Steven Universe: Beyond The Mirror

Roses Within Warps

Garnet, with the rare power of future vision, knew that Steven and the elusive Lapis Lazuli would end up getting into trouble at one of three seperate locations, each with a similar outcome. She warned Steven not to go with the Homeworld Gem.

Unfortunately, because of his treatment and fear from his guilt, he chose this fate, oblivious to the dangers that lie ahead for him. She failed to protect him. Twice now. She failed to stop him from entering the ocean and now the temple warp.

Garnet currently hovers with Pearl and Amethyst floating across from her in the tunnel of light, folding her arms. "I can't believe he did it. Again!" Amethyst concurs with Pearl. "Yeah! It's as if Lapis erased his mind with her witch powers or something!"

Garnet shakes her head as it bends down to avoid eye contact with either Gem. "Lapis Lazuli doesn't have the capability of wiping away people's memories. But she can manipulate them through simple persuasion being that her main element derives from her Diamond."

Pearl puts her left hand to her chin, groaning through her enclosed lips. "That is true. Her power can be limitless...and Steven, being a young and innocent boy, can easily be convinced due to having a provincial mindset."

Amethyst's eyes droop as she folds her arms, turning her head towards Pearl to her left. "What do you suppose we do?" Garnet answers for her. "We're going to find them...and we're not gonna stop until we do. Once we get ahold of Lapis, we're going to poof her and bubble her away the first chance we get. We already tried to reason with her, so now we're gonna have to contain her."

Pearl and Amethyst exchange anxious looks with curled down lips as the light of the tunnel fades. The Gems stand on one of the dozens of warp pads on the Galaxy Warp. Garnet steps off first and she adjusts her visor with her left hand.

"Alright. Pearl, take the warp to the Strawberry Battlefield. Amethyst will take the Kindergarten and I'll head over to Rose's Fountain. If one of us finds Steven, use this." Garnet pulls out two warp whistles from her Sapphire gemstone. "The...warp whistles?"

Garnet nods. "Yes. Once you use it, the nearest warp pad will activate and the remainder of us will arrive to the location in an instant. DON'T lose it." Pearl and Amethyst nod and Garnet rushes over to the fountain warp straight ahead. Pearl heads to the warp pad to her right and Amethyst darts down her left.

Their warps activate and they vanish in a flash into the network of tunnels. Pearl, heading towards the correct location, casts her eyes down with a sigh. She holds up her warp whistle in her left hand and she narrows her eyes. "Don't worry, Rose. I'm coming."

The light of her tunnel fades and she stands on the warp pad of the Strawberry Battlefield. She stands there, speechless as her eyes well up for a moment. She wipes her tears with her arms before focusing back on the mission. "Alright, Lapis. Where are you keeping Steven?"

She steps off the warp pad and she wanders through the battlefield as she turns her head left...right...up...down. She wraps her arms around herself, grabbing them as she casts her eyes down on the dirt path stretching out for miles ahead. She listens to her crunching footsteps as she blinks her eyes.

She flashes back to the Gem War back when Rose was still...Rose. She remembers watching her clash with Quartz soldiers with her gleaming thick pink sword and shield which is now in Steven's care and possession. Pearl's eyes droop as she remembers fusing with Rose to form the radiant, elegant Rainbow Quartz.

In battle, the fusion was flawless. With her combined weapon of spear and shield, Rainbow Quartz wielded a parasol. She twirled it and swung it like a hammer to blow away the opposition with a salty smirk.

Blowing a kiss, she left her existence on the battlefield. Pearl, back in the present time period, sniffled at such a beautiful memory, wishing that she could be a part of it for as long as time would allow it.

Her eyes build up tears as her eyelids convulse in the mental pain. She finally lets the tears roll down her cheeks as she stops in her tracks. "If only you were still here...you wouldn't have been as vulnerable as he but...yet you left. You left...me."