Pink woke up slowly, she still felt heavy but it wasn't a unpleasant feeling. She took in a sharp, deep breath and found herself stretching her limbs and arching her back. It was very satisfying. Sleep, she decided, was a very pleasant experience. She sat back up and looked around, White wasn't in the room anymore. How long had she been asleep anyway? She didn't really ask how long an activity like sleep lasts. She went to the door and looked at the panel screen and realized she didn't know how to activate it, White was the one who had always opened the doors. Looking at it, it seemed simple enough so she reached out to the panel to activate it and was delighted that the door opened, but then felt her hand shift down on the panel. She looked down and saw that she had crushed the screen; electric sparks danced between shards of thick glass. Hopefully Blue Diamond wouldn't be too mad about the broken panel.
Pink stepped into the hallway and walked down it, brushing the glass off of her hand as she went. She soon could hear the voices of the other diamonds speaking with each other. She picked up her pace to meet up with them, seeing that they were standing in a lounge area of the ship clearly meant for them; letting the others noisily know that she was on her way. The three watched her trot up to them, however there was a small grimace on Blue Diamond's face as she was slightly worried about any possible damage to her ship.
"Glad you could finally join us," said Yellow, "we were about to fetch you ourselves. How was your rest?" She sounded as if she particularly didn't care for the answer but wanted to start a conversation.
"It was very nice," Pink said, "I wouldn't mind doing it again in the near future."
"But it's such a waste of time," said Yellow with a sigh, "hours of time on what could be used on something of value instead used to just," she shrugged indicating that she didn't quite understand the reason for it, "lay there in such a vulnerable state. A completely useless activity."
"Have you ever slept," asked Pink.
"Never," said Yellow, "I have better things to do with my time."
"It's so relaxing though! Perhaps you should do so in the future," said Pink earnestly, "you seem like you really could use some much needed rest." Yellow said nothing but closed her eyes and drew in a very deep breath; Blue was stifling a chuckle.
"Blue," said Pink sheepishly as she turned to her, "I almost forgot, when I activated the door's panel screen in the room...I broke it. I really am sorry."
"It's alright," said Blue with a wave of her hand, "it was an accident." Pink felt better, she was half expecting Blue to be angered...she wasn't sure why.
"My Diamonds," came the voice of Botswana Agate over the intercom of the ship, "we have arrived at Homeworld and should be reaching the capital city within the next ten minutes."
"Very good," said White, the first thing she said, "once we are on Homeworld, we shall go to the Temple to make further plans.
"Temple," said Pink looking away, "that's...the headquarters of the Diamond Authority, isn't it?"
"Indeed," said Blue in a hushed tone, "White did tell us of your unfortunate anomaly while you slept." Pink started to blush at that but was reassured with Blue placing a gentle hand on her shoulder.
"We will talk more about this in the privacy of the temple," said White, "for now let us make the proper arrangements and prepare to disembark," she said gesturing to the large sofas, clearly meaning for the four of them to sit and wait the remaining time. Pink went to take a step forward toward one of the sofas but then was stopped so suddenly by the arm of Yellow that she lost her balance; catching herself but at the cost of putting a deep sizable dent in the floor of the ship where the heal of her foot was. Pink was about to complain on what Yellow was doing, but Yellow pointed down to where Pink was about to step. Standing there reverently but clearly still shaken, was a blue pearl. The pearl was out of the other diamonds' way but hadn't considered the unknown nature of the new diamond and where she had positioned herself between her mistress and White Diamond, it left her with no escape routs. The pearl would have either been kicked or crushed by Pink.
"You need to watch were you're going," said Yellow sternly to Pink, "next time there may not be someone to pull you back." Pink felt terrible, of course Yellow and Blue had their own pearls and she hadn't even bothered to look for them. Looking down, she could see Yellow's cream-colored pearl standing close by, ready for her mistresses' call. She had a reserved expression as she stood there but her eyes clearly stated that she was quietly judging the new diamond and had made up her mind to keep well out of her way unless she wanted a short life. Pink then looked down at the blue pearl, who had at this point stepped more out of the way but bowed humbly at Pinks' gaze.
