The Ruby's chisel gleams in the sunlight as I grimace at it. "Eyeball, is that you?!" The Ruby approaches me as she takes her time. Her glare slowly transforms into a sickening smile as she narrows her eyebrows. She chuckles as she grips her chisel.

My eyes well up. "Please, I don't want to fight you! I'm sorry for what I did! I didn't mean for any of this to happen! I didn't have to lock you in that bedroom! I didn't have to go to the beach!" Tears slip from my eyes as I squint them. "I didn't have to cheat on you! Please! Please stop this!"

I open my eyes and I immediately resort to kissing her on the lips. Wait. Something doesn't feel right. The Ruby grabs my throat and she squeezes it. I gasp as I detach my lips. "Wow. Now THAT was low!" She grins as she strikes her chisel into my gem.

It cracks and the world around me slows down. My hearing echoes every sound as I hear my breath, panting slow breaths. My vision blurs as I put a hand out. I look up at the Ruby who punctured what was left of my energy. I blink as I look upon the chisel once more.

"I'm...sorry...Eyeball." I close my eyes and everything goes dark. "Amethyst. AMETHYST!" I open my eyes to see Jasper and Bismuth clenching their teeth, staring down at me. I groan as my vision adjusts along with my hearing. I press a hand against my forehead and I groan.

"Amethyst, are you alright!" I look around to see that I'm no longer near the cabin. I can see a wooden ceiling with narrow spaces of light. "You passed out. We saw you on the ground again just like how you were at the Forge and..." Bismuth looks away.

"This might be too dangerous for her to handle, Bismuth. If she enters another battle like that again, she's finished." Jasper picks up the spit pan that contains the healing spit that I stole from Steven a few weeks earlier to save her.

She tilts the pan to show me that there's hardly any drops left. "We had to use whatever was left. It was that bad. She almost shattered you!" Jasper puts the pan down before she covers her face. A voice that isn't around says something to me. "It could mean the end of the Crystal Gems...forever."

I bite my lip as I yank my hair. This can't be true. But what if...what if what Garnet warned me about back then is something she saw through her future vision? She saw this. She saw all of this as a possible future that is becoming true.

Pearl is shattered. Garnet is split apart from her existence. Steven is no longer himself. Peridot is corrupted AND shattered. Lapis is being hunted down. And I...I couldn't be in more trouble right now. All of the Crystal Gems are going to die off...including me.

This can't be happening. Why can't I just wake up from this nightmare?! I squint my eyes as I pinch myself as hard as can, gritting my teeth. I open my eyes...only to see that I'm still inside the dang barn! I start my incessant sob, crying out to my old life.

"I-I'm s-so s-sorry, Pearl! Garnet! Steven! Peridot! Eye-Eyeball! L-Lapis! I-I n-never w-wanted t-to h-hurt any of y-you! Pl-Please! T-Tell m-me! Is th-this a-all a p-punishment or wh-what?! Because I'm d-done w-with all of this d-dirt! I j-just w-want t-to g-go h-home! Please! SEND ME HOME!"

I wail as tears pour out of my eyes. They drip off my chin before they splatter on the ground. Some roll down my neck while others just stay in my eyes until they couldn't take it any longer. I cover my face as a hand pats my back.

I look up and to see Jasper sitting right by me. "Bismuth is looking out for Rubies." I sniff as Jasper faces me. "You're not okay, are you?" I clench my teeth as I glare at her. "Amethyst?"
"I WISH I NEVER EXISTED!"

I cover my mouth and I look away. I get up from the ground and I run away from her. "AMETHYST, NO!" I bump right into Bismuth, causing her to grunt as I dash out towards the fields.