The rising sun shined over the ocean as Malley Kite sat by the shore. She dug her toes into the water-soaked sand and then she used her hydrokinesis to bring balls of water around her in bubbles. Malley smiled as the bubbles danced for her when one bubble, in particular, caught her eye. It was purple and there was a four-pointed gem inside. Malley reached out, gently grasped the purple bubble, and looked down at the gem.

POP

The bubble burst, Malley jumped up, and the orange gem fell on the sand. A blink of an eye later, the gem glowed a brilliant orange and floated off the ground. Malley watched silently with wide light-green eyes as the orange light morphed into a large and buff humanoid shape. But then it suddenly fizzed and crackled into the shape of a giant monster on all fours. The light vanished and in its place was the large corrupted orange gem monster with green blotches.

"Jasper," Malley said. She took a step closer.

The sound of the shifting sand made the corrupted gem jerk it's head up and face the malachite gem. Jasper growled.

"J-Jasper. It's me, Malley Kite." Malley said trying to sound reassuring and calm like Steven would. "You and Lapis created me. Don't you remember?" She lifted her right hand up to the beast.

Corrupted Jasper lifted her head up closer, seemingly to inspect the hand. But then she pounced and pinned Malley to the sand under the weight of her paw.

Malley screamed as Jasper pressed harder... and then, corrupted Jasper and Malley started to glow at the same time.

Malley could feel her form melting away and fusing to the corrupted gem. She couldn't stop as their form grew taller, limbs melding, and emotional torment mixing with her own. A sense of dread filled her as she felt the form starting to solidify. She couldn't see herself, in fact, she couldn't see at all, but she knew they were bigger and quite monstrous. Jasper's corrupted form with the addition of Malley's upper half. Bleached, long white hair, claws for hands, no eyes, muddy brownish skin tone with the malachite colored spots all over their body, and a large maw for a mouth.

The giant fusion's maw opened wide as it screamed.

RAWR!

Malley gasped; her light-green eyes opened wide as she woke up. She sat up, clinging to her fluffy blanket, and blinked at the light of the morning sun coming from the front window. She was still in the beach house and still in her own form.

Malley sighed and fell back on the couch, "Bad dream." she whispered to herself.

Steven's yawn could be heard. "Morning Malley." He stepped down the stairs in his banana pajamas, but Steven's smile disappeared when he saw the distant look on Malley's face. "Are you okay?" he asked.

Malley sat up again, smiled and rubbed the back of her head. "Yeah, I'm alright." She said.

"I know that look, Malley. That's the 'I just had a scary vision about my mom, and I don't understand it' look." Steven said.

Malley snickered. "Well, you'd know a lot about those." She said.

Steven couldn't help but crack a smile too. "It's true." He replied.

They both snickered.

"Well, you know I'm here if you wanna talk about it," Steven said.

Malley gave a small smile. "It's Jasper..." she said. "She fused with me..."

Steven's eyes widen a bit. "And you... didn't like it?" he asked.

Malley's smile faded and she shook her head.

The chimes of the temple door rang and from the door came the three crystal gems; Garnet, Amethyst, and Pearl. They walked towards the 'children' in Steven's living room.

"Mornin'." Amethyst greeted.

"Good morning." Pearl greeted.

"Howdy." Garnet greeted. "Malley, I need to talk to you, alone."

Malley stared up at the fusion for a moment before getting off the couch. "Okay." She followed Garnet into the temple and then into the boiler room.

At first, Garnet said nothing until she turned around and faced the malachite.

"How are you feeling?" the fusion asked.

Malley thought for a moment. "I'm fine." She answered. "Yesterday was... kinda crazy but I'm good."

"Both of you?" Garnet asked.

Malley raised an eyebrow at that but then she nodded yes. "Is that what gems used to ask you when you first fused?" Malley countered.

"Yes, but I've grown used to it," Then she cleared her throat. "In any case, I have news."

"What is it?" Malley asked.

