"Oh, nice move sis. Let's see you avoid this!"

"Oh, I'm not letting you get past me, brother."

"We'll see about that."

"You're not winning this round."

"Yes. I. Will."

"Your defeat is inevitable."

"All most there… and…"

[BWEEE! BA-DOOP-DOOP-DOOP.]

"Victory!" Steven shouts, throwing his arms up into the air with his eyes glowing brightly as stars, as the tv screen flashes in bright red colors: 'Player One Wins.'

Nora moves her bang out of the way to get a clearer look, and sighs in defeat as she places her controller down. "Good game, brother; you won fair and square."

"Don't feel bad, for someone who doesn't like to play games as much as me, you came really close to winning."

"Yes, I did. But I don't think video games are for me, you can feel free to enjoy them, but I'd prefer a good book to be honest."

"You have your entertainment, and I have mine," Steven says humbly as Nora stands herself up and stretches her arms and legs.

"Now if you'll excuse me, I have some 'Unfamiliar Familiar' to catch up on, it's starting to get real…" Nora stops feeling another throbbing headache, which makes her almost lose her balance and fall over.

"Nora!" Steven quickly stands up, grabbing her shoulders to her steady.

"I'm fine Steven, just a little lightheaded," Nora assures him, rebalancing herself. "I must've stood up to fast."

"Are you sure you're alright?"

"Trust me, brother. I'm…" Nora's body begins swooning. "I'm fi…" Nora then passes out before she could finish her thought, but Steven was able to catch her before she hit the hardwood floor.

"Nora! Nora!" Steven shouts in worry, as he holds his sisters head and shakes her body. "Nora!" but continues getting no response from her. Without a second thought, Steven grabs a pillow from Nora's bunk and rests her head on top of it. "Hang on Nora."

"Help! Guys!" Steven shouts in fear as he sprinted downstairs to the living room, straight to the main door of the temple as fast as he possibly can; nearly tripping twice in the process.

[BAM!] [BAM!] [BAM!] [BAM!] [BAM!]

"Lapis! Jasper! Peridot!"

[BAM!] [BAM!] [BAM!] [BAM!] [BAM!]

Steven repeatedly bangs on the door as hard as he can. "Someone open the door! Nora needs help!"

The Gems and Universe family have known Nora has been having headaches for a while now; they started when she was eleven-years-old and would get one occasionally. When she was twelve-years-old, Nora began getting them more often and lasted to when she was thirteen-years-old. Everyone, including Nora, dismissed them because they were not affecting her health in a serious manner, and she always assured them that she was fine. But this is the first time she has ever passed out from one of her headaches.

[BAM!] [BAM!] [BAM!] [BAM!] [BAM!]

Steven continues banging on the door until it opens with a flash; as Lapis, Jasper, and Peridot all step through the door; the latter of which was without her limb enhancers attached, shortening her height to around Steven's. "Steven, what's wrong?" Peridot asks, placing her hands on the boy's shoulders to calm him down.

"It's… It's Nora! She… she passed out." Steven answers with a shaky tone, on the verge of crying.

"What!" All three of the Gems shouted.

"What happened? Is she alright?" Jasper asks him with some panic in her tone.

"I… I don't know, we were just… just playing a video game; then she fainted… I don't know how… but…"

"Stay calm," Lapis says, kneeling in front of the boy. "Everything will be okay." The blue Gem stands up and looks at her fellow Gems. "Peridot. Jasper. You two stay with Steven and watch after Nora; make sure she is healthy and comfortable. I'm going to get Greg to let him know what happened. If it's something serious, take her to the hospital immediately; even if I'm not back."

"You can count on us, Lazuli," Peridot says with a salute, while Jasper nods in agreement.

"I'll be back as fast as I can." The lead Gem says as she sprints out the front door; her gemstone glows a bright blue as wings of water formed behind her, propelling her into the air as she flew off into the distance. Leaving Peridot, Jasper and Steven rushing to Nora; she was still right where Steven left her; breathing, but unconscious.

"I didn't know what to do; I just wanted to make her as comfortable as I…" Steven starts, with worry still in his voice.

