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  Rating:
      Explicit
  Archive Warning:
      Graphic_Depictions_Of_Violence, Rape/Non-Con, Underage
  Category:
      Gen
  Fandom:
      Steven_Universe_(Cartoon)
  Character:
      Steven_Universe, Pearl_(Steven_Universe), Amethyst_(Steven_Universe),
      Garnet_(Steven_Universe), Mayor_Bill_Dewey, Zoisite_(Steven_Universe),
      Onyx_(Steven_Universe)
  Series:
      Part 1 of The_Gemstone_Saga
  Stats:
      Published: 2013-12-26 Completed: 2014-04-08 Chapters: 16/16 Words: 9694
****** Magna Clades ******
by ZoisiteMoon
Summary
     A great disaster is coming and it's up to the Crystal Gems to stop
     it. Will they succeed?
***** Chapter 1 *****
"Can you tell me about those, uh, Crystal Gems or whatever they're supposed to
be called?" a teenage Korean girl asked her Caucasian boyfriend like she was
bored out of her mind.
"Well, I don't know very much about 'em, but I think they're from another
dimension." he replied.
As they walked along the dark streets of Beach City, it was raining ever so
slightly. None of them had an umbrella so they were forced to soak this one
out, not that it mattered to the girl. They were touring from another city in
California, so this was all obviously new to them. The girl Seo-yeon was
wanting to look at a house that was about to be torn down and renovate the
whole place, but having to come all this way to do it was tiring her out both
physically and mentally.
"Are you sure these things exist? Are you sure the car wash guy we passed isn't
just spouting nonsense?" black-haired double-bunned Seo-yeon cynically asked.
"Because I'm starting to think everyone's nuts."
"Yeah!" the strawberry-blond boy Raymond replied with confidence. "Why, just
the other night, I saw this woman with a pearl on her forehead produce a spear,
like, out of nowhere! In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if we encountered one
right now!"
At that moment, two cloaked figures landed right in front of the couple. As it
was too dark to see their faces, only white glowing eyes on one and a gray aura
coming from another's forehead could be made out.
"Are-are you Crystal Gems?" Raymond eagerly asked the two incognitos, hoping
the answer would prove his Korean sweetheart wrong.
"Yes." the one with the white glowing eyes answered. "Yes we are. And you must
be humans, am I correct?"
Raymond nodded yes with vigor. Seo-yeon didn't know why, but something felt
wrong.
"Ray?" the girl nervously squeaked out. "I'd back away if I were you."
"Why?" the boy asked out of curiosity. "They're Crystal Gems. I doubt they'd
kill anyone."
"I don't care!" Seo-yeon shouted at him. "They're cloaked figures! Cloaked
people are never-"
Before Seo-yeon could finish her sentence however, the figure with the gray
aura from its forehead unleashed a lightning bolt at the girl and blew her to
smithereens.
"Seo-yeon!" Raymond screamed in agony as he felt himself covered in what was
left of his girlfriend. "Oh my God!" He fell to his knees and blubbered like a
baby. "Why'd you kill her?! I thought you were supposed to be the good guys!"
"Well, you thought wrong." said the figure with the gray aura coming from its
forehead, now revealing itself to be a woman. She turned to the figure with the
white glowing eyes. "Shall I kill this boy too, Zoisite?"
"If you think it'll even out the score..." Zoisite replied. "You may kill him
too. I insist it, Onyx. After all, it'll only serve those stupid humans right."
Raymond felt as though he had been personally insulted upon hearing that,
worsening the pain he felt for his lost lady. Onyx walked over to him and
telekinetically brought him closer. She waited until he was almost up to her
face and then stretched and distorted his neck to the point of ripping apart
the skin and muscles, leaving the vertebrae, trachea and larynx totally
exposed. Zoisite felt a smile creep across his face as he watched Onyx slowly
kill Raymond. When she was certain the boy was totally dead, Onyx dropped him
to the ground like a girl who had grown bored with her ragdoll.
"Well, that was tiring." Onyx sighed. "But what about the other humans?"
"We'll kill them, too." Zoisite responded. "These things are too idiotic to be
living the way they do. I almost find it pathetic that our species is even
breeding with these vermin, creating half-breeds that will surely be the death
of us all, especially one among them."
"I was going to ask: how do you suppose we find this 'half-breed' without being
spotted? Surely, our shapeshifting powers will come in handy."
"Maybe..."
***** Chapter 2 *****
It hadn't been a minute before Pearl found herself looking for Steven once
again.
"Hello?" she called out. Nothing. "C'mon, Steven! This isn't funny."
As if it wasn't stressful enough having to help overlook what was meant to be a
group of humankind's saviors; when it came to looking after a child like
Steven, she felt like she had been burdened with the same fate as Atlas who was
forever doomed to carry the heavens upon his back. It didn't help that he was
the hybrid child of a Crystal Gem, specifically a backup, who had been dead for
years now. She almost gave up the search when she found him upstairs in his
"room."
"There you are!" she cried out in relief before stumbling across the most
embarrassing thing she ever witnessed. "Oh my Goddess!"
Steven had apparently brought in a small wireless TV which was playing a
videotape of the Crystal Gem Queen Diamond's erotic antics that he just
happened to be watching at that moment. The seven-foot-three white-blonde fair-
skinned Crystal Gem had covered her bare breasts with her hands and was rubbing
her back (where her Gem was located) against a metal pole. Jazz music was
playing while she was making guttural moaning sounds and bobbing her head up
and down. Then she abruptly stopped and started talking.
"Oh, yes... we're getting a bit excited, aren't we?" Diamond said, clearly
trying to arouse whoever was watching her. "Now watch this, lover. You must
enjoy it..."
Pearl then screamed, obviously humiliated by walking in on this predicament.
"What's wrong?" Steven asked as he turned around to face her. She simply
ignored him and went over to the VCR.
"Well, for starters, you were watching porn." she answered matter-of-factly as
she was ejecting the tape.
"Awww..." the boy groaned. "It was just starting to get good."
"Well, I'm going to have Garnet burn it later. Anyway, something came up."
"Really? What is it?"
"Well, it seems two people touring from somewhere else were killed the other
night. I don't know why but I have a feeling Zoisite and Onyx have come back."
"Wait, who?"
"Oh, that's right. You've never heard of them, have you?"
Steven shook his head no.
"All right." Pearl sighed, reluctant as she was. "Let me tell you a story.
