Connie awoke in a daze. She heard screaming and saw giant tea cups all around her. Pepole looked beaten as well as the Crystal Temps.

2 WEEKS LATER

The gems were warping and Connie had her violin with her. "Pay attention Connie, this is going to be your first serious mission. You need to be ready." Jasper said.

"I promise I am! I'm always serious!" Connie creid. She suddenly went upside down without meaning to.

"Connie, you must realize that you can't fool around out here. You're going to puke on us and it will not be pleasant." Peridot said. She turned Connie upright and Connie's violin hit her in the face. "Ugh, why did you bring
your clunky instrument with you?!"

"I don't know!" Connie creid. "I forgot to practice this morning and it's mine and-" The violin suddenly started floating upwards. Connie gasped and swam after it. "Connie! You will get a serious head injury if you
keep-"

They reached the place and Connie fell in a strawberry patch nearby.

"Connie?! ARE YOU OKAY?!" Peridot yelled much louder than necessary.

"We're safe!" Connie cried, hugging her violin. They were covered in strawberry juice. Suddenly, white butterflies attacked her. "Ghaa! They're in my eyes!" Connie squealed. She ran around until Jasper grabbed her by the
hair.

"OW!" Connie yelped.

Jasper shooed the butterflies away, then winched and released Connie. "S-sorry… Connie."

"It's okay, now they aren't in my eyeballs." The girl blushed.

"You're a goofball." Lapis snorted.

Peridot turned to Jasper. "I'm having second thoughts suddenly about Connie…"

"Just look at her." Jasper chuckled.

Peridot turned and saw Connie give a cute smile.

"Now, let's get that gemstone." Jasper said. The gems walked forward.

"Ah…" Peridot sighed. "Isn't this incredible? The Earth has continued to grow over the past… Very satisfying."

Connie glanced at her. "What do you mean?"

Peridot turned to her. "Well… This used to be a gem battlefield… during The Great Gem War..."

"D-did you guys… fight here? Did you guys fight in the war?" Connie whispered.

Lapis bit her lip, "I-I wasn't emerged yet… But they did."

The gems were silent the rest of the way.

The gems went inside a daunting pyramid temple together and Connie looked around.

She ran up to a floating triangle relic. "What's this thing?"

Peridot wasn't paying much attention to her, rather looking at the murals on the wall but muttered, "Whatever it is, Connie, I would suggest you do not touch it under any-"

The ground started to shake and they ran to Connie in shock. "I didn't touch it! My violin hit it on accident, I swear!"

"Ugh! I knew you shouldn't have brought that!"

"I'm sorry!"

The platform they were on raised then dropped abruptly. Jasper and Peridot landed gently in a cool crouch while Connie was hovered to the ground by Lapis. They looked around and saw torches light up. "Guess we gotta split up."
Lapis said, looking at the multiple doors around them.

"Right. I will stay here and protect Connie from herself while you two find the mystery of this place." Peri said, grabbing Connie's wrist.

"Wait! Can I come too?! I want to help find the mystery!" Connie creid.

Lapis grabbed Connie's hand. "Yeah, she can come! Let's go!" Peridot grabbed Lapis's foot before they could take off. "Negative, Lazeli! You two working in a pair shall only lead to this places destruction." Peri said,
pulling Connie away.

"Connie can come with me." Jasper said.

"Really?!" Connie squealed.

"Yes, but this is serious." Jasper said.

"Jasper, I'm not silly, I'm serious most of the time! You all know that." The gems slowly nodded in agreement. "I'm just clumsy, that's all."

"Peridot, could you let go of my arm?" Connie asked.

"No."

"Peridot! This doesn't work if I don't have my arms free!" Connie groaned.

Peridot gave a grumble and released her.

"Coordinated Connie… ACTIVATED!" Connie cried, punching her arm in the air.

Jasper beckoned the girl to follow.

"But what if this is that thing at Funland all over again?" Peridot creid.

"It's not! I've put that behind me!" Connie yelled, entering the door.

Jasper found Connie quiet for a while then remembered this what Connie always did when she was writing music. "Are you making a song?"

Connie glanced up then blushed. "You know me too well! Yes… but I thought it would be too silly…"

"I don't mind, squirt."

Connie smiled brightly. She started to play her violin and sang, "Oooh, we're on a magic treasure hunt, for some magic treasure junk! Magic, treasure, magic hunt!"

Jasper chuckled while Connie blushed again. "It's not exactly finished…"

They then came upon a room and tiles on the floor lit up. Connie glanced at Jasper for help. "We have to step on the glowing tiles." Jasper replied.

"Right! Coordinated Connie is ready!" Connie leapt gracefully on the tiles, spinning and turning correctly and gently, for watching Lapis paid off. Connie put her hands up as if to say "ta-da!" She suddenly tripped onto
a tile.

"Connie!" Jasper cried.

The tiles started falling into a fiery pit below and the one beneath Connie fell away. Connie gripped a tile as she nearly fell. Her fingers were slipping!

