The Crystal Temps walked around the Sea Spire in a room filled with hourglasses.

Connie ran up to the smallest one. "Ooh, maybe it's this one?"

Peridot walked over and snorted, "Oh Connie, the legendary glass of time won't be nearly so small and insignificant. It'll be beautiful and grand." she turned to one made of metal. "Like this one!"

"Hm, this looks promising…" Lapis said, pointing to a interesting one.

"Wait!" Peridot said, before she could grab it. "We need to be careful which one we touch, you remember what happened last time we were here."

"I'm making the call," Jasper suddenly said, cracking her knuckles. "It's this one!" She attempted to pick up the biggest one in the center but the Spire started to shake. "Huh… guess it's not."

"Run!" Lapis yelled. Jasper grabbed Connie but she tore away. "WHERE ARE YOU GOING?!" Peridot screeched.

"Jasper gets to keep hers!" Connie said. Jasper realized it wouldn't fit and rolled her eyes, "Apparently not!"

Connie grabbed the little hourglass. "Come on, little guy!" A wave suddenly hit her and Lapis used her powers to make Connie come to her. "Good job, Lapis! Using your powers wisely, I see!" Peridot said. Lapis playfully
punched her in the arm. The water suddenly smashed against the warp pad.

The water soaked the house thoroughly and Lapis used her power to lift it up and put it in her her door opened. She barely looked at it while flicking her wrist to put the water in. She heard a grunt and turned to see Jasper, Peridot and Connie
had been straight in the water's path. "Oh, whoops!" Lapis said, chuckling nervously.

"I hope we won't have to do that again…" Connie said, wringing out her hair.

"Luckily for us... we'll have to wait another hundred years for the sea shrine to reform because somebody couldn't keep their hands to themselves." Peridot glared at Jasper.

"I go on instinct." Jasper smirked. "Also, you have a lobster on your butt."

Lapis giggled and Connie helped Peridot get it off.

"I'm sorry, little friend, but I can't protect life that goes onto my rear!" Peridot huffed.

A alarm suddenly went off and Connie gasped, "Beach-A-Palooza!"

"I'm not familiar with that term." Peridot said.

"That was cool, I'll be back soon!"

Connie hummed as she scootered to the Police Station.

"If it fit in here, it would regulations, however…" Doug whispered to Yellowtail.

"Huh, it's a tough one." Greg, owner of the Car Wash.

They looked at a massive boat that couldn't fit in the car wash.

Yellowtail gave a murmur.

"Dad! Hey, Dad!" Connie yelled.

Doug turned to her. "Um, we're having a bit of a day…"

Connie saw Greg extended her hand. "Hello, sir. I'm Co-"

"Connie? Connie Universe, right?" Greg asked, shaking it.

"How did you know my name?" Connie gasped.

"My son, Steven, he's your best friend, or so he says."

"That's true!" Connie laughed.

Yellowtail muttered something and Doug nodded. "Listen, sweetheart, I've can't perform tonight, I have to deal with this

"You're bailing on Beach-a-Palooza? But the whole town's gonna be there!" Connie creid.

"Connie, that's like 15 people. Next time. I promise."

Connie sadly walked away. "What a stupid boat, getting all stuck. Nobody likes you, boat! Ugh! I wish I could've been there to tell my dad you were too fat!" She blinked and then was suddenly next to her father and Greg again.

"That's it, just back 'er in." Greg said.

"I don't know if this'll work, Greg." Doug said.

"What-" Connie started.

"Oh, hi Connie, Greg, this is my daughter-"

It's fat! Fat! Fat! Fat!" Connie cried. Greg looked down at his stomach, "Well, that's one way to give an impression-"

"Not you! The boat!" Connie protested.

"Whoa! Whoa! Stop the boat!" Doug yelled.

Connie took out the little glowing hourglass from her pocket and gasped, "It helped me go back in time?! Peridot's going to flip!"

Yellowtail did stop but the truck rolled into a telephone pole that's wires caught fire which sent fire to the roof.

Connie stared with mortification. "I wish I could go back in time and stop myself from stopping my dad." She whispered. She blinked and found herself behind a double of herself. "What-" The second one gasped, this one
just now seeing the power she held. Connie tackled Connie 2 to the ground and covered her mouth.

