For the first time in millennia Garnet's future vision was not working, or more precisely it was not working on Twoie; the strange gem who had appeared in their living room a few short hours ago. He had arrived dressed as Pink Diamond which, due to his proximity to Steven, had immediately sent her into a frenzy. She had attacked him without assessing the situation first; a rash decision that had frightened Steven.

The Ruby part of Garnet did not believe his claims of being Steven from the future despite the fact that he was able to summon Rose's shield; she just wanted to poof and bubble the gem.

The Sapphire part of her was equally distressed by the whole situation but was able to accept the fact that Twoie was most likely telling the truth; she wanted answers.

Excluding his unsettling choice of clothing there was no other reason to believe that Twoie was not who he claimed to be, he bore a striking resemblance to Steven, possessed the Rose Quartz gem, and was even able to summon Rose's shield. Despite the overwhelming evidence in Twoie's favor both of Garnet's components remained suspicious of him. She had wanted to interrogate him and find out the reason for his appearance or if he was connected to Pink Diamond in any way, but was unable to do so because of Steven's presence. She did not want Steven to ever have to know about the Diamonds; the earth had been safe from them for thousands of years and she hoped that it would continue to be safe for thousands more. Twoie had feigned ignorance and claimed that he didn't know why he was dressed as Pink Diamond, but Garnet could sense that he was hiding something and she was determined to figure out what. Knowing that violence would get her nowhere and may even provoke Twoie to retaliate she decided that her best course of action was to play along for the time being, all while keeping a watchful eye on him.

Steven, unsurprisingly, seemed thrilled at the prospect of meeting his future self and had immediately dragged Twoie to his room.

Amethyst, too, seemed unconcerned with Twoie's presence. She had no reason to distrust him and while she aware of the Diamonds she had never seen them before. She was content with chatting with both Steven and Twoie which was something that Garnet was grateful for because it meant that Amethyst was nearby to protect Steven if Twoie decided to try anything.

Pearl was the only one beside herself who knew the meaning of Twoie's outfit. She had been on edge ever since Twoie had arrived and the news that Twoie would most likely be stuck with them for a while only served to make her more anxious. She had taken to clinging onto one of her arms, something which she only did when emotionally distressed, and she had even snapped at Amethyst. Oridinarily Garnet would attempt to get Amethyst and Pearl to reconcile, but she had been preoccupied with trying to use her future vision on Twoie. She had attempted to do so shortly after Twoie had arrived, but had no success. She had assumed that her anger and stress had clouded her vision, but she had tried again when she had calmed down and still had no success. That's when she started to worry.

Steven and Twoie had both gone to sleep hours ago. Both Pearl and herself had stayed seated in the darkness of the kitchen. Garnet knew that Pearl did not yet trust Twoie enough to leave him alone with Steven and that was a big part of the reason why Garnet had also stayed. The other reason she had stayed was because Twoie had been able to consistently evade her future vision. She had been staring at him for the majority of the night in an attempt to use her future vision to gather intel about him. She only looked away long enough to bid Steven goodnight. Every time she had tried to use her future vision she had failed. Garnet had begun to worry that something was wrong with her; the only other time she had trouble using her future vision was when she first came into existence. Her first years as a fusion had been awkward and confusing and while Sapphire was used to visions of the future, Ruby was not. This made it difficult for Garnet to process the visions she would sporadically receive and she would often times feel overwhelmed by them. It had taken her years before she could reliably use her future vision, but even back when she couldn't make sense of her visions she had still been seeing something. When it came to Twoie she saw nothing; it was like turning on a television and being met with static. Worse of all it seemed that events around Twoie would also become harder to predict as everything around him had the tendency to fracture and blur. Despite her recent failures Garnet continued to try and use her future vision, but was only met with frustration and failure. She would have continued doing so all night were it not for Pearl breaking the silence with a question.

"What do we do now?" she asked quietly tearing her eyes away from Twoie's sleeping form in order to face her.

Ever since Rose Quartz had… left, Garnet had been in charge of the crystal gems. Amethyst was still very young, comparatively speaking, and had little experience or interest in being a leader. Pearl was organized, intelligent, and had many years of experience leading the rebel forces to fight against Homeworld's tyranny. On paper she had many traits of a good leader, but she had always been uncertain of her abilities and with Rose gone she had retreated into herself. Everyone had been affected by Rose's absence, but none more so than Pearl; she would spend weeks holed up in her room crying. It was clear that she was in no position to lead. That left Garnet to pick up the pieces and attempt to lead them despite her own grief. She couldn't afford ro show doubt or weakness because Amethyst, Pearl, and Steven needed her to be strong, to be a leader.

"We need to talk to him and figure out his intentions," she answered with as much confidence as she could muster. "If he is connected to Homeworld in anyway we need to know about it."

"Do you really think he's Steven from the future?"

Garnet paused before answering. The truth was that she didn't know. She wanted to believe that Twoie was telling the truth, but with her future vision on the fritz she was uncertain; something that rarely happened. It was certainly possible that he was a spy sent by Homeworld, but the fact that he had a Rose Quartz gem made that claim a bit difficult to believe. To the best of her knowledge all the Rose Quartz gems had either been shattered or bubbled. With the shattering of Pink Diamond by a Rose Quartz it was unlikely that the Diamonds spared any of the other Quartzes, but it was also not impossible. Perhaps they had spared a few and were now attempting to use them to gain intel on the crystal gems.

