Hey, Thanks for checking out my story! I'm not sure how often I'll be updating this (still working on my other story sorry to those waiting for that update) but there should be a few more chapters to this I think.

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She was suddenly aware of herself, that she was alive; as if that precise moment was when the spark of life was ignited within her gem. What a strange feeling it was, to suddenly exist. Well, not suddenly exist, but instantly become aware of yourself, she thought to herself. Within that same moment, a deep urge overcame her; she desired to take form. She knew what that was, she didn't know how but her desire to take her form pushed any questions away. She could feel herself now, taking a form to propel herself forward out of the ground and into the open. She started to claw her way out, she had to emerge. She dug in the dark unseeing, but could hear the sounds of the crumbling ground around her, feel it shift around her as she wormed her way through. She was getting close, the ground was becoming easier to shift through. She was excited to emerge and to see what awaited her beyond the ground.

Finally she burst through with a laugh as she couldn't contain her excitement any longer. She was finally free, fully formed. She shook her jagged magenta hair tufts with her hands to get the remaining dirt out of it. Standing over her exit hole she looked herself over. Of course she couldn't look herself in the face (although she did feel it with her hands) but her arms and legs were long and slightly muscular and a pleasant hue of pink. Her torso was a small hourglass shape and she was wearing a skin-tight body suit of white and light-pink coloring that had a diamond-shaped opening on her stomach where her gem was...her gem. She looked hard at it. The body she was admiring was only a solid light projection, but that light pink gem on her belly was her true self. She reached her hands up to it and rubbed it. It was smooth and cool to the touch. She tapped it with her finger and felt a tiny weird sensation throughout her entire being.

As she was looking down, she finally notice that the ground beneath her bare feet looked and felt odd. She knelt down and felt it better with her hands. It was dry and grainy, as if it had nothing left to offer. She looked around; the entire area looked the same way. Clumps of dry decaying matter and grey dirt as far as the eye could see. It was as depressing as it was ugly. She looked up at the sky and gasped. Stars and galaxies as far as the eye could see. It was the most beautiful thing she had ever seen. True, she hadn't seen much in her very short existence but it still was a very beautiful thing to see. Forgetting her ugly surroundings she sat down and looked up at the sky, awestruck at the universes' splendor.

"What an amazing sight," she mumbled to herself, "I wonder what other wonders are out there?" She was so enamored with the cosmos that she didn't feel or hear the thudding footsteps of three approaching gems. Only when they were standing directly above her did she notice them. She stood up in alarm at the three of them staring at her. She knew who these three were, some deep knowledge already was embedded into her; they were The Diamonds: Blue, Yellow and White, rulers of Homeworld.

Blue Diamond was draped in silky blue robes with silver designs of star systems lightly woven into the fabric. The material looked incredibly soft and the new gem very much desired to reach out to feel it, but had the better sense not to do so. Blue's hair was a ghost-white blue that draped all the way around her front in a loop (an odd form choice) and she gazed down at her with down turned eyes that faintly glimmered with excitement.

Yellow Diamond looked very much the opposite of Blue: Long and tall with sharp and jagged angles. She wore Olive-yellow boots and elbow-length gloves; even her overcoat that reached just past her knees seemed stiff and rigid. The new gem wasn't even sure if what was on Yellow's head was her hair or a helmet. The way she stood with the other two diamonds indicated that she was a very proud gem that took her position very seriously. She didn't look down at her with anger or hate but seemed to be treating this as if this was just another of many tasks that needed to be taken care of before the day was through.

Now White Diamond was a entirely different story. She was taller than the other two Diamonds were, thin and sharp and very...old. It was the only word to properly describe her. She didn't look old, but something about her...one could feel that they were in the presence of something that had seen eons go by. All three of their presence commanded respect out of any gem, and yet she did not fear them, in fact them being there near her filled her with a sense of joy and belonging.

"What a shame," came the low old voice of White, "she has already emerged. I was hoping to witness it; it is such a rare thing after all. Remind me to reprimand that Peridot when we return to Homeworld for her miscalculation."

