Connie and Lapis laughed as they swam in her room. Connie got out and called, "Can you make me a diving board?"

"Sure." Lapis grinned. The water lifted the girl up by her waist and made a diving board. She looked around at the puddles. "Which should I do?"

"Hm… well, you can do this one, or this one.."

Connie turned to one that seemed to be calling to her and leapt off. "I'm going in this one!"

"No!" Lapis cried.

Connie opened her eyes to see Jasper walking around the burning room. She gave a tiny cry but before Jasper could turn and see her, Lapis pulled her up.

"Let's do something less dangerous…" Lapis muttered. "Oh! I can teach you to breathe underwater! You're half-gem, gems can breathe underwater… let's see if it works!"

"You ready?" Lapis asked underwater. Connie nodded, a air bubble around her.

Lapis slowly collapsed the bubble and Connie attempted to breath. She choked quickly and Lapis gasped. She flung her hand up and a platform of water slammed beneth Connie. It went into the air so high that Connie went higher than the platform.

Once she had hacked out water, she screamed in horror but then felt a strong pair of arms wrap around her. Lapis hugged her and started to fly down when they came across Peridot's room, the metal platform. Peridot was holding a yellow bubble full
/of gem shards.

"What… That's Yellow's!" Lapis gasped in horror. "She can't touch those!"

"That's my mom's?"

Lapis landed immediately and she ran to Peridot. "What are you doing?!"

"Ghaa! Lazuli!" Peridot gasped, nearly dropping it. "I... just wanted to see how the shards are reacting to Yellow's bubble. Besides, it's my stuff!"

"No, you stole it! Jasper will be furious with you!" Lapis cried, attempting to snatch the bubble away.

Lapis tackled Peridot to the ground and Connie grabbed the bubble before it could roll off. "Guys! Calm down!"

"Connie, give me that bubble!" Peridot snarled.

"No, give it to me!" Lapis pleaded.

The gems both reached for it and the bubble popped. Connie held the gem shards but they suddenly formed into disembodied arms. She cried out in horror and dropped them. The three watched them scatter throughout the temple.

"Oh no! We gotta get Jasper!" Connie gasped.

"No! No, no! We just freed those mindless gem shards! They're going to get everywhere!" Lapis cried.

Peridot hyperventilated while Lapis said, "Jasper will shatter us when she finds out!"

"She's not going to find out…" Peridot whispered. "We're going to catch them, all of them."

"You're right. Every single one must get back in a bubble and back in the basement!" Lapis agreed.

"Like it never happened."

"Then we tell Jasper," Connie asked.

"NO!" The others cried.

"This has to be our secret! We're rebels keeping it!" Peridot hissed.

"Rebels? Together? I've never been a rebel! We should have a name like… The Temp Rebellion! So perfect!"

"Er, maybe just Rebels?"Lapis suggested, giving a tiny frown at the girl's wording.

"Okay! The Rebels need business cards! Here." Connie gave them each a bookmark.

"Connie, you love your bookmarks, why give them to us?" Peridot asked.

"Sacrifices must be made." Connie whispered.

Togther, the rebels defeated the gem shards and bubbled each and every one.

"Okay…" Peridot whispered, showing her shards.

"This look like all of them…" Lapis smiled.

"Horray! Rebels forever!" Connie cried.

"I hope we didn't miss any." Peridot said, gathering up the shards.

"I hope that too." Lapis agreed.

"Now, we just need to seal this up in a Yellow Diamond bubble, this is all you Connie." Peridot gave her the shards. Connie grinned and made the bubble.

Connie stuck her head in the Burning Room and was about to place the bubble when she saw Jasper narrow her eyebrows. "Who's there?" She growled.

Connie kicked her legs until Peri and Lapis pulled her up. "J-Jasper!"

"Did she see you?!" Lapis gasped.

"I… don't think so." Connie whispered.

"Then get back in there!" Peridot shoved her under and she dropped the bubble. They pulled her out and the friends high-fived.

"It's over." Peridot sighed, wiping sweat from her brow.

"We're safe." Lapis whispered.

