LEO, WE HAVE TO GO BACK! GO BACK WHERE? GO BACK…..IN TIIIIIIIIIIIME!

Expanded Universe

Leo had entered the armory, he was looking for something. In the far back of the room lie a box, it was voice-locked that way no one but himself could interact with the object. It was too powerful for any one person to use; the ramifications that could be caused by this were tremendous.

"Et omnia sunt et ego."

The box unlatched itself, inside was a small sphere the size of his palm. It had a single band of gold that circled the circumference and a small hourglass within it.

"Destroying this will give us no advantage, think of all the things we can fix."Gamma said.

"In the wrong hands, this will prove our downfall to any who wishes us harm."Delta said.

"What are you going to do?"Theta asked.

"I don't know."Leo said.

He turned the artifact in his hand, feeling it. How could something this small become something so immensely powerful, and how come no one has used it yet? Leo sighed, maybe it would have been best if he hadn't grabbed for it during the teams last mission.

A Few Days Ago

"So, remind me what we're doing here?"Leo asked.

"The legendary glass of time is an artifact of immense power, the ability to warp through time. We only get one chance every hundred years, so we'll have to choose carefully."Pearl said.

"Is there any indication of which one of these HUNDRED HOURGLASSES is the right one?"Leo asked.

"Unfortunately no."Pearl said.

"So the best chance we got of getting one is to grab as many as we can and run back to the warp pad, got it."Leo said.

"I think it's that one."Garnet pointed to the largest of the hourglasses.

"Someone's over compensating."Leo said.

"How will we ever bring it back to the warp pad?"Pearl asked.

"I can carry it."Garnet said with a smirk.

"Let's not leave it to chance. We should just grab as many as we can and book it, we stand to have a greater probability of one of us getting the correct one."Leo said.

"I have to agree with Leo, we have a bigger chance at it than getting the big one. Sorry Garnet."Pearl said.

Leo walked over to a table that held numerous hourglasses; he had to calculate which ones would best fit his two arms while not holding him down enough to make him too slow. He picked out 5 of them; 1 was a small sphere he can fit in his pocket, 4 of them were medium-sized hourglasses that he could fit two in each arm.

"I've picked out mine, you guys ready?"Leo asked.

"I've got mine, ready to bail!"Amethyst hollered.

"All set over here."Garnet said.

"Ready when you are."Pearl said.

"Alright, when I say 'Go.'. 3….2….1….GO!"Leo yelled.

Leo grabbed his 5 as fast as he could and started to run. He underestimated them, they were pretty freaking heavy. He looked behind him, the ceiling opened and water started to pour out. He ran a little faster, he was the first to make it to the warp pad.

"Let's go!"He shouted.

Garnet was the first to make it after Leo, her 10 artifacts all cradled in her arm. Pearl jumped from her location to the warp pad, she held 8 artifacts. Amethyst rounded them out as she made it to the warp pad with 6.

"Alright, get us out of here!"Leo said.

"Hold on!"Pearl yelled as the warp pad grabbed them just as a wave fell on them.

At the house, a wave of water pushed them out from the warp pad. Leo looked at the artifacts in his hand, they were all relatively fine.

"Let's not do that again."Leo said.

"If we have the right one, we hopefully won't have to."Pearl said.

"I'm gonna dry off, be right back."Leo said.

"Same, if you need me I'll be in my room."Amethyst said.

"I don't think being wet will help at all."Pearl agreed.

"We'll go through these in 30 minutes, dry up."Garnet said as she left all of hers on the ground.

Leo put all of his on the ground as well; he had to clean up, he really hated salt water. After a quick shower Leo looked at the artifacts, all of them looked different and complicated. Some were the generic hourglass, but some looked bizarre. Like some kind of weird complex device that didn't make sense. If the real artifact was supposed to warp someone through time, why risk it with something that can be put in danger? His eyes drifted towards the smallest one, a sphere the size of his palm.

"What are the odds you are the correct one?"Leo asked.

"Is that an actual question or-"Delta said in his head.

"No, Delta, I don't need you to calculate it."

Leo grabbed the sphere, turning it around in his hand. It certainly was portable, easy to protect.

"Time to boldly go some time I haven't been."He said as he checked his watch, it was 2:43.

"Okay, ugh….October 20th, 2018."He said.

Nothing happened, and then it did. His vision blackened and brightened in less than 5 seconds. He felt dizzy, and stumbled around a little.

"Whoa, that doesn't feel good."He shook his head.

He looked around; it was the temple…except the house wasn't here. He inspected the small part of the temple that held the warp pad and temple entrance, it looked exactly the same. He was about to walk up the warp pad when the temple door started to open.

"Oh crap!"He quietly shouted.

He backed himself against the wall and shape shifted his body to mimic the wall behind him. Out from the door was three figures, he couldn't believe his eyes.

"All I'm saying is that we should build a higher fence, those humans don't seem to know what our signs mean."It was Pearl, except she was smaller and looked different.

"Humans will be humans, Pearl. Besides, they don't hurt."It was his mother, Rose.

The towers did a good job of imitating her face and smile. The only thing they got wrong was her height, which could possibly even beat Garnet. Her dress was long and flowy like it always was, Leo's heart felt like it stopped for a moment and that moment felt like a life time. He never thought he'd see his mother, but here she was, with Pearl and Garnet (who as well didn't look the same).

