"Do you want to know about a history long forgotten? About a gem war that far preceded earths? Well let me tell you how we the White Diamond court were ordered to leave Homeworld nine hundred thousand years ago," Moonstone said continuing the tale where the Agate had left off.
"The only way to convince Black to come back was to do something drastic. So she order us, her strongest warriors to invade the Snekk clan. If Black could see how inferior the Snekk were to the Gems, perhaps she would have a change of heart," Moonstone said, as she tapped the hilt of her blade on the cold, semi transparent panel of the ships main control panel.
"It was simple. The Snek a tribal race would be caught off guard and be decimated. They used spears and arrows made of wood. What could it do even to the weakest of the gems. Even a defective Pearl would be able to take on their strongest warriors. White Diamond order were simple. Invade and cleanse the organic infestation off planet Vipra. And most important of all find the Snekkk Chief Crotalus and terminate him with extreme prejudice," she continued.
"Did the White Court emerge victorious," the Peridot asked, now deeply engaged with the tale.
The tapping of Moonstone's hilt stopped. With a lighting fast fluid motion, she drew out her sword and flashing it before the startled Peridot.
"We did. This blade was instrumental in bringing the Snekk Chieftain's vitals to a stop,"
The Peridot gulped.
"But it wasn't easy. The extermination turned out to be a terrible battle. We lost a few of the finest gems that day," the Moonstone continued admiring her blade.
"What? I thought you said the Snekkk were just tribal creatures with no advance weaponary," the Peridot questioned in surprised.
"They were. But the Court of Black was not," Moonstone replied, stabbing the blade into the ground.
"What?!! It was an all out gem war?" the Peridot replied.
"Yes. Gems fighting gems. Sister shattering each other. And for what? To defend the lives of organics that last no longer than a fraction of a Kindergarten gems lifetime. Traitors all of them," the Moonstone growled. Smoke begun to seethe through her visor, making her appearance appear more monster like than gem.
"We had the advantage of surprise that day, and the Court of Black were well unprepared. We could have one, if it wasn't for Black's newest ability,"
"What ability is that?" the Peridot said, her heart beating wondering what sort of power an ancient Diamond would have.
Moonstone began once again tapping the hilt of her sword on the control panel. It made a repetitive echo that ran down the hallway, like the sound of a ticking clock.
"I saw it myself. Black crying for the fallen Chieftain. The sister of White, shedding tears for an organic. But when those tears touched the chieftain something terrifying happened. The Snekk's skin that was once green, turn a colour that rivalled the blackest of nights. And then with a gasped our foe came back to life. What made it worse was that he was different. Stronger. And he shared some of Black's abilities,"
The Peridot's eyes glimmered with a certain realisation.
"The Steven has similar abilities,"
The tapping stopped, and the Moonstone nodded.
"Yes. That ability is displayed in Diamond ranking hybrids. We have come to label it Reanimation,"
She swung the blade hard and chipped the side of a pillar.
"The Chieftain reborned now into pure black Snekk who calls himself Crotalus Cerberus. From then on, the Court of White found themselves at the losing end of the battle. Snekkk's we had slain, only came back stronger. Thus the Black Sneekk tribe was born. No longer as temporary as organics, they shared the same eternal like traits like us gems. Black Adder, Black Mamba, and their who have emerged from that war, have become to us like a plague,"
"You mean they still live?" Peridot said, looking absolutely terrified, like a child hearing for the first time that a monster lived under their bed.
"What do you think?" Moonstone replied, offering no comfort.
"But if they won, why didn't we at Homeworld hear about them,"
Moonstone gave a chuckled. Peridot wished, she did not, as it send a shiver up to her gem.
"Because we drove them back to the deepest darkest corners of the galaxy. We shattered their Homeworld, Vipra,"
The Peridot's eyes widen.
"Stars how you do it?"
"With the Judgement," Moonstone replied.
"The Judgement? What kind of weapon is that?" the Peridot asked.
The Agate shifted uncomfortably.
"All I can say is that it inspired the creation of clusters to be used a super weapons," she said.
Moonstone gave her a look, which made the Agate reveal no more.
"I bet it was the first cluster ever. The shards of both the court of the sisters of White and Black buried down in the Vipra planet?" The Peridot said.
"You're a perceptive gem. But no, the Judgment is far more powerful than any fusion," the Agate said.
"It's one of the reasons why White does not allow mixed fusions. She is disgusted by it, and the same time fears it," she added.
The sound of Moonstone's hilt slamming onto the control panel, indicated to the Agate that she was revealing far to much.
She hesitantly put her hand to her lips. But by now the Peridot's curiosity was far from satisfied.
"Tell me more," she begged.
The Agate a little wiser shook her head.
"That is enough about the Judgement. With it we destroyed the Snekk Homeworld. But what we did not expect was a retaliation. An assault from the court of Black on Homeworld," she said.