"What's next?" Connie grinned.

"There is nothing next." Lapis said.

"We'll pretend this never happened." Peridot added.

"But… what about the Rebels?"

"What will it be, Connie?" Mr. Fryman asked.

"I'll have… the bits." Connie sighed, wearing a black bandanna around her neck. She took out her purse and searched for her wallet but her hand brushed against her bookmark. "We had so much fun, sir…"

"Uh, who did?" Mr. Fryman asked.

"I can't tell you!" Connie cried, slamming her fist down. "How come the best things in life are things you can't tell other people because you'd get in big trouble?"

"Connie, are you in a gang?"

"Me?! In a gang?!" Connie gasped. "I was in a rebellion! And maybe I will be again!"

"I know you must be wondering why I brought you all here…" Connie whispered. "It's 'cause I'm getting the team back together! So, here's the deal," She gave a picture of the black bandanna she had been wearing to Lapis.

"I left my special bandanna at the Bookstore,"

"When did you wear this?" Lapis asked.

"it's closed now," Connie continued. "So the mission is, we break in and get it back. And, tada! The Rebels are back on top!"

"Connie, that's over." Lapis said.

"What are we talking about?" Peridot asked, laughing nervously.

"But, we had so much fun together! Getting along, sneaking around—" Connie whispered.

"That wasn't fun!" Peridot growled. "That was about fixing our terrible mistake."

"Your terrible mistake." Lapis growled. "You shouldn't have had that bubble in the first place."

"It never would have popped if you hadn't touched my stuff!"

"Guys!" Connie cried.

"Grr, you can have all the stuff you want, because I never want to be on a team with you again!" Lapis cried. She took out the bookmark and thrust it to Connie.

"Good! I don't want to be on a team with you, either!" Peridot huffed, giving her bookmark back.

"Fine!" Lapis yelled.

"Fine!" Peridot snapped.

Connie sat at a table in the bookstore. Jasper walked up and frowned. "Why a bookstore of all places?"

"I have something I want to tell you." Connie sighed.

"A bookmark?"

"No! I... need to come clean. Peri and Lapis popped a bubble. We made a rebellion to cover it up because they didn't want you to know…"

"And now you're trying to do the right thing." Jasper said.

"Yes…" Connie sighed. "I also want the rebellion back…"

"I see, I know how to handle things with them. We'll have to form our own rebellion to do it…"

Peridot was organizing her things when Jasper came in, holding Connie and Lapis. Jasper threw them to the ground.

"What is going on?" Lapis cried.

"Tell us…" Connie sighed.

"I know about the gem shards." Jasper growled.

"It— It was me! I'm the one who popped the bubble! All by myself." Connie cried.

"Connie…." Peridot whispered. "I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU!"

"If no one has anything else to say, and everyone else is innocent... Connie, I'm going to have to punish you…" Jasper said, grabbing Connie's arm. "Come on."

Suddenly, a cream orange hand thrust out and grabbed her.

"Jasper!" Lapis yelled. The gems summoned thier weapons and charged. The hand went down and another snatched her up from behind. She gave a cry. Another hand snatched up Peridot.

"Lapis, shape-shift! Get small or... something!" Peridot yelled to Lapis.

"I can't! I'm too scared!" Lapis growled.

"This is all my fault! I never should have had that bubble!" Peridot yelled.

"It wouldn't have popped if it wasn't for me!" Lapis screamed.

"We should've told Jasper! We should've told her right away! I knew the Rebels were wrong! I just— I wanted to see you guys acting like friends!" Connie cried.

Jasper suddenly leaped up from down bellow.

"Jasper?" Connie gasped. The hand released the two gems and went back to Jasper.

"So, you two can't get along unless you think I'm going to shatter you…." Jasper said. She crouched in front of Connie. "Listen, kiddo, I know you wanted to help them. You wanted to protect them, even from me… They made you feel

like you had to take their side. But there are no sides, because we're all on the same team — The Crystal Temps!" Jasper threw the bookmark right into Connie's face. "Ow."

"Sorry."

Connie dropped the bookmarks and gave a weak grin to her friends.