At midnight, it would officially be Steven's birthday. Lapis and Blue Pearl were sleeping with him inside the barn waiting for the big day in the morning. They decided to have a party outside for Steven at the barn since it was little bigger. They had kept it a secret claiming they all wanted to camp out. Steven had a general idea what they were planning but it made him happy anyways.
The three were sleeping soundly when they were woken up by the feeling of someone sitting next to the bed. The three of them sat up to see who was there beside of them and it turned out to be Garnet. She greeted them happily as they greeted her back with tired smiles. She rubbed Steven's hair gently giving a him a big smile.
"Is everything ok Garnet?" Steven asked rubbing his face.
"What time is it?" Lapis asked looking confused, "Is it morning already?"
Garnet shook her head with a smile on her face.
"Yes of course. I wanted to give you a special birthday present early. If you want to hear a story."
"We love stories!" Steven said grinning widely.
"I woke you and Lapis up because I figured you would enjoy hearing about how Ruby and Sapphire got together to create me."
Lapis and Steven had stars in their eyes nodding quickly. Blue Pearl snuggled up against Steven with a soft smile on her face; she was interested in hearing it too.
"Alright then, get comfortable. It's kind of a long story."
The Lapis and Steven had always wondered how Ruby and Sapphire got together but they never asked. Blue Pearl was the only one to witness it out of the three of them. She was curious to know Garnet's side of the story about everything since at the time she had saw it quite differently. Garnet sat at the end of mattress beaming down at them.
"Well, you see it was a long time ago…."
There were three Rubies and one of them was the Ruby that would be with Sapphire forever. They were following her to protect her since she was regarded as one of the highest gems in Blue Diamond's court. They were on their way to take Sapphire to Blue Diamond's Palanquin who was had her Blue Pearl there. She knew everything that would happen and she needed to inform her Diamond.
The Ruby guards talked amongst themselves and about how they would be beat up any of the rebels that came looking for trouble. Then the conversation turned into a competition over who could punch better and harder. One Ruby punched the other then they started causing a fuss before the Ruby with her gem on her hand had any say in it.
"Listen! We can punch them together when we fuse. That's why they sent…uh… three of us right?"
"Three this!" one of them yelled.
One of them punched the Ruby and she went stumbling then bumped into Sapphire by mistake. All the gems who witnessed this horrific action gasped as they appalled by the scene before them. The Ruby with the gem on her hand apologized over and over. Sapphire raised her hand with a slight smile on her face.
"No, Ruby it is fine."
The Ruby was baffled.
"It was bound to happen," she said in a calm voice, "Now please wait the three of you. I must attend to my duties."
Sapphire went to the palanquin and greeted her Diamond by bowing before the giant gem. Blue Pearl gave a nod and informed Blue Diamond that her Sapphire had arrived. Blue Diamond looked down at Sapphire with an expressionless face as she looked like she was studying her. Blue Diamond pulled down her hood.
"Sapphire, tell me what will happen here today."
"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."
Blue Diamond gave her a relieved smile and sat back in her throne.
"Thank you, Sapphire. I am relieved that the rebels will finally be stopped after all this time."
"Anything for you my Diamond," she said bowing.
Sapphire went back to the Rubies and waited, as Sapphire and Ruby spoke to each other for a second before a shout rang through the Cloud Arena.
"Blue Diamond, leave this planet! This colony will not be completed!"
The Rubies jumped at the sound of the voice and the gems started to look everywhere wondering where the voice had come from. They came walking through the clouds revealing Pearl who was pregnant with her and Onyx's daughter but it wasn't noticeable yet. She was holding her spear up ready to fight as Onyx and Soren showed up behind her. They were ready to fight to the death.
"We are the Crystal Gems and we are here to defend the Earth!"
After that the three them began fighting the soldier gems who came at them. Soren and Onyx took out four gems, but while they were busy with that, the three Rubies fused together barely taking seconds to create the Giant Ruby. Pearl jumped forward to fight the Giant Ruby and forced their fusion apart. She took out two of three of the Rubies just as Sapphire had predicted.
Sapphire made no movement to get out of Onyx and Soren's way as they went to attack her. It seemed like everything happened in slow motion for Ruby. She felt her body move on its own as it charged towards Sapphire to save her. Sapphire had not seen this so she never reacted- everything was already set in stone and she was ready for her physical form to be destroyed. It was her duty.
"NOOOOOOO!" Ruby screamed and jumped in front of Sapphire grabbing her.
A bright light filled the Cloud Arena and everyone stood there stunned. Until the light cleared no one had any idea of what had happened. No one made a single movement when they realized what had happened. Sapphire and Ruby had accidently fused together creating this pink and blue creature. She was beautiful in a whole different way, but no one appreciated what had happened. Everyone became angry.
Pearl was shocked by the fusion herself but she grabbed Onyx and Soren who hadn't even seen her yet because they were busy fighting. The other gems were closing in ready for a fight but they escaped turning all the gems to Garnet who unfused back into Ruby and Sapphire. Sapphire looked at Ruby, but not in a disgusted way… more in a wonderful way she couldn't describe.
"How could I have not seen that?" she asked herself.
The gems started yelling horrible mean things at them. Blue Diamond stood up angry.
