"Come on, Pearl! Let us go outside to watch the storm." Came a whiny voice from a boy with a pinkish red shirt.

"Oh sure. Let's all go outside while it's raining rocks from the stars and other space junk." said a woman with pinkish hair.

"Uh, P, technically, we're rocks from the stars." said a short girl with purple skin.

"Yes, i know that, Amethyst. But that doesn't change the fact that it's dangerous to go outside right now. Those meteors are landing pretty close, so we're all safer inside. And, yes, while Steven is half gem and thus stronger than a normal human, I don't want to chance anything. Especially since we're watching Connie for the week while her parents are out of town." Pearl said, gesturing to the indian girl sitting near the window with a tall woman with an afro like hairdo.

"Oh yeah. I almost forgot to thank you for letting me stay here, Pearl." Connie said.

"It's no trouble, my dear disciple. Speaking of that, do you still plan to get up early in the morning so we can get a nice, long training session in?"

"Of course. I've already set my alarm clock for five o'clock and I've got my sword and training gear laid out right next to the bed."

"Always one step ahead. That's what I like to see. And your training is coming along marvelously. You'll soon be the second greatest swordfighter in beach city."

"The first being you, of course."

"Ah yes. But, only because of experience. I am a few thousand years older than you, after all."

Steven listened to Pearl and Connie's conversation but couldn't stop wishing he could go outside to get a better view of the meteor shower.

"Steven! Steven! Steven!" came a shrill voice from outside.

Steven turned to the window to see a green skinned woman making a mad dash up the stairs towards his house. Behind her was a blue woman floating through the air with wings literally made of water.

"Peridot? Lapis?" Steven wondered outloud.

Steven ran to the door and threw it open. This caught the attention of everyone else in the room. Seconds later, the green and blue gem-based lifeforms hurried inside. Peridot tripped as she ran in and ended up doing a faceplant. This earned a snicker from Amethyst.

"Peridot, what's wrong? Why are you two here?" Pearl asked.

"We're here because Peridot found something 'amazing' and immeadiately said that she had to come tell you guys. I just came because I had nothing else to do." Lapis explained.

"I see. Wait, what about the barn?"

"We bubbled it."

"Okay. Good. I'd rather not explain to Andy how the barn got smashed to pieces by meteors under our watch. Now then, what did you find, Peridot?"

"Well, as you all know, I've been tinkering with that red eye you all took after from those rubies in my spare time. I started trying to use it's computers to connect to any and all surviving gem databases here on Earth. And, because I'm so great, not only did I manage that, but I also got myself a 'back door', as the people on the internet like to call it, into some the more deeply buried data. And guess what?"

"What?" Steven asked, his eyes turning into stars as they normally did when he got excited.

"I found out that a very rare and powerful gem artifact is being held at Seastone cavern!"

"Seastone cavern? But, the last time we were there was back during the war. And that was thousands of years ago." Pearl said.

"I wasn't around for that particular one, but I heard the crystal and homeworld gems royally wrecked the joint in a huge battle." Amethyst said.

"Decimated would be a good word to describe it's state after the battle was over." Garnet, the afro sporting gem, said.

"Exactly. Because it was so wrecked, it wasn't any good for the rebellion or homeworld. Thus, no one would think to look there." Peridot said.

"Okay, but we can still get there, right?" Steven asked.

"Yes, Steven, we can. I double checked to make sure. The warp pad on the cavern's end is miraculously intact. It should be able to handle all seven of us." Peridot said, gesturing around the room.

"Lapis too?" Steven said, star-eyed.

"Sure, why not? I'm practically an honorary crystal gem at this point. But, just so we're clear, anything i do for this team, I do for Steven's sake...and maybe Peridot's too." Lapis said.

"Aw, Lazuli." Peridot said, getting misty eyed.

"Stop it, Peridot. You're embarassing me and yourself."

"Right, sorry. Anyway, we can go right now, right? I mean, witht the meteor shower going on, i doubt Pearl will let anyone go outside. So there's nothing going on here."

"Whoa! How'd you know that about Pearl?" Steven asked.

"Well, as the leader of the crystal gems, i naturally know how the minds of my team work." Peridot said proudly with her hands on her hips.

"Right, there's that. And there's also the fact that P is really easy to predict." Amethyst said dryly, earning a chuckle from Steven and Connie.

"Annnyyway, I'm ready to go whenever you all are."

"Hold on! Let me go grab my sword!" Connie said quickly.

Connie ran and grabbed the weapon, then dashed to the warp pad.

"Okay, ready!"