"Given recent events. I've decided you don't need to stay at home indoors anymore."

Malley's mind had to do a double take. "Wait, what?"

"Malley Kite," Garnet said firmly. Then she smiled. "You're ungrounded."

The malachite gem smiled widely, her eyes watered, and watery wings sprouted from her back. She ran up to Garnet and gave her a big hug around the waist.

The fusion leader gave the younger gem a pat on the head. "Just be careful when using your wings in the house," Garnet instructed.

"Oh, I will," Malley replied, nodding. "I promise." And then Malley literally flew out the temple door. "Steven, Steven, Steven!" she cried out in excitement.

She hovered over to the living room and she flapped her wings harder, making a gust of wind. The wind made the posters and pictures flap against the walls, Amethyst's long hair moved, and Pearl tried to spit out the dust.

"Malley stop!" Pearl spoke.

"Malley don't stop!" Amethyst countered.

"What?" Malley wondered. In her excitement, she flew up and hit her head against the ceiling wood frame. She lands down on her backside. "Ow..." she muttered.

"Malley~" Steven cheered. He stepped out of the bathroom in his signature pink shirt and jeans. "Pearl just told me, now we can have that beach day."

"And I can keep flying!" Malley said excitedly.

"Just be careful when using your wings in the house please," Pearl said.

"Yes Pearl," Malley replied. The gem then directed her attention to the teen, "Now let's go," she said excitedly.

"Okay," Steven agreed enthusiastically.

Malley and Steven bolted for the front door and ran out ready for a sunny day at the beach... but instead, they were met with an overcast. Steven forgot that it was close to wintertime.

Steven groaned, "All cloudy, I was hoping for a sunny day." He gave a 'whoa' when he saw Malley jump on the railing.

"Clouds won't be a problem today," Malley said smiling, she crouched, "Hop on,"

"Okay," Steven said. He jumped, landed on Malley's back and grasped her shoulders. He could figure out where this was going.

The malachite gem activated her water wings and dove. Her wings flapped faster and soon she and Steven were up in the air. Steven hollered and cheered as they flew into the clouds. Once they passed the clouds, it was like a whole other world. The sun shined so brightly in a sky of the purest blue and the white clouds beneath them looked like pure puffs of cotton. The children felt the wind blow amongst their faces, but it was so fresh and clean that they dared not turn away.

Malley flew across and above the clouds with great vigor and Steven smiled the whole way. Steven wrapped his legs around the malachite's waist and held his fists in the air.

"Wahoo!" Steven cried out.

"Yeah!" Malley hollered.

Suddenly, a strong gust of wind blew under them, causing Malley to tumble. The malachite soon steadied herself though.

"Whoa," Malley said. "You okay up there Steven?" but she was met with no response at first. "Steven?" she looked back and saw that the boy was gone. "Steven!?" she asked again with a stunned expression.

Steven's scream could be heard.

Malley turned her head and saw Steven falling down and behind her.

"Steven!" Malley cried out.

The malachite gem stopped and turned back around quickly in time to catch the boy before he landed on the clouds. She flew upward with Steven in her arms.

"Steven I'm sorry, I didn't mean to," Malley said.

"Hey, it's okay, I know you wouldn't. I trust you remember." Steven said.

Malley smiled and hugged Steven closely. As they hugged each other, their bodies began to glow brightly and mend together. The white mass continued to fly upward as it took shape.

Soon a tall humanoid appeared with salmon colored skin with stripes of leafy green on their arms and face. Their hair reached to their shoulders and is styled similarly to Malley's, dark greenish color hair and with a slight curliness to it. They had a mid-drift version of Steven's pink shirt that hugged their body and there were black straps underneath that wrapped behind their neck like a halter top. They had skinny jeans that stopped over the knees and dark sandals. Both gemstones were visible, but both were green with pink spots and highlights.

Once the change ended, they fell down headfirst. When they hit cloud they slowly opened their eyes, all four of them. Two leafy green eyes on top and black eyes underneath.

