Chapter 1: Nothing But Ruby
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Steven, Connie and Amethyst headed up towards the lighthouse cliff. "Hey! Amethyst! Your idea for having pizza, and wanting to play some games with me? Was that to cheer me up!?" Steven asked along the way.
"Yeah, what else are big sister's for?" asked Amethyst. "Uh. We literally just now figured out that we're technically siblings!" said Steven. "You say to-may-to, I say to-mah-to!" Amethyst shrugged while running.
"Who the hell says it like that!?" asked Steven. "Look, there they are!" said Connie "after everything Sapphire said to her, she must be heartbroken!"
"I bet Rebecca and Bismuth are trying to comfort her and tell her everything's okay! Such a good girl we raised" said Steven "and Bismuth can be a bit overly passionate but she means well!"
But what they saw was pretty calm, Ruby was hanging out with Greg, Rebecca had joined in to, Bismuth was reluctantly playing along but had a concerned look on her face.
"Uh...Hey everyone..." said Steven. "Oh, hey guys? How did you find me?" asked Ruby. "We sensed you!" Amethyst teased. "No, Rebecca called us and told us where you were" said Connie.
"Oh, and you bought Joshua too! Yay! Both my godkids are here!" said Ruby "so, that's why you borrowed Greg's phone. I thought you were ordering more pizza, silly!" Ruby playfully elbowed Rebecca.
"How did you find her, Rebecca?" asked Connie.
"Oh! Simple! Me and Bismuth began to ask people if they saw a little person with a square head and they pointed me in the direction they saw her go in until it led us to here!And that's how The Bismuth and Rebecca Detective Squad solved the mystery of The Missing Ruby" said Rebecca.
"Ha ha! Rebecca and I make quite the team...though, she did most of the work" said Bismuth "I have no idea what I contribute her little team she made up."
"That's easy! You're the muscle, Bismuth! In case I get into trouble and need backup!" said Rebecca. "That, I can do" said Bismuth. "Ruby was just telling me about your mom" said Greg.
"Oh...well, how are you feeling about all that?" asked Steven. "Well, I fell in love with Rose Quartz, she fell in love with Mr. Universe" said Greg "sure, she never told me she was Pink Diamond, but I never told her I was Greg Demayo."
"Well, just so you know, I'm okay with you being my new Daddy" Amethyst teased. "Uh, what?" asked Greg. "Oh, your pizza with extra sausage, give it to me, Daddy..." Amethyst teased.
"Uh, did Amethyst eat those weird mushrooms she found in her room again?" asked Greg. "No, while discussing the whole Pink Diamond thing, Connie pointed out that because Mom made Amethyst, she's my sister."
"Well, not just Amethyst but every gem made on Earth including Jasper and all those amethysts we met on the zoo are your sister" said Connie.
"But that's like, thousands of sisters! Oh god, I feel like I'm in a Nickelodeon show!" said Steven.
"So, Ruby, how are you holding up?" asked Connie. "I'm okay, want a slice?" asked Ruby. "Uh...no, we just ate" Connie answered. "Ruby! How!? How are you so calm!?" asked Bismuth "aren't you sad about Sapphire!?"
"Yeah, I was, but me and Greg talked it out and now I'm better!" said Ruby. "Oh, good, for a moment there I thought Garnet was over" said Bismuth in a relieved tone. "Probably not" said Ruby.
"Whaaaaaat!?" Everyone exclaimed. "Yeah, Sapphire was kind of right about everything" Ruby shrugged "we really did stay Garnet but Rose told us to be her...uh...answer. It's my first time thinking about it...it's my first time thinking of...me!"
"I don't understand" said Bismuth. "Back when I first emerged, the first thing I did was got crammed together with a bunch of other rubies" Ruby explained "then, I was with Sapphire together all the time, I was always checking in on someone, But now, I go wherever the wind takes me! I'm up here eating pizza and reading comics, I don't know if Sapphire wants to read comics, I don't have to know! The rest of my life could be this! I don't have to be Garnet, I can be on...my own!"
"Uh...wait...no! Ruby, you can't be serious!" said Steven "what about Sapphire!" "I'm not fussed about what Sapphire wants! I've seen my future and it's nothin' but Ruby!" said Ruby.
"No! Not my favourite power couple!" Bismuth cried in dismay. She then felt a tugging at her ankle and she noticed Rebecca beckoning her closer "Now's not the time to lose our cool, Bismuth, Garnet's on the line!" she whispered.
"But, you heard Ruby, she-" "That's exactly my point! Our detective team's got a new case: "The Case of How to Get Ruby to Reconsider". We've got to make our game plan, Bismuth!" Rebecca instructed.
"If it'll get Garnet back, I don't mind teaming up with you again!" Bismuth agreed
Chapter 2: Ruby Rider
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"So, where are you gonna go after this?" asked Amethyst "you just gonna stay out here?" "I wanna live free! One with the wilderness! Facing danger at every turn! Not leaving nothing or nobody to get me by! Just like this guy!"
Ruby presented a comic book. "Uh, Scrooge McDolphin from Dolphin tales?" asked Steven. "Whoops! Wrong one! This guy!" Ruby held up another comic book titled "Lonesome Lasso"
"Oh! Lonesome Lasso! I know that! That comic was an American adaption of Lonely Blade manga, which the film series is based on, only instead of samurai in feudal Japan, Lonely Lasso is about cowboys in the old west" said Steven.
"Sort of similar to how The Magnificent Seven is an American Adaption of Seven Samurai" said Connie. "Ew, stop it you two! You're starting to smell like nerd!" Amethyst remarked.
"The open plains! That's where I wanna go!" said Ruby. "I know just the place, I'll get ya there!" said Greg. Ruby began making finger guns atop Greg's van "Ye-haw! Pa-pow! Pa-pow! Bang! Bang! Bang! Pwoo!"
After saying a fond farewell, Greg drove off to take Ruby to where she wanted to go. Amethyst went along too. "Alright, we should get you home, Rebecca" said Steven "Rebecca?" Rebecca was nowhere to be seen, and neither was Bismuth.
"Oh! Look, there's a note strapped to your lower back!" said Connie. She picked up the note and read it "Dear Mommy and Daddy, I wanted to go with Grandpa, Amethyst and Ruby. I'm sorry this was last minute. Love you! Rebecca."
"Did that girl honestly sneak off again!? Jeez, we gotta get a leash for that kid or something" Steven groaned. "At least she left a note this time" said Connie "and now we know where she went, and we know she's with your father, Amethyst, Ruby and Bismuth, so we know she's at least safe."
"I know, but still, we gotta have a word with her about this" said Steven "every time she sneaks out she always gets into some sort of trouble, that's my main concern. And so close to her birthday too."
"If Ruby is taking too long playing cowboy, we'll call Greg and have him send Rebecca back just in time for her party" said Connie "we will ground her for a week, but we'll wait until after her birthday."
"Okay...at least with her preoccupied it'll be easy to keep things a surprise" said Steven.
The next morning Greg drove up to an open field "Ya'll ready to west it up?" asked Greg. Ruby kicked the back doors of the van open "Here I am, on the open range...at least you understand me, horsey!"
Amethyst transformed into a horse "I'm always up for a little horsing around! Giddy yap!" Ruby hopped on to Amethyst's back. "So, feel like a cowboy yet?" asked Greg. "Yep, I sure reckon I do" said Ruby.
