Chapter Thirteen

Stevonnie helped Mari off lion's back carefully. She was smiling wide and shaking in exhilaration.

"That was kind of awesome." she choked out. Stevonnie laughed a little. It was always fun to take someone on their first trip with lion.

Mari straightened out her cloths before looking up and letting her eyes wonder to the walls and ceilings. It seemed as though she was hypnotized by the designs and ancient drawings that encased them. She took a few steps away from soft lion, who had taken this opportunity to finish his well deserved nap.

She lazily ran a hand over the scriptures on the edges of a glass statue erupting from the ground.

"Were are we?" she asked mesmerized. Stevonnie placed her sword on casually, not nearly as impressed as her friend was.

"Oh, this place?" she replied. She took her attention away from the weapon and walked next to her friend.

"Well Garnet said it was a temple that gems practiced fusing in, but it was just battle fusion.", Stevonnie took a step away from Mari to look into a corner.

"I don't think any of them were like me.", she pulled out Rose's sword and examined it closer. Mari smiled sadly as she ran her hand over the smooth glass.

"That's a shame... you're really wonderful." she said quietly enough that Stevonnie couldn't hear her. There was a click and Mari snapped her head over in Stevonnie's direction.

The fusion stood clutching her bright pink sword while looking into a sudden opening in the wall.

"Strange..." she breathed. She put the sword away and motioned for Mari to fallow. Mari ran over to her friend and stood close to her. She was nearly gripping onto Stevonnie's night gown sleeve.

Slowly they started walking in with Stevonnie leading. It lead into a triangular hallway with only mirrors for walls and flooring. Everything reflected back at each other and made looking a-head very nauseating.

Mari felt like she was going to be sick.

Without warning Stevonnie felt a tug at her sleeve then looked back down at Mari who was shaking with her eyes shut tightly.

"Hey don't worry!" Stevonnie said.

"We're almost at the end!" Stevonnie told her, trying to give her reassurance. Mari nodded back at her, but her breathing was shallow and she turned paler by the second.

Stevonnie panicked and felt Steven and Connie start worrying as well.

'Ohhh no! Why is she freaking out! She wasn't sick a minute ago?!' Steven panicked. He had never dealt with something like this before.

'Steven chill out!' Connie quickly reasoned. She thought it out for a minute before continuing.

'I think she's just having an anxiety attack. That can happen to people who are sensitive to enclosed structures.'

'Well then what do we do?!" Steven asked.

Mari was really close to tears when she felt herself get lifted off the ground. She wanted to look up but her fear and stomach told her that it wasn't good idea to do so.

In mere seconds she heard a familiar click and felt herself get slowly let down. When she opened her eyes she was in a room with a hard rock floor and mirrors only on the walls.

"Here." Stevonnie said as she handed Mari her water bottle. Her eyes held true compassion and genuine worry for her friend. The small girl blushed and took a few sips from the water.

"Thanks." Mari said while looking into the green water bottle.

An: I'm not dead I promise!