"That can come later," said the flowing voice of Blue, "for now we have a new diamond, a new sister to attend to."

"Indeed," said Yellow who was the first to approach her. She reached out her hand towards her to shake her hand in greetings, "I hope we didn't keep you waiting too lo-" before she could finish, the new diamond flung herself onto Yellow, laughing with delight. It caught Yellow off guard and she took a few steps back but was able to regain balance with the new diamond latched onto her. She had never been hugged as tightly as she was being hugged now. Blue Diamond couldn't help but chuckle at Yellow's expression but in doing that, it caught the new Diamond's attention who now flung herself onto Blue and it was now her turn to be smothered in affection.

"Contain yourself young one," said White with the same droll tone but there was a sparkle in her eyes that hadn't been there in millennias, "you need to calm and collect yourself." White couldn't help the small chuckle that came out when the diamond jumped up and latched herself onto her, and gently returned the affection with a pat on her back.

"I'm sorry," said the young diamond, "I'm just so excited to see you three here. When I came out there was nothing here so I just looked around and-"

"I know," said White, "life is exciting and new but you're a diamond," she said standing tall with a presence that instantly demanded respect and attention, "and as such you must conduct yourself as such. We don't even know your name young one," she said with a very small smile.

"Oh well," she said pointing to her gem on her stomach, "it's Pink."

" 'Pink', what," Yellow said with her hands behind her back, "you are Pink what."

"...Diamond," said Pink a little flatly with a amused smile at Yellow, "I thought that part was a little obvious so I left that out." Yellow sighed and Blue raised a hand to cover her amused smirk.

"Oh Stars," sighed Yellow pinching the bridge of her nose in frustration, turning towards White Diamond, "there's so much to teach her."

"Indeed," said White, who had now taken Pink's hand into hers, "but now let us leave this dead moon and return to Homeworld to begin her training."

"Dead," Pink said as she looked down at the ground as they walked, "what do you mean dead? Did something kill it?" White glanced down at Pink, not really showing any emotion to her question but seemed to be thinking about what was asked.

"Perhaps you do not have a full concept on all things yet my young diamond," said White with some off-handed interest, "but dead, as in the moon in which we stand on is dead. It had organic life on it at one point before your gestation inside the center of the moon but...it's not important right now, "she said patting Pink's hand with her long thin hand as they walked toward a space ship. The sight of the ship caused another bout of giddiness in Pink to rise up. She let Whites' thin hand go and ran up towards the ship, not paying attention on how loud her running really was, how much weight each step brought down with it.

"You need to slow down," called out Yellow, "and don't run! You're going to break something if you do!"

"White," said Blue walking up to her, "I am concerned about bringing Pink Diamond on the ship. I don't think she fully realizes her full size and strength."

"Why Blue," said White with a playful smirk that hadn't been there in centuries, "I do believe you're right, you two better go catch her before she puts holes in the floors, it is your ship after all, isn't it Blue?" With that, Blue Diamond hurried after Pink (not as fast as her) and luckily caught up with her before she could do some true damage to the ship. White Diamond knew she should be more concerned than she was, but it had been eons since she felt this way. It had been so long since she felt this...sense of joy of seeing another being just excited to exist, and with such an air of innocence that went with it.

However, that old haggard part of her, that ancient ruler who knew better pushed her sense of joy away and presented the cold hard facts in her face. Pink Diamond wasn't acting right. She should know what a dead moon was and what caused it's death. She wasn't defective (to her knowledge she wasn't), she wasn't over or underdeveloped, but she clearly didn't know how to behave like a diamond should. Instead she was running around like a small common gem. Perhaps something went wrong with her formation? She didn't seem slow or foolish, just naive. Whatever the case, it was up to her and her fellow diamonds to instruct Pink on how to act, for her own sake and the good of the empire.

Inside the ship, the blue lights glowed dimly giving the area a cool relaxing environment. Pink could hardly contain her excitement. She knew that once airborne and back on Homeworld they would soon be surrounded by more gems than she could count. However there had to be other gems on the ship, right? She really wanted to meet with them too, to speak and get to know them better. She went to go walk down a hall to find some when she felt herself being pulled back by someone. She turned back to see Yellow, looking mildly annoyed.

