Steven and Lion made it to the beach house, though Steven seemed to be in pain. "Just this morning, everything was perfect" Steven pouted painfully. "Why did everything have to change? I want my happily ever after back. Hey, how did you guys get here so fast?" "Fuwa warped us here~lun" Lala explained. Then everyone saw a part of the temple having a glowing light. "That might be her" Steven guessed before turning to Lion. "Go find Connie. We need all hands on deck." Roaring a portal into existence, Lion rushed through, leaving Steven alone to confront Spinel inside the house. After walking up the stairs, he briefly peered inside before walking in to console the depressed Gem. "Wait up, Steven." Hikaru's voice said as she came by with Lala, Elena, Madoka, Yuni, Fuwa, and Prunce. They approached the depressed Gem. "Spinel? What's wrong?"Steven asked. Spinel turned to face the everyone with a sob. "I just started getting these feelings flooding back to me." she said while crying. "That's... That's good, we need you to remember," Steven replied. "If you don't, something really bad will happen to me and my home. Please, think! Do you remember the garden?" "The garden?" Spinel asked before she smiled with tears still in her eyes. "Is anything coming back to you?" Hikaru asked, trying to sound friendly. Remembering her past, Spinel briefly smiled, looking back on her happy memories... Before degrading into a destroyed frown. In anguish, Spinel slammed her fists into the warp pad, activating it. "No!" "Whoa! Hey! Hello!" The girls cried cried out as they flew with Steven and Spinel, along with Fuwa and Prunce. "Spinel, where are we going?" Steven asked. "Back..." Spinel replied. "To where I never left."
Everyone arrived at Pink Diamond's garden. Spinel looked around at her surroundings, and gasped, running towards something. "Spinel!" The group called out as they soon followed Spinel off of the warp pad. "This was our garden." Spinel informed. "A special world built just for Pink and I." Because this was a dream, the girls and aliens were able to see what happened in Spinel's past. The garden was suddenly bright and vibrant, seeming more lively than it was now with forget-me-knot flowers and Pink Diamond was shown with Spinel. "On Homeworld, Pink was so lonely and sad, but not here," Spinel reminisced as her past self began to play with Pink Diamond. "Here, we would play for hours. Every day was so much fun." Spinel's past self was seen juggling three pink balls, entertaining Pink Diamond who laughed as she clapped her hands before stopping. "At least... That's what I thought." Spinel continued to show them about her past. "Did something happen?" Steven asked in concern. "Pink wanted a colony more than anything." Spinel stated softly. "I'm guessing one day she finally got her own?" Elena asked. "Yeah" Spinel said before the scene began to change. "One day, her wish came true! Blue and Yellow gave Pink her very own planet: Earth! I was so excited! A brand new place to play!" Spinel was shown happily bouncing around an excited Pink Diamond, then landed on her shoulder, smiling with her. "So, why didn't you go with her?" Steven asked Spinel.
As Spinel followed Pink Diamond to the warp pad, Pink Diamond motioned her to stay back, but the former continued following her. The latter then stopped her by holding onto her hand. "Here in the garden, Let's play a game, I'll show you how it's done~," Pink Diamond began to tell Spinel. "Here in the garden, Stand very still~" "This'll be so much fun~" Spinel smiled. Hikaru and her friends grew worried as they all had a hunch of what will happen next. Pink Diamond smiled down at Spinel before leaving her. "And then she smiled, that's what I'm after~," Spinel sang as her past self watched Pink Diamond leave via warp pad. "The smile in her eyes, the sound of her laughter, Happy to listen, Happy to play, Happily watching her drift away~" Hikaru frowned a bit in worry for Spinel. "Happily waiting all on my own under the endless sky, Counting the seconds standing alone as thousands of years go by~" Spinel sang as her past self stood still while the garden began to grow out of control. Yuni was almost to the point of tears as seeing this reminded her of what life was like on Planet Rainbow after Aiwarn turned all of the citizens into stone. "Happily wondering, night after night~," Spinel sang as time went by before she walked off suddenly to the flowers in the garden. "Is this how it works?, Am I doing it right?, Happy to listen, happy to stay, Happily watching her drift away~"
"You keep on turning pages, for people who don't care, People who don't care, About you~" Spinel sang, taking out the flower and held it out to Steven. Steven accepted the flower only for it to be blown out of his hand by the wind. "And still it takes you ages~," Spinel continued as she thought about Pink Diamond and their former friendship. "To see that no one's there, See that no one's there, See that no one's there, Everyone's gone on, without you~" Tears began to form in Yuni's eyes. Everyone else just felt heartbroken. Past Spinel soon looked see that the Diamond Communicator had activated to show a familiar announcement. "Finally something!, Finally news!, About how the story ends~," Spinel sang as her past self came to see the Diamond Communicator before seeing Steven's face on the screen. "She doesn't exist now, Survived by her son, And all of her brand new friends~" "Ouch..." Hikaru winced for poor Spinel. "Isn't that lovely?, Isn't that cool?, And isn't that cruel?~" Spinel continued to sing as her past self fell to her knees, looking quite tearful of what had happened to her so-called best friend. "And aren't I a fool to have, Happily listened, Happy to stay, Happily watching her drift, Drift, Drift, Away?~" she then finished the song before she soon began to change into her form from when everyone first met her, looking very sad now.