"We'll find out soon enough." she answered as she slowly approached Twoie, who was still sleeping on the couch.

She lightly shook him in an attempt to wake him, but he merely mumbled incoherently before burrowing his face deeper into his pillow. She shook him again, this time more roughly and succeeded in waking him up.

"Wha…?" he weakly mumbled as he opened his bleary eyes to peer up at them. "Garnet? Pearl?" he questioned as he looked at both of them.

"We need to talk." she stated as she walked toward the warp pad along with Pearl who had once again latched onto her arm. As Twoie fumbled to get ready Garnet decided that the sky arena was the best place to have this discussion. It was isolated so it would be difficult for Twoie to run away and was suited for battle in case a fight broke out, but most importantly it was located far away from Steven who was still fast asleep.

"Let's go." Twoie said as he stepped onto the warp pad much more alert now. Garnet did not reply she merely activated the warp pad and after a flash of light they were gone.

While in the warp stream Garnet took note of his oddly graceful stance. If he really was Steven, Garnet had a hard time believing it. When Steven first started using the warp pad he had trouble standing and would frequently float away laughing and he would fall on his face when landing. Twoie was the complete opposite, he stood poised and elegant in the warp stream and when they arrived he gracefully landed on his toes much like a ballerina. When Twoie noticed her stares he flushed and looked away.

"Why are we at the sky arena?" he asked her nervously as they ascended the stairs that lead to the main part of the arena. Garnet noted that he seemed familiar with the location.

"To talk." she answered calmly as she took a seat in one of the stands surrounding the arena. Pearl immediately sat down next to her.

Twoie hesitantly sat near enough to them where they could talk, but far enough so they wouldn't touch. He cleared his throat and looked at her, "So… uh…"

"Why are you dressed like that?" Pearl asked abruptly breaking her silence. She flushed blue as everyone's attention shifted over to her. She released Garnet's arm and began to wring her hands together nervously. "Oh… I… that is to say are you really Steven?"

It was silent for a moment and Garnet glanced over to see Twoie's face scrunched up in confusion.

"Yeah I'm Steven," he answered. "From about three… maybe four years in the future. I'm not too sure." he admitted sheepishly.

Garnet saw Pearl frown.

"Earlier when I said that I didn't know why I was dressed like this… that wasn't exactly true."

"You lied to us." Garnet was surprised that he had admitted to lying. She had expected him to continue to deceive them.

"I didn't mean to!" he replied hurriedly "I just didn't want to bring... her up in front of Steven." he glanced down at his outfit.

Garnet frowned. So he did know about Pink Diamond. Pearl began tremble slightly next to her.

"Steven is still too young to know about that kinda stuff, y'know?" He rubbed the back of his neck nervously. "The only reason I'm wearing this is because we were… practicing for a play."

Pearls trembling abruptly stopped, "...what?" She asked clearly confused.

Garnet blinked. That certainly wasn't what she was expecting him to say.

"Yeah we were doing a play about how the crystal gems saved earth and stuff," He began explaining after seeing their confusion. "We had to go on a mission to retrieve a gem artifact and I didn't have time to change. I played the part of-" he gestured toward his clothing. "the villainous Pink Diamond."

There was a long stretch of silence where no one said anything.

"Of course!" Pearl shouted as she stood up, all signs of stress gone. "A play! That would explain…" her voice faltered as she glanced back at Twoie. She shook her head. "I can't believe I actually thought…" Pearl laughed a bit erratically as she trailed off again.

Garnet frowned. Pearl was acting strange.

"Heh… yeah." Twoie laughed right alongside Pearl. He looked a bit more relaxed now too.

Garnet was unsure about how to feel. Twoie's explanation made some sense, but it also raised more questions. It was very unlikely that they would want to do a play about Pink Diamond especially if Steven was around to see it, but perhaps something had changed in the future. This older version of Steven did seem more mature than the Steven currently asleep back in Beach City. She looked at Twoie to determine if he was lying to them again, but found that it was difficult to do so. The Steven she knew rarely ever lied and when he did it was very obvious. Twoie was a bit harder to read; he didn't appear panicked or guilty like Steven usually did, but Garnet still did not fully believe his story. However, it was obvious that he did not plan to come to this point in time so he most likely would not pose a threat. The main thing that concerned her was the fact that he seemed able to disrupt her future vision, but that could have something to do with the artifact that brought him here in the first place.

Garnet stood up. "I apologize for the way I treated you earlier," she looked over to Twoie who was still talking to Pearl. "I just wanted Steven to be safe." she said.

Twoie looked taken aback by her apology. "It's fine, really. I mean I did kind of show up out of nowhere," he smiled at her. "The important thing is that we cleared up any… misunderstandings."

Garnet smiled back at him. He was definitely hiding something.

"Yes, of course!" Pearl said a bit too enthusiastically. "It was all just a big misunderstanding." she let out a loud relieved laugh.

"Friends?" Twoie asked both her and Pearl as he offered them handshakes.

Garnet shook his hand. "Friends." she repeated.

She wouldn't trust him completely yet