Peridot and Lapis sat at the beach playing checkers. Peridot got one of Lapis's pieces and smiled. "Ha, ha! Recover from that!"

Connie threw a water balloon at Lapis to signify her turn but in the gem's thinking, the balloon stopped midair and flung back at Connie.

Connie laughed and wrung out her hair. "You can't do that every time!"

"Try to stop her." Peridot grumbled. She looked up at Lapis to see the woman very concentrated. "Heh, trying to escape your defeat, I see!"

Lapis smirked. "Nope, because I just won!" She got all of Peri's checkers in a triple jump.

Peridot started. "You cheated!"

"Did not!"

"Ugh! Losing is the worst possible thing!" Peridot cried, falling on the sand and she was pelted with water balloons.

"Winning isn't everything, Peri." Lapis said.

"Oh, is that what you think in battles?" Peridot huffed.

"Why are you so difficult?" Lapis growled.

"We never form Turquoise because you're the difficult one!"

"I'm the difficult one?! You-"

"Wait, who is Turquoise?!" Connie yelled, pushing between them.

"It's the two of us, together as one." Lapis said, clasping her hands together.

"Yes, but Lapis never wants to fuse!" Peridot huffed.

"I have my reasons!" Lapis said. "We only fuse into Turquoise in the most dire of circumstances." Lapis grabbed some water from the ocean and molded it into small figures of herself and Peridot. Lapis's little figure danced
elegantly, as if in a waltz… and Peridot's danced rather robotically.

"Hey! I don't dance like that!" Peridot gasped. She waved the water away.

"Um, have you seen yourself dance?" Lapis asked.

"Tell me more about Turquoise!" Connie creid.

"Well, she's a powerful, and really cool, that part's me." Lapis said. "And… hm… well, she's kinda short and kinda smart… that's Peridot."

"Lapis means Turquoise is a combination of my many strengths and good looks, and Lapis's powers and her physical attributes are in there too." Peridot exclaimed.

"Wow! Can you form her now?" Connie asked.

"No." Lapis said immediately.

"Lapis, you never fuse! Not like I want to… but-" Peridot started.

Lapis's tone turned sharp. "No! I… We only fuse in emergencies, when there isn't any other way around it! You know that."

A sudden light emitted from the beach house and Connie gasped. "Jasper's back!"

They ran to the house and Connie bounced up to Jasper. "D-did you bring me anything?!" She then blushed. "I mean… uh…" Jasper smiled and handed her a scroll. "I know you like to read, so I brought you it from a forgotten
gem library."

Connie gasped in awe and opened it. She frowned. "This… isn't in English…"

"Oh." Jasper rubbed her neck. "You can still… put it on display in your room?"

"Okay!" Connie cried.

"Was your mission successfull?" Peridot asked.

"Yes. I found the Geode beetles of Heaven and Earth. We should split up to retrieve them." Jasper said.

"Well, I'm not going with Peridot, we need a break from each other." Lapis said with her arms crossed.

"What a coincidence! I don't want to work with a clod like you!" Peridot retorted.

"When will this end?!" Connie muttered under her breath.

"You three will go together, I go alone." Jasper said.

"Why?" All three of them asked.

"The Earth Beetle will be harder to get…. a humongous guardian is there, and only I have the gem destabilizatior."

The three gems without Jasper stepped on the warp pad.

"Connie," Jasper said. The girl turned. "keep the peace."

Connie nodded.

They were now outside the Sky Spire.

"Whoa… Is this where the Heaven Beetle is?" Connie whispered.

"Yes." Peridot said.

"It's at the top." Lapis said.

"Hm… so… Is Turquoise a short giant woman, or a tall giant woman, or is she a combination of your height?"

Lapis groaned.

"Does one of you control the right arm and the other the left?" Connie asked, running after them as they started to walk.

They climbed up stairs. "These are a lot of stairs… you should form Turquoise and fly me up there!"

"No." Lapis and Peri growled.

"Wait! What about reading? Who gains the knowledge? Or do you both? That would be so cool!"

There was a sudden rumbling in the bushes and the gems summoned their weapons. A little baby bunny leapt out.

"Ah! Look out! It's a magical bunny guardian! Quick, you have to form Turquoise! It's the only way to defeat it!" Connie cried. She glanced at them. "We're gonna… die because of it!"

"Lapis doesn't like to fuse." Peridot muttered.

"We only fuse in deadly situations!" Lapis growled.

Peridot walked up to the rabbit. "This meek creature appears to be harmless." The bunny suddenly bit her boot and Peridot squealed. "DON'T TOUCH ME, SMALL RABBIT!"

Connie gasped. "Don't hurt it!"

She ran up and took the baby bunny. "Shh, it's okay… I'm guessing you want to see Turquoise too. I never get to see her."

Connie then started to sing, cradling the bunny while looking up at Peridot and Lapis. "All I wanna do is see you turn into a giant woman, A giant woman! All I wanna be is someone who gets to see a giant woman."

They were climbing up a mountain. "All I wanna do is help you turn into a giant woman, A giant woman! All I wanna be is someone who gets to see a giant woman."

Lapis was dusted with rock remains and glared at Peridot. The gem seemed confused, and truly was, she hadn't meant to.

"Oh I know it'll be great and I just can't wait to see the person you are together. If you give it a chance you can do a huge dance because you are a giant woman. You might even like being together and if you don't it won't be forever."
Connie sang, hugging them both.

