Steven the sword fighter.
It was raining hard. Lion was sleeping under the house, while all the gems were inside the house, watching tv. Steven has turned on a movie Lonely Blade.
*You have killed my brother, cursing me to fight forever. Now I'll have my revenge* The main character said, pointing at the janitor.
"Aw lonely blade, you're so lonely." Steven said, laying on top of Garnet's head.
*You think you can defeat me?* the janitor said, pulling out his sword from the broom.
"What? The janitor is evil? That's bananas." Steven said.
"Aw c'mon. It was so obvious. He was moping on the back of every fight scene. Here he is on the cover." Pearl said, showing Steven the DVD box.
"Oh yeah" Steven said.
*BOOMERANG BLADE* Lonely Blade said, throwing his double sword at the janitor. The janitor jumped over it.
"This is nothing like real sword fighting, just look at their stances." Pearl complained. Garnet and Amethyst shushed her.
"Pearl it's just a movie." Steven replied, grabbing some popcorn.
"Well if you ever want to see a demonstration of real sword fighting I will be happy to show you." Pearl said. Suddenly she felt a hand on her forehead. She looked up and saw Steven looking at her with stars in his eyes.
"Now?" Pearl asked, surprised. Steven nodded. "Alright then. I know the prefect place."
They had warped to an arena in the sky where Pearl pulled two swords out of her pearl.
"In order to give a proper demonstration I'm going to need a sparing partner" Pearl said. Steven raised his hand but Garnet put it down. Coral has stood up and walked towards Pearl.
"Well it has been a while since we had done this." Coral said, walking up to Pearl. Pearl tossed Coral one of her swords.
"Oh this is gonna be awesome" Amethyst said from her cloud, exited to see the two Pearls fight.
Coral jumped forward and thrusters her sword at Pearl, but last second Pearl blocked it, the shockwave pushed Steven of his seat. Steven jumped up and stared at the battle in awe. Coral and Pearl ran side by side, exchanging quick blows, which they both easily blocked. A few jabs in, Coral knocked the sword out of Pearl's hands and swung at Pearl. But Pearl slid under Coral's sword and grabbed her own. Coral turned around and thruster her sword at Pearl, while Pearl trusted her sword towards Coral.
Steven gasped, covering his mouth, Garnet stood up and Amethyst stared in shock. The two Pearls fell to the ground. They both impaled each other.
"Oh… whoopsy daisy." Pearl said.
"CORAL, PEARL." Steven yelled, running up to them, unsure of what he could do. Coral, who completely forgot that she and Pearl had an audience, lifted her head and looked at Steven.
"Steven… don't panic… we will be fine" Coral managed to say, before she and Pearl poofed.
"NOOOOOOOOO" Steven screamed, catching their gems. Garnet and Amethyst walked up to him.
"I just… and they… I…" Steven managed to say, between sobs.
"Steven Coral and Pearl are fine." Garnet reassured him.
"What?" Steven questioned.
"When our physical forms get damaged, we retreat into our gem to regenerate." Garnet explained.
"Usually happens to me" Amethyst said.
"Always to you" Garnet pointed out, smiling.
"Hey what do you want. I'm a bit cooked." Amethyst answered, chuckling.
"So when will they be back? Five minutes? 10?" Steven asked. The other gems remained silent.
1 week later.
Steven moved the two baskets, with pearls in each one, under the lamp light. None of them has even moved yet no matter how much Steven tried to bring them back. He offered to watch a movie, share some popcorn, some soda. But nor Pearl, nor Coral moved. The house was a bit dirtier than usual due to the only gems in the house that clean up being gone. Amethyst was sleeping on the cloud that she kept. Garnet warped in.
"Still nothing" Steven said. Garnet nodded.
"Don't worry. Coral is always faster at reforming than Pearl." Garnet reassured him.
"Yeah. Pearl is a perfectionist" Amethyst said from the cloud.
"I thought you were sleeping" Steven said.
"Speaking of sleep. It's way past your bed time Steven." Garnet said. Steven mumbled and ok and started to walk up the stairs. Suddenly a pale pink light illuminated the room. Corals gem floated towards the middle of the room. A White glowing silhouette has formed from the pearl. When the glow faded, Coral floated to the ground in a different outfit. Her shorts and shirt were a richer shade of pink, her socks were shorter, and her transparent veil has also shortened.
"I'm back everyone" Coral said, opening her eyes. She looked around the house and saw a mess. "Well at least the house is still standing" she said, pulling out a mop and a bucket. But before she could do anything she was tackled to the ground.
"CORAL IS BACK" Steven yelled, hugging Coral.
"Hey Steven. Miss me?" Coral asked, hugging him back.
"Yes. I like your new outfit." Steven said.
"Thanks." Coral blushed a little. "So is Pearl back yet?"
"No. She is taking her sweet time. Also welcome back" Amethyst said. Just then Steven noticed that Garnet wasn't in the room anymore.
"Where did Garnet go?" Steven asked. Coral got up and started to clean the house.
"Dunno. She left the second Coral reformed" Amethyst said, going back to sleep.
"Oh. Well I'm gonna go to sleep." Steven said, climbing up the stairs.
"Good night Steven." Coral said from the kitchen.
Another week later.
Coral and Steven were lying next to Pearls basket, waiting for her to reform. Both had their eyes closed, taking a nap. Suddenly a bright glow woke them both up. Pearls gem floated and soon Pearl appeared. She landed softly on the ground.
"Ah, that's much better." Pearl said, before she got hugged by Steven and Coral.
"Well you certainly took your sweet time. Nice outfit by the way." Coral said.
"Thanks, you too." Pearl replied.
Garnet walked into the house. She was holding Amethyst's leg in order to stop her from floating away.
"What happened to you?" Coral asked.
"I got hit by an airplane." Amethyst replied. She looked more like a balloon then her usual self.
"Yay. The whole gang is back. Now we can go on fun adventures again." Steven yelled in celebration.