"So, where do you want to go first?" asked Greg. "I'm a cowboy, on an amethyst horse I ride, I'm wanted, dead or alive, I go where I feels like it" said Ruby. "Whatever you say, Bon Jovi" Amethyst muttered.
Ruby rode up to a hedge that blocked her way "It's a dead end" said Amethyst. Ruby dismounted "This is what I mean! What's behind this bush? I dunno! Sapphire ain't here to predict for me! I'm gonna find out by myself!"
Ruby crawled in the bushes and screamed loudly. Greg worriedly ran over to the other side of the bush and saw Ruby careening over a cliff leading to a ravine. "Whoa! Had no idea this ravine was behind here" said Ruby.
Ruby climbed up and proclaimed "I almost fell down there! And it was all my choice! Ye-haw! Independence!". While all that was happening, Rebecca and Bismuth sneaked out the back of the van.
"Wow, I'm surprised Ruby didn't notice us back there, I thought we'd be caught for sure!" said Rebecca. "Eh, I love Ruby and all, but like most rubies, she's kinda dense" Bismuth shrugged "but enough about that, what's the plan here, girl?"
"All that time with Sapphire couldn't have been shrugged off so easily" said Rebecca "we just need to sneak around and try to find ways to remind Ruby of Sapphire without her noticing it's us doing it."
"Ah! That way, she'll believe it's her own decision to reconsider! Rebecca, that's brilliant!" said Bismuth. "Now, come on, we've got prep work to do!" said Rebecca "we must cut ahead of them!"
Bismuth and Rebecca snuck around, Greg, Amethyst and Bismuth. "Hey, Bismuth, can you carve things out of boulders?" asked Rebecca. "Ahem. Girlie, who do you think you're talking too?" Bismuth rhetorically asked.
Rebecca climbed to the top of the boulder and whispered into where her ear would be if Bismuth has any. "Oh! Gotcha!" Bismuth turned her left hand into a chisel and her right into a hammer and began working away.
The dust cleared and revealed that the boulder now somewhat resembled Sapphire's silhouette in a seductive pose. "It's a bit bumpy in some areas" Rebecca criticized.
"Yeah, I did that on purpose so that it'd look like a natural rock formation" Bismuth answered. "Ah! Good! Quick! Hide behind those cactuses that are conveniently shaped like you and me!" said Rebecca.
In the distance, Ruby atop Amethyst was riding along while Greg tailed behind them in his van, none of them noticed Rebecca and Bismuth's handiwork. "Drat! They didn't even give it a passing glance!" Rebecca pouted.
"I didn't think they would" said Bismuth "now Rebecca, you're idea wasn't a bad one, far from it, you just weren't thinking big enough...come along! I'll show you what I mean!"
Bismuth led Rebecca up a tall mountain and Bismuth began getting work on the mountain face and carved out five giant carvings of Sapphire's face "Behold! I call it: Mount Saph-more!"
"Amazing, Bismuth! But why five Sapphire heads?" asked Rebecca. "Five times the chance Ruby'll notice!" said Bismuth. "Ah! Perfect!" said Rebecca. Bismuth and Rebecca waited and waited but no sign of them.
"Where are they? They should be here by now!" said Bismuth. "Uh, Bismuth...I think we carved the wrong side of the mountain" said Rebecca pointing over to Ruby, Amethyst and Greg on the opposite side of the mountain.
Bismuth began stomping on the mountainside "AAAAAAW! Crud! Crud!-" The part of the mountain she was standing on crumbled beneath her feet "CRUUUUUUUUUUUUUUD!"
It was now evening, Ruby, Amethyst and Greg had set up camp for the night, Rebecca snuck over to the back of the van and took two items from it, plus some marshmallows for herself.
'What're those?" asked Bismuth, curious about the artifacts. "This is what Grandpa and Daddy call a vinyl record! You use it to play music on a record player, which is what that thing is" said Rebecca.
"Mm hm, go on" said Bismuth. "This record is by this musician called Estelle, Garnet loves her music, so Ruby and Sapphire must too" said Rebecca "this must trigger some memory in Ruby!"
"Wouldn't hurt to try!" said Bismuth "go for it!" Rebecca got ready to put the record in...but she remained frozen for a few moments. "What's wrong?" asked Bismuth. "I...I don't know how a record player works" said Rebecca.
And then, Rebecca and Bismuth were startled by a loud "AHEM!" Bismuth and Rebecca looked up and saw a very cross looking Greg "Rebecca, fancy meeting you out here. I was just having the most interesting call with your mother, just now."
"Oh, Grandpa Greg! You're out here too!" Rebecca lied. "Rebecca...you and Bismuth snuck in the back of my van, and I want to know why" said Greg, not believing Rebecca's lie for a second "and why did you take a record and my record player from back there!?
"Okay, Me and Bismuth were trying to make Ruby miss Sapphire so that they would get back together..." Rebecca admitted. Greg was in shock "What!? Rebecca, that's manipulation!" "Is...is that bad?" asked Rebecca.
"Yes! It is! Very bad! You can't control how someone feels about something or make somebody miss someone! Rebecca, you should know better than that!" said Greg "and so should you, Bismuth! I may not know much about how things are on Homeworld or any other gem stuff, but I do know that The Diamonds were not above manipulation, I know you both miss Garnet, but don't you think resorting to stuff like this makes you no better than The Diamonds you hate so much?"
"I...I...oh my stars...you're right! Rebecca, you and I WERE stooping to The Diamonds' level! I'm sorry, girlie, but I'm starting to think maybe we should let them figure this out themselves" said Bismuth.
"Wh-what? No, Bismuth...." Rebecca teared up and started crying "I-I want Garnet baa-aack! I've-I've known her all my life! What if they don't form into her ever again!? Ruby and Sapphire have to come back together, they have too!"
"That's not our call to make" said Greg "Ruby's gotta make that call for herself, If that's not what Ruby wants then that's not what Garnet wants, right?"
"B-but...I don't wanna say goodbye to Garnet" Rebecca sniffled "I-I already lost Lapis again, I don't want to lose her too!" "Come her, sweetheart, give Grandpa a hug..."said Greg, opening his arms for her.
Greg carried Rebecca over to the campsite with Bismuth. Greg decided to keep their real reason for being there a secret and told Amethyst and Ruby that Rebecca and Bismuth wanted to play cowboys too but fell asleep in the van.
And as unlikely as it seemed that Rebecca and Bismuth would be sleeping for an entire day, Ruby and Amethyst believed it. Ruby had pretty much mastered guitar in the ten minutes Greg showed her how.
"So...Ruby...you had a lot of fun being a cowboy, so, this is how it's gonna be, huh?" asked Bismuth. "It's not true" said Ruby. "Huh?"
"I did have a lot of fun today, I loved it, but the whole time, I kept thinking about how fun it'd be if Sapphire were here...I was thinking about it so much, I didn't even notice my surroundings!"
"So that's why our plans didn't work" Bismuth thought to herself. "That's lame right, I came here to be my own gem and I'm still thinking about what she'd like!" said Ruby "I'm nothing like Lonesome Lasso!"
"This same Lonesome Lasso who missed this "Sally May" person?" asked Bismuth. "Who?" Ruby picked up the Lonesome Lasso comic book and saw the panel Bismuth was referring to.
"Ruby didn't really read the story, she mostly just looked at the pictures" asked Greg in the midst of cooking some beans for Rebecca.
