Steven opened his eyes and sat up. He was in a hole, the walls and floor made of sandstone. "Where— where am I?" He stood to his feet and the wall directly in front of him started to crack. He summoned his sheild as a reflex, the air around him turning a light pink. The rock gave way and fell to the ground, turning to dust upon impact. Steven sighed and walked forward, entering the dark hallway. He looked up the walls, seeing misshaped Gem holes. Was he in a Kindergarten?

Regardless, he continued forward. He focus on where he was going, the wall in front of him seemed to be crumbling in his wake, as if it was for him. He started to jog, he must have been here with the others, but why couldn't he remember anything? His eyes widened as his body shot through the air, towards the ground. He must've tripped. Steven hit the ground much harder than he thought. He lifted himself up and turned his head. Sure enough, there was a rock sticking out of the almost endlessly perfect ground. The rock shook before shooting back into the ground.

Sweat started to run down his face, "Guys!" He rushed to his feet and entered a full sprint, "Garnet! Amethyst! Pearl!" He looked up and his face paled, the sky was turning a dark red. "Peridot! Lapis!" Upon Lapis's name being spoken, the ground shook and Steven was forced to stop. He heard an angry, monstrous roar from the distance. He took a step back, "I— I don't understand. The last thing I remember is going to—," He took another look around, orange walls, red sky, anger upon Lapis's name. "going to sleep." Steven summoned his bubble, preparing himself, "Okay, here we go. JASPER!" The walls around him dissipated and the sky started to twist and turn, swirling colors of red and orange. The ground stayed a stable sandstone. He let go of his bubble.

She wasn't there. The only thing other than Steven was a large pink gem, shattered and floating, as if in statis. It was hovering around a white light. Steven walked over to the gem, gently poking at it. His hand went through it. Okay, so not real?

He heard a large thud and turned around to see a tall corrupted gem, orange in nature. The placement and shape of it's gem, he could recognize it from anywhere. "Jasper?" It growled and lunged forward. Steven's pupils dilated, "Jasper?!" He summoned his bubble as the monster slammed into it, knocking him into the other side of the bubble. "JASPER!"

Steven shot out of his bed, his eyes locked on his hands. "Oh . . . oh, man,"

"Steven!" It was muffled, distant. He looked up to see Pearl practically pressed against his bubble, shouting at him. His bubble?!

He dissipated his bubble and Pearl rushed to him, "Are you okay? We heard you shouting in your sleep and then you summoned your bubble!"

Garnet entered his vision, "You were shouting about Jasper," She turned to look at Jasper, who had started to lean against the side of the house. "Nightmare?"

Steven shook his head, "No, I don't think so. I . . . saw something. Jasper?"

Jasper turned her head to Steven, "What do you want?"

Steven turned to the other Gems, "Guys, a little privacy?"

Garnet nodded, "We'll be outside if you need us,"

Pearl looked in between Garnet and Jasper, "But, Garnet!"

Garnet tapped her shades, "It'll be fine, Pearl. Amethyst, let's go,"

Amethyst and Pearl shared a brief look, obviously upset about Garnet's decision. They followed the fusion outside. Steven turned to Jasper, "Are you okay?"

"You're the one that was yelling, besides, why do you care?"

Steven sighed, "Does a sandstone Kindergarten ring any bells? One with misshapen holes?"

"Beta."

"Huh?"

Jasper turned to Steven and started to ascend the stairs, she walked over to the edge of his bed, looming over him. "How do you know about the Beta Kindergarten? Have the others told you?"

"No. I . . . saw it. When I was asleep I think I may have entered your mind. Remember when I entered Malachite?"

Jasper narrowed her yes at the mention of the monstrous fusion, "Yeah, I remember."

"Well, that happened again, except this time it was in— the Beta Kindergarten?"

Jasper grunted in thought, "There is a lot you don't know." She clenched her fists and turned around, walking down the stairs.

"Jasper, I saw something while I was asleep. Are you okay? I saw . . . corruption."

Jasper's eyes widened. The song. She squeezed her eyes shut, to keep the light in. She pushed down her memories. "You think . . . you think I'm going to become one of those things?"

"I— I don't know. I don't want that for you, for anyone,"

"Call the others in,"

"What?"

"Do it!"

Steven turned towards the door, Pearl was looking in, so he waved and they went through the door.

"Steven! Are you okay?" Pearl glared at Jasper.

