The Temps were on the beach, Jasper had practically drilled underground while Connie dug in the moist sand Lapis had brought from the shore. Lapis watched Connie with nervous. That hole was getting pretty deep… Peridot stood beside her, the metal
particles in the sand lifting up.
"Rhaa! This isn't working!" Peridot cried. Lapis glanced at her and sighed, "Just… keep looking." She yawned slightly.
Connie was digging with a shovel in the hole, which was almost her height now, and gasped when she felt the sand collapsing in on her. "Lapis!"
"For all we know, Amethyst and Garnet's fusion could be right below us waiting to..."
Lapis was so tired, she didn't hear Peridot elaborating on her description of Suglite, nor Connie shouting for her until she noticed the rope she had tied on the girl's waist was moving wildly in its pulley Peridot had made. Lapis gasped
in shock and ran to it, pulling it up in a instant. Connie was covered in wet sand and untied the rope. Lapis brushed clumps of sand of her and hugged her, "You okay?"
"I'm fine." Connie smiled.
Jasper suddenly slammed out of the ground with a yell beside them, making them cry out in shock.
Jasper cracked her knuckles and Peridot sighed, "We've been searching for light years!"
"Light years measures light, not years." Lapis said.
Peridot gave a yell of frustration.
Connie glanced between them and Jasper gave a cough, "Guys, focus! We gotta find Garnet and the runt, that fusion is a ticking time bomb."
Connie frowned, "Will… Amethyst be okay?"
"Quartzs are strong, no matter what size… but one little runt against keeping a massive fusion underground… it can destroy."
Connie shivered slightly and then walked back to the sand, "Don't worry, Amethyst, I'll save you!" She yawned and almost fell onto the shore when Lapis caught her.
"We better take Connie home first." Jasper shrugged.
"What?" Connie yawned groggily. "I… I'm fine! Let's… keep searching!" She suddenly almost fell over again, and Jasper caught her.
The Temps walked into the house, Peridot gave a groan, "Why are we here?! We should be out there, searching! Not in here, not searching!"
"Sorry." Connie yawned. "I gotta sleep at some point."
"Connie isn't like us, she needs rest." Jasper explained.
Connie glanced at them and whispered, "Don't you guys need rest too? You look exhausted."
Jasper's face was lined with creases. Lapis' hair was disheveled and Peridot was squinting. "We look awesome." Jasper grunted.
Connie walked over to the couch and picked up pillows, "Look, you can't really get sleep until you try it. And maybe we can throw a little fun into the mix, with- a slumber party! Like a girls' night of fun!"
Peridot looked disgusted, "Girls' night?"
"Yeah! We can do each other's hair, and have a pillow fight-"
"And talk about cute boys you like." Lapis smirked playfully. Connie smashed a pillow in her face. "And we can then fall asleep peacefully, pretending like there isn't a vengeful fusion underground wanting to kill us."
Lapis smiled happily while Peridot gave a groan. Jasper put her hands on their shoulders. "Connie's right. You should stay here, relax, have a…" Jasper gaged and then said, "girl night… But I'm going. Because I'm always relaxed."
She finished with her teeth clenched.
"Jasper, please, please take me with you! I can't survive this!" Peridot cried, hugging her leg. Jasper pried her off. "Nope, you're staying, and having a slumber party." She walked away to the warp pad. She turned to Connie,
"Connie, put these gems to bed. Don't stay up too late. There's snacks in the fridge. So… bye." She warped away.
Later, in Connie's room, Connie was having her hair braided by Lapis and Peridot sat in front of Connie. The girl attempted to braid the blond star. The braid suddenly poofed back to a star and Connie frowned. "This… isn't working." They
were also watching Camp Pining Hearts, to keep Peridot happy. Peridot gasped in shock, "No! Paulette, no!"
Lapis sushed her and pointed to Connie who was drifting off, "I think it's time to turn the tv off, Connie needs to sleep, and so do you."