"Well, if I'm making my own decisions, I've decided I want to live with Sapphire" said Ruby "but this time, it won't be like how it used to be, I want it to be on my own terms! I want it to be different..." Ruby skipped to the last page of the comic to see what was back there.
The next morning, Greg's van pulled up and Sapphire ran out, she had heard from Steven and Connie what had transpired the day before yesterday. "Ruby!" Sapphire ran down the stairs and saw Ruby got off her Amethyst horse.
"Ruby, I'm sorry I said all those awful things to you! That we didn't matter anymore, I shouldn't have pushed you away, I was wrong!" said Sapphire. Ruby spat on the sand "Naw, you were right..."
Sapphire grew a worried expression. "Someone else told us we were the answer. But I don't believe that anymore...at least, not till I hear it from you" Ruby got down on one knee and took Sapphire's hand much to her confusion.
"Sapphire...will you marry me!?" asked Ruby. "What? Marry you?" Sapphire asked. "This way we can be together, even when we're apart!" said Ruby "this time, being Garnet will be our decision!"
"Oh Ruby! All I wanted was you back! Of course I'll marry you!" Sapphire and Ruby embraced each other with glee, Sapphire kissing Ruby on the cheek.
"Well, Rebecca, our plans may not have worked, but they're back together again, on their own terms" said Bismuth. "Yeah...it feels better seeing them get back together this way" said Rebecca
Chapter 3: Made Of Honour
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Steven and Connie woke up early in the morning. "No doubt she's gonna burst in the door any second now" said Connie. "Yup, hard to believe she's already seven" said Steven.
"A lot has happened these past few months, it's no wonder they went by in a blur" said Connie. "Today's gonna be a fun day for her, and a busy day for us" said Steven.
"The smile on her face on her special day makes it all worth it" said Connie as she looked at her watch "3...2...1..." Rebecca then burst in the door "Mommy! Daddy! Guess what day it is!?" Rebecca proclaimed.
Steven and Connie looked at each other and and grinned "As if we need to guess...happy birthday, Rebecca" said Steven offering her a hug.
Indeed it was Rebecca's seventh birthday, of course, Steven and Connie were also planning for Ruby and Sapphire's wedding. Luckily Ruby and Sapphire were gonna chaperone the party in their stead.
"Now, you know we won't be there for the full party, because we're planning Ruby and Sapphire's wedding, but we will show up with the cake and you're present from us at the end" said Steven.
"But you'll still have all your friends over" said Connie. "Okay, but you'll still show up, right?" asked Rebecca. "Just try and stop us, sweetie!" said Steven.
For this year's birthday party, Steven and Connie got a reservation at Funland's revamped Laser Tag attraction that was closed down after its initial opening due to high amounts of asbestos, even by 1980s standards.
But finally, after almost thirty years of renovations, Laser Tag was back in business...twenty years after the fad died. But for Rebecca, the concept seemed new and exciting!
In the living room, Ruby was looking through a dress catalogue. Steven was under the assumption that it'd be Sapphire wearing the dress, but nope, Ruby was insistent on it.
"Come on, Sweetums, we promised we'd be running Rebecca's party while Steven, Connie and the others took care of everything else" said Sapphire "have you picked one out yet." Rebecca came out from Steven and Conniee's room.
"Hey, Bismuth! You wanna come play with us at my party?" asked Rebecca. "Uh sure..." said Bismuth. She then leaned into Sapphire and whispered "What's the point in celebrating the day you were born?"
"Not sure, but it's a big deal, especially to children, it signifies they're one step closer to adulthood" said Sapphire. "Now remember, Bismuth" said Ruby "this "laser tag" thing is just a game. The guns only fire harmless infrared lights at a sensor they put on you. So don't take it too seriously."
"You're one to talk, your gem-type was intended for military purposes" said Bismuth. "So, you've picked a dress yet?" said Sapphire. Ruby placed a small burn mark on the page containing the dress she liked and closed it.
"I did, but you're not gonna see it yet, nosey!" Ruby teased. "Thinking of the wedding already, huh?" said Steven. "I picked out the dress I wanted right here" said Ruby. "Alright, but no being a bridezilla" said Steven "the last thing we need is a bridezilla that can actually breath fire."
Later that afternoon, Rebecca greeted all her friends, including her old friend from pre-school Alice. The kids were all impressed by Bismuth, thinking she was cool.
The laser tag area of Funland was adorned with the bright colours that dominated the 80s, 90s and 00s before the rise of corporate blandness. There were famous characters from that bygone era plastered all over too.
The actual arena of the game was lit by black lights, giving this cool glow in the dark effect to all bright colours. Rebecca and the kids were having a lot of fun, Bismuth and Ruby were doing all sorts of fancy maneuvers as they blasted their infrared lights at each other.
Meanwhile, at the Beach House, Pearl, Amethyst and Peridot were all prepping invites "It's a shame we couldn't invite all our old surviving Crystal Gems friends to this" said Pearl "but they're all corrupted."
"Not true. There's Bismuth, remember?" said Steven. "Oh, how could I forget!" said Pearl "It's great Bismuth here, in general I mean, not just for this. I wish I'd known how she felt about me before."
"Well, you can't dwell on the past, Pearl. Besides, now you do know and you two are a couple now" said Steven. "You're right" said Pearl "by the way, this folding bone is so nice! Who knew that planning a wedding would be so fun!"
Pearl handed the folded paper to Steven who stamped "you're invited" on the card and then signed Ruby and Sapphire's initials onto it, he then handed it in to Peridot who annoyingly put the cards in.
"How many more of these do we have to do?" she groaned. Amethyst licked the envelope sealed "About ten!" Connie checked her watch "Oh shoot! Look at the time! We gotta bring the cake and Rebecca's present over!"
Steven took out the cake he baked from the refrigerator, Connie took out Rebecca's present. "I hope she likes it" said Connie with almost childish glee.
"You kidding? Connie, you've got, like, a sixth sense for picking out gifts for Rebecca." Steven encouraged.
"Bismuth" said Sapphire as the kids were eating a pizza dinner "there's something me and Ruby want to talk about." "We'd like you to be, our maid of honour!" said Ruby.
"I...I think I know what that is..." said Bismuth "it's for that wedding thing right, speaking of which, I know Rebecca's the one getting presents, but, I thought I'd give you two something, it's not a weapon but..."
Bismuth presented Ruby and Sapphire with two wedding bands "We love them!" Ruby and Sapphire said in unison. Steven and Connie arrived just in the nick of time, Peridot came along too because anything was better than prepping envelopes.
Steven lit up all the candles on Rebecca's cake and after the surprisingly still copyrighted birthday song (Come on, Hallmark, like, what the hell!?) Rebecca blew out the candles and opened her present from her parents.
It was the newest Dogcopter book she'd been waiting for! "Wow, look at her, man, I envy human kids, born with a blank slate, sure sometimes parents have expectations but, even so, their life belongs to them" said Sapphire.
"Yeah, I can sorta see why Rose, no, Pink Diamond liked them so much" said Bismuth "or rather, she envied them."
"And you know what? Today has gone by perfectly, and you know what? I think our wedding day will be just as peaceful!" said Ruby. "I'm not even going to look into the future, because I want that day to be a surprise!" said Sapphire.
Chapter 4: For Just One Day Let's Only Think About Love!
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It was the day of Ruby and Sapphire's wedding! Rebecca had overheard what all the grown ups were talking about, the whole situation with her grandmother not being Rose Quartz being Pink Diamond, everyone still seemed to be processing it...even Rebecca, with what she knew of Homeworld so far.