"It's okay, Steven; let's just get her into bed." Peridot orders, as Jasper carefully lifts Nora's almost lifeless looking body off the hardwood floor, into her soft bunk bed. The green Gem places her hand on the girl's forehead to check her temperature. "She's not running a fever; thank the stars for that." She gently places her hand on Nora's chest, feeling her chest rise upwards, then down as she inhaled and exhaled. "Her breathing is normal." Peridot then opens Nora's eyelid, examining the pupil of her blue eye. "And her pupils aren't dilated. She is, as far as I can tell, completely healthy."

"Then how the hell did this happen? Steven curses with a raised voice at the green Gem. Peridot was taken back by Steven's tone, but did not say anything; she understands what he is feeling.

"Steven, I know you're upset, but you can't lose your cool like that." Jasper scolds him.

"How am I supposed to feel Jasper? I'm her brother; I'm supposed to look after her! What if this was something serious? What if… what if…" Steven begins choking on his words as more tears form in his eyes.

"Steven. Nothing is going to happen to her." Peridot sternly says as she wipes his tears away. "She'll be fine." The small Gem brings Steven in for a hug, letting him vent his emotions.

"Hello!" 'hello!' 'hello!' "Is anyone here!" 'anyone here!' 'here!' Nora shouts in a pitch-black void of a room; her voice echoing around her. "Steven!" 'Steven!' 'Steven!' Nora sprints across what felt like an endless void, with her footsteps echoing across.

[STEP!] [STEP!] [STEP!] [STEP!] [STEP!]

"This isn't what I wanted!" 'isn't what I wanted!' 'what I wanted!' Peridot's voice echoes throughout the space.

"Peridot?" 'Peridot?' 'Peridot?' Nora asks, frantically searching for any sign of her green guardian.

[STEP!] [STEP!] [STEP!] [STEP!] [STEP!] [STEP!] [STEP!]

"You lied to me!" 'lied to me!' 'to me!' The angered voice of Lapis Lazuli shouts.

"Lapis!" 'Lapis!' 'Lapis!' Nora shouts, only to hear her voice echo.

[STEP!] [STEP!] [STEP!] [STEP!] [STEP!] [STEP!] [STEP!]

A bright red flash then lights up the room, forcing the young girl to cover her eyes. She looks up and sees the source coming from a large, red sphere with a yellow diamond on the front of it; its shape and appearance resembled that of an eye. "What is that?" 'is that?' 'that?' The object glows brighter and brighter as it gets closer and closer to Nora. "No, no, no!" 'no, no!' 'no!' Nora uses her arms to shield herself again, hoping an ice spear would emerge and strike it; but nothing happened, as the "red eye" phases right through her body, continuing to descend below her.

Nora lets out a reprieving breath, as she sits down on whatever ground she is currently situated on. "Okay, Nora." 'Nora.' 'Nora.' "Just calm down." 'calm down.' 'down.' "This is probably just a bad dream." 'just a bad dream.' 'bad dream.' "None of this is real." 'of this is real.' 'is real.'

"I'll never forgive you for what you did!" 'you for what you did!' 'what you did!' An unknown voice echoes; it was soft and caring, yet her tone held so much hate.

"Humans are such pathetic creatures." 'such pathetic creatures.' 'pathetic creatures.' Another unknown voice echoed with high-pitched, childlike pride.

"I've been fighting ever since I emerged, and I will not stop now!" 'since I emerged, and I will not stop now!' 'not stop now!' Jasper's voice echoed, as a vision of the orange Quartz appears before Nora; she had her helmet summoned and was battling a pink-haired woman of equal height and build, who was armed with a sword.

"What's going on?" 'going on?' 'on?' Nora asks herself as the vision fades away, only to be replaced by another one.

This vision was one of a ginormous yellow woman with fury emanating from her, standing before a grieving blue woman of equal height. "Why won't you just let me grieve?" 'just let me grieve?' 'grieve?' The blue woman asked in a somber tone.

"How could you do this to them? 'do this to them!' 'to them!' Jasper's voice shouts in a furious tone.

"I've had enough of this!" 'enough of this!' 'of this!' Nora frustratingly shouts, closing her eyes and covering her ears as she runs in random directions; looking for some sort of exit. "I want to wake up!" 'to wake up!' 'wake up!'

[STEP!] [STEP!] [STEP!] [STEP!] [STEP!] [STEP!] [STEP!] [STEP!] [STEP!] [STEP!]

"Garnet isn't here anymore!" 'here anymore!' 'anymore!' Lapis Lazuli's voice echoes.

