"You two should spend some time apart!" Alexandrite said, finishing Malachite off with Opal's bow.

The force of the arrow pierces through Malachite, causing her to unfuse into Lapis and Jasper, and they both fall into Alexandrite's hands.

But what no one noticed was that when Malachite's body exploded, a small green marble fell from the explosion, and plopped into the sea. It sank deeper and deeper into the dark depths. When it finally reached the bottom, the marble landed on a rock formation very close to the island then the earthquakes came and the marble fell in a small hole. Sand filled the hole with the marble still inside, now buried under the earth, the marble began to glow and slowly grow in size as it absorbs nutrients from the earth's soil.

Time Pass

"PINK DIAMOND!" Jasper yells.

Jasper becomes fully corrupted and advances quickly on the Crystal Gems. However, Peridot pierces Jasper with a metal rod that was used to cage a Corrupted Gem, poofing her. Amethyst then bubbles Jasper and the shorty squad head back home.

While one gem was bubbled away, another gem had just emerged.

In a rock formation under Mask Island, an outline of a body was forming on the surface. Suddenly the outline began to crack from within and it crumbled away to reveal... a humanoid gem floating out into the open.

She had wavy pale–green hair, styled in a star shape. Like a short bob, but wild and frizzy. Her skin was turquoise with dark green stripes in a random pattern, similar to Jasper's stripes. She had two slender arms and two long slender legs. The upper half of her outfit, which is a deep–green and greenish–black portrait neckline top that stopped above her stomach. The lower half consisted of greenish–black leggings that stopped above her ankles and she had a thin deep–green ribbon belt tied around her pants. Her feet donned a pair of black open–toed slippers. The figure finally opened her two eyes with light green irises and small catlike pupils, and she had a small normal nose on her face. She moved her hands around her back and she eventually found her oval–shaped gem on her lower back.

'Who am I?' She thought. 'Where am I?'

The gem looked around her, she saw only darkness but then she looks up and sees light. She tries to swim up but finds that she couldn't lift herself off the ground. After a few failed attempts, the gem tried to climb along the wall where her exit hole was. This proved to be a long, difficult task and she nearly slipped a few times but the gem was determined to reach the light from above.

'I must... reach... the surface.' The gem thought to herself as she continued to climb.

Soon her hands began to hurt and her feet were getting tired but even so, the gem refused to give up. As the gem got closer to the surface, she noticed the light growing weaker and smaller.

'No!' She thought. 'No please!'

But the light eventually disappeared, even when the gem had reached the surface at last. She crawled to the beach, lied down on her back in exhaustion and looked up at the sky. The gem watched the sky change from warm orange to dark blue and she grew lost in her thoughts.

"Who am I again?" She wondered aloud. Then a name struck her. "Mal–something? Male– no! Malla? Malle? Oh, Malley! Yeah, that's it! Malley something. But what else?" She rubbed her hands against the side of her head trying to think really hard. "Kite!" she shouted. "Yeah... Malley Kite. That's who I am." That made her feel a little better. "Now all I have to do is figure out what I'm doing here and why." Unlike most gems who know their purpose once they emerge, Malley wasn't too sure what she was meant to do.

Malley watched the crescent moon as it shined in the sky and the stars appeared two. The longer Malley watched the sky and listened to the sounds of the waves, the more tired she became until her eyes closed and she drifted into a light sleep. Malley felt very peaceful and as she slept she dreamed.

Malley was under the sea again but there's a terrible weight around her wrists. She looks down to see chains made of water around her wrist and saw that her legs were replaced with a second torso with four muscular arms, that were also chained. The pain was excruciating as the chains dragged her further down into the darkness. Malley tried to cry out but she found that she had no voice of her own. It sounded like two different voices speaking at the same time. Eventually, the chains dragged her to the dark ocean floor. Malley stopped screaming for a moment but then she felt a presence. She turned her head and saw a boy floating in the water with his eyes on her.

He was relatively short with a thick, stocky build, curly black hair and full black irises. He wore a red T–shirt with a gold star in the center of it, a pair of cuffed blue jeans and salmon–pink flip–flop sandals.

Malley had seen this boy before but she could not remember where. She felt a strange surge of emotions when she stared at the boy; happiness, remorse, and hatred all at once.

Malley shouted.

"GO!"

Malley woke up gasping. She checked herself to see her legs and her wrists, all unchained. She sighed in relief and got up to stretch. Malley looked up at the sky to see the bright sun in the sky and after being in darkness for such a long time, the light and warmth of the sun felt so good to the gem. She basked in it for a while until she heard a strange noise coming from the woods.

"Might as well have a look around." Malley said to herself.

Malley decided to travel inland and explore the forest. At first, she was a little overwhelmed by all the new sights and sounds of the forest but the longer she explored the more fascinated she became and her fears melted away. Malley loved the large, glittering geode structures and the touch of the bark from the trees but then she found a stream of water. She looked and for the first time ever, Malley saw her herself.

"Is that me?" Malley said. She waved her hand and the reflection followed. She opened her mouth and gasped at what she saw. While the rest of Malley's teeth were normal, she had these fanged canines that looked vampirical. "Well, that's interesting."

