The fountain is still running. How did it last for so long like this? The Gems and I came to the fountain about a year or two ago to fix my gem which got cracked from an...embarrassing fall from a cliff. I gape as I step over towards its crystal clear surface.

Lapis smiles as she looks around at the lush, enchanting pink world around her. "This place looks beautiful. Why not consider staying here?" I ignore her as I look into the fountain's surface. "It looks so nice." Lapis steps into the water and she dives down for a moment.

She pops back up moments later, facing me with normal, healed eyes. I smile. "How is it?" She raises her eyebrow. "You mean the water?" I nod. "Yeah." I blush as Lapis shrugs. "Feels fine I guess. Why-!" I pull my shirt over my head and I hurl it to the side as I wade into the water.

"Uh...Amethyst? Why did you do that?" I swim over to her. "I thought I could use a swim. Didn't I say that we should heal both of us?" Lapis grits her teeth. "I don't think this is such a good idea." I grab ahold of her and I brush her lips. "It is now."

I make out with her as the surface ripples around us. I chuckle as she splashes some water at me with a laugh. I feel something wrap around my legs and Lapis grimaces. "Amethyst, is that you doing that?"

I stop smiling, widening my eyes as I look down. "Uh..." I bend my head down into the water to see what's down there. My eyes sting as they adjust to the water. I can barely make out the image of something. What is-?!

I feel myself getting dragged down. I bring my head back up to see Lapis getting dragged down as well. Because we're underwater, we can't say anything to each other. Even though we can breathe in here for thousands of years, I can see this as the equivalent of drowning.

I cough out some bubbles as I struggle to break free. I look up at the Rose Quartz statue on the surface. Rose points a finger at me and I abruptly shake my head the minute she does. I gasp out a torrent of bubbles.

Did the statue actually move, or am I losing my mind from being stuck down here? Either way, I need to get-! I feel something wrap around my arms. I feel thorns digging into my skin as I grit my teeth.

I squint my eyes and resist with every last effort not to scream or make a single sign of being in a state of anguish. My vision goes blurry as I feel more of those things wrapping around me. One constricts my neck and I cough out more bubbles.

I breathe heavily as Lapis struggles to break from them herself. I feel one more wrapping itself around my gem. It cracks a bit from its binding even though it's in the fountain. I can feel my existence starting to come to an abrupt, horrific end.

Once the gem is gone, I'm gone. That's all there is to it. Garnet knew about this. If she didn't, would she have gone after me? I scream in the water and I cough so much, that I start to feel like a human. One that CAN drown. I need air! The thorns dig into me as I stare at Lapis. She's just as frightened as I am.

I hold my breath as I reach the bottom of the fountain. Even by doing that though, my mouth is logged with water. There is still one last thing that I can do. At this rate, it's the only solution left available. It's do or die now.

I charge up my electricity and I look over at Lapis one final time before I release all that I've got on the fountain. I take Lapis' hand as I cough some more. The fountain is starting to burn. But we're underwater. How is any of this possible?!

I try to swim...but I can't move a muscle. I smash my lips into Lapis' to release some of the water. She willing swallows it to give me more air. My vision is so blurry, I can barely see her.

She sucks on my lips as I lose more and more conciousness by the minute. Lapis detaches her lips and she looks down at my gem with a frown. Is it all over? Did my gem crack that now I'm...I can't believe this is happening.

Lapis embraces me as more things wrap around us. Our eyes produce invisible tears as more and more thorns dig into our forms. I smile, narrowing my eyes. "I least I get to die with you."

Lapis isn't smiling. She's straight up panicking. She looks down and around as I shush her. "Relax, Lapis. It'll all be over soon." I'm going to die, aren't I? This is the end, isn't it? My eyes close as Lapis screams. My existence slips away as my body shuts...down...within a flash of...light.