[STEP!] [STEP!] [STEP!] [STEP!] [STEP!] [STEP!] [STEP!] [STEP!] [STEP!] [STEP!]

"I'm doing this for the both of you because I want to!" 'both of you, because I want to!' 'because I want to!' Connie voice echoes.

[STEP!] [STEP!] [STEP!] [STEP!] [STEP!] [STEP!] [STEP!] [STEP!] [STEP!] [STEP!]

"If I kill the two of you, I'll have nightmares for weeks." 'two of you, I'll have nightmares for weeks.' 'nightmares for weeks.' The caring sounding voice stated.

[STEP!] [STEP!] [STEP!] [STEP!] [STEP!] [STEP!] [STEP!] [STEP!] [STEP!] [STEP!]

"I'm done! 'done!' 'done!' Nora shouts, uncovering her eyes and ears as she stops running. "I want out of here!" 'out of here!' 'here!'

One last vision appears before Nora, it was a silhouette of a tall woman with a body-type that looks like, "Mom?" 'Mom?' 'Mom?' Before she had time to process the image, the whole room changes from black, to blue. Whatever ground Nora stood on was now gone as she free-fell down the azure abyss. "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" She screamed for what felt like thirty minutes until she finally saw what lied at the bottom, a large diamond made up of four separate diamonds of different colors; they all blindingly shined bright just as Nora hit ground.

"AH!" Nora screams as she rises from her bed, startling Steven who was sitting in a chair across from her. The young girl breathes in and out, trying to calm herself; she looked around and realized she was in her bed; she looked out the window and saw it was almost nighttime as the sun was slowly setting.

"Nora!" The multiple, relieved voices of Steven, Jasper, Peridot, Lapis, and Greg shouted as they gather around the girl with hugs.

"Guys, guys. What is all of this?" Nora asked, confused by this show of affection. "Not that I don't mind, but why are you all looking at me like something bad happened to me?"

"Nora, do you remember what happened?" Peridot asks.

"I remember playing a game with Steven. Then I went to go read my book; I felt a little lightheaded and next thing I know, I'm here in bed." Nora's eyes widened as she looks the green Gem in the eye. "Did something happen to me?"

"Nora, you passed out," Steven tells her.

"What!" Nora asked in a panicked tone.

"You didn't just pass out, you were comatose; for about a day and a half." Peridot states.

"Are you serious! What happened?" She asked again in a more panicked tone.

"We don't know," Lapis says. "Steven said you were fine for one moment, then the next thing he knew, you were unconscious."

"It gave us all, quite a scare." Greg states with worry in his tone. "Especially for Steven, he didn't leave your side for nothing."

"I was really worried about you," Steven said with an embarrassed, yet caring blush.

Nora smiles at her brother thankfully, before turning to the rest of the group. "Did I have a bug or something?"

"No, that's just it; you were completely healthy." Peridot states. "There was nothing wrong with you medically to make you faint."

"But I think there is something wrong with me," Nora says.

"What makes you say that?" Jasper asks.

Nora takes a deep breath in, and out. "This is probably going to sound crazy, but on the night before mine and Steven's birthday, I had a strange dream about Connie before we even met her; it's like what I dreamt, came true. And while I was out, I had a bunch of weird dreams again; this time it was about two gigantic women, one was yellow and the other blue; then there was a pink haired woman, and a bunch of strange voices of people I've never met. I don't know if anything I'm saying is even making any sense; you all must think I'm insane."

The Gems all look at each other with different expressions, all having their own idea of what this might be. "No, you're not; I think we might know what this is," Greg speaks up in an assuring tone.

"Greg, are you sure you want to tell them about that?" Lapis asks, determining if Greg is certain of what he wants to tell his children.

"About what?" Both Nora and Steven asked simultaneously.

"We'll tell them together." Greg sincerely says, with Lapis responding with a nod. "They both deserve to know, especially Nora."

"Tell us what?" The twins ask again, with a more pressing tone.

The sibling's father breathes in, and out. "Your mother had the power to see into the future."

"What!" The siblings say with astonishment.

"Sapphire's side of Garnet had a unique gift referred to as future vision; it gave her the ability to see into different futures that could unfold, based on everyday decisions," Lapis adds in. "She described time like a river; it can split into creeks or pools, or even into lakes, or maybe it could careen down waterfalls. All of which lead to different trajectories all with different options."