She looked in her mirror after putting on her nicest dress and had Security Blankette style her hair nicely. She used to have Mom do it, but with Security Blankette helping her out, she could manage it herself as she could see through her blanks eyes.
She looked at herself in the mirror as all the thoughts of everything that had transpired the past few days still swam in her head.
"Grandma Rose was a Diamond who invaded Earth. Saw its beauty and its worth.
Grandma Rose made an army and she fought herself.
Did that even end up mattering, when she faked her own shattering?
Grandma lived in hiding by the name of Rose, with the friends she made and the form she chose.
Now all that's left of her exists in Daddy, and I think we can all agree...
All this is a little bit upsetting, I'd rather think about..."
Rebecca burst out the door to her room
"...A wedding!
Let's think about cake, let's think about flowers!
Let's think about dressing up and dancing for hours!
There's an awful lot of things we could be thinking of! But for just one day let's only think about love!"
"Well look at you, Rebecca, and to think, three years ago, I had to help you get ready for a formal event" said Connie "now look at you! I'm really proud of you."
Sapphire was sitting down on the couch, covering her eye, while Ruby walked by with her eyes covered "Okay, Sapphire, I'm gonna get dressed for our big day now. So no peeking, and no future vision either!"
Ruby bumped into a few walls but eventually made her way into the bathroom. "Okay!" Sapphire answered with a giggle. Steven was discussing the strategy with Pearl again, as Rebecca skipped on, continuing her song.
Steven had just finished up talking with Pearl about the wedding strategy, but she seemed distracted. "What's wrong, Pearl?" asked Steven. "Oh Steven, I just wish I could have told you the truth about Rose and Pink sooner."
Rebecca skipped over to them and continued her song "We could talk about lies, that we told in the past!" "Are we in a musical number?" asked Steven. "Everyone took the truth so hard..." said Pearl.
"You could think about all the hurt feelings and how long they'd last!" "How can we move on?" Pearl lamented. "Could you make your song a little more positive again?" asked Steven.
"We could think about hope!" "Hope?" "You know I've been hoping..." "Hoping about what, dear?" asked Steven. "Hoping that everything's better now that everything's out in the open!"
"Well, I don't know about everyone else, but thing's are better for me since we all found out, so thanks Pearl and Steven" said Amethyst. "You're thanking me? Why?" asked Pearl.
"If it weren't for you confirming that Rose was Pink Diamond, Connie wouldn't have realized that Steven and I were made by the same gem!" said Amethyst "I know it's been the only thing I've been talking about for a while, but I still can't get over the fact that I have a brother and he's been here the whole time!"
"That's the spirit! Things don't have to be bad! Let's just think of the family we never knew we had!" "Woo! Sing it, Niece!" Amethyst cheered Rebecca on as she cartwheeled her way out the door.
Just then Bismuth warped in wearing armour. "Bismuth? Is that what you're wearing to the wedding?" asked Connie. "It's the nicest thing I own" Bismuth flexed and spikes came out of her shoulder blade.
"Wow, looking sharp" said Connie. Rebecca continued her song still.
"We could think about flowers, we could think about cake!
We can think of all the wonderful promises that we have the power to make!
There's an awful lot of awful things we could be thinking of! But for just one day let's only think about love!"
Rebecca made her way outside to join Amethyst who was decorating the alter with flowers "Maybe we shouldn't have picked roses, might be a bit too controversial" Amethyst admitted.
"We could all rethink how we feel about Grandma Rose, when it comes to her being Pink and the things she did in the past, I suppose."
"Yeah" Amethyst nodded.
Or we could feel better, 'cause we can think about how, we can think about us, we can think about now!"
"Well, if we're not gonna use these, we're gonna need to replace them" said Amethyst. "Don't worry, Peridot is gathering more at the Barn!" said Rebecca. Rebecca skipped along to the warp pad, humming.
When she arrived at the destination she waved high to Andy as he was tuning up a jalopy that belonged to his father. "Hey, Andy, you gonna be there at the wedding?" asked Rebecca.
"You kidding? Ol' Squarehead's my favourite, she seemed to be the most normal of the bunch, and if this wedding's between the two gems that make up her, then I'll be there" said Andy.
"Okay!" said Rebecca as she continued on her merry way. Peridot was at the crater where Lapis left in the Barn Replica. "Hi Peridot..." said Rebecca in a sympathetic tone.
"What if Lapis was right?" said Peridot "Sooner or later The Diamonds will come for The Cluster. We're all gonna die here..."
"We could think of war, we could think of fighting. We could think about long lost friends we wish we could be inviting
We could think about broken gems in a cluster at the planet's core, or we can think about the bubble Daddy made so that they can't be hurt any, they can't be hurt anymore!
We can think about Joy! We can think about pain! We can think about sunshine! We can think about rain!
There's an awful lot of awful things we could be thinking of, but for just one day let's only think about-"
Rebecca looked at the digital watch she got from her grandparents and realized what time it was and pulled Peridot over and warped to the Beach House "For just one day let's only think about, for just one day let's only think about!"
Rebecca warped back just in time "Loooooooooooooove!" "Just in time, Rebecca, Ruby and Sapphire need their ring bearer!" said Connie as she handed a cushion with the wedding bands Bismuth made for Ruby and Sapphire.
"Alright! Rebecca Universe: Ring Bearer! Ruby and Sapphire are depending on me! Garnet's depending on me!" said Rebecca, gladly accepting her position "today's gonna be great! Nothing bad could possibly happen!"
Chapter 5: A Crystal Gem Wedding
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"You really don't mind keeping watch of Joshua while I serve as Garnet's bridesmaid?" Connie asked her mother. "Of course not. I love my grandchildren, and they love me. Isn't that right, Joshua?" said Priyanka affectionately.
Joshua giggled as Priyanka gently tickled him "Gam'ma! Gam'ma!" Joshua said. "And I see Rebecca's wearing that watch I got her" said Priyanka. "Yeah, she says it makes her feel like a grown up" said Connie "how did you know she'd like something like that?"
"It's not surprising she knows her well" Doug chimed in "I don't know If you've noticed, Connie, but in some aspects, Rebecca kind of reminds us of you when you were her age."
"Oh! Connie! It's almost time to begin, we gotta get into positions" Steven instructed. "Oh! You're right! See you after the ceremony, Mom and Dad!" said Connie.
"Well, look at you being in charge, the power of the mayor's office hasn't corrupted you, has it?" Doug joked "still though, congrats on that election." "Thanks, but boy, it's been the busiest I've ever been..." said Steven.
"Well, I'm sure your family's proud of you" said Priyanka. "Yeah, I keep a family portrait on my desk, with a little message on it that says: "Do it for them". Got the idea from a TV show." said Steven.
Half an hour later, the ceremony was ready to begin. Steven was at the altar with Sapphire, dressed in a tuxedo. "You nervous?" asked Steven. "I'm not" Sapphire responded, but both Steven and herself and saw a patch of ice below her foot.
She quickly stomped it away. Peridot stormed down the aisle and threw flowers every which way "Flowers for you! Flowers for you!" one bundle of flowers was flung so hard, it hit Mr. Fryman in the face.
"Wedding commander, all flowers have been deployed!" said Peridot. "Erm...thanks Peridot...god, I hope Fryman doesn't sue" Steven groaned. Greg began strumming his guitar along to the beat of Stronger Than You.
