Hey there. This is a new story that has been buzzing in my head for a while now, and I've wanted to write it. This is pretty much a make on what I wish will become of The Crystal Gems (Like that's never happened). I plan for future chapters to be longer then this, but it's only the introduction, so please bare with me here.
Thank you for reading, and I hope you enjoy ;)
Cold. Soulless. Unforgiving. Many words that can describe the vacuums of deep dark Space. An endless void that holds millions of stars and planets, that not even the most intelligent creatures can even comprehend where it ends, or even begins. Though, many creatures, humans being a perfect example, have reached to the stars, and ventured into the cold mass of space.
Humans, however, aren't the only species to ever achieve this feat. Within this deep void is a huge ship. A ship resembling that of a human arm, colored yellow. This ship contains the powerful authority figure, Yellow Diamond. A respected, yet feared Empress of a broken oligarchy known as The Great Diamond Authority. Yellow Diamond has always had one goal in mind. Conquering the entire galaxy. But, one planet, one disgusting planet has been permanently burned into the memories of her and her fellow Diamonds.
Earth...
A planet that spawned a horrid civil war. A planet that a rouge Rose Quartz fought for. A planet that killed a fellow Diamond...Pink Diamond. Because of her demise, Yellow Diamond has always hated Earth. So much, that she awaits for a large hodgepodge of gems, The Cluster, to emerge and destroy The Earth. But, she's not just doing it for herself. Her ally, Blue Diamond, has been grieving Pink Diamond's death for thousands of years, and she's sick if it, damn it! Blue Diamond has done her best to keep Pink Diamond's legacy alive. Saving as many humans as she can, and placing them into Pink Diamond's old zoo. Yellow Diamond has tried to get her to move on, but she never got through to her. She waits, watches, hopes that planet can just go away.
Yellow Diamond sat at her chair, her ship floating not too far from the very planet we were just speaking about, just a mile away from Earth's Moon. The various failures that came here has convinced her to try out a new planetary scanner to see if The Cluster is active.
"My Diamond..." the Pearl started.
"Are the scanners ready, Pearl?" Yellow Diamond asked "I've been waiting for hours and nothing has came up. I can't wait any longer to see if The Cluster is ready to pop yet..."
"I understand that, My Diamond" the Pearl stated "The Scanners are ready to check on the cluster."
"FINALL- I mean, begin the scanning..." Yellow Diamond said.
The ship's fingers began to glow, each finger pointing toward the direction of The Cluster. Pearl kept her gaze at a monitor placed in front of her.
"It seems..." The Pearl began "The scanner has picked up the readings on it, and has found out that The Cluster..." She stopped, gulped, and continued "Won't be emerging..."
Yellow Diamond looked to her Pearl, her eyes narrowing with hate "Why?..."
The Pearl was very nervous, never liking it when Yellow Diamond gets mad "I-It's been bubbled...The s-scanners picked up a bubbled formation-"
Yellow Diamond slammed her fist onto the arm of her chair. "Damn it all!" She yelled "Why can't that planet just...Just...DIE!" She stood, her anger becoming manifest. "I've waited thousands of years for that planet to be destroyed, and you come around, telling ME that The Cluster was BUBBLED!?"
"N-Now now, My Diamond" Pearl stuttered "It could have been a false analysis-"
"False!?" She nearly screamed "Those scanners where tested to be 100% accurate with it's readings! It doesn't matter now..." Yellow Diamond stated, coldly. "That planet has been a nuisance for the last time... I will no longer stand and let it cause us sorrow no longer..." She sat back down onto her chair "I've had enough of Earth" She said.
Yellow Diamond's ship stayed dormant for the longest time, just pointing at the far away planet. Yellow Diamond never felt so disappointed. Not only for herself, but for the fact that the stupid thing was still there. She really hoped that the destruction of the planet would make Blue Diamond forget about Pink Diamond. Yellow Diamond hated seeing Blue so upset. She was going to change that. The Cluster needed to be awakened. And nothing, absolutely NOTHING was going to stop her. Yellow Diamond had an awful idea.
"Um...My Diamond?" Pearl asked. Yellow Diamond stayed awfully quiet, looking out of the ships "window."
"M-My Diamond?" She asked again.
"It's a horrid sight, Pearl" She said "Just looking at it makes me want to..." She sighs. "This planet has brought us sorrow, failure, and a bad reputation for the last time!" She gripped her chair. "We're going to that pitiful planet... And we're going to release The Cluster."
"Y-Yes, My Diamond" The Pearl replied.
"But..." Yellow Diamond started "I will give this planet a seven days to remain..."
"W-What do you mean, My Diamond?" The Pearl asked, looking up to her superior.
"What I mean, is that I'm going to let the humans live their miserable lives for a little longer. Just sit and watch this rock spin on it's last days...They wont know what hit them, Pearl...Who ever bubbled The Cluster, The Humans...They wont last long once we go down there. Besides...why not let Blue gaze at this planet one more time, before it goes away...Permanently..."
The Pearl looked at The Earth again, a smirk showing up on her face. "Yes, my Diamond..."
Yellow Diamond and her Pearl kept looking to The Earth, her plan, while having a particular goal, was only in a small faze.
Down on Earth, The leader of The Crystal Gems, Garnet, was sitting alone on the top of a hill. She kept her gaze up at the sky, rubbing her own arms. She began to tremble, slowly beginning to split into two smaller beings, Ruby and Sapphire. Ruby began to freak out.
"Ah! What the hell!? Oh, Shit! What the f-"
"Ruby!" Sapphire scolded "Language..."
"S-Sorry, Sapphire..." Ruby replied "But, Yellow Diamond!? Coming here!?"
"That's what I saw" Sapphire said, looking away from Ruby "She's already close to The Moon. From what I can see, she will be here in seven days..."
"Why now?!" Ruby asked, panicked "She can't come now, we've got those missions to do!"
"I know, Ruby" Sapphire said, standing "Look, we must not tell the others yet..."
"What? Why?" Ruby asked.
"If they knew that Yellow Diamond is coming, they will most likely head into a panic that we could not control. We just need to head into business as usual, until we can break the news at the right time...Besides, we'll be prepared by the time she decides to come here..."
"B-But, Sapphire..." Ruby looks down, sighing. "Do...you think we're ready?"
Sapphire sighed. "I...honestly don't know..."
They stayed quiet, before they both fused back into Garnet and walked to The Temple. They had a lot of work to do.
The Crystal Gems have grown. From a simple four members to eight. Sure, most of the new members had bad terms with The Gems at first, but they eventually came around. Because of this growth, many of Homeworld's Gems have vanished, and this activity has gained the attention of Yellow Diamond.
There was Garnet, Amethyst, Pearl, Peridot, Lapis, Bismuth, Connie, and then, the most noteworthy one of them all...
Steven Universe:
Run For The Stars
What do you think? I promise future chapters to be longer then this. Well, at least longer.
Anywho, I'd love to hear what you think. Feedback would help a lot in the long run.