They soon see the galaxy warp ahead of them. First, there was panic and then bright green water wings appeared from their sides. Acting on instincts, their wings spread thus slowing their fall till they were simply floating down onto the largest warp pad, but they stumbled a bit at the landing.

"Whoa, what happened?" They wondered.

They gasped, "Was that my voice? Steven?" "Malley, I'm here." "But where-" "Wait, I think I know what's going on. Look at your hands,"

They looked at their arms, legs, and clothes.

"W-what happened?" They asked in a feminine voice.

Then their eyes shone with stars. "Oh my gosh, we fused!" They said with a slightly deeper tone.

"Seriously? Oh, Steven, I didn't mean to."

"No, no, this is a good thing. We fused. Now we're... uh. Let's see," They scratched their chin. "I think a malachite and a rose quartz, make a..." This time they spoke in a unified voice. "Unakite," and then they squealed, "I can't wait to show the others!"

Amethyst was staring up at the sky as she stood on railing.

"Any sign of them?" Pearl cried out from inside the house.

"Nope. Just a hole in the clouds." Amethyst answered.

"You're not just staring at the sun are you?" Pearl questioned.

"Mmmm- Nope..." Amethyst lied.

Garnet spoke. "They'll be fine Pearl. Malley and Steven will be home soon enough."

Suddenly the home warp pad came to life with light and when it disappeared, an excited Unakite stood there.

"What up Crystal Gemz'? It's Unakite in the hizoww—... No, no, I'm sorry. That was really really bad. Could I start over?" she asked embarrassed.

Pearl looked at the new fusion in shock while Garnet's mouth hung a little.

Amethyst walked into the house. "Who's shouting in he-ere...?" she paused when she noticed the fusion.

Unakite stepped off the pad and into the living room. "Pretty cool, huh?" she asked nervously smiling.

"Dude," Amethyst spoke. "This is awesome!" she looked all around Unakite. "You guys already have a name?"

"Unakite." They answered. They picked up Amethyst and hugged her tightly.

Pearl came and observed the new fusion closely. The green stripes were very distinct. But Pearl barely had any time before was scooped into a hug as well.

Amethyst spoke, "You still want to play at the beach?"

"So much!" Unakite answered in excitement, nearly bending the two other gems in half with her strength.

"Unakite," Pearl gasped.

"Oops. Sorry. I just wanted to share the love." Unakite lets Pearl go but keeps Amethyst under her arm and carries her out the door.

The two hollered as they left the house and went down to the beach. It was still a little cloudy but thanks to the hole in the sky, there was more sunlight than before. They were just about to jump in the water... when the sandy ground suddenly rumbled beneath them and a large tentacle smacked Unakite midair, they were forced to let go of Amethyst, and they were flung back onto the beach.

"Unakite!" Amethyst cried out before landing on her boots.

The creature was a large blue squid-like corrupted gem with translucent tentacles. One of which, grabbed the purple gem before the other crystal gems came out of the beach house.

Garnet went to help Amethyst while Pearl rushed towards Unakite.

"Unakite? Are you alright?" Pearl asked, her voice filled with worry.

Unakite sat up and rubbed their forehead. "Y-yeah, I'm okay. Go help the others."

Pearl was reluctant but left anyway. As Unakite got back on her feet, she watched the crystal gems fight, trying to cut down the tentacles and find the gemstone. But the stone was nowhere to be found and, worse yet, every time they cut down a tentacle another one would just grow back. Soon all the gems were caught.

At first, Unakite wasn't sure what to do at first, "Guys!" they cried out, but a sudden flash of yellow appeared in their eyes before the green reappeared and their worried look vanished. "I got this," Unakite said grinning menacingly, her water wings fluttered out and she flew upward. Unakite raised her hands up and used hydrokinesis.

From the sea formed two giant hands that grabbed the corrupted the gem by its head and tentacles. The force was enough to make the creature let go of the crystal gems, who all landed in the water. When they resurfaced, Garnet called out.

