Ok, so it's official that Spinel managed to grab a weapon of mass destruction and rejuvenator in a time of peace just because she was one of Pink's friends.

First off, that says a lot about the way Homeworld is ran, if you can just say you're a friend of Pink's or even just being her known friend and being aloud to grab these things without direct permission from Pink herself...

Second off, I'm now just assuming that Spinel has time warping powers because even if she managed to grab all that in the matter of two hours at most (a generous time range from when Steven made his announcement to when she attacked if I do say so myself) she wouldn't have been able to make it to earth in what little time she had left after that, it took Pink's ship (A DIAMOND'S SHIP) hours to get to Homeworld from earth. (An easy assumption made by the fact that Connie and Amethyst were able to fall asleep on the way there.)

So, she either has power over time or the power to grab the plot by the pussy, shape shift herself a cock, and make it her bitch by fucking a few holes into it. I regret that statement, it puts a bad image in my head of the precious little slinky, but I'm sticking by it.

-=Steven/Spinel=-

-=Steven's House=-

Steven was about to say his goodbyes to the Gems after collecting a few movies as he had promised the Diamonds they would spend time together tonight, he felt that after today he needed to get some time to relax before it was too late.

"Alright everyone, I'll be dropping by to check on things every now and then, just promise you'll call if something goes wrong." Steven said to his family and friends, all of them standing in his Diamond tower.

"Of course, just make sure you're ready to get over here quick so Smokey Quartz can kick some butt too." Amethyst grinned before giving him a goodbye hug. "Also, stop growing, you're leaving me behind here."

Steven gave a chuckle and returned the hug. "I dunno, I'll see what I can do about my growing situation, but if the Diamonds are any reference, this is only the beginning."

"Don't you go getting too big for your house now, Bismuth, Lapis, and Peridot spent a lot of time fixing it up for you." Garnet said, giving him a smile as she laid her hand on his head.

"It's no big deal, I mean I just sat there making water float things to the house, no chips off my Gem." Lapis shrugged with a slight grin of her own.

"We built this place to your liking, if you become too big for the house without even getting to enjoy it first, I'll fight you, you pebble." Peridot said with her arms crossed, seemingly taking the joke seriously, much to Steven's amusement.

"I say let em get big, he's still has the drive of a Quartz, maybe he'll eventually join one of our training sessions." Bismuth laughed giving him a pat on the back.

Steven and the Gems all communicated for a while, saying their goodbyes while Spinel just stood by the warp pad twiddling her thumbs, slightly jealous of the love and affection he was giving everyone else, but she kept it to herself.

Steven joined her on the warp pad with a smile. "You ready to go Spinel?" He asked, zipping up a bag of his that held the movies, his pink lion, the bag of shells, and the journal.

"Yeah, if you are." She said, returning the smile. "Are we still hanging out with the Diamonds tonight, or should we start planning stuff against the ones who have that book on you guys?"

"No, we'll still be watching movies tonight, I just want to relax and that be that if not just for one night." Steven sighed as the warp light took them away. "I mean, it's not like we can do anything without confronting them and knowing for sure who they are, but if it's Aquamarine, I'm not sure what we could even do anything to her. I mean, maybe an ambush if we're lucky."

"Is she really that strong? I mean, I don't know much about Aquamarines, but I don't think I know many Gems that could hold their own against a big team like yours, especially with that Lazuli on your side and you being a Diamond." Spinel said as they appeared in the Diamond house.

"Yeah, I guess we didn't really have Lapis around to help back then, but I mean, if Lapis isn't quick about it, Aquamarine would just use her telekinesis thing to hold her in place, and even then, she had and maybe still has a Topaz fusion with her, and she's really strong too." Steven explained, trying to come up with a way to beat them.

As they entered the living room, the Diamonds noticed the two of them. "Oh, welcome home Steven, I trust your trip was nice?" White smiled.

"Um, do you guys ever leave the house?" Steven asked with a raised brow as he set his bag down. "Anyway, the trip in whole was nice, but I have some worrying news."