"Pink," she said calmly, "I know you're excited, but you need to not bound around like you currently are. You will break things on the ship if you do or accidentally poof or worse shatter another gem. You need to be mindful on where you're going and where you step." Pink snickered at this, causing Yellow to raise her eyebrow.

"What are you talking about Yellow," she said waving her hand "how could I break something just walking around or hurt another gem?" Now it was Yellow's turn to be confused.

"What are you talking about Pink," she asked, "don't you kno-"

"I'm sorry Yellow," said Pink as she interrupted, raising her hands to her ears, "but I didn't realize till now that our voice's are so loud. Is it the ship's doing? I'll talk softer so I won't hurt your ears," she said as she lowered her voice. Yellow looked on, and it dawned on her that Pink Diamond didn't really realize what she truly was. Yellow turned to the approaching Blue and White Diamond.

"I'll take her to my chamber," said White, "I need to explain some things to her. We'll talk more on Homeworld." Pink looked over at her other sisters who gave each other strange glances as they turned down their own hallways.

"Did I do something wrong," asked Pink.

"No Pink," said White, "to be honest I'm not sure what went wrong but let's first go to my chambers and we'll talk from there. Pink nodded and followed White down the halls. However, Pink didn't like how slowly White walked down the hall. White moved very gracefully but she seemed to take each step with great consideration and care and it surprised Pink how silently she moved. Pinks' movements in the halls however were booming. Each step thudded and rattled the ship, and this didn't go unnoticed by Pink herself. She was starting to become more self aware of what Yellow was talking about, but she really didn't quite know how to carry herself any other way so she tried to match how White was walking. White glanced behind herself and saw this and couldn't help but smile at the awkward movements of Pink Diamond as she tried to mimic herself. Soon they reached Whites' chambers and in the middle of the room was a large soft bed and a large chair. White glided over towards the chair and sat in it and activated a communicator on it.

"Yes, my Diamond?"

"Set a course for Homeworld," said White Diamond, "but don't start the ship until I tell you to do so," she turned to Pink Diamond and motioned towards the bed, "please, make yourself comfortable. We've a long way to go and much to discuss." It was Pink Diamonds' first time seeing a bed, she didn't know what a bed's purpose was but it looked so soft and the urge was too great. Before White Diamond could even react, Pink Diamond took three bounds and jumped onto the bed with the most satisfied look on her face. Of course the impact didn't go unnoticed by the entire flight crew.

"My Diamond, what was that," cried out the gem on the other side of the communicator.

"The reason why I told you not to take off," said White with a small sigh, "you may set course now."

"Y-Yes, my Diamond," said the gem and then the connection was cut. White then looked up at Pink who was now in the middle of burying her face in the pillows with a very content sigh. White should be mad, any gem under her court who would behave like this would have been severely reprimanded or even been shattered by now, but for some strange reason Pink Diamond seemed to have this charm about her that made her shortcomings much more tolerable. At least for the moment, she was only a few hours old (if even that) and from what she could tell, didn't fully grasp herself.

"Pink," White said as if she were addressing one of her subordinates and not a fellow Diamond, "I need you to listen to me for a moment so pay attention." Pink sat back up with one of the pillows in her arms. She couldn't help but feel like she was in some sort of trouble. White interlaced her long fingers together and looked over her very carefully.

"I have seen this before," White finally said very slowly, "but it has been so long ago that I thought it wouldn't happen again. It's been hundreds of millennias since I've seen this happen...never thought I'd see it in a diamond," she murmured to herself.

"Seen what happen," Pink asked quietly.

"When a gem is made," White said, "it is made to already know what it's purpose is; what it needs to do, what it's for. It seems," she said taking her long fingers and casually fluttering them while they were still intertwined, "that while you were being made, you just didn't get all your information. That's all." Pink clutched harder at the pillow. Gems needed to be made perfect, she knew that. They were judged on how flawless their cuts and clarity were and that determined their ranking and placement for the rest of their lives...and if they even lived or not.

