Pearl's hands were placed on Steven's shoulders, the human was nervous, he had only seen such hysteria from Pearl since that time where they discovered Lion's relationship with Rose Quartz's sword "Steven Where did you hear that name? " The gem asks with concern.

"Pearl ... answer, please" Steven sentence ignoring the question, his voice rose with a bit of annoyance, but Pearl did not give him an answer "Mom knew Pink Diamond?" The human asks, perhaps a different question would change Pearl's mood, but the gem changed the subject quickly.

"Garnet is very worried Steven, her future vision may not know where you are going. If I promise to avoid a punishment and not tell Garnet anything, can we speak at another time?" Pearl offers kneeling in front of Steven, this frustrates the human a little, but the gem did not show many emotions, but finds a strange empathy for the teenager.

"You always say that, in the end you never respond" Steven exclaims annoyedly, to which Pearl resigns to give another comment. Steven then walks to his bed, looking sadly at Pearl sideways. Steven was already in his bed almost asleep when Garnet and Amethyst return through the portal, finding Pearl waiting.

******

Pearl had dragged her companions to her room in the temple, there a curious Amethyst asked "Hey, where was Steven at the end?" The purple gem says kindly, to which Pearl sighed a moment.

"It's hard to say, but Steven went on adventures in the portal" Pearl sentence surprising her companions.

"Should we ban him from watching TV again?" Garnet exclaims with some surprise, mainly for Steven's bravery and stupidity to go (apparently) to the dangers of the world without the company of one of the Crystal Gems.

"It is not necessary to punish Garnet! I already spoke with him ... he ais only, well, he is alone in the temple" Pearl rushes to add, which did not surprise Garnet, he believed his companion, Pearl was not only very protective with Steven, but was generally the most responsible of the group "The problem is ... Steven knows about the Diamonds. He asked me about Pink Diamond!" Pearl exclaims worried, to which her companions are surprised.

"How is that possible?" Amethyst asks with dismay.

"I thought one of you had been told" Pearl exclaims starting to sweat a little because of the revelation that Amethyst had not been "What answer can we give her? Steven is not prepared to know everything about gems and rebellion" Pearl mentions stunned , to which Garnet places one of his hands on his shoulder.

"We don't have to worry. Maybe Steven heard about Pink Diamond because of Lapis or one of the Homeworld gems, maybe he could have even heard it from Greg or he learned it in one of our adventures without us noticing, there are murals about Rose's rebellion in some temples. The battlefield in Norway makes it clear "Garnet reasons coldly, although Pearl mocks the idea that Greg could know about Diamonds.

Pearl plays with her fingers a little nervous, Amethyst on the other hand was not very shocked "Then we just have to talk about the rebellion. How difficult can it be?" The purple gem questions.

"Steven is maturing Amethyst, but he's not ready to know everything his mother had to do for the rebellion and life on Earth. We have to teach him little by little" Garnet explains simply, or perhaps it was because of his relaxed personality more that nothing "And I think I know how, they can go to their rooms" The tallest of the Crystal Gems explains to leave the temple to where the human was.

******

Steven thought for a few moments that he could enter his mother's room to spy on the gems, or perhaps return with Spinel to avoid punishment, but in the end, the human curled up in his bed while watching a few minutes of television, although he had than to turn off the device quickly when the temple door opened again, just a few moments before a strange interference appeared in the signal.

Only Garnet had left the temple.

The gem went up to the hybrid room and shook it briefly, knowing that Steven was just pretending "How are you Cutie Pie? I know we haven't talked in a while but ... you know what would happen if we don't have Malachite like ours top priority "Garnet sentences seriously.

"... Yes," Steven accepts, lamenting a little, mainly because the boy was thinking about how he had reacted with Pearl a few moments ago.