Everyone else joined her and they were soon wisked off. Upon arriving at the seastone cavern, Steven and Connie were blown away by it. The cavern itself was large and colored in various shades of blues and greys. It was filled with numerous pieces of destroyed gem tech scattered all around. In overall appearance, it reminded Steven of the kindergardens. Only with more devices that clearly used to be weapons. Connie noticed some dolphins in the ocean nearby.

"Oh! Those are spotted dolphins. So, we must be far out in the atlantic ocean. I mean, you do see them near Beach City occansionally, but it's rare that they come that close. And since there are so many dolphins, we have to be far from home." Connie observed.

"Good eye, Connie. As a matter of fact, we're on an island in the atlantic and home is about eight thousand miles that way." Peridot said, gesturing behind herself with her back facing north.

"Whoa, my parents would freak out if they knew i was here."

"Yes, they would. So, let's keep this between us and make this quick. What exactly is out here, Peridot?" Pearl asked.

"The last remaining Multrali displacer."

"Multrali? Hmm, haven't heard that name in a while." Garnet said.

"What's a Multrali?" Steven asked.

"Well Steven, ages ago, gemkind came in contact with an amazingly advanced society. After we learned how to communicate with one another, we found out that they were called the Multrali. They looked like humanoid jellyfish in appearance and their technology was incredible." Pearl said.

"You can say that again. According to the history files, their tech was leagues beyond anything that gemkind had made before or since. In fact, some the most advanced tech we have they helped make." Peridot said.

"Like what?" Connie asked.

"Like that." Peridot said, pointing to the warp pad.

"The warp pad? They helped create that?"

"Yup. Our scientists back then were working on teleportation technology but they couldn't quite get it to work right. The Multrali helped out and, within a year, the first set of working warp pads was made."

"Wow. So, where are they now?"

"They had the misfortune of living on a doomed planet. You see, it's core was made up of a volital mixture of molten compounds. They were held in a natural balance that was very easy to throw off. And, well, the Multrali were experimenting with what you humans would call geo-thermal power. This eventually threw off the balance and, well, let's just say the results were catasrophically explosive." Peridot said.

"You mean the planet exploded?" Steven asked.

Peridot simply nodded in responce.

"Wow. That's sad. But it kind of reminds me of what happened to Mighty Man's home planet."

"Yes, well, there are some pieces of their more advanced technology left. This displacer is one of them. From what i could gather, a homeworld gem stationed here on earth had it and hid it here. And, sadly, she ended up getting corrupted during the war. So, there was only the gem's data files left. But, before anyone could search it out, the rebels drove homeworld away. So, it's been sitting here for thousands of years. Waiting for some one with a keen intellect, like yours truly, to figure out where it is. Now, follow me. If I've got this figured out correctly, which I'm sure I have, it's this way."

Peridot began to lead the crew to the artifact's location.

"Hey, Peri!" Steven yelled as he and Connie ran up next to Peridot.

"Yes, Steven?"

"What does this displacer do exactly?"

"Basically, it opens what humans call an Einstein-Rosen bridge."

"No way! Are you serious, Peridot?" Connie asked.

"One hundred percent serious."

"Um, what's an Einstein-Rosen bridge?" Steven asked.

"It's an wormhole, Steven." Lapis said.

"Oh, well, that's all I need to know."

"You know what a wormhole is?" Amethyst asked.

"Yeah. You don't read as many sci-fi books and comics as I do without picking up a few things. Wormholes are used for a bunch of stuff. Faster than light and time travel for example."

"Well, in this case, it's used for interdimensional travel." Peridot said.

"You mean this displacer can open a portal to another world?" Connie asked excitedly.

"Sure can."

"Another world?" Pearl asked.

"You mean, you've never heard of the parallel worlds idea, Pearl?" Connie asked.

"I, I don't read or watch a lot of sci-fi."

"That's okay. I'll explain. You see, the theory says that this world isn't the only version of it in existance. In theory, there many other universes out there, seperated by invisible, dimensional walls. If you can find a way to breach these walls, you can travel to alternate versions of the universe. So, to give an example, in some alternate world, it's possible that instead of Ruby and Sapphire being permanently fused together as Garnet, it could be you and Amethyst permanently fused as Opal. Or, in another world, instead of Steven being the gem/human hybrid, it could be me."

"I see. So the differences could be rather simple, but also drastic."

"Yup. And, i hate to say it, because of what a cliche it is but, it's even possible for there to be a world out there where we're all...evil. Where the name 'crystal gem' is feared and we're all trying to take over the world."