They were now near the top. Connie was running as she sang, trying to keep up with the bunny. "But if it were me, I'd really wanna be a giant woman, a giant woman! All I wanna do is see you turn into a giant woman~."

"Wait up, Lisa!" Connie called after the bunny.

She was about to leap after the bunny but Peridot grabbed her. "Your human body could not recover from a fall like that!" She cried.

"Then she can go the safer route." Lapis said. She grabbed Connie and put her on her back. Lapis flew to one of the pillars.

"Lapis! That pillar is very unstable!" Peridot yelled.

Lapis smiled and shook her head. "No, it's not, we're completely-" She then saw Peridot's face turn mortified then Lapis heard the shrieking of Connie.

"She had to save the rabbit!" Peridot yellef.

The gem jumped after the girl and Lapis screamed in horror.

Peridot grabbed Connie and Connie hugged her bunny, Lisa, close. A pair of strong arms grabbed Peridot around the waist and it was Lapis. She slowly flew them up but slipped while landing on the pillar. She cried out but Peridot's metal pole
snatched her up by her waist. They landed safely.

"That was incredible!" Connie cried. "Why can't you work together like that all the time?"

"Ugh… I can't feel my legs." Connie sighed as they reached the top of the temple. Then, she saw a little temple on a pedestal. She ran up.

"This is so cute! The beetle has a little bed, little bongos, a little baby book too!" Connie giggled, looking in a window. Peridot looked in and frowned. "Where's the bug?"

"Oh no! Did it leave?!" Lapis gasped.

There was a sudden loud squawk and they looked up. A ginormous bird hovered over them. Connie realized she had left Lisa all alone in the open and the bird suddenly came in and swallowed the rabbit whole.

"My child…" Connie whispered.

Peri flung her pole at it, using her powers to swerve around the beast's attacks. Suddenly, it swallowed the pole too!

"Oh clod." Peridot whispered. Lapis grabbed her and Connie's hands and push them inside the temple.

"This is a perfect time for you to form Turquoise!" Connie creid.

Peridot looked at Lapis.

"I-" Lapis started.

"Please… I know you don't like it anymore, but we have to do this! For Connie." Peridot whispered.

"F-for Connie…" Lapis murmured.

They went on opposite sides of the room and Lapis started to twirl, moving her legs gracefully along the floor as her gown flowed around her.

Peridot walked up and did a spin. They joined hands in the center of the room and Peridot dipped Lapis. Lapis suddenly gasped in fear. "Let go of me!"

"W-what?"

"Let go of me, now!" Lapis creid. Peridot raised her up.

"Lapis, what's wrong?" Connie asked.

Lapis shook her head. "I'll never fuse again!" She yelled.

"You don't mean that!" Peridot creid.

"Yes, I do! I'm never hurting anyone ever again because of fusion!" Lapis sobbed.

"Guys! If you can't fuse, this temple could be destroyed! And also, I could be eaten by a giant bird!" And just like that, the bird smashed through the celling and swallowed Connie.

Connie was in the Giant Bird, surrounded by junk. She saw her bunny out of the corner of her eye and gasped. "Lisa! How can you eat at a time like this?" She creid, seeing the rabbit chew on something shiny. "Hey, is that the
Heaven Beetle? Let me see it." She pulled the beetle out. Suddenly, a giant arm penetrated the bird. Connie screamed as more came, searching for something. It grabbed Lisa and Connie.

This destroyed the giant bird and Connie was taken to a safe place. She gazed at her savior. She was ginormous and had a braid of beautiful blue and blond hair. She had turquoise skin and shinning blue eyes. The woman had a green top that
Connie recognized and Peridot's vest and she had a pair of flowing blue and black pants, but that was Lapis's dress material! "Turquoise?" Connie whispered.

They turned at the sound of the birds remains forming smaller versions of their past form. Turquoise gasped and picked up Connie.

"Hold on tight!" Turquoise yelled. Connie clung to the woman's braid. The fusion leapt off a cliff and Lapis's wings appeared on her back. She flew up and Connie squealed in delight.

They landed on a piece of land and saw the birds coming. "Back away, this is going to be big."

Connie did and Turquoise closed her eyes. Connie heard a rumbling and gasped. She saw little pieces of metal come of the ground and water come from the ocean nearby. Turquoise slammed her hands together and Connie watched the items glow
and transform into a giant metal, water infused bomb…

Turquoise threw it at the hordes and it exploded with water, poofing them.

Connie stared then Turquoise offered her hand. Connie hesitantly took it. She looked into the woman's eyes. They looked like Lapis'... and the clothes and the metal felt like Peridot… "Um, d-do you know who I am?"

Turquoise giggled and started to sing softly. "All you want to do, is see me turn into…"

"A giant woman…"

They returned home and Jasper looked up. She gasped in suprise. "Lapis! You fused?! Er, I mean… it's good to see you, Turquoise." She coughed.

"I'm glad to be of assistance." Turquoise whispered.

"So, where's the Heaven Beetle?"

Turquoise's calm expression melted into one of horror. "I-I don't have it!"

She unfused in the panic. The two gems merely stared at each other in shock.

"Hey! I have the Beetle!" Connie cried, remembering and pulling it out of her pocket.

"Thank you, kiddo."

"All I had to do was get swallowed alive." Connie said proudly.

"Ha, you'll be great at fusing one day." Jasper laughed.

"Yeah…" Connie breathed. "WAIT, I CAN DO THAT TOO?!" She squealed.