"What does any of that have to do with me passing out?" Nora questions.

"The amount of concentration Garnet or Sapphire required inorder to maintain focus on their visions was near inhuman." Lapis states. "Your body is still developing both physically and mentally; as your mind is trying to process everything you see, it puts a large strain on your body."

"My headaches…" The young girl quietly says to herself, before speaking up louder. "So, my headaches are because my mind is trying to see into the future?"

"It's our fault," Peridot said aloud. "We should've picked up the connection from when you were younger."

"Don't be hard on yourselves, none of us knew." Nora tries reassuring the Gems. "But now that you mention the whole future vision thing…"

"What is it?" Steven asks.

"While I was out, I had one heck of a nightmare. But I think it might've been a vision or visions to be exact."

"What kind of visions? If you don't mind us asking." Jasper asks.

Nora closed her eyes, trying her hardest to recall everything she just experienced; the voices she heard, the images she saw. "There was a red sphere like object, it kind of looked like a giant eye. I saw you, Jasper, fighting a pink haired woman. Two gigantic women; one was yellow and the other was blue. There was this weird, diamond symbol I've never seen. And… I saw Mom." Nora paused for a moment. "But that one should be impossible, there is no way she could be here."

The group remains in silence, processing everything they just heard; their expression held some worrying concern like they knew what Nora was talking about. "We'll investigate them later," Peridot tells her. "But for now, you should get some rest. It sounds like you've been through a lot."

"Trust me when I say; sleep is the last thing I want, Peridot," Nora stated, still a bit shaken from her visions; though she tried her best to hide it from the others.

"You don't need to fall asleep, but you should give yourself some time to recover," Jasper said.

Nora lets out a sigh. "Okay. Doctors' orders." Nora added in lastly, as she made herself comfortable in her bunk.

"You should get some sleep to Steven," Peridot says to the young boy.

"I'm fine Peridot," Steven tells her.

"You didn't sleep at all last night; I can understand why, but that's not good for you."

"But I'm not tired."

"Don't argue with her, Steven." Lapis intervenes. "I know you were worried about Nora, but you can't neglect your own health."

"But…"

"No buts," Greg tells his son. "The Gems and I will stay out here tonight to make sure she's okay."

"Don't worry, brother. Everything will be fine." Nora says from behind him.

"Alright." Steven lets out a defeated sigh as he climbs into his top bunk, making himself comfortable. "Good night guys."

"Good night you two." Greg responds back as he turns off the lights, before lying down on the couch.

Steven was finding it difficult to sleep tonight, his mind was too focused on what happened with Nora and what she had experienced. He tossed and turned in his bunk, but couldn't get comfortable. Steven sat up, rubbed his eyes, and hopped out of bed as quietly as possible; walking down to the kitchen to get a glass of water.

"You can't sleep either?" A still awake Greg asked, with the Gems still in the living room. Lapis was sitting on the couch next to Greg. Peridot sat on a stool across the two of them. While Jasper was leaning her back against the wall with her arms crossed.

Steven turned to his father and guardian. "Is it that obvious?"

"Steven, we know how worried you are about what happened to Nora…" Lapis starts, leaning forward.

"I know what you're going to say Lapis, and it's not just that. If the future visions are going to take a toll on Nora; what if she passes out when she's alone, or outside, or even during a monster attack and we can't get to her in time."

"You know we would never let that happen, right," Jasper spoke up.

"I know… but… I-I just… feel useless." Steven says in a down tone. "Nora is unlocking her powers. She can shoot ice and see the future, and the latter could put her in danger. You guys go on missions outside of Beach City, what if there is a monster attack here, and sis can't use her powers because she went comatose; there would be nothing I could do because I don't have powers. I wouldn't be able to protect her, and it scares me."

Greg takes a deep breath. "Steven, that feeling is completely natural. Ever since I became a father to you and your sister, I've been scared all the time. I'm scared of disappointing the both of you. I'm scared of not being there for when you truly need me. I'm scared of not living up to your mother's expectations of raising you."

The Gems look at the middle-aged human with empathy upon hearing those words, they all shared that same feeling. "Not a day goes by where we wish we could look to Garnet for advice," Peridot adds in with a down tone.

