The Archive and The Eternal Gem

by Tex18

Long ago, a war started between those of Diamonds and those of Stars. Not many remember it, but one does, one of a third group that existed in the shadows of that war. How will the gems and both sides of the war react when word reaches them of a old gem's revival? A gem that was banished by Rose and Diamond. (First time at a fanfic, please no flames, insults, so on. Just reviews)

1. The Archive

The endless void. A simple description of what humans would call space. Or was it a expansive space? Either way it's the area that surround not only there small planet, but the entire universe of theirs. Now one may speculate that the start of this tale is somewhere on Earth with four special people, but in truth these people are three mystic beings called Gems and one who is half human and half Gem. The true start of this tale existed on a planet that no telescope could find, solely because of the tech that makes it untraceable and invisible to regular eyes. The only beings who may find it are those of Gem power.

The planet has no name, but exists solely to be used as a storage place for information. Specifically historic information about the Gems, their locations, their lifespan... their people. Most of the information contained is of a war called 'The Star and Diamond War', a war between two powerful Gems who saw the Earth and other planets in different views. The Stars, led by the kind hearted Rose Quartz, saw the Earth as valuable, beautiful, and needed to be protected. The Diamonds, led by one simply called Diamond, saw the Earth as a simple resource and one that must be taken to help in the fight against evil, but no care towards its residents. Soon enough a war broke out and the two sides separated to different planets after the result of a power blast between the two leaders.

The Archive, as the place is called, was the only place to truly get any sort of info about this war. Only problem was the only way to access it is via a Warp pad that is a pale green in color, but with silver base. These pads though are hidden in plain sight, but also out of sight to where only the most intelligent or cunning gems could find such pads. The Archive, in appearance, is described as a towering obelisk looking building, over forty feet high and humming with energy. Inside the place was like a labyrinth, each and every turn led to a different room, a different warp pad to a new place or planet, or even if lucky to the Main Control, a place where The Archivist monitors and records data.

The Archive is also a place runned by only one Gem, a male Gem to be precise. The Gem stands at a height of a simple five foot eight, skin of a dark, forest green color, eyes of a more pale green color. His hair was styled in a short, spiked up fashion like a faux hawk, colored in a pattern of obsidian black and same pale green color as his eyes. On his face is only a single lens optic looking visor. His attire consisted of a large black trenchcoat looking article of clothing, over a pair of black pants and lime green suit top, similar to a pinstripe vest. On his hands are a pair of fingerless gloves, black in color as well alongside a pair of boots. On the back of his coat is a image of a oval looking image, pale green in color and finally on his chest, dead center, is his gem. His gem is a Jadeite, a gem that is both intense green in color, but also black, gem shaped in the form of a marquise as he stood on a small platform.

This platform is the sole object meant for the Main Control of what the Archivist uses for data managing. As he watches the data gems float to and fro, he stops one of them and brings it forward "Archive. Play data gem 06-42D from the planet called Earth" he says in a monotone like voice. As the gem expands, it shows a scene before him of four figures watching a sunset like a family, but... they were nothing like a family. Three of them were Gems just from sheer appearance he could tell, but the fourth one was not a gem and yet had a gem on him. The Archivist taps the screen to zoom in on the non-gem "Archive. Identify" he commands.

A bright light comes up and scans it "Scan complete. Being identified as one Steven Quartz Universe, the child of Rose Quartz" it responds. The Archivist shows no response, but is definitely surprised. Why would Rose, a gem and leader of the Diamonds, give up her life to bring in such a... a... He stops his train of thought and breathes softly as he turns away from the image.

He looks over his shoulder "Archive. Open the portal to Earth... I must do research" he says as he walks away from the platform.