Tanzanite woke up to find that Capri was now back on Earth with her. What a relief it was, but then she noticed that there were now hundreds of Gems around her where there weren't before. Even more surprisingly, now Garnet and Pearl were back on Earth!

"G-Garnet!" Tanzanite exclaimed. "P-Pearl! You came back, but how?"

"I-I don't know," Pearl answered her. "One minute, we were in our palace mourning over Steven and the next, we just came back here, where everything started." She turned to face Green Topaz. "Uncle, how did this happen?"

All Green could do was shrug his shoulders at this. "I don't know." He turned to look at his brother Blue. "Blue?"

"I've got nothing," Blue just said. "But whatever it was, it managed to alter reality in such a way that now Earth and Mineralis exist in one dimension."

"I can tell you what happened," said a deep, booming voice.

Everyone turned around to see Rhyncho standing right in front of them.

"Rhyncho?" Diamond asked aloud. "What are you doing here and what happened?"

"Well, I can only assume that when Steven sacrificed himself to save Yggdrasil, he allowed the Tree to grant him the one wish he'd always wanted to happen ever since he was a boy," Rhyncho explained concisely.

"What was the wish?"

"That wish was to see Earth and Mineralis live together in perfect harmony. However, Yggdrasil decided to take that wish one step further and have them both co-exist within the same plane of existence, within the same dimension."

"You're kidding," Tanzanite said. "Earth and Mineralis? Together in one place?"

Rhyncho just nodded his head.

"Wait, so does that mean...?" Pearl started to ask.

Aquamarine cut her off. "Yep, the whole gang's back together again!"

"It sure is, kiddo," Jade agreed. "I just wish Steven could be here to see this."

"Yeah, but if Steven hadn't died to save Yggdrasil, this wouldn't even be happening."

"True, true." Jade then picked her friend up and embraced her tightly. "Hey, guys! What do you say we all go to the rec center to celebrate?"

"Sounds good to me!" Aquamarine exclaimed.

"Me too," Garnet joined in.

Down at the rec center, the Crystal Gems and friends were talking amongst themselves about what'd they been through within the last few days, Capri and Rhyncho especially. With them were Siouxsie Barriga-Miller, her wife April, her half-sister Misty, Phaedra and her brother Christian, their half-sister Octavia and her wife Jenny, Pearl's sister Larimar, Hitomi and the children, the other guardians of Yggdrasil, and last but not least Rhodochrosite.

"You know, as much as I miss Steven already, I'm glad he sacrificed himself to save the tree," Hitomi said. "I think it's actually thriving a lot better now than before it even got sick."

"I couldn't agree more," Rhodochrosite conceded. "I mean, it's actually the healthiest it's been in centuries, centuries! In fact, I have a good feeling it won't be sick for a long time and all thanks to Steven."

"So… what do we do now?" Capri couldn't help but ask. "Gneiss is in custody, Dad's dead, Earth and Mineralis are now one, and the tree's pretty much back to normal. How do you think humans and Gems will figure out how to co-exist again?"

"Well, if they could get along before, they could certainly get along now," Rhodochrosite said. "Most of the time anyway. I don't doubt that we'll still have to deal with Gems like Zoisite who want to exterminate the human race or humans who are determined to kill other life-forms out of greed, but I'm sure that if we can slowly start working together, then with time, we can learn to fix each other and abolish society's ills."

While Rhodochrosite went on his speech about unity and fixing society as he knew it, Pearl listened to her sister talk about how much she loved her new boyfriend.

"So his name's Galaxite and he's the sweetest Gem in the world," Larimar was saying. "He opens doors for me, he carries me over puddles, he brings me flowers, he's the ultimate gentleman."

"I see…" Pearl replied. "When do you plan to propose to him?"

"Hopefully, very soon. He told me that ever since he was a kid, he's wanted to be married at the Chalcopyrite Palace. After that, he wants to be the new Chancellor."

"Really? Well, when Garnet and I see him, we'll tell him that we might consider putting him on the election ballot. He knows that chancellors are elected to term just like queens, right?"

"Yes. He's actually been studying extensively to make sure he doesn't abuse his powers. After what happened with Aunt Xenotime's mom, your ex-husband, and that other Chancellor I don't remember the name of, I don't really blame him."

"Me neither."

All of a sudden, Pearl tilted her head to the right and saw the apparitions of Rose, Amethyst, Steven and Greg. They smiled at her, prompting many fond memories to come flooding back, and she smiled back serenely. The apparitions disappeared soon after, leaving Pearl alone with her own thoughts. Larimar caught a glimpse of Pearl looking away and tapped her on the shoulder.

"Hey, what are you looking at?" Larimar asked out of confusion.

"Oh, nothing," Pearl replied. "I was just thinking about something."

"Oh, okay."

Still, Pearl looked on, hoping that someday she would have a chance to reunite with them in the afterlife. Everything they'd done had been for the better and would hopefully resonate for generations and generations to come, and Pearl was more than glad to have been there right alongside them and the other Crystal Gems.