ruby... Let's stay calm and think this through." Pearl started, only to be cut off by the red quartz. "I'm with Ruby! Now seems like a pretty good time to start hitting things!" Carnelian groaned in annoyance. "YEAH!" Ruby growled. "Hey! You know, this isn't going to get us anywhere!" Imperia said firmly. "I dunno Imperia. DO I know that? OF COURSE I DON'T, WE LOST STEVEN AND I LOST CITRINE!" Amethyst yelled in anger, but calmed down by Pearl. "Amethyst...it's going to be alright, we'll find her and Steven, and hopefully we'll run into Citrine along the way too." She purred, hugging Amethyst who nearly cried.

"I...I don't wanna lose her again. She's my sister, and I..." She said through her tears, but cut off when Bismuth. "Yeah...I feel you Amethyst. It's just like me, only I miss the gals." She said before turning away sadly. "Bismuth had to poof Biggs and the others, she said that she was afraid of them scaring anyone in Beach City..." Imperia explained before her form started to glitch slightly. "Rgh! C'mon! We gotta find Steven and fix your gem Imperia!" Ruby growled, grabbing Imperia by the leg and immediately dragging her down a path before the gang followed her.

Down the hallway, the gems had to overcome a lot of ancient puzzles in order to advance further, bringing them one step closer to finding the rest of the team. Ruby was pretty angry with every obsitcle though, but deep down, she was worried sick for Sapphire's safety. "Relax Ruby. Sapphire is safe, just follow the path and you'll find her again." Red Diamond spoke to Ruby with her powers, giving the gem a bit of hope.

Surprisingly, there were light creatures down in the cavern, but due to her not being fuse, Ruby couldn't fight. She was bummed out when Pearl and Amethyst fused into Opal to take down the creatures. "Aw, it's so much easier when we're Garnet." She said poutfully before continuing along the path. Along the way however, Bismuth passed what looked to be an ancient tablet containing their language. "Woah...hey Pearl, get a load of this." She said, gaining everyone's attention. "Hey, sometimes I know about Gem stuff too! No one ever asks me." Amethyst pouted. "Let me see, it seems to say: Look between the sun as it sinks into the sea. There you will find the color of the key." Pearl said, reading the ancient riddle.

"Hmm...I'm unfamiliar with that riddle...but why do I get the feeling it'll be important?" Imperia said to herself before the group continued. "Cmooon! Let's gooo!" Ruby pouted, which quickened their pace a bit to avoid her tantrums. When the gems saw another puzzle, Imperia then realised what it meant and flipped the green switch amongst the others which proved to be the right one. As they moved on however, the gang were soon concerned about Steven and what happened to him.


Back with Steven however...

The young boy woke up in shock, in an unfamiliar place without anyone there. "C...Connie?! Garnet?! Bismuth?! Lapis?! Anyone?! Woah...they must be looking for me! Wait...where even am I?!" Steven said to himself in shock. He then decided to look around the place for a way out, but while he walked, he couldn't find anyone, anything or even an exit.

"Hellloooo?" He called out. "Any mean light monsters about?!" Waiting for a response, Steven thankfully didn't see any monsters, which was a good sign. "Anyone?" Steven then said, worried about being alone. He sat down for a brief moment, collecting his thoughts on what could've happened, when sometihng caught his eye. It was sparkly from a distance and seemed to be the only thing that caught Steven's attention. "That sparkly thing! Maybe that's a way out..." He said to himself before running over to whatever that thing was.

When he got closer, Steven touched the sparkling pillar, causing it to open up and reveal...an image. Suddenly, Steven was shocked upon realising...that there were two figures he recognised in it. One was Hessonite, bowing in respect. And the second...was Yellow Diamond, handing Hessonite what looked to be the Prism. "Is that... YELLOW DIAMOND?! And Hessonite... Woah...this is like...some sort of home movie! A Homeworld movie!" He said in shock before laughing at his own joke, oblivious to a small figure in the background looking in disappointment at the yellow tyrant.

Steven then noticed another sparkling Pillar before he walked over to it. After touching the pillar, Steven then saw another image, this one was about Hessonite, holding her Prism with pride whilst every gem around her applauding her, like she was some kind of hero. The small figure appeared once again in the background, looking more disappointed more than ever. "Man, I'm really starting to get sick of her. Although, here she looks... happy? Hmm...who's that gem though?" Steven said to himself before walking on to the next pillar.

But when he touched this one, he saw an image of Hessonite sitting evilly in a seat with the Prism at hand whist two White Light Creatures attacked two Crystal Gems from the look of it. "Oh man...I don't like where this is going..." Steven said to himself in fear, hastfully moving onto the next pillar which wasn't too far. But when he touched it, he saw Hessonite losing the Prism to that same small gem from before and other other familiar gem... "Is that...Mom?! Wait a minute, these visions...this was here on Earth! Duriing the Gem rebellion!" Seeing Rose fighting Hessonite, Steven was quite glad that his own mother faught against that tyrant, although, there was a smal glimpse of Black Diamond in the image which Steven failed to notice.

Moving onto the next pillar, Steven then saw the Prism on the ground as Hessonite's ship blasted off right before the Diamonds launched their final attack. The image then shifted to the Prism being left dormant in the ground for years. Steven was absolutely shocked by this discovery. "Woah...that was...when she left the Prism." He said before being engulfed in a bright light once more, although, he managed to notice a final memory. One involving the small gem smiling with the Prism in her possession, seeming happy.