"Oh my gosh! How is this possible!" Connie 2 cried.

"It's not!" Connie said. "It's magic. Listen, 2-seconds ago Connie, don't going messing around with time!"

They suddenly heard a gasp from their father.

"Aw, man! I really wanted to play in Beach-a-Palooza. Too bad you and I can't be in a band." Connie 2 murmured.

"Wait a minute!"

Connie and Connie 2 tackled Connie 3 off her scooter.

"What?! There's two of me?!" Connie 3 cried.

"No time to explain!" Connie said.

"Wanna join our band?!" Connie 2 asked.

The third Connie still was shocked.

"Knowing myself, that's a yes, and because you're wondering, Dad has an emergency at the Car Wash." Connie said.

"So… pretending this is normal… don't we need a tambourine player?" Connie 3 asked.

"Not a problem!" Connie 2 cried, taking out the hourglass.

The Connies sang together. "Can't you see it in my eyes, I'm the one, I'm the— ONE!" Connie sang.

"TWO!" Connie 2 creid.

"THREE!"

"FOUR!"

"I'm not like the other girls…" Connie sang.

"She's not like anybody, well.." Connie 4 shrugged, playing the tambourine.

"That's not completely right, there's a few that I'm just like…" Connie sighed, while herself sang in the background. "Connie and the Connies. We're gonna make you smile! Me, myself, and I, and her

Are all the same girl! Connie and the Connies, come on, now, don't be shy! Me, myself, and I and her, are all the same girl!" Connie sang, finishing with her violin.

"Nice singing, Connie." Connie 2 said, putting down a triangle.

"Yeah, I liked that!" Connie 4 laughed.

"Thanks, Connie." Connie smiled.

"Can I sing lead next time?" Connie 2 asked.

"Well I usually sing lead vocals when I play with dad." Connie shrugged.

"So do I!" Connie 2 exclaimed.

"Me too!" Connie 3 said.

"Me three! We're all Connie!" Connie 4 gasped.

"Well one of us has got to be the band leader…" Connie whispered. She gave off a hmm with herselves.

"Oh! The leader should be the original Connie!" Connie 4 cried. All the Connies nodded in agreement.

"Done and done! Connie 2, you're the kind one, Connie 3, you're the funny one and Connie 4, you're the sensitive one and I'm... the smart one! Okay?" Connie asked herself, drawing numbers on their cheeks then putting hair in a ponytail

"Okay!" The Connies said.

"Okie-dokie artichoke-y!" Connie 4 cried.

"Connie 4, what are you doing? You're not the funny one. Connie 3 is."

"Well, we are all the same person so we are equally prone to being hilarious." Connie 3 shruged.

"No no, that was too smart an observation for you, 3! You're the funny one!" Connie groaned.

"Well, you're all being dumb." Connie 2 said rudely.

"Ugh,Number 2! You're the kind one!" Connie yelled.

"Hey. If Connie is the smart one, does that mean the rest of us are dumb?" Connie 4 gasped.

"No way! We are all extremely smart!" Connie 3 assured herself.

"Let's go get jobs as professors!" Connie 2 said.

"Hey! None of you are the smart one! I'm the smart one!" Connie yelled. The Connies looked sad. "Uh! No I didn't mean! We decided... urgh, lets take five."

"There's a fifth Connie!?" The Connies cried.

"No! I mean a five-minute break!" Connie sighed.

"We know!"

Connie sat on the railing of the beach house steps. "I can't believe it, I'm so... annoying. Maybe it's time for me to quit the music business…"

Suddenly, a loud blast of music ran through the house. Connie ran inside to see Connie 3 singing are bad song that was barely a song at all. "Whoa! What's all this noise? I thought we all agreed that Connie and the Connies was going
to be a light-hearted throw back to the classics, not this mess of screaming into distortion!" Connie cried.

"Look, Connie. Connie and I were talking, and Connie agrees. Your attitude... just isn't working for us." Connie 3 said.

"We've been a lot more productive without you." Connie 2 smirked.

"We already wrote an angsty song about the time you made us feel bad for not being smart." Connie 4 huffed.

"You're kicking me out of the band?! Wait? Who's playing the tambourine?" Connie gasped.

