"We were completely caught off guard when the the court of Black arrived armed with the strength of the Snekkk armada. We fought back hard, and were pushing back. Finally Black made an appearance at the battlefield. It was what White was waiting for. She too entered the battlefield. It was a battle that is still edged in the back of our memories. Flashes of bright white light and choking shadows as dark as a black hole. They fought for days but Black was weakening. The egg inside was about hatch. Despite her weakness, Black was powerful. In fact White might have lost, if it was not for a slip of a moment that a pang of pain seized Black," the Agate paused, before looking towards Moonstone.
"If it was not for our braved general, who had seized the opportunity and attacked the gem located on Black's back, we would have lost," she said, looking at the general with the admiration that would have rivalled a Diamond.
The Peridot gasped.
"You defeated Black,"
The Moonstone shook her head.
"No, I only jumped in the opportunity. She was already weaken considerably by White,"
"But that was what made us emerge victorious," the Agate declared proudly.
"The battle yes. The war no. My blow was of little effect though," The Moonstone said staring into her blade.
"Nonsense. It cracked Black Diamond! If you had not done it, our milenial long war with the Snekkk would have taken a turn for the worse," the Agate reminded.
"What do you mean?" The Peridot asked.
"It's simple. A cracked gem is not whole. Unable to use it's full power. The wound that Moonstone delivered to Black Diamond was passed on to her child,"
"You mean Diamondback has a crack gem?"
"Yes. Ever wonder why he hides in the darkness of space? Never to invade Homeworld. It would be different if Black's gem was whole. A very different story," Moonstone said with a tone of paranoia.
"Well there is no known way to heal a crack gem," the Peridot said confidently.
"I hope not," Agate replied.
"How is Homeworld by the way?" she asked.
"It's changed. Very different from when you left it,"
"Does our Diamond continue our mission in the expansion of gemkind and eradication of the organic plague,"
Peridot shook her head.
"We've stopped. We've liberated most of our colonies. What we've done in the past. It's genocide," the Peridot explained.
A cold and deadly silence fell on the room.
"Genocide? Genocide?" Moonstone repeated. Her voice was as chilly as the room itself.
"How strange. Isn't it part of Gem culture to terraform planets and destroy organic life so Gem kind may thrive?" She asked in a calculated tone.
"It was, until Steven said that this was wrong," the Peridot explained. She almost regretted her words, as the blade in Moosntones hand pointed towards her.
She turned and walk towards the Peridot who trip and feel backwards in fright. Smoke seem to smoke out of the Moonstones visor adding to the Peridot terror.
"Wait, please I'll help you get Homeworld back," the Peridot said.
The Moonstone did not stop, but move forward. Slowly, intentionally, and deadly.
"Wait please!" The Peridot shouted as she saw the the blade swing downwards.
The green gem closed her eyes expecting to be shattered.
But nothing happen. The blade had stop inches away from the Agate ther had come between.
"Explained," the Moonstone said coldly, to the kneeling Agate.
"General, you are like a Diamond to us. So please spare this worthless gem. I assure you she can be useful in our liberation of Homeworld,"
The Peridot crept beside the Agate. She gave the Moonstone a Diamond's salute.
"Yes, Ill pledge loyalty to you, Moonstone,"
Moonstone pulled back her blade.
"You swear loyalty not to me, but to gem kind," she said as she turn her back in the two gems.
With a flick of her hand another sword materialised at her side. But this one was jet black.
"Our mission is to liberate gems from the organics control. Black Diamond, was the first traitor of gem kind, but apparently not the last,"