"Steven...Steven!" Connie's voice said, echoing through his head. Opening his eyes slowly at first, Steven then saw Lapis, Peridot, Citrine and Sapphire worried about the young boy, but he then turned to see Connie, desperately trying to wake him up on the verge of tears. "Uhh...Connie...wait, Connie?! You're ok!" Steven said, quickly embracing his friend who winced in pain at first, but then embraced him too. "I thought you died, I was really worried and...oh no, your arm." Steven sobbed before noticing Connie's bandaged arm. "Yeah...I broke it when I hit the floor, actually...you should thank Lapis. I would've died if it wasn't for her." Connie explained, guesturing Lapis who smiled.

"Thanks Lapis, I owe you one. And...Sapphire? Oh no...not again. Where are the others?" Steven asked as Lapis blushed. Sapphire on the other hand, blushed sheepishly as she rubbed her head. "They're close by. Just follow the path I will show you the path once you are ready." Red Diamond's voice spoke through Steven's mind. "Red Diamond? Wow...It's definately been some time." Steven said sheepishly. "Indeed Rose. Yes, don't think I don't recognise your gemstone, although you don't look like her..." Hearing the voice now sounding a bit cross, Steven rubbed his arm.

"Anyways, here is the route, follow it and you will find the others." Red Diamond then said before giving the young boy a vision. Steven then healed Connie's arm and the gang set off to find the others. All the while, Lapis was concerned about Steven. "Steven...are you..." She started, only for Steven to cut her off. "Lapis, I'm fine. I can walk." Steven insisted despite a few parts hurting him. "I'm glad you can Steven. We all are." Sapphire said with a sigh of relief. "See! I told you guys it'd all work out!" Peridot said in triumph. "You know... Fair once Pairidot, you waire actual-lee righ." Citrine said with approval, causing Peridot to blush gratefully.

While Steven may have seemed happy to be reunited with the others, he was also thinking about how Connie could have died if Lapis wasn't there to save her or what would happen if they didn't have the Roaming Eye to get to the zoo to rescue her. All of those moments felt like really close calls which seemed to be making him uncomfortable, even made him worry about the possibilities of losing the one he... "Steven...are you sure you're ok?" Connie asked, suddenly Steven back to reality. "Y...Yeah...No. I think, something happened to me when I fell." He said, gaining Peridot's interest. "Oh? What did happen?" The green gem asked with confusion. "I think...somehow I was able to see you guys, maybe it was because of Red Diamond's powers...but mainly, I think I somehow saw the Prism's memories." Steven said from what he saw.

"What?" Connie and Peridot said in unison. "What do you mean?" Lapis asked. "I saw when the Prism was with Hessonite thousands of years ago. I think I saw how she lost it too. Then...I think that Prism she had was stolen." Steven explained. "What do you mean?" Peridot asked in confusion. "The last thing I remember seeing was the Prism being in the possession of a small gem who seemed happy with it. Maybe that gem created it, and then the Diamonds took it by force." Steven said with a possible conclusion.

"This way everyone." Sapphire said, revealing to have gone up ahead up the stairs with Citrine and waited for them. When the gang reached a huge door, they heard banging on the other side. "What's that noise?" Lapis squeaked, suddenly grabbing Peridot without realising. "Ammolite. She's trying to break down the door but she's having trouble doing that." Sapphire said with her future vision. "Come on you stupid door, just budge already!" Ammolite's voice yelled from the other side. "Tch, don't those clods know ancient gem technology when they see it?" Peridot asked rhetorically, having gotten out of Lapis' grasp and went over to a platform to flip a switch.

Upon being flipped, the door suddenly opened as Ammolite charged against it, but faltered due to it opening before she fell down the stairs with a loud crash. Peridot then laughed at their stupidity, earning a glare from Lapis. "What?" She said before noticing Bismuth and Pearl climbing back up again. "Citrine! Gurl, I thought you were shattered!" Amethyst yelled with relief. "Ai am fine Amethyst, tackling her sister to the floor. Reahlly, ai am." Citrine said with reassurance. "Oh Steven, I was so worried!" Pearl said with her usual concerned personality, hugging Steven tightly in the process.

"Sapphire!" Ruby yelled in relief before she and Sapphire fused back into Garnet. "Phew, that's a relief." Garnet said with a smile, putting her visor on her head once again. "It looks like the gang's all back together again." She continued, causing Steven to gasp slightly. "I don't think so...I think...Hessonite took Nephrite!" He said, causing everyone to gasp. "Oh no! I forgot, I saw her getting grabbed by that gem before she could catch me or Pearl." Bismuth said. "Then we gotta go after her!" Steven said, only to be stopped by Pearl. "Steven...wait. Are you hurt?" She asked with concern.

"No...I'm fine, really. Just feeling... a little light-headed." Steven admitted sheepishly. "Then we'd better get you outta here Steven. Uh...how do we get out Garnet?" Imperia asked with confusion. "Looks like we're going to need to work our way up." Garnet explained to Imperia. "Zen what are we waiteng fair? Come on!" Citrine said, running down one of the paths with Carnelian and Amethyst. The others then followed with annoyance, but chuckled anyway.