Zoisite has been a chancellor for several centuries now. He's been passed down
from Queen to Queen every time, and I have no idea why, but for some reason, no
one has seemed to think he can do any wrong. Not even when the Queen Jubilee
died did anyone think he was involved (rumor has it he had her assassinated),
and he's currently 'faithful' to the current Queen Diamond (who, mind you, used
to be one of us); never mind his blatant prejudice against humans and the
Crystal Gem hybrids or, as he likes to call them, 'half-breeds.'"
"What about Onyx?"
"Her? She's one of Zoisite's cronies. And I'm just going to leave it at that."
"Why?"
"To spare myself the pain of having ever known her."
******
Meanwhile...
Onyx had uncloaked herself, revealing a somewhat built body with coal-black
skin, a doll-like face, a dark brown mohawk swept to the side, and pomegranate
red eyes. Zoisite still concealed himself, however, save for his white glowing
eyes. They sat atop a cedar tree which overlooked the Crystal HQ and kept
lookout for anyone exiting the building.
"Do you see anyone?" Onyx asked anxiously.
"Not really." Zoisite replied. He then muttered, "Where is that goddessdamn
half-breed? He should be getting out there by now. If I see that boy, I want to
show him how I feel about his kind."
"'Kay. Suit yourself, sir."
"Certainly. I'll chase him 'round the Rocky Heavens and through the Underworld
before I give him up."
Suddenly, the door began to open. Zoisite eagerly leaned closer onto the edge.
"There he is." he whispered. "There he is. Aha..."
The door swung open at last, only to reveal Pearl going out.
"Agh!" Zoisite groaned in frustration. "I don't think he'll be coming out now.
Any ideas on what I should do to kill time, Onyx?"
"Perhaps we should kill some more humans. That should get his attention
eventually." she suggested.
Zoisite sported a Cheshire Cat smile that spread ear to ear.
***** Chapter 3 *****
The first thing Zoisite and Onyx did that night, after they schemed of a way to
draw the 'half-breed's' attention, was escape to town and wait for the
opportunity to strike at their next victim. It was a frightfully pleasant night
tonight and the still-cloaked Crystal Gem with the white glowing eyes didn't
want it to go to waste.
"If we are to attack in such a way that someone will notice, we must do
something drastic," Zoisite suggested to his coal-black accomplice.
"Like what?" Onyx asked curiously.
"Like turning ourselves into sentient goop, that's what," he responded
boisterously. "Or did you forget we were capable of doing such a thing?"
"Well, I..."
"Oh, Onyx. Everyone with a goddessdamn brain knows that living slime that can
liquefy any sort of flesh- including humans' -is the hardest form to shapeshift
into. Of course, this shouldn't be a problem since I've been alive for so many
centuries that changing form comes as easily as farting."
"So you're saying you alone should go around liquefying people while I just
stand by the sidelines?"
"Yes. It only feels like the logical plan to go through with."
"But what about me? What do you want me to do in the meantime?"
"Try to track down someone the half-breed might know."
"Like at his school or what?"
"Yes."
Onyx sighed in defeat and ran off to find some potential hostages. Meanwhile,
Zoisite began the transformation process. His skin slowly drooped and stretched
and started to feel slick and cool like Jello; the rest of his body dissolved
and merged itself with his now jellified skin while his cloak fell to the
ground. By the time he was finished, he had become a towering monster of
nothing but snow-white plasma with his white glowing gem eyes being the only
things to stand out. He had no mouth, but he was still capable of thinking
complex matters and whatnot. He had no arms, but what did it matter? He didn't
need them when he was like this.
He slithered along the streets while he thought of who he should kill in this
form. Along the way, he eyed many of the people that filled him with disgust
and contempt. He suddenly found his thoughts interrupted by a mayoral re-
election campaign occurring right up ahead.
Ah... he mused. Mayor Dewey, will you be the first to go tonight?
He slithered further until he got near the stage where the man was making his
speech. He then leapt up and attacked him in the front.
"Oh my God!" someone shouted in the crowd.
Soon, everyone was screaming as Zoisite proceeded to turn every organ in his
victim's body into juice. Blood, bone marrow, and stomach acid seeped from the
forming holes and splashed downward onto the stage floor and the earth beneath
it. Mayor Dewey tried to scream for help but he found his larynx melted into
juice, as did the muscles and skin that concealed its presence. Soon, every
vital organ lost its shape and he was reduced to a giant pool of water, blood,
bone marrow, stomach acid, semen, fecal matter, urine and every other liquid
chemical conceivable.
This is a fine mess I've made. Zoisite impishly thought to himself as he looked
over his work. But it didn't satisfy me for some reason. Hmm...
He slithered back down to the ground and proceeded to attack everyone else. It
was hard to tell just by looking at him, but he was having a great time. After
he finished his work, he felt like a great weight had been lifted from his
chest.
Now then. Goddess knows how long Onyx is going to take... he feverishly thought
once again.
He then moved out towards where the nearest broadcasting station was.
***** Chapter 4 *****
By the time Garnet and Amethyst had come back to the Crystal Temple, it was
almost midnight and Pearl was found asleep on the couch, sprawling her body
throughout.
"Hey! Pearl!" Amethyst squealed. "Wake up!"
"Huh? Wha?" Pearl uttered as she came to before shortly rolling over and
falling onto the floor. "Garnet? Amethyst? When did you get back? Where have
you been?"
"We just got here." Garnet replied without any emotion at all, as was par for
the course.
"Well, we were just going to get more groceries, but we heard Zoisite and Onyx
just came over here and started slaughtering people." Amethyst said. "You
should probably turn on the TV."
"Why?" Pearl asked suspiciously.
"Just turn it on." Garnet responded again.
Pearl did as told, and sure enough something was playing. It was a blank screen
with the words "PLEASE STAND BY" embossed with a crimson color.
"And now a message from Zoisite..." a disembodied voice was saying as the
screen was being suspended.
The screen then switched over to a shot of a cloaked figure with two tiny white
auras where his eyes were. He stood in front of some technical equipment and a
few of the broadcasting staff's remains that were scattered all around the
room.
"Greetings." the cloaked figure's honeyed voice spoke out. "I am Zoisite. You
may have noticed some puddles on the ground that were once your friends while
you were walking along. Well, I'm here to tell you that you best prepare
yourself for I shall go right ahead and kill all your people. And here's
something for you, too: I am one of the only Crystal Gems powerful enough to
strip others of their powers."
"He's bluffing!" Pearl gasped as she watched him. "He can't be that powerful,
can he?"
"And for those of you who don't think I'm that powerful..." Zoisite continued.
