Steven lies on the couch and talks with Connie on the phone while Alex meditates next to him.
"What? Why not?" Steven asks
"Steven,I told you, I can't hang out today. I have tennis practice. And then Mom wants to go out for a family dinner. But she said I could hang out all day tomorrow, and I can come over all the time now that it's summer vacation." Connie explains.
"What's summer vacation?" Steven asks her as he lies upside down on the couch.
"You know, when school gets out for the summer?" Connie says.
"I've never been to this – how do you say-"school". How does it work?" Steven wonders.
"It's a place where you go to learn. It's full of desks, chalkboards., Books and Maps." Connie tells him.
"I see," Steven says.
"What are you planning to do now, Stev? And please don't say I have to do it with you..." Alex says with her eyes closed.
"We are going to make a school," Steven says.
„We?"Alex looks at him.
"You, me and Pearl," Steven says smiling.
"Why me ?" Alex asks him.
"Well, it would be kinda boring without you, you know. Please, join us." Steven pleads her.
Alex sighs. "Of course, I'll join you." She says.
"Yes! I'll go find Pearl," Steven says excitedly.
"This is going to be...just great," Alex says as she rolls her eyes.
Pearl assembles all the things that Connie mentioned on the floor.
"Yep, it's all coming together," Steven says as he looks at the pile on the floor.
"So, how do we begin our „school"?" Pearl asks him smiling,
"Ugh...I...I don't know! That is everything Connie told me. Why do I never ask follow-up questions?! Who will teach little Stevie now!?" Steven says as he holds the locker beside him.
"You are always overdramatic, little Stevie," Alex says with a small smirk on her lips.
"Teach you?! Steven! If only I had known that's what you two really wanted!" Pearl gasps basically jumping with excitement as she summons a mirror from her gem.
"We found this Gem-powered mirror at the Galaxy Warp. It can capture and display any even it's witnessed in all of Gem history." Pearl explains as the mirror twirls in mid-air and places itself in Steven'shands.
Steven gasps while Alex looks at curiously.
She notices a broken Gem on the back of the and suddenly she widens her eyes.
A Lapis Lazuli? But there were no Lapis Lazulis used in this experiment, right?
No...So, this gem must be what's left of Rose's Rebellion. Don't you see it? This gem has probably done nothing wrong and it was still poofed. How can you still think that what Rose Quartz did is justified? She killed our Diamond.
I'm not protecting Rose and I am angry at her for killing Pink Diamond. But her son...Steven...he has nothing to do with it. You can't just kill him for what his mother did.
He IS Rose Quartz. I am not angry at him...I pity him, cause he has to pay for his mother's mistakes. Maybe, I won't kill him but that doesn't mean others won't. I'll just wanna see his face when he and the rest of this clods realise that Rose Quartz isn't as good as she pretended to be. Imagine how much it'll hurt them.
Whatever you say.
"Alex..."Pearl and Steven look at her concerned.
"Hmm, what?" Alex looks at them.
"Are you okay?" Pearl asks her.
"Yes...mom.I'm fine." Alex answeres.
"Oh well. I guess since the mirror is broken that's the end of our school." Pearl sighs.
"...So you could say...School's out for summer?" Steven says.
" Steven. There are many ways to say the same thing." Pearl says.
"School's out." Steven gasps.
"Finally, "Alex mutters.
"Come on, sis." Steven drags her outside.
"Why is it always me?" Alex says annoyed.
Steven slams into Lars.
"Er, watch where you're going, you little f...Sssssteven! „ Lars exclaims.
"What was that, salty jerk?" Alex glares at him.
"Sorry! I'm just so excited for summer. Are you excited for summer? I'm so excited for summer!" Steven says excited. Alex smiles at him slightly.
"Uh, I think I'm as excited as I can get about setting up extra seating for the summer rush. But Lars has big plans." Sadie laughs.
"You bet I do! All those out-of-town summer babes travelling away from home without their boyfriends, if you know what I mean." Lars says smirking.
"Nope."Steven answeres while Alex lifts one of her eyebrows.
"Maybe I'll get a few numbers. Maybe I'll even...call one." Lars says.
"The only person who wants to have your number is your mother," Alex says smirking.
"Ha! Well, yeah, maybe I'll meet a new friend." Sadie says
"That's a great idea...A special new friend to have fun on the beach with in the summer. Maybe if I keep using the mirror to guide me, I'll walk backwards into my own beach-summer-fun buddy!" Steven says andstarts to walk backwards.
"Come on, Alex," Steven calls her.
"Sadie, Bye, salty jerk." Alex says and follows Steven...also backwards.
Steven laughs and imitates Micheal Jackson while moonwalking.
"May-or Dew-ey."
Suddeny the mirror shows Alex and Steven, Lars who says. "Watch, where you're going, you little..."
"Noooo!"Steven yells as the Mayor truck comes right towards him.
Alex stands in front of him and her eye starts to glow green but the truck stops right before her.
"Carwash kid, what are you doing ?!" Mayor Dewey says as he leans out of the truck.
