A/N: It's Been a while

The next few weeks were pretty interesting. Steven told me about the discussion he had with his dad about how he started working at the car wash, while Steven and Connie both saw Jasper when they were tracking a Gem monster with Pearl and found out that Jasper was forcing other Gem monsters to fuse with her which was… unsettling and it only got worse when Stevonnie (Steven and Connie fusion name) caught against Jasper and won which caused Amethyst to get depressed and the very next day Steven and Amethyst caught each other. I was sending some time with Garnet, who had become more overprotective. So it was strange that a very days passed and Steven yelled: "There's a Gem inside of Lion's mane!"

"A Gem?" Pearl and I asked.
"Describe her." Garnet said.

"Uhh… hang on a sec." Steven said and popped his head into Lion's mane for a split second and came back. "She's big!" He does it a second time. "With rainbow hair and tattoos!"

"Rainbow hair...?" Pearl trails off and looks at Garnet concerned, even Garnet who was usually relaxed looked tense. "What does her gem look like?"

"It's... an innie?" Steven says confused and I had to stop myself from laughing, it was easy looking at Pearl's surprised and confused face.

"It can't be…" Pearl says looking at Garnet.

"Can't be what?" Amethyst asks, feeling just as confused as I was.

"Steven, bring her out." Garnet said, clinching her fists.

"Okay!" Steven says with a determined look on his face and his head disappears once more. Steven stops more a moment and puts his hand out. A large and bulky body gem with broad sounders and a strong, flat chest that is wider than her lower body appeared. She was very fall, especially since she was a non-fusion Gem, being slightly taller than Garmet. Her legs were noticeably shorter compared to her arms.

Her head outlines the shape of the rest of her body, with a large jaw and noticeable cheeks similar to Steven. Her hair was styled in several locks in a mixture of several bright tones, all held back by a lilac headband. She had a periwinkle complexion, and she sported a single tatoo-like marking of a star pattern on her left shoulder in a smokey dark red. Her gemstone was located in the center of her chest and was noticeably concave. She wore a black apron-like outfit, resembling a blacksmith, with a single brownish attachment and a pinkish-red star shaped belt around her waist. Her pants were a burgundy color, and she had dark brown boots.

She stared at the four of us in shock, Pearl had tears falling down her eyes and was covering her month while Garnet was in shock. "Wow, a total stranger." Amethyst says and Garnet takes off her visor.

"Pearl... Garnet…" The gem said nervously, as if she couldn't believe it.

"BISSS-MUUUTH!" Pearl yells and runs towards the gem with her arms raised and wraps them around her neck. Pearl laughs happily. "You're back!"

"Woah!" 'Bismuth' says happily and holds Pearl bridal style and tosses her lightly in the air and catches her, Pearl laughs happily with a smile on her face that I had yet to see before. Bismuth laughs and looks around the space. "The Pearl I know never jumps into my arms!" Hey, did somebody lose a Pearl? Who do you belong to?"

"Nobody!" Pearl says with her hands on her hips and Bismuth laughs. Garnet walks over to them.

"Alright, alright, settle down." Garnet says, with her visor back on. Pearl laughs.

"Oh, you're one to talk, oh, oh, excuse me, you're two to talk." Bismuth says slyly. Garnet scoffs and casually summoned her gaunlets and punched Bismuth playfully in the arm.

"Hey, cool it, your Ruby is showing." Bismuth says smiling and Amethyst pulls me over to where Steven and Lion are. The three of us exchange confused looks and say nothing, looking at the older gems.

"Where have you been? We thought you'd been captured! Or worse, shattered." Pearl said.

"Shatter me? Pshh, Homeworld couldn't lay a scratch on this Gem." Bismuth says confidently and pointed at herself. Amethyst clears her throat.

"Ahem. Who is this?" She asks with her hands on her hips, annoyed. Garnets puts her arm on Bismuth's shoulder.

"Guys, this is Bismuth. She's one of the original Crystal Gems." Garnet says happily.

"Oh, hey! New recruits!" Bismuth cheers and looks at Amethyst. "Welcome aboard, we could always use more Amethysts." She looks at me for a moment and frowns confused. "I've never seen a Gem like you before! But nice to meet you, awesome colors! We even have the same hairstyle." I blush and fiddle with my hair which causes Amethyst to poke me in the stomach annoyed. Bismuth looks over at Steven. "And who's this meatball?"

