A/N:
I haven't written in forever, so hopefully I'm not rusty here. Anyways, hey guys! This fic here stars my two gemsonas, who I did draw over on my tumblr, for reasons and stuff. Anyway, I'm happy to get into this. Never written a SU fic before, though I am a veteran on a few other communities here on FF, speaking of which, I'm just getting back into writing after a few months and have some other stories to finish... Ah well. Let's just get some stuff set up here in this prologue of sorts. Enjoy! :D
Meteorite strikes on kindergartens wasn't usually of concern. In most cases, pieces were too small to cause any sort of significant damage to the operation sites. However, when large ones came… that was another story. In such cases, the impacts could be devastating, destroying large portions, or even entire kindergartens. The injectors and many gems could be lost.
However, there could sometimes be an exception.
Two gems, twins so different, yet so similar. Both made of pure carbon, of the rock they formed, both comprised of a hexagonal lattice, even sharing the same kite-cut gem, yet circumstance rent them apart.
One towered over the other, a head taller than even a quartz warrior. She reached a hand up, lightly touching the clear stone set at the base of her throat. Just to think, a Gem's whole being in one little rock. In such a world, hardness of one's gem decided their whole life. Her free arm stretched out before her, just accepting the dry air against bare skin, pale yellow as it was. Messy tresses of hair fell forward across her face, down her back to the base of her shoulder blades, white against the light, taking on light brown from time to time. Such was Lonsdaleite.
The smaller of the two did much the same, reaching to the gem set on the back of her neck, hidden behind feathery locks of licorice. Her silver skin, easily reflected rays of a foreign sun. Such was Graphite.
The eyes of the two met, silver meeting gold. Twins of carbon, so similar, yet so different.
"Hey, you two!"
The carbon sisters looked over to the foreign Gems standing less than half a kilometer away from the two, within this impact crater they called their birthplace. Lonsdaleite's features formed a scowl as she assessed these approaching invaders. Graphite found the courage to speak up before her twin could shout anything they might end up regretting. "Yes?" She said, in a calm, diplomatic voice. "What might be the problem?"
The foreign Gems picked up their pace as they made to meet up with the two. One, a hematite, usually navigators or scouts in unexplored land, the other a lodestone, found to be great companions for hematites. The lodestone spoke up, not intimidated at all by the glare Lonsdaleite was giving here, locking eyes right with her as a way to meet the tall Gem's challenge. "This area is restricted." She stated, believing she could scare away these twin Gems. "Trespassing is a crime, and if you don't clear out this instant, punishable by shattering."
Already, her hematite companion grasped onto Graphite's forearm, bruising the weak Gem. Such was the curse of those of low Mohs, but Lonsdaleite wouldn't stand seeing Graphite harmed, even if that meant she had to stoop to their level herself. "Says who?!" She snapped, her voice resounding through the crater.
Lodestone faltered, Hematite even losing her grip on Graphite's arm, allowing the smaller Gem a chance to rush away and hide behind her twin. "Thanks, Lon." She whispered up to the taller Gem, managing to break through Lonsdaleite's iron guard and even get her to smile, of all things. Something that would become all too rare.
"Th-the…" Lodestone fumbled around for a bit, still hearing the echoes of that booming voice within her. It shook the scout to her very core. Such a voice commanded great authority, and reminded her of the diamonds. The lodestone took a deep gulp, taking a moment to clear her head, along with her companion. "Th-the…" Breathe in, hold, and out. Even though Gems didn't really need to breath. It allowed her to gather her nerves though. "The great Diamond Authority." She finally stated.
"Well, where are they now?" Lonsdaleite demanded, her voice calmer, but still holding that same diamond confidence.
Graphite, though still as newly formed as Lonsdaleite, knew where this confrontation was going if it kept up, and stepped in front of her twin in an attempt to sway her from steering this any further south. She knew full-well what stepping in front of someone completely opposite in Mohs to herself could mean, but she had to do this. She looked up into her twin's golden eyes, a silent exchange between them before the weak Gem turned to these scouts or whatever they were. "What my companion means to say is, we didn't know this area was restricted, and we'll just…"
Graphite never got to finish her sentence, as Hematite silenced her with one punch right below her jaw, causing the weak Gem to retreat back to her gemstone, Lonsdaleite not letting her companion fall to the harsh earth below.
"Be coming with us."
A/N:
I should probably mention this here, but if you have some gemsonas that are from Homeworld, and you want them to make an appearance here (in minor roles probably), I'll be happy to discuss that with you and give you some credit as well.
I just can't come up with gems all by myself. That's why Graphite and Lonsdaleite are my babies more than anything, and I spent a whole lot of time coming up with bios for them. XD
Anyways, hope you enjoyed. Review, Favorite, Follow, make an author happy!
This is your lovely Squish wishing you all a pleasant day! :D
Edit: I said I wouldn't be going back to fix these early chapters, but there was something that bothered me too much here. (And no, anon, it wasn't about your comments on light)