So, Now What? (Steven Universe) (Lapidot)

2 Wrongs Don't Make A Right

Peridot POV

I held Lapis' gem as more tears fell down my face, it didn't seem to be shattered or cracked, but that still didn't make me feel any better. I could admit I didn't know how powerful I had become but I would want to use it for anything other than what I had just done. Eventually Lapis' gem started to glow in my hands as I let it go and her physical body started to form, I had no idea what I was going to say when she fully formed. I mean, I had just poofed her, what logical choice did I have besides to say sorry?

Lapis fully formed and floated onto the ground, however she was a bit different. The golden string on her pants was now a dark green, and her short shirt now had multiple light green symmetrical rhombuses running down the back and front of it. She opened her eyes and looked at me with a confident smirk, as if she was planning this. I blushed for a moment then sighed and sat down on a rock, a bit more difficult I'd like to admit due to my floating limbs that couldn't support me much ad I said " I-I don't know how many apologies I have to make, first sorry for poofing you, second sorry for crushing the house, and third for probably worrying you a whole bunch "

Lapis' smirk turned into a warm smile as she said " Don't worry Peri, but you seem to be pretty in control of yourself now. However you haven't reverted, I mean, you are fully yourself, right?" After hearing that I thought for a moment, was I myself? I no longer felt that struggle for control, and I was in total control of my actions and thoughts. I hadn't thought to use my powers yet, but I'd rather stay away from them seeing what I did with them recently.

" I believe I am, I don't feel a struggle for control anymore. I don't know why I haven't reverted, but about what you said earlier... " when I said that I saw an apparent blush form on Lapis' face. She walked over to me and brought my head in for a hug due to my much larger body now, then she quietly said " I-yes, I meant it totally. It wasn't just something to snap you back into control, Peridot you've helped me in ways I can't explain. If it wasn't for you, the only person I would trust would probably be Steven. It broke my heart when we put in separate houses so I tried to keep myself busy with all of the teaching but I didn't recognize how distant it made the two of us. I'm sorry for that, and I'm sorry for how I acted when you clearly needed help, I'm sorry for everything! "

At the beginning I blushed due to where my head was, but I slowly smiled looking up at Lapis, I stood up almost dragging Lapis up with me. I put my arms around her trying not to shock  her with the blue energy as I said " Lapis, I didn't know, but I've always loved you for the longest time. Everything about you, that's why I snapped when you confronted me, I missed you so much and I didn't think to ask why you were teaching so much. " Lapis smiled warmly at me as she hugged back, soon we both let go of eachother and she looked at my gem concerned, she quickly said

" Peri, are you sure your gem is ok? The blue energy coming out of kinda worries me, and if you're alright now how come you haven't reverted?" I stayed silent for a bit, Lapis and I both knew why I hadn't reverted, she didn't want to think it was the truth. I however, thought about earlier, how it felt to have this ability and how intoxicating it was. Her worried expression only grew worse as she took a singular step back saying " You don't want to let go of the power, do you?"

I didn't say anything as I stood up straight and looked at Lapis, she took another step back and continued saying   " Peridot, we should at least have Pearl and You test to see if your new form is affecting the Earth's magnetic field, you could cause serious damage if it is!" I slowly nodded, I didn't want to think she wanted me to be useless again, no actually maybe not. She was afraid of me, a Lapis, afraid of me. A gem meant for terraforming and the destruction of planets, was afraid of me? I choose not to believe that possibility, so I slowly nodded saying

" Pearl and I will run some tests, although I doubt my new form is affecting anything. Look around you Lapis, the iron isn't being pulled from the ground! I have control!" As soon as I said that a assumedly human coin went flying toward me and stuck to my arm, not exactly helping my case but that was only because I got a bit angry. I pulled the coin off me as I got down on one knee so I could put both of my hands onto Lapis saying " Don't worry, Lapis you can trust me. I won't be addicted to this power, if I have to give it up I will, it just feels good to be able to protect other people and fight for myself. You know?"

When I finished speaking I took my hands off Lapis and turned around to try and find a direction that lead back to little homeworld.

Lapis POV

I understood what Peridot meant, but she seemed too on edge a little bit ago. I wouldn't want to bring it up again, I was seriously afraid for her. I didn't want her to get corrupted by her abilities again or for her cause a catastrophic event for all the life on Earth. We didn't even know if this was dangerous for her gem! I doubt that much energy coming out of it wouldn't have negative affects, but she did promise Pearl and her would run tests. I just hope nothing sets her off, but I caught up to Peridot reaching up to hold her hand as I said

" Wanna go back to little homeworld? It's just Northwest of here, shouldn't be too far of a flight " I said smiling, Peridot smiled back as she looked down towards me and said " How about we have a race? Since I wasn't able to fly before I thought it'd be a bit fun " I hesitantly nodded, I didn't think she meant anything bad by it I was just worried she'd get carried away, after that she said, " 3, 2, 1. Go!" When she said go I summoned by water wings and flew off, the levitated extremely fast and was ahead of me in a matter of seconds!

By the time little homeworld was in view and I landed Peridot was a full 2 minutes ahead of me, I smiled waving to her as she walked over with a confident smile saying " Well, well, well. Looks like water is slower than I thought, haven't you thought of making your wings out of a quicker liquid?" I sighed and crossed my arms saying " I'm good, water suits me better than any other liquid, now c'mon lets go talk to Garnet about getting another house set up. "

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Also for reference, Lapis is 5 feet 9 inches tall according to fandom cite. So Peridot in her other form would be about 7 feet tall