It was pretty hard getting back to the surface with a lot of light creatures standing in their way, but nonetheless, the gems continued to go forwards. Steven and Connie told the gems about Connie breaking her arm and they were shocked about it, but they thanked Lapis for saving her. Even though Steven wasn't bothered by it anymore, Connie could see that he was pretty worried for her safety even though she knew the risks.


Eventually

The gems made it back to the rainbow platform, once again running towards where they originally tried to fight Hessonite. "Finally...glad to be back here...but where's Hessonite?" Bismuth asked, getting a little confused...and worried too. "Dunno...I hope she hasn't left Earth, but where's the Prism?" Peridot asked, but at that moment, she felt a giant boom from behind her and noticed that the gems looked frightened. "Uh...it's right behind me isn't it?" Peridot asked sheepishly before looking behind to see the Prism's original form from when Garnet, Amethyst, Pearl and Steven fought it.

Peridot then squeaked and ran behind Lapis for protection. "Uh oh... hey, big guy..." Steven said nervously before the creature roared. "Woah...an actual Light Warrior..." Bismuth said in disbelief. The Light Warrior then turned red before firing several shots at the gems. "LOOK OUT!" Garnet yelled as the gems split up to take on the light warrior. Bismuth and Garnet then hit The Light Warrior and inflicted a really severe amount of damage to it, but then it suddenly turned green and healed itself.

"Aw come on!" Bismuth groaned before being sent flying back. At this point, the gems seemed to be losing against the light creature after firing lasers, spawning minions and a whole lot of other light powers it used. Peridot then tried building her Peri-cannon to take it down, but because of the indigo laser, the cannon exploded and it cracked her gem. "Peridot!" Lapis cried out in frighted, immediately running to her friend's side to see the damage. Peridot's gem had a long crack and looked seriously bad. Lapis then heard the light warrior running towards her, which somehow triggered something inside the blue gem.

At first, the gems thought Lapis would be poofed, but strangely though, Lapis used one of he wings to grab the warrior's fist before the other. Turning around, the blue gem then had a look of rage on her face, one which spelt trouble towards the warrior. "You dare to hurt my friend, you attack all of us, and you think you're going to get away with this?!" Lapis screamed, encasing the warrior in a water bubble before using her hydrokinesis to split it apart with brute force. The warrior disintegrated before Lapis suddenly felt light-headed and passed out.

Steven then healed Peridot's gem before she looked around. "Ow...what the heck happened?" She asked in confusion. "Lapis saved you...and then passed out. Either way, I don't think that was actually the Prism we were fighting." Steven said, helping his friend to her feet. "Wow...that was really some skill you pulled there Lapis." Bismuth said with amazement. "Heh, thanks...I never knew I had it in me." Lapis responded with a chuckle. "Well now what? I broke the computer terminal during the fall, so I don't know where Hessonite's gone?" Peridot said, showing the broken terminal.

At that moment however, Connie's phone began to ring. "Of all the moments. Just one second you guys." She said before answering her phone. "Hey Zach." "Hey Connie, how are you?" "Good thanks, heh, you've kinda caught me at a bad time here." "Don't worry about it, anyways, I was just gonna ask if you wanted to head to this malt afterwards with me and Nora?" "I can't...I broke my arm and my mom's looking at it." "Oh no...how'd that happen?" "I accidently fell...down the stairs and broke it." "Woah...pretty rough." The conversation seemed to go on for a bit much to everyone else's annoyance.

"Um...how would anyone get a signal down here?" Steven asked in confusion. "Maybe it's because of my signal gizmo, able to pick up every signal." Peridot stated, showing one of her gizmos. Suddenly, Steven began to feel lightheaded. Connie immediately noticed this and gasped slightly. "Zach, I'm gonna have to call you back, but tell Nora I said hi." She said as her friend said his goodbyes and hung up on her.

"Steven?" Connie asked with concern before Steven responded. "Sorry, it's just...my head is killing me. I..." He said before he began to have another vision.


The vision was a familiar sight, and Hessonite was dragging Nephrite.

"Well, well, well... What do we have here?" Hessonite said to herself with a wicked smile. "It's nothing important! I'll tell you that!" Nephrite said, earning a slap from her commander. "Silence you traitor!" Hessonite growled before the vision went blank.


Steven then snapped back to reality when Connie waved her hand in front of him. "You ok?" Connie asked with concern. "Yeah...I saw Hessonite. She has Nephrite, and it looks like they're both at the Forge." Steven explained after rubbing his head. "WHAT?!" The gems said in shock. "Wait a minute, how could she find it? Homeworld never even knew about the forge!" Pearl said in shock. "But if she's at my Forge then...oh no..." Bismuth said in horror. "We gotta get back there now!" Bismuth said, grabbing Steven and Connie before making a mad dash for the nearest warp pad. "Why are you in a hurry?" Connie asked in shock.

"She might try steal the breaking point! And maybe...she might try to steal the plans to the Star Slicer!" Bismuth explained as the she warped back to her forge.


Back at the forge

Garnet and the others caught up with Bismuth and saw the gem frantically searching through the place for any signs of the breaking point or the plans for the star slicer itself, meaning she was pretty worried. "Bismuth...what happened?" Amethyst asked in confusion. "She took them...the plans and the weapon..." The rainbow gem said in shock. "We looked everywhere, but we couldn't find it." Connie explained. "But if Hessonite is here, this could be for one reason: to use the power of the Forge to upgrade the Prism's constructs." Pearl said.