"Hi, I'm Steven! Y-You were in my lion and now you're in my house." Steven says with a semi-nervous smile as Bismuth walks over. Amethyst still had an annoyed look on her face. Bismuth bends down and holds out her hand and shakes Steven's who accepts it gracefully.

"Well, thanks for having me!" Bismuth says smiling.

"I can't believe it!" Pearl twirls and Garnet wraps an arm around her smiling widely. "Rose said she lost track of you at the battle for the Ziggurat! She was worried sick!" Bismuth blinks and her smile turns into a face of shock and worry. She releases Steven's hand and looks around for a split second.

"Wait! Where is Rose?" She asked and the smiles of Garnet and Pearl fade immediately.

"Hi, um... actually, I'm Rose's son. She kinda turned into me... well, I have her gem, the rest is from my dad." Steven says and lifts his shirt high enough so that she could see his gemstone.

"Ohh... There she is." Bismuth says looking at the gemstone and then at Steven. " You... do you know me?"

"No, I'm so sorry." Steven says sadly.

"It's not always easy to understand Rose's choices... But we have to stand behind them." Pearl says and I wince, it wasn't the nicest thing to say especially since Steven was in the room. I place a hand on Steven's shoulders and he sents me a small smile.

"Rose really is something else." Bismuth says looking at Steven, who didn't seem to have anything to say. She gets on her feet and smiles, wanting to lessen the tension. "I mean... Look at this! She really is something else!" She puts a hand on Garnet's shoulder and laughs. "Wow! Everything's changing! And we're building bases out of wood now?!" She walks over and tears a piece of the floor board up. " Hmph! Whose terrible idea was this? And where is everybody else?" She tosses the piece away.

"Everybody else?" Steven asks confused as Bismuth looks around the house.

"Yeah, the rest of the Crystal Gems! Old Crazy Lace, Biggs, Snowflake?" Bismuth says and all of us exchange worried looks. Without saying anything else, we warp to the Gem Battlefield, which was covered with strawberry bushes. Bismuth gasps in shock and walks forward, with us close behind her. " No- No way! We were just here! How long was I out?"

"It's been about 5,300 years. We, the Crystal Gems, were able to save the Earth…" Pearl said walking forward and placing a hand on Bismuth's shoulders.

"But we're all that's left of The Rebellion, huh?" Bismuth asks and Pearl sheds a few tears, Bismuth was in the same state. "Oh, come on Pearl. You know I can't take it when you cry like that!" Bismuth whips away some of her tears as Garnet walks towards her.

"I'm sorry." Pearl said sadly.

"No, no need to apologize." Bismuth says and holds one hand with Garnet and rests her other on Pearl's shoulders.

" Homeworld's final attack on Earth wiped out all of the Crystal Gems." Garnet said as Bismuth looks around at the battlefield.

"Rose was able to protect Garnet and myself and by the looks of it, she was able to protect you as well." Pearl stated and Bismuth picks up a giant battle axe almost the size of he body.

"I knew those Homeworld elites were twisted." She said lowering her voice ominously making my skin crawl. "How many of us did they shatter?! Crazy Lace? Biggs? ...Snowflake?! If I was there, I- I could've stopped it!"

"It's not like they've stopped trying." Garnet said and Bismuth's head snaps back.

"What's that?" Bismuth asked angrily.

"Homeworld still has its eyes on this planet." Garnet explained.

"We continue to thwart their plans over and over." Pearl said and Steven and Amethyst run over to join their side.

"But they just keep coming back!" Steven yelled angrily.

"Yup. They want us bad." Amethyst said with a chill tone.

"Good. I thought I wouldn't get another chance to show those uppercrusts who's boss! Let's show 'em what happens when you mess with the Crystal Gems!" Bismuth yells and aims the axe at the strawberry bush.

"Yeah!" Steven said determined.

"Bismuth, the Gems on Homeworld outnumber us by a huge amount." Garnet said trying to calm down Bismuth.

"And their technology far surpasses anything we have available on Earth." Pearl said standing side by side the two. Bismuth laughs and wraps her arms around the two.

"What else is new? Garnet, remember when you and I took on a battalion of Quartz soldiers? We walked out with our stones shining brighter than when we walked in." Bismuth said and Garnet returned the smile.

"As I recall, it was three battalions." Garnet said adjusting her visor happily.

"And, Pearl, remember when we stopped that drop ship? I'll never forget the look on that Nephrite's face when you pulled her out of the cockpit!" Pearl laughs.