"But." Greg continues. "If there is anything I learned from being with the Gems, from having you and Nora in my life; it's that the future is unpredictable, even for those who can see it; I can't worry about the 'what ifs?' in life. I have faith in myself that I am a good father; I have faith in the Gems that they will always be the best guardians, and that we all are making the right decisions."

Steven stayed silent for a moment, letting the wise words sink into his thoughts. Before Steven could answer, the entire room filled up with a bright, red light. "What… what's happening?"

Lapis quickly stands up from the couch. "It's coming from outside, let's go." Jasper, Peridot, Greg and Steven follow the lead Gem outside of the beach house, where they see a red sphere far off into the sky.

"What the heck is that thing?" Jasper asks aloud.

"You four stay here, I'm going to get a better look," Lapis states as she summons her water wings; flying up into the atmosphere at breakneck speeds until she was far away to the point where no one could see her.

"Guys." A now awake Nora asks, rubbing her eyes as she steps out of the house. "What's going on, why is everything… red?"

Before anyone could answer, Lapis lands in the middle of the group. "Okay guys, I don't know what that thing is; but it's big, entering the atmosphere really fast and is on a collision course with the town."

"What did it look like?" The young girl asked with curiosity.

"It looked like a giant… eye." Lapis said lastly with some realization that this is one of Nora's vision come true.

"Whatever it looks like, we need to take it down," Jasper said turning her attention to Peridot. "Dot, do you still have Rose's cannon in your room?"

"Yes, of course," Peridot said clapping her hands. "I'll be right back."

"Who's Rose?" The twins ask Jasper, as Peridot runs back into the house to the temple door.

"We'll tell you when Beach City isn't about to become a crater," Lapis states, before turning to Jasper. "Go with Peridot, she'll need help pushing it out."

"Right," Jasper says with a nod as she follows the small, green Gem.

Half a minute later, Jasper and Peridot return; carrying a large, pink cannon which was shaped like a blooming rose.

"Set it down carefully," Lapis says as she, Greg and the twins help Jasper and Peridot place the cannon down.

"Okay, so how does this work?" Nora asked.

"The cannon is activated by a password, one your mother and a friend of hers lived by," Lapis said as she properly aimed the cannon. "Alright, Jasper. If you'll do the honors."

Lapis stepped back as the large Quartz took a deep breath, and cleared her throat. "'Fight for life on the planet Earth. Defend all human beings; even the ones that you don't understand. Believe in a love that is out of anyone's control and then risk everything for it!'"

Upon finishing the phrase, the cannon's mouth glows a bright pink as it charges up its energy.

[BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMM!]

The burst of energy from the weapon knocks the group back, as its beam continues traveling up the air, hitting and destroying the 'red eye.'

Lapis extends her arms out, using her water manipulation to form at least a dozen water hands to catch the falling debris, dropping off at the shore. "Well, that settles that."

"So, what do we do with the debris?" Jasper asks.

"Can I keep it Lazuli?" Peridot begs. "Please, I want to know how it works."

"Fine, just make sure it doesn't blow us up," Lapis states in a stern tone.

"Better get to work with moving it," Peridot says as she runs down to the beach, like a little kid running down to the toy aisle of a store.

"Well, I'm going back to bed," Nora says rubbing her forehead, with a yawn.

"Same here." Her father says in agreement.

"Are you coming, Steven?" Nora asks.

"I'll be there soon, you two go ahead."

"Suit yourself," Nora respond as she walks back into the house with Greg and Lapis.

"Hey, Jasper," Steven speaks up to the Quartz.

"Yes, Steven? You have something on your mind?"

"I wanted to ask you tomorrow, but…" Steven stayed silent for a moment, trying to figure out what to say. "Do you think you could train me?"

"Train you?" Jasper asked in confusion.

"Train me on how to unlock my powers." Steven clarifies. "I know you and the others told me not to worry about it; but the 'red eye' shows that whatever Nora is seeing in her visions can come true; I want to help you guys fight the ones that are a danger."

Jasper closed her eyes and cracked a smile, before looking back at the young boy. "You have the same fire as Ruby, you know that. I'll agree to train you if you agree to follow my instructions, no buts. As your first order under my tutelage, you are to get a goodnights sleep; we'll be having a long day tomorrow."

"Yes, ma'am!" Steven enthusiastically says aloud with a salute, as he follows Jasper back inside the house.

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