"But why she took the plans for the Star Slicer, I don't think we'll know. She's still here, so we gotta go find her." Bismuth groaned before heading to the spot where she usually has her Lava shower. "But how? There's no other place in the Forge?" Connie stated in confusion. "Looks can be deciving." Bismuth said, shapeshifting her fist into another key that she used to open another door behind the lava shower. "That's new..." Steven said in amazment before the gems went after Hessonite. "Steven, how's your head?" Connie asked, placing a hand on Steven's shoulder. "Still sorta... wonky, like when I was seeing that stuff from the Prism." He said sheepishly.

"But if you saw Hessonite... is it possible that she saw you Steven?" Imperia asked in confusion. "Well...what if that's the reason she knew about the Forge?" Steven asked in shock. "Come on kiddo, there's nothing you could've done to stop it." Bismuth said as Connie nodded in agreement, causing Steven to smile. "Now come on you rocks, let's go get that orange fluffy Garnet!" Bismuth then yelled as the gems ran with her.

The gems were then lead by Bismuth who guided everyone through countless passage ways to where she figured Hessonite would've gone next within the Forge. All the while, she was pretty concerned about the plans for the Star Slicer, if Hessonite took them, then there was a strong possibility that she'd try to use them for the Prism's new constructs.

She was also disgusted that there were light creatures all over the Forge. "Get outta my forge you uppercrusts!" She growled, demolishing every light creature in sight. After that, the gems came across a huge statue of a familiar gem. "Steven...is that...?" Connie started, only to let Steven finish. "Mom..." "Rose..." Steven said at the same time, Garnet, Amethyst, Citrine and Pearl spoke. "Woah...this is definately new." Amethyst spoke. "Yeah...I...I was working on this, before... I wanted to show Rose...but I never got the chance..." Bismuth explained, rubbing her arm before handing out a phrase on Rose before Steven and Pearl read it.

"To our fearless leader. You gave us everything. You made us who we are. I would do anything for your cause. I would do anything for you. Bismuth." Pearl read, briefly seeing Bismuth shed a single tear. "Oh Bismuth..." Pearl said, teary eyed. "Yeah...I know... If only we could spend one more day with Rose." Bismuth said with a smile as Pearl embraced her. Seeing this, restored a bit of faith for Steven. "Anyway, we better continue. We can't let Hessonite get away." He said, making his way to the top before looking back at the statue of Rose with a smile, failing to notice a shadow on the wall smiling back at him.

Further on through the Forge however

Steven had begun to feel lightheaded once more as he heard voices instead of seeing a vision. "Looks like we'll need to do this the hard way." Hessonite said. "No! You can't do this to the Prism!" Nephrite's voice yelled. "Silence! Anyway, I wonder what good this...Star Slicer will do anyway? It looks pretty powerful." Hearing this, Steven immediately knew what was going on and quickly woke up.

"I saw Hessonite again! She's using the Forge to make the Prism stronger with the plans of the Star Slicer somehow." Steven explained, causing Bismuth to yelp in panic upon hearing about the Star Slicer. "What?! How do you mean somehow?!" She asked in shock. "Beats me, I mean, I don't know how any of this wacky Prism stuff works!" Steven said sheepishly.

"We gotta keep going, we can't let that garnet using my weapon for her own gain!" Bismuth yelled, charging through the forge to catch up with Hessonite, fighting light creatures where ever they were and no matter how strong they were. Bismuth eventually stopped when they reached the core of the Forge. "This is the place! Hessonite was standing right over there when I heard her last." Steven said, pointing to a platform in front of a lava falls. "Drat...we must have missed her by a second." Peridot said, grumbling in the process.

"We can't stop now. The only othe place she could be is outside. Follow me!" Bismuth yelled, showing the gems the way out through another exit from the forge.


Outside the Forge

The team were just in time to see Hessonite's ship, unfortunately it blasted off before they could catch it.

"COME BACK YOU CLOD!" Peridot screamed in anger. "Rgh, so close..." Bismuth groaned. Everyone was worried about what they were going to do next when Steven had another headache. "Ugh, I think...I've got another Prism vision coming...it's powerfull...ow...and painful..." He groaned before the vision came up.

Hessonite's ship was flying towards a much larger ship...but that's all he could get before the vision faded.

"Steven...are you ok?" Lapis asked, crouching to his height with concern. "Yeah...and I saw more mega important stuff." Steven responded. "She hasn't gone back to Homeworld. She just flew to a super ginormous ship, floating just above the Earth!" He continued, explaining what he saw in his vision. "A Hessonite warship..." Peridot said in shock. "Oh great...now we'll never catch her. Unless someone has a better plan." Carnelian groaned in annoyance.

Steven then thought for a moment, and then realised that there was someome who could get them onto the warship. "Welp, luckily I know a very large, very fluffy pink friend who just might be able to assist us..." Steven said with a smirk. Connie immediately knew who it was, but some of the gems didn't know. "Is this Pink Diamond you're talking about? Because she's been shattered in case you've forgotten." Imperia stated. "Uh, it's Lion, in case that wasn't obvious. Anyways, we gotta get back to Beach City!" Steven said before he and Connie fused into Stevonnie and floated down to the warp pad.

