#waterwitcch

     Way up in Earth’s atmosphere, a ship breaches the clouds. Way down on the ground, a gem looks up from her book. Slowly, Peridot stands up. And then she walks over to the door of the warehouse. Poking her head out of it, she looks up at the sky.

     The ship greets her eyes. Her stomach drops into her shoes.

     Jasper has been watching the house up on Beach City’s hill for a while now. There is a gem in there, sitting on the kitchen table--it’s huge and pink and beautiful. 

     Jasper has to have it.

     Peridot is on her way back to the Homeworld. But when she cusps the planet’s atmosphere, she turns her ship around. She can’t face her superiors; she can’t lie to them. It would be breaking code. And she has already shattered it. She had let her prisoner go, and for what? Her heart?

     She scoffs. The trip back to Earth doesn’t take long, but while she travels, she is plagued by one word: traitor. She is just as bad as Rose Quartz and the Crystal Gems for letting the Homeworld’s sole lead to finding them slip away.

     On this trip to the beach, Ko has made sure to stay far, far away from the cave with the sharp things. His feet are making prints in the sand on the opposite side of the shore. And the ocean is tickling his toes. He swipes his cane back and forth, searching for obstacles. But he finds none. Until one finds him, and he is sent sailing towards the ground.