"...just look at what I'd done to Peridot, Turquoise, Black Spinel, Sapphire,
and the lovely Ruby."
He provided footage of himself, still cloaked and everything, lining up the
Crystal Gems he had mentioned against a wall, where he had "violated" them by
slapping his palm against their faces, one at a time, and using his own powers
to suck up theirs like a vacuum.
Peridot was a slightly muscular chartreuse-hued woman who was almost six feet
tall and had straight waist-length hair. She had identically-colored gems
located on both of her wrists that would summon a double-ended mace by way of
tranquil fury. She was the first to undergo Zoisite's method of torture; she
was also the first to be killed on the spot.
Turquoise was a slender, cyan-hued girl (about the same age as Amethyst) who
was around 5'4" and had wavy shoulder-length hair. Her gems happened to be
located on the points of her hips that would summon clones via mental
isolation. After she had had her powers removed, she was next to be axed.
Black Spinel was petite but curved and the color of eigengrau. Her hair was
short to the point of nonexistence and yet it appeared to have been covered in
little waves of spikes. Her gem was actually her entire body and thus she was
able to induce her visibility or otherwise every time she was frightened. As
she was being relieved of her powers, she felt herself weakening and she
eventually collapsed to the ground after it was over with. She was pronounced
dead right there by Zoisite himself.
Sapphire was the last to go. He was a devilishly handsome deep blue-hued lad.
He was approximately 5'3" and had styled his hair into a pompadour. His gem was
located around the area of his shoulder blades; these summoned wings whenever
he felt any sort of pleasure in general. As soon as Zoisite had stripped
Sapphire of his powers, his victim found himself beaten to death as though he
were a punching bag.
Ruby was left; she was spared from certain death after her powers had been
lost. She was hot pink, curved, and petite. Her hair was curled and yet was
somewhat messy; a fancy hat with identical coloring accessorized her quite
well. Her gems were located between her knuckles and summoned cherry bombs with
tranquil fury as well.
"I plan to do your Gems next." Zoisite resumed after he had shown the footage.
"This way, I can be certain that I will go about uninterrupted. And for a
certain half-breed out there who might be listening, I have only this to say:
stand down. No one's had the audacity to stop me before. If you do not, I shall
suck out what little power you had to begin with. That is all."
The screen switched back to the same blank screen with the words "PLEASE STAND
BY" on it. Steven had come from downstairs after Zoisite had shown himself
murdering the Gems on-screen and just happened to hear Zoisite talking after
that.
"You don't think he was referring to me, do you?" the kid asked.
Oh dear... Pearl thought uncertainly. She spoke aloud, "I think we might need
to get help."
"You mean like backup?" Steven asked.
"Yes."
"From where?"
"You'll have to come with us."
***** Chapter 5 *****
Steven and the Crystal Gems had teleported to the Mineralis Dimension where the
olden Chalcopyrite Queendom, which had been named for its very first ruler, was
located. Along the way, Pearl observed the many flora and fauna that resided
here and even some old architecture that seemed inspired by ancient Greco-Roman
times. It had been a long while since the Crystal Gems were last here; they had
been driven out to Earth several centuries ago when the Mineralis Dimension
underwent catastrophic climate changes and was thought to be dying.
"So, wait. Who are we going to, exactly?" Steven asked curiously.
"As I said, we're getting backup for when we go up against Zoisite." Pearl
replied. "We just have to get Aquamarine out of her quarantine cube first."
"Aquamarine?" Steven asked once again, confused.
"She was also one of us." Garnet answered before Pearl had the chance. "She
happened to be carrying a disease when we found out your mother was pregnant.
We didn't tell Aquamarine about that because we were worried she'd kill you in
the womb. So we sent her back here, about fifty-five miles from where we are."
"Fifty-five miles?!" Amethyst asked out of shock. "Do you really think we'd get
there on time?"
"Let's hope so." Pearl responded. "Keep moving."
*****************
About fifty-three miles later...
The gang had finally reached the quarantine cube: it was a clear crystal cube
deeply rooted into the ground where all the sick were transported lest they
would kill others. For some reason, however, their old pal Aquamarine wasn't
there.
"I could've sworn we sent her here." Pearl said, dumbfounded by this.
"Maybe she got out when she felt better." Amethyst shrugged.
"Well, we better find her." Garnet stated. "Only Goddess knows how much more
time we've got before Zoisite gets to us."
So they kept walking, hoping they'd be able to find her soon.
***** Chapter 6 *****
Meanwhile on Earth...
It was about three-twelve in the morning when Zoisite had once again taken the
form of the liquefying white slime monster that killed the mayor and at least
forty-five citizens. He moved glacially about the town when he suddenly stopped
upon Onyx. To say he was relieved to see her again would've been an
understatement.
Onyx, did you find anyone the half-breed might be associated with? Zoisite
telepathically asked in an anxious and eager manner.
"Yes, sir." she replied confidently. "I believe I heard a kid with blond
dreadlocks mention something about Steven. I think he works at that fry place."
Ah. Now that is interesting. Zoisite remarked. How about you try luring the
half-breed's father and that girl Connie in there while you're at it?
"Will do, sir."
Thank you. Now go!
Onyx did as she was told while Zoisite went on his way to where the mascot
Frybo once came out and displayed himself.
Heh heh heh. Zoisite giggled to himself as he edged closer. I've got to do this
now. There shan't be a moment wasted here!
He finally reached the place. It was perfect; no one was inside working or
otherwise. He suddenly stopped when he saw a woman with cafe au lait skin,
folded eyelids and dirty blonde hair trying to enter the building. He watched
her silently as she fumbled with the keys for a bit before eventually finding
the right one and unlocking the front door.
Hmph. Stupid woman. Zoisite thought in contempt. I'm afraid you'll have to die
now.
It took only a glance to the side and about two-and-a-half seconds for the lady
to catch onto the snow-white blob getting ready to pounce on her. She rushed
inside and hid behind the counter.
"Stay away!" she yelled in a thick Colombian accent. "You don't know who you're
dealing with!"
Nice and good. the blob thought in delight. This should take no time at all.
But before he could act, the lady produced a wooden broom from the floor. She
started to whack it against the monster, all while he was melting away the
straw and much of the wood.
"I'm going to keel you or my name isn't Cinnamon Rivera Fryman!" she roared.
"And it won't be for long!"
Good job revealing yourself as a Fryman, you female dog. Zoisite thought
mischievously.
At that moment, the same blond boy Onyx had mentioned earlier burst in to see
Cinnamon fighting the monster.