"Lapis said she'd do it." Connie 3 shrugged.

Connie looked up at Lapis. "I said I would if you told me what was going on…" Lapis said, holding the tambourine to her chest. "And to be honest, I need to take my mind off it, it's really confusing…"

"But-" Connie gasped.

Suddenly, Connie 3 started singing. "Connie's a big fat meanie!"

Connie unplugged the instruments suddenly.

Lapis gasped. "Oh no…."

"LISTEN UP! You can't kick me out of the band! I'm the original Connie. I created you! Connie and the Connies was my idea! Without me, you'd all be nothing!" The original suddenly gasped."That's it!"

Lapis watched Connie laugh maniacally and thrust up the time hourglass. She disappeared.

The Connie with her hair tied back ran to Connie who was shocked.

"Don't start the band, Connie! It will only tear us apart!" Connie yelled. Suddenly, the others appeared behind her. "Ha!" They laughed evily, "We all have the same thing!" They displayed the hourglass.

"No!" Connie gasped, clasping her hands to her mouth. She then grabbed her pocket, "You'll never find me!" She transported away. The others followed while past Connie stared in shock.

"I'm okay guys…" Connie sighed over the grave of her book many weeks earlier. Suddenly, the other Connies appeared. "What the-" She suddenly fell asleep in Lapis's arms, them a staring.

"Too far back!" Connie cried, her doubles attacking her.

She then appeared on the beach, but she didn't remember this time. "Ugh! I just want to go back to the beginning!"

"Jasper gets to keep hers!" Connie said. Jasper realized it wouldn't fit and rolled her eyes, "Apparently not!"

Connie grabbed the little hourglass. "Come on, little g-"

"STOP IT RIGHT THERE! Hand over the hourglass, now!" Connie with her hair tied back growled, thrusting out her hand.

Connie from the beginning looked at the hourglass still in her palm. "Is this real?!"

"Just give it to me!" Connie yelled, her eyes burning with anger. Suddenly, a double appeared and shoved her over.

Connie from the beginning backed away right into another clone. "Don't make me hurt myself, Connie!" The girl yelled, grabbing her arm. Connie tore away in fear. "W-what do you want from me?!" The original cried.

"JUST GIVE IT TO ME!"

More Connies started appearing around them that continued to fight.

"Oh, give it up, Connie!" The one attempting to take it chuckled. "I know exactly what you're going to do, when you're going to do it!" Connie was shoved into a puddle and cried out in pain. Her future self snatched away
the device. The original looked up with fear and recoiled from the shadow as she towered over herself, laughing wickedly. The future then saw the past shaking.

The Crystal Temps were shocked and Lapis softly counted how many there were.

"STOP IT!" The future Connie screamed. Her clones looked up. "Look around you! This isn't right! When we fight ourselves… who is the winner? What have we become?" The Connies started to question themselves. "Only now
do I see... we're not ourselves anymore! And to fix that... I HAVE TO END IT!" She threw the hourglass down, shattering it.

The Connies screamed around the two who had been fighting.

"Connie," Connie with her hair tied back whispered. She turned. "Dad can't play a Beach-A-Palooza with you! I know you, and I know this is hard, but you're going to have to think of something else!" The girl cried, gripping
herself.

"WHAT IS GOING ON?!" Connie yelled.

The future her hugged her and whispered, "Goodbye…"

She vanished. Connie still had the sandy remains in her hands and her jaw hung open, dumbfounded. Water came in.

Lapis banged the tambourine on her hip at Beach-A-Palooza.

"Can't you see it in our eyes? We're the one, we're the—One!" Connie sang.

"Two!" Jasper said, playing a keytar.

"Three!" Peri hit the triangle.

"Four!" Lapis laughed.

"We're not like the other guys…" Connie sang.

"We're not like anybody!" Lapis smiled.

"By the way, don't go back in time," Lapis and Jasper sang togther in the background while Peri kept time. "Or you'll destroy yourself! Connie and the Crystal Temps. We're gonna make you smile! I accidentally created, an alternate timeline."
Peridot frowned and looked at Connie. "Connie and the Crystal Temps, come on, now, don't be shy! I learned to stay true to myself, by watching myself die…"