"I'm really sorry," Pink said quietly. The blue pearl looked up at her (however with her hair in the way of her eyes it was rather hard to tell if she acknowledged her apology or not) but Blue Diamond was quick to speak up:
"It's alright dear," she said, although her voice sounded tighter than last time, "the dent in the floor will be an easy fix, no permanent damage." Pink looked over at Blue and was about to correct her mistake but again felt it best to let it go.
Soon the time came to disembark the ship but even though she was very excited to get off and see Homeworld for the first time, Pink was more than happy to slowly trail behind her sisters to avoid any more mishaps for the day. However once outside of the ship, and as she caught her first glimpse of Homeworld, her fascination of her surroundings captivated her once again. Homeworld was nothing like she had envisioned, true she had a general idea thanks to her fragmented knowledge, but actually seeing the towering buildings, the inverted pyramids and the grandeur of the designs...it was intoxicating. The sun was at high noon but she could still see the stars twinkling in the lavender sky. She was jarred from her gawking when a loud booming voice cried out:
"All hail the return of our radiant diamonds!" There was a large crimson carpet leading down the ships' ramp all the way down to where another smaller ship was awaiting them. On both sides of the carpet was several rows of large gem soldiers all standing tall and proud giving the diamond salute. As they walked down the carpet, Pink couldn't help but gaze down at all the different gems that were there. Some were wearing very fine appearance modifiers that must have been very taxing to construct. Many of the gems had their eyes cast down, as if it was wrong and improper if they were to gaze up at them. Only ones that seemed to be very high up in the social caste seemed 'entitled' enough to look upon them , most of the gazes were directed at her. Feeling a bit self-conscious, she smiled politely and waved at the group of onlookers who would quickly adverted their eyes and murmured amongst themselves. Pink put her hand down and sheepishly continued on with the others, hoping she hadn't done something faux pas. Soon all four of the diamonds were inside the small ship and were on their way to the Temple. Pink couldn't help but sigh in relief.
"Everything alright Pink," asked White who was sitting to the side of Yellow, whom was sitting directly in front of Pink. Pink shifted nervously in her seat, bumping elbows with Blue who didn't seem to mind.
"No, not really," she said sinking down in the chair, "I know I shouldn't be nervous like that but...I just feel so..." she shrugged and sank lower.
"Sit up," said Yellow, "and keep your back strait. I know you're upset but that's no reason to slide down onto the ships' floor." Pink squinted her eyes at her and sank a bit lower.
"Keep going and I'll use you as a footrest," Yellow warned. Pink huffed, but did as she was asked and sat back up. There was an awkward pause after that. Pink looked around at the others as they silently sat there. White Diamond had her eyes closed, as if she was taking this time to finally clear her mind of some unwanted static. Blue had her cloak draped over her eyes so it was hard to tell if she had her eyes closed as well or not, but she kept very still. Yellow had her arms folded and her right leg crossed over her left, but she kept a vigil look about her. She seemed to be studying Pink quietly, but not judging...just studying. Pink couldn't help but look away from her gaze and fidget with her hands. The ship slowly came to a stop and the doors were opened by White Diamond's pearl, who eyed Pink with caution.
Stepping out of the ship she could finally look up at the Temple; it was enormous. It was clearly in the image of White Diamond only very stylized. It was very clean and pristine (it looked as if it was brand new) but something about it told Pink that the temple itself was old, very old.
"Did you build this place White," asked Pink. White turned to her and then looked up at the temple.
"No. This temple was built as a gift for me by the very first generation of gems that I created as thanks for creating our culture," White blinked and seemed to smile at the memory, "I'm certain their gems would glow brightly and proudly knowing that their gift still existed to this day."
"Do any of them still exist then," asked Pink.