"Oh, Peedee!" Cinnamon cried. "Thank goodness you're here! Could you help Mommy
with this?"
However, Peedee was so scared of the blob that he pissed himself. His mother
rolled her eyes and continued to fight. But her confidence during all this was
short-lived, for Zoisite had now eaten the broom to near-nonexistence and had
moved on to one of her arms. Cinnamon screamed in agony as she attempted to
pull away, only to find that the blob was latching on more and more with each
tug she gave. It was then that Peedee had an idea: why not use the deep-fryers?
"What are you doing?" Cinnamon hysterically asked as she saw Peedee head over
to the deep-fryers. "You're not going to use them on me, are you?"
But the boy ignored his mother and splashed the grease over her and at the
blob.
Agh! Damn you, child! Zoisite thought as he flinched from the pain. That hurt!
When he let go, Cinnamon was horrified to find that much of her arm was now
just a puddle underneath what was left. She did her best to repress any
expression of pain she might've had and ran out to get help.
"Cinnamon! Wait!" Peedee called out. "Don't leave me here!"
His plea fell on deaf ears.
***** Chapter 7 *****
Back at the Mineralis Dimension...
The Crystal Gems finally found Aquamarine inside an abandoned tavern about ten
miles from the quarantine cube. There she was, sitting on one of the bar stools
while talking to what was a vast amount of emptiness.
Aquamarine appeared to be a year older than Steven and thus appeared to have
hit puberty; she was also a bit taller than him. She was a sky blue hue and her
gems happened to be her entire arms. Her hair reached the middle of her back
and two vertical oval buns stuck out from the sides of her head. Judging from
the face, she seemed tired and a bit inebriated.
"Hi, guys..." Aquamarine slurred as she turned her head to face them. "I
haven't seen ya in a while..."
"What'd I tell ya?" Amethyst said after turning to face the rest of the gang.
"Aqua, never do that again." Pearl sighed. "I was almost sure you were dead."
"And I was almost sure I'd never see you again." Aquamarine retorted. "After a
while, I was getting lonely in there."
Suddenly, she seemed to looking for something besides the gang.
"What is it?" Amethyst asked out of curiosity.
"Where's Rose?" Aquamarine answered with another question. "I thought she was
with you guys."
Pearl caught on quickly. "Uh, yeah, about that..."
"What are you trying to say?"
"Steven, show her your gem."
"W-why?" Steven asked worriedly.
"Are you implying that this kid is...?" Aquamarine was asking once more.
"Yes." Garnet answered.
"WHAT?!" Aquamarine screamed. "Rose was with child and you didn't tell me?!"
"We had a good reason for it..."
"The least you could've done was hint at it!"
"Well, let's put it to rest for now." Garnet said. "We need to find the others
so we can stop Zoisite from committing genocide."
Aquamarine leaned closer, intrigued by that last part. "Zoisite's on Earth
killing the humans?" she asked, oddly titilated.
"Yes." Pearl replied. "He's killed at least forty-six people so far, and I
think he's already killing more people as we speak."
"Well, come on!" Aquamarine shouted. "Let's go!"
***** Chapter 8 *****
Back on Earth...
Zoisite, now back to his regular form, had backed the girl Connie into a corner
in the fry place's freezer. The door was locked behind them, and only a
singular window allowed Peedee, Cinnamon, and her soon-to-be ex-husband to peek
inside. Unfortunately, they were powerless to step in.
"So you want to take me down, huh, missy?" Zoisite asked, a menacing grin
plastered on his face. "Well, I'm going to start this off on a good note."
"If you think you're going to hurt me or anyone else..." Connie began to say.
"...you better think again."
"Ooh, how intimidating that sounds!" Zoisite mocked scornfully. "Too bad it
shall be I who takes you down."
"Oh, really?" Connie produced a book that she happened to have with her from
her overalls and threw it at his head. "I've got more where that came from."
But before she could produce yet another book to throw at him, he grabbed ahold
of the girl and started ripping her clothes off in sadistic glee. Peedee and
his parents could only watch in horror and disbelief as Zoisite prepared to
have his way with her.
"Oh Lord!" Cinnamon cried out. "What's he doing with her?!"
"He wouldn't..." Peedee said out of desperation, sotto voce. "Not Connie... not
her..."
It brought unmaterialized tears to the spectators' eyes as Zoisite proceeded to
violate his victim in the most vicious and brutal way he was familiar with:
non-consensual intercourse. The aggressor grunted rhythmically to his thrusts
while the girl Connie whined and sobbed softly at the penetration. Peedee
suddenly felt the urge to vomit and then did so, obscuring everyone else's view
of the act in the process.
This will certainly be a day that I won't rue. Zoisite thought as he continued
to have his way with Connie. I only wish her father could be right here to see
my point.
Finally, it was over. Zoisite suddenly stopped what he was doing and left his
victim, practically naked and crying, on the floor to walk over to the freezer
door's window.
"You saw that, right?" he asked one of the observers, darting his eyes to the
broken girl.
"Who, me?" Mr. Fryman pointed to himself to be sure.
"Yes, you!" Zoisite snapped at him, his words almost coming from the back of
his throat. "Who else?!" One of his white gem eyes twitched slightly.
Cinnamon wasn't sure what to do next; it certainly didn't involve losing
another arm nor did it involve helping her husband and the father of her three
children right now. She stepped back and let her husband take the fall. Zoisite
waited for the older Fryman to speak, but when there was only silence between
the two of them, he lost patience. His eyes started glowing as brightly as they
could and expelled lasers that broke through the glass and hit their target.
"Mi amor!" Cinnamon cried.
"Oh, goddessdamn it!" Zoisite cried out crossly. "I shouldn't have to deal with
this insipid nonsense! Where's Onyx?! She should be done right now!"
"Uh..." the part-black, part-Hispanic, part-Asian woman was at a loss for
words. She regained her train of thought soon afterward and asked, "Onyx? She
follows you around, yes?"
"Yes."
"Maybe I can get her for you."
"I'm not trusting you out of here! The moment you run for the door, you're
going to call for help and get me in trouble."
"No, no. I-I-I'm not going to do that. I won't tell."
"Are you absolutely sure?"
"Do cats sleep like the dead?"
Zoisite sighed, "Just go, then. Onyx shouldn't be that hard to find."
************
Meanwhile in the Mineralis Dimension...