"Forget about that!" Steven turned towards Jasper, "Why? Why doesn't he know about the Beta Kindergarten? What else have you kept from him?"

Pearl's glare turned to a surprised look and Garnet's mouth was slightly agape. Pearl started to speak, "How do you—"

"Beta KIndergarten?"

Jasper focused on Amethyst, "I . . . I see." She narrowed her eyes. " I see what you do. And I really thought there was a difference. Well, aside from fusion policy. You Crystal Gems aren't really different, are you? What else have you left them out on?" She was now looking at Garnet and Pearl. "Well?! What else have you kept from them?! How far have you pushed them under?"

Garnet stepped forward, "You have no idea what you're talking about,"

"Really? So, why leave out the Beta Kindergarten? Why leave them in the dark?! Is it because they're Quartzs? Why? Your leader was a Quartz?! Or was this her idea?"

Pearl snarled, "Leave Rose out of this,"

"What? Does that strike a nerve?"

Pearl took a deep breath, a frown adorned across her face, "At least our leader was successful,"

Jasper's eyes widened. "You . . . dare?" She summoned her helmet, "You dare talk about . . . . her?" She balled up her fists and grit her teeth.

"Guys, cut it out."

Amethyst walked up to Pearl, "Maybe it's not best to aggravate her . . ."

Garnet summoned her gauntlets, "Stand down, Jasper."

Steven watched on in horror as the two readied for battle. Was the Gem from his dream the one Jasper was talking about, if size meant anything then it would have been a Diamond. Pink Diamond. What happened to her? Steven summoned his shield. He reeled back and threw it as hard as he could, it smashed into the ground between the two clashing parties. They turned to look at him.

"Guys, c'mon. I don't know what's going on between you, but I don't think you guys should fight!" He looked directly at Jasper, "Jasper . . . look, please don't fight us. I'm just trying to help." His eyes widened as he noticed something.

She turned to look at Steven, "Help? Help?! I've been fighting since I broke free of this planet's crust!" She smashed her right foot into the wooden floor, "Because of Rose Quartz! Because of what Rose Quartz did to my Diamond! Besides," She turned to the three Crystal Gems, "You're right . . . you want to help." She watched as the Gems looks turned horrified, "What?! Scared?"

"Jasper . . ." She whipped back around to Steven, he was a lot closer. "You do need help and I can do it. It just started, please . . . let me heal you,"

"Heal me? What are you going on about? I don't have any physical cracks!"

"Jasper, your hand,"

Steven watched as Jasper look at her hand, seemingly unsurprised by the blue and green corruption spreading along her wrist. "I can fix it this time, I can heal you,"

"This time? Have you failed before?"

Steven started to walk forward cautiously, "Yes . . . but this just started, I can do something!"

Jasper clenched her hand, "I don't need your help. I won't become one of those . . . animals. This planet will NOT twist me to become some MINDLESS BEAST! I am a Jasper," The corruption started to shrink. "and we don't give up so easily." She raised her fist to look at the last of the corruption seep away.

Steven eyes widened, "You . . . you're not . . .?"

"Don't remind me."

Steven looked between Jasper and the gems, tension was sure to grow. " Hey! Why don't we . . . check out Beta? You seemed really serious about it."

Before Jasper could respond, Pearl cut in, "We are coming,"

Steven stepped in between Jasper and the Gems, "No! I mean—"

"The runt is coming." Steven turned to Jasper as she continued, "Don't you want to see the other Kindergarten? The other . . . half?"

Amethyst nodded and started walking forward, "Amethyst!"

"Don't worry, P, I got this covered." She winked and moved to the warp pad.

Pearl started to moved forward when Garnet grabbed her shoulder. "What?"

"We're staying here."

"What? Why? We can't leave Steven and Amethyst alone with Jasper!"

"We can," She tapped her visor, "just give it a moment."

Steven and Jasper walked over to the warp pad. Steven sighed in relief as the warp pad activated.

Pearl watched as the blue energy from the stream dissipated, "Are you going to explain Garnet?"

"Ever since Jasper arrived, I've been peering into my future vision more, that's why I've been so relaxed. Most of the futures I've seen don't result in Steven getting hurt, and even less because of Jasper. He'll be fine, besides . . . Steven and Amethyst can handle Jasper together, if need be,"

"So . . ."

"We're not needed for now. Relax Pearl. We're soon going to lose that luxury,"