"No," White said, and by the tone of her voice that indicated it was the end of the conversation. Stepping inside the temple was truly awe inspiring, as they walked deeper in, it was if they were stepping back in time. The walls were decorated with murals with what appeared to be the diamonds' accomplishments throughout the ages, but Pink also noticed that there were also murals of other gems too. Not as grand as the diamonds' murals, but they were there all the same. Soon they reached the Diamond Throne Room, the grandeur of the room with the three colors of the diamonds intertwined was truly glamorous. There was white, yellow and blue marble pillars with marble floors; there was even some on the walls. Golden decorations with cobalt glass and nacre decorations. The tricolor scheme was perfectly balanced; one color did not over power the other. In the back of the room were three thrones and judging by color it was easy to guess who owned which one. Blue saw Pink gazing around the room with wonderment and smiled.
"Impressed," she asked Pink.
"It's just so incredibly beautiful in here," Pink breathed, still looking around and resisting the urge to go pick things up to get a better look at them in fear of breaking them.
"It is," said White as she too took a quick glance around, "but we'll have to redesign the room once again now that you're here Pink. That of course brings us to why we are here," White said sitting down in her throne, "we need to discuss Pink Diamond's anomaly." The other two diamonds nodded in agreement.
"Normally," White continued, "a new diamond would take immediate charge of her own colonies and affairs but we, and even herself, can't be sure of what she knows. My usual involvement will be to order the construction of Pink's Kindergarten. Now about the throne room," she said rubbing her chin.
"I shall do that," said Blue turning to White as she sat down on her throne, "I am the one in charge of the arts of Homeworld after all, it will be no trouble for me and my court to redesign the room."
"Very well Blue," said White, sitting back up in her throne, "the task is yours. You will also be in charge of commissioning all of her required necessities: her throne, her private chambers in the temple and any vehicles she may require. Pink can add any later design choices if she chooses to do so, but for now she must focus on her education." Blue nodded her head in agreement and had a small excited smile on her face, it seemed that she liked this sort of thing.
"In the matter of her education," said Yellow still standing next to Pink, "I will personally see to it." This caused Pink to turn to look at her with some shock and even Blue had a surprised look on her face, White however had a raised eyebrow and rested her chin on the back of her hand.
"How strange of you Yellow," she said, "you usually have so little time for such activities, and haven't you just recently acquired your seventh colony?"
"That is true," said Yellow, "However, I feel I can manage both activities. Besides in the matter of her education," she said as she put her hands behind her back, "I think it's best to make sure that it's done properly."
"And you feel it best you handle this, because you believe you are the most capable among us," said White with a small smile.
"I do, and I am." said Yellow as if she was stating a very obvious fact. White chuckled and moved her hand away from her chin and sat back in her throne.
"Very good Yellow, the task is yours. The Library is the best place to begin and once her chambers are built, she can study in private. Go now you two," she said waving her hand, "and we will meet here in thirty days time." Yellow nodded and took Pink by the arm and the two left the throne room, leaving Blue and White to their own affairs.
As the two walked down the halls, Pink couldn't help but be slightly disappointed. She had hoped that White or even Blue would be the one who would help teach her, seeing that Yellow was...more stern but perhaps this was for the best? It would give her a good chance to get to know her second eldest sister better and she her.
"Pearl," said Yellow, jarring Pink out of her thinking, "have my private cruiser ship pick us up and take us to The Library."
"Yes, My Diamond," the pearl eagerly said and quickly bounded away to Pinks' surprise. It really did surprise her how fast she would forget about the pearls, they were just so...quiet and kept out of the way.
"How do you remember about your pearl," asked Pink turning to Yellow, "I'd forgotten that they were even there."
"I suppose it comes just from having them for so long," said Yellow, "but you need to be more aware of your surroundings Pink," Yellow said flatly, "at our size it's easy to do some serious damage." Pink sighed and just nodded her head, Yellow was harsh but right. She hadn't really put to the test as of yet with other gems, but now? It made her nervous and she still felt clumsy, more clumsy than a diamond should be anyway. The two stood outside the Temple for only a moment before a golden ship approached them and gently landed close to them. Yellow's pearl quickly (yet gracefully) ran over towards the ship and opened the door for the diamonds. Yellow gestured to Pink indicating that she wished for her to step inside first so Pink crawled inside and was delighted to see that this time there were faintly yellow-tinted windows.
