A few weeks after Sapphire heard Emerald crying and comforted her, he lay thinking in his bed again.

'I should ask her,' He thought, but then he thought of who she had cried for when she was in his arms. 'Damnit Diamond. She loves you so much and yet you don't realize it.'

But then again, he loved her, and she didn't realize it either.

'Well,' He decided, 'It's time she knew.'

He got up from his bed, smoothed his clothing out and walked out into the hall. As soon as he stepped out, he almost ran over Emerald who was gliding away from the throne room.

"Sorry."

"That's alright, just watch where you're going next time." She said as she started away again.

Sapphire hesitated. This was the moment. "Emerald?"

"Yes?"

"Would you walk with me? I have something I would like to discuss with you."

"Absolutely. New tactics perhaps?" She perked up at the thought of another attack on the Palace.

Sapphire cleared his throat. "Something like that."

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They walked together, mostly in silence, Sapphire because he was a bit nervous, Emerald because she didn't know what he was planning to talk about.

Sapphire led her to a balcony on the flagship, one that overlooked the ruined city. The stars were out and all nine heavenly bodies could be seen in the sky.

"Beautiful place here isn't it?" He asked, looking up at the sky.

"Very. It'll be the perfect place for us to colonize once this city is destroyed."

"Yes." He looked at her. 'Now or never.'

"Emerald?"

"Hmm?"

We've known each other for a long time, ever since we were children on Nemesis. To be honest, you caught my eye a long time ago." He had her full attention now.

'Too late now.' He plunged on. "I've watched you grow up into a beautiful woman, watched you fall for my brother, and I've watched you become more and more unhappy because of it. I love my brother but he is so obsessed with Serenity that he doesn't know true beauty when he sees it. But I do, I see true beauty right before me."

Sapphire paused as he saw Emeralds face blush and she flicked her fan out. "I was wondering, if perhaps, you would do me the honor of being my lady."

'Well, I've said it. Now all I can do is listen and accept my fate with dignity.'

Emerald thought for a moment, fluttering her fan before her face. Then she sighed. "Sapphire, I didn't know. I didn't know you felt this way. If I did, I would have done something, but it's impossible for me to return your feelings. I know that Diamond loves me, he doesn't show it, but I know he does. I just have to wait for him to decide to show his feelings. Yes, that's all. I just have to wait for him to show his feelings." She laughed hollowly and made her way back inside.

Sapphire sat for a long time on the balcony railings after she left.

'She was trying to convince herself, and she's doing it. She's leading herself down the road to self-destruction.' He clenched his fist and a tear slid down his face. 'Damnit Diamond, you don't know what you do to her.

He continued to sit, looking at the Crystal Palace, for several hours. Not long before dawn, Diamond wandered by, mainly to look at the palace, where Serenity lay.

"Restless night?"

"You have no idea."

"You have trouble sleeping when our goal is so close yet so far away too?"

"Yeah, something like that."

The brothers sat together in silence, both lost in the thoughts of their loved ones that they would never have.


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