Steven Universe · Season 1
These were Crystal Gems, shattered into pieces. They were buried together.
Why aren't you moving?!
They were forced together. They were forced to fuse! This is wrong! I-I'm sorry! [glows and starts to come undone]
No, no, Garnet! You're coming undone!
We did it! Garnet?
So this is what Homeworld thinks of fusion.
We couldn't have known they would do this.
This is where they've been…all the ones we couldn't find… they've been here the whole time!
Rose couldn't have known.
This is punishment for the rebellion!
[breaking down] It's not our fault!
Garnet!
S-Steven.
[sliding down with Pearl] Yo! We're back.
Garnet, we lost Peridot. Her fingers were too fast for us. [two fused hands climb up on Amethyst and grabs them] Um… what are these things?
PUT THEM DOWN!
Uh!
Wha...? [throws the hands away]
We need to poof and bubble all of them. We can't let any escape. [She poofs the hands as the screen turns black]
What Homeworld did… taking the shattered parts of fallen Gems and combining them—those Gems weren't asked permission. Fusion is a choice. Those Gems weren't given a choice. It isn't right. It isn't fusion!
[Steven looks at Garnet as he takes the clothes out the dryer into the basket]
What's it like... being a fusion?
You fused.
I mean, like, all the time. Do you forget who you used to be?
You forget you were ever alone. You know when you fuse, you don't feel like two people. You feel like one being. And your old names might as well be names for your left arm, and your right.
When you split up, is it like you disappear?
I embody my— I mean, Ruby and Sapphire's love. I always exist in them, even if I split apart. But the strength of that love keeps me together, so I can stay Garnet for a very long time.
That's why you're so great!
[smiles] Ha. [Steven starts laughing, with a light blue colored sock being blown away]
Oh, no! [Garnet catches it]
Don't wanna break up a pair.
[holds peach colored sock] Yeah, you're right. [Garnet folds socks into basket] They belong together.
[turning off the lights after seeing Rose and Pearl fusing into Rainbow Quartz; stoked] I can't believe I got that on video! What on earth was that?!
That was Rainbow Quartz.
[Greg re-watches Pearl and Rose's fusion dance, practices and falls down]
Ah, geez! How'd she get her legs to do that? [groans]
Hey! [looks at face-to-face with Garnet] Are you dead?
Wha? Uh, no, no. I'm alive.
Whoa, cool! [jumps over Greg, runs to the TV] It's us from before!
Yeah, I was just... trying to get my head around this fusion dance.
A fusion dance ain't about your head! [laughs out loud]
Wait... you guys are Gems. You gotta help me out here. I need to be able to fuse with Rose!
First, you need a gem at the core of your being. Then you need a body that can turn into light. Then you need the partner who you trust with that light.
Metaphorically?
Literally.
[whispers] Shh! Come on! I still wanna see him try!
Ugh, so it's true. I really can't do it. [touches his face] I'm kidding myself with this! I'm never gonna be a Gem... [Garnet looks down and picks up a twig]
Amethyst... give us some privacy! [throws it far away]
YEAH!! [scampers after it]
Let me tell you something, Mr. Universe. I think you can do it, but it won't work if you dance like Pearl. You have to dance like you. You have to fuse your way. Get open. Get honest. Invent yourselves together. [lowers her shades and winks left of her three eyes] That's fusion.
EYE—think I get it.
"Sleep is a curse, and yet a curse I need to live"—Steven Universe.
Let me show you how it's done. (She falls over, stiff as a board)
That's pretty convincing.
Lapis!
No. I'm not Lapis anymore. We're Malachite now.
This is Peridot, transmitting on all frequencies from abandoned Crystal System colony planet Earth, to Yellow Diamond. My mission has been compromised. My escort and informant are gone, and I am now stranded! [desperately] Please send help!
It's as I feared.
[The Communication Hub is glowing and shooting a beam of light towards the sky]
It looks like Peridot somehow repaired the Communication Hub. Well, at least some of it.
So... we just gotta wreck it up again, right? (to Amethyst) You guys should form Sugilite!
(smiling a bit) Yeah... Well, it's up to Garnet, I guess. (smiling widely, to Garnet) What do you say? [Pearl looks scared in the background] Shall we mash it up?...
No.
But, don't we need to be huge like last time?
Last time was a disaster. Last time we fused, Sugilite went berserk. It's because of her that we can't even warp here anymore. (takes off her visor) I can be brash, you can be reckless. And we can both get carried away. So, for the time being, [She puts her visor back on and Amethyst's reflection can be seen in them] Sugilite is benched. What we need now is to be careful. [Steven gasps] It's you and me, Pearl. Let's fuse. [Pearl looks astonished as she begins to tear up] Don't cry, Pearl. [Pearl tries to not cry and quivers as she strongly breathes in through her nose, sniffling thickly] Come on, let's do this.
I'm right behind you. (sniffling)
(running towards them) Woo-hoo! Fusion! Fusion! Fusion! Fusion! *sits to the left of Lion* (Amethyst walks over)
(gemstones glow) Ready.
(grunts; stretches) Hang on, it's been such a long time.
Gooooood evening, everybody! (struts over to Lion, Steven, and Amethyst and does a twirl) This is the lovely Sardonyx! Coming to you a-live from the soon-to-be-former Communication Hub! How are y'all doin' tonight?
(sarcastically) Great...
(gasps) Giant woman!
Maybe you're better off with her / I think she's better for you / I forgot how great it felt to be us / Guess I got carried away. / I had to use you to make me feel strong / But I don't care about that now / I see a tower built out of my mistakes / And it all comes crashing down. / Is there something I can doo-oo / Is there something I can doo-oo-oo / Is there something I can doo-oo / Can I make it up to you?
[Pearl and Garnet are about to fuse again when Amethyst interrupts the moment, realizing exactly what Pearl is doing]
Stop!
Is something the matter, Amethyst?
You... you shouldn't.
Pearl, we saw you.
[shocked] What?
You need to tell Garnet it was you!
I don't understand.
I'm sorry. It's just... so much fun being Sardonyx with you.
[drops her to the ground; shocked] That's why I couldn't see us finding Peridot.
Wait, let me explain!
[starts walking towards her; intimidatingly] You've been fixing the hub!
[backing away; fearfully] It really was Peridot! The first time.
You tricked me!
No! No, no, no, no! We just needed a reason to fuse! I just wanted to share a few more victories with you!
Those weren't victories!
Wait, Garnet! You know, we're so much weaker than you! Fusing with you is like our one chance to feel... stronger!
Don't defend her! Peridot is out there somewhere and Pearl's been distracting us with... NOTHING!
Garnet...
[angrily points at her] That's enough! [to Amethyst] Amethyst, fuse with me!
But-!
[clenching her fist] Let's just get this over with.
Pearl! Where have you been?!
Looking for Peridot… For a few days straight. Steven, I know I might have… disappointed all of you. I know Garnet's very upset with me. But I'm going to prove to her that she can trust me again. [Garnet walks in through the front door] Oh! Garnet! I was just looking for Peridot! She's bound to be somewhere, right? Any new ideas? [Garnet says nothing and walks past her; remorsefully] I'm sorry.
[enters the house with a brochure; excitedly] Who wants to go on a road trip?! Umm… Is this a bad time?
No. Please continue.
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