While Aquamarine was glad to be with the old gang again, she couldn't help but
miss the good ol' days when Rose was alive. But she didn't have time to think
about what could've been. They had work to do, and it started with gathering up
more of the Gems. They still had to find Tanzanite, Jade, Zirconia, Fluorite,
Orange Topaz (Topaz for short; her mother, a former priestess, had that name as
well), and Chalcanthite. Then there was meeting up with the Queen Diamond. Yep,
this was going to be a long day. There was no use doubting it.
"Just hold on." was the only thing Garnet said to Aquamarine when she sensed
her uneasiness.
***** Chapter 9 *****
Aquamarine didn't know why, but for some reason, she seemed nervous and on
edge. It was hard enough trying to adjust to life without Rose, but how would
the other Gems who had left the Temple years ago react to Steven now? She tried
not to dwell on these matters, but it was all too much. The last time they had
all been together was just before Steven was born, but when he came and Rose's
physical form was lost, only Pearl and Garnet and Amethyst were left in the
Temple to look after him.
"You see anything?" the sky-blue-hued girl asked Garnet anxiously. "Where are
we going anyway?"
"If I remember correctly, Tanzanite said she was going to take the rest of the
crew back with her to her old home." the stoic Gem replied.
"You mean like in the Beryllium township?" Aquamarine promptly guessed.
"Somewhere around that area."
"Well, can we get there quickly? I'm not sure we have a lot of time left."
Pearl was confused by that last statement. "What do you mean you're not sure?"
she asked.
"Well, a Gem year equals a hundred Earth years, right?" Aquamarine asked
uncertainly.
"Yes." Pearl answered.
"So if a day on Earth equates to twenty-four hours and a day here equates to
about a hundred Earth days, therefore making it twenty-four hundred hours, how
much time d'ya suppose we got left, huh?" Aquamarine retorted. "Not a lot?"
"Well..."
"Exactly. So we got to get moving."
**********************
Several miles later...
They finally made it into the Beryllium township where Tanzanite's former home
was. Right in front of them was a domed marble building adorned with fresco
paintings of several multicolored women in headdresses and flowing robes (these
were supposed to represent the priestesses) and a carving that had been
deciphered as being Latin for "What you have, we shall share it together."
"Just go up there and ask to enter." Pearl told Aquamarine in an imperative
tone. "It's always been Tanzanite's number-one rule."
Aquamarine made an eye-roll so subtle that no one could detect it; after her
little stint, she did as was instructed of her and waited for a response.
"Well?" Amethyst asked anxiously.
"Hold on a second, lady." Aquamarine replied. "It's only been a minute, so
there's no need to-"
She was interrupted when the marble building's doors opened up and revealed a
fair-skinned madame with crystal-blue eyes, blue-gradiented hair, and sporting
a violet-hued Victorian outfit. She was followed by a slightly built green-hued
female with a star-shaped scar on her right cheek, a strikingly beautiful
short-haired pale blonde woman with a white gem on her chest, a petite bluish-
black-hued girl with puffed-up hair and a wild look in her eyes, another girl
who appeared to be four years old and was orange-hued (excluding the hair,
which was rose-colored for some reason), and lastly an electric blue-hued woman
with curves.
"Aquamarine? Is that you?" the blue-gradiented-haired madame Tanzanite asked
Aquamarine. "When did you get better?"
"Yeah." Aquamarine replied. "I've been out of the quarantine cube for a while.
Hey, did you know that-?"
"That's all I need to hear." Tanzanite interrupted calmly. She craned her neck
to see Steven behind the girl and addressed him as such. "My Goddess, you've
grown so much!"
It only took a moment for the blonde Zirconia to notice the prepubescent boy
right there before she started panicking.
"Zirconia?" Aquamarine asked out of concern. "What's wrong?"
"Everything's coming back to me!" Zirconia screamed. "Please! Get him away! I
don't want to think about it!" She then started to foam at the mouth.
"About what?"
"What happened that night! When I lost Rose, I lost everything! It's he who
represents what went wrong!"
"Look, I miss her too, but I don't know if tantrums are gonna help ya much."
"But you don't understand: I was supposed to be her best friend. It was always
like that, but when she fell in love with him, well..." Zirconia felt herself
choking up and struggling to find her train of thought again. "...ugh. You'll
understand when you've grown so attached to someone that you don't want to let
go."
"What's this all about?" Steven couldn't help but ask Pearl, sotto voce.
"Oh, yes. I forgot to mention." Pearl started speaking. "Zirconia hates you and
your father because she thinks both of you drove a wedge between her and your
mother."
"How could she hate me?"
"Well, let me put it this way: Zirconia loved her just as much as we did, but I
think there was much more to their friendship than just... well, friendship.
But that'll be for another time."
"Jade, would you and the others mind inviting our guests in?" Tanzanite asked
the barely husky green-hued gladiatoress. Jade caught wind of what had been
asked and turned to face her Victorian-dressed friend.
"Certainly, madam." Jade replied in a subdued manner while she had the mostly
orange-hued Topaz on her shoulder.
Fluorite the petite bluish-black girl and the curved electric blue Chalcanthite
appeared to have been bored out of their minds and yet so engrossed in what was
going on. They and the other women let their guests inside.
***** Chapter 10 *****
"So you're saying... we should all get back together because Zoisite is on a
genocidal rampage?" Jade was asking while slightly miffed.
"Well, not only that, but you remember what happened to Sapphire, Black Spinel,
Turquoise, Ruby and Peridot." Pearl responded. "Oh Goddess, it felt awful just
having to watch him strip them of their dignity like that!"
"Orgh!" Jade grunted in frustration as a painful memory of Sapphire's fate came
to her. "Of course I do. I shall never forget what happened to him, my poor
Sapphire. I wish we'd done more to save them."
"So do I." Tanzanite spoke up. "But we can't just sulk over our lost Gems.
Death has never been fair, but we must move on with our lives..." She stifled a
cry that was emerging from her throat. "...even if it takes a millenium."
Fluorite jumped up on the sedan-chair where Tanzanite sat. As she did so, she
almost fell over and took Chalcanthite with her, for she was clutching one of
her legs. It took a moment for the curved electric-blue woman to notice and she
shook the wild child off.
"Jeez, Fluorite." Chalcanthite snickered. "If you wanted Tanzanite's attention
that badly, maybe you should've had a bit more subtlety than jumping on her
lap."
"Daww, shaddup, Chalcan!" Fluorite laughed madly. "Ya know I've never been good
at being subtle or anything! I want to show off, be crazy!"
"Whatever." the curved blue gem murmured. She then diverted her attention to
Pearl. "Ahem, you were saying?"