Peridot shook her head vigorously, "No! Never!"
Lapis grabbed the remote and turned off the tv.
Connie undid her braid, letting brown waves of hair go onto her nightgown. "I suppose, I am pretty tired."
Lapis nodded and peacefully laid her head down, using her hands as a pillow. "Good night, Connie."
"Good night, Lapis." Connie yawned. Connie lay down and felt someone watching her. She opened her eyes to see Peridot breathing creepily beside her, "Hi."
Connie cried out in surprise. "Peri! It's time for bed! You should try to sleep too, please!"
Peridot crossed her arms and closed her eyes halfway, "Am I asleep?"
"No, you should lay down." Connie exsplained.
"Ah ha!" Peridot cried. She laid down, having her head rest in her hands. "I've done it!"
"Er… still no… Close your eyes all the way." Connie sighed.
"I've done it for real now!" Peridot laughed after she closed her eyes.
"You can't talk while you sleep." Connie frowned.
"How is this even supposed to work?!" Peridot screeched.
"Well, it's easy!" Connie flopped down on the floor, "You just lie down, get nice and comfy," She put her hands behind her head, "Don't move...And don't think about…" She whispered softly out in tiredness, "Anything…"
The girl fell asleep.
In her dreams, Connie was in a beautiful dress, with her hair braided and in a bun. Jasper, Peri, and Lapis were behind her, as she stood in front of a door, with a lovely house to go with it. Lapis smoothed out her dress, looking like a sitcom
mother. "Are you ready?" Lapis asked, "You just got to knock on the door and you and Steven are off to your first school dance!"
"Lazuli, stop making such a big deal!" Peridot huffed. She was dressed like a stereotype older sister. "However, I do hope you have a good time at your social gathering."
Jasper touched Connie's shoulder, "Koketid!" Connie grinned, "Thanks for coming, Jasper! I'm kinda nervous, I'm going to the big dance!"
"Wow, the big dance." Jasper smiled, "Don't do anything I wouldn't do!"
Connie blushed and nodded. She took a breath and put her hand to the door. She knocked when it slammed open. In contrast to the black and white world, Amethyst was full color. She was wincing in pain, silent. Her whips wrapped around her arms,
the purple thornes stabbing into her skin.
"Amethyst?" Connie choked.
The whips suddenly lunged out and wrapped around her. Connie cried out in pain, looking at Amethyst with horror. Suddenly, the whips held Connie in place, and pulled Amethyst away from her. Connie tried to reach her…
Connie gave a scream, volting awake. Peridot had been watching her and gasped. "Connie?! You're shaking, why?"
Connie panted in fear. She stood, startled and confused. "I… I had a weird dream… I knocked on the door, and Amethyst was there…"
"Why was she there? She and Garnet are fused and went into the earth." Peridot frowned.
"You've… never had a dream before, have you?" Connie asked.
"What is a dream?" Peridot asked, cocked her head.
"Well," Connie started. She slumped down, "dreams don't always make sense. When you dream, the thoughts in your head get all mixed up into a weird movie. And they're really hard to explain, which is why they're boring to listen
to. Like," She sighed, "this one time, I had a dream, where, like, these things... were being sold at the the bookstore, right? But the front door of the book store led to the back of my dad's car?" Lapis awoke and looked around in
confusion. "So, I go into the car, and... Lion is driving, for some reason, but, he's driving really well. And, and then I say to him, I, I say... Lion….Lion, how did you learn to drive you, a, cc-car? Y-you can't even, you, you can't.. bring...
/me... my…" Connie fell asleep after being bored by her own dream.
Connie was now in her dreams, and she flew with a propeller on her back. She laughed until she saw a very familiar figure beside her.
"Catcopter! Mrs. Copter! Madam! I'm one of your biggest fans, can I please have your autograph?" Connie begged.
The cat turned it's head a barked at her.
