Sapphire´d been called to Earth by Blue Diamond expecifically to share her vision of the future.
"My Diamond, I´ve arrived."
Blue Diamond spoke "Sapphire, tell me what will happen here."
"I foresee the rebels attacking the Cloud Arena. Before they´re cornered, they will destroy the physical form of seven Gems. Including two of my Ruby Guards and myself. Inmediately after my form is destroyed, the rebels will be captured. The rebellion ends here."
"Thank you, Sapphire" Blue Diamond said, relieved "That´s all I needed to know."
"I look forward to speaking with you again once I reform back on Homeworld" Sapphire said as she bowed to her superior. She then walked back to her Rubies.
Sapphire knew she´d be a faculty but it did not face her, she´d seen her whole life lay down before her a while ago and she´d already accepted all of it.
"What a beautiful place to build a colony" She turned to one of her Rubies, the one with a Gem on her hand. For some reason, she seemed to tremble everytime Sapphire spoke "I wish I could´ve seen more of this planet."
"Um... T-there still time." Ruby replied shyly.
"That is a nice thought..." She smiled, that smile was gone fast thought "But NO."
"Why not?" Ruby asked.
"I can see the path of fate as it advances to it´s horizon." She explained "If the rebels are to be captured, and they will be captured, the Earth won´t last much longer. We can prolong the inevitable but we can´t avoid it."
"How boring." Ruby whispered, hoping Sapphire wouldn´t hear her.
"Pardon?"
"Like... Knowing exactly what´s going to happen each an every time. It´s boring."
"It is. But it´s what I was made for."
"I´m sorry, Sapphire."
"Don´t be. This is not your fault, it´s what I was made for." Sapphire then turned around, looking away from Ruby, who tried to do the same thing but failed and found herself staring at Sapphire´s back.
"BLUE DIAMOND, LEAVE THIS PLANET!" A voice could be heard coming from the top of the Cloud Arena´s Comunication Hub. "This colony WILL NOT be completed!"
All heads turned and all eyes focused on the hub but no Gems could be seen.
"It´s the rebels!" One of the Rubies shouted.
"Who are you?"
"SHOW YOURSELVES!"
Eventually, White Pearl and Rose Quartz revealed themselves to everyone. "We... Are the Crystal GEMS!"
"Right on Schedule." Sapphire murmured as her Rubies jumped to join the fight as one giant fused Gem.
Sapphire had always been intrigued with fusion and wanted to know what it felt like; but she knew Sapphires weren´t made to fuse.
The fusion was split by Rose and two of them poofed by Pearl while the other one lied down, face on the floor.
"Thank you, Ruby, you did your best." Sapphire assured her as Pearl got ready to poof her.
"No..." Ruby whimpered and begged but it was two late. Pearl´s sword had already touched her and it was only a matter of time before... POOF! And there.
"Sapphire... " Ruby cried and ran towards the blue Gem to pick it up. She held it tight and she held it close until she felt Pearl looking down at her with a terryfing scowl. She ran away before she could do anything to her.
"Yeah, you better ran away!" Pearl shouted at her but, then, Blue Diamond appeared and poofed her from behind. She did the same to Rose and, then, she ordered one of her personal guards to break the both of them. They did it with no regrets, no second thought, no remorse. Ruby watched in horror and looked at Sapphire´s Gem as if it were the most precious, fragile thing in the universe.
"Well done,my Gems, the rebellion won´t be able to go far without their leader." Blue Diamond congratulated them. "I shall report this to the other Diamonds. You" She pointed at one of the soldiers who had broken the pair. "Bubble them. And make sure the poofed ones are kept safe."
"Yes, my Diamond." The Gem did as she was told and everyone else around her returned to what they were doing before the attack. Everyone except Ruby who ran towards Blue Diamond´s moving lair and shouted at her.
"MY DIAMOND!" She called. Blue Diamond turned around and, thought Ruby couldn´t see her eyes, she instantly knew that she was staring and it instantly made her feel uncomfortable. She showed her Sapphire´s Gem and gestured towards it.
"Ah, Sapphire" Blue Diamond spoke, her voice as soft as silck. "The most valuable member of my court. Good job, Ruby, I´ll see it that you are both on a ship to Homeworld before the sun goes down. And if anything, ANYTHING bad happens to her..."
"Thank you, my Diamond. I promise you, nothing bad will come to Sapphire. " Ruby interrumpted.
Blue Diamond sighed "...I hope so, because if not..." Blue Diamond slowly clossed her fist and Ruby gulped.
"Yes, my Diamond."
Little did Ruby know, Blue Diamond´s warning would be meaningless.
Ruby stepped inside the ship. It was smaller than the other ships she´d been in, as it only had space in it for two Gems. She looked behind her to see Blue Diamond nodding at her. She nodded back and the ship was off.
She sat down on one of the seats and placed Sapphire´s Gem in the other. She couldn´t help but wonder if Sapphire had predicted the sudden need Ruby had had for protecting her. Even she didn´t know why she wanted to protect her so badly. Sure, she had to because the Diamonds had ordered to do so, it was her duty... But, why did she actually want to regardless of the Diamond´s thoughts and orders? Was that wrong?
Sapphire´s Gem lift up and was sorrounded by a white light. She´s coming back! Ruby thought and inmediately stood up like the soldier she was. Sapphire came back with barely a few changes in her dress, she was pretty much the same and, just like before, the sight of her superior´s physical form made her nervous.
Sapphire looked around, surprised for the first time in her life. She had predicted she´d be escorted to Homeworld by two of Blue Dimaond´s soldiers and reform the moment she was back in Homeworld. Instead, she was standing in the smallest ship she´d ever seen and right next to her was the one Ruby who hadn´t gotten poofed, saluting her.
"Welcome back, Sapphire, are you feeling alright?" She greeted.
"What am I doing here? Where are my Diamond´s soldiers? What happened?"
Ruby stopped saluting and reaised an eyebrow. "You mean... This is not what you saw?"
"No." She murmured, looking at the floor. Ruby didn´t know why the place felt colder now.
"Blue Diamond um..." Ruby didn´t know what she was gonna say but, for some strange reason, she didn´t want Sapphire to know she cared about her more than she should´ve "She... Her soldiers had... An accident and she sent you to me ins..."
"You´re lying."
"W-wha?" Ugh, why does she have to be so smart? why does she have to be good at everything? Ruby thought. Oh, right, because she´s the "One of a Kind Blue Sapphire". Whatever.
"Please, don´t lie to me, I need to know the truth."
"I... Didn´t want to leave you alone." She said, blushing "I was scared that something might happen to you while you were out of my sight. Blue Diamond seemed to have nothing against me scorting you but if you have a problem with it..."
"It´s fine." okay, now the room´s colder. Brr.
Ruby looked at her confused.
"I didn´t know you cared. It doesn´t botter me, thought, I actually find it... Nice of you."
"T-thank you?"
At that moment, they felt something hit the ship.