The warp pad glowed, blasting a big blue beam. It dimmed down after two seconds, revealing Onion with his hands full of Gem shards. He set the shards on the counter, lining each half with it's missing piece. He then poured one drop from the bottle of tears on each Gem. For an entire hour, it was silent. Onion was about to cry again. Then, a friendly glow came from Steven's Gem. Soon, The glow formed a shape. The shape started to resemble Steven's body. When the glow dimmed, Steven was in the place of the broken Gem, exactly as he was before Bloodion (Bloodstone/Onion) stabbed him. The same happened for Amethyst, Pearl, Ruby, and Sapphire. But Topaz came back differently. When he finally regenerated, he looked very different. His hair had grown longer, his bangs covering one of his light blue eyes. His light, hooded jacket had been replaced by a zip-up hoodie, the baby blue star patch now a large decal on the back. The hoodie was unzipped, exposing a baby blue undershirt. His orange jeans were replaced with orange shorts with baby blue stripes on the sides. His high tops were replaced with slightly different high tops. He looked over at the Gems, flashed a big grin, and said, "'Morning, guys! What's for breakfast?"
All joking aside, he looked over at Onion, who was full of shame, about to cry again because of what he did. Topaz walked over to Onion, knelt down, and put his hand on his shoulder. "It's alright, kid." he consoled. "It wasn't your fault. It was Bloodstone. He was in control, not you." Onion suddenly hugged the orange swordsman, thanking him silently for showing him such kindness and mercy, despite all he had done. Topaz stood up, looking over at the two small Gems that had once been Garnet. "Surprised?" Ruby asked. Topaz was silent, then said, "Not really." This shocked everyone, except Onion, who had run home sixty seconds before. "I knew something was off about Garnet. Especially since I've never seen a Garnet before." Topaz explained. "Then there were her two Gems. If a Gem has two gemstones, they have to be a fusion. Also, I saw her third eye when she was hunched over during our fight. Her shades got knocked off." Ruby quietly grumbled. Once again, they failed to properly introduce Garnet's two halves, just like on the hand ship with Steven. "Well, I'm Ruby." The short red girl said, extending a hand with a ruby in the palm. Topaz shook the outstretched hand, the grip actually hurting a little. The blue girl piped up in a Garnet-like monotone voice. "I am Sapphire." Instead of a handshake, however, she curtsied. Topaz humored her, and bowed, feeling like a huge idiot as he did so.
Amethyst eventually spoke up. "I'm sorry, but have we all forgotten there's a flippin' psycho Gem about to go back to Homeworld and start an invasion?!" "Oh, right." Topaz said, remembering Bloodstone. "I had almost forgotten about Bloodstone." "Who is this 'Bloodstone,' anyways?" Pearl asked. Topaz said nothing. He only walked to a stool by the counter, sat down, and put his head in his hand. Pearl started to understand that Topaz preferred not to remember the red Gem. "I-if you would rather not say, it's fine." She said apologetically. "No, it's fine." Topaz assured them. "Bloodstone and I were once great friends. We cared for each other, something most Homeworlders frowned upon. Everyone on Homeworld frowned on emotions entirely. No love, no friendship, no mercy. Only death, hatred, and destruction. We were different."
"Then, I had a choice to make. We were being tested. If we passed, we joined the Homeworld Army. If not, we were left behind on Homeworld. The test was a fight, and Yellow Diamond was the judge. I had to fight Bloodstone. We fought in a Judgement Hall exactly like the one I fought Onion in. I had Blood pinned. I won, but Yellow Diamond wanted more. She wanted me to crack his Gem. He looked in horror at me. His look of fear was even worse than the humans'. I had to crack his Gem, or refuse and have mine shattered." Topaz paused. "I don't know why I cracked his Gem. I suppose it was because I thought I could fix it someday. But I forgot about him when I finally started serving under Yellow Diamond. I forgot until I saw his Gem come out of Onion." At this point, Topaz was crying, ashamed he had never cured his best friend. Steven felt sympathy for the swordsman, and hugged him.
After two minutes, Steven let go and said, "It doesn't matter what you did then, or why. All that matters is what we do about it here and now." Topaz felt better because of Steven's inspirational speech. "You're right, Steven." He said. "We need to get back to the Kindergarten and stop Bloodstone from flying back to Homeworld. I don't think he knows how to fly that ship."
At the Kindergarten...
The Crystal Gems arrived to the crash site just beyond the Judgement Hall, Ruby and Sapphire still unfused. But they were too late. Just as they were within 20 feet of the ship, the engine whirred to life. The ship was taking off, but Bloodstone apparently hadn't figured out how to move the ship forwards. "No, no, no, no, no, no, no!" Pearl panicked. "We're too late! We failed." "There has to be a way to stop that ship!" Topaz said. He then looked over at Ruby and Sapphire. "And I think I know just how to do it."
It seems Topaz is full of stories! And it seems that a new fusion is coming in the next chapter! I would like to thank you for reading this fan fiction so far, and I hope you enjoy the rest! See you in the next chapter!