Characters created by: Rebecca Sugar
Part 1: American Revolution-Chapter 3: Mother Centipeetle Attack
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Battlefield In Yorktown, Virginia-October 19th, 1781
The Gems charged into the battlefield to take out the mother Centipeetle, while American and British troops attempted to fire on the Mother.
"Gems, weapons!" said Garnet. The Gems summoned their weapons and begun to attack the Centipeetle Mother. Garnet launched her gauntlets at the Mother.
*boom*
The Mother Centipeetle shrieked. The Centipeetle Mother then crawled into the water on the shore, headed for a fleet of French warships.
"We must follow it!" said Pearl. The Gems then noticed two men and a woman on a boat near the shore, who were watching the battle.
"May we use that boat please?" said Garnet.
"Alright…" said one man.
The Gems hopped on the boat. Garnet grabbed the two oars, and rapidly rowed, causing the boat to reach outrageous speeds.
The human woman on the boat noticed something swimming beside them. Suddenly, the figure disappeared under the boat. The boat then rocked around, and the woman was thrown out of the boat.
"Help, I cannot swim!" said the woman.
Amethyst and Pearl grabbed the woman's arm. Garnet noticed the same figure swim ahead of the boat now.
It was a shark.
The shark turned around, headed towards the front of the boat. The shark then jumped up from the water, ready to land onto the boat. For the two human men watching, everything suddenly went in slow motion. Garnet uppercutted the shark, instantly killing it. The shark fell back into the water, it's body sinking down into the ocean.
"I have never heard tell of a lady who can kill a shark." said one man.
"It's common for us." said Garnet. Garnet grabbed the two oars again and rowed again, the speed of the boat increasing again.
Amethyst and Pearl pulled the woman back onto the boat.
"Thank you." said the woman.
Ahead of them, the Centipeetle Mother rose from the sea next to a French warship. The Centipeetle Mother bit down on the ship, breaking it in half, and wood flying everywhere.
"Vaisseau abandonné!" said the captain on the ship.
Everybody on the ship then headed to a lifeboat, some even jumping off the ship into the water. The lifeboats were then released and started rowing away from the downed ship and the Mother Centipeetle.
The boat was now next to the Centipeetle mother. The Gems then jumped up onto the giant Mother Centipeetle's body. The Gems used their weapons all they could against the Mother Centipeetle.
Battlefield On The Shore-Present Time
Many American and British soldiers were watching from the shore of the Mother Centipeetle. On one side of the shore stood a man with white hair, dreads on the sides, he wore what seems to be an American Continental Army General uniform.
Next to the man walked an American soldier.
"General Washington, let's get you off this beach." said the American soldier.
"Be patient, I want to see this for myself." said the man.
Off The Shore Of Yorktown-Present Time
As the Gems were using their weapons on the Centipeetle mother, Garnet noticed a French warship closing in on the Mother Centipeetle.
"Feu!" said the captain of the ship.
The ship started firing on the Centipeetle Mother. The Centipeetle Mother started to reel around from the cannonfire. The Gems all fell back onto the boat.
The cannonfire was overwhelming for the Mother Centipeetle. The Mother Centipeetle then started spitting acid everywhere. The Mother Centipeetle was falling back into the water. The Mother Centipeetle then disappeared, all that remains was the gem, falling into the water. Garnet grabbed the gem and bubbled it, transporting it back to the temple.
"We did it." said Garnet.
"Jolly good job Gems!" said Rose.
"We should row back to the shore now." said Amethyst. Garnet then grabbed the oars and sped the boat back to the shore.
Shore Of Yorktown-A Few Hours Later
After the incident with the Mother Centipeetle, the British had called for a surrender.
British soldiers were marching in a line, their muskets on their shoulders. Standing on one side were French forces, and on the other side were American forces, with the British marching in the center. In the front of the line was a British Brigadier General, holding the sword of surrender. From a horse approached an American General.
"General Cornwallis refused to attend, so he confided in me to give you the sword." said the British Brigadier General.
The British General then held out the sword of surrender to the American General. The American General shook his head and pointed to General Washington, who was also on a horse.
"I shall not take the sword," said General Washington, "hand it to my second in command."
The British Brigadier General walked over to General Washington's second in command, who was on a horse as well. The British General gave him the sword.
"We hereby decree, by his Majesty himself, King George the Third, that the great British Empire recognizes America as a free and independent nation." said the British General.
The Gems looked from atop a nearby hill. Rose smiled, knowing that America was now free.
Crystal Gem Temple-Present Day
"And so, on October 19th, 1781," said Pearl, "the British surrendered to American and French forces at Yorktown, Virginia, and two years later, the Treaty of Paris was signed, ending the American Revolution, and recognizing America as an independent nation."
"That story was awesome!" said Steven.
"That was a very good story." said Connie.
"Now for the American Civil War." said Pearl.