It almost saddened the Doctor that this wasn't the first time he had a blade to his throat and was only one wrong word away from dying. The first few times had been scary of course, but after that it got equal parts annoying and sad. For now through the Time Lord had to focus on why this on particular woman was aiming a spear at his throat. The boy had said she was a Gem, normally a rather cruel species that didn't care about other lifeforms, but this one seemed to have a sort of relationship with Steven, she was part of his family. "So a Gem caring for a human, a bit odd isn't it?" the Doctor asked, keeping careful eye contact with the woman.

"Say another word and I promise you that it will be your last," Pearl looked toward the man bellow her without mercy. He definitely wasn't human, she could tell that much from the energy that seemed to radiate from him. It was the same energy that radiated from the Doctor the last time they had met, but this man looked utterly different. Much to young, and with a ridiculous outfit to boost. "Steven I want you to get inside and get Amethyst and Garnet."

Steven looked between the two for a moment and shook his head. "Pearl stop, the Doctor is a really nice guy, I showed him the entire town and he didn't even spit acid at people or anything. I think he is a good alien, honest." he gave Pearl his usual puppy dog stare, hoping it would get his guardian to stop trying to murder his new friend.

Pearl blinked for a moment and looked between the two of them, trying to figure out what was going on. This man claimed to be the Doctor, despite not looking a single thing like him. "Steven I have met the Doctor before, he looked completely different from this person here."

That gave the youngest Gem a bit of pause. If Pearl had met someone named the Doctor before and they were different then that would have to make this one an imposter. Unless…

"But can't you and the others change how you look?" he asked, having found a solid line of reasoning to run with. "If the Doctor is an alien then why couldn't he do the same thing?"

The Doctor actually grinned at that line of reasoning, seeing a multitude of flaws in it as a casual observer. Very few races had the ability to actually change their physical forms so drastically. Not that he wasn't right with this situation. "He is right actually, Time Lords go through a regeneration when we…um…" he shot a glance to Steven, remembering there was a child close by. "Suffer a nasty scrape, go ahead and ask me something and I will prove who I am."

Pearl's hesitation only grew with the man's words. Despite being a good deal more manic and energetic then the previous time she had met him this Doctor seemed to act the part of the Time Lord she had once met. "Fine then, tell me about the first time that we met, but if you can't then I am stuffing you in a bubble and putting you somewhere you could never be found." it might have sounded harsh, but if he wasn't the Doctor then at this moment the person bellow her was committing the twin sins of imitating a man she respected quite a bit, and putting Steven in danger.

With a nod the Doctor drew in a deep breath and went about the process of trying to pluck a memory from a mind that had lived for more years then most creatures could imagine. Multiple regenerations, horrors and beauties the likes of which could drive a person to madness, and all of what was between. Digging through each was like trying to find a needle in a pile of other needles that almost looked the exact same. But after a solid minute his eyes opened. "Aw yes I do believe I remember that day quite well…"

A large round orb descended from the sky and landed softly on the calm beach, tossing up the sand around it under its weight. Once it had come to a complete stop a small door opened in the side, allowing three beings to walk out. Despite looking human there were easy to spot differences between the three mysterious beings and normal humans. Their proportions were odd, their outfits even more so, and on two of them it was quite clear that they had strange gems coming out of their flesh.

Sitting opposite of the orb was a blue police box, looking about as out of place as the glowing orb. Leaning against the police box was a young man, dressed in a dark four-buttoned suit, a shirt and a tie, and a light brown overcoat. His messy brown hair was battered around by the wind and he appeared to be listening to some sort of music device, although nothing like it would appear on the planet for a good amount of time.

For a few moments the three alien beings simply looked at the man with curiosity, while the man himself seemed only to bob his head a bit before realizing they were there to begin with.

The man removed a pair of earbuds from his ears and muted the sound coming out of them. "Sorry 'bout that, sometimes you just get wrapped up in a good song and everything else kind of fades away, bit like how when you are thinking really hard about one idea and you don't notice a wall in front of you, or behind you if you are the type to walk backwards without looking in that direction."