"Spinel...We had no idea~lun" said Lala, trying hard not to cry. "We're so sorry that Pink Diamond left you here for 6,000 years." Madoka told Spinel sincerely. "I can't believe Mom did that to you" Steven added before pausing. "Actually, I can totally believe it," He tried to come close. "You're not the only one she hurt-" Then Spinel reactively pushed Steven away, tumbling him to the ground. "Rraah! Yeah, you must know all about her life without me!" she growled, growing her hand into a giant fist as he tried to summon his shield, but failed. "Rub it in, why don't ya?!" "No! It's not like that!" Steven cried out. "You deserve a better friend." "Steven's right~fuwa." Fuwa told Spinel. Spinel closed her eyes and angrily swung her fist at the column holding the Diamond Communicator instead, destroying it. She sighed in defeat, kneeling down sadly. "Spinel, come back and save the Earth with us," Steven told the depressed Gem. "You can start over there, make new friends." "Spinel, I know it's hard to lose friends, especially with someone so close to you" Hikaru said. "It's not too late for you to start making new friends" Elena added. Spinel didn't look back at them.
"Somewhere someday somehow you'll love again~" Hikaru sang as he and the others walked up to Spinel. Spinel turned away from them still. "Someday, somewhere, somehow, (Someday, somewhere, somehow,)~," Steven sang along with Hikaru until Spinel joined in then. "You'll love again, (I'll love again,), You just need to find someone, (I just need to find someone,), Someone who treats you better (Someone who treats me better)~" Spinel was soon standing up with the others. They began to make their way back to the warp pad. "Someone who wants you around, (Someone who wants me around,), Someday, somewhere, somehow, (Someday, somewhere, somehow,), You're gonna feel found... (I'm gonna feel found...)~" Everyone sang as they soon left on the warp pad. Eventually, they were back on Earth as the the group gave friendly smiles to Spinel. "Today, right here, right now, I already feel found...~" Spinel smiled tearfully back to them. They soon made their way back into the beach house.
Meanwhile...Pearl and Amethyst were nervously waiting for Steven while Garnet picked up a spork, touching it curiously. "If they find her, they'll come back here, right?" Amethyst asked hopefully. "Guess who's back?" Hikaru smiled as she and the others, minus Spinel, showed up at the stairs before he looked at the remaining part of the party. "Come on down." "Won't they all be... Not exactly incredibly thrilled to see me like this?" Spinel asked nervously, pointing to herself a bit. "We just have to talk to them" Hikaru said, taking her hands and helped her downstairs. "Ta-da!" "W-W-W-W-W-What?!" Pearl cried out before summoning her spear, along with Amethyst who had summoned her whip. "Oh, Spinel, did you change your hair?" Garnet asked calmly. "Whoa, okay, calm down" Yuni told Pearl and Amethyst. "No one needs to fight." "Yuni's right." Steven added. "Spinel got her memories back, but she's not gonna hurt us. Everything's chill." Lion's portal suddenly opened, with Connie riding on his back through, unsheathing her sword and he landed on the ground. "Aah!" Connie called out, landing by Pearl and she swung around her sword. "Hah! I'm here! Where's the fight?!" "Don't fight!" Steven told her. "Everything's chill!" Then everyone heard the sound of a toilet flushing heard from Steven's bathroom. Greg came out as Amethyst, Pearl, and Connie all automatically point their weapons at him. "Aah!" Greg yelped before going back inside the bathroom. "Alright, alright. I'll wash my hands."
