In Dreams

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Isabella wakes up from a horrible nightmare she kept having. One about her family and friends, a party, and falling into darkness, "What is up with these horrible dreams?"

"WHAT HAVE THEY DONE?!?!" Steven and Peridot could be heard screaming from the boy's room.

Isabella quickly rushed in, "Guys, what's wrong?!"

"What is with this Rodrigo guy?! He has no charisma!" Peridot growls.

"And can we talk about this cinematography?!" Steven adds.

"GAHHHH! They've changed all the characters, and I don't care about any of them!" Peridot leaps up, running into Isabella's arms, "How could they do this to me?! Camp Pining Hearts helped me escape when everything around me was in chaos."

"CPH brought us together." Steven adds, hugging his sister as he tears up.

"Wait, are you talking about the CPH reboot? It didn't seem really appealing to me. The reboots of old cartoons are as good as the original." Isabella says.

"And now...LOOK AT THIS NIGHTMARE!" Peridot gestures to the camera before it starts to show Isabella's dream, "Isabella! You didn't tell me that they cast you!"

"Wow! Sis, you're a movie star?!" Steven watches the television.

"What?! They didn't. Is this...my dream from last night?" Isabella asks as the television changed back to CPH, "Whoa! My powers must be interfering with the TV signal!"

"Steven! Do you know what this means?!"

"My sis has to start wearing a tinfoil hat?"

"NO! It means that if we can put Isabella's dreams on the television, we can reboot the reboot!"

"Reboot the-Peridot, you're a genius!"

"I know."

Isabella sighs, "Well, it might be fun to fix something that isn't the entire universe."

Peridot and Steven hug the woman.

"This is going to be the beginning of Peridot, Steven, and Isabella productions!" the green Gem cheers.

"Yeah!" Steven adds.

...

Steven and Peridot go over some ideas on a whiteboard as Isabella listens.

"So, do you think Jasmine's end game is Khaz or Rodrigo?" Steven asks.

"The writers are clearly trying to railroad us into a "Jasdrigo" partnership, but-" Isabella starts to say.

"Gah! These characters have no chemistry!" Peridot exclaims.

"Just can't get into Rodrigo, can you?" Isabella asks.

The green Gem stomps her foot, "He's SO infuriatingly passive!"

"Hey! Hey! I get that his social anxiety and poutine allergy aren't really connected to the larger story, but maybe if he just had some kind of foil?" Steven suggests.

"A foil. Interesting." Peridot thinks to herself.

"I got it!" Steven exclaims before starting to draw, "A cool, but gothic, artist bestie with a positive attitude and everyone always wants to hang out with her. Despite the blessing and curse of her popularity, she still makes time to help Rodrigo with his confidence to woo Jasmine, her best friend!"

Peridot takes a look at Steven's drawing of a character named, "Isadora", "Bold. I like it! Good work!"

...

Peridot puts a VHS tape in, "...Why are you having her eat right at bedtime?"

"Oh, this chili?" Steven asks as Isabella eats the food, "I read that eating spicy foods before bed makes your dreams super vivid."

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