Steven ran up the hill to the lighthouse and Lion followed, carrying a sad Connie on his back.

"Connie, come on!" Steven laughed.

Connie fell off Lion Steven looked at her, "Oh! Jeez, you okay?"

"Yeah…" She grumbled.

Steven winced in pain as he spread out the picnic blanket. He had a broken arm now. Connie was so sad, she forgot to ask why. Steven gave her a sandwich.

"Heh, you know how I broke my arm?" Steven smiled. "It's kinda because of this fence. I was balancing on it and fell."

Connie looked up from her sandwich. "Aw man, we built that fence to-"

"Did you use magic?" Steven asked.

"It's a long story!" Connie sighed.

"Tell it to me, please?!" Steven begged.

"Okay…."

Connie remembered the time… "Lapis and I were taking a flight and I wanted to stop by the light house."

Connie and Lapis landed there and Connie breathed in the fresh air. "This is nice." She smiled.

Lapis nodded. "It is."

Connie glanced over the cliff.

"Wouldn't it be cool to jump off this cliff and take flight?" Lapis asked. Connie bent down but accidentally slipped. She screamed and Lapis gasped.

Lapis jumped off and let herself fall. She eventually got herself benteh Connie and hugged the girl tightly. She tried to fly but Connie heard a defying crack as Lapis hit a rock. Connie rolled off her and looked at Lapis, whose hair covered
a eye… "Are you okay?"

Lapis tried to stand but fell forward. She stood. "Well… I guess I'm fine…" Lapis then brushed her hair out of her eyes and one was normal while the other was milky white and reflective. Connie gasped and fell back.

"Lapis, let me see your gem this instant!" Peridot called, her and Jasper running to them.

Lapis shook her head but Jasper grabbed her by the waist and lifted her up. "Hey! Put me down!" Lapis growled. Jasper turned her and looked at the gem. "It's cracked. Ugh, Lapis!" She groaned.

"How did this happen?!" Peridot snapped.

"She saved me from falling off the lighthouse cliff…"Connie pointed. "We should put a fence there."

"And that's how we got the fence, the end." Connie said.

Steven blinked. "W-what?! But what about Lapis?! Is she ok? Tell me more! Tell me more!" Steven chanted.

"I'm too tired!" Connie grumbled.

"Connie?" Steven said, pouting his lip. "Connie…" His eyes grew big. "CONNIE!" Tears welled up in his eyes.

"Fine!" Connie sighed in defeat. "Nobody can say no to that face!" She then pulled out a marker. "Only if I can sign your cast."

"Only if I can have the rest of your juice!" Steven huffed.

"Okay, but it's mostly backwash." Connie said.

"Good enough." Steven shrugged. He took the juicebox and Connie started to write, she continued the story.

"I was scared for Lapis, we all were."

"Lapis has saved my life many times." Connie protested.

"But she never cracked her gem while doing it!" Peridot cried.

"So, what now?"

"Well, before we had the wonderful, amazing, shinning Yellow Diamond! ...Our diamond."

Connie noticed both Jasper and Lapis look away.

"But now… you have me." Connie whispered.

"Kid, your mother had healing tears that flowed from her gem. She felt real love for those around her. She felt real sorrow when they were hurt. You have the her gem, a diamond, now. I know that power is in you, too." Jasper smiled.

"Lapis, turn around!" Peridot snapped.

"Okay." She did.

"The power to heal." Connie whispered, diamonds in her eyes. She then started to moan in effort, trying to cry. "It's not working. I guess I'm just too tough to cry."

"But earlier you were crying when a kid blew bubbles across the street." Jasper said.

"YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY!" Connie sobbed.

"Calm down…" Jasper said. "We need to take Lapis to Yellow's Healing Spring."

Lapis hugged Connie close to comfort her. "Jasper! Not now! Can't you see Connie is-" Suddenly, her other eye turned white and she felt faint, slumping on Connie. "Ugh…"

"And in the center of the garden- Yellow Diamonds Fountain, overflowing with your mother's healing, beautiful essence!" Peridot whispered to Connie as they warped there.

Jasper looked at the garden of brambles and frowned. "Where is it?"

"Oh no…" Lapis breathed.

"Keep it together everyone! Don't get unfoucsed!" Peridot laughed nervously. "Our memories of our Diamond can't be tainted by some overgrown brambles!" She then growled in anger and started to hit the brambles with her
pole. "DIE, YOU CLODY BRAMBLES! DIE I SAY!"

Jasper grabbed her shoulder. "Peri! Stop it!" The gem slowly did. "It's okay…"

"You think?" Peridot sniffed.

"Come on healing tears!" Connie strained.

"It's okay, Connie." Lapis whispered. "I'm going to be just-" she suddenly fell over and held back tears.

Connie gasped. "Oh! Pain can make one cry!"

Lapis whispered no but Connie didn't hear her in the gem's weak state.

Connie covered her eyes and reached out her finger to prick it on the bramble. Lapis saw the bramble about to grab her and used all the strength she had to shove Connie out of the way.