"Huh?" Connie cocked her head. The robotic cat blasted away and Connie tried to catch up, "I hope the rumors in the tabloids about Catcopter aren't true." A large cloud beside her morphed into Peridot's head.
"This dream just keeps getting weirder and weirder." Connie whispered. Peridot suddenly ate her, chewed her up for a moment, and then spat her out. Connie now had rocket shoes and she smiled. She suddenly saw Lapis emerge from the mountains
bellow, riding a buffalo. They floated off and suddenly, all went black. Connie looked around, "This is strange…"
"What's happening?" A familiar voice asked.
Connie's eyes widened in surprise, "Hey, that sounds a lot like—"
"Connie?!" Amethyst cried behind her. Connie turned and ran to her, "Amethyst!"
"What are you doing in here, Connie?! Kid, get outta here!" Amethyst yelled.
"It's ok!" Connie insisted, "I'm just dreaming! It's fine!"
"What are you talking about?!" Amethyst cried, gripping her arms. "You gotta leave! I have to concentrate! How are you here?!"
Connie saw her panic and tiltedher head, clearly concerned, "Oh my gosh, are you okay?"
Amethyst gave a sigh, "Connie, please, I—!"
They suddenly heard someone calling the girl's name, "Connie? Are you okay? Connie?"
"Amethyst!" Connie cried, jolting awake. Lapis sat beside her, a look of concern. "Are you okay?" She repeated, "You looked like you were having a nightmare, a bad one." Connie rubbed her eyes and nodded, "I saw
her. I saw-"
"My Diamond, this is wonderful!" They suddenly heard. They turned to see Peridot fast asleep, her gem projected her dream. In it, she was riding a slice of pizza on a wave, holding onto Yellow Diamond. "I'm just having so much fun
spending time with you!" The gem squealed in happiness. She blushed and said, " Forget about Doug! Let's go travel the galaxy!"
Yellow Diamond responded, "Peridot, thank you so much…" She turned her head to reveal Doug's face on her body, "—for fixing my van!"
Peridot screeched in horror and Doug gagged as a slice of pizza slid from his mouth.
Peridot screamed, waking up and breathing hard. She held her hand over her mouth, gagging and disgusted.
"Peridot…" Connie whispered.
Peridot broke her horror to see Connie, "What is it, Connie?"
"I had... another dream about Amethyst." Connie sighed. Lapis looked at her and then at Peridot with worry.
"Oh! Heh, heh, that's fine! That's great! Dreams aren't real! They're just "mixed up movies"!" Peridot smiled, clearly thinking of her own nightmare.
"But I-I think I was talking to her." Connie explained.
"What?" Lapis whispered, "Are you sure?"
"Well… no," Connie admitted. "but... I could just feel it. She was yelling, and... she was really upset."
"What did she say? Is she still in control?" Peridot asked in panic.
Connie gave a sigh, answering the question, "I… I don't know."
"This could be a stretch, Connie," Peridot started, "but perhaps you're could be using your dreams to connect her mentally."
Lapis looked at Connie with worry, "Can you do it again? Maybe she can just tell you where they are."
"I guess I have to go back to sleep!" Connie cried. She laid down on the floor, "Quick! Peri, tell me about your dream so I can fall asleep!"
"M-my dream?!" Peridot sputtered.
Lapis gave a gag, "Please don't. It was… really werid."
"Peridot! Please! I need to see Amethyst!" Connie cried.
"Okay. I'll do it! Now stop pleading with me!" Peridot groaned, closed her eyes and breathed in. "Well, in my dream, I was…" She heard a tiny snore and looked up to see Connie had fallen asleep. "How did she do that?!"
"It's a talent." Lapis explained, almost asleep herself.
Connie slumbered peacefully, but in her mind, she was on a stress-filled hunt. She swam in darkness, looking for Amethyst.