"Gems, move!"

"Don't you dare!" Unakite snapped from up above. "This one's mine!"

They summoned Malley's sickle and Steven's shield, they combined the weapons together and the objects glowed as they mended. It became two individual green handles with flat pink clubs with razor-like teeth along the edges. Unakite gave a war cry while charging at the corrupted gem. Within moments, Unakite sliced the creature in pieces before the crystal gems. The giant corruption went out in a puff of smoke, the sea hands melted away, and Unakite dove under water.

"Steven!" The crystal gems cried out.

Before they could move, a wave carried the gems back onto the shore. A moment later, Unakite casually walked out of the sea, soaking wet, and presented the blue gemstone.

"Got it," Unakite said proudly while trapping the gemstone in a pink bubble.

"Unakite," Garnet said firmly. The tone made Unakite's smile falter. "That was very reckless of you."

"What?! But I won the fight. Doesn't that count for something?"

"Of course, it does. But the crystal gems are a team. Which means you don't disregard others just to get an adrenaline rush."

Unakite huffed and her cheeks blushed as she fumed. "May I be excused?" she said.

Garnet waited for a moment before answering. "You may, but don't stay in the water for too long."

"Thank you very much," Unakite's teeth never parted while she spoke and they tapped the bubble, sending it to the temple. Their wings sprang out, they flew upward and then towards the sea. They glided over the ocean before stopping, they used their hydrokinesis to make a very large floating iceberg and they rested on it. As the iceberg drifted along the sea, Unakite laid down, closed their eyes and drifted into their mind.

In the fusions mindscape, the temperature was cool, like taking a dip in the pool under the hot sun. Steven looked around and saw the pinkish sky and beneath his feet, he saw a green floor. With his hand, he felt that the ground was very soft, like grass, and yet there were no blades. Ahead of him, he saw Malley Kite sitting on the floor and facing away from him.

"Malley?" Steven asked. He placed a hand on her shoulder. "Are you okay?"

"I'm sorry Steven, I got carried away," Malley said not moving.

"You don't have to apologize. We wanted to save the others and we did."

"It's not just that though." Malley pointed out, "I didn't just want to save the others," finally facing Steven and she was grinning, "I wanted to destroy the corrupted gem and forget the consequences." Her expression melted away in horror. "I'm- I'm still trying to adjust to sharing with Malachite. If you know what I mean." She covered her face in shame.

Steven wrapped his arms around the malachite. "It's alright. It's your first real fusion and takes some getting used to. You share thoughts and feelings and that can be scary. But when you're balanced it feels amazing. Just look around us." He stepped away.

Malley lifted up her head and looked around, she soon smiled.

"I'm glad I got to fuse with you Steven," Malley admitted.

"Me too," Steven replied hugging the malachite again.

When Unakite opened their eyes again, they saw the leader of the crystal gems sitting next to them.

"Hey Garnet," Unakite said sleepily. They sat up and stretched out their arms. "I'm sorry I snapped before."

"It's alright. You're not in trouble by the way." Garnet said adjusting her shades.

"Oh, thank the stars." Unakite sighed. "This was fun, but I think I'm done for now. See ya' later."

"Actually-" Garnet started but was too late.

The newest fusion shined white before Steven and Malley reappeared separately, smiling.

Malley raised an eyebrow at Garnet. "How did you manage to swim here so quickly?" she asked.

"You've been gone for over an hour and there was no need to swim." Garnet pointed ahead of them.

Malley and Steven looked and saw that they were at the shores of Beach City. Ronaldo was at the beach, taking pictures of the large iceberg with his phones.

Steven, wide-eyed, spoke. "Maybe we should get rid of the iceberg before the weather changes."

A snowflake landed on Malley's nose and when she looked up the clouds produced more. With the same level of astonishment as Steven, Malley Kite replied.

"Too late..."

A/N; I will update whenever I can but please don't expect a new chapter every week or something. Thank you for reading and don't forget to leave a comment.