The milk-white-skinned Gem was momentarily caught off-guard by Chalcanthite's
remark. After a brief pause, she replied, "Oh, yes. We've got to stop Zoisite
before he drives all of humanity to extinction! First off, we need to report
this to Diamond. Then we have to go back to Earth to confront him."
"Do you have any idea if this'll work?" Tanzanite asked uncertainly.
"It has to, Tanzanite!"
"And suppose it doesn't?"
"Then we will have died as martyrs."
"'Martyr' doesn't really sound like a good title for a Gem, my girl. It never
has. Now 'savior' is more fitting."
At that, Aquamarine laughed, "Ha! Good one, Tanzie!"
****************
Meanwhile on Earth...
The one-armed Cinnamon ran out of her husband's fast-food place and hurried
toward the nearest place she could get to before she lost enough blood to
faint. When she came to after a few minutes, she looked up to see an old friend
of hers: a Japanese-descent woman named Himika Suzumiya, who was another
candidate for mayor and the mother of four children, including Steven's
precocious crush, the material-obsessed Rumiko.
"Cinnamon?" Himika asked, caught off-guard by the missus's sudden appearance.
"Is that you? Where's your arm?"
"Help me, Himika!" Cinnamon cried out in desperation. "Help me! The white blob
from last night attacked me and my family! It's the same one that killed the
mayor!"
"My God... that sounds awful. You say it killed my husband?"
"Mm-hmm." Cinnamon was visibly trembling out of fear. "And the blob morphed
into this guy with gems for eyes and it just raped Connie!"
After hearing that last part about Connie, Himika started fuming and said
rather quietly, almost serenely, "We must inform the police of this."
"Please don't!" Cinnamon pleaded again. "He'll kill us if we do that!"
"Who's 'he?'" Himika questioned in suspicion.
"That gem-eyed guy!"
"So? We've got to do something! C'mon!" Himika helped Cinnamon up off the
ground and they ran off to find help.
***** Chapter 11 *****
After all the grueling travel they had to endure in the Mineralis Dimension and
the tedious teleportation technique for getting back to Earth, the Gems had
finally decided that they were ready to take on Zoisite before he unleashed any
more slaughtering upon the humans. They had just confronted him back inside the
Fry Shop, but not before the antagonistic Gem revealed himself in front of his
opponents.
Zoisite was pure white, just like he had been when he was a blob, and his gem
eyes were now glowing brighter than ever. His hair was silky and shorn, his
facial features gave him a resemblance of the half-divine Aeneas, and he had
razor-sharp teeth. He was unbelievably slender to the point of borderline
absurdity (not even Pearl had an easy time of believing it) and he was dressed
in a military uniform that was also white, but decorated with gold thread and
red ribbons and a silver star medallion on his sternum.
"Poor, unfortunate souls..." Zoisite spoke suavely to them after his big
reveal. "...you have no one to help you but yourselves. Do you really think it
matters in the end who I can take down?" He let out an impish chuckle. "Of
course not. Because no matter what, you're going to protect those dirty,
wretched humans who haven't any brains to distinguish what is pure and sacred
and what isn't. A human's life is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and
fury, signifying..."
He leaned over to the 'half-breed' boy Steven and whispered, no, almost mouthed
with a rather sinister inflection, "...nothing."
Aquamarine, who had been nearby, could almost feel a chill go down her spine.
She had only known the boy for almost an hour, but she already knew how much of
a threat the Chalcopyrite chancellor would be if they didn't stop him. While
the cyan-hued girl backed away, Onyx suddenly emerged from the outside and took
her place behind Zoisite.
"There you are!" the Gem Zoisite yelled out of impatience when he turned his
head to face her. "Did you happen to spot the human woman Cinnamon while you
were going after the half-breed's father?"
Onyx initially seemed confused by his question, but she answered, "I don't know
what you're talking about."
"The human woman Cinnamon Rivera Fryman said she would find you for me."
Zoisite clarified for his minion. "Did you bump into her at any point?"
"I did not see her." Onyx bluntly stated. "Besides, how could I? The
goddessdamn hippie rammed me into a wall with his van..." Zoisite appeared
rather shocked by what he was hearing. "...while I was slime."
It was only the first thing the dark gray-hued Gem had said that got Zoisite
fuming.
"Ugh!" he groaned aloud. "I knew I shouldn't have let her out of my sight! I
knew she'd do this!"
"Aw, shaddup and go back to the Underworld!" Fluorite shouted within hearing-
range before picking up a salt shaker and throwing it at his head.
The salt shaker only scarely went as far as near his face before his gem eyes
shot lasers at the thing and vaporized it.
"That was pointless and annoying." he spoke sardonically after that moment.
"Now then..." He grinned like the Cheshire Cat and inhaled sharply through his
nostrils. "...are you ready?"
***** Chapter 12 *****
"On your mark..." Zoisite now began. "...get set...GO!"
Possibly out of courtesy, the Chalcopyrite chancellor allowed one of his
opponents Pearl to go first. She produced her signature glaive from the gem on
her forehead and thrust it forward. Zoisite moved out of the way and the thrown
glaive dug into the wall behind his original spot. He then grabbed the spear
and threw it, impaling Chalcanthite through her shoulder!
"Oh my Goddess!" Aquamarine yelped. "Chalcan!"
"Hey, don't worry!" Chalcanthite managed to assure Aquamarine. "I've got this!"
Chalcanthite gently pulled the glaive out of her shoulder with just a single
hand before throwing it toward Zoisite again. This time, it just barely missed
him and he found himself bleeding from a paper-thin cut on his arm, which was
exposed beneath the ripped sleeve of his uniform. He softly winced from the
pain, even more so when he saw the icy blue blood seeping from the wound.
"Oh ho ho ho..." he giggled snidely once he got over the ache. "Is this how you
want to play things? Well, then..."
His gem eyes started glowing again, and just like before, they brought forth
lasers that made a direct hit at Chalcanthite's throat gem. Not long after, it
cracked and shattered to pieces on the floor. The electric blue woman at first
only seemed to have flinched from the lasers themselves, until she realized
that she couldn't feel the gem in her neck. Just to make sure, she placed her
hand on the base of the neck and felt something wet in the hole where her gem
once was. She then looked down in horror to find that her entire palm was
covered in indigo blood. And it was just at that moment too that she fell over
dead instantly.
"No!" Fluorite dramatically shouted. "Not Chalcanthite! Why her?"
"Well, she did bring this upon herself..." Zoisite smugly answered. "Did you
really need to hear that sort of response?"