"Why were you driving down the boardwalk, you...mayor?" Alex says angry.
"I' m the mayor...I'm not going to walk anywhere. Now, go get run over somewhere else. I'm late for a speech." He says and drives again on the boardwalk.
"I hate that guy," Alex says as her eye stops glowing.
"What just happened?" Steven asks.
"The mirror...it warned us," Alex says.
The mirror whirs and shows a laughing Steven.
"You work! This is so cool! What's it like being a mirror?" Steven asks.
The mirror whirs again and repeats "You work!"
"So, it seems it can only repeat stuff," Alex says.
The mirror repeats Stevens "Yeah!".
"Thank you...for warning us," Alex says.
The mirror shows Alex Steven's smile towards her.
"Hello, Beach City, my friends! It's great to be here to celebrate the coming season. A warm summer breeze wafts through the air." Mayor Dewey says.
"Ugh, it's this..mayor...jerk," Alex says as she crosses her arms.
The mirror whirs and says "I hate that guy." as Alex.
"Yeah, me too." Alex agrees with a small smile
Steven inhales deeply and makes fart noises.
The crowd snickers.
"Steven...you can't be serious," Alex says amusingly.
"We all look forward to the sounds of the summer season..." Mayor Dewey continues.
The mirror repeats Stevens far noises.
A small smile crawls on Alex's lips.
"The smells of the busy boardwalks..."
The mirror repeats Stevens far noises again.
The smile on Alex's lips grows wider.
"...the hot, we ocean wind..."
The mirror repeats Stevens far noises.
"The time to take the pressure that's built up all year and just let it out."
The mirror repeats Stevens far noises again and the crowd laughs.
Alex bursts out laughing.
"Wow," Steven says surprised.
"What?"Alex says smiling brightly.
"I have never heard you laugh like this," Steven says smiling. "It's amazing."
Alex blushes slightly "You think so?"
The mirror says " Yeah!"
"Wow, you really pick up things fast," Steven says.
[Time skip.]
"You're pretty funny for a mirror," Steven says.
"I agree," Alex says.
"You're pretty funny for a mirror." The mirror repeats.
"I'm not a mirror." Steven chuckles.
"You're pretty funny for a-Ssssteven!" Mirror says.
"You made something new." Steven gasps.
"Hey! What about me?!" Alex says and takes the mirror from Steven.
"You're pretty funny for a...salty...jerk." The mirror says.
"Hey!"Alex says chuckling slightly.
The mirror chuckles.
"Alex-is-a new friend." The Mirror says.
"Aww," Steven says with stars in his eyes.
"I'm your new friend? Really?" Alex asks.
The mirror chuckles and says "Yeah!"
"Say something else!" Steven says excited.
"Ssssteven-is-a new friend." The mirror says.
"You're my friend, too!" Steven and Alex say at the same time.
"We have to tell the Gems," Steven says.
"Noooo!"Says the Mirror.
"Wait, Steven...I think it doesn't want to meet them." Alex says.
"Don't be shy, they'll love it," Steven says.
"Noooo!"It repeats.
"But Steven...?" Alex looks at him and looks at her with pleading eyes.
"Please?"Steven pleads her.
"I can't say no to that face. I'm sorry." Alex says and looks at the mirror.
"Don't worry...I won't let them hurt you or take you away from me okay? Just trust me." Alex says as she follows Steven.
Steven bursts out through the door and Alex walks hesitantly behind him.
"Guys! Wait 'till you see..." Steven says.
"Yo! Ste-man! And Al-ex!" Amethyst greets them.
"Hello, Steven and Alex," Pearl says smiling.
"Howdy. Bang" Garnet greets them and Alex can't help but smiles slightly.
"Me and Alex fixed the mirror!" Steven says.
"Excellent work, you two," Pearl says.
"You didn't tell us it's like a person," Steven says.
The gems look shocked at him and then at the mirror in Alexs hand.
"Wait. What?" Pearl asks.
"Say..."Hey"...Lil' ...excuse us. Come on. You want to come out, don't you. You have so much to say and funny noises to share from across the ages. Are we not beach-summer-fun buddies?" Steven says
The mirror does the fart noises.
Alex and Steven laugh slightly.
"Just couldn't help yourself, huh?" Steven asks it.
"Just for-you-Ssssteeven." The mirror says.
"It's talking to them? It shouldn't be able to do that. I-it should be just following orders..." Pearl says.
Alex hears that and looks at them as Garnet walks towards her.
"should just give us the mirror back. It will be safer where we can watch it." Garnet says.
The mirror repeats "Nooo!" over and over.
"No!"Alex says.
"Alex...Don't make me have to take it from you," Garnet says and walks closer to her.
But Alex backs away.
"It wants to stay with me," Alex says.
"Alex, it's just a mirror, a tool. It can't want anything." Garnet says.
IT'S NOT JUST A TOOL
IT'S NOT JUST A TOOL.
The Voices yell inside Alex's gem.
Suddenly Alexs eye and gem start to glow a dark green.