"Wow...I don't know how those two kids do it, but they're adorable together." Bismuth stated before everyone followed her down.


Back at the Beach House

Greg had was there, waiting outside the bathroom. "You ok in there sweet pea? Just be sure to let me know when you're..." He started, but cut off when he heard the warp pad going off. "Woah...uh, Hi Steven. I just..." Greg started nervously before being cut off by Steven. "Hi Dad, sorry I can't talk. I'll be back later!" Steven said all at once without stopping as he and the gems ran out the door hastefully. "Phew, that was a close one..." Greg sighed in relief. "Who was that?" A small voice asked in confusion. "Um...no one sweet pea." He responded sheepishly.


Up by the big lighthouse

Lion was having a nap and never even noticed Steven approaching him. "LIIIIIOOOOOONNNNNN!" Steven yelled with joy. But thankfully, it didn't wake him in the slightest...which was more of a downer for the gems. "Look, buddy, you're probably having a great dream again where you ate all the ice cream in the world, but we really need your help. Can you do us a solid and lend us some of that patented Lion warpy magic?" Steven said, requesting from Lion who immediately got to his feet and roared proudly.

"Alright, climb on everyone." Steven said as he got on Lion's back along with Connie who then held onto him. The smaller gems and Imperia went into Lion's mane just to make sure they weren't taking up space while Garnet, Bismuth and Pearl hopped on. "Alright, Lion. Take us to..." Steven started, but suddenly felt shaking from behind. He looked to see Garnet shivering, like she had seen a horrible future in her vision.

"Hey Garnet...are you alright?" Steven asked with concern. "Sorry...I just...saw a future where you gave the Prism back to Hessonite...and she uses it to conquer more planets. Plus, Connie is also afraid of that." Garnet explained, causing Steven to gasp. "N-No...that's not gonna happen..." Steven said in disbelief. "Is there one where Hessonite doesn't get the Prism?" Connie suddenly asked, hoping there was.

"Yes. It's one of the possible futures...so it's impossible, but I know you'll make the right choice Steven." Garnet then said with reassurance as Steven then had a look of determination on his face. "Yeah...if my decisions can change the future, then let's do it. Alright Lion, let's go." Steven said as Lion proudly nodded his head before opening a portal to Hessonite's warship.


On Hessonite's warship

Nephrite was locked in an energy prison whilst looking at Hessonite who gloated over her Prism. "HEY! HESSIE! Over here!" Nephrite yelled, gaining her commander's attention. "You have your little toy, now let me go!" She continued, refusing to stop attempting to break out of her energy prison. "Heheh, I can't let you go. You'd get your little friends on me. Not that it matters now that I have full control of my Prism once again." Hessonite said before hearing a door open.

"Hessonite, this ends now!" Pearl called out as Bismuth and Garnet came beside her. "Yeah, you fluffy uppercrust! Give back those plans for the Star Slicer or I'll use brute force!" Bismuth yelled, not even making Hessonite listen. "The day we evacuated this planet, once Pink Diamond was shattered, I had to get my troops out so quickly... so fast... there was no way to go back for it. No time." Hessonite started, her voice soon growing with rage. "Why did we have to leave so quickly, if the Crystal Gems were just going to survive?! WHY did I have to leave my Prism... only for someone like you to steal it?!" She growled, glaring at Steven in the process.

"It's because it was never your's in the first place! Yellow Diamond might have given it to you, but it was stolen! I know who originally created that Prism, I know because...she's a Crystal gem too!" Bismuth yelled back, summoning her mallet and shapeshifting her hand. "Yes! Take that your orange fluffy clod!" Peridot said with pride and excitement. "Look...Hessonite. Listen to me. The Prism, it doesn't..." Steven started, getting Past Bismuth and Pearl before Hessonite cut him off.

"Don't you dare tell me what you think it wants! Look at you, acting as though you have the moral high ground! You're a thief. You stole my property. You took my great weapon, and you broke it!" Hessonite said insultingly. "The only thief I see...is you." Bismuth said calmly. "You're the ones who took the breaking point and my plans for the Star Slicer, and I want them back!" She continued.

"Oh really? Well...those plans were a bit...all over the place, but I did you a favor and built that weapon myself." Speaking this, Hessonite revealed a golden Bismuth, nervously holding a gold version of the top of Bismuth's weapon and handing it to Hessonite.

That Gold Bismuth however, seemed familiar to the Bismuth Steven knew. "You..." She said in shock, immediately as the gold Bismuth hid after handing her superior the weapon. "And as for the Prism...you'll be relieved to know that I've finally fixed it. Isn't that right?" Hessonite said, looking at her Prism. "Yes. I belong to Hessonite." The Prism spoke, causing everyone to gasp in shock. "You see? Now then, what's an appropriate punishment for theft and unauthorized activation of a Prism? Hm..." Hessonite asked herself rhetorically.

"I think... killing you all, with that very same Prism. Yes, that seems very appropriate." She said before then getting the Prism to become a fully upgraded version of itself from Bismuth's Forge. Not only that, but Hessonite then threw the Star Slicer onto the constructed Light Warrior, giving it a hand version of Bismuth's idea for the Star Slicer. "Oh no...we're so doomed." Carnelian said in shock. The crystal gems then tried taking on the Prism, but it wasn't any good when the Prism took them down with an amazing blow of colors.

