Planet Earth
1800s
Era 2
A perfect Pearl must maintain her good form, that's what they've always said. Nothing but perfect posture and complete etiquette would be accepted. Pearls who don't meet the required standards of perfection are instantly shattered, though some do manage to escape just from pure luck. Not this Pearl however, she was as beautiful as she could be, even for the highest of standards. Her light pink skin tone along with a ponytail could only be completed with a black minidress and black prom glove.
A much more important thing then appearance, something this Pearl cherished the most was non other then freedom. True freedom. Not a single Gem to tell her what to do, every action was her choice, and every choice was free from influence.
The flower garden was as healthy as ever, each statue that was carved had been polished to perfection. Most importantly, the inside of the cave was just recently cleaned with the furniture reorganized for spring. Indeed, if anyone knew true perfection, it would be the Pearls.
"Are you busy today?" A Quartz said, while she entered the cave.
This wasn't any random old Quartz, rather, from the pink curly hair, very tall stature and well built body structure; this is Rose Quartz. Her gem was right in her stomach area, oddly the same place the Pearl's gem was. Of course she let herself into the Peal's only home,
"I have to reapply the fertilizers to garden 4 at exactly 6:35 today ." The Pearl responded, the calendar right beside her confirmed that.
"I brought scones and jam to share, if we can talk."
Of course the Peal prepared the coffee table for her guest, after all, she just can't say no to scones and jam. Most of the furniture was Peal sized though but she made sure to keep one large chair for Rose Quartz to sit on. Whenever Rose Quartz came to visit her, it was either to share scones and jam in the garden or to aid in a problem. Most missions Rose Quartz did alone wasn't actually done alone, rather she did them with this particular Pearl.
The Peal knew that the visit wasn't about the scones, or she would have received notice at least two days in advance. Instead, whatever happened must have been very recent.
"The invitation to finally join the Crystal Gems still stands," Rose finally said while she spread the jam on the scone lightly.
"No thanks, I prefer the silence here." She responded to her. Strawberry jam was always her favorite. "So, what's the visit's about?"
Rose Quartz helped herself to some tea that was freshly made for the two of them.
"I haven't told the Crystal Gems but I've been keeping a close eye on a group of HomeWorld Gems that's been scouting the planet. They're searching for something, and I recently realized that they'll be here next."
The Peal punched the table in a slight fret, she sighed a bit then remembered to take a few deep breaths just like what the humans did. For a moment she wondered why Rose would waste her time to go get the food, instead of coming here immediately, but then she remembered that she'll wouldn't even let her in without the scones anyