I'm Pink Diamond. One of the four Diamond leaders of Homeworld. I'm relatively young; only 3,000 years old. My fellow diamonds are much older than I am, with the oldest being millions of years old. That's White diamond. It's said that she was the very first Gem ever created. Anyway, about an hour ago, I was filing some papers for Blue Diamond, and the intercom came on.

"All diamonds report to the common room, all diamonds to the common room."

I dropped what I was doing, and rushed to the common room as fast as I could go. My headpiece slipped off, and fell to the ground. Hard. I stopped to pick it up, and tripped over my own foot. No wonder I can only go to one meeting a year, I thought to myself. Slowly, I stood up, but was tackled again by my guard, Jade.

"WHO DARES TO ATTACK PINK- oh." She was embarrassed to see that she tackled me, not someone trying to attack me. I brushed off the dirt, put my headpiece on, and stood up.

"Looks like you dare to attack Pink Diamond," I replied jokingly. Jade's narrow eyes widened, and she went down on her knees.

"PleasedontshattermeI'msosorry," she pleaded.

"Jade, I was just kidding." She looked mortified that she embarrassed herself, and she dematerialized her nunchucks. We started walking down the hall, and the loudspeaker spoke again.

"All Diamonds must be in the common room, all Diamonds in the common room."

I panicked.

"EMERALD!" I yelled. She was the only informant that could teleport, mainly because I was late to things. Often.

"Yes?" She stepped out of a doorway. "Teleport to the common room?"

"You know me so well." There was a flash of bright green light, and as soon as I saw it, we were there. There was an Onyx reading off the numbers, her jet black hair cut short so it wouldn't get in the way. It was that way for most servants, especially Pearls. Wait. Pearls! It was the Pearl assigning ceremony! I ran to my chair.

"You're late," Blue diamond whispered to me. She was only about a thousand years older than I was, so we identified with each other well. "It's ok, though. I checked you in."

"107, please go to White Diamond," the Onyx read. It was every Pearl's dream to be assigned to a Diamond. This particular pearl was more muscular than usual, with dark brown eyes. Her hair was bright white, and was styled into a braided updo. The uniform she wore had a white diamond on the center of her chest, with a black top and pink skirt. The Pearl walked to White Diamond and immediately bowed. I could see the ecstasy on her face. After bowing, she stood straight at White Diamond's side.

"283, please go to Yellow Diamond," the Onyx said with a monotone.

This pearl was not muscular in any way. She was tall and lanky, with a big head and large blue eyes. Her hair was slightly more yellow than usual, and was in high on her head, with a large point on top. It was framing her face and large blue eyes with small curls, with her long pointed nose sticking out of the middle. The uniform she was wearing had no diamond on it, but it was a very pretty sky blue with a purple-ish see through shawl on top. The pearl walked over to Yellow Diamond and froze.

"UNACCEPTABLE!" Yellow Diamond yelled. "A DEFECT!" Everyone gasped. I knew what was going to happen. Everyone knew what happened to defects. They got shattered as soon as the word got out that they were a defect. Yellow Diamond raised her fist, and was about to crush the shaking Pearl, when I shot up.

"STOP!" I screamed. There was silence in the room. "Please, does she deserve to be shattered? It's not her fault that she's a defect!"

"Fine, do you want her?" Yellow diamond said snootily. She was looking down her nose at the poor Pearl.

"As a matter of fact, I do," I retorted. "She's being treated like an object! Being called a factory defect, being pushed around from owner to owner, and you treat her like she has no feelings!" The anger was bubbling up inside me. I could feel it, like a volcano about to erupt.

"Fine! Take it," Yellow Diamond sneered. That was the last straw. I exploded.

"ARE YOU SERIOUSLY REFERRING TO SOMEONE AS IT? FOR DIAMOND'S SAKE, SHE'S A GEM TOO!" I wasn't finished. "YOU KNOW WHAT, YOU SHOULDN'T EVEN BE ASSIGNED A PEARL!" There was a gasp from the crowd. "I WONDER WHY YOU'RE EVEN A DIAMOND!"

"Take your Pearl and go. Now. We were going to assign you the top Pearl, but you have chosen this defective one."

I took my Pearl and stormed out of that horrible Common Room.