"So," Pink ask after she gathered all of her courage, "am I a defective diamond then?" White Diamond quietly hummed at the question, perhaps she had been wondering that herself? She slowly stood up and approached Pink sitting on the bed. For the first time in her short life, Pink was feeling a sense of dread as she saw a very different look on White's face; it was a face of cold indifference as she wasn't even looking at her, rather down where her gem was. White moved the pillow away to uncover Pinks' gem and then reached out with both hands and leaned down to get a closer look at it. Pink couldn't help but squirm a little as White's fingers examined her gem as her long fingernails brushed on her stomach. Pink worried if she turned out to be indeed defective, what would happen then? Would White take matters into her hands right there, and shatter her exposed gem on the spot? She tried not to think about it but as White continued her examination she couldn't help but flinch and snicker...apparently she was ticklish there and it took all she had to remain as serious as she could. Finally White looked up at Pink with the same blank expression that slowly melted into a very small smile.

"No young one," she said, "I see no physical flaws in your gem. You are perfectly well formed." Pink sighed in relief and couldn't help but put both hands over her gem when White walked back over towards her chair.

"It seems to me," said White more to herself than to Pink as she sat back down, "that there is just that old anomaly when it comes to knowledge embedment. Let's see how much you truly know. What are you," she asked her. Pink Diamond sat straight up and replied:

"I am a gem, a space-faring race that has been colonizing planets for hundreds of thousands of years."

"Very good," said White Diamond, "Who are you and what group do you belong too?"

"I am Pink Diamond, a new member of The Great Diamond Authority, which is the matriarchal body of the three governing leaders of Homeworld and it's colonies." White Diamond hummed in agreement. She tilted her head and turned the chair around to gaze out the window at the racing cosmos.

"How very strange," White mused, "it seems that you have most of the important knowledge, but some minor things have just simply been missed. No matter, you will soon learn in time," White turned to her with another small smile on her face, "not everything can be programmed into oneself anyway now can it? Sometimes I wish I emerged with all my knowledge embedded within me," she said leaning her head on her hand wistfully looking at nothing in particular, "that would have saved me thousands of years worth of trouble." Pink smiled and chuckled at it.

"It must have been hard to learn everything for yourself," she said. White closed her eyes and turned the chair around away from Pink.

"Yes it was," she said quietly, sounding as if she really didn't like thinking about that part of her life, "I'm sorry but I'd like to change the subject, my personal history is very quite boring in the beginning...it would put you to sleep."

"Sleep," Pink asked. White quietly laughed, it sounded odd as if she was starting to fully remember how to laugh properly again.

"It's something that organic life forms must do to live, gems can sleep as a luxury but it's not necessary. What you sit on is called a 'bed', it's a piece of furniture used for sleep." Pink looked at the bed, then looked back up at White.

"I'm not completely sure what sleep is but...what is organic life? You spoke of it on the moon, could you elaborate more about it?" White Diamond hummed in slight disappointment and pressed a button on her chair. She waited for a reply and soon enough a quick static sound came on, followed by a quiet voice on the line:

"Yes, My Diamond?"

"Pearl," said White Diamond, "I need you to come into my chambers and bring my Diamond Line communicator with you, I need to make a call to Homeworld to set something up before we arrive."

"Right away, My Diamond," said the Pearl as she ended the transmission.

"When we arrive on Homeworld," White said, "I had hoped that we could start working on your new colonies right away, but it seems we must see what you do and don't know first. It's very important that a leader knows what she is doing Pink, and you are going to be a leader."

"Obviously not a very good one," mumbled Pink. White Diamond stood up and walked over to Pink and sat down next to her.

"Now now," she said, "you'll be a fine leader, it will just take extra time. You should have seen Yellow when she first started leading. She made so many little mistakes it was quite comical. Blue quickly became overwhelmed with all of what was required of her, even I've made mistakes...many mistakes," she said trailing off. Pink looked at her.

"Are you okay," she asked, "you look sad."

