Bismuth stops in her tracks. Jasper and I stop behind her. "I'm sorry." She sniffs. "It was just...not how I wanted things to be. If only we were able to use that weapon, we could've won! I never asked to get bubbled! I-!"

"Bismuth?" Bismuth turns around to face us. She's tearing up. "We understand." She widens her eyes. "Y-You do?" I give her a sad smile. "Of course we do! In fact, you're not alone. Lapis was also trapped throughout the Gem War."

"You mean, in a mirror?"
"Yeah, but she was trapped. Maybe you can talk to her to get over that issue. I know it may not seem that way, but we all have similar stories. We just don't know what's what until they are finally told."

Bismuth smiles and she wipes the tears from her eyes. "Well, I'll try. But in the meantime, let's get you a new weapon." We keep walking until we reach the entrance. "Stand back." Bismuth steps in front of us.

She holds her hands underneath her gem on her chest, exhaling. It glows as the gateway opens before us, creating a tunnel to the Forge. She turns back to us. "Well, there you go. Come on." Jasper stares in amazement. "Whoa."

She motions us forward and we start walking through the tunnel. Bismuth keeps her gem glowing as the tunnel grows dimmer with each step inside. "Okay. Here's the doorway." Bismuth holds us back as the doorway slides open by itself.

"Welcome to the Forge!" She walks over towards a pillar as Jasper and I look around. "See anything you like?"
"No. It's kinda dark in here." Bismuth laughs as she shapeshifts her hand into a hammer. "Then let's turn up the heat shall we!"

"Uh...that's not what I meant."
Bismuth slams her hammer down on the pillar. Suddenly, lava comes pouring down on her. Jasper gasps. "BISMUTH!" The lava illuminates the room, allowing me to see every weapon in store.

Bismuth emerges from the lava, snickering. "Jasper, did you seriously forget who we are?! We're Gems! We're lava resistant! You should try taking a lava bath too sometime!" Jasper turns away from her to guide me through the room.

"Alright, Amethyst. What type of weapon would you like?" I just realized why we are actually here. I was so absorbed in Bismuth's backstory that I got sidetracked from our actual mission.

And now that we're finally here, I done know what to choose. "Hey. Why not choose a weapon that you feel the most comfortable using? Maybe one that will remind you of someone? Don't think too much about it. Just take your time. There's no rush."

I think back to everyone I once knew. I think back to my first love-interest, Pearl. I feel really bad for shattering her. I don't remember why I did it. Only how. However, maybe getting a weapon like hers will ease things up a bit.

But what did she have? If I remember correctly, she used a spear. But that is a Gem weapon and I highly doubt Bismuth can replicate one just like that one for me. But didn't she use another weapon as well?

I remember some of Pearl's old weapons being carried away from her waterfalls that lead directly down to my room. That's not enough. Maybe she used something on Holo Pearl-!

I see Pearl swinging a sword at Holo Pearl. She parries each incoming blow. This is the first time Pearl showed Steven REAL sword fighting...before she was impaled during training mode from Steven's distraction.

It was horrible now that I think about it. It was a slight scare to me in the past since I once hated her. But looking back at it now, it was actually horrific. I didn't impale her with a sword though. I zapped her and then-!

"Amethyst?!" I open my eyes. I look around. I groan as I sit up. "Are you okay? You just went stiff and you collapsed right here. "I'm sorry. I was thinking about something."

"Don't think too much about something, Amethyst. It can get you into serious trouble one of these days." I press a hand against my forehead. Jasper offers me a hand. I take it and she helps me up.

"So, have you decided what you wanted yet?" I remember the sword. However, I try not to think about Holo Pearl this time. I think about Pearl using the sword in the Gem War to take down the Homeworld Gems.

I think back to Peridot. However, she didn't have a weapon. So that is no help. Steven had a shield. But that is boring and I'm not really into weapons with a dull edge. Garnet, screw it. Eyeball has a chisel which appears to look like a knife.

Nope. Knives represent backstabbing. For the most part anyway. If I'm going to fight this war with a weapon other than my whips, then I will do it with the weapon that was once with her. With honor and respect, I will take the sword.