Yellow looked down to him. "What happened? Don't tell me one of those Gems did something to upset you again."

"No, no...actually, all of them are in danger now, possibly me too." Steven sighed, sitting down on his smaller couch.

"Why do you say that? Were you attacked on your earth?" Blue asked worriedly.

"Not exactly, someone had a human from my town collect information on the Crystal Gems and the uncorrupted Gems, I was able to get the one on the corrupted Gems, but he had already given them the first book with everyone else's information in it." He explained, setting the book down on the table. "I'm just gunna burn this or something, if it gets out as well, everyone would be in trouble."

"So, if I'm understanding this correctly, there is someone out there threatening you on your own planet?" Yellow asked with her arms crossed. "I thought there would be trouble, but I never could've known that they'd know that you still go to earth..."

"Wait, you know something about this?" Steven asked, confused on why he wasn't given a proper warning. "What's going on, who's after me and my family?"

"Yellow, I think you should tell him." Blue sighed, looking to her sister.

"Right..." She responded with a huff. "Steven, this morning there was some kind of war in the middle of the capital; a rebellion if you will."

"Wait, what?! Why wasn't I told about that?!" Steven exclaimed, now beginning to panic over the thought of having to lead an entire race into war. "I thought we were making peace with everyone!"

"No, no. You see, this battle was between the last of those who praise the Diamond Authority; those who see us as godly beings still." Yellow explained.

"But-" Steven tried to wrap his head around the situation, but for each question answered, more appeared. "Why would they attack each other in the first place, much less in the capital of all places."

"I'm not sure why they chose to fight in the capital, they may think we still live in the palace, as it oversees their 'battlefield'." Yellow theorized. "As to why they were fighting, well as you know, there are two sides to this group: those who enjoy the peace and whatnot that you have brought here, and those who want things back to the way they were."

"Right, some of them are just having a hard time accepting change, but why would they fight?" Steven questioned once again as he leaned his head back on the cushion of the couch, Spinel joining him with what little room there was and sitting close.

"Well, it seems that there was an argument between them, and after the ones who don't like you beat the Gems supporting you, they declared a rebellion against you." White said, setting a holo-screen in front of him.

On this holographic news article, there was a photo of the first Diamond insignia painted onto the gates of the palace, only the pink diamond was illustrated as being covered in cracks and falling from the rest of the diamonds, the bottom corner had hit what he assumed was the floor and had already began to shatter.

"Personally I find the whole ordeal flattering." White chuckled softly. "To think that we had followers so loyal that they'd break out into a war to make things the way they were before."

"This is no laughing matter White, Steven is in danger." Blue scolded, clearly worried for the boy. "Things are different for the better, it's just hard for some to accept change."

"Wait, so what happened to everyone?" Steven asked, hoping the casualties were low and he could go to their cells to ask them some questions.

"Unfortunately, your followers we're all shattered in the battle; or at least to our knowledge they were." Yellow broke the news to the hybrid, knowing he wouldn't take this lightly. "As for the rebels, well they all escaped, the few we managed to catch were broken out before they could be interrogated."

"Oh...I see." He sighed, slumping in his seat. "I don't understand why this is happening. I thought I was fixing things, I was helping everyone."

"Well, as you said, some people don't like change." White hummed. "Though, I'm surprised it wasn't the Quartz's who started this, I mean their thirst for fighting must be getting to them by now."

"That's profiling White, stop that" he sighed. "...I was gunna put a movie or two on for the five of us, but I don't know how I feel just sitting here in this safe place while everyone else is out there and in danger." He said, as he stuffed the book back into his bag and set the movies to the side.

"Steven, you can't just stress yourself all the time while trying to fix every last little thing, a true leader can't do any good if they don't take care of themselves too." Yellow said, her worries of him going into overdrive once again so he could hurry to fix thing coming up.

"It really seems you weren't able to completely relax on your earth, just sit down and relax, we can spend some time together and just get ready for when we have to take action against these Gems all together as a family." Blue reassured him.

