Chapter Six: The Old and the New

During his regeneration process, Altaite had seen many things flash before him.

A structure collapsing, trapping someone;

Homeworld, the castles and forts crowded with warriors;

Aventurine, who was constructing something;

Yellow Diamond, who had crushed Howlite's gem with her foot.

And then, the purple figure that Tourmaline had seen, its face launching at him with no eyes and blood streaming down its face.

Altaite jumped up from his gem, fully healed.

Tourmaline was beside him.

"What's wrong? You screamed before you jumped up." She looked at his new outfit;

He had gray boots and kept his hood, which connected to a vest. Under the vest, he had a black t-shirt and a necklace with a piece of tourmaline, kept in place by a wire which ran around it. His hair was white and ruffled.

She looked closely.

She pointed at his necklace. "What is that?"

Altaite looked away. "It just felt right."

Tourmaline giggled.

"Okay, now, what was happening? You seemed scared when you came out of your gem."

Altaite explained most of what happened except for Howlite's gem being crushed and someone sacrificing themselves for another Gem.

She shuddered.

"The figure... did it look like an Iolite?"

Altaite nodded, fear in his eyes.

"...It can't be the same one terrorizing people at Funland, can it.."?

"There was an Iolite at Funland?!"

Tourmaline looked over at him.

"Yes. It took the form of the meteorite Howlite arrived in, but then when we got closer to it, the meteorite faded away and it blasted into the sky."

Malachite, Azurite, and Steven walked in.

Steven was still talking to the two about their fusion from a couple of minutes ago.

Altaite looked up.

"What happened?"

Azurite rubbed his arm, looking away.

Malachite whispered to him.

"Do you want to tell him?"

Azurite shook his head briefly.

Malachite took a deep breath.

"Serendibite was outside."

The couple seemed shocked.

"A Serendibite? But Howlite was here because she was banished. How could the Serendibite be here?"

Malachite shrugged.

"But get this. Azurite and I fused."

Altaite and Tourmaline freaked out.

Malachite and Azurite had been Kyanite for their whole lives until they met Turquoise.

One part wanted to be with her, the other wanted to be independent.

After sustaining weeks of battle damage, Kyanite retreated into a single gem.

This gem was split into two because of self-conflict;

Thus, Malachite and Azurite were created.

Once they regenerated, Malachite set out to look for Turquoise.

Azurite had stayed behind.

And now, when the two fuse, they become Kyanite, or at least a version of him.