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I smile as Eyeball and I hold hands, taking a stroll down the fields in the bright morning sunlight. Birds chirp as leaves fly off from their branches. "Looks like the fall season is coming up soon. I guess the holidays aren't that far now."

I can't contain my excitement. I blush. "Yeah. So what are you gonna do now?" Eyeball raises an eyebrow. "What do you mean?" I close my eyes and I snicker. "Don't you have orders to take care of from Homeworld?"

Eyeball smirks. "Why would I ever want to go home if you are here on Earth?" I chuckle. "And seriously, you know I don't want to go back to Homeworld and I never will."
"Is it because you care about me or something?"

She blushes. "May...be."
"I wonder. Could we be friends or something?" Eyeball laughs as she shoves me. "Don't tease me with the friend zone garbage, Ame!" I get up. "Is it because we kissed or something?"

She giggles. "Perhaps." I contemplate the whole thing. "Let's see...I kissed you...twice."
"And I kissed you...once." She looks over at me with her eyes narrowing. "I'm so going to even that out! Come here!"

She grabs me and she hoists me up into her arms. We laugh as we tear up in joy. I try to lean in first but she puts a hand to my mouth. "Nah ah ah! Sorry. This is my point." She removes her hand as she crashes down into me.

We hold the kiss. And then we kiss again. We make out as something rustles in the bushes. Eh. Probably just an animal. A squirrel or something. She slides a hand gently up and down my back as I do the same with hers.

Everything just seems so perfect. It's like nothing back then matters anymore. Yes, I did just shatter Peridot and I may have set the barn on fire. Oh wait! That wasn't me! Everyone else may think that. But I know it's not true.

Why even worry? As long as I have Eyeball, things just might be alright. Suddenly, I crash into the ground. "GOTCHA!"
"HEY!"
"WHAT'S THE BIG IDEA!"

I open my eyes as I turn my head around. "Miss me?" I gasp. "YOU?!" She grabs me by the arm and she pulls me away. I struggle to break out of her grip as I notice Eyeball getting dragged away by two other Rubies. "GUYS! LET GO OF ME!"

We struggle and writhe against their grips as one last Ruby steps into view. "DOC?!"
"Well...well...well. Long time no see, eh?" She's now wearing a cloak to go along with her uniform.

"I want to thank you for giving me this upgrade to my appearance."
"You can't wear that! That's only for a elite!" Doc chuckles. "But I am an elite. I am the commanding Ruby am I not?!" Eyeball gulps.

"Which means that I have power over you." Doc steps up to her. "You may have beaten me down and you may have delayed our search. BY A WEEK! MAYBE LONGER!" She spits at Eyeball's cheek.

"And for that, a clod like you is going under deep water. You've messed with me and my plans for the last time." She whips out her destabilizer from her cloak. "I'm taking you to your Diamond and you will be tried for your crime!"

"Leave her alone!" Doc turns around to face me. Her teeth emerge into her twisted smile. "Amethyst." She steps away from Eyeball with the destabilizer towards me. "You made her turn against me. You turned her into A CRYSTAL GEM!"

She holds the destabilizer up to my neck. "Or are you even that anymore?" I glare at her. "Seems to me that you've betrayed your own team. Because I see no one coming to save you. What did you do while I was gone? Or were you always alone?"

I grit my teeth. "I'm never alone."
"Oh really?"
"I carry a demon inside me twenty-four seven."
"Why?"
"Because I have to."
"And why do you have to?"

"Because..." I can't finish my response. I don't know what to say to her. "Oh. I see. You're lying." She smirks. "I saw what you did just now by the way. It appears that Eyeball got herself a girlfriend."

The Rubies laugh as Eyeball looks away. "I mean a Ruby and a Quartz! Oh. I'm sorry. A defective Quartz!" I tear up. "What a disgrace." Doc retracts her destabilizer and she grabs my neck.

She squeezes and I start coughing and gagging. "You are just so desperate aren't you? You don't know anything about her! And weren't you with those Gems the day we played baseball?"

"Yeah! So?!"
"So?! Why aren't you with them? Did you get kicked out or something?" I keep my mouth shut. "How sad." She lets go and she walks away. "Now then..." She takes out a diamond and I gasp.

"I kept this for emergencies only." She grabs the top. "I'm going to give you two a choice to either come along quietly or I'm going to have to consult Yellow Diamond. Then you're REALLY going to be in trouble. So what will it be?"