"R-right. I guess I shouldn't go depriving myself of sleep again." Steven nodded, reluctantly agreeing to relax.

When Steven first came back to change things, he ended up overworking himself and working for three days straight as he went around explaining how this new Homeworld would work, making laws, and helping everyone get comfortable talking casually to a Diamond by going around and making friends with as many people as possible, but what took the most time was making sure they were eased into it at a reasonable rate.

That brought his two closer friends to mind: Citrine and Dendrite. "Wait, I have to go to the capital, I need to check on some of my friends." He said, moving to stand up.

"No, no, no. You are not to leave here without a team of Quartz's with you, and they're all busy going over the city and trying to help others." Blue interrupted, going into strict mom mode. "Now, you may contact them on your communicator, but you are to stay here until you are told otherwise, ok?"

Steven was going to argue, but the last time he argued with Blue when she was being serious about something it didn't go over well. "Yeah...fine, I'll just call them up real quick."

He put a movie into the DVD player that was modified to connect to the large nearly house-sized screen that they called a TV before turning the volume up. "You guys get started, I'll come and watch the rest once I'm done. Come on Spinel, you can talk too once we call them."

Steven left the living room in a hurry, pulling his friend along, but the Diamonds didn't even bother to question him about, just assuming that he wanted privacy for this call.

Once the two got to his room he went straight for the closet, walking out after a minute in his red hoodie with the yellow star, holding a black Homeworld version. "Alright Spinel, you put this on, its a bit loose on me so it should be good enough to hide you, I want both of us to not be seen while we're out there, it's going to be really dangerous this time."

"Wait, I thought they said you had to stay here until you got some guards to accompany you?" Spinel reminded him as she took a black hoodie with the Diamond insignia on it from him.

"Right, but I'm a Diamond too, they can't make me stay here while my friends could be in danger. I'm going to call them up and have them meet us in a discreet location so I can get their side of what happened as well." He said putting his hoodie on and pulling the hood up, that argument sounding similar to him, though he couldn't think of why.

"Won't they hear us leaving? The warp isn't exactly quiet." She questioned as she put hers on as well, mirroring the boy's actions.

"Nah, I made sure the tv was up loud before we came back here." He said, closing his door as not to alert them with the flash of light.

"Well...if you say so. I have your back." She nodded with a smile. "Let's go and check on our friends."

"Hehe, I knew I could count on you." Steven said returning the smile as he lifted her hood onto her head for her, her hair making it slightly difficult for him. "Let's get going then."

-=The Capital.=-

-=Steven/Spinel=-

Once they ended up in the capital, they immediately noticed that it was empty. The once lively streets were now void of life, everyone replaced by rubble and debris.

"Dang, things got out of hand." Spinel said quietly as she looked around, hoping that no one had heard them arrive.

"This is horrible, is this all really...my fault?" He spoke out loud, though mostly talking to himself.

"Hey, don't put yourself down like that." Spinel tried to comfort him, putting a hand on his shoulder. "I mean, you've changed things here for the better, but it's like Blue and even yourself said: not everyone can accept change as easily as others. Don't blame yourself for the actions of Gems that refuse to change with the rest of Homeworld, ok?"

"I-...I guess, yeah." Steven sighed as he began walking through the streets, on his way to their set meeting location, and still not being totally convinced that this wasn't his fault. "You know...Garnet explained to me today how Gems perceive time compared to humans."

"Really? I mean, I understand that humans probably see things go by much faster than us; in fact I'm sure most non-immortal organics do, I mean they don't usually last that long, right? Spinel asked, having a basic understanding on how short the lifespan of something that's organic, ... such as the plant life in the garden.

"Yeah, things go by so much faster for us because we haven't lived for thousands of years, we all have an expiration date." He explained. "With Gems it's different though...that entire year I spent trying to ease Homeworld into a new life and way of thinking, it might as well have not been even a day for everyone."