The three looked toward each other and blinked in confusion at the odd man. He certainly wasn't anything like the primitive race that currently inhabited this planet. "Who are you?" the tallest of the group asked, stepping forward a bit. She wore a white dress and easily towered over the man in front of her, a pink gem flashed from a star shape hole in her outfit. "And who might you be?" she asked with a kind but firm voice.

"Oh lots of names, Oncoming Storm, Destroyer of Worlds, the Great Scourge, Handsome Devil, That Mad Man With A Box, and of course, the Doctor," he gave a rather cheeky smile. "Oh right, also some call me the Defender of Earth, though I feel like that name is probably copy written already so let's just leave that one rest eh?"

The three beings took a step back, two of them summoning weapons. One a pair of gauntlets, the other a spear. The tallest of them held her ground, looking at the smaller man with interest. "That Doctor?" she asked.

He gave a small nod. "One and the same."

"I see, and why may I ask are you here?" despite being confronted by a man who was feared across almost the entirety of the universe the tall woman didn't seemed too afraid, merely curious.

The Doctor laughed a bit. "Oh well honestly that one should be pretty simple, I saw what your people are planning to do to Earth, and since I quite like the planet as it is I was planning on stopping you."

"Oh?" the woman asked, her voice full of good humor. "And do you believe you can beat me?" with that said the woman raised her hand and summoned a scabbard to her side, withdrawing a dangerous looking blade from it.

"Oh heavens no," the Doctor laughed a bit and shook his head. "Never really was one for fighting, I was hoping that we could talk like rational beings."

The woman blinked in surprise and her sword and scabbard both disappeared. "I see, and what is it you wanted to talk about Doctor?"

He held up a finger and smiled. "I want you to give me one day to show you everything humanity has to offer, just twenty four hours of your time, and if you don't like what you see then I will step out of your way without argument."

The woman seemed to mule over the idea in her head. In front of her was one of the most feared beings in the universe, and in truth she didn't really know what her chances were against him. "I have your word that you will not try to harm me during this time?"

The Doctor's face lit up and he nodded. "Promise, scouts honor, not that I ever was a scout through… well there was this one time but then I got kicked out, really more of the bears fault then mine but no one ever listens when you are running around a camp covered in honey and without a stitch of clothing on."

The woman tilted her head to the side but decided that exploring that story would probably be a waste of time. "So then Doctor, what shall you show me?"

With a snap of the Doctor's fingers the doors to the police box opened, revealing a much larger area inside. "Time machine, I am going to show you just how wonderful humanity is."

The woman looked toward her two companions for a moment before nodding. "Garnet, Pearl, stay here and await my return."

"But Rose…" Pearl spoke up but was silenced when Garnet raised her hand.

"Follow orders Pearl," she spoke softly but with authority. "If you do anything to hurt her I will crush you." she told the Doctor plainly.

The Doctor simply nodded. "Shall we then?"

The woman named Rose nodded, ducking her head in order to enter the police box and followed by the Doctor. Once they were both inside a low noise could be heard coming from the box as it slowly disappeared into nothingness.

Pearl listened to the recounting, remembering every part of that faithful day. They had come to bring about the final steps of the 'Kindergarten Program' and seal the planets fate. It was also the day everything had changed, and how their rebellion had begun.

"Do you remember what happened after that?" the Doctor asked with a kind voice.

Pearl gave a nod. "You came back and Rose stepped out, she hugged us and told us that she had fallen in love with this planet, and couldn't stand the idea of it being destroyed." her voice was low, filled with sadness for her lost friend.

The Doctor blinked at Pearl's expression, a bit surprised by it. The last time he had checked Rose had managed to make it out of the tussle between the Rebels and Loyalists, so her sadness didn't make a bit of sense. "So where is Ms. Quartz anyway, been ages since I dropped in and gave her a ring."

"Um…" Steven stepped forward and slowly raised his shirt, revealing that he had the same gem that Rose once held.

