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Steven watches as Bismuth and Greg try to fix the van after Isabella crashed it. The teen boy heads inside to see Pearl pacing while Isabella was on the couch, trying to keep calm.

"How could this happen? You crashed the van with Steven and Greg inside? You know how fragile Greg is, these pink outbursts of yours are getting out of hand."

"It's not an outburst!" Isabella shouts angrily as she turns pink and swells up. She then stops swelling as she covers her face, but remains pink.

"See? This is exactly what I'm talking about! What's happening to you?"

"Nothing!...It's nothing." Isabella starts to walk off, "I can't believe you told them, Steven."

"Sis, I had to! It was the right thing to-" Steven tries to go after her, but the woman accidentally summoned her force field.

"Isabella! Drop this wall!" Pearl commands.

Isabella gasps, realizing what happened, "Bro, Pearl, I'm sorry. I'm trying. I just...need..." she dissipates her force field as she returns to her normal color, "...some space, okay? I'll be in my room."

Amethyst stops her, "Not so fast, Isa. You gotta tell us what's going on."

Garnet adjusts her visor, "It looks like Isabella is trying to avoid a serious discussion about this all together."

"No! I'm not!" Isabella slams her fist into the stairs, turning pink for a moment and unleashing a room-wrecking shockwave from her rage.

Steven flinches as glass things started to crack, "Sis! Calm down and talk to us!"

"Just chill, Isa!" Amethyst adds.

"Nnghh..."

"We need to do something about this before someone gets hurt!" Pearl told the others.

"NNGGHH..."

"Don't let this power control you. You're better than this." Garnet told the woman.

"NNGGHH...Leave me alone!!!" Isabella shouts loudly, turning pink. She opens her eyes, "Huh?" Steven and the Gems were moving in slow motion, "I'm speeding up again. I gotta get out of here." she runs out of the temple as fast as she can before everything returns to its normal speed.

...

Isabella sits in front of a campfire, "And that's why I can't go back."

"So, what you're saying is; you're here- for a rematch?!" Jasper stands up, ripping off her cloak.

"What? No! I'm telling you why I'm out here in the first place. I think my diamond powers are coming out, I can't control them. I just need to be alone so I don't hurt anyone."

"If you really wanted to be alone, you're doing it wrong." Jasper walks away.

"But, Jasper! This is the last place anyone would look for me." Isabella stands up, following after her, "W-Wait! Don't leave me here." the duo walks further into the woods, "This thing with my powers is a real problem."

"The only problem you have are your friends."

"Huh?"

"Can't you see they're holding you back?"

"What? No. They're-They're just worried about me."

"They're afraid of your power."

"Yeah." Isabella then remembers the dome she made at the Off Color's graduation, the Cactus Isabella incident, the CPH mess, her growing pains, and when she crashed the van with her family inside with her, "Yeah...I-I guess so."

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