"I know. How embarrassing for her." She says.

"Ha-HA! So let's pick up where we left off! To the foooorge!" Bismuth cheered.

"Yay!" Steven cheered, hugging Garnet's legs. "To the forge!"

"Yo, what's a forge?" Amethyst asked confused. They warp to a dark mountain side, Steven was very impressed with Bismuth and was laughing at all of her jokes, Amethyst seemed jealous and confused while Pearl and Garnet were just happy to have their old friend back.

"Are we on an active volcano?" I asked.

"Yep, perfect spot for building weapons." Bismuth explained happily as they enter the forge. My gem was glowing and the area around us started getting darker and darker.

"Woah Suha! Is that you?!" Steven cheered as body started to get darker. My footsteps were leaving cracks in the ground the darker it became.

"I don't know what's happening." I said. I knew that my powers had something to do with the darkness, but this was something entirely new. I wasn't disappearing which was nice, I could feel myself getting stronger. I felt a sharp pain hit my head and everyone froze.

"What. Is. That." Bismuth asked confused and I looked up. In front of me was dark creature with glowing white eyes, it leviated above the ground and had a lack of arms and legs. It had two big ear like horns (Think Hollow Knight Shade) and looked intimidating and cute. I blinked at it and it blinked back.

"Get back!" Steven said with his pink shield summoned. It looked over at Steven and my gem stopped glowing and it disappeared. There was silence and we moved forward, with no one saying a single word. It took for Bismuth to release a pool of lava, something she called a 'lava bath' for the rest of the group to start talking again. Amethyst seemed to be feeling the same thing I was as the rest of the group was rather into the new comer. Steven tried to get Amthyst to warm up to Bismuth but she just crossed her arms and watched.

"Right. Sorry, I- I don't know. I mean, she's one of the original Crystal Gems and no one ever mentioned her to me, not even Rose? Don't you think that's a little bit, uh... suspicious?"

"I... guess that is a little... strange." Steven trails off as Bismuth walks over and updates Amethyst's whip to an even more dangerous one.

"Doesn't this feel weird to you?" I asked Steven.

"What do you mean?" Steven asked.

"I know we're not the most… passive group but it feels like everything's getting more and more dangerous." I said as Steven winced at Amethyst swinging around her new weapon and frowns. "You see it too."

"Yeah I do, but everyone seems to happy." Steven says and looks at me nervously. "Maybe she'll come down after a while?"

He hoped.

He was wrong. The more Bismuth was around, the more dangerous the Crystal Gems training was. Steven and I just watched on nervously. "We are powerful! We are important! We! are! the Crystal Geeeeems!" Bismuth says and destroys a bolder with her hammer hands.

"Do you get-" He started.

"A sense of deja vu?" I asked him and he nodded.

"She's a lot like Sugilite…" Steven said.

"And you know how that ended.." I said. It took a few days, but it seemed that Bismuth was finally cooling down. She was playing card games with us and helping up make food, she was even eating pizza. Maybe I was wrong… After all we were all sitting down and watching tv together.

"The powerful, legendary demon blade, possessed by Muramasa. With this demon blade, I will be the most powerful fighter in all the world!" Lonely Blade said.

"No, Lonely Blade! Don't use it!" Steven told the tv.

"What? If that thing's got infinite power, then, of course Lonely Blade should use it. It just makes sense." Bismuth said taking a bite out of the pizza.

"I doesn't have to make sense. It's entertainment." Pearl whispered to Bismuth so Steven couldn't hear.

"Infinite... Poweeeeer!" Lonely Blade yelled and they spent the rest of the day watching the show. Once it was night and Steven and I were in our pajamas, we opened up the couch so Bismuth could relax on it. I was relaxing on the top bunk as usual.

"Bismuth, you can chill out here tonight and... sleep, if you want to." Steven said happily.

"You know what? I think I'll give it a try. I like these new Crystal Gem rituals." Bismuth said cheerfully.

"You know, usually, when I meet a new Gem, they try and kill me and it takes me forever to become friends with them. I guess I mean, I'm really glad you're here." Steven said and Bismuth looked a little upset at Steven's explanation but smiled.

"Me, too. Glad to have another chance. So, tomorrow, you gonna show me what you got on the battlefield?" Bismuth asked and looked over at me. "You too Suha! You have some pretty cool powers!" I smiled at her.

"If you don't mind taking it easy on me." I said and looked down for a second, frowning. "I don't really like showing my powers, no one else seems to like them…" Steven looked like he was about to say something but I shook his head no.