"You may proceed," said Yellow to the driver of the ship with a wave of her hand. The driver bowed and the ship took to the sky. As they flew over the sprawling city, Yellow looked at Pink through the corner of her eye. Currently, Pink had her face pressed up to the window to look down at the city landscape with a very broad yet sincere smile on her face as she watched it go by. There were two words that White Diamond had told her about the past that seemed to describe this: childish and childlike; she couldn't decide which word would be best to use in this situation.
Soon they arrived at The Library and stepped out of the yellow cruiser, Pink looked up at the large building and spires, especially with one extremely large spire. The Library wasn't as big as the Temple but it was definitely much more interesting looking, at least to Pink it was. There were also other gems here too! They were casually walking around the fountains and statues that decorated the grounds of the building. As soon as most of the gems saw them, they would either salute or bow and make way for them as they walked towards The Library. This was the first time that Pink really felt the reality of her size. It felt like she and Yellow were walking on a scaled down model because when they approached the building she saw that The Library was built for smaller gems, not for them. She could even see some of the very small gems bounce from her clumsy stepping, and she wasn't the only one to notice it too, some gems were whispering to each other. Pink looked at the front entrance and quietly wondered how they were even going to fit through the door. She started to kneel towards it when she felt Yellow gently pull her arm.
"Our door is right here," Yellow said with a sigh as she activated a hidden panel that opened up the front of the library's entrance that matched the diamond's height and width. Pink blushed and cleared her throat and followed Yellow inside. There was one thing about the building, there was not much standing room for the diamonds. Their heads barely cleared the ceiling, luckily there was a large opening in the center of the library that showed the different floors so didn't feel so tight after that. In the center of the open area there was a desk, and at that desk was a Yellow Rhodizite who promptly stood up and trotted over towards her diamond and bowed low.
"My Diamond, welcome to The Library," she said still bowing, "you honor me and my position with your presence my glorious diamond. How may I serve you and-" she looked over and noticed Pink Diamond for the first time, "Oh my! A new diamond! Forgive me for not noticing you, your radiance!"
"It's alright," said Pink, "I just emerged only about a day or so ago so I don't think many gems know about me just yet, if at all."
"Rhodizite," said Yellow who was ready to get down to business, "have all of the information of Homeworld collected and sent up to the Diamond Spire."
"A-All of it, My Diamond," Rhodizite stammered.
"Yes," said Yellow, "as soon as possible. Pink Diamond and myself shall be waiting up there for the information to arrive."
"Of course, My Diamond," said Rhodizite bowing low but was clearly was worried about gathering the information quickly for her diamond, "I shall gather the information for you right now." She went back to her desk and very quickly started to type up information regarding Homeworld.
"Come," said Yellow to Pink, "the lift to the Diamond Spire is this way." They made their way over towards the back of the library (Pink trying to be extra soft in her steps and extra careful where she stepped) to where a small lift was. The lift itself looked as if it hadn't been personally used in a very long time. Yellow's pearl activated the lift and the doors opened quickly but looking inside, it was clear to see that the lift was designed for one diamond at a time.
"Should we just ride one at a time," asked Pink.
"It will be fine," said Yellow, who wasn't the most patient of gems, "I've ridden in this old thing with White and Blue respectfully before, it just takes twice as long. Step inside." Pink did as she was told and then Yellow squeezed in next to her. Yellow's pearl stepped inside and closed the door and selected the floor and then promptly huddled herself to the closest corner, furthest away from Pink. The lift slowly and painfully climbed its' way up, making worrying groaning noises the entire way. Pink wondered if it really was worth the risk of having two really heavy giant gems shoved into a cramped old elevator that clearly hadn't been serviced in some time. Trying to take her mind off of a possible malfunction of the lift, and the fact that she was so uncomfortably close, she looked over at Yellow's...hair-helmet and she decided that she just had to know what it was. Instead of doing the sensible thing of just simply asking, she shifted her shoulders and reached over and took hold of the first spike and pulled up. It was indeed a helmet, and underneath it was golden hair that was in the same style of her helmet. Yellow closed her eyes then sighed very deeply and without turning her head, looked at Pink through the corner of her eye and asked sounding very tired:
"What are you doing?"
