The Kindergarten was silent. Dead. Just as grey and dark as it had always been. And yet, Amethyst found herself once again within its eerie cavern walls. She'd fled via warp pad, unsure where she was going. She'd just wanted to be anywhere else, she'd wanted to go... Home?

Jumping down from the warp pad and ran toward her hole. She ran in, almost crawling until the back wall blocked her. There she curled into a ball, teeth grinding and eyes stinging with tears.

Yeah, this was home. Here was safe. The rock and dirt and grey were safe. Here, she'd never met the other Gems. Here, Rose wasn't gone. Here, Pearl wasn't yelling and crying and blaming her.

Nothing changed in the Kindergarten, everything had stayed the same. Everything was uncomplicated, everything hurt less.

You're the one that led him to the temple! You're the reason she's gone!"

No. It wasn't her fault. Amethyst hadn't wanted Rose to disappear. Rose... She'd been warm and loving and kind. She'd felt to Amethyst like what the humans would call a 'mom.'

She wanted Rose back. So much her whole being ached.

Why'd she have to give up her physical form for a stupid human baby?

The baby had done nothing... But Amethyst wanted to blame it. It was easier to blame it. She blamed Rose's stupid fascination and compassion for the earth and its creatures.

Her fist slammed sideways into a wall, a scream tearing itself out of her, launching out of the hole and echoing off the canyon. Why did she leave them? Were they not enough? She couldn't have just stayed with them? Didn't she care about them?

Didn't she care about... her?

"I hate you!" she screamed, and listened as that echoed around outside her hideaway.

No she didn't.

Tears were streaming freely down her face, her breath coming in short gasps as she tried not to full on sob. She could never hate Rose. But in this moment she wanted to. She felt like she was collapsing in on herself.

"Amethyst?"

For a second, Amethyst almost tricked herself into thinking the voice belonged to Rose. But she knew better. Rose's voice was smooth and light. Sapphire's voice was low and calculated and cool.

"What?" she huffed, wiping her eyes roughly, trying to hide the evidence. But her voice was raw and her cheeks were stained.

"It's time to come back."

"And if I say no?"

"Then I guess there is nothing I can do."

Amethyst sniffed, cutting a glance at the blue Gem.

Sapphire took a seat outside the hole, waiting, patient, not saying anything. They sat there in silence for several moments, until finally Amethyst crawled out of the hole and walked right passed the sitting Gem. Sapphire followed.

"It will be okay. Eventually."

Amethyst gritted her teeth as they stepped onto the pad. "Whatever."

Because I can and because I'm a horrible human being. Here's some more sad stuff. ...I guess Crying Breakfast Friends was kind of an inside joke about the show after all. So yeah. Here's this mess. Have fun with it.

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I'm out. Peace.