Chapter 4: The Battle on the Beach

The battle had begun between Garnet and Obsidian, both gems had clashed with tremendous strength. Neither of them faltering or backing off from each other, their punches themselves began to shake the earth to its very core. Meanwhile the other crystal gems had begun to confront the Granite that stood before them. Pearl and Amethyst had charged at Granite full force. But instead of fighting back, Granite ducked to avoid them. Confused, both had tried charging again, but to no avail. Granite had simply ducked again and did what she could to avoid their attacks. The Granite then had spoken in a soft voice.

" Please, i don't want to fight you, I don't to hurt anyone." she said softly. Just as they were about to charge again, they halted hearing this. They had stopped dead in their tracks, completely baffled at words that this Homeworld gems spoke.

"What do you mean? You mean to tell us that you mean us no harm, even when your friend had tried to hurt Steven?" questioned Pearl as she walked towards Granite , putting the edge of her spear in her face. " Explain gem and maybe your life will be spared." pearl said in a serious tone, Amethyst, Steven, and Peridot taken back by pearls straightforward approach.

Granite was also shocked by Pearls actions, she knew many pearls and they would never be so outspoken. They had merely followed rules and listened to what they were told. But this one was terrifying, this pearl one who was made as a servant, made her shake with fear.

"A-alright I'll explain," she said as she tried to keep her calm while at spear point.

Meanwhile Garnet and Obsidian were still going at it, each attack being on par with the last. But after some time, Garnet had slipped up and Obsidian had thrown a hard punch into her abdomen. This attack had sent her back and crashed into a boulder. Before she could even gain her bearings she was met with a barrage of punches and she took the brunt of every single one. She didn't know how much more of this she could take.

But just then, the punches stopped, confused Garnet looked at Obsidian, who was now focused on the others. She then realized what was about to happen. Obsidian then charged for pearl, who still had her spear to Granites throat. His new target was now pearl and Garnet feared what would happen if he were to do to pearl what was done to her. Their differences in strength was apparent, pearl would surely be killed.

"So what you're saying is you're just like us," said amethyst as she looked down on the still fearful of the gems that surrounded her.

" You and your friend over there are running from Homeworld because he attacked one of the diamond and you defended him for what he did." Summed up Amethyst.

" Yes and we're just trying to find a place to hide from Homeworld, but because our ship is now destroyed we're stuck here." Granite added as pearl lowered her spear.

Just then Steven had a great idea, " How about you join the Crystal Gems!" he said as he looked to the others for approval. But before anyone could even consider the thought, Obsidian slammed into Pearl, throwing her twenty feet away. Then he turned his focus to Amethyst and threw a powerful punch. But was quicker than the attack and managed to dodge.

" Alright then, come get some!" shouted Amethyst as she drew her whip and struck Obsidian across the face, causing him to back off. Seeing this Amethyst then said " You see that, that's the power of the Crystal Gems!". But before Amethyst could even feel pride in what she had done, Peridot had shouted " Amethyst don't, you're no match for him!" Amethyst turned to Peridot with a confused look and then turned back to face Obsidian and was shocked at what she had saw. Obsidian's gem had begun to glow and from it came a long black scythe. The mere sight of it caused Amethyst to be overcome with fear. In what seemed like an instant, Obsidian swung his scythe and in that moment cut Amethyst in half, destroying her physical form. But not even a second after that Pearl appeared behind Obsidian, driving her spear through his body. Seeing that the first spear had little effect, Pearl created a second spear and drove that into his back as well. This still had no effect, but thanks to pearl attacking him from behind he would have a difficult time reaching her.

While distracted by Pearl, Obsidian was then rushed by Garnet who attacked him from the front. This was their chance and they unleashed a fury of attacks with Pearl thrusting spear after spear into Obsidian and Garnet delivering powerful punch after powerful punch. With Steven, Peridot and Granite watching from a distance, Steven began to notice Granite starting to tear up at the sight of her friend being ruthlessly being beaten from both front and back.

" They need to stop… he has done nothing wrong… he was just trying to protect me." said Granite who fell to her knees and began to weep. Just as Steven went to comfort Granite, Amethyst had reformed and had began to crack her whip across Obsidians sides. That had been the tipping point for him and he leaped in action and ran for his friends.

" Guys, STOP!" he shouted as he grabbed onto Garnet's leg. AS if on cue, Garnet had halted her attack, Pearl and Amethyst halting all the same. " He can't fight back anymore." added Steven who still held tight onto Garnet's leg. Hearing this, Garnet looked down at Steven and then to Obsidian. She looked at him with cold eyes, but had melted into eyes of slight concern. This gem, who had fought so hard and pushed his power to the limit was now a living pincushion. Spears were protruding from his body and scrapes had coated his body, but he had still not given in, he had held on tightly to his scythe and stood strong, even though he looked as though he was going to collapse any moment.

The gems had stood silent, until Garnet has spoke, " Listen, you're finished and we do not wish to drag this out any further." Obsidian then looked to Garnet and then to the others.

" I'm not finished, I can't be, I must protect her with my life and if i can't do that I'm no fit to be called her protect her." spoke Obsidian for the fight time since the fight had begun, everyone including Granite was taken back by his words. " I'm Obsidian, I was betrayed by Homeworld and The Diamonds and was to be executed via shattering." he added as all around him had listened closely to his words, " But I made a choice, I chose to betray Homeworld and The Diamonds and with the help of Granite, we escaped," he had continued as he slowly fell to his knees, " She had risked her life for me and I will do the same for her, so if you wish to do harm to either of us, you will answer to me and my blade." he finished as Steven began to approach him.

" We don't want to hurt either of you, all we want to do is help you." Steven said as he reached his hand out to touch Obsidian. Not recoiling at all, Obsidian allowed Steven to get close, but by only the mere touch from Steven upon his shoulder, Obsidian's body had burst once more into a cloud of dust and light, a piece of Obsidian had fallen into the sand.

As Steven reached down to the stone to bubble it, Granite had approached the group with Peridot tagging behind her. She then knelt down next to Steven and looked at him with a soft gaze. She then spoke softly, " Please let me take care of him." She then picked up his gem and held it close to her.

After a period of explanation, Granite had opened up to the Crystal Gems and told them all her own and Obsidian's stories, taking care to be very detailed on everything that had transpired in this entire situation. When she was finished, Garnet, Pearl and Amethyst had convened on what should be done with her and Obsidian. Meanwhile Steven and Peridot were being as friendly as possible to this new gems. Once the others were finished they had given their answer and agreed these new gems no stay on earth. This then caused Steven to invite Granite into the team of the Crystal Gems and after much thought, Granite had agreed, causing Steven to celebrate at the idea of a new member of the team and one who could possibly join as well. Even though The others were a bit uneasy on these new gems, but they pushed those feelings aside. They knew Steven could see the good in others and if he can convince a Homeworld loyal gems like Peridot and make them and turn her around, then who's to say that he couldn't do the same with this these gems too. Things were beginning to change for the better, if not for the greater.

Thanks for waiting everyone and here is the next chapter in my series and I hope you enjoy. Next chapter will be out when I'm finished (Which could be soon, I don't know). Don't forget to leave a review, I would like to here your feedback because it really helps with writing and it helps bring new ideas to light. Stay toned for the next chapter, Chapter 5: A New Dawn.