"IT'S NOT JUST A TOOL!" Alex yells startling the gems and Steven.
"It's my friend and I won't let you take it away from me," Alex says calmer but still glaring slightly at the Gems.
"Alex..." Pearl says.
Alex's eyes soften slightly but she still backs away.
"Alex! Give me the mirror!" Garnet says stern.
"No...it's my only friend...please...don't take it away from me..." Alex says quietly as her back touches the door.
"Alex..."Garnet says more softly this time.
"Please...mom."Alex pleads her.
The crystal gems were all shocked...Alex has never called Garnet "mom" before.
Garnet hesitates for a second before she sighs. "I'm sorry. Alex but I have to take it away from you." She says.
NO!
"NO!"Alex says and puts a hand in front of her.
Suddenly something pushes Garnet slightly away.
The gems look shocked at Alex.
Alex's eyes widen as she looks at her hand and then at Garnet who stood up.
Garnet's visors were knocked off. She looks slightly angry at Alex.
"I'm sorry," Alex mutters before running outside.
[Outside]
Alex runs and hides behind a rock. "What are we gonna do? How can I help you?" Alex asks the mirror.
"Away from home- Let-Me-Out!" The Mirror whirs.
"Let you out? How?" Alex asks.
"Alex!"Pearl calls her in the distance.
"Sorry...mom," Alex says quietly before looking back at the mirror.
The mirror displays Alex pulling the gem out of it.
Alex turns around the mirror and pulls on the gem.
While she was trying to pull the gem out the ocean waves constantly splashed to create a pattern similar to the back of the mirror.
Alex pulls the gem out and the mirror shatters.
The gem levitates, soon it's forming a physical, humanoid form.
It looks like different than the Crystal Gems but yet similar.
Alex blushes slightly as she sees the Gem in front of her.
"Thank you...You didn't" The Gem falls forward but Alex catches it.
"You actually talked to me. You helped me! It's Alex, right?" The gem asks her.
"Yes...and you are?" Alex asks her.
"I'm Lapis. Lapis Lazuli. Are you really a Crystal Gem?" Lapis asks her.
"Yes."Alex answeres slowly.
"But you set me free," Lapis says.
Alex looks at her surprised and doesn't know what to say.
"Alex!" They hear Garnet's voice.
Alex turns around and sees the Crystal Gems + Steven run forward and the gems summon their weapons.
"No! Wait!" Alex exclaims and stands before Lapis.
"You..."Lapis says and raises a huge water-arm out of the ocean.
"You three knew I was in there, and you didn't do anything. Did you even wonder who I used to be?!" She exclaims and slams the water-arm onto the Crystal gems, tapping Garnet underneath it.
"No...don't hurt them!" Alex says and grabs Lapis hand softly.
Lapis looks at her and her eyes soften, she sinks the water-arm back into the ocean slowly.
"They're not going to let us leave," Lapis says.
"Leave?"Alex asks.
Lapis parts the ocean in half and makes a path.
"Wow," Alex says amazed.
Lapis turns around and stretches a hand towards Alex. "Alex, come with me." She says.
"Where?" Alex asks her.
"Home," Lapis says.
Alex looks at the Crystal gems and then at Lapis hand. She trembles slightly.
"No! You can't leave us, sis. This is your home." Steven says.
Alex looks at him and then at, Pearl, Garnet and Amethyst.
"I'm sorry...Lapis. I can't...Steven's right this is my home." Alex says sadly.
"Fine."Lapis sighs but she also sounds slightly disappointed and hurt.
"We're still friend, right?" Alex asks her.
"Yes," Lapis says.
"Don't trust them, Alex. Goodbye." Lapis steps into the parted water and the path vanishes.
A huge wave knocks Alex slightly back.
"Alex!" Pearl rushes forward and embraces her. "Are you okay?"
"Yeah, mom. I'm fine..." Alex says before tensing up slightly as she sees Garnet coming closer towards them.
"Alex.-"
Alex flinches slightly. "I'm sorry!" She says.
"You're still grounded," Garnet says softly.
"I don't care about that!" Alex exclaims and tears start rolling down her face.
"I hurt you...I'm sorry...I didn't want to hurt you...I...was just...scared...that you would take my friend away from me...I'm sorry..." Alex says and she tries to wipe up her tears but they won't stop.
Garnet kneels in front of her and embraces her. "I know you didn't mean it...shhh. it's okay." She tries to calm down Alex
You see...she isn't capable of hurting her own family...it hurt Alex more than it hurt Garnet. Why did you even attack her anyway?
Will, you shut up already?! It wasn't me okay! I didn't attack this Garnet. It was all Alex.
Why would she? For the mirror?
Heh, for someone who cares about this human so much, you don't seem to care about her feelings. She cares about this Lapis Lazuli a lot.
Sooo you care about Alexs feelings huh? I thought you didn't care about this human.
Do you ever shut up? Besides, maybe this human isn't that bad. But I still haven't changed my opinion about the rest of the crystal gems.