Hello guys, and please enjoy chapter six. I hope you're all ready for Alexandrite's first mission! Also, I saw all the new episodes that aired in my area, hmm, okay…I'm not sure if this chapter takes place before or after the episodes…a big thanks to ChocolateBar2013 and Animebinge... I have a big profile update, so check my profile! Onto the story ~.

Chapter Six: Alexandrite's First Mission

"Steven, we're going to go on a mission," Garnet said, giving Alexandrite a pat. "Maybe, if Alexandrite is aggressive toward corrupted gems, we can warp to the located area and bring her with us."

"WOW!" Steven said, making star-shaped pupils. He grabbed the warp whistle Amethyst plunked onto the counter earlier, and attached it to the dog's Alexandrite-spiked collar (collar covered with Alexandrite gemstones). "Great," Steven said. "So if she gets hurt, she knows she's smart enough to warp back here to recover." He was right. Ever since he had found Alexandrite, he knew she would be a very smart puppy.

"Okay, Garnet, we're ready," Pearl said, rushing to the warp pad. Garnet walked over to the warp, and Amethyst, who had been shifting through the fridge, went to join them. Steven smiled, picked up Alexandrite, quickly fed her some dog food and water, and headed to the warp pad. He set Alexandrite down. When the warp pad activated, Alexandrite seemed fascinated at the usual, comforting blue glow and the fragile, blue gem-material (?) that made the warp pad. When they arrived to the area, Alexandrite was levitating for a few seconds, and landed gently. She made sure to keep proper balance – she had seen when Onion tried using the warp pad with Steven when she was still a stray, but she was hiding.

The area was a sparkly beach area called "Mask Island". They had discovered a new warp pad (not canon to the show, though), but that isn't the point. They had come to search for corrupted gems and Jasper. We probably won't be finding Jasper again anytime soon, Steven thought with a head shake of disapproval. "Alexandrite-" he was interrupted by the noise of Alexandrite barking. She took off sniffing where there were big, sloppy footprints. That might be a corrupted gem, thought Steven. Pearl was very nervous. She didn't want Steven or the puppy to get hurt by the gem monster. She glanced nervously at Alexandrite, who was trotting slowly down a trail of the footprints, sniffing. The Crystal Gems and Steven decided to follow her. Maybe her knowledge and sniffing would take them somewhere.

The inference drawn was right! They saw a corrupted Ocean Jasper, pawing at the sand fearfully. It growled and roared and whimpered. It hurt Steven to see gems suffer, especially corrupted gems like this one. The Jasper had fear written all over its face, and it made Steven ache. It must have ached Alex, too, because Steven saw Alex running towards the corrupted beast, and when the Jasper noticed Alex, it went running towards her. Alex yelped in fear and ran towards Steven. Even if it didn't seem right, they had no choice but to bubble the Jasper.

Alex had a very good memory, so luckily she remembered the training process with Pearl, so she went towards the gem and bit its gemstone (which was placed on its chest), and it poofed instantly. The gemstone rolled across the floor, and Alex immediately equipped the gem in her mouth. She bounded towards Steven. Before he could bubble it, he noticed a small, sparkling green and red bubble around it. It was only slightly visible through the sunshine color palette. He looked amazed. Could Alexandrite bubble gems? And if so, how was that possible?

I hope you enjoyed this chapter, guys! I know it was short but this seemed to be a good point to end at. I hope you guys liked it! The next chapter will be much longer, and don't worry; this story will be very long! The next chapter will be Amethyst bonding with the puppy, and I'm not sure for the rest, but Garnet bonding with the puppy will be the last gem bonding story (I'll include humans bonding too, like Connie, etc.), and then Sour Cream, Buck Dewey, and Jenny Pizza will be training the dog so she can become better at doing tricks. This story will be so much fun for you guys! I'm planning to update "Icy Nights", and then "All That Glitters", so stay tuned! Also, I'm sorry if these chapters are short, they will DEFINITELY be longer next time!