"What about you Steven?" Bismuth asked.

"Oh, I mean, I-I would, but, most of my weapons are for defense." He summons his shield, it was amazing to see how easy it was for him now. "Oh, except for one." Steven pulls out Rose's sword for Lion and Bismuth gasps in awe.

"Rose's sword. My finest piece of work." Bismuth said kneeling down to look at the blade.

"You made this?" Steven asked and puts the sword out for her to take.

"You really don't remember, huh?" Bismuth asked with a sad smile and takes the sword and they take a seat on the couch. " Rose Quartz changed my life. I came to Earth thinking this was just another colony. Build another arena for important fighters to fight in. Build another spire for important thinkers to think in. And then, I met her. Just another Quartz soldier, made right here in the dirt, but she was different. And she was different because she decided to be. And she asked me what I wanted to build, and I'd never heard that before. And Gems never hear they can be anything other than what they are, but Rose opened our eyes."

"Everybody always tells me how great Mom was. I just don't feel like I can ever measure up to her." Steven said and Bismuth laughs.

"I can't believe this, that I'm the one giving the pep talk to Rose's... Rose's...?" She looks over at Steven for help.

"...Son." Steven said.

"Right. You are different. That's what's so exciting. You don't have to be like Rose Quartz. You can be someone even better. You can be you. And you know what? You deserve an even better weapon." Steven looks at her surprised and smiles.

"See you later Suha!" Steven says waving at me.

"Later, don't stay up too late." I told him and waved goodbye to them.

I was asleep for a good while until I felt a presence near me. I opened my eyes and saw that my gem was glowing again. I winced at the light and looked around. "Steven?" I looked around and saw that neither of them was here. "Bismuth? Steven?!" I looked over at the warp pad and froze. The shadow that was there before was standing on the warp pad. I walked towards it and looked into it's eyes, it showed Bismuth and Steven fighting.

"You should've listened to me, Rose! I would've taken the war to Homeworld and shatter the Diamonds! I would've liberated... everyone!" I heard a voice whisper. I moved towards it and placed my hand on it but it disappeared. I felt my body being pushed forward and I looked around and saw I was in the forge. The shadow had disappeared and I saw that the floor had opened up with a hole in the middle similar to the Kindergarten. I could hear Steven and Bismuth yelling and my gem stopped glowing. I jumped down and froze.

There Steven was with his mother's sword through Bismuth's chest, there was a large weapon on the ground and Steven had tears in his eyes. The two stared at each other in disbelief. "...You should've shattered me back then... At least if I were in pieces, I wouldn't have to know how little I mattered to you... You didn't even tell 'em...! You bubbled me away and didn't ever tell your friends... My friends…" Bismuth said defeated.

"I'm going to tell them! I'm gonna tell them everything." Steven said and Bismuth laughs, with tears in her eyes.

" Then you really are better than her." She says with a single tear falling from her face and a dark look in her eyes. There was a puff of smoke and Bismuth's gemstone was now on the ground, Bismuth gone. Steven bubbles Bismuth and pushes the large weapon into the lava.

"Steven…" I said and Steven freezes, looking at me with tears running down his face and a terrified expression. I walk over to him, ignoring the smoke coming from my feet.

"S-Suha… I.. B-Bismuth…" I wrap my arms around him and Steven cries siletnly.

"It's okay…" I told him. "It's okay.." We stay there for a moment and my gem glows again and the shadow appears. I feel Steven tense and a place a hand on his shoulder. "Don't worry, it's not going to harm us." I tell him and place my hand through the shadow and felt a sensation of pulling and opened my eyes once my feet touched the ground.

"Steven! Suha!" Pearl says.

"Oh, hey, dudes." Amethyst says and I let go of Steven and he limps over for a second but the gems come running over, noticing his injuries. They look down at the bubbled form of Bismuth. Pearl and Amethyst gasp in shock and Steven looks down.

"There's something I need to tell you." Steven says and he does exactly that, he explains about the Breaking Point, Bismuth's plans and what Rose did. Garnet pats Steven on the head and takes the bubble. All of us go to where the rest of the bubbled gems are. Steven and I stop and look at Amethyst, Garnet and Pearl as they sadly push Bismuth up with the rest. Steven walks away silently and I follow him, he leans over the pouch looking at the sea. I place an arm around him and before the two of us realized the rest of the gems had followed and we wordlessly look up at the passing shooting star.