A/N: When I uploaded chapter 3, fanfiction glitched out on me and didn't change the update time, the chapter seemed to come out ok though. Lets hope this chapter doesn't come across the same issue. In the interest of getting this chapter out sometime today, it's going to be a bit shorter then I made it out to be in Chapter 3. Enjoy!
Rose woke up. Then suddenly remembered the predicament. How could this have happened? He was supposed to….she began to sob again. This wasn't the plan.. he was supposed to live his human life cycle, and THEN she was supposed to come back, maybe, or maybe she wouldn't. Rose ceased her crying and cradled Steven's pillow. "I'm sorry…. i'm so so sorry.." She whispered. After a few moments she got out of the bed and stood up. "Wow" Rose thought "I'm really small." She suddenly noticed her surroundings for the first time. "Is this the temple?". Rose walks carefully down the stairs, still not entirely used to Steven's body yet. As she descends she looks around and locates the temple door. "I wonder…" Rose summons the power within her gem to open the door. The door flashes a bright pink and opens up to Rose's Room. Huh. It worked.
Meanwhile in Garnet's Room…
Garnet couldn't hold it any longer. With a flash of light she splits into Ruby and Sapphire.
Ruby looks extremely angry and Sapphire is in complete sorrow.
"How could this have happened!" Ruby screamed "Rose took over Steven's body? Is that even possible?!"
"I don't know!" Sapphire cried. How could she not have seen this coming?
Ruby continually paced back and forth until there was a noticeable indentation in the rock.
"So are we just going to ignore the giant elephant in the room?" Ruby said her anger slowly diminishing into sadness.
"What do you mean?" Sapphire said. Though she knew exactly what she meant, (Duh! Future Vision.) She just didn't want to remind herself that Steven is gone.
"Rose is back! What are we going to do about that." Ruby semi-yelled. Sapphire noticeably winced.
"Well it's probably not her fault she's back, you heard her out there she was distressed." Sapphire said. "Maybe she knows how to bring Steven back."
"Maybe." Ruby replied. Though they both knew that they were being extremely optimistic, if Rose did know how to bring him back she probably wouldn't have had that breakdown in the bedroom. They continued to sit together in silence. As they leaned towards each other their gems glowed brightly and they transformed into Garnet once again. As soon as she was about to meditate a loud boom could be heard from within the temple.
Meanwhile in Pearl's room...
Pearl didn't know whether to cry or rejoice. Rose was back, but Steven was gone. Pearl suddenly felt extremely guilty for being even somewhat happy at this situation. Pearl shook her head. Now's not the time for this. Someone needs to keep a level head. "Oh my…" Pearl suddenly thought "What are we going to tell Greg?" A question best left for tomorrow, when Greg wasn't sleeping. Pearl continued to sob until she heard a loud boom resonant through the temple.
And of course Amethyst's room.
Amethyst couldn't believe it. Rose was back? Who cares about that? Steven is gone!
Amethyst quietly sobbed in her makeshift bed of junk. Why? Couldn't Garnet have seen this coming? Eventually her sadness turned to anger as she started to take her rage out on her piles upon piles of junk. She summoned her whip and continued to destroy her surroundings. From all of the noise she was making she didn't notice the loud boom coming from within the temple.