The strumming of Greg's guitar cued Ruby to come down from the Beach House, all dressed in her beautiful white dress. Sapphire looked towards Ruby, and Ruby looked towards Sapphire.
Ruby excitedly rushed towards the altar, leaving behind a flame trail in the aisle. Amethyst quickly rushed in with a fire extinguisher. As soon as both Ruby and Sapphire were at the alter, Greg stopped playing.
Steven cleared his throat and prepared his opening speech "Dearly beloved, gems, humans, lions big and small, living gourds...Onion, we are gathered here to day to celebrate Ruby and Sapphire, two of my favourite gems, who combine my other favourite gem. You all probably know her as Garnet. She's their love, given form. Now it's your turn to talk about that."
"I know this is kind of silly, but we've been together for 5750 years" said Ruby. "And 8 months" Sapphire added to be precise. "I used to feel like I wasn't much good, just one of me on my own" Ruby continued "But when we're together, it feels like it's okay to be me. So I wanna be me, with you. Not even The Diamonds will come between us, and if they try, we'll beat 'em up!"
Sapphire then began her vows "Ruby, my future used to look like one single, obvious stream, unbending, until the end of time. In an instant, you pulled me from that destiny, and opened my eye to an explosion of infinite possible futures, streaking across space and time, altered and obliterated by the smallest force of will!"
Ruby and Steven were awestruck by Sapphire's vows. "What I mean is, you changed my life and then I changed yours. And now, we changed our lives" Sapphire concluded.
"And now, my darling Rebecca will present the rings, made by our good friend Bismuth" said Steven. Rebecca made her way down the aisle with the cushion containing the ring atop it. Rebecca held it in front of her self.
She moved slowly and carefully, so as not to drop the rings "Careful, careful, almost there...almost there" she said to herself, when suddenly, she tripped over a bump in the carpet.
The rings and the cushion were flung in the air, but Rebecca quickly called out Security Blankette, who moved their right hand forward, catching the cushion, to the left, catching Ruby's ring and then to the right, catching Sapphire's ring.
"I'm okay! So are the rings!" Rebecca proclaimed. Rebecca sent Security Blankette, the rings in hand, to Ruby and Sapphire "Rings: Successfully delivered." It said. "That thing can talk now?" Priyanka whispered.
Bismuth was in tears from Ruby and Sapphire's wedding vows as Pearl offered her a tissue. "Ruby, do you take this gem, to have and to hold on this and every other world in the universe?" asked Steven.
"I DO!" Ruby replied with utmost enthusiasm. "And Sapphire, do you-" "I do!" Sapphire responded. "Uh, I didn't finish..." said Steven. "Sorry, I just got a little excited..." said Sapphire.
"Alright then, by the power vested in me, by the state of Delmarva and the good people of Beach City, I now pronounce you...Garnet!" Steven concluded as Ruby and Sapphire kissed and embraced each other, melding into one another!
And then, in a flash, Garnet had made her triumphant return much to the applause of everyone in attendance. Afterwards, Garnet tossed a bouquet into a crowd of young woman, consisting of Sadie, Jenny and Kiki.
Connie stayed behind because she was already married to Steven. Garnet, however, through the bouquet too hard and it landed in Bismuth's hands, and with her not understanding traditional wedding customs...she didn't understand what that meant.
Sour Cream served as the DJ, Buck and Jenny danced with each other, Steven and Connie shared a dance. Rebecca tried dancing with Security Blankette.
Jamie The Mailman looked on as Garnet danced with herself, Bill looked on as Steven was wearing the ceremonial mayor's sash as he danced with Connie. Both Bill and Jamie danced with each other out of sadness.
Greg was dancing with Leslie when he felt a tugging on his leg from Joshua "Hey, fella, you want to dance with me? Mind if he cuts in?" "Nope, I don't think I can compete with this little charmer" said Leslie.
Greg lifted his grandson into his arms and moved him to the beat of the music. "You know, Steven, this reminds me of our wedding" said Connie. "I dunno, ours wasn't anywhere near as big what we pulled off today" said Steven.
"As true as that is, ours felt just as magical..." said Connie. "Yeah, and you know what? I'm starting to feel that magic again" said Steven. "Steven!" said Garnet. "Garnet! Having fun?" asked Steven.
"Oh, Steven, thank you for putting all this together" said Garnet "what a wonderful idea. Humans have found a way to make a moment's decision last forever. I won't need future vision to know I'll always remember this!"
"Aw, Garnet, that's beautiful" said Steven as a tear streamed down his face, followed by several more. "Aw, Steven's getting all emotional" said Connie. "There's no need to cry" said Garnet.
"Yeah, I guess seeing practically the whole town here and your reunion's got me all chocked up...wait...these tears don't feel like tears of joy..." said Steven. "What?" said Connie.
Garnet took off her visor and opened her third eye "Blue Diamond..." she said in a cold voice. The clouds above them separated as a huge blue and yellow hand descended from the heavens above.
"The Diamonds!" said Garnets. "Everyone! Remember our evacuation plans!" Steven called out to the concerned guests "all Beach City Citizens get to designated safe spots, all Crystal Gems...get ready for action!"
Chapter 6: Wedding Crashers
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"This is Deputy Mayor Nanafua! We've got a code blue and a code yellow! Just like we've practiced on Sunday!" Nanafua ordered via megaphone. Steven and everyone else braced for the worst, but they wound up flying overhead instead.
"We're down here, you clods!" Peridot roared at the sky. "No, It might be good they're ignoring us" said Connie. "No...I don't think they're here for us...or at least, we're not the only reason they're here!" said Steven.
"They must be here for The Cluster!" Peridot realized. "What's The Cluster?" asked Bismuth. "It's a planet destroying geo-weapon that me and Peridot managed to subdue!" saids Steven "but if the Diamonds pop that bubble, I don't think I can make it again in time!"
"What do we do about it then!?" asked Bismuth. "Didn't you communicate with it in your slumber when we initially drilled down? Maybe you still have a connection?!" Peridot suggested.
"I don't know if I can, but still, it's the best plan we got...alright!" said Steven "Crystal Gems, to My Bedroom!"
Steven and the others quickly ran into his and Connie's bedroom. Steven laid still on his bed with everyone surrounding him "I can't! I can't do it! I can't focus on sleeping, knowing how desperate our situation is! Oh! Wait! I think I know, everyone but Connie leave-"
"Steven, not only can I not get into the mood right now, but we don't have forty minutes!" said Connie. "Uh, you two, we have your children present, not the best time to be talking about..."that"..." Pearl reminded them.
"What?" asked Rebecca. "You don't want to know" said Pearl. "Wow, forty minutes? Way to go bro" Amethyst whispered. "Maybe a lullaby will help?" Greg suggested.
"A lullaby? Dad, I'm a grown man, not a little-" Greg strummed a few gentle notes on his guitar and Steven immediately fell asleep. Steven immediately found himself in the Dreamscape.
"I am extremely pissed off that Dad's plan worked" Steven grumbled before noticing the distress all The Cluster Gems were in "Oh crap! Guys! Guys! It's me! Just calm down and focus on not forming!" Steven pleaded.
However, The Cluster was too much in distress to contain themselves. "No! Nononononono!" Steven pleaded, but the bubble around them popped and the force of the popping forced Steven awake.
"It...popped" Steven horrifically announced. Steven and the others ran out of the house as the ground shook. Off in the distance The Diamond Arm Ships backed away as the light of the cluster burst forth and took the form of what appeared to be a skinless human arm.