"Um...," Pink then lowered the helmet back in it's place but it was slightly crooked so she straightened it as best as she could and then she huddled herself into her corner, "I couldn't tell if..." she mumbled and that was all that was said of the matter. Soon enough they finally made it to the Diamond Spire's room, it wasn't as as luxurious as the Diamond Throne Room but it was still very nicely decorated with several lounge chairs and a large window with a window bench. Pink sat down in one of the chairs and looked up at Yellow waiting for whatever lesson she was about to receive.
"We should be getting the records soon," said Yellow as she walked over to one of the desks and wiped her gloved hand over it and frowned at the dust that had collected on it, "I'll have the Yellow Rhodizite send up some pearls to clean this filth up. Once you get the records, read through them and watch any and all video recordings until I return and once I do I will test your knowledge. Pearl," she said making her way to the lift, "stay with Pink Diamond and do as she commands. I am going to go gather other information and check on my latest colony's progress."
"Yes, My Diamond," said Pearl, who didn't sound nearly as excited as usual.
"Wait," said Pink, "how do we know what I already do or don't know? Shouldn't I take a test first or something like that?"
"That'd take up valuable time," said Yellow entering the lift, "and besides gems, especially diamonds can retain any information they receive so what you read will become permanent information. So all you have to do is read and the rest should follow," said Yellow as the doors started to close.
"Wait," called out Pink, "what if I can't...ugh..." she put her head on the arm of the chair and sighed in frustration. She sat there quietly for a few minutes not knowing what to really do when she heard another door open up and saw the Yellow Rhodizite enter the room pushing a library cart. On the cart was information disks, holographic projector rectangle bricks and everything else requested.
"Here is the requested information My Diamond," said the Rhodizite saluting her, "is there anything else I can get you?"
"Thank you but no," said Pink kindly, "what you have done is more than enough. I appreciate you gathering all this information for me."
"If I may, My Diamond," asked Yellow Rhodizite carefully, "why have you requested this information?
"Well," said Pink finding nothing wrong with her question, "when I was forming, something went wrong with my knowledge embedment and I didn't get all of it so we're correcting it." Rhodizite's eyes seemed to bulge out of her head and seemed extremely shocked.
"Wait," she said sounding as if her world was suddenly was flipped upside down, "are you saying you're off color?"
"Off color," asked Pink, "what do you mean by that?" The Rhodizite started to laugh as if she was trying to not to but couldn't keep it in.
"Y-You don't even know what that means?! Are you..are you that dense?" Pink was taken back on how the Rhodizite's behavior suddenly changed, she seemed really upset, almost sounded betrayed.
"What," said Pink, feeling the same embarrassment she would feel whenever she would walk around other gems, "no, no all I have to do is read the records that you brought and-"
"Are you sure you're not illiterate," interrupted Rhodizite, clearly not caring that she did or didn't anymore, "do you even know what illiterate means? No wonder you were stomping around like a great big idiot outside," she mumbled mostly to herself. Pink was now at a loss of words. She actually didn't know if she could read or not, that was the very question she was going to ask Yellow before she left.
"Having fun Rhodizite," came a very nasally voice from the corner of the room, causing both Pink and Rhodizite to jump and look over to the Yellow Pearl who was still standing in her corner, still in attention awaiting her orders but with the smuggest expression on her face, "because I sincerely hope it was worth it." Yellow Rhodizite looked as if she had seen the most horrifying thing in the entire galaxy. She hadn't realized that there was a pearl in the room with them, with Pink Diamond being so new. She started to tremble and sweat, stammering 'I' over and over again as she tried in vain to somehow talk herself out of this.
