I look out into the distance for Peridot. "Peridot? Peridot? Peridot!" I look down at my hand. Jasper's gem is finally bubbled away in my hands, cracked. What an achievement.

All this time, I never actually thought that I could beat her like Steven and Connie did. It just feels so amazing. Is it wrong to feel this way? I start walking alone through the Kindergarten.

I continue to call out to Peridot. "Peridot? Peri! Peri Peridot! Peridot Peri! Peri!" No response. I look back down at the bubble in regret. I'm alone in a place that I didn't even know about until today.

This is bad. What if something tries to get me? I continue to watch hands grasp iron bars as eyes flash all around me. I look back down at the gem again.

I keep walking. This time, in tears. I feel so alone in all of this. Where is everyone? Why was this place abandoned? Was what I just did to Jasper the best thing I could've done to her as a means of payback?

I wait for an answer. "Ugh! I can't take it anymore!" I pop Jasper's bubble. The gem glows as it regenerates a glitching Jasper. She stares at me in fear and then in anger. "YOU! HOW COULD A RUNT LIKE YOU-!"

She glitches and she clutches her stomache. "Jasper, I need your help. I'm stuck out here all alone and Peridot's abandoned us. And...your gem!" I point at Jasper's nose. Her gem is still cracked.

I press my gloved hand to my forehead. "Oh man! I overdid it. Your gem is cracked!" Jasper grunts. "Obviously! Do something!" I look around. "We need to get out of here first." Jasper clutches her stomache with more force.

She continues to glitch out. "This feeling...this pain...this torture...what...is this? What did you-gah! Do TO ME?!" She closes her eyes and she squints. "Do you know a way out of here?" Jasper opens her eyes.

"Take the pass...through here!" She points to her right. "Then go straight ahead and take a left and then a right." I follow Jasper's directions carefully. I take out my whip. "Do you mind if I bubble you for a bit?"

Jasper shakes her head. "Yes! But...this pain! This...someone!" I poof Jasper without warning. She's easier to poof now that she's cracked. I run over to her gem and I bubble it. "Don't worry, Jasper. I'm going to heal you."

I smile at the comment. It feels good. But then something doesn't feel right. Eloc! Don't you dare! I run down the pass and then a left and then I pause for a minute. "Right!" I run down on the right pass and up the staircase to the warp pad.

I pant, holding Jasper's gem...and life, let alone fate, above my right hand. The warp pad activates. I need to heal Jasper. I just gotta do something right for once. There are only two ways to do it though.

One, going to Rose's Fountain. I could take Jasper's gem to the fountain and heal her in the water. Unfortunately, the fountain only works in the spring. And since it's summer, that option is completely out of the question.

I really don't want to take the second option. But it's either that, or keep Jasper in a bubble, permanently. The second option...is through Steven. I haven't seen him for a couple days.

It seems like an eternity to me. Ever since the night Pearl was shattered, Steven couldn't even look me in the eye. He glared at me and ran away to the beach. And then Garnet...

If I get caught by the only other Crystal Gem left, I will get shattered on the spot...and then harvested. And Garnet never goes back on her promises. If I'm caught, it's all over for me. No mercy.

I take a deep breath. "Ready, Jasper?" I stare at the bubble and I tear up. "I did this. And now, I'm going to either fix my mistakes or get shattered trying." I hold a hand out. "Let's do this." I let go of the warp.