All the while, the Gold Bismuth just watched, hesitant at seeing her old building partner. "You're not gonna let your old pal die because of this are you?" A voice suddenly spoke.

It was then that a tiny gem appeared on the Bismuth's shoulder, looking innocent and was full of concern. "My shoulder Pebble." The Bismuth said with surprise. The innocent pebble was about to speak until another pebble, an evil looking pebble, spoke up on Bismuth's other shoulder.

"Don't listen to that clod, she's trying to lead you down the path of goodness. I'm gonna lead you down the path that rules." She said devilishly, attempting the gold Bismuth to do the wrong thing all together. "Oh stop it." "You stop it." "You!" "You!" "You" "You, Eternally." The two Pebbles argued, which resulted in the evil pebble winning as the good pebble growled in annoyance.

The evil pebble then projected a holographic screen which seemed to have a tiny list. "Listen up Goldie, I've got three perfect reasons why you should let them die. Reason 1, look at clod! She's got the work of a pathetic upperclass gem." She said, making fun of the good pebble's dress.

"We've been through this. It makes me look import." The good pebble said in her defence. "No, no, no. It looks hideous, and it's also baggy." The evil pebble mocked with a giggle. "Beautiful and Graceful." The good pebble corrected in annoyance.

"Reason 2, look what I can do." The evil pebble continued, doing a lot of skills with her shapeshifting hands whilst giggling. "Uh...how does this relate to what's going on right now?" The Gold Bismuth asked in confusion. "Actually, she's got a good point." The good pebble stated with shock.

"Look, you two. You're really confusing me so...um, get lost, or you know, however you guys leave when you're not needed anymore." Gold Bismuth said sheepishly before the two pebbles jumped off. "Ok." They said, understanding how they were confusing the Bismuth.

The gold Bismuth then looked back at the crystal gems who seemed to be on the verge of defeat, even with Steven trying to convince the Prism that it wasn't a weapon. Deciding out of fear, The Gold Bismuth quickly hit the Prism on it's center piece, which weakened it and scrambled it's memory a little. She would've been shattered for that, but thankfully Hessonite didn't know.

Imperia then noticed this and saw it as an opportunity to take down the Prism, and it managed to knock it over, just in time before it fired a red fireball towards the ceiling and back down onto the Prism, inflicting a huge amount of damage. "phew, that was close." Bismuth said with relief, helping Pearl to her feet. The Prism then attempted to attack Connie, but Steven stopped it just in time. "Stop! Prism...is this really what you want?" The young boy asked with pleading eyes. After a moment of considering this, the Prism somehow stopped attacking all together.

Hessonite then noticed this, and boy was she not happy. "End this, Now!" She commanded, but the Prism didn't listen. "Destroy STEVEN!" She ordered again, the same result happened. Gold Bismuth then noticed that Nephrite had finally broken out of her energy prison and was planning to attack Hessonite in secret before she noticed what was happening. "UNBELIEVABLE! You're still listening to him?! Fine...looks like I'll just have to deal with them myself." Hessonite said, teleporting down in front of the gems before facing them. "Goldsmuth, get over here and help me destroy these pathetic gems!" Hearing this, The gold Bismuth known as Goldsmuth immediately ran over to her superior in fear.

"Finally...I've been meaning, to ask you a few questions." Bismuth said, shapeshifting her left hand into an axe while summoning her mallet with the right. "Ha, looks like you're about to meet your end Blacksmith! Especially your pathetic leader, Rose Quartz!" Hessonite hissed with a smile, causing Bismuth to charge right at the garnet and tackle her to the floor with Pearl immediatly following her. All the while, the other gems, looked at Goldsmuth as she waved sheepishly.

Bismuth, Pearl and Hessonite harshfully clashed, all three weapons swiftly blocking the attacks, but also doing a bit of damage to in desperation to defeating each other. "Is that all you got you fluffy uppercrust? 'Cause I can do this all day!" Bismuth growled, immediately swiping Hessonite off her feet with her mallet. "No! I've still got something left." Hessonite said with a smirk, kicking Bismuth back with both her legs, causing her to fall on top of Pearl.

Hessonite then tried to slash Connie quickly, but thankfully Nephrite got the drop on her and instantly used her sword to block the attack. "What?! Nephrite Facet-413 Cabochon-12, what in the stars are you doing?!" She asked in anger. "Attending to my resignation ma'am." She said with a smirk before Connie joined her, and together they both took on Hessonite. "Wow...you're a pretty good fighter, aren't you?" Connie complemented with amazement. "Yep, I sure am. Although...I can hardly remember most of my life back on homeworld...but nevermind." Nephrite said, before turning back to her ex-commander. The other gems then gave the two girls a hand, and had nearly defeated her, but then Hessonite used some form of attack which blew them back.

She attempted to grab Steven, but then Bismuth somehow used her shapeshifting abilities to grab Hessonite. "You slippery little uppercrust, I got you now." Bismuth said, throwing Hessonite towards the wall and causing her to slam her back off it before falling to the floor. Hessonite then noticed the plans for the star slicer and the Breaking Point were both right there on the floor, but she was immediately denied of it when Bismuth took them back. "Thanks you for returning these. And as for you...I'm gonna ask you a few questions." Bismuth said, turning towards Goldsmuth, who was held by Garnet.