"Oh shit" said Steven. An alarm blared throughout the town "Attention Beach City! This is Deputy Mayor Nanafua, Mayor Steven and The Crystal Gems are already taking action, but they need you to get to your designated safe spots! This is not a drill!"
The Cluster began to move slowly, making a fist and immediately punched Yellow Diamond's ship, sending it backwards. The Cluster then turned into the direction of the city and gave a thumbs up.
"Oh shit! It's on our side!" said Steven in a more positive tone "right back at ya, Cluster!" Steven returned the thumbs up. Yellow Diamond's ship then went full throttle back towards The Cluster to punch it back, but The Cluster immediately caught it.
The two arms locked and began arm wrestling with their elbows in the ocean. "Yeah! Kick her ass, Cluster!" Steven cheered. Just then, Blue Diamond's ship flew right above them.
"Oh right, we forgot about the overgrown smurf" said Connie. The palm of Blue Diamond's ship slapped the shallow waters of the beach and rose up, revealing Blue Diamond underneath the dramatically rising palm.
"Blue Diamond" said Garnet. "I don't like to admit it, but that was a pretty cool entrance" said Rebecca. "I'd work the ol' Universe Charm, but I already have a boyfriend" said Greg.
"Actually, given the situation...you have my okay for it, just this once" said Leslie. "You two, get inside, this is not a job for ordinary humans" said Steven "watch Joshua and Garnet's cat."
The two men agreed and went inside. Steven glared at Blue Diamond and Blue glared right back "Rose Quartz! You escaped Homeworld and came back here! This is Pink's world! How DARE you use it as your hiding place! Come here! Answer for what you've done!"
"This is bad! This is bad! This is bad!" Peridot panicked. "Come on, you rocks! Let's put her in a bubble!" said Bismuth.
"Wait! Let me talk to her, no quips, no one-liners, I'm going to try and tell her the truth, straight up. If that fails, then we fight" Steven instructed "Blue Diamond! You have been decieved! Pink Diamond did not shatter, her remains are fake! That night when she was shattered was staged-"
"YOU DARE LIE!" Blue raged as an energy burst pushed Steven backwards, but he was caught by Alexandrite "Alexandrite! Boy am I glad to see you!" said Steven. Alexandrite roared at Blue Diamond.
"You cannot fathom how much I've mourned, what thousands of years of grief has done to me!" Blue Diamond said with tearful anger as a blue aura enveloped the surrounding area, causing Alexandrite to fall apart.
"Alexandrite...once again you're useless!" Steven said with tearful frustration under Blue Diamond's influence.
Chapter 7: The Crystal Gems Battle The Blues!
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All the gems in the vicinity of Blue Diamond's aura fell to their knees, crying. "Guys!? What's going on!?" asked Connie. She then suspected this had something to do with this blue light that only effected gems.
Lion hopped on Lion with Rose's Sword brandished and warped right up to Blue Diamond, ready to swing as she lunged forward. Only for the blade to be caught by Blue Diamonds thumb and forefinger.
"I know this sword" said Blue Diamond "This...is the sword....THAT SHATTERED HER!" Blue Diamond squeezed and the blade shattered, causing Connie to fall but Lion caught up to her and saved her.
The light of Blue Diamond's aura hit The Cluster, which was now crying in unison, faltering against Yellow Diamond's ship. "You deserve this, ALL OF YOU!" Blue Diamond growled.
"No...you don't understand!" Steven cried out in vain. "Steven..." Amethyst yelped. "What do we do!?" asked Pearl. "I don't know, she won't listen to reason!" said Steven.
"Blue Diamond!" said Garnet, after Ruby and Sapphire refused into her. "And who are you supposed to be?" Blue Diamond scolded.
"I am the will of two gems who care for each other" said Garnet "To protect each other from any threat! No matter how vast or how cruel! You couldn't stop me 5750 years ago, and you won't stop me now!"
"It's you! The Ruby and Sapphire who disrupted my court!" Blue Diamond addressed them dismissively. "HEY! LEAVE 'EM ALONE!" said Rebecca who ran in front of Garnet.
"Away with you, human, this does not concern the likes of you!" said Blue Diamond. "Wrong! Earth is MY home! It's where I was born! And you and your friend wanna wreck it! It does so concern me!" said Rebecca.
"You wouldn't understand what it's like to lose a loved one!" said Blue. "If you continue hurting our planet, I WILL know! You're about to kill billions of people who've had nothing to do with what happened all those years ago!"
"It's because Rose Quartz loved you humans so much that she went against her own kind!" Blue responded. "Well, how's that our fault!? We didn't ask her to love us!" said Rebecca.
Blue was suddenly getting flabbergasted "You may have a point, but I can't, this planet...it holds too many bad memories, of Pink's shattering!" "But she wasn't shattered! It was a fake, her and Rose were the same gem! She used fake gem shards!" said Rebecca.
Blue suddenly got angry and aura intensified "You! You mean to trick me into letting my guard down just to hurl an insult at me like that!?" Blue growled. "What!? No, I-" "Enough!" Blue shouted "I won't allow you to sully Pink's good name in front of me! Fiend!"
"You're the fiend! You're making my friends cry!" said Rebecca as Security Blankette was conjured from within her body. "A partially blank gem, coming from a human body!? But how!?" said Blue.
But before she knew it, Rebecca clung to her blank's back as it leapt up to height of Blue Diamond's face and unleashed its trademark barrage "Ora ora ora ora ora ora ora ora ora ora ora ora ora ora ora! ORA!"
Blue Diamond recoiled, covering her mouth and nose "AAAAAAUGH! You brute! And that partially blank gem! How is it resisting my power!?"
"Possible explanation: I am not backwards compatible with the powers of older models" Security Blankette responded. "Some freakish hybrid creation of Rose Quartz, no doubt. Insulting a diamond like this!" Blue fumed.
"Then you won't like this" said a familiar voice. A few drops of water drop on Blue Diamond's head, she looked up and saw Lapis holding the replica barn with her power. Before Blue could react, Lapis dropped the replica barn on her head, subduing her.
The result of that crashed, caused Blue's aura to dissipate as Lapis fluttered down "Laaaaaaapiiiiiiiiiis!" said Rebecca eagerly headed towards her with tears of joy streaming down her cheeks.
"Lapis? You're really here?" asked Peridot. "I'm sorry you two, I regret leaving, and in the end I couldn't stay away" said Lapis "If they're gonna punish me like a Crystal Gem, I may as well be one, right? Got room for one more?"
"I'd say you've more than earned your place on the team just now!" said Steven. "Hey, Daddy, did you see me? I tried to reason with her and only started fighting when my words failed to reach her, just like you wanted to do!" asked Rebecca.
"You sure did, and it looked as though you almost came through to her, I'm sorry she can't accept the truth, though" said Steven. "Save the happy reunion for later, look alive!" said Bismuth.
Blue Diamond burst out of the makeshift barn, enraged "A Lapis Lazuli!? Does every gem that comes into contact with this planet turn traitor!?" Blue emitted her aura once again causing all Crystal Gems to fall to their knees in tears.
Lapis, however, wasn't effected. "What?" Blue gasped in shock. Lapis wiped away a singular tear "I've felt worse."
Chapter 8: Climactic Battle! Crystal Gems Vs. Blue Diamond.