"However, I am not here to talk about that, I come to tell you a story" Garnet was glad to see how Steven was smiling almost instantly, with his star-shaped pupils, the gem on the other hand started his story "You know Saturn no ? In ancient times humans called it the Holy Land, the Old World or Jupiter, but that is not important. For the gems it was the First Era, we call the planet Homeworld, the Diamonds were born precisely in Homeworld, unique in their perfection they sought to expand their perfection through the Solar System, each of the Diamonds received a planet, White Diamond stayed with Homeworld, Yellow Diamond with the actual Jupiter, Blue Diamond with Uranus, and finally, Pink Diamond received Earth. On Earth, each gem was made to serve Pink Diamond, each with a role in the Diamond empire. The existence of the gems was ordinary, marked by a mold, until the arrival of your mother. Rose Quartz did not look very different from the other quartz, she tried to do her work diligently. However, she noticed the inhabitants of the Earth, curiosity became appreciation, appreciation became affection and affection became love, she soon found it impossible to hide her findings, so she asked other gems if they knew life on Earth and they thought about it. His strange questions finally reached Pink Diamond's ears, Rose Quartz was searched immediately "Quartz" began Pink Diamond "What have you been saying down there?", "My diamond" implores Quartz "I call my attention that your colony , Earth has life. I know that these organic forms have no purpose, but I ask that we leave this planet and forgive their lives. " Pink Diamond thought for a moment, and then she laughed, an evil and empty sound "Do you want to save these life forms in exchange for us? Ha! Do not be absurd! Return to your post and I will forgive your insolence", and with that Rose Quartz was taken to her Kindergarten to work. Only that Quartz didn't want to continue helping to destroy the Earth, she had no choice, she had to fight. "Is this what you want? Inject, build ?! I have seen a life that lives by itself. And lives here! Will you destroy it, or will you join it?" The message of Quartz began to resonate, unfortunately for Pink Diamond, its territory was falling apart, as a coward she called its allied Diamonds, Yellow and Blue Diamond. But Quartz also had allies, gems rejected for not being perfect, a Pearl that belonged to no one and a new fusion, formed by love and not by power, and many others, inspired by Quartz. Those who joined together to fight for Earth as their home were known as the Crystal Gems-Garnet narrated in a heroic tone, almost entirely romantic.

Steven for his part was perplexed by this story, in his surprise, the human asked a question "What happened next?! What happened to Pink Diamond?" Steven was between excited and worried about the end, although there was also the slight suspicion that Garnet would not give him the end that the human would like.

"... The battle was difficult, the armies of Pink Diamond were very powerful, but that did not matter in the end. Your mother expelled the authority of the Earth's Diamonds" Garnet ends simply, Steven had in his face suspicion and disbelief.

"That story only makes me ask more questions," Steven sentences quickly, but then he laughed when he noticed Garnet's hand pass and spoil his hair amicably.

"Maybe, but it is time to go to sleep. In the future you will know more about Pink Diamond if you are still interested" Garnet exclaims wishing Steven good night, after history the human falls asleep quickly, while the gem was leaving to his room in the temple.

******

Spinel was traveling alone The Garden, this idea before seemed absurd to her, the mark of her waiting at a single point for more than 6000 years was still visible, but recently, walking through that structure calmed the inconvenience of the gem, to some extent at least, it made the wait for Pink and Steven more enjoyable.

But it was that particular night where Spinel found Pink's chest again, they had guarded this jealously, they were some memories and gifts of the Diamonds along with other gems to Pink, Spinel thought that maybe he could show Steven, although this could also bother Pink Wouldn't that be treason?

In the end, the jester gem gave an elongated breath of air before opening the pink chest, which was about to break, inside there was a gem rejuvenator, some toys made by Pebbles and representations of the court of Pink Diamond . Objects already outdated by Homeworld standards, although Spinel had no way of knowing that.

The gem would not know that while she remembered, other things would happen when dawn. Nor would Spinel expect the truths Steven would bring the next day.

******

In the morning, Steven felt somewhat uncomfortable when Amethyst was on top of him, like a limpet stuck to a rock, the human was watching his favorite series, that of weeping fruits. Although Steven had to admit that he liked to have company with one of the gems while watching the series, although Steven had no way of knowing if Amethyst did it on orders or her own initiative. In the episode they both saw Pear had dropped his ice cream "Friend, I don't understand this cartoon. Why don't they just eat the ice cream from the ground? Instead of crying ..." Amethyst exclaims frustrated.

"It's the point of the Amethyst series" Steven comments delightedly, but at that moment the signal disappeared due to an interference that gave the screen a greenish tone "What is that?" Steven asks surprised.

"Let me fix it" Amethyst sentence approaching television, starting to kick it "Did it get better?"

Before Steven said anything, the television briefly emitted a beep "Wow! That had never happened before" Steven sentence surprised while Amethyst came back to his side with the same surprise, but then the image began to clear and a voice came out from the television.

"Transmitting on all frequencies, transmitting on all frequencies. Peridot speaks transmitting on all frequencies, from the abandoned gem colony on planet Earth, reporting for Yellow Diamond, the mission has been compromised. My escort, and informant left! And now I'm stranded! Send me help! " The image showed Peridot repeating the message once more, to the audience's confusion, since Pearl and Garnet joined to watch the transmission.