"Yeah, but didn't Citrine and Dendrite say everyone seems to be getting into this new lifestyle just fine?" She asked, not completely getting why there would be a full on rebellion over this while everyone else was happy with the changes.

"Yeah, I guess some of them were just waiting for the day that this would happen, but there were elite Gems who enjoyed their jobs; jobs that they can't do anymore now that were in a time of peace." Steven guessed, trying to think why Aquamarine would rebel other than to regain her position of power.

"Makes sense I guess, but what kind of jobs wouldn't be aloud that were before?" Spinel asked, not sure what job could actually be so bad that it be banned.

"Well, there's the Gems who scout planets to take, the Kindergarteners, the assassins, the soldiers; though they're just on hold and have other jobs for the time being, and there's also Gems like Aquamarine who just do the dirty work for their superiors, mercenaries if you will." Steven said, listing a few occupations that had no place in the third era of Homeworld.

"Oh, I see. Yeah, I guess when you're trying to make friends with all the other races that have been affected by the actions of your people, you wouldn't want to have all that openly at your disposal." She agreed as they continued into the capital, their destination in sight.

"Well, here's the spot, let's hope that they're already there, this place is giving me a bad feeling." Steven said, looking around for any signs of life in the area, only to have to remind himself that there was no one around here.

The two hooded figures ducked into the alley that they had agreed to meet their friends in. "Citrine? Dendrite?" Steven called out quietly.

Out of nowhere he was nearly pushed over in what he assumed was an attack. Before Steven could summon his shield to fight back, he realized it was their friends.

"Thank the Stars you two are ok, we were so worried!" Citrine said, not even bothering to try and keep quiet.

"Yeah, I had to remind her that you guys were safe on your earth...though I don't want to think of what would've happened if you weren't." Dendrite said quietly, seemingly upset about the thought alone.

"It's okay guys, we're perfectly fine, in fact we only came out here to see if you two were ok and to figure out what happened." Steven chuckled, returning the embrace.

"Yeah, you were in the eye of the storm after all, did either of you get hurt?" Spinel asked, feeling another twinge of jealousy at the sight of him being affectionate with seemingly everyone but her, but she did well to hide it.

"Well, me and Dendrite got separated until right before it was all over, I didn't end up getting in the crossfire but I saw a lot of it." Citrine sighed, thinking back to just a few hours ago when chaos broke loose.

"Needless to say, it wasn't very pretty. When I saw their emblem on the palace gates, I assumed the worst." Dendrite said, referring to the broken insignia that Steven had seen in the news article.

When they moved out to the middle of nowhere, Steven had to keep it a secret, everyone still thought they lived in the palace, and he felt guilty for making his friend worry like that.

"Why didn't you guys call when all this started? I would've come to get you two immediately." Steven questioned.

"We would've called, but something was stopping our calls from going through." She explained. "I guess they made sure to fix that before anything; I was surprised to hear my communicator chime at all."

"Geez, well at least you two made it through safe, right? No cracks or anything?" Spinel asked, getting a closer look at their gems.

"Heh, nah, they couldn't lay a hand on me if they even wanted to." Citrine smirked confidently. "Anyway, how did you get the Diamonds to let you come to the capital after an attack against you specifically? You've told me how protective and smothering they can be."

"I didn't, I just put on a really long movie and snuck out." Steven shrugged. "I mean this is my fault to some extent, I should at the very least check on my friends."

"I don't think it's all that good of an idea for you to be out here right now, there are Gems rebelling against you." Dendrite reminded him.

"Well that's why I brought hoodies for me and Spinel, no one will recognize us." He shrugged with a chuckle. "Anyway I'm just glad to see you two are ok, I wasn't sure what the extent of the violence was, but with how you explain it and from what I've seen, there don't seem to be many if any innocent casualties or injures thankfully enough."

"Well it was nice of you to come and check on us, thank you for your concern." Dendrite said with a smile and a slight bow.

"Ah come on, big Diamond boy here doesn't need to check on us," Citrine laughed, crossing her arms. "I for one ain't no Damsel in distress."

