I open my eyes. Peridot is sitting next to me. I feel wet. The rain is no longer pouring down and the storm clouds have moved on to distant locations. I sit up as I feel water coming off my face.

Peridot doesn't look back at me. She stares at the sky and she sighs. "Amethyst, you're banned."
"I've been banned."
"Right. Look, Amethyst, I don't want to let this...thing ruin our friendship."

I stand up...but I feel dizzy. Peridot helps me sit down. She holds my back to keep me from lying down again. "I can't believe this." I look down. "I just feel like shattering myself more and more everyday."

"Yes. You want to shatter yourself. You admitted that yourself. But Amethyst, you had no right to do that in front of me or Lazuli. Especially in the pool Steven made for us."

"Uh...whoops." I blush, rubbing the back of my neck. I look up at the sky. "Is there anyway I could change her mind?"

"I don't think so. However, there is one way but um...it's not the best one available."
"But you just said there isn't any other way of regaining her trust."

"I thought about that. But this is the only one that I know about. I'm pretty sure Lazuli has been around other people for much longer than she has been with me."

"Or other Gems. Wait a minute! Jasper! She has been in the-!" Peridot covers my mouth. "Amethyst, no! That's another way to make her mad! But..." Peridot let's go of my mouth.

"Agh! What is this liquid substance in my hand?!"
"Uh...saliva?"
"That's gross, Amethyst!" I chuckle. "Sorry. I just couldn't help myself."
"Yeaaahhhh. Okay. So, you said you were thinking about Jasper?"

"Yes. Where do you know where she is?"
"I don't know. Last time I saw her, I was back on the ship that you Crystal Clods destroyed after taking her down. I got out through an escape pod."

"Well, she's been around. First, she was Malachite for a while, fused with Lapis. She was at the bottom of the ocean for a while and then she just rose to the surface and wrecked an island."

"Is that it?"
"Not even close. Malachite unfused and an earthquake happened. I saved Lapis from falling into a crack between the rocks."
"You mean a fissure?"

"Yeah. Pearl on the other hand, was too late."
"So what happened to her after that?" "She came back. According to Pearl...Pearl..." A tear drop slides down right down my cheek. "P...P...earl..."
"Amethyst? Are you okay?"

I choke on my tears. "I'm...I'm fine." I sniff. "I'm sorry. Anyway, she said that Jasper was hunting corrupted gems. She seems to have collected two of them. I was on the beach one night with Steven and Connie. We were just having some fun and then..."

More tears. "I saw this huge brown one attacking them, so I saved them. I rounded her up and I got her away from Jasper's reach. But when the real Jasper rose from the surface, after so long, it was horrifying."

"What happened after that?"
"I got myself into a fight with her. While Steven and Connie took down a bluer version of the other monster, I stood up to Jasper. I thought I could take her down all by myself."

"But you were wrong." I nod my head. "It was scarring. I didn't know what to do. All of the fun and good times have all been drained from my memory. I was poofed not long after it. She was going to shatter me according to... Steven."

My face is streaming with tears. "He saved me and when I saw Stevonnie taking down Jasper, I couldn't believe it. Jasper went right back into the ocean after I came back from a more careful rush of regeneration."

"And that was it?" I shake my head. "Me and Steven had a fight. Neither of us won and we really did hurt each other...a lot. I forgot what happened after that."
"Hmm...so, why do you want to find Jasper?"

"I need closure, Peri. And I'm going to get that closure by taking her down myself. I have everything I need. Her power is nothing now compared to mine. I may have been a weakling before." I stand up.

"But now, I'm stronger than her. So she better watch out. Because I'm coming to get her." Peridot looks down. "There's only one other location she might be at right now." I quickly focus my attention on her.

"Where?!"
"The Beta Kindergarten in Facet 9. I can escort you through the place if you want-!"
"No...Peri. I need to see this for myself. Just warp me over there and I'll take care of the rest."