"Lapis! Stop exerting yourself!" Peridot yelled.

"The vines… are alive." Lapis whispered, but no one heard.

"Your gem!" Connie cried. The crack enlarged. Lapis fell once more, she was basically crawling now.

"Ugh, why won't they move?!" Peridot yelled.

Jasper hushed her and threw a giant rock, clearing a path.

Peridot stuttered while Jasper scooped up Lapis because she couldn't move on her own anymore and Connie trotted after them.

They came to the fountain and Connie looked up at the ginormous statue of her mother.

Connie gasped. "That's… my mother! Oh, I'm getting emotional!" She leaned over Lapis' gem, straining…

Connie frowned while writing on the cast."Aw, my marker's out of juice! I'll go get another." She was about to go when Steven grabbed her. "Finish the story!"

"Okay, okay!"

"I thought I had it!" Connie moaned.

"We'll find out what's wrong, Connie, just stay here with Lapis." Peridot said. Jasper gently placed Lapis on the edge of the fountain. They walked away. Connie gave a sigh. She felt Lapis's hand and turned to see she had dragged
herself over. Connie sat down beside her. "I don't understand anything! Why is everyone acting so strange? Why can't I-" She looked up at the statue of her mother. "Why can't I cry?!" She yelled.

Connie got up and walked to the statue of her mother. "It's just... I mean, I don't know how to feel about you, but everyone else does... I wish I could have met you then this place would make me sad, and I could cry healing tears, like
you." Connie whispered. She curled up in the stone woman's arms, wishing… she had a mother.

Steven sniffed back tears. "Are you okay? You're crying…" Connie whispered.

"Only a little!" The boy said. "Keep going."

The girl slowly picked up a yellow daisy.

Lapis stood suddenly with much effort. Connie saw and gasped. "Lapis! You're supposed to be resting!"

The woman pointed behind her and then fell, rolling down into the fountain. Connie turned and saw brambles trying to grab her. She gasped and jumped in the dry fountain.

Connie's eyes welled up with tears. "Lapis, I'm so sorry! I can't do anything right! Now I'm going to lose you, and it's all my fault." She hugged the woman who reached up and gently held her cheek. A tear fell and Lapis turned
so it could be on her gem. Nothing happened.

"ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!" Connie yelled.

Suddenly, the fountain rumbled. Water spilled out and went over the brambles, turning them to flowers. Connie held her breath, and looked up. She brushed away her hair to see a giant yellow woman reaching out to her. Connie reached out to
touch the hand but then surfaced. She gasped for air, looking around wildly. Yellow Diamond was gone, and Connie didn't know if she had ever been there…

There was suddenly a huge splash and Lapis laughed with joy as water surrounded her, twirling with her wings. Her eyes were shining and normal.

"You saved me!" Lapis said, hugging Connie and using her powers to bring her to shore.

"You're both okay! I-I didn't expect otherwise…" Peridot laughed nervously.

"Did you see?! It was magic! Real magic! My magical tears saved Lapis, just like in the books I've read!" Connie laughed.

"Kid… Listen… I think we did it, we unplugged the fountain…" Jasper said, biting her lip.

"But… don't you think my tears were a tiny bit related to that?" Connie asked.

Peridot smiled and bent down. "Oh, silly Connie! You don't have healing tears! You'll never have any real magic powers, you are utterly useless, we don't want anything to do with you, and you are a clod!"

"She didn't really say that, did she?!" Steven cried.

"No… but it sure felt like it…" Connie sighed.

"That's why you're so upset!" Steven gasped.

Connie shrugged.

"Here, you can have your juice back…" Steven whispered.

"I don't want it." Connie sighed. "Everyone expects me to be like my mom. What if I never get those powers?"

"Then you'll be like me. That's not so bad!" Steven said.

"But if I don't have powers, then I can't hang out with Lapis or Jasper or Peridot, and I-I can't go on missions!" Tears started coming and she clenched her dress, twisting it. Steven touched her hand.

"You don't need any powers to be here with me." Steven said. He sucked in some juice while Connie blushed, the wind whistling in their hair.

Steven leaned in, to kiss Connie, moving his broken arm slightly, but he suddenly flinched. "Ghaa!"

"What's wrong?!" Connie gasped.

Steven looked at his arm. "My arm! It's not broken anymore!"

"What?!" Connie cried.

"It's healed!"

"Did I… heal your arm?" Connie whispered.

"The juice box!" Steven suddenly cried. "Connie, you don't have healing tears, you have healing spit!"

"What are you going to tell you dad? Your doctor?" Connie gasped.

"I don't care!" Steven laughed. He took Connie's hand. "Go on Lion, go tell the gems!"

"But-"

He pushed her to Lion. "Go! I'll be there soon!" Connie giggled and got on Lion. "I'm going! I'm going!"

Steven watched Lion run with Connie on his back and smiled. He slowly unwrapped the bandages from his arm and moved it.