Prologue
"It's.. A mirror..?"
Pearl said with her hand scratching the back of her head.
Rose grabbed the mirror and inspect it by herself, it took her a while.
"No, I don't think it's just a mirror. It's more than that."
She flipped it to the other side, revealing a shiny, blue, water droplet look-alike stone with a crack on it.
"It's homeworld's gem-powered mirror. Though, it doesn't look like it is usable, you can bubble it away or try to find a way to fix it. The choice is yours."
Rose then handed back the mirror to Pearl and walked away.
After knowing what is the purpose of the mirror, Pearl figured that it's not important and she could just throw it away when suddenly, she glanced back, Rose and Greg are hanging out again. She sighs, usually she would've walked in and interrupt them or cut their conversation right off but this time she doesn't feels like it, she feels like it's not gonna work.
Pearl decided that sitting alone behind a small boulder talking to her own reflection in the mirror is going to be a good idea, and she did.
"Will Rose ever look back at me?"
She asked the mirror, no responds.
"Will she ever stop loving Greg?"
She asked the mirror, no responds.
Slight tear began to run down from her eyes. She sniffed.
"Will Rose ever leave Greg?"
She thought it won't respond like it supposed to. Surprisingly, it did. The mirror lighten up and starts glitching and shakes a bit. Pearl could not believe her eyes, a picture of an upside down diamond slowly showing up with all the glitches still around it, all of suddenly, the projection stopped and the mirror cracked slight more.
Pearl wiped her tears away, her mood changes from sorrow to shocked. She never thought it would do that, she did not expected it, not at all.
"Pearl! Pearl!"
Someone's voice came from the distance, it gets louder and louder as the voice source approached her.
"There you are!"
Amethyst jumped on Pearl's back from behind.
"Amethyst?"
Pearl quickly put the mirror in her gem.
"What's the matter?"
She asked.
"That human dude and us are gonna play his human tunes! Rose, Garnet and I, we are all gonna be there. You should come too!"
Amethyst clings to Pearl's arm, begging more than offering her to come with.
Pearl sighs, at least Amethyst cared about her.
"Fine fine.. But only because you wanted me to."
She patted Amethyst and carried her to the temple.
[...]
Greg and Garnet didn't took long on setting up all the instruments for everyone. Well, except for Pearl, she doesn't seems like she wanted to participate.
While Amethyst was just practicing the drums before Greg starts the video record, she notices that Pearl is doing something behind the stage. She walked up to her.
"Pearl?"
"Yes, Amethyst?"
Pearl was checking up on the mirror again.
"Are you sure you don't want to come join us?"
Amethyst asked, frowning.
Before Pearl could reply, Garnet walked up behind Amethyst and places her hand or her shoulder.
"You should let her be, she's focusing on something else right now. But I'm sure she'll come join us."
Garnet moves her visors
"Definitely."
She picked up Amethyst and places her on the drum throne.
After Garnet and Amethyst walked away, Pearl stopped to think for a bit.
"Do I really want to join them?"
She glanced at the stage, seeing Greg and Rose smiling at each other.
"I have to join them."
Pearl finally decided, but right before she was just to confronted them, she was interrupted, again.
"Everybody ready?"
It was Greg's voice who said that.
"One, two, three, four.."
"What can I do for you?"