It wasn't textbook definition, how Pearls were treated. No, there was variation between each Pearl found on Homeworld; how they looked, how they spoke, it all lead to how that specific Pearl was treated. Some were treated quite nicely, actually, and were content with their way of life. Even if they were just Pearls, who they belonged to meant a lot to gem society.
The Pearl's were important to a lot of those who held custody over them, most of which would never admit it but knew it deep down. Those who owned a Pearl were usually of high status, like those gems who were so rare that they had a small team of common gems assigned to protect them. But there were those gems that there was only ever one of, those who held the highest power and were held at the highest caliber.
The Diamonds.
The Diamonds were the supreme beings of the gems. The matriarchs, the rulers, the queens if you were feeling dramatic. But whatever you may call them, each of them had a Pearl tailored specifically for them, and each treated their much smaller gem differently. Where one may treat their Pearl as a soothing presence, another would treat theirs as an authority figure in their place if they did not want to deal with something, and another still would treat them just as different from the others.
These are tales of the Diamonds and their Pearls, from the Pearls' emergence to it's forming a bond with it's holder. No two are alike, and it is my hope that you enjoy these stories.
(( A/N: I created a gem for forging, incubating, and emerging the Pearls within the specific requested margin from those they are for, and to make sure that they perform as they were constructed to. So I hope you don't mind a background OC. I will try to update at least 4 times a week. Anyway, I hope you enjoy! ))