1 month after moving with the crystal gems

Jasper sighed, happily looking at the infant within her arms. Despite all the noise Nora and amethyst made by playing video games, the quartz infant slept soundly, she would occasionally go upstairs and play with them leaving Steven in the care of garnet. The former home-world soldier appreciated the kind gesture by the leader of the crystal gems who gained her full trust despite the fact that there is still some tension between her and the rest of them.

The perfect quartz soldier returned and sat next to Garnet, who in return offered her the baby back. The quartz soldier held Steven gently, still happy that the boy is safe. Greg would come around few times a day to check up on her and the boy. Besides Garnet, he was the most understanding person she saw. He gave her few pieces of advice on how to raise a baby and began helping her improve her parenting skills. For what Greg did for her she was grateful, out of all of them he never showed her any form of animosity or held a grudge on her for what her counterpart on this earth did to Nora.

"Well, thank you for everything you did for me guys but I need to start thinking about a way to support Steven. I don't want to be seen as a liability here." The quartz said earning her a confused look on the face of the fusion

"On the contrary Jasper, you are not a liability. You are free to do whatever you desire. Staying here or leaving is up to you and you alone." Garnet said while smiling

"Not that I want to leave, because I literally have nowhere to go." Jasper chuckled "It's just that I want Steven to not lack anything any boy his age would want to have. I want him to be a wonderful person and I would do anything in my power to give him the life he deserved."

"Your job is to raise Steven and we respect that; however we will not leave you alone in this. When the time comes Steven will be a splendid young man."

"I'm not going to pretend I understood the last part but for what you offered me I will be forever in your debt." The perfect quartz said offering her hand to garnet who in return accepted the handshake.

"Now that this issue is cleared we need to focus on other things."

"Like what exactly?" Inquired the quartz

"Remember the talk we had a couple of weeks ago, about earning the trust of the others. Well, I think it is about time you do that because the Jasper we know did a lot of horrible things to some of us."

"Like that Lazuli Gem." The quartz suggested earning her a nod of agreement from the fusion.

"So what exactly did I do to her to make her this mad at me?" Jasper Asked.

"It is kind of complicated when you think about it. The truth will hurt but if you wish to know I will not hide it."

"So spill it out already please."

"After we defeated your counterpart here and we made her ship crash land on the beach. Our Jasper along with Lapis survived the fall and emerged with minor injuries. Frustrated by her defeat, the Jasper we know began complaining about how we beat her with only fusions until she noticed Lapis getting out of the debris." The fusion said and then stopped as if to take a breath, not that she needed to but it was to clear her head and gather up the courage to complete the story.

"Listen, if you don't want to continue telling me this then fine I won't pressure you but one day I will need to know the entire thing." The perfect quartz said while trying to sound as gentle as possible

"No it's ok; I was just thinking about a way that I can deliver the cold truth to you. For the last time, are you sure you want to hear this?"

"Garnet, you know well I'm ready for anything you have to throw at me." The quartz reassured only to get a nod of agreement.

"As I said before she noticed Lapis who in return tried to fly away. She grabbed her and tried to convince her to fuse with her, telling her that it was only a matter of time before we come after her. The Jasper we know told her that fusing with her is the only way that she can get revenge. At the time, Lapis never uttered a single word, and just extended her hand only for Jasper to grab it and then started to fuse. At that moment Malachite was born, the fusion laughed as she looked down and then tried to attack us but something went wrong. As you know the fusion mental stability depends on both gems who are about to fuse mental state. Jasper's side was dominant at first but then thing down the hill; Lapis took over and forcibly dragged both of them to the bottom of the ocean."

Shocked, that was a mild way to describe the swirling vortex of emotions inside of her, what Garnet said was brutal… beyond brutal as she knew well that fusion is not meant that way. After the perfect quartz regained her composure, she asked her to continue.

"It was brutal, torture at its purest form. The fragile mind of Lapis could not handle the stress and the never-ending struggle for control in a fusion that was never stable in the first place. This destroyed her after few months of staying under the ocean for months with that monster. They or should I say, Jasper, was in control of the fusion right now, The fight at mask island was extremely hard but with the help of Nora, we managed to beat her. And since that day Lapis has been living in the barn alongside Peridot."

"What my counterpart did here is unforgivable but I am not that type of gem. I'm not hell bent on killing anyone…I just want to live my life in peace alongside Steven and if you guys are willing alongside you too."

"You know well that you are a crystal gem. Different universe or not you valued life on earth and you chose to stay there despite the fact that you could have refused Rose's offer to join her. You are one of us and we will go to any extent to protect you, and I am sure you will do the same for us."

"You got that right Garnet, I'm sure that what you told me is just the surface of the pain my counterpart caused to you. Nevertheless, I will do whatever it takes to heal those wounds of theirs; I am going to do my best to make it up to them."

"This is what I wanted to hear, now then there is someone who would like to see you." The leader of the crystal gems said as she defused.

What stood in front of the perfect quartz were none other than Ruby and Sapphire, Jasper smiled and quickly embraced the smaller gems in a big hug. The two were surprised at first but then they returned the friendly gesture.

"My stars, I haven't seen you two in like a thousand years… sorry I mean the Ruby and the Sapphire I used to know… you know from my universe and stuff."

Both of them laughed and assured her that there is no need for her to apologize for what she did, as they already see her as a close member of the team and a friend.

"I have so much to tell you guys about." The quartz said as she began recalling old memories.

Aaaaaaaaaaannnnnnnnnnd cut. Hope you guys like it, like Garnet, said what the alternate Jasper did was brutal and it will take the new Jasper so long to close the wounds Jasper caused. The next few chapters will be dedicated to showing what Jasper will do to make things right with the new crystal gems and I will be sure you enjoy reading them. Ok, one last thing to say, I will shiping Jasper with one of the gems but except for Garnet. be sure to review so I can make it real

Nova quartz is out.