A/N:

Hello again, everyone! Here's chapter three… I hope you like it. Anyways, enjoy the chapter :D.

Author's Note

Present

Flashback

Chapter Three: Meeting Blue Pearl and Experiencing the War

"That's right," Lapis said as Peridot made star eyes. "Blue Pearl helped me up. 'Hello,' she said, 'I'm Blue Diamond's Pearl. Sorry if this sounds even a bit rude, but what are you?' 'I'm a Lapis Lazuli,' I said, trying not to spoil her friendly mood. 'Thank you for helping me up…' 'No, thank YOU,' Blue Pearl replied. 'Would you like to learn how to summon your weapon? Our diamond has taught me.'

"While her pale blue gem on her chest glowed, it produced a blue spear built in with a hammer. It was quite a weird weapon," Lapis said, chuckling along with Peridot. It was such a treat to tell her story. "She told me to summon my weapon I had to focus on discovering the true power and rarity of my gem. So I tried. But we'll tell more of that later…

"Blue Pearl was really nice. I got to meet Blue Diamond, my Diamond. It was just so amazing to finally meet my diamond and her servant. I was very lucky indeed. Barely anybody gets to meet their diamond — even Pink Pearl didn't do much for Pink Diamond.

"It was an amazing experience to be in The Puddle — there were so many fantastic gems and I felt like I fit in. Well, I had a blue gem, so of course I did, but I mean fit in as in have many friends. We had tried our best to stop the rebellion — but I am in the rebellion now, right?" Lapis said, chuckling. Peridot chuckled warmly. "Lazuli, I didn't know you had so many adventures in this 'Puddle' you speak of. How much fun was I missing?" "Questions later, Peridot," Lapis said, smiling warmly.

"Blue Pearl had told me many stories about trying to stop the rebellion before the war. Oh, Peridot, it was awful. I don't know if you've been there, so I will do my best to describe it to you.

"The war was a big, huge battlefield. There were shattered gems everywhere, and it was a terrible scene. Jaspers — yes, Jaspers — were poofing, and usually Jaspers don't get poofed as much. It was awful. The rebellion was fighting us hard. It made a huge change in Homeworld. I really hated it. It was a huge scene of deaths, poofs, shatters, and violence. Luckily, the rebellion won — so the diamonds were stopped. At the time I didn't like the rebellion or the Crystal Gems, as they are addressed now and recently when a Ruby and Sapphire escaped. I hated the war. I'm glad you weren't there to experience it. Blue Pearl and I had a discussion about how they had to be stopped. The diamonds did everything to try to hollow out the earth, imprison it and use it for Kindergartens. That's when they started doing mini-cluster experiments, and forcing gems to fuse. That's when all of the diamonds planted the cluster in the Earth. It was your Diamond, Yellow Diamond's idea. And I didn't think it was something big at the time, so that's why I didn't warn Steven when he first met me. It was terrible knowing how badly the Diamonds wanted to use the Earth, like a little toy. The Earth to them was a piece of stubborn dust on the shoulder. My Diamond knew it was a big deal. A very big deal. After the rebellion won, they swore to protect the Earth and all its life. I thought the Earth was just a planet Homeworld was trying to wipe off of the maps. That was mostly it.

"I remember I got so frustrated I made myself fall on my back. I heard a small crack, and when I turned to look at my gem, instead of a small crack, there was a huge crack. I had cracked my gem."

A/N:So I know I said the next two chapters will be long, but there really wasn't much to say in this one. There will probably be a lot to say in the next one, though. Stay tuned for the next chapter tomorrow!