The newly awaken Mirror Stone looked around confused. Then Steven shook his hand.
Steven: Welcome, new friend! I'm Steven!
Mirror stone: Um...Hi Steven. I'm M1.
Steven: M1?
M1: It's short for Mirror Stone 1. So...where am I and what kind of organic are you?
Jet went up and knelled down to M1.
Jet: Don't worry M1. This is planet Sol 3. Of course, the humans who live here call it Earth.
M1 felt easy seeing a Zrit gem.
M1: Okay! Wait...where are my brothers?
Jet: The others haven't awakened yet but I'm sure they will in time.
M1: So long as their not shattered or captured by Yellow Diamond gems. Wait, who are these other gems?
Jet: These are the remnants of the Crystal gem rebels.
M1: Even that one?
He points to Peridot.
Jet: She may have Yellow's emblem but she's a traitor. She called her a clad to her face.
M1: Whoa! Awesome!
Jet: I know, right?
Steven: So, what kind of abilities do you have?
M1 looked down and saw Steven's gem.
M1: How'd you get that?
Steven: Oh, from my mom. She was a gem.
M1 then touched it. Then his body started flashing and he turned pink. Then when he took his hand away from Steven's gem, he then summoned in his hand Steven's shield. Everyone was shocked.
Steven: My shield!? How did you do that!?
M1: This is my ability. We mirror stones are able to copy the abilities of other gems when we touch their physical stones. There is a lot of things in yours.
Then he summoned Steven's bubble but then ended up starting to roll down a hill.
M1: Uh ho! Help! I can't stop!
Amethyst was able to catch the bubble with her whip. Steven then ran up and popped the bubble he was in.
Steven: Don't worry. I had trouble controlling it at first too.
They both went back to the rest.
Peridot: Now I see why they kept these Mirror stones hidden. A gem that can copy other gems would be valuable in a war.
Amethyst: OH! Touch mine next!
M1 then touched Amethyst's stone and he turned purple. He then summoned her whip.
M1: Oh! This is nice! What about the Pearl over there.
Pearl knelled down to let her touch her stone and he changed to her white color. He then summoned her spear.
Pearl: Now you at least have some grace.
M1 then swings and danced around like Pearl. He then looked at Peridot. She just groaned.
Peridot: Go on...
M1 touched her stone making him turn green.
M1: Hmmm...Don't see much in you but...
He then used her telekinetic powers to lift some small rocks.
Jet: Wait, I don't remember Peridots doing that?.
Peridot: (proud) Indeed! It was not originally my power but I found out I could later on.
Jet: Oh! It must be some kind of mutation. Happens with rushed gem creation.
Steven: OH! What about Garnet?
M1: Never heard of a Garnet.
Garnet: He means me. I'm of course a fusion.
M1: Oh yeah! You Crystal Gems were messing with cross-gem fusions. Unfortunately, I can't copy anyone that has more than one gem.
Garnet: Hmmm...Let me make it easier for you.
Garnet then un-fused into Ruby and Sapphire.
M1: Much better!
M1 then touched Sapphire and Ruby's stones separately.
M1: Now I got strength and vague future site.
Ruby: What!? You call Sapphire's visions vague?
Sapphire: He's not wrong. They have been off lately.
The two then refused back into Garnet.
Steven: You sure you can't do fusions?
M1: Well, maybe if one of my brothers were awake...
Then they see a light coming from the table the other Mirror stones were on. One of the stones started floating in the air.
M1: OH! M2 is waking up!
Garnet: Good timing.
The mirror stone then took form. He looked just like M1 but had his gem on his right bicep.
M2: Finally! Wait, why are we outside?
M1: M2, over here!
M2 hears his brother and smiles running up. He, of course, gave mean looks at the others.
M2: Who are these guys? They wanna fight? I will bring it!
M1: Their friends so don't worry.
M2: You copy them already?
M1 nodded. M2 then touched M1's gem and he flashed several colors before turning back.
Steven: Whoa! What was that?
M1: We mirror stones can also let each other copy the abilities we already got from other gems.
Jet: Good cause that saves time. Now, what was this about doing fusion gems?
M1: Oh yeah! If I and M2 fuse then we might be able to use Garnet's powers.
M2: Who's Garnet?
M1: That big red one there. She's a Ruby and Sapphire.
M2: What're her powers?
Garnet then summoned her gauntlets. M2 was wide-eyed.