"You're very lucky Pink Diamond is so merciful," Yellow Pearl said as she walked over to Rhodizite and started circling her like a predator over wounded prey, "any other diamond would have shattered you on the spot by now. Then again, it's only a matter of time before they find out anyway. I mean, calling a diamond, let's see," she counted off the list on her fingers, "Dense. Illiterate. 'Great big idiot', and worse of all," she said with a pause and a sneer, "off color. Now that sounds like high treason to me, and I think the other diamonds would agree, don't you think so as well?"
"But," said Yellow Rhodizite gaining some courage back, "but she...she is off color, isn't she?" Yellow Pearl shrugged.
"The diamonds don't think so; so no, she is not off colored. What a terrible accusation towards a diamond of all gems," Pearl tutted. Rhodizite felt like she would dissipate her form out of shock.
"Look," said Pink quietly, having both smaller gems looking up at her, "let's just, forget the whole thing happened, okay? I don't want anyone getting shattered over something as stupid as this."
"Merciful as ever Pink Diamond," said Yellow Pearl, "however I'm afraid seeing that Rhodizite committed a treasonous crime and she is one of Yellow Diamonds' gems, it's simply out of our hands." Pink thought about it for a moment and then lowered her hand, Yellow Pearl looked down at it and reluctantly stepped onto it and steadied herself with Pink's thumb. (she decided she definitely wasn't as graceful as Yellow)
"Please Pearl," she asked gently, "it's not worth it. I don't like what she said but," she looked down at Rhodizite, "some of what was said was true." Pearl looked Pink in the face and then down at Rhodizite then back up at Pink; made a decision and gave a very small nod. Pink smiled at that. Pearl looked down at Rhodizite and said:
"Your service is no longer required, you may leave now."
"T-Thank you for your mercy," Rhodizite said as she bowed low as she walked backwards towards the door, "I will never speak of what I learned of beyond this room, you have my word My Diamond." After Rhodizite left the room, Pink lowered her hand back down to the floor.
"Thank you Pearl," she said quietly, "I'm glad you were here to back me up, I wasn't sure what to say in that situation," Pink said, her voice was beginning to tremble, "Rhodizite is right, I'm not even sure I can read...some diamond I am." Pink closed her eyes and cleared her throat trying to ward off the building tears. Thankfully she did and sitting back up she looked down at Pearl and asked:
"Could you put in the first chapter of the Homeworld files, I have a lot of reading to do and I'm already late starting them."
"Of course, My Diamond," Yellow Pearl said as she gathered the right info disk and placed it in the appropriate slot and a holographic screen popped up and she looked at the first page with some apprehension then sat back in her chair and sighed with relief.
Thank all the stars, she could read.
Pink sat there quietly reading Homeworld's early history for hours and it was just as Yellow had said, every line she read it was if she had known it her whole life...granted her whole life was less than three days but that was besides the point. To her great surprise she was actually a fast reader. Still this was going to be a long drag to read everything in the library but she only had to do it once, so it was well worth it. Soon she heard the lift being activated and she knew Yellow was on her way back up. When Yellow finally entered the room she looked up at her and smiled.
"How goes the reading," asked Yellow.
"It's fascinating," admitted Pink, "in a strange way I'm glad I get to learn it this way rather than just knowing about it. I've decided that I really like reading," she said, "I wasn't even sure I could even read in the first place."
"Oh," asked Yellow, "you didn't know if you could or not?"
"No," said Pink, "I didn't."
"Well, I'm glad you do," Yellow said, "It wouldn't have been too hard to teach you but it would have taken valuable time."
"Yellow," Pink asked, "what does 'off color' mean?" Yellow raised her eyebrow, if she had already read about it she would know the definition, so she deduced that she must have heard about it from another gem.
"Well Pink," Yellow said walking up to her, " 'off color' is a derogatory slang term used by common gems. Off color is used to describe a gem that came out of the ground with flaws, be it malformed physically, behavior or abilities." Pink looked down at her gem and covered it with her hand.