"Connie says she also appears on her television" Steven exclaims worriedly releasing the phone, informing the gems of this.

"Where could Peridot send this signal?" Pearl question stunned, but Garnet quickly had an answer. The communications center of the Earth, which Garnet and Amethyst had previously destroyed by forming Sugalite, although the group had to go thanks to Lion. The place was not as demolished as before, so Pearl guessed that Perdiot somehow managed to fix the place.

"So we bring Sugalite back ?!" Steven asks with emotion, emotion that Amethyst shared, but Garnet ruined this hope.

"No" Garnet ends severely, Amethyst tried to protest quickly but Garnet was not going to give in. "No, the last time we merged was a disaster. Sugalite went crazy and we were unable to control ourselves, we need an alternative ... Pearl, do you want to fuse with me? "Garnet argues thoughtfully, Steven only got excited again when he realized that Garnet and Pearl would fuse, Pearl was crying with joy while Amethyst kept distance.

"Fusion! Fusion! Fusion! Yeah!" Steven cheered while Garnet and Pearl began their dance, then forming a tall gem and who seemed to wear an elegant suit.

"Good evening everyone! Before you the adorable Sardonyx, from the future ex-communications center" Sardonyx introduced herself, approaching glamorous to Steven and Amethyst.

"Amethyst, a new giant woman!" Steven greets Sardonyx, who caught the human in his arms.

"But it's Steven Universe! We finally know each other. What do you think? I'm such a great thing! You're such a lovely little thing" Sardonyx overwhelmed the human with extreme affection "Sorry, but it wasn't me lately"

"Haha, fusion joke" Steven laughs while Amethyst just looked away, with a show of movements (after lowering Steven) elegant and fabulous, Sardonyx invoked her weapon with his powers, a huge war hammer that surprised Steven, while Steven was delighted with these ideas, Sardonyx began to present herself with a multitude of words that flattered her qualities while destroying the communications center in a precise and orderly manner.

Pearl, Garnet and Steven celebrated the successful operation, while Amethyst played with the earth. Steven realized that while he was traveling on Lion's mane heading home, he had not gone with Spinel and had already spent breakfast and lunch. Although maybe a few more minutes of waiting would not be a problem, or so Steven wanted to think when Lion arrived at the beach. Everyone went to the temple, but Steven was quietly transported as quickly as possible through the portal. Luckily for Steven, Pearl and Garnet were already in the temple chatting, while Amethyst was with his head in the fridge.

******

"Steven!" Spinel calls multiple jumps, lengthening and shrinking to Steven from the other end of the structure, surprising the human "How are you?" The gem greets with surprising calm.

"Spinel. Aren't you upset?" Steven asks cautiously, to which his playmate looked at him with curiosity "Nothing, forget it, it's just that it takes a few moments, I'll tell you later. It was another mission with the Crystal Gems! What were you doing?" The human boy asked excitedly.

"Oh ... Well, I didn't realize, so we'll say it's okay. You see, I found some things that were ... well, Pink's belongings" Spinel states simply, although there was a great longing in her words, the gem took a little to notice how Steven looked at her with starry eyes "What's up Steven?"

"I have information from Pink. It's not recent but" Steven tries to quickly explain his emotion, but then Spinel was holding him by the shoulders while taking him to the sky, because Spinel had stretched his legs and arms.

"Yes Steven! Great, you made it!" Spinel mentions shaking the human while hugging him, curling and returning to the ground to jump and spin around The Garden "Steven Is it normal for humans to turn green?" Spinel asks worriedly lowering Steven, who dizzy took a few steps before throwing up "Wow, that's new" The gem exclaims watching the vomit for the first time in his long life.

"It's ... great ... you are happy Spinel, just ... give me a few moments" Steven exclaims trying to smile but had to sit down before continuing, Spinel sat in front of him, waiting for Steven to regain his color, the pink gem, however, jumped in her position of joy, although she had hundreds of questions "Well, to start, it seems that Pink Diamond is no longer on Earth, in fact the authority of the Diamonds left quite a while ago" Steven sentence, at that Spinel's jaw literally fell to the ground, only for the gem to reposition it in place.

"What?!" Spinel asks puzzled.

"According to Garnet, Pink Diamond was expelled," Steven points out, to which Spinel silences him with her hand covering the human's mouth.

"Steven, that makes no sense. Pink wanted the territory of the Earth more than anything in the world, she would never leave him" Spinel exclaims on the verge of tears, Steven didn't know what to say, he scratched the back of his neck " Please ... "Spinel asks in tears, to which Steven jumped to give her a hug.