He took his eyes off from her, it was a distraction he didn't need. So he looked towards Garnet, and he knew immediately she wasn't the same and not just in appearance. Garnet felt livelier, she smiled, and walked looser…she wasn't in charge. She looked like she enjoyed herself more; it was because she didn't need to bear the weight of leading a team.

"They don't bother us."Garnet said.

"Well they should learn to listen to signs, when we come back I'm going to fix this."She said.

"Of course you will."Rose chuckled.

They left on the warp pad, it was silent. He pushed off of the wall and shifted back to his original form. He wasn't fast enough to get out of sight when he was spotted.

"Who are you?"The voice sounded familiar, it was Amethyst.

He shifted his face and lowered his voice; he couldn't let her know him.

"Ugh, I'm…ugh, just lost."He turned around.

"Oh? How did you get here? Pearl is really picky when humans get through the fence."Young Amethyst said.

"I fell, from up top."He pointed up.

"Oh, makes sense."She said.

"Well, I'm gonna leave."Leo said.

"Okay, see ya mystery man."She waved.

Leo started walking and as soon as he was clear of Amethyst's vision he booked it. He jumped over the fence (which was just a garden fence) and stop.

"Too close."He said as he returned to his original form.

He grabbed the glass of time, he needed out of here.

"Um, 2:44 July 20th 2551."He said.

Again, his eyes were filled with black and then a bright white. He looked around, the town looked normal. He made his way back to the temple, everything seemed in order. As he went inside he spotted all the artifacts on the ground, nothing seemed different. From the temple, Amethyst came out, nothing about her looked different.

"Ugh, hey Amethyst, how ya doing?"Leo asked.

"Ugh, good."She said.

"Good, good, just ugh, just checking."Leo said.

"Okay."She opened the fridge and took out a watermelon.

She went back into the temple, like nothing happened.

"Delta, you there?"Leo asked.

"Present."He said.

"You saw all that, right?"

"If you are referring to the younger versions of the Crystal Gems, yes I did."

"Can you scan Waypoint for any anomalies that happened because of our 'trip'?"Leo asked.

"Scanning. Complete. As far as we are concerned, nothing of importance has happened to trigger and large event. Your friends are also similar to what they were to before our 'trip'."

"Anything different about them?"Leo asked.

"No."

"Good."Leo sighed.

Leo looked at the Glass of Time, he was still awestruck. He had not only gone back in time to briefly see his mother, but also saw the Crystal Gems 500 years ago. It was crazy.

"October 21st, 2018."

Leo eyes were filled with darkness, as he adjusted his eyes he could see that the temple entrance was empty. He walked out from the temple in to town; he morphed a hoodies over his head just in case. He looked around, everything seemed so old. Leo looked towards the top of the temple hill; there she was, Rose Quartz. Leo immediately went for her. He slowly walked past the town's residential area and up the lighthouse hill. He could finally get his time to talk…..with her….to solve all of his problems…to talk with his mother. Rose Quartz heard a noise a turned around, no one was there.

"Amethyst? Pearl? Garnet?"She asked.

Only 10 feet away Leo stood camouflaged with the environment. What was he thinking, he couldn't do this. He shouldn't. But she was so close, just feet away from him. But if there was anything television and science told him about messing with time…nothing ends well. However much he wanted to talk to her, to reach out, to know her…he couldn't. He backed off; Rose looked around, still confused.

Rose shrugged, "I guess not."She said.

Leo started to walk away, he couldn't face her anymore.

"If I could begin to be
Half of what you think of me
I could do about anything
I could even learn-"

"-how to love, like you."

Instantly, Leo was back in his own time. He looked down; the grass was as green as ever. The old lighthouse was still standing, the town was normal. He walked down, making a wide turn towards the temple, taking his time. It stabbed at his heart, he contemplated destroying the glass of time; but he couldn't do it. He couldn't throw it or squeeze it or anything. His fingers were numb and to be honest, he felt awful. He walked towards the temple, everything looked the same. As he entered he could see Garnet, Amethyst, and Pearl going through all of the fake artifacts.

"Nope, this one doesn't work either; by the way, how will we know if it's the real one or not?"Amethyst asked.

"It will take you back in time."Garnet said.

"Oh, that sounds awesome."Amethyst said as she searched through more.

"Oh, Leo, you're back."Pearl noticed.

"Welcome back, dude. Wanna help me go back in time?"Amethyst asked.

"Are you okay, Leo?"Garnet asked.

"Ugh, yeah, I'm good. I just need to rest, I'm not ugh…just need to lie down."Leo said.

Lion was parked in front of the door, looking at Leo.

"Hey buddy, gonna need you to move."Lion looked up, and proceeded to move aside from the door.

"Do you need something?"Pearl asked, worried.

"No, I just need to sleep."Leo said.

He entered his room; everything was just the way he remembered. He placed the glass of time in one of his empty drawers, and fell asleep.

Present

Leo sighed as he set down the Legendary Glass of Time back in the armory, it was best to leave it be until he found somewhere better to put it. He exited the armory; he needed to get his mind off of this. As he did, he found himself muttering.

"Mama, ooh
I don't wanna die
I sometimes wish I'd never been born at all."

If you can spot that song, good for you. But let me address something first, I'm gonna be more busy for a while. I'm sure all of you can guess why. But have no fear, I'll continue to update as much as I can (probably on weekends though). So let's enjoy the last weeks of summer.