It was mid afternoon in beach city and Thomas warped into the beach house. Steven had called him to come home on his brake, he of course would do so without question. When he arrived, Rose and Timothy were sitting on the couch and Steven was standing on the other side of the coffee table.

"And of course, the number one arrived last." Timothy teased. While the two loved each other, they do like to take the mickey out of eacher "Well I have a job, unlike you." Thomas teased back.

Timothy chuckled and Thomas sat down next to him on the couch. "So I got a call from the Diamond's, and they said the process to make earth an independent planet is taking longer than expected." Steven explained "So one of us has to be acting Diamond until they can get it sorted out."

The three nodded, understanding "Well I know who it should be." Thomas began "You, Stevenl" Steven blushed "Be resabul, Thomas." Timothy said "He's only fourteen." Thomas skowed

"Well then maybe you should be the ruling Diamond then!"

"Me?" Timothy said "I couldn't possibly be a ruling Diamond. There'd be a revolution before the first day." He then looked at Rose and said, "I think Rose is the best candidate." "No way!" Rose shouted "Not again."

"Well I know someone who can figure this out for us." Thomas said and he headed out the front door, with the other three Pink Diamonds following him. A few minutes later they arrived at a fancy dress shop that James had opened up on the boardwalk.

"James?" Steven said, confused as they entered the shop. "Yes, he was the best lawyer in your mom's court." Thomas explained. James was not at the front desk so Thomas had to ring the bell.

"Just a minute!" A voice yelled in the back. And a few minutes later James came out with a book. "Oh Thomas, what a surprise."James said "Here to buy something." "Not quite, James." Thomas said and he explained the situation.

"Ah I see," James said "Well luckily I just got the most recent printed copy of new homeworld law." James said pointing at the book in his other hand. He then put the book up his hand "Now lets see…" and began flipping pages.

"Well according to the law, the ruling Diamond is…" He pawed re-reading the book "Thomas." There was an awkward silence "Me?" He said confused pointing at himself. James nodded "Science Steven was born recently and Rose was reincarnated there at the bottom of line."

"What about me?" Timothy asked "You joining the Dark Diamond Authority is an act of treason." James explained "So you can only be the ruling Diamond if anyone else can't." There was a sigh of relief from Timothy, but not of Thomas.

"But I literally started a revolution." Thomas said "But you were considered dead by Homeworld before it truly began." James said. There was another silence, Thomas then looked at the clock "Oh dear me," Thomas said "I've got to get back to Gem Town." and he walked out of the shop, morph into train mode on the boardwalk track and puffed away.

Later as Thomas was shunting in the Gem Town yard and explained his situation to Eyeball "It's not like I can't do it, it's achently a nothing job. But at the saje it feels wrong for me to do it, considering I've always been against Homeworld."

"Well it seems you don't have much of a choice." Eyeball said "Steven cant do it cause it will stress him out, Rose can't do it because of her past and Timothy can't because of treason." Thomas looked at her, slightly impressed by the fact she was listening so well.

"I guess you're right." Thomas said "I'd better tell Steven then, mind if I leave to tell him in person." "Not at all." Eyeball said and with that Thomas puffed away to the warp pad.

When Thomas warped into the beach house, Rose and Timothy were talking about who should be the ruling diamond. "Look I know it's going to be hard." Timothy said "But you're likely not going to have to do anything. And if you have to, I'll sapores you all the way."

Steven nodded as well and that made Rose smile. "She won't have to." Thomas said, the three looked at him "Because I'll take the job." And so he did, and nothing bad happened during his tenure. Besides on incden, but that's a story for another day.