I wake up. I'm still in the Kindergarten. But something's feels... different. I no longer feel the demon's presence around me. He must be gone. I take in a breath of relief.

I head to the warp pad to go back to the temple. As soon as I appear, Garnet looks at me and she frowns. One of her hands twitch as Pearl covers her mouth. "Amethyst."

Pearl said my name in a horrified whisper. Garnet shakes her head. That has to mean that she's ashamed of something. But what? "Uh...guys? Is there anything wrong?"

Pearl starts walking up to me as Garnet puts a hand on her shoulder. "Pearl, be careful not get too close." She lets go of Pearl, who examines every aspect of my body carefully.

She checks my feet, legs, arms, belly, chest. "Pearl!"
"I'm sorry. I just need to check everything to make sure that you're okay." She then lifts my shirt from the back and she gasps.

"What is it?!" We both respond to her gasp. Pearl then reads an inscription aloud. "Corruption will forever be her curse. What? Amethyst! Where have you been?!"

"I swear guys! I was at the Kindergarten! Some creepy eyeball demon came to me and forced me to fuse with him!"
"Oh really?!"
"Yeah! What's it to you anyway!" Pearl stops arguing with me. "Well, I-!"

Garnet holds up her right hand. "That's enough. She's telling the truth." Pearl looks over at Garnet. "Garnet, what is this?"
"It's his final words."
"Whose final words?"

Garnet walks over to where Pearl is, which is right next to my back. She presses a hand on my back. "Eloc Illuminar Cesarl's. He's been around a lot lately. However, he never caused any real damage...until now."

"What?" We both respond to Garnet's comment. "And over here, there is a picture as well. A tattoo probably. There is a pyramid with an eye in the center of it. The Illuminati."

Pearl raises her eyebrow. "Illuminati? What's an Illuminati?"
"No, Pearl. THE Illuminati. He's an eyeball demon that's sort of like us Gems. He can live for thousands of years too. Millions even."

I add my comment to that. "Wait, isn't he gone though?"
"No, Amethyst. I never said that he's gone. His physical form may be gone. But his mental state of mind lives on within you."

My head starts to hurt...a lot. Garnet walks out of the room. "Pearl, send Amethyst to her room. She needs some rest." Pearl calls to Garnet. "Wait, Garnet! What will happen to Amethyst?!"

Garnet stops walking and she clenches her fists. "Amethyst must fight out her mentality. If she fails to stop him from getting to her head, it could mean the end of the Cystal Gems." She turns her head. "Forever."