Sapphire's POV

Chills ran down Sapphire's spine as she walked through the kindergarten. The others had been shocked when she had asked for this location, but Sapphire had her reasons. As much as this place haunted her she was drawn to it; drawn to it with the possibility of finding happiness in a single potential future. She didn't know what it was that would make her happy. All she knew is she would find it here. Sapphire would like to think she would find another one of her kind. She would like to believe she wasn't the last Sapphire. The thought that she could be useful was nice.

The warp pad activated drawing Sapphire's attention back from where she came. It was Rose; the only gem that ever tried to understand Sapphire. The only gem to believe in her when no one else did. They walked toward each other Sapphire moving faster than Rose.

"What is it Rose? There couldn't already be more gems, could there? We just finished cleaning up from the last wave." Sapphire couldn't wait for the fighting to be over. The mass destruction of gems surrounded Sapphire; slowly threatening to bury them. Sapphire could not stand to live like this for much longer. Rose had promised it would be over soon but Sapphire could see, she could see it was going to last a lot longer than anyone thought it would.

"Don't get all worked up Sapphire. There aren't any more gems. We're safe." Sapphire felt everything except safe. She was tiered, scared, and now worried about why Rose would come to a kindergarten.

"Then Rose. Why would you come down here?"

"Sapphire I'm worried about you. This may be your station but that doesn't require you to be here 24/7; only during battle and a few checks throughout the day. Why are you spending so much time here?"

"I'm just being thorough. We don't want any gems to slip through, especially here." The blue gem looked up making eye contact with her leader hoping she couldn't see past the lie.

"Oh Sapphire you don't have to work so hard. Why don't you take a break and come back to the temple with me. Relax a little before more gems do come." Sapphire had been feeling drained lately. As if the kindergarten itself was sucking the life right out of her. Sapphire wanted to go with Rose and enjoy the Earth before the fighting began again, she just couldn't bring herself to say yes.

"Maybe after one more round." Rose had a skeptical face as she looked the small gem over.

"Okay… but if you're not at the Temple in one hour I'm assigning you to a new location." Rose hurried back to the warp pad and left before Sapphire could argue against reassignment.

Sapphire decided on one last perimeter check before heading to the Temple. She was hesitant to leave the kindergarten no matter the horrible things that had happened there not too long ago. If she left she risked the chance of destroying a future she so longed for, one where she felt safe and secure. On the other hand she could completely destroy the chance of that future happening by being reassigned all together.

"Why am I doing this to myself?" Sapphire stopped walking not having an answer to her own question. Sapphire knew how slim the chance of this one future becoming reality. She had to be in the right place at exactly the right time. Countless amounts of events had to fall into place in order for Sapphire to get the future she so greatly desired. Her problem was she didn't know enough in order to secure this future. All she knew was it would begin in the kindergarten. No wonder Sapphires were destroyed. This so called "gift" of future vision was enough to drive one mad.

The hour Sapphire was given was coming to an end. She could tell Rose wasn't bluffing about reassigning her. She began to weave her way through the kindergarten in search for the warp pad. It wasn't difficult with Sapphire spending so much of her time here. She had begun to know every square inch of it by heart.

Upon reaching the warp pad Sapphire took one last look scanning over the kindergarten before warping to the place Rose had requested her to be.

As the warp stream faded away the view Sapphire had was absolutely breathtaking. A beach that stretched farther then the eye can see; and an ocean that disappeared over the horizon. After being at the kindergarten for such an extended period of time Sapphire had forgotten how beautiful it was at the Temple. Rose sure did have a keen eye for pure beauty. Sapphire had been so enwrapped with the view that she failed to realize she was alone.

Where was Rose? Sapphire couldn't believe her leader. After making such a big deal about Sapphire being there she decided to go somewhere else. Sapphire realized if Rose wasn't there then she was free to return to the kindergarten.

Unfortunately Sapphire wasn't quick enough with her thinking. She could see Pearl running up the beach toward her. There was no going back to the kindergarten after all.

"Sapphire wait! Get off the warp pad." It seems Rose had already told Pearl she was coming.

"Why isn't Rose here? She told me to come to the Temple. I was under the impression she would be here too." Pearl understood Sapphires confusion.

"Yes Rose was here but there was an emergency."

"What happened? Is Rose okay?" The panic in Sapphire was rising quickly. If something had happened to Rose it would be over. The rebellion couldn't survive without Pink Diamond as there leader.

"Rose is okay. We were on the beach bubbling gems left from the last battle when we found one of our own, cracked right down the middle." Pearl was trying to remain calm as she delivered the news.

"w-who is it?" Sapphire asked even though part of her didn't want to know the answer.

Pearl looked past Sapphire almost as if it would make saying this easier.

"Amethyst."

"No. How could it be Amethyst? Rose told us all she wouldn't be fighting." Sapphire couldn't stand the thought of the young gem being cracked. Trapped inside her own gem unable to regenerate.

"We're not sure how it happened. You know Amethyst she can be really sneaky when she wants to be."

"But then where did Rose take her?" Pearl looked uneasy shifting her weight between her legs.

"Pearl is there something you're keeping from me." Sapphire took a couple steps toward the tall gem.

"Yes okay! Rose has healing powers! She can heal cracked gems!" Pearl clamped both her hands over her mouth.

"What?" Sapphire was shocked. How could Rose have something like healing powers and keep it a secret. She immediately felt bad about the thought knowing she was being hypocritical. No one knew about her future vision. Sapphire shook her head that was different she wasn't leading a rebellion.

"Wait how do you know about this Pearl?" Pearl's eyes looked at everything except Sapphire.

"Pearl."

"It just came up in a conversation okay."

"What kind of conversation would healing powers come up in?"

"It was a conversation between me and Rose not you. Can we please drop it." Sapphire felt accomplished. She had never seen Pearl so flustered. Sapphire knew something had been happening between the two gems. It was just a matter of time before something slipped out. Pearl turned back to the beach. Sapphire could see the worry in her eyes.

"They should have been back by now."

A/N: I hope you all are enjoying the story.