"Okay, everyone put their weapons away~de purunsu!" Prunce told Pearl, Amethyst, and Connie. They looked at each other and did that. "Whew," Steven sighed in relief before smiling to the Gem beside him. "Okay. Spinel, can I ask you a favor?" "Are you kidding?" Spinel grinned. "Anything." "We need you to turn off your injector." Steven told her. So they went outside as Bismuth, Lapis, and Peridot were hard at work. Everyone saw that the injector was still draining more fluid into the Earth. A lightning bolt flashed across the sky as the remaining Crystal Gems were still observing the situation. Peridot zoomed in on the injector with her tablet, which showed them a dire development: the fluid was now reaching critical mass. "That sounds bad." Lapis remarked. "That looks bad." Bismuth added. "That IS bad!" Peridot told them. "We're hitting critical mass." "I guess we're just in time~lun." Lala said as she and the others came over. Bismuth, Lapis, and Peridot yelped to see that they had sudden company. "Steven!" Peridot called out. "What's the status on Spinel?" "She's back, and she's here to help." Steven said with Spinel behind him. Spinel approached the injector, turned her finger into a horn and commanded the injector to remove itself from the Earth's crust. And the injector did just that, thus saving the Earth. "Whew." Madoka smiled. "Wow... That was easier than I thought it'd be." Elena said. "Tell me about it." Yuni nodded to that.
"Okay. Can someone fill me in?" Connie soon asked. "Thanks, Spinel." Steven sighed in relief. "Aw, gee" Spinel smiled before they shook hands. "What are friends for?" "Alright, now it's Garnet's turn." said Hikaru. "Yeah, all we need are Garnet's memories and my powers, and we can all get back to living happily ever after," Steven nodded to Hikaru. "What could work for Garnet? Something about Fusion... Something about love..." "What about me?" Spinel piped up. "Huh?" Everyone asked. "Is that all you needed me for?" Spinel asked as she felt hurt. "To turn off my injector?" "No, of course not." said Hikaru. "Well, what now?" Spinel asked, looking like she was close to snapping. "I-I-I did what you wanted. That's it?" "Well, yeah, we could all just forget this whole thing ever happened." Steven said. "How you gonna forget with me around?" Spinel glared as she began to shake Hikaru violently in her hold until Prunce got his friend free and held onto her protectively. "I'm the source of all your problems. Don't pretend you want me here. What's your plan for me, huh? You gonna put me somewhere? You gonna leave me somewhere? You gonna leave me alone?!" "Spinel..." Steven frowned. But before he could console Spinel, she smacked him, knocking him back and causing the Gem Rejuvenator to slide out of his jean pocket. "Yipe!" Fuwa yelped. Pearl and Amethyst ran in fear. "Oh, what's this?" Garnet wondered as she proceeded to pick up the Rejuvenator. "G-Garnet, do-don't touch that!" Steven cried out as she grabbed the Rejuvenator simultaneously as Garnet turned it on. "Why do you have that?" Spinel asked suspiciously. "I-I was just carrying it" Steven replied. "I-I didn't have anywhere else to put it."
"'We can just forget this ever happened'?" Spinel quoted out of mockery. "You mean I can just forget this ever happened!" Then she laughed hysterically. "Wow! What a plan! I turn off the Injector, and then the moment my back is turned, Bam! Presto! Change-o! Problem solved! Well, think again. You're not getting rid of me that easy." "C-Come now, let's just talk about this..." Elena said anxiously. "Yeah, we can just talk this out." said Madoka. Spinel turned her finger into a horn again and commanded the injector to smash into the Earth's crust. "Run for it!" Peridot cried out. Everyone ran out of the way as this was not good. The injector smashed into the Earth's crust, splashing its bio-toxin everywhere and knocking everyone back. "I'm not letting you get one over on me, Steven Universe." Spinel scowled. "I wasn't going to wipe your memory, Spinel!" Steven told her. "You expect me to believe that you want me like this?" Spinel growled. Garnet peeked out over the crater, looking down at Steven and Spinel's confrontation. "Steven? Why are you fighting?" she asked. "Aren't we all friends?" "Looks like we've still got an audience" Spinel remarked. "How about a front-row seat?" She pulled Garnet to her, coiling her arms around her body as she held her hostage. "Garnet!" Steven gasped. "You know, this is pretty twisted, but I'm a little flattered that you liked the old me; innocent, loving, stupid," Spinel remarked to Steven. "If that's your thing, why don't you leave her like this?" The girls transformed into Pretty Cure once more. "Spinel, stop this!" Cure Star told her as she flew down to Steven. "You are not the boss of me, mere mortal." Spinel glared at her. "It doesn't have to be this way though!" Star replied. "Oh, Steven here is so protective of his real friends, and he's so careless with your fake ones!" Spinel smirked. 'She isn't making this easy.' Cure Cosmo thought to herself from her spot.