Jasper suddenly slammed next to her and scooped Connie up, leaping to the doorway. Connie had her arms wrapped around Jasper's neck and the girl hugged Jasper hard. "I'm sorry… I wasn't coordinated at all.." Jasper hugged her back
and showed the most affection towards anyone Connie had seen in awhile.

Connie felt her head go dizzy and felt nauseous for a moment. Jasper touched her shoulder. "Need a break, kid?"

"What? No." Connie grunted. They walked down a passageway together. "See? Look how strong I am!" She showed of her tiny muscle. Jasper chuckled, "You have a long way to go!" She showed her own muscles and Connie
gasped in wonder.

The girl ran to a wall and slid her hand across the paintings. "Huh… There is a lot of triangles here…" The girl suddenly pushed one in on accident.

"Run!" Jasper yelled. Suddenly, spikes came down from the ceiling. Jasper made her helmet appear and looked up so the spikes would slam into that instead. Connie tripped while runing and her violin flung off. "No!" She
creid, rushing to it.

"Connie, run!" Jasper yelled again after Connie had grabbed her violin. The girl ran to the door and Jasper was not far behind, sliding under just as the spikes slammed down.

"Whoa…" The two whispered together.

They were now in a room with swinging blades, falling lava, and spikes.

"Heh, this is my kind of room." Jasper smiled.

Connie was nauseated and scared. "Get ready Connie, this is gonna be intense."
2 WEEKS EARLIER

"Get ready Connie, this is gonna be intense."
Jasper said. They were getting ready for the Teacup ride at Funland.

Soon, they were seated and going. Peridot put down her teapot in anger. "Those clods lied, these aren't teacups!" Lapis had fallen asleep.

Connie was a bit nauseous while Jasper said, "This is… fun."

Connie held back puke. "Jasper, I need to get off the ride!" Connie suddenly leapt from the ride with literally no warning.

She landed on Mr. Frowny. The man showed no shock but the lever broke and teacups went everywhere and into the ocean. Lapis awoke in time to fly up and save everyone from the water, but Connie was still in trouble. "Connie…" Mr.
Frowny said dully, "leave forever, please."

Connie awoke in Jasper's arms and realized they had reached the end of the room. "W-we made it?"

"Yeah, no help from you." Jasper said, teasing her. "You collapsed." She put Connie down and Connie jogged after her. "Collapsed?!" They were then in the main room they had started in.

"Ghaa! We're back to the start!" Jasper cried.

"What?!" Connie cried.

Peridot came out of a room and groaned, "Jasper, there you are! The doors and rooms here make no sense, they all bring you here! It is very, very annoying!"

Lapis suddenly flew out of a door and cried out in agony. "GET ME OUTTA HERE!" She flew into another one.

"There are sixteen doors, and we entered from the northeast and went through three consecutive rooms in a straight line…" Peridot said. Behind her, Lapis ran out of another door with a bear trap on her head. Lapis tugged it off
and threw it away, running to another door. "But arrived back here out the southern-most door, which could only mean…" Peridot whispered. "THIS IS TOO COMPLICATED!"

Lapis suddenly slid out as a ice block. "Our deaths are coming!" Peridot yelled, picking Lapis out of ice with her metal pole.

"W-what do we do?!" Connie cried.

"We go back in. Again, and again, and again, and again." Jasper said, going Connie more and more anxious.

"I CAN'T!" Connie cried.

"Connie?" Peridot asked.

"It's okay, you know…" Jasper whispered.

"No, no it's not, you were all right about me. I wanted to do this so bad, but now I feel like I'm gonna throw up. This is just like the teacups!" Connie sobbed.

"Oh, I didn't mean that, well at the time I did, but-" Peridot stopped with a glare from Jasper.

"Wait you guys, what if this is just like the teacups? That's why we're getting so lost. That's why I'm feeling so sick. All the rooms are spinning us around so we end up here!" Connie cried.

Jasper made her helmet and slammed her head down on the floor. Tiles fell away and the gems tumbled down. They were on a circling mechanism, on different parts.

"Heh, heh! I knew it! It's manipulating the rooms above. Every room we entered spun us until we came back to the central chamber! It's just like the teacups ride at Funland!" Peridot exclaimed.

"Peri, Connie already got that!" Lapis smirked.

Peridot made a face while Connie saw a diamond out of place. She turned to Jasper. "Jasper, I need to get off the ride!"

Jasper smiled and took Connie up. "Coordinated Connie… go!" She threw the girl, who landed on the platform. She placed the diamond in the right place. The temple suddenly exploded. Connie and the gems were in the bushes.

"CONNIE?!" Peridot screeched.

"Hush! She's over here." Lapis laughed.

Connie was covered in strawberry juice again and held the gem.

Peridot bubbled it. "Not too bad, Connie."

"Nice work, Coordinated Connie!" Lapis said, ruffling her hair.

Jasper smiled. "I like regular Connie much more." She gave Connie her violin.

Connie gasped. "My violin!" She started to sing, "Oh... that's the end of another day. It was mighty serious, I'd have to say. The Crystal Temps looked really cool when they made the temple exploo —" Butterflies suddenly
attacked her again. "Not again!"