"I know she's in here somewhere…" Connie whispered. Elements of both dreams and reality floated past her as she search. "Amethyst, where are you?" Connie sighed, worried, seeing a whale, Lapis, Jasper, Peri, but no Amethyst.
She suddenly bumped into a mass of purple fur. She looked at it and frowned, "Huh?" She suddenly fell through the fur and landed on hard, hot rock. Connie winced in pain and was surprised to see she hadn't gotten a scratch. She suddenly
heard grunting and turned to see the short purple gem holding the handles of her whips with effort.
"Amethyst!" Connie cried, running to her.
Amethyst turned and gasped, "Connie! Why do you keep coming back, kid?! I can't get distracted, I've got to hold us down, under here!" Amethyst struggled to speak, "Rhaa! I gotta keep 'er down!"
"Wait! Amethyst, tell me where you are! We can help you!" Connie said, trying to calm her down.
Amethyst stopped struggling for a moment to look at the girl, the one that had saved her, and wanted to again, even after what she did. Suddenly, the force she was fighting saw her weakness at the moment and pulled her down. Amethyst groaned in
effort. "I told you! I don't need you to hel-" She suddenly let out a growl before she slammed underground. Connie gave a cry and heard the rocks behind her explode into dust. Connie turned and saw Garnet on all fours. The calm expression
Connie was used to seeing on her was long gone. The fusion saw trembling girl and crawl to her with fury and hatred in her eyes, "You!"
Connie gasped in shock, "Garnet!"
Garnet crawled to her, looking like she was going to strangle the girl, trying to grab her, "You! YOU! YOU!" The girl fell over and winced. Garnet's hand was inches away from Connie's face. Suddenly, Garnet was dragged away. She gave
a yell in anger as she went back underground.
Amethyst came back up, having shapeshifted into her wrestler size. Amethyst panted for air.
"Can't you see?" Amethyst cried, her voice cracking, " I can't stop, not for a second. Just… don't look for me. I don't need your help, I protect myself!"
"But—" Connie protested, trying to help.
"Just let me protect you!" Amethyst yelled, making the girl fall back.
"Amethyst…" Connie whispered softly.
"No!" Amethyst cried, "Don't you get it?!" Her eyes darkened as her whips pulled away from her. "I'm not Amethyst anymore… We're Suglite now."
Connie gave a cry as Amethyst sank underground. "Amethyst, no!"
Suddenly, the ground she was on rumbled and the section rose up. Sugilite slammed out of the ground and turned to Connie. Three of her eyes were angry while the other two were hardened with worry, "GO!"
Connie gave a scream, jolting awake, "Amethyst!"
Lapis hugged her close and whispered in her ear, "It's okay… It's okay… Shh, we're here..."
"Did you see her? Is she still in control?" Peridot asked with concern.
"She's still fused, and she's still in control," Connie sighed, "but I don't know for how long, and—"
Jasper suddenly walked up and saw Connie clearly upset with Lapis hugging her and Peridot hyperventilating. "I think I missed something..."
Connie got up and ran to Jasper, hugging her arm and quickly saying, "We have find them, Jasper! We just have to!"
"Hey, calm down. Who are we talking about here?" Jasper asked, gently stroking the trembling girl's hair
"Sugilite!" Connie cried.
Jasper's face hardened, and she turned, walking down the stairs, "That's it! I'm not resting until I-" Connie suddenly grabbed her arm with a cry and Jasper glanced down at her. "You just got here. Please don't leave… I don't want
to go back to bed..." Connie sighed.
Jasper looked at Peridot who was softly talking to Lapis, clearly about what they had seen. Jasper looked back at the girl and smirked, "Fine… but don't you touch my hair or talk about boys or whatever Lapis was doing."
Connie smiled weakly, "Thanks…"
Since the original was named Chili Tid, which means chilling time in Norriegan , this, which is kinda a opposite switch,is called Koketid which means Boiling Time. Weirdtitle, I know.