"I'm fine," White said as her face became that blank expression again. The door opened up and White Diamonds' pearl gracefully strode into the room and when she reached the two sitting diamonds she gave the diamond salute and presented the requested communicator. However instead of looking at her diamond, the pearl couldn't help but look at the new diamond because Pink was looking down at her as if she was the most unusual sight that she had ever seen in her entire life. She just kept staring at her with wide-eyed curiosity, as if she couldn't believe what she was looking at.

"Thank you Pearl," said White reaching down and gently taking the communicator from Pearls' hands. Pink kept looking down at the pearl in near disbelief.

"White," she gently asked hoping she wouldn't offend her, "why do you have such a small pearl? I didn't even know they could make them this small." Both White and her pearl looked at Pink as if she had suddenly grown two heads.

"What are you speaking of Pink," White asked her.

"I'm just saying it would make more sense to have a gem-sized pearl," Pink said to her, "I think it's incredibly wonderful of you to keep this pearl in service, but having a normal sized pearl would be more practical, wouldn't it?" White put a hand to her chin that covered her mouth and sadly sighed. She didn't like where this was going.

"It seems another lost part of knowledge was of gem size differences," she said mostly to herself, "Pearl," she commanded her, "allow Pink Diamond to grab hold of you." Pearl looked up at her diamond in shock but quickly did the diamond salute and said in a shaky voice:

"Y-Yes, My Diamond." Pearl then walked up closer to where Pink could reach her without stretching too far but she seemed very nervous about it. It seemed that Pearl already knew what would most likely happen to her. Pink looked at the little Pearl then over at White.

"Go on Pink," White gently urged her, "pick her up, but be very mindful of her gem." Pink reached down towards the little pearl and being very careful of where her gem was (It was on her chest) she started to close her fingers around the figure of the pearl...only to immediately poof the little thing back into her gem. Pink sat back up horrified.

"I-I'm sorry," she quickly said, "I didn't mean to do that! I just barely started to close my hand and-"

"It's alright," said White as she gently picked up the pearls' gem in her fingers, "Pearl is fine. I am glad you took great care of her gem however...you would have shattered her instantly otherwise."

"I didn't mean to hurt such a weak little thing," Pink said as she started to tear up, "how can such a small thing not be poofed where ever she goes?" White bubbled the pearl and allowed it to float up out of the way so she would be safe until she was ready to reform.

"Come with me," White finally said, "you need to see more gems to understand." Pink followed White out of the room and down the halls. As they slowly walked, White finally said very quietly:

"Gems come in all shapes and sizes, from the small lepidolite to the large imposing dumortierite quartz...do you know where we fall in this category my young one," she asked finally glancing over her shoulder. Pink thought about it.

"Well," she finally had to say truthfully, "I'm not completely sure. I would guess somewhere in the middle but closer to the larger end?" White paused and turned to her and raised her eyebrow, it was a very strange look for the ancient gem to have on her face.

"We are diamonds," she stated flatly, almost completely covering her annoyance of Pinks ignorance but was not quite successful, "the top of the elite; what should that tell you about yourself?" Pink took in a deep breath, she was embarrassed that she didn't know this when she obviously should. Whites' expression softened when she saw how uncomfortable she made Pink, but she didn't say anything further, she turned and continued walking toward the bridge of the ship. She had to show her. When they reached the door to the bridge and entered it, Pink was surprised how...small the bridge seemed to be. She walked up next to White but had to be uncomfortably close to her as there wasn't much standing room for both of them on the small platform where they stood.

"Who designed this," Pink whispered to White, "there's hardly any standing room on this platform for even one gem." White smiled and chuckled at the comment but said nothing further on it. The ships captain saw her diamond had come onto the bridge and quickly approached the two diamonds while saluting.

"Welcome to the bridge, my glorious Diamond," said the gem as she bowed, "I'm Botswana Agate, Facet-438R Cut-2TQ. It is an honor for me and my crew for you and the new radiant diamond to grace us here on the bridge. How may I serve you, my diamonds?" White went to say something but couldn't help but feel Pink painfully squeezing her arm and somehow press up closer to her.

"White," she whispered into her ear...the poor thing sounded distressed, "they're all so small."