"You are not off colored, if that's what you're thinking," Yellow said to her, "you simply didn't receive all of your information, that is easily corrected and fixed. Off colored gems cannot be corrected in their flaws and theirs are permanent." Pink took in a deep breath and sighed it out, she felt Yellow's hand rest gently on her shoulder and give a gentle squeeze.
"Is there a reason why you would bring this up Pink?"
"No reason," Pink lied, "just was wondering about what it meant, thank you Yellow," she said looking up at her and smiling. She then turned back to her holograms and continued reading where she left off. Yellow Diamond turned away from her and looked down at her pearl, and she could see that the pearl knew something. She knew when her pearl knew something important, she would always get this smug little look on her face and she currently had a very smug one. Before Yellow could say something, her pearl made a shushing gesture and beckoned her closer. Normally a diamond wouldn't tolerate such behavior from their pearl but Yellow was curious and she lowered her hand and brought the pearl close to her face. Yellow Pearl then surprised her again and wanted to get even closer and whisper into her ear. So Yellow moved her helmet and let the pearl whisper in her ear. Yellow's face went from stoic, to shock, to rage then back to her normal stern expression. Yellow then moved the pearl away from her ear and gave her a nod of approval. Yellow Pearl beamed with pride from that and hopped onto Yellow Diamond's shoulder as she turned towards the lift.
"Pink," said Yellow Diamond, "I know I just came back but I have to step out again. I have something very important to do that requires my pearl's assistance. Will you be alright by yourself while I'm gone?"
"Um," said Pink as she looked down at the other disks in the cart, "unless I need to change out the disks later I should be okay on my own, I'm worried about breaking them and I don't know if these are the Library's only copies."
"They're not," Yellow said, "and just be very careful handling them if you need to. I should be back in a day or so. If you need anything, use the Diamond Line Communicator." With that Yellow marched out of the room rather quickly. Pink didn't think much of it, Yellow seemed like she was always busy with one thing or another. Pink flipped the screen and came to a chapter title that interested her greatly: Homeworlds' Original Organic Life.
Yellow Rhodizite kept her nose down into her work; she was sure that the off color diamond would keep her word, but the pearl was another story. She was determined to keep her end of the bargain though, she would keep silent about the defective diamond. It wasn't the knowledge thing that told her that Pink was defective, it was how she walked and acted from the pickup ship; heard the rumors from other gems who had seen the new diamond making cracks in the walkways. What kind of diamond was a cumbersome clod? She heard something and looked up and could see Yellow Diamond standing over her glaring down at her with Yellow Pearl sitting on her shoulder.
"My Diamond," she said sanding up and saluting, "what can I-"
"What is your Facet and Cut," calmly demanded Yellow Diamond.
"Wha..Um, Yellow Rhodizite Facet-769E Cut-5DF, My Diamond." Yellow Diamond nodded and continued to glare down at Rhodizite. It seemed to slowly dawn on her what was actually happening.
"M-My Diamond," she started to beg, "what happened was-" but before she could say anything further Yellow simply pushed down hard on the Rhodizite's head with her finger and poofed her instantly. The Yellow Rhodizite's gem dropped down and clinked onto the desk.
"Pearl," said Yellow Diamond, "pick up the Rhodizite and when the guards arrive, hand her gem over to them so they can escort her gem to the court house. I have to go tell Blue and White of what this traitor has done to the Diamond Authority. Meet me at the court house when you can."
"Yes, My Diamond," said Pearl jumping down from her shoulder and bubbled the Yellow Rhodizite's gem. Yellow then left the Library to leave for the Temple. She was absolutely furious from this whole affair, not because it was such a waste of her valuable time and a direct attack of their authority but...for some reason the thought of some other gem making Pink upset, upset her as well. Why that was she didn't know, but it bothered her enough that she was willing to replace one of her own gems without second guessing it. Now the hardest decision she had to make was what would be the most appropriate punishment for the Rhodizite.
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