For a moment the Doctor was stunned to silence, something that didn't happen often. A Gem/Human hybrid, something he had never thought could happen. Of course the Gem's could make bodies but he didn't know they had the…parts… to do such a thing. "Oh…ah…hm…" he scratched the back of his head. "Well not quite sure how to react to that one, do you have any tea?" he asked Pearl, still trying to wrap his head around the situation.

"Yes, I suppose I should call in the others, I am sure Amethyst will be excited to meet you, she was actually quite interested about other races." Pearl said, shaking off her earlier sadness and focusing on the old friend in front of her.

The Doctor clapped and smiled, walking by Steven and tussling the boys hair a bit. "Sounds like a plan, oh and what about Garnet, she tells the best jokes you know."

Steven looked at Pearl with a slackjawed expression. "Garnet knows how to tell jokes?"

Pearl blushed a bit and turned away, quickly walking toward the house. "…of a certain variety."

The Doctor just playfully chuckled and followed her inside, Steven close behind the two of them.

"…and then the Bathrax Overlord said 'that isn't my cousin, that is my butler." the Doctor slapped his knee and laughed loudly, matched only by Amethyst, who had fallen off of the couch and was rolling on the floor with laughter.

"Oh come on there is no way that actually happened!" Amethyst replied, the purple woman cleaning away tears of laughter from her face.

"Why it most certainly did, the Bathrax all look the bloody same, literally all of them look like the exact same person. How in the world am I supposed to know the difference between a member of royalty and a butler?"

"One of them is most likely a respectable and likable person, and the other one is a member of royalty." Garnet said in her normally flat tone, making it impossible to tell if she was joking or giving an actual answer to the question.

"So you really go around to different planets and solve people's problems?" Steven asked, laying on top of a large pillow since the rest of the furniture was occupied by the others.

The Doctor took a sip of the tea that Pearl had made for him. It wasn't anything special and it had been viciously overbrewed, which made sense as he knew the Gem's never actually needed to eat or drink anything. But he appreciated the gesture at the very least. "Well fix a problem there, cause a problem there, it all balances itself out honestly."

"Speaking of problems, what brings you here today Doctor?" Garnet asked, tilting her head to look at her. "Not that we mind your company, but I doubt you dropped in just to say hi."

"Right, business it is then, any trouble brewing lately?" he asked, setting down his tea to focus on the task at hand.

"Well we got invaded by Gems and almost exploded about a month ago," Steven noted, talking about the experience as if it were a normal weekend. "And we think one of the bad guy Gem's is still on the planet."

The Doctor blinked for a moment, trying to reach into his memory and think if he had heard of such an event happening. "Hm, been so busy lately I missed out on that completely, is Yellow Diamond still in charge of Homeworld?"

"Unfortunately." Pearl said with a barely contained sneer.

Amethyst sighed a bit and rested her head on her fist. "Oh great here we go again."

"What is that supposed to mean?" Pearl asked indignantly.

Amethyst rolled her eyes a few times. "Every time we talk about Yellow Diamond you totally go bonkers and talk about how awful she is."

"To be fair she is pretty awful," Garnet said, earning a smile from Pearl. "However you do tend to rant a bit." Pearl gave an frown and Amethyst laughed.

"I will never understand why all of Homeworld decided to elect her leader, sure she was a fairly powerful general, but there are hundreds of others just as strong as her." Pearl gave a small huff.

"Were hundreds stronger than her," The Doctor corrected. "Not so much anymore, not after the Homeworld was attacked during the last days of the rebellion."

The three gems all froze in place and turned toward the Doctor at once, a shocked expression on all of their faces. Steven looked at his three guardians with concern, only having seen them act this way when they had to deal with the bad Gem's.

"Someone attacked the Homeworld?" Pearl asked, trying to wrap her head around the idea.

"Impossible, there isn't a race around who could take on the forces stationed at the Homeworld, even during the war we knew it was always going to be a defensive battle." Garnet shook her head.

"There is actually," The Doctor looked down at his tea, a dark expression crossing his face. "The Daleks, they…" he looked at Steven and shook his head.

"Oh…" Pearl lowered her head.