"Look on the bright side, it means you no longer have to stay here, you could return to Homeworld" Steven exclaims trying to encourage the gem, not only talking but giving little pats on the back of Spinel.

"How ?! The galactic portal was destroyed by your friend and the Earth communications center too" Spinel says frustrated, to which Steven realizes that he made Spinel's situation worse, the gem was quiet , clinging to the human like the roots that had previously clung to her, in silence.

What Steven didn't know was that one of Spinel's fingers extended to the pink chest, grabbing the gems rejuvenator "Steven" Spinel speaks once again "Will you stay at The Garden today?" Spinel asks, the third time she did it, Steven didn't want to refuse because of Spinel's sadness, but he had to.

"I would have to go ask, but they will tell me no, Garnet already knows that I am leaving the temple a few days ago and I think he doesn't like the idea at all" Steven replies sadly, but then Spinel's frown seemed to burn with rage , until next to her appeared a weapon similar to a scythe but of a brushed color and made of light "Spinel ?!" Steven asks surprised, when suddenly Spinel attacked him.

"No! I don't want you to go!" Spinel screams in a loud complaint, she was full of rage and sadness, but to their surprise, Steven's body was simply filled with some pink lines, Steven thought it was like the destabilizers of Jasper and Peridot. Steven saw Spinal, and she looked back "... Steven, I" Spinel was trying to speak, but the human had begun to run terrified towards the portal.

But on the structure, Steven could not activate the portals "Come on it works!" Steven rushes, but it did not matter, his gem barely emitted a shine that did not reach all of it "Spinel, we can talk about this" Steven exclaims turning nervously, with some sweat coming out of his forehead, the human expected to meet the gem behind him, but Spinel was not there.

Steven could not see Spinel, and without his powers Steven could not leave, the solution of the human was that he had to confront Spinel to know that it had just happened.

"Spinel!" Steven calls worried, watching in every corner of the malnourished garden, hoping to find the gem "Spinel!" Thanks to the various games that both had passed through that place, Steven knew the structure in some detail, but what he did not expect was to see a large hole in one of the walls. There on the shore was Spinel sitting, with the broken rejuvenator beside her. Steven hesitated to approach, for fear that Spinel would continue to react aggressively, but finally, he approached her "Spinel ..." Steven touches the gem's shoulder, to which Spinel turned to see him, Spinel's eyes spilled waterfalls of tears, almost literally.

"I'm sorry!" Spinel sobs kicking the broken rejuvenator in the sand, Steven moved a little closer to Spinel, being that it seemed that she did not plan to attack him or in general get closer to him, because he did not move his arms or legs "Steven me .. . I don't know what to do ... Pink won't come back for me, and I ... I didn't want you to leave, you're now my only friend on Earth ... Literally! " The gem screams shrinking on the beach of the small island, now both were trapped in the middle of the ocean.

"... You would not be my first friend to try to harm me or with whom I have an altercation, believe me, I pass with Pearl and Lapis. Spinel, would you like to go to Beach City with me until you find a way to go with Pink?" Steven exclaims conciliator, finally forming a big smile on his face. Spinel on her part was speechless, until her hand grew enormously in a clenched fist, Steven was afraid, but then she raised her thumb.

"Let's go to Beach City!" Spinel exclaims shrinking her arm, the gem now had a small smile but she had to dry her tears and resume her composure with Steven's help. This took a few minutes where everything was calm.

"Spinel, what did that ... thing do?" Steven asks curiously now that Spinel was calmer, even a little sensitive, but Steven knew she wouldn't attack him.

"Well ... it rejuvenates, when the gems got out of control sometimes it was used, it returned them to the starting point. I thought that if you had a gem you would also have one, and without memories ... well, I think you understand the rest There was a likelihood that it will work, not as the "destabilizers" as you called them "Spinel sentence" I'm sorry "Spinel apologizes, to which Steven downplayed with a gesture of sympathy, although he kept watching as Spinel was trembling.

"I think if it worked, in a sense ... I can't activate the portal," Steven says, to which Spinel looked at him with enlarged eyes and a face of dismay.

"Oh ... That means I can't use it, I don't know where your house is or how it is, so it couldn't transport us there," Spinel says worried, to which Steven made a deep silence.

"Do you know any other place on Earth?" Steven asks as more sweat left his body.

"... Steven, I never left The Garden" Spinel sentence. The silence of both is simply terrifying, in a few moments Spinel and Steven are hugging crying because they were stranded in The Garden, this was the moment when Spinel should hatch and Steven embark on his own adventure without the Crystal Gems.