The Black Gem

7. The Answer

Steven is seen fast asleep on the back of a truck in the barn, snoring loudly. A shadowy figure then approaches him, and Steven snores a final time before waking up.

"Steven!" Garnet says excitedly, without her visors on.

Steven gasps. "Garnet! Is it morning already?" He asks.

Garnet grins. "It's midnight! Happy birthday, Steven!"

Steven grabs his cheeks, then sits up and grabs Garnet's cheeks. "Oh man! Are you finally gonna tell me that you're a fusion of the Gems Ruby and Sapphire like you promised?" Steven asks.

"You already know about all that, Steven." Garnet says.

Steven sighs. "It's true." He lets go of Garnet and falls back into bed.

"But what you don't know is how Ruby and Sapphire first met." Garnet says.

Steven sits back up and grabs Garnet's cheeks again, blushing with stars in his eyes. "O-M-G! I don't!" Steven says excited to learn.

"Might I learn of this story as well or would one be intruding?" Y/n asks suddenly revealing his presence.

Garnet nods and chuckles hinting it is okay, as she begins retelling her story of how Ruby and Sapphire first met.

 "The Earth, 5,750 years ago; it was a promising site of a new Gem colony, but progress was being thwarted by a small, persistent group of rebels. A team of diplomatic Gems were sent from Homeworld to investigate. Among those Gems was Sapphire, a rare aristocratic Homeworld Gem, with the power to see into the future. Assigned to her were three Rubies, common soldiers, with a mission to protect her." Garnet begins and the scene changes to a flashback.

The first Ruby guard walks up to second Ruby Guard. "Hey! Can't wait for those rebels to get here!"

"Haha, yeah! When I see those rebels, I'm gonna punch them right in their faces!" The second replies.

"What are you sayin'? I'm gonna punch them all over their bodies, and then it'll be over."

"What if, I just punch you!" The second Ruby says.

She punches the first Ruby Guard playfully in the back of her shoulder, sticking her tongue out, and the  Ruby Guard  yelped out in pain.

"Oh, come on. We'll punch 'em together when we fuse. That's why they sent, uh, three of us?" The third Ruby says.

"Three this!" The first Ruby guard says and she attempts to punch the third Ruby, but She blocks the attack. The Ruby was knocked backwards, causing her to collide into Sapphire. Onlooking Gems gasped in shock as Ruby quickly stepped away from Sapphire.

"Oh, I, um, I'm so sorry, I, let me, uh..." The third Ruby quickly says nervously. 

"I'm fine." Sapphire says.

"What?" The Ruby asks.

"It's okay. It was bound to happen." Sapphire brushes it off.

" I, uh... okay." The Ruby says confused.

"Now please wait here. I must attend to my duties." Sapphire says.

"Right." The Ruby says

"Mmm."

" Yes." 

The other two join and the three Rubies stood in attention as Sapphire walked up to Blue Diamond's Palanquin, where Blue Diamond's Pearl was seen standing next to Blue Diamond's throne.