Fluorite was now fuming beyond her control, furrowing an eyebrow as she did so.
She rushed forward and activated the gems that were located on the soles of her
feet. These gems produced power boots that could make the ground quake whenever
she landed. Thrusting her left foot forward while flying through the air, she
aimed for the antagonistic Gem's face only to miss him by several inches (he
managed to get himself out of the way before her boot collided with his
forehead) and instead make contact with the same wall where Pearl's glaive had
originally gone. Aside from making a "SHAFA-KOOM!" sound, the impact had
shattered every single bone in her left foot and thus left her in an
insufferable amount of agony.
"Too slow," Zoisite sadistically chortled as he looked down and watched
Fluorite cringe in pain. He then moved on to his remaining opponents to ask
them, "Would anyone else like to have a go?"
Topaz was clearly trembling from what she had just witnessed and from what she
had heard. She shook her head no. Now Aquamarine was raring to have a go at
him, even if she hadn't an iota how to summon her weapons yet. The sky blue-
hued Gem was about to step up and punch the guy in the chest, when she felt a
pair of arms try to drag her back and restrain her.
"It's too risky, Aqua." Tanzanite was saying as the nearly-adolescent girl
struggled to break free. "He'll blow off your arms before you'll even leave a
mark on him."
"Let...me...GO!" Aquamarine shouted as loud as she could. "I'm gonna kill ya,
Zoisite! I'm gonna do it!"
While Tanzanite was doing her best to contain the almost-teenage daredevil,
Zirconia saw it as an opportunity to step up and confront her former friend and
boss for the first time since she had been stripped of a malicious artifact's
immense powers millennia ago.
"Hold it!" Garnet suddenly shouted. Zirconia whipped her head around to take a
good look at the dark reddish-pink Gem.
"What?" the blonde Gem asked irritably.
"Are you sure you want to confront him again?" Garnet asked with no change in
facial expression but a bit of fear in her voice.
With confidence, Zirconia nodded yes and stepped right in front of Zoisite who
was more eager than to start attacking his next victim.
***** Chapter 13 *****
Zirconia stepped up to where she could make uncomfortably close eye contact
with Zoisite. Garnet stood her ground but made sure to prepare for anything
that could go awry or worse. As for the rest of the Gems, they decided they
were going to help anyway since they knew it had been a mistake to try and
attack separately earlier.
"Okay then, Zirconia." Zoisite goaded the blonde Gem on. "Hit me with your best
shot."
Zirconia accepted his offer and shoved her foot up Zoisite's crotch, sending
him halfway through the ceiling where he shortly became stationary.
"Hey!" he squealed. "That's not at all what I meant! Onyx, get me down! NOW!"
Onyx heard what he had said and used her telekinesis to accomplish the deed of
setting him back on the ground. With Zoisite now firmly standing on solid
earth, he could get back to business. He prepared to pounce on Zirconia when a
whip with tiny purple jagged crystal sticking out tangled itself around his
neck. Zoisite suddenly felt himself suffocating; worse, the jagged crystals
were digging into his neck and severing the many blood vessels inside. He
correctly assumed it was Amethyst who had made her move when given the chance.
He struggled to break himself free from the whip's hold, but it only tightened
the grip around his neck and he could hardly focus on anything, let alone
Zirconia. Thankfully for him, Onyx snapped the deadly weapon in half and saved
her master from choking to death.
"Oh, Onyx..." Zoisite expressed his gratitude breathlessly. "...what could I
have done without you?"
Onyx wanted to quip that he could've just used his eye lasers, but resisted the
opportunity. Zoisite proceeded to resume fighting and was now focused on
Zirconia again. Zirconia made an audacious backflip about a few feet away from
him, and her former master followed pursuit. While she was still up in the air
though, the blonde Gem flew down foot-first and stomped his head.
Unsurprisingly, he didn't even flinch. He got up, only to find that Tanzanite
was flying towards him, also foot-first, into his face by parasol. This time,
Zoisite was able to get out of the way and did so, grabbing her ankle in the
process and whacking her onto the floor.
"Aieee!" Tanzanite the fair-skinned, dark blue Gem shrieked.
And he did it again. And again. And again. And again. And again. Soon,
Tanzanite felt her insides begin to ache and bleed. She tried to wriggle free
but Onyx now pinned her down by sitting on her chest.
"Onyx, would you mind shapeshifting into a hippo for me?" Zoisite asked of his
crony.
He didn't need to worry, though. Onyx had already done it before he even
finished. Now there she sat: an animal with a body shaped like a barrel, short
stubs for legs, a large and narrow head with sharp, powerful teeth, and lastly
high-set eyes, ears and nostrils. Her large rump was crushing Tanzanite's chest
and had even begun to crack the ribcage inward.
"Get...off...of...Tanzanite." Zirconia threatened the dark gray hippo with the
black gem on its forehead.
Onyx just roared at the blonde Gem. Suddenly, the dark gray hippopotamus felt
something travelling up her anus and into her gargantuan bowels. Tanzanite had
changed into an inland taipan (a notorious native of Australia) and was
planning to bite one of Onyx's intestinal walls so as to deliver the
neurotoxins. The blue venomous snake went through with her method and Onyx
instantly groaned loudly from the pain. It was at that moment, too, that Onyx
reverted back to her regular form and Tanzanite slithered free from the depths
of the dark gray Gem's ass. The dark blue Gem regressed back to her regular
form as well.
"Tanzanite, never do that again." Pearl said, clearly squicked out from
watching Tanzanite come in and out of Onyx's ass.
"Onyx, do something!" Zoisite yelled at his crony, who was now quaking from the
neurotoxins surging through her body.
But Onyx sat this one out. Zirconia then picked up the rapidly-weakening dark
gray Gem and threw her towards Zoisite, knocking him back to the ground.
"You are such a traitor!" Zoisite screamed at her. "Now you will die..."
His eyes began to glow, and they gradually grew brighter and brighter.
Zirconia's pupils shrank dramatically and she once again fled from where she
stood. Then the gem on her chest started lighting up as well, and just like
with Zoisite's eyes, its brightness increased with every half-minute that
passed by. The rest of the Gems could barely watch, especially Steven who
couldn't stand such violence.
The twelve-year-old didn't want to stand aside while two people he barely knew
of and yet he cared about engaged in a potentially fatal duel. He ran up behind
Zirconia and pushed her foward, right toward Zoisite. Unfortunately, their Gems
were almost at that point where the brightness combined would've blinded
everyone in the room. The blonde Gem and her former master fully collided with
one another and in just a few moments, exploded into nothing with a big bright
bang. It was over as quickly as it had started, and then... there truly was
nothing.