Steven returned a laugh of his own. "It's not like that, I just wanted to make sure you two didn't get caught up in all this." Steven said, brushing her joke off. "I'd feel bad if I didn't come to make sure you guys were ok in person. If I have time, I'm also stopping by and checking on the Pearls too, hope their place went untouched."

"Oh yeah, they got their own house just outside the capital, right? I'm sure they'll be fine, it seems like everything was aimed near or at the palace." Citrine shrugged. "You should wait till tomorrow maybe, I'm sure the Diamonds will notice you're gone sooner or later."

"You're probably right, I'll just give them a call when we get home." He gave a sigh. "Speaking of which, they're probably right Spinel, we should head back."

"Yeah, I don't know how comfortable I feel defying the other Diamonds like this, even if things are different now." She admitted, looking around slightly paranoid still.

"Yeah, sorry if I made you feel like you had to go with me, but I'm sure if they saw you sitting there alone while I was off in the capital, they'd be upset you didn't stop me, so at least now I can just tell them you came to keep me safe cause I wouldn't listen" Steven responded with a laugh.

"Heh, think nothing of it, I don't know if I would've been able to sit there while you went all the way here anyway, especially when you could've been attacked." Spinel chuckled, with a shrug as she rubbed the back of her neck.

"You guys all worry about me too much, I'm stronger than I look." Steven insisted. "But, nevertheless we should start heading back."

He then turned to his two Homeworld friends. "You two still up for an earth trip? Some stuff happened on earth and I'll need to check on things in a day or so."

"Yeah man, I'm still up to see what your planet is like, sounds like a good vacation from all this." Citrine nodded, looking outside the alleyway at the ruined buildings and trashed streets, still not a single Gem in site. "Now more than ever."

"I agree, things on Homeworld are starting to get heated," Dendrite nodded. "I'm sure you can guess, I'm not a big fan of heat." She said, smiling at her own little joke.

"Well you won't like earth then, I'll tell you that much." Spinel said, crossing her arms. "They have a star like right next to their planet."

"Really? I'm usually not assigned to planets with a star close by cause it would interfere with my powers, maybe I'll stay there for a while and get better at using my ice in hot environments. I'm sold, when are we heading to earth next?" She asked the hybrid with a smile.

"It'll be a couple days, I've been going back and forth between there and here a lot now and I think should stay here for a bit incase something new happens with this rebellion." Steven said, hoping that there wouldn't be another incident. "Anyway, it's time to go now I guess."

"Right, thanks for checking on us though, I mean it." Citrine said with a smile. Steven was about to comment on her uncharacteristic attitude before he got playfully slugged in the shoulder. "But don't go putting yourself in danger again, alright?" She chuckled.

"Heh, right then, I'll be sure to keep that in mind." He smiled, rubbing his shoulder a bit.

"Make sure to call us when you go to earth next, maybe tell us a few days beforehand so we aren't busy at work this time." Dendrite smiled giving him a nod. "I'll see you then."

"Will do, I'll see you two later then, bye." He waved as he turned around to go back into the streets.

"It was nice to see you guys, call me at some point maybe." Spinel offered with a smile and a wave before rushing to catch up with Steven.

The two of them walked the silent journey through the abandoned streets. "It sucks to see the capital in this state...I'm sure this means we'll have to deploy soldiers to keep an eye on things, and that'll just make everything tense. Everything is falling apart after just one attack." Steven sighed, putting his hands in his pockets as they approached the warp pad.

Spinel moved closer and put a hand on his shoulder. "Steven...listen, I understand that it's easy to blame yourself for this and that you would rather put all this on your shoulders because of that, but it's not your fault that this happened."

"I know, you say that and all, but in the end, if I wasn't trying to push an entire race of aliens to change basically on the spot, this wouldn't have happened, if I would've just taken the extra time to make sure everyone was ok with these changes and made room to work around what people didn't like, I could've prevented this. I guess I was just wanting to fix this place and get it over with so I could have my normal life back...I really am to blame." He insisted.

