That night, Rose slept uneasily. She tossed and turned in her over sized bed, tangled up in a heap of sheets and comforters. In her dream the blue skies of earth had turned a murky grey with storm clouds. Moonstone loomed over the princess from the top of the sea spire, laughing maniacally. Her, which Rose briefly caught a glimpse of when she raised her arm to the sky, looked as murky and grey as the sky.
"Please, you have to stop!" Rose pleaded. The heavy leaden rain flattened, her cotton candy curls and plastered them to her face and back.
"Not until I've destroyed every last one of those wretched humans!" Moonstone said laughing manically as thunder and lighting rocked across the sky.
"Please, you're out of control!" Rose cried.
"You haven't even seen out of control!" Moonstone cried. Suddenly her body was struck by lighting, the bolt running through her body, causing her to twitch violently. "Aaaaaah." She screamed as her body was slowly contorted into an unrecognizable shape. "Rose!" She cried.
"Rose." She said again in a calmer voice. "Rose." The princess's eyes shot open. Sapphire was by her side, kneeling on the bed so she could rest a gloved hand on Rose's forehead. "Awaken now."
"Sapphire?" Rose asked deliriously.
"It's alright now." The seer said softly withdrawing. "Use the knowledge you have gained wisely. Now come, it is time for us to rise. Right on cue, Pearl walked into Rose's sleeping chambers just as Sapphire was sliding from the edge of the plush mattress.
"Rise and shi- what's going on?" The servant gem asked when she noticed Sapphire.
"I was just giving her majesty some insight on events to come." Sapphire walked past Pearl and into the hall. "I trust you two to be ready in a few minutes."
"Uh right." Pearl gave a jealous pout as the blue gem closed the door. "What was she talking about? Insight?"
"I think she was giving me a vision of the future in my dream, but everything was all, weird. That dream couldn't possibly come true." Rose shook her head.
"That's why I don't sleep." Pearl said matter-of-factly, "It's completely inefficient, and unnecessary to survival. Not to mention nonsense images that play as dreams." She continued. "I can't understand why you insist on doing.
"Well what do you do all night?" Rose asked.
"Training. I'm quite the swordswoman." Pearl replied instantly.
"You train to use swords?"
A sheepish blush crept up Pearl's cheeks. "Well yes. I suppose that's not really an activity appropriate for a servant is it?" Pearl looked at her princess apologetically.
"That's not it all." Rose said quickly. "I just didn't think you would fight with a sword."
"Oh, well, you know, it's good to be well rounded, as I always say."
"Perhaps we could spar sometime." Pearl looked up, surprised. Rose held up her blade, it had been brought to her room along with her other belongings from the ship sometime the previous day. "My weapon of choice is a sword as well you see."
Pearl stared at Rose for a minute, then her eyes began to sparkle, and a wide grin spread across her face. "That would be wonderful."
Sapphire was leaning against the wall outside Rose's room when the other two gems came out. "So what do you do at night?" Pearl asked the seer. "Do you sleep?"
"Sometimes." Sapphire said, "Mostly I meditate."
"I just feel weird not sleeping in a room with with a bed." Rose defended her habits. The topic had been revisited as Rose was getting ready for the day. "What else am I supposed to do with a bed?"
"It's for royalty to sit on. Someone with such high caliber can't simply sit in chairs." Pearl explained.
"I could stand." Rose laughed at how worked up her servant was over the subject.
"Now that's just audacious!"
"Stop." Sapphire said suddenly.
"What is it?" Rose asked looking at the blue gem, who for once was walking behind Rose and Pearl.
"Something's wrong." The seer held her hands out in front of herself slightly. "I can't... aaarrgh." She held her head between her palms.
"Sapphire!" Rose rushed to her advisor's side and knelt before so they were closer to the same level.
"What's the matter with her?" Pearl hovered behind Rose.
"I don't know." Rose looked at Pearl with fear in her eyes. "This has never happen before."
"Aaaaahhgrhhh." Sapphire cried again. She writhed around, panting. Slowly the pain in her head dulled to a throbbing ache and her breathing calmed. Her muscles, which had become contorted and knotted, relaxed and eased. Suddenly exhausted Sapphire dropped her hands to her sides, they swung a few times before stilling.
"Are you-"
"Something very bad is coming." Sapphire interupped Rose. She sounded less calm and confident than usual, and with good reason. For the first time in her life, Sapphire couldn't see what was going to happen next. All she knew was she felt a horrible sense of dread about the time to come, and without her future vision to tell her what was coming next, she was truly blind.
"Your majesty." Another gem came running toward the trio. "Forgive me, we have an emergency." The gem quickly saluted the royal. "Requesting your immediate assistance at the kindergarten."