"Wait...it wasn't you was it?" Goldsmuth asked in confusion, causing Bismuth to stop in her tracks. "What wasn't me?" Bismuth asked in confusion. "The one who knocked our build onto Pink Diamond. It was either you or Bismuth 1SL who did it. I figured it was her bec..." Goldsmuth started, but stopping to realise what that was all about. "Oh my stars...you thought it was me?! No! I swear, it wasn't me! It wasn't!" Goldsmuth revealed, causing Bismuth to drop her breaking point in annoyance. "She's not the one, let her go Garnet." Bismuth said before Goldsmuth ran behind Steven in fear.

"She was one of the Bismuths you mentioned." Steven said in realisation. "Yep...but not the one I'm after, but I've got a clue on who it is now." Bismuth said, picking up her weapon an turning towards Hessonite with expectance. "Alright you clod...any last words?" Peridot asked, preparing her Peri-cannon to fire at Hessonite. "It's me..." Hessonite spoke softly. "Well of course it's you, who else are we dealing with?" Amethyst asked rhetorically. "NO! I mean, it's me that's defective." Hessonite then said to herself in defeat, barely able to stand on her feet as she saw the Prism floating between the Crystal Gems and herself.

Steven and Connie looked at each other in confusion before they looked at Hessonite. "I was supposed to be perfect. They always said I would be. I knew it wasn't true. I needed the Prism. Not the other way around. I lost it. I left it here. Now I can never get it back." The Crystal Gems were shocked when they heard this from Hessonite, even Goldsmuth was upon her going to her side. "Of course it activated for someone else. You...It should just belong to you. Take it." Hessonite said, looking at Steven who seemed pretty uncomfortable with this decision.

"No! It doesn't belong to anyone! It should be free to make it's own choices!" Steven spoke up firmly as Garnet smiled with approval. "Do you hear that Prism? What do you want?" Hearing this, the Prism then floated for a moment, before starting to speak. "I want to..." It started to speak as everyone looked at it with concern, even Garnet was worred with it's decision.

"...to stay on Earth." It finished, floating over to Steven and turning on it's true side before projecting a familiar light version of someone. "Light Steven!" Steven said with amazement as the Light boy came over to hug the two kids. "It's reall good to see you again! But..." Steven started before Connie then stepped in to help him. "You don't have to keep being Steven! You can just be..." She said before finishing with Steven. "You." Hearing each other finish, the two kids looked at each other before blushing.

The Prism then retracted it's form of Steven and then retained it's form as a Prism. "Heh, you're a wise little creature, aren't you?" Hessonite then spoke up, attracting everyone's attention. "Such an amusing end. For thousands of years I wanted nothing more than to have my Prism back, nut now, here it is, and...Ha. I'm leaving it again." She spoke as Goldsmuth helped her to her feet. "Hessonite, we can't let you leave here!" Pearl said firmly, aiming her spear towards the two gems along with Bismuth who aimed her mallet at Hessonite too. "Let me leave? Hm hm hm." Hessonite said, laughing in the process.

"Maybe I'm not what they said I was. Or perhaps I am." Hearing this from her commander, Goldsmuth spoke up with a neutral attitude. "I still think so too." She said with a smile. "Shut up Goldsmuth. Either way, I've been here long enough. Farewell..." Hessonite said, before teleporting off. She somehow though, briefly noticed Steven's gemstone and recognised the cut immediately. Once she was gone however, the gems looked at each other with shock. "So now what?" Peridot asked in confusion.


Back at the Barn

The gems could finally relax after chasing Hessonite, even the other Crystal Gems had managed to defeat all the light creatures around the world. "Well, we did it team!" Peridot said in triumph. "But there's still one very important thing left to do." She continued, concerning the gang for a moment. "Uh oh! Did we forget something?!" Steven asked in confusion, causing Peridot to nod. "Did we forget to fix the car wash?" "Did we leave any other light creatures loose?" "Did we lose the Breaking Point?" "Was anyone else captured?" "Was there a Diamond on Hessonite's ship?" "Has the cluster broken loose?" Hearing those questions, Peridot shook her head before speaking.

"It's my other adventure... The Are Pee Gee game! I finished it, but there's still more to do! Now I need to clear it to 100% completion!" Peridot said, causing the gems to groan, and a lot of them just walked off to do their own stuff. "Ha, you do that. I think I could use a little break." Lapis said, diving into the pool and lying on the bottom. Steven smiled at this before feeling Connie tapping his shoulder. "Uh Steven, the Prism." She said, causing Steven to turn towards the Prism which was right in front of him.

"Oh, Prism! I'm so happy you're finally free! What do you think you wanna do now? Travel the world? Start a small business? Finally catch up on that book you've been reading?" Steven asked all at once before realising something. "Actually, before you do any of that stuff?...and this is totally up to you...Whaddya say to hanging out one last time?" Hearing this, the Prism then slightly nodded. "Alright! LET'S GO OUT FOR PIZZAS!" Steven then said with absolute excitement. "Great idea!" "Aw yeah! I've been waiting the whole adventure for this!" "Same hair!" "Make that three of us!" "Pizza, again?... oh alright..." "Let's do it Team." "Yeah!" The whole team said in agreement.