"They are not," was all she whispered back to her then speaking out loud to Botswana, "I wished to see how the bridge was being run as we returned to Homeworld. I would like to observe your crew as you work." Botswana grew rigid at the thought of any possible mistakes that could happen in front of not only their diamond but the supreme diamond, but she bowed low and hid her anxiety well.

"Of course my diamond," she said, then turned back towards her crew, "continue as you were!" The crew turned back to their work stations and hurried back to what they had originally been doing, only now feeling the pressure of not one but two pair of diamond eyes watching them. White quietly observed as the gems scurried along, trying to impress her as they worked running the ship. She turned to look at Pink who was still clinging on her arm, she seemed greatly confused but seemed to be finally understanding. After a half-hour of silent observation, White announced that the crew was doing the empire proud and to continue their work and finally Pink and she returned to her room. White sat back down in her chair but saw that Pink was still standing in the doorway. She seemed as if she was deep in thought but wasn't very happy about what she was thinking about.

"Something wrong young one," she asked. Pink looked up at her with a very solemn look.

"We're giants," she quietly said.

"Yes," White said matter-of-factly, "normally you would have known that when you emerged but clearly that information was lost," she tilted her head at Pinks' distress, "does this bother you somehow?" Pink looked to the side as she held her arms and shrugged her shoulders a bit.

"It does," she said quietly, "I'm sure it must sound ridiculous to you but...I was very much looking forward to being with other gems when we reached Homeworld."

"You can still do that," said White.

"No, what I mean is," said Pink throwing her arms up, "I mean actually being with them! Sitting with them, dancing with them, sharing stories, being close at hand...but now I don't think I could even FIT in the same room with them unless it was made for me!"

"Pink,"

"What if I accidentally step on someone," she said with raising hysteria in her voice, "and you saw how I poofed your pearl just trying to pick her up, what if I crush someone's gem on accident? I'd never forgive myself."

"You'll learn in time how to control yourself," White said, "not even Blue and Yellow knew how at first. I'm not sure why this upsets you so." Pink didn't say anything.

"I think you should try sleeping," White said pointing to the bed, "just lay down on the bed, close your eyes and relax and try not to think of anything until you eventually sleep." Pink looked at the bed, she didn't know how that would help but if it would somehow calm her down then so be it. She laid down on the bed on her stomach and put the pillow under her chin and closed her eyes.

"Am I asleep then?"

"No," said White standing up, "you will know when you are drifting off to sleep. If my pearl was here I'd have her sing you a lullaby," she said moving the bubble that contained the pearl with a small smile. (It was surprising how much she was doing that today)

"What's a lullaby?"

"A gentle song to help one to go to sleep," said White.

"Could you sing one," asked Pink. White looked at her. She shook her head and this time a very large smile graced her face.

"I haven't personally sung in thousands of years," she said, "I'm sure it would sound horrible."

"How would I know," said Pink, "I've never heard you sing before or anyone else for that matter so it'll be the most beautiful song I've ever heard." White finally truly laughed at that.

"Very well," she said, "but I must warn you, I truly am out of practice." White walked over to the window and put her hands behind her back and stood there for a moment, then started to sing a very slow song in a language that Pink could not understand. Even if she couldn't understand the lyrics, Whites' low tone and passion was haunting and made Pink slightly shiver. As she listened she started to feel strange...she felt heavy and she had a hard time keeping her eyes open. Was this what it felt like to drift off to sleep? It was just like before she emerged from the ground, only the opposite. She decided she liked this feeling right before she fell asleep.

As White finished the ancient song from a long dead race (she couldn't even remember the name of the species) she looked down at Pink who was now gently breathing. It was strange that gems would default to such a biological process as respiration when they slept, then again sleep was another biological process in itself. She really was surprised at Pinks' distress in finding out her size difference, but it didn't matter.

"You'll find your way," White whispered quietly as she stood over Pink, "you have too, we are diamonds...we have no other choice."

Hope you enjoyed it!

I always had a feeling that PD didn't like her size, how could you interact with others when you're so big? So...here we go~

If you found any errors let me know! Until next time!