"HOW DARE YOU FUSE WITH MY SAPPHIRE! YOU LET THE REBELS ESCAPE AND WE COULD'VE ENDED THIS TODAY! YOU SHALL BE SHATTERED FOR CREATING THAT ABOMINATION!"
Sapphire felt herself move and grabbed Ruby's hand. She gave her quick nod before speeding towards the end of the Cloud Arena and plummeting towards Earth to save them.
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Sometime later on Earth…
"Why did you do that?!" Ruby cried looking scared and worried, "I have to get you back up there!"
Sapphire rubbed her arm uncomfortably, "They were gonna break you and I couldn't let that happen when all you did was save me!"
It had started to rain.
"How can we get back?" Ruby asked.
Ruby looked down to see ice forming around the hem of her blue dress. Ruby picked her up freeing her from the ground and carried her bridal style to a place with shelter. Ruby set her down and smiled at her. Sapphire smiled at her unsure how to react to everything that was happening. It was like one big blur. She was so used to knowing everything that no knowing was almost scary for her.
"I think we should be safe here."
Sapphire moved her wet hair from her face and smiled at Ruby revealing her one big blue eye, "Thank you, Ruby."
Ruby blushed; she was stunned by how much beautiful she seemed at that moment. She accidently lit a fire by accident but Sapphire was glad so they could stay warm. After a short time sitting in silence, they began talking about the weird planet they were on and everything else in between Earth and Homeworld as they enjoyed the warm fire.
"You know… I never had a third eye before… Just three gems when I fused," Ruby admitted with blushing cheeks.
"I never had more than just the one eye," Sapphire said with a smile.
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When the rain had stopped, Ruby and Sapphire left the cave. The two of them looked around for a while before they had started singing together about all the weird and wonderful things they were seeing. From the rain, the flowers to the animals and trees. Even the sky was weird with the white, puffy clouds. The butterflies and the frogs to the moon at night.
They stood there together staring at the night sky. They were almost touching and Ruby moved a little and bumped into her. Sapphire smiled at Ruby making her blush again. Much to Ruby's surprise, the little blue gem grabbed her hand, lacing her fingers with hers. Ruby couldn't explain the feeling she had- it was a mixture of happiness and nervousness… she felt like nothing else mattered in that moment.
The two of them locked their other hands together and started dancing together underneath the moonlight. It was like everything else stopped just for them as they danced together- nothing else mattered. The two of them were engulfed in the white light again and came out as Garnet together. She hugged herself loving the feeling she had being together.
She began walking and stumbling trying to get used to her new body. Her brain was buzzing with all kinds of thoughts and images. She was seeing things in so many different ways it felt great. They fell rolling down the hill laughing enjoying the feel of the grass and flowers on their skin, but they ended up hitting a few branches making it hurt. They hit the bottom of the hill and got up on their knees.
"Ow…"
Garnet got up and started walking around- a lot better this time before she had another run in with Onyx and Soren. The new fusion stared at them wondering where the leader was at since she wasn't with them. Garnet gasped in fear as they raised their weapons at her afraid she was going to attack since Ruby and Sapphire had been part of Blue Diamond's court days before. Garnet backed up some and they realized that they were fused again and the reaction everyone in the Cloud Arena had reacted.
"Please don't hurt us- I mean me! We didn't mean to fuse- well this time we did but please don't hurt me! We are sorry!"
Pearl stepped in raising a hand to her husband and friend with a smile.
"Are you ok?" Pearl asked with a soft smile.
"I'm fine- I'm sorry!" she cried, scared they were going to do something to her.
"You have nothing to be sorry for."
Garnet stared at her.
"I don't bother you?"
The three of them shook their heads.
"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!?" she asked firing off questions without giving Pearl a chance to answer.
Pearl took her hands and squeezed them gently giving her a bright smile.
"No more questions. Don't ever question this, you're already the answer."
Steven, Lapis and Blue Pearl were sitting there with smiles on their faces, moved by the wonderful story.
"So… What was the answer?" Steven asked.
The three of them leaned in to hear the answer.
"Love."
They all smiled at each other. Garnet stood up.
"I knew it had to be the answer."
"Me too," she answered looking up at the moon, "Goodnight everyone. Sleep well."
Garnet left them alone to think about the tale of the Ruby who altered their fate and Sapphire who was grateful for their fusion so she could see with more than just her one eye. Lapis and Blue Pearl laid their heads on Steven's shoulders.
"I'm so happy that Ruby and Sapphire are together as Garnet," Steven said, "It reminds me of how much I love the both of you."
Lapis and Blue Pearl then giggled and said, "We're happy that the three of us are together."
After that they then began kissing Steven together. They fell to the mattress and started pulling each other's lay back down while removing each other's clothes off quickly. Blue Pearl climbed on top of Steven, moaning as he entered her and Lapis lowered herself onto his face. His tongue licked her wetness making her shiver and moan loudly.
Blue Pearl reached over as she pleasures Steven with her body planting kisses on Lapis' tear drop shaped gem. Blue Pearl held Lapis as she orgasmed, almost falling over from the pleasure of it. Blue Pearl came next with Steven, collapsing against Lapis' warm, worn out body. They stayed like that until they gathered enough strength to move.
The three of them crawled underneath the covers together to stay warm. Steven kissed his girlfriends good night and they kissed him back.
"Goodnight," they said together and fell asleep.