"Well, let's try to not find that world. I'd rather not be pummeled by the masses over a case of mistaken identity."

"I wouldn't worry about that, Pearl. You see, the way the displacer works is that once the wormhole opens on the other end, it basically acts like a glorified vaccum and sucks in all sorts of debris and any nearby life forms, then draws them into this world. The lifeforms have thus been displaced from their home world, and so the machine was dubbed the displacer." Peridot said.

"When was the last time it was used?" Steven asked.

"About fifty years before the war. So about five thousand and fifty years ago." Lapis said.

Everyone looked to the blue, water controlling gem.

"What? I skimmed over Peridot's records. And i learned that the last time some beings from another dimension were brought here, they were people who were like gems in terms of powers, but they were made of living metal. One called herself gold and the other called herself silver. They stayed with the Multrali for about a week and then they were sent home."

"That's correct. And it's also the last time we know of the Multrali using the displacer. Shortly after that, they're planet and species met their untimely demise. After that, displacer changed hands through the gem hierarchy until it ended up in the hands of the homeworld gem who locked it away here. And now, it'll be in our hands. And the world will be safer for it. Who knows what the likes of Yellow Diamond would do with it?"

"Well, I know I'd like to meet people from another world." Steven said.

"You'll get your chance, Steven. Once i figure out how it works, we can connect to all sorts anternate realities. But, from what I've gathered, the device automatically returns the displaced beings to their home dimension after about a week of Earth time. So, any questions you might have for any particular beings will need to be asked in that time frame. Ah! And here we are."

Peridot knelt down by peice of gem tech in the shape of a rhombus.

"Hmm, clever. She hid it in a chest disguised as a piece of destroyed tech. That's why her notes contained a rough drawing of what the chest looked like. Rather simple, but effective. Hmm, the lock still looks rather sturdy. I don't think my metal powers are strong enough to pick it. So, Garnet, if you'd be so kind..."

Garnet nodded and summoned her guantlets. She clasped her now massive fists toether and slammed them down on the lock. The lock shattered and Peridot opened the chest. Inside was a shiny black object, shaped like and egg.

"Is that it?" Steven asked.

"Yes, this is the displacer."

"Where are the buttons?"

"From what I've gathered, they're all over the sides of it. They just happen to look like they're all part of some shell. But, if we were to press the buttons in at key places, we could connect to any specific world we wanted to. The Multrali even had a cipher that listed the specific button combinations to connect to certain worlds. Problem is, that cipher was lost when the Multrali home world detonated. So, it'll take time and some trial and error to really figure this out. But, this isn't the place to do that. Come on, let's take this home."

"Oh oh! Can I carry it?" Steven asked.

"Hmm, well, i don't see the harm in it. Just be careful. This truly is one of a kind."

"Got it!" Steven said and carefully carried the device by it's top and bottom.

The group began to head for the warp pad. They were half way there when they heard a hissing sound. They turned to see a group of snake corrupted gems heading towards them.

"Gem monsters!" Pearl shouted.

"Keep them away from the displacer." Peridot yelled and began trying to use her metal powers on some nearby rubble.

The battle went rather smoothly with so many warriors available to fight it.

"Phew! Well, that was some work out. But, look, we won and not a single scratch to the the displacer." Steven said and started to turn towards the warp pad.

As he turned, his foot caught on one of the yet to be bubbled gem monsters' gem. He tripped and went sprawling out on the ground. As he did so, his hand accidentally slid over some random buttons n the displacer. The machine began to hum and cracks formed all over it. The displacer began to hover in mid air and started to reshape itself into a disk like object. This form short a wide beam of energy at the open air and a wormhole soon opened. Rocks and other debris started flying out of the portal, which Lapis swatted away with her powers. The team could then hear screaming voices comin through the wormhole.

"Uh oh! People incoming!" Steven shouted.

Four figures emerged from the portal and crashed into the sand at the teams feet.

"Ow." The smallest figure said with a familiar voice.

The figured raised it's head to reveal, much to the shock of the gems, that it was another Steven.

"Ug! That wasn't any fun. Hey, you guys okay?" The other Steven asked the other three people.

They each rose up to reveal that they were a peridot, a lapis lazuli and a jasper. But it wasn't their gem types that drew the attention of this world's Steven. It was their outfits. On each of them, in different spots, were a star shaped symbol.

"Who, who are you guys?" the main Steven asked.

"Uh..." The other Steven hesitated, taking in the sight of the other gems.

"Um, we're the crystal gems. And who are you guys?"

"We're the crystal gems. And um, you're in our world now."