"But you're not the one to blame. I mean you're not even supposed to be here fixing everyone else's problems all yourself, and between you an me, it sounds like you're the only Diamond who's really trying to change this universe for the better." She says firmly. "You shouldn't blame yourself because some Gems want to keep being genocidal maniacs, you have done so much for Homeworld, don't forget that."

"I-...Right, I just hate that things can't just be calm, that we can't have peace. Why? Why does everyone just insist that I never get a chance to just live my life? Why is there always something else standing in my way?" Steven questioned, his fists clenched.

"Steven..." Spinel went to comfort him but he let out a sigh and held his hand up. "No, I'm fine. I can't just sit around being moody, I refuse to let this spiral out of control, I refuse to let this mess everything up."

"Yeah, let's just go home and relax for now, you of all people need it." She chuckled, quoting him from last night.

He returned a smile and gave a nod. "Right, let's just go."

The two stepped on the warp pad and disappeared, its light illuminating the dark area in its light for a second, before returning to darkness as a pair of eyes could be seen watching from the shadows.

-=The Diamond House=-

-=The Diamonds/Steven/Spinel=-

Steven tossed his hoodie onto his bed so he could remain casual looking as to not make the suspicious of him.

Thigh Spinel on the other hand opted to keep the hoodie for the night. The two entered the living room while the movie was just about to end.

"Aw Steven, you took too long, now the movie is over and we couldn't enjoy it with you." Blue said sadly.

"Heh, don't worry guys, I got like two more." He said, while reaching over to the table and grabbing a dvd. He swapped the movies over and sat down.

Spinel stood next to it while she watched the large screen in awe. "Hey, you wanna sit down?" Steven asked with a raised brow.

"Oh, that's ok, there's hardly any room as it is, I wouldn't want to make your uncomfortable." Spinel responded with a wave of her hand.

"No, it's fine, there's definitely enough room." Steven said, sliding to the side, making enough room for his friend.

"W-well, if you say so." She said as she sat down next to him, blushing slightly as to how close they were now, the warmth her gem returning yet again.

The two sat there, watching a movie about a antihero who used swords and guns to fight but also had a regeneration power. He was almost like a combination of Spider-Man in style and Wolverine in power, except he was actually funny.

"Humans make such a mess when they expire, honestly it's disgusting." White said with a roll of her eyes as she watched a man splatter against a road sign.

"Well we aren't as simple as *yawn* Gems, you guys are made of light and don't need anything to keep you going, we need food, water, sleep, and all that, but I can't say that I envy you guys, I mean how many Gems can say they've eaten before?" Steven chuckled amd gave another yawn.

"Right...you have such strange reasonings, but I guess that's just another thing you and Pink have in common." She smiled, Steven feeling a bit uncomfortable being compared to his mother in any light. When he was younger, he probably would've taken that as a complement, but now he know how bad she was and wanted nothing to do with her, much less be told he's anything like her.

He sighed before he noticed a weight on his chest that had been there for a while now that he thought about it. How looked down to see Spinel leaning into his chest while she was sleeping with her plushie in her arms.

After taking a moment to clear his head he gave a small smile, enjoying the sight of her peaceful face. He thought over today, how hectic it had been and how there were so many people trying to ruin this peace that they had gotten their hands on...no, he couldn't let them. If not for him, then at least for her.

He sleepily put an arm around her in a protective embrace and and before he knew it, he had fallen asleep as well.

And there the two slept for the entire night, with Steven against the arm rest and Spinel laying against him, sleeping peacefully without so much a a nightmare.

-=End of Chapter=-

Ok, I'm so siCK oF tHiS bEiNg wHaT mY aUtTocORReCT tHiNkS iS riGHt oVER tHe pRoPeR wAy tO tYpE fFs! Any idea on how to stop this so I don't end up accidentally keeping this in a chapter?

Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this chapter, I know it took a while to get out but you know...here it is.

Anyway, thanks for reading, and as always:

Good morning, goodnight, or good afternoon, I'll see you all again soon.