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Before Blue Diamond knew it, Lapis conjured up water shackles from the ocean, containing Blue Diamond. "Let's knock her off The Beach!" said Lapis. "Yes! Now's our chance!" said Garnet "with all our strength together, we can take her down!"
"Blue Diamond...if you won't listen to reason willingly, we're gonna make you! This is our planet, our home, we are The Crystal Gems!" said Steven. Blue Diamond broke free of her watery bonds.
"Pathetic! You are...nothing!" said Blue as she unleashed a blue light from her fingertips that exploded into a rain of bright blue lasers, Steven summoned his biggest shield to block against it all.
When the barrage was over, Steven dispelled his shield and brushed off his shoulder with a smug look on his face. "Let's get her, Lion. She deserves payback for what she did to my sword" said Connie as she hopped onto Lion.
Lion roared a portal into existence and leapt in. Pearl fired a beam from her trident, blasting Blue Diamond right in the face. Amethyst lashed her whip against Blue's waist. Blue tried to respond but was caught again by Lapis's water shackles, summoned from the ocean.
Lion and Connie then reappeared stomping on Blue Diamond's head "Wa-hoo!" said Connie, doing an imitation of a famous video game plumber. Blue Diamond was then struck by eight tin cans...which didn't really do anything.
"Hey, Blue Diamond, fight me!" Peridot taunted. "You got guts, tiny! Let me give you a hand!" Bismuth threw Peridot at Blue Diamond's face. "Garnet, hey! Psst!" Steven whispered to Garnet an idea. To which she nodded.
Blue Diamond pulled Peridot off her face and threw her away "You're nowhere near defeating me! All you're doing is making me angrier!" Blue proclaimed. Suddenly, on Blue's shoulder, Sunstone appeared dressed as an angel.
"Your anger is understandable, but is violence truly the answer? Is erasing an entire planet truly justified?" asked Sunstone before running around her neck and appearing on the left shoulder dressed as a devil.
"Nah, they're insignificant gems! Full of humans that Rose Quartz loved so much!" said Sunstone in a more intimidating tone just before a second Sunstone dressed in the angel garb appeared on the right shoulder.
"But did not Pink also love humans? So much so that you made that zoo for her?" asked The Angel Sunstone "And don't you find it odd that both her and Rose loved humans? Haven't you noticed her shards don't quite fit together?"
Blue Diamond glared at both Sunstones angrily "This isn't working, is it?" asked both Sunstones. Blue shook them off in fury and once again, there was only one Sunstone.
"Another Crystal Gem? What even are you!?" Blue asked furiously. "I'm Sunstone" they introduced themselves. "You would call yourself a sunstone?" asked Blue, her eyes narrowed.
"I sure do! And, oh look, here's a solar eclipse!" Sunstone turned around, used their lower arms to lower their pants just enough to display their buttocks in a mocking display, mooning her.
"Damn it, that's definitely from Steven's side" Connie groaned in embarrassment.
"You would dare make a fool out of me!?" Blue raged before noticing a jingle bell attached to some fabric dangling in front of her, she looked at her own reflection in the water and saw she was wearing an oversized Jester's hat.
She quickly threw it off in a fit of anger before noticing a giant blue robot with a red car as its head, and in the driver's seat of the robot's car head was Sunstone "Hold on to yer lug nuts, it's time for an overhaul!"
Sunstone pressed a button and Blue Diamond found herself dodging a barrage of missiles, only getting struck by one, while the rest flew by and struck a ship belonging to "Wrong Place, Wrong Time" Cruise-lines.
"Is that the robot from Megas XLR?" asked Connie. "Yup! Warner Bros. Discovery wasn't doing anything with it, so I thought I'd borrow it for a spell" Sunstone shrugged.
Meanwhile, The Cluster was gaining the upper hand against Yellow Diamond's ship "Oh! Better get outta here!" said Sunstone as they noticed The Cluster ultimately winning and made like it was going to slam Blue Diamond's ship.
All the Crystal Gems retreated as The Cluster indeed slammed Yellow Diamond's ship against Blue Diamond's ship. "AAAAAH!" Blue screamed being crushed under it as debris flew every which way.
One piece landed on The House. "The House!" said Pearl. "Don't worry, I can fix that!" said Bismuth. Sunstone immediately unfused and Megas disappeared "My Dad, His boyfriend, and my son are in there!" said Steven. "Joshua!" Connie gasped in worry.
"Uh oh" said Bismuth. But then, to everyone's relief, Leslie opened the door, held it open for Greg who was holding a startled and crying Joshua in one hand and Cat Steven in the other "We're okay!" said Greg.
"Luckily we were far enough away from where that huge whatever it was hit" said Leslie. "Wait! How did all those things happen with that fusion!?" asked Peridot.
"Trust me, Peridot, when it comes to Sunstone, you need to abandon all logic and reasoning" said Amethyst. "But logic and reasoning are all I know!" said Peridot.
"Did we do it?" Connie asked Steven. "Of course we did!" said Rebecca "thanks, Giant Earth Hand!" "Yeah, good going Cluster!" said Steven, he then noticed the Cluster was going all static "Want to go back in your bubble?"
The Cluster gave a thumbs up. "Alright, go ahead, you've earned your rest!" said Steven. The Cluster immediately began to retreat back into the earth unfusing and rebubbling itself.
"So, this is a wedding reception, nice job, Wedding Planner" said Garnet. "Did you see that? She couldn't lay a finger on me!" said Amethyst.
"Hmm, but did you see me when I managed my trajectory, right into her eyes!?" asked Peridot "Bismuth, throw me again!" "I like you, Peridot, you don't quit!" Bismuth chuckled.
Suddenly in the wreck of The Diamond ships, there was a thumping, and then Yellow Diamond's fist burst through the top of her ship, Yellow Diamond broke free, enraged, electricity crackling around her.
She then lifted up the finger of Blue's ship, helping her up. "Looks like those two don't quit either, Bismuth!" said Rebecca.
Chapter 9: Steven-ception
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"Ha! I told her off before, I'll do it again!" said Peridot rushing to the fronton everyone "Hey! Yellow Clod, Remember me!?" "No." Yellow Diamond responded calmly while at the same time blasting her with electricity.
Peridot was almost to the point of poofing before Rebecca called out Security Blankette in its hand form to grab Peridot out of the way. "What was that!?" said Yellow.
"It's that human juvenile! It can produce a partially blank gem" said Blue. "Correction: I prefer the term: Work In Progress" said Security Blankette.
"Experimenting with bioweapons and turning my cluster against us! Truly, nothing is sacred to you Rose!" said Yellow. "He's not Rose, he's my Daddy and he's also Pink Diamond!" said Rebecca.
Yellow Diamond was royally pissed off now! "You!" Yellow Diamond charged at her, Steven quickly leapt in and protected her with his bubble as Yellow Diamond unleashed a mighty stomp!
The sheer force of the stomp was so hard, it burst the bubble, but it protected Steven well enough so that he didn't bear the full force of the blow. Rebecca was unharmed, thanks to Steven shielding her with his body.
"Daddy? Daddy!?" Rebecca shrieked. Steven was merely knocked out, but in the heat of the moment, Rebecca was thinking worse. "Time to finish you off, Rose" Yellow growled lowering her hand to grab Steven.
"Leave him alone!" Rebecca raged, Security Blankette immediately came out "Ora ora ora ora ora!" swatting Yellow's hand away, sending her backwards "This power...!" said Yellow in an almost impressed tone.
In the midst of it, Connie quickly ran to her husband's side, she quickly checked his pulse "He's okay!" she called out to Rebecca.