***** Chapter 14 *****
He was struggling to grasp it, but somehow he had done it; he had axed two
people off the face of the planet, one of whom he had tried to protect. The
twelve-year-old boy felt nauseated by this revelation and it looked like he was
about to cry. It was very difficult for the remaining Gems to watch, especially
Jade and Tanzanite. The former decided to try and console Steven.
"Hey, don't cry." she told him. "I know you didn't mean to kill anybody, but
hey! You at least saved humanity from being driven to extinction."
Steven's forlorn expression did not change even a bit. He wanted to crawl into
a hole and die. Suddenly, he felt the urge to puke his guts out and did so. It
felt like a toxin had at last been expelled from his body and in a short time,
he felt better.
"Aww..." Aquamarine groaned in disgust. "That's just sad."
"He's only human, Aqua." Tanzanite said. "Well, half-human anyway. Still, it's
in his nature to be erroneous. In fact, aren't we all human?"
"I can't help but find that insulting." Pearl commented on the question at the
end. "But now that I think about, Rose probably would've done the same."
"Puke her guts out after blasting somebody to kingdom come?" Amethyst asked
Pearl in a bit of disbelief.
"Well, yes, but she'd regret it, too."
"Yeah, I could totally see that."
"In fact, I think it'd only be fair if we sent Zoisite and Zirconia farewells
on their way to the afterlife."
"But Zoisite tried to kill everyone!"
"Still, Amethyst. He needs to be sent on his way."
Amethyst groaned aloud. "Fine. But only because Rose would've wanted it that
way."
**************
Fear no more the frown o' the great,
Thou art past the tyrant's stroke
Care no more to clothe and eat,
To thee the reed is as the oak.
The scepter, learning, physic, must
All follow this and come to dust.
Pearl recited only those verses from her muse Shakespeare on the shore near the
Temple. She then looked down at what remained of the fallen Gems: white,
colorless and blue gem shards. She had almost forgotten that they also needed
to say goodbye to Chalcanthite after what had happened to her.
"I think we should tell Diamond what happened." Tanzanite softly told Pearl.
"It only seems right that she knows."
"I don't know." Pearl shook her head. "Isn't that a little... too soon?"
"Not for something like this. We need to tell her."
Pearl sighed. "If you insist."
***** Chapter 15 *****
Soon everyone was back at the Mineralis Dimension, intent on finding the Queen
Diamond. The Crystal Gems had already met up with her once before they took on
Zoisite, and now that he no longer posed a threat to Homo sapiens, they wanted
to make absolutely sure Diamond knew this and started thinking for herself
again. To them, it was meant to be closure and nothing more.
After strolling through some parts of the Chalcopyrite Queendom, they finally
came across the Queen herself. The sparkling blonde Gem was always very
beautiful (especially at 7'2"), but in this moment, she was exquisite. She
stood imperially before them in a iridescent azure body-hugging dress with
transparent sleeves and a five-foot-tall train, wearing a elegantly simplistic
platinum crown enriched in tanzanite and vauxite gems. She had been eagerly
awaiting them since their last meetup, and now was her chance to express how
overjoyed she was to reunite with them at last.
"My fellow sistren!" Diamond cried out with as much emotion as she could
muster. "I'm so glad you made it back alive! Tell me, what have you done with
Zoisite?"
"Well..." Pearl started to speak.
The white Gem was cut off by Garnet bluntly answering, "He's dead." Diamond
seemed rather surprised to have heard that and she had a hand over her mouth.
Aquamarine then chimed in, "We didn't mean for him to blow up, though." before
giggling puerilely over how he had died.
"That's too bad..." Diamond sadly and quietly replied. "I never realized he was
capable of carrying out an atrocity like xenocide until you told me. He still
got a nice send-off into the afterlife?"
"Yes he did." Garnet spoke again. "Zirconia and Chalcanthite too."
Diamond let out a heavy sigh and brought her hands to her face out of
frustration. After a few minutes, she finally spoke, "It's clear now that I'm
not fit to rule a queendom such as this..."
"What do you mean-?" Pearl was going to ask before she was interrupted.
"I mean that I can't rule over everyone without letting them all down." Diamond
explained. "I had been warned that Zoisite would someday backstab me and usurp
me from the throne with some puppet queen who couldn't think for herself. And
what did I think? I thought them all crazy! Yes, even when he was accused of
taking part in Queen Jubilee's demise, I stood up for him. Oh sweet Granite,
what have I done?! I'd like to step down from the throne..."
"Are you sure you want to do that?" Tanzanite asked calmly. "You need a new
adviser anyway and I'm sure-"
"No." Diamond firmly answered. "My mind has been made up. Besides, I miss
fighting alongside you."
"Well, if this is really what you want, then..."
"Of course this is what I want."
"Very well. You can start by going back to your palace and announcing your
decision there..."
And so, it was so that Diamond went to her regal home alongside her friends and
began the first steps of reverting to civilian life.
***** Chapter 16 *****
They were all together again, it seemed. Diamond's confidence and state of mind
had improved since she stepped down as Queen, and she couldn't have been
happier since she'd soon be putting her super-strong skin to good use for the
first time in years. Yet they still couldn't help but miss their beloved
Zirconia and Chalchanthite. At least now, they together would prepare
themselves for a larger, more powerful threat should it ever come.
"How ya feel now that you're back with us?" Aquamarine asked Diamond.
The blonde Gem smiled a little bit and responded, "Actually, I feel much better
now."
"Good, good." Pearl muttered, still dwelling over this whole debacle. "I hope
you're happier for it now."
Garnet craned her neck to see Pearl's melancholy expression. "Are you alright?"
the red Gem asked her friend.
The white slender Gem shook her head no. "Who's going to be Queen now? Without
Diamond to look after the Chalcopyrite citizens, the Queendom'll fall apart."
"I understand you're concerned." Garnet replied. "But they'll elect another
one. They always have."
Pearl sighed and leaned her head against Garnet's shoulder; she felt rather
uneasy ever since Diamond had stepped down. This was the first time anybody had
resigned their throne, and being so, it had potential to be disastrous and
frightening. However, Pearl was trying her best to convince herself that this
would not be the case.
"Dearie?" Tanzanite asked out of concern for Pearl.
The slender Pearl looked up. "Y-yes?"
"We must get through this." the fair-skinned blueberry-blooded Gem said. "We
must."
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