Alright. Here is chapter 12. With Ember recovering and the others finally getting their plan together. But what will the Puppetmaster think? Find out soon. I own nothing except my ideas and OC's.

Garnet stared silently as Ember laid in a bed, the poison having been deadly, but treated rather easily once they had the supplies for it. Ember snoring softly.

Calida and Crystal watched the two, having sensed Garnet's power from the Schnee Estate. Garnet got up and walked over to them.

"Hey...Garnet...don't worry, she'll be alright." Calida assured.

"Right...right." Garnet muttered.

Crystal walked up and softly hugged Garnet, who returned it after a moment.

Calida didn't even think of teasing them, knowing that this was a vital moment.

Garnet let her go and smiled a bit. "Thanks Crystal."

Crystal smiled back brightly. "No problem."

They all heard a groan, they turned and saw Ember slowly waking up.

"Ember!" Garnet shouted, running over to see her.

Ember weakly looked at the three looking over her. "Garnet...Crystal...Calida."

"We're here Ember." Garnet assured.

Ember weakly stared. "We...need to go back." She muttered.

"Go back?" Garnet asked, confused.

"Back...to the past." She explained.

All three gasped at the thought, Garnet and Calida glancing at Crystal.

"M-Me?! I can't do something like that!" She squeaked out.

"Hmm...we can try empowering you with Super Saiyan." Garnet muttered to himself.

Ember nodded in agreement.

Calida held her hands up. "Whoa whoa whoa whoa! Assuming we actually go through with this, which I highly doubt. Who's to say we go to the right time anyway?" She asked.

"Well...I'm able to directly influence the time here, all I have to do is just follow the thread back to the time we need to go..." She explained sheepishly.

"..."

"What would happen if we succeeded?" Garnet asked.

Crystal looked down.

Calida looked at her in concern. "Crystal?"

"The future would cease to exist." She answered.

All of them went silent, the consequences of their plan now known.

"B-But what about us? We'll technically still be in the past...right?" Calida tried to cheer up.

"Wouldn't work, we belong in the future, and we will fade with it." Crystal shot her down.

Calida sighed.

Ember stared at them all. "Let's do it."

"What?!" All three shouted.

Ember stared at the ceiling. "We have a chance...a chance to make things right. A chance to strike back at that monster when we're powerless now." She muttered.

All three glanced at each other.

"I won't force you, because even I know this is a suicide mission basically. But if you want to pave the way for the future...and change our own future. Then that's our plan." She said firmly.

Garnet stared and smiled, grabbing his sister's hand. "I'm with you sis. All the way. We'll make him pay for what he did."

Calida chuckled and shook her head. "Crazy, the both of you, but I guess it would be fun. I'm in.

They all glanced at Crystal, who looked the most scared.

"I...I don't know." She whimpered.

"Crystal...we can't do this without you." Garnet reminded.

"Well technically we COULD, but she is needed to open the portal." Calida muttered, only to receive an elbow to the gut from Garnet.

Crystal went silent. "I'll...I'll think about it."

"That's all we can ask." Ember replied, getting up, only to blush when her stomach growled.

All three snickered at her as she looked away.

"I'll go get something to eat for you." Crystal giggled out, walking out.

Crystal sighed and looked down, remembering what Ember had said. "Going to the past huh...you're really wanting to fix things aren't you Ember?"

A figure was watching her, strings flowing behind him.

"Hmm...so that's their plan...well I guess I'll have to...put a spanner in their works." He muttered, summoning his strings as his gazed locked onto Crystal.

To be continued.

Alrighty, here is the next chapter. I know its rather short but think of this as an interlude for what's to come. So if you read my newest 'chapter' on 'A Tale of Two Kids' then you'll know I'm attempting to write a new story to burn down my other inspirations and get my attention back on other things. However I'm wanting to finish THIS story first. Then I can have a wider berth on what to do. So expect this to be updated a BIT regularly. R&R This is Oathkeeper0317 signing out.