Steven was viewing nothing but black, hearing the echo of Connie's voice "Steven!" "Huh? Connie?" he mumbled. He then saw her, or at least a monochrome blue image of her. "Steven, please wake up!" she pleaded tearfully
"I'm up! I'm up! Connie, I'm right here!" Steven rose up, out of his own unconscious body. Connie phased right through him and spoke to his unconscious body "Steven, please, We need you!" she pleaded.
"Wh-wh-what the shit!? Am I...am I dead!? Is this what being dead is!?" he checked his surroundings and saw that he, his body and Connie were standing on a giant version of Connie's head.
He looked ahead and saw the giant versions of his friends "So....I'm not dead? Is this like that weird dream psychic...ness? powers of mine?" Steven wondered. Next to him was a giant version of Lapis.
"You think this is all I've got? I've not yet begun to fight!" said Lapis in the mindscape before getting electrocuted and poofed by Yellow Diamond. "Should have started fighting immediately when you got here, Lapis" said Steven.
"Lapis!" said Peridot coming from Peridot's head "You will pay for that you Clo-a-a-a-a-a-a-!" Peridot too, got poofed by Yellow Diamond. "This is bad! One of those two was bad enough, but both of 'em-!?"
He turned back to his wife "Connie, are you seeing this!?" asked Steven. "Wake up, please! You promised we'd be in this together!" Connie cried out in desperation.
"Connie, I'm right here, I hear every word you say!" Steven reached his arm out to Connie, phasing right through her, but catching her interest as if she had sensed something. "Huh? Steven?" said Connie.
"Wait...did you finally notice me?" asked Steven as he grabbed Connie's hand. "Steven? I can feel you, where are you? How are-"
"I don't know, could be something similar to that time I woke up in Lars's body!" said Steven "but on a whole different level! Is that making sense?" "I guess so. So, what's the plan?" asked Connie.
"Hmmm, if The Diamonds won't believe the truth out there in the real world, perhaps they'll listen here in this weird mind-scape like void" said Steven "if possible, I can tell them the truth in a place they'll listen! I can tell them that Pink Diamond wasn't shattered. But while I'm doing that, Connie, I need you to keep my body safe!"
"Of course, Steven, you can count on me!" said Connie "Good luck! I love you." "I love you too, forever and beyond" said Steven as he hopped over to Garnet's head.
The Monochrome red coloured Garnet was fighting hard "This is it, I've got to hold it together, I've got to hold everyone together!" Steven leapt through Garnet saying "You can do it, Garnet! Remember: You're made of love!"
"Steven? Huh! Always full of surprises" Garnet thought as a smile spread across her face and began struggling less. Amethyst was fighting hard too "Don't get shattered! Don't get shattered! Don't get shattered!"
Steven leapt and phased through her too "You can do this, Sis, I believe in you!" "Steven? I can do this! I can do this! I can do this!" Amethyst began whipping her flail harder.
"Hey look at me, Steven Universe, psychic helper!" said Steven he leapt over to Pearl's head. "I won't give up! Everything I do, I do it for her! I do it for him!" said Pearl, firing beams from her trident.
"Don't forget about yourself!" said Steven dashing through Pearl. "I do it for me!" said Pearl who began smiling. In Bismuth's mind she was thinking "I just got my friends back, and now I'm gonna lose 'em again!"
"We can do this! Together!" said Steven, rushing through Bismuth. "What am I thinking!? I can do this! We haven't lost yet!" said Bismuth. He skipped over Lapis and Peridot's gems.
"Sorry you two, you haven't got poofed for nothing!" said Steven. Next to Lapis's gem he saw Rebecca's head. "This is my fault! Daddy's knocked out and it's all my fault! If he hadn't saved me, he'd be able to stop these two!" said Rebecca's negative thoughts.
"No! Nono! Rebecca shouldn't think like that!" said Steven. He then noticed something. Beside Rebecca was her blank, who was fighting hard but looked over, directly at Steven, and beckoned him over.
"No need to tell me twice!" said Steven. Blankette nodded. Steven placed his hand on Rebecca's shoulder "Don't blame yourself for me saving you! You're precious to me, one of my greatest treasures! I'd save you again if I have to, because I love you! Because I'm proud of you! You're worth saving, never forget that!"
"Daddy? Yeah, that's right! Daddy's tough! It'll take more than that to finish him off! He saved me because he's a hero, MY hero! And I can be a hero too!" said Rebecca as Blankette began punching harder.
While punching Security Blankette looked to Steven again and smiled "Conveying Gratitude: Thank you." "You're welcome. But I'm not done yet! I've got to deal with them!" said Steven.
"Message from Rebecca: You can do it, Daddy. I believe in you!" Blankette responded. Steven nodded and leapt up to the towering minds of The Diamonds
Atop their heads, they were sitting down in a slump, he approached Yellow Diamond first. "How miserable!" said Yellow "I knew Pink couldn't handle her own colony! But I gave in, and now I'm to blame for her fate, and on what was originally going to be Red's colony, no less! The irony! I bet if Red were still herself, she'd probably find this amusing. That monster!"
Steven tried to fly in closer, but the yellow electrified aura pushed him away "Damn! Her thought's are too strong! I hope Blue's easier!" He floated towards Blue.
"What good will any of this do?" Blue Diamond thought to herself "The more I make these gems suffer, the more I long of seeing you, Pink..." "Okay, she seems more reasonable!" said Steven.
He tried to swim past Blue Diamond's aura, it wasn't as strong as Yelllow's, but strong still. "Almost..." Steven made hand contact with Blue Diamond's mind "Blue! Please! You have to listen...! Gah!"
Steven was pushed back by Blue's aura. "What!? I felt something, someone!" said Blue. "Yes! A breakthrough!" Steven celebrated. Blue's aura weakened a bit and he made contact again.
"Pink Diamond was never shattered! I can tell the truth about what happened if you could just stop fighting!" said Steven. He was once again knocked back "There it is again!" said Blue.
"What are you jabbering about?" asked Yellow. "A presence" said Blue "it feels like..." "Please. Blue, you're being hysterical. More so than usual!" Yellow scoffed. Steven straight up dove through Yellow's aura.
"Will you stop being so stubborn!? Pink Diamond faked her shattering! You've been duped! Bamboozled! She tried to tell you, but you wouldn't listen! D'oh!" Steven was hurled away by Yellow's aura.
"This feeling! I know it!" said Blue Diamond. "This must be some trick! Show yourself, foe!" said Yellow Diamond. "I'm not your foe, damn it!" said Steven. "There!" said Yellow as she and Blue launched their auras at him.
Steven summoned all his power to endure Yellow and Blue's full aura blasts "Will...you...please...just....LISTEN TO ME!!!" Steven began to exude an aura of his own to defend against the other two.
The Diamonds looked on in shock as the aura of Steven grew brighter "We aren't enemies, we're family! Please, just stop this fighting! I need you to know who I am!" Steven sent waves of his aura to The Diamonds.
"Impossible..." said Blue. "This aura!" said Yellow. Yellow and Blue outstretched their hands as Steven landed on them, his gem glowing, brighter and brighter until!
Steven woke up! A relieved Rebecca hugged Steven as Connie looked down at him with a look of approval. Behind his family he saw the gems and Greg holding Joshua, and above them was Yellow and Blue looking down on him with shock and surprise.
"It's you..." said Blue Diamond "...Pink!"
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