Garnet tightened her hands into fists and placed them down on her knees, taking slow but deep breaths.

"Uh excuse me?" Amethyst put up her hand. "What the heck is a Dar-lick?"

The Doctor took a deep breath and leaned back in the chair he was sitting on. "The Daleks are evil, they exist to destroy everything they come across without mercy," he shook his head. "In all my life I have faced unimaginable creatures, beings who transcend description and defy the rules of reality, but never in my long life have I ever met any race who could match them in terms of pure hatred."

Steven gulped at that description, as it was even more harsh then the one his guardians had given of the other Gem's. "So they brought in like a whole bunch of ships and fought a war with them?"

"Heh yeah I bet it took like a million ships to hurt the Homeworld right?" Amethyst asked with a grin. "I mean if the Homeworld is half as tough as everyone keeps telling me it must have been a heck of a fight."

"One scouting ship, it had been damaged and forced to make a random jump and a crash landing," The Doctor said without a hint of humor. "They nearly destroyed the entire ruling body before Yellow Diamond found a way to overload their bodies."

"That does explain how she was able to go from a general to one of the rulers in such a short time," Garnet said with a sigh. "I might not have always agreed with those who came ruled before, but some of them were decent."

Steven looked around and smiled a bit. "Well at least we don't have to deal with them right?" he asked, trying to bring a bit of levity back into the room.

The Doctor smiled a bit at the boys honest kindness. "Yes, small mercies, give me a single evil Gem over a Dalek any day."

With the heavy stuff out of the way the five went back to talking of happier things, knowing that whatever problems would come later could wait.

Peridot had not been having a good month. It had all started with those pesky Crystal Gem's bringing down her ship and the disappearance of Jasper. With little resources to work with on this backward planet she had stolen a coat from a cloths hanger and built a rudimentary tracker to help her locate supplies to get home.

This planet might have been at a low tech level, but it did attract other species from time to time, and it would be easy enough for even a weak Gem like her to bring down almost any other race and steal whatever they had. Given enough materials she could even construct a way off this rock and back to Homeworld. And when she got back she would bring a bunch of warriors and reduce this planet to space dust for the insults she had faced.

For now through the mechanical based Gem simply shook her head and removed such thoughts to focus on what was ahead. After weeks of searching her tracker had managed to get a blip from a small dock. "Got you now." she said with malicious glee.

"Hey there little lady," a rather burly human walked up to her, flanked by another one. Both wore the outfits that the other workers of the dock wore, bright orange and green so they could be seen while working in the dark. "This ain't much of a place to be wandering around, we are moving a lot of heavy shipments and you wouldn't want to get hurt." he reached out to put his hand on Peridot's shoulder.

"Don't you touch me you hairless ape!" she raised a small remote device and clicked a red button on it, sending an electric shock toward both of the men and smiling as they dropped. It wasn't lethal, but it would be enough to keep them out while she focued.

"Now then," she pushed open the door to the warehouse and threw off her coat, revealing her gem form and a confident smirk. "Listen here lower life forms, I have come to claim your technology in the name of Yellow Diamond and the Gem Homeworld, if you cooperate I might consider letting you live." despite not being skilled at combat she knew just the name of the Gem's would be enough to scare most.

There was silence for a moment before a small yellow light began to glow in the dark of the warehouse. "Gem, a race of sentient crystals that use hard light projection in order to make bodies for themselves," the voice was electronic in nature, and dismissive of the threat. "Threat level, low."

Peridot stepped back a bit as her vocal recognition software picked up the pattern of speech of the creature in front of her, horror dawning on her face. "No…please…no…"

From out of the darkness a figure slowly moved out, it was the size of an average human and looked to have the same shape as a salt or pepper shaker, with a small metallic weapon attached on one side and a plunger on the other. It's 'head' had a small eyestalk, which focused on Peridot. "In other words, insect," it leveled its weapon toward her. "We are superior, we fear nothing, you are nothing," a flash of lightening from outside revealed a number of the creatures surrounding a single saucer like spaceship. "And you shall be EXTERIMINATED!"

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