M2: Whoa! I so wanna do that now!
M1 nods and they then grabbed each-others hands. They then fused into a much bigger Mirror stone.
M-fusion: Alright, now for the hard part. Not sure what will happen.
M-fusion then tried to summon both Ruby and Sapphire's powers at once. He struggled for a bit groaning but then something went wrong and he unfused. Both Mirror Stones fell to the ground.
M2: Dang it!
M1: I guess it was a lot harder then we thought.
Garnet: It's alright. Take your time and you will be better at this kind of fusion.
M1: If you say so.
M2: Well, let's get back to it later. Right now, I'd like some explanation.
Hours later, it was dusk and the others explained the full situation to the Mirror Stones. They soon hung out at the docks of the town. As everyone was talking to the fishermen, Steven walked around and saw the Mirror stones in their fused form on the beach. They were trying to go Garnet mode again but was struggling. Steven went down to see them.
Steven: Still having trouble?
M-fusion: Yeah. Still not getting it for some reason. I mean we can do two same gems at once but not two different ones.
Steven: Why are you so eager to do this so fast?
M-fusion: Hmmm...I guess...we just wanna make sure we can do everything our creators wanted us to do. They have studied cross-gem fusion but never attempted it on other Zrit gems as far we know.
Garnet then came up.
Garnet: Cross-gem fusion is more complex then you might think.
The Mirror stones then unfused.
M2: What do you mean by that?
Garnet: you could fuse normally cause you are the same type of gem. The same person basically so you become just a bigger version of yourselves. But fusions like me are two different gems. Two different people. Mixing the two makes one completely new person. It may not settle at first but in time it will.
M1: That...makes sense...I think.
Garnet: Well, I don't know if it different with you but I felt that would help you a bit.
The Mirror stones thought about this for a bit. But then a boat came in and on the back was Gowby and his men running up.
Gowby: Look alive, everyone! Another one o' those beasts was chasin' us back 'n 'tis a huge one. I reckon one o' me scallywags said 'twas two mergin' together.
Fisherman: Stop calling us that, Gowby!
Gowby: Ye know 'tis a force o' habit!
Jet and the Crystal gems readied their weapons. Then out from the water was a huge huge gem monster with two big crab like claws. They fought it but had trouble getting past the claws. Then Garnet was able to hold one claw tightly keeping it from moving.
Jet: There's an idea! But we need someone else strong enough to hold down the other claw.
Amethyst: I could do...!
But then the other claw hit her far into the sea.
Jet: Well that inconvenient.
The Mirror stones then thought this was a perfect time.
M1: Brother, if we are gonna pull off Garnet mode it has to be now.
M2: I know but we still can't get it to work.
M1: Hmmm...Wait! We keep trying to go Garnet when we are already fused. But what if we tried going Ruby and Sapphire and then fusing?
M2: Huh? Oh! I guess changing two gems when already fused would be hard but...that idea might work. I call Ruby!
M1: I thought so.
M1 then went Sapphire while M2 went Ruby. Then they tried to fuse again and it took a bit longer but they soon finished with their fused form having Garnet's colors.
M-fusion: Perfect!
M-fusion then summoned gauntlets like Garnet and then grabbed the other claw. With the monster unable to block anymore, the others then attacked it's body poofing it. Jet and Steven then bubbled the gem stones and the fishermen cheered.
Gowby: Arrr! Now that was a show!
The Mirror stones then unfused exhausted. Garnet went up to them.
Garnet: Nice job you two.
M1: Thanks Garnet.
M2: That was draining holding that form together but we did it at the end.
?: Dude! That was awesome!
They look around to see who said that. They then see nearby it was another Mirror stone with a pair of sunglasses.
M1: M3!?
M2: When did you get up?
M3: Just in time to see that fight. It was amazing seeing you dudes fuse like that.
Steven ran up.
Steven: Welcome! Nice shades!
M3: Thanks. I saw an organic wearing a pair and I thought they look cool.
Steven could see behind the sunglasses that his gem was in his right eye socket.
Gowby: So...anyone goin' t' introduce these lads?
Jet: Oh yes! These are three of the five Mirror stones. Mirror stones, this is Gowby.
Steven smiled seeing this story is getting better with new friends around.
Meanwhile back at the shack, Peridot was looking at the two remaining Mirror stones still yet to awakened.
Peridot: I need to know more personally about these invaluable prototype gems.