They were later on the beach just outside the house, watching the sunset whilst eating Pizza. Connie had gotten text messages from her two friends saying that Nora had gotten sick from trying to drink a load of smoothies and had to leave immediatly. Without her noticing, Steven saw the name Nora on one of her text messages, and then began to think about who Connie's friend was again.

THE END...of this adventure anyway


Epilogue

A few days later

Location - Planet Z Moonbase

Dark Colony of Black Diamond

Hessonite warped into Black Diamond's moon-base along with Goldsmuth, where they both saw the evil matriarch's tower in sight. "Ah Hessonite, my Diamond requests your presence at once." Bloodstone said, appearing with her usual form. "Ah of course. Lead the way Bloodstone." Hessonite said before being lead by Bloodstone over to her Diamond who was currently talking to one of her ship commanders. Bloodstone also mentioned that the Ruby squad and Black Nephrite had completed their mission to find Jasper and were requested at Black Diamond's tower at once.


Up in the tower

Yellow Diamond was meeting up with Noir to discuss something troubling with the Diamond Authority. "I'm telling you Noir, there have been rumors about the Prophecy being true. If this is so, then it could bring down the authority, and this is a dangerous time with low resources." Yellow Diamond explained in annoyance. "But Rose Quartz is defeated, once and for all. So now there's one way to find out. Star Sapphire...go ahead and reveal our..." Noir began, only to be cut off when the yellow star sapphire spoke up. "Glory?" She asked.

"Future, I was saying show the future. Look ahead, what do you see?" Noir said, circling the sapphire in the process. "I predict, that if you continue on your current path...you will...complete a full circle whilst walking around me." The sapphire said, revealing what Noir had done. "Is there anything else?" Yellow then asked in concern. "Why yes. I predict...I predict..." The sapphire started, as the two Diamonds looked closer in shock. "Great pain, and anger from each of you." Speaking, the Sapphire then yanked a few hairs from Noir and tugged on Yellow Diamond's long overcoat and even ripped it in the process. "How dare you! This is my most finest outfit yet!" Yellow Diamond yelled, pulling her overcoat away in the process. "Followed by annoyance." The sapphire spoke with a smile.

"Rgh! This is ridiculous! You're just showing us what's going on now! SHOW US THE DISTANT FUTURE ON THE PROPHECY!" Noir screeched, causing her dark powers to spread all over the tower in the process before being calmed down by Yellow. "Keep your temper Noir. But if you both really wanted to know...then I will show you." The Star Sapphire spoke before using her power.

"I predict, The Great Diamond Authority, should they continue down their genocidal path..." She started, making Black Diamond quite excited to hear the good news. That is, until the sapphire continued. "...Shall be defeated by a quartz of the pink rose, and with a noble army at hand, she would eventually dismantle the diamond authority. Nothing has changed my Diamond." She explained, causing Aureolin to gasp in anger before she blew away the smoke which destroyed the vision.

"It's not possible! And you know it!" Yellow Diamond growled in anger, grabbing the star sapphire and glaring at her. "It is possible and she knows it." The sapphire spoke, glancing over to the door. "Who?" Questioning the sapphire, the door suddenly opened to reveal Hessonite and many other gems who ran in with the ruby squad, Jasper and Black Nephrite. "My Diamond! I saw her! I saw Rose Quartz!" Eyeball cried out as she ran up to her Diamond, only to be suddenly pinned to the ground. "I...it was her! Well...I saw her gem, felt her healing abilities!" She said, immediately scared of being poofed.

"She was destroyed during our final attack! Unless...hmm." Yellow Diamond said before thinking. "Noir, contact Blue. Tell her to send me an Aquamarine." She then said before looking at (2)two yellow gems who seemed to be talking to each other. "And you two! You're going with her!" Yellow ordered as they looked nervously at each other and gesturing themselves. "Yes, both of you! Now come with me at once!" After hearing this, the two gems followed Yellow along with the rubies, Black Nephrite, Drusy Quartz and Jasper.

Thus leaving Hessonite and Black Diamond alone. "I trust you were able to gain their tactics Hessie?" Black Diamond spoke without glancing at Hessonite. "Every one of them, including their weaknesses." Hessonite said, using her gemstone to project a holographic visual on how the Crystal Gems attacked their opponents and what their weaknesses were. "Excellent. Now there's a 99% chance of those weak defective gems being defeated!" Black Diamond said with satisfaction. "And the one percent?" Goldsmuth asked sheepishly before being hit in the stomach by Hessonite.

"Do not question this. All that matters is the prophecy about Rose Quartz being defeated." Noir spoke before smirking. "Maybe it's time I go see how the old girl is doing, catch up on old times, see how she's doing and...shatter her while we're at it." Hearing this, Hessonite then smiled evily. "So let's go...let's go take care of this problem once and for all." Black Diamond spoke as she left the tower, oblivious to one of the rubies, Leggy, listening into the conversation.

"Oh dear...I gotta stop those guys somehow..." Leggy mumbled to herself in regret before running off to find the rest of her troop.


(1) This gem...is important, to the stories to come.

(2) Those two gems are Topaz

Aaaand, that's all folks. The Save the Light story is complete for this fanfic.

Stay tuned for more chapters and I'll be sure to update soon ^^

Negaboss2000 out.