After that Malley attempted to climb a tree to get a better look around but she had some difficulty getting a good grip. She suddenly felt a strange sensation on her lower back and she found herself floating. She looked over her back and saw large water wings form from her gem. Malley felt frightened at first but after giving them an experimental flapping, she felt that the wings were natural and tried to use her wings to hover. She found this to be easier than she expected. Malley used her wings to fly a little higher in the sky but no higher than the trees. When Malley got high enough, she noticed a village down below about less than a mile of where she was.

'I wonder who lives there.' Malley thought.

Not wanting to scare anyone, Malley floated back down and walked ahead towards the village. When she got close enough, Malley hid in the bushes, moved some leaves to see and she saw the village of the watermelon people. The Watermelon Stevens were doing the normal routine, not aware of the gems presence.

'They seem like friendly people.' Malley thought. 'But... there's something about the way they're shaped.' She tried to think then something clicked in her mind. 'Steven'

"Steven!" Malley shouted and stood up unintentionally.

The shout gained the attention of some of the watermelons nearby and when they saw the face the gem standing from the bushes, they froze in fear. Malley felt embarrassed for her actions and she stepped out of hiding.

"Um... Hello, I'm Malley." She said trying to seem as friendly as possible.

The watermelons screamed, ran to the village, and warned all other melons of the gem. All the melons were in a panic and ran into their homes, leaving the streets and fields deserted. Malley walked out to the village but still, none of the melons came out of their homes.

"Was it something I said?" Malley said, mostly to herself.

Malley made her way to the center of the village, where the statue of a baby melon stood with its arms open. Malley imagined a melon with a reef of flowers on its head, a star painted on its stomach and it was standing like this statue does. For some reason, the thought made her mouth salivate, but she soon stopped in thought.

'Wait... Was that a thought or... a memory?' Malley thought to herself. 'And I still remember that word 'Steven' going with it. Or is a name?'

Her thoughts were interrupted by the sound of barking. Malley turned around and saw a timid looking melon dog cautiously stepping and barking towards her. Malley got on her knees and offered her hand to the dog.

"Come on." Malley said.

He walks towards her slowly and soon places his nose in her open palm as if testing her. Malley starts softly scratching under the dog's chin and the dog shows enjoyment in this. With the fear gone, the melon dog rolls over and lets Malley rub his belly.

"Aw... you're kinda cute." Malley said as she rubs the dog's belly.

At first, the Melon Steven's couldn't believe what they were seeing. The monster they once had to sacrifice their fellow melons for the sake of their island's safety was being... friendly? She looked like the monster but she wasn't eating the melon dog like they thought she would, but rather she was petting him. Soon the wisest of the melons stepped out of hiding and stood before the gem. When Malley saw the melon chief, she stood up and the dog moved away. The melon chief offered his hand to Malley, which she took slowly. The melon forced Malley down to his eye level and he stared into her eyes for a moment. Not knowing what else to do, Malley spoke softly.

"I'm Malley"

The melon chief blinked in surprise, he spoke and but of course, Malley did not understand. Then he let her stand once more, he understood now. The chief banged his staff against the ground to alert the other melons, he called out in the melon language and soon the other melons came out of their homes. They surrounded the statue as the chief explained to them the situation.

"This person before us is not the same as the monster that once threatened our home. THIS is a reincarnation!" The chief said.

The melons gasped and Malley got nervous, even though she still didn't understand what they were talking about. All she heard was 'raw raw rawr, raw raw rawr raw.'

"Be still" The chief said. "Let us not show any more fear or aggression just yet. Let us find out what she wants and hopes that she leaves in peace." He turned his attention to Malley. "What do you seek here, Malley?"

Malley just stared at the chief, not having a clue what he was saying but when she noticed the pause she began to panic and just said the first thing that popped into her head.

"I don't want any trouble. I just want to find Steven." Malley said. After saying this Malley thought to herself. 'I want to find Steven...? Yes, I want to find him. Steven has been on my mind since last night, there has to be a reason.'

The melon chief considered her words. Though it seemed like a simple request, it would be very difficult for the melon Stevens to do. The melon chief did the only thing he could think of; he motioned for Malley to follow him out of the village and she did. The got to a cliff that overlooked the ocean and the chief pointed his staff to the sea.

"Follow that direction." The chief said. "You may find what you are looking for there."

Malley looked ahead and then gave the chief a questioning look. The chief seemly pointed the staff again and gave another 'raw'.

"That way? Out in the ocean?" Malley asked. The chief nodded yes. "So, you want me to just travel in that specific direction over a vast open ocean and by doing so I will somehow eventually find Steven. Is that– Is that what you are trying to tell me?" He nodded again. "Well, that sounds kind of insane...! But I don't really have any other choice if I want to find Steven, do I?" She asked.

The Chief shook his head.

"Ok then." Malley takes a deep breath and a pair of water wings form from her gem. Before taking off, she looks back one more time at the melon chief. "Thank you. Bye"

With one powerful flap, Malley was off over the ocean and she managed to stay in the air... for about a minute. Malley nearly fell back into the ocean before her wings came back again. Since she was fairly new, Malley had to do a little more practicing with her powers.

'I have to find Steven.' Malley thought as flew further away from Mask Island. 'No matter what it takes.'

Author's Note:

If any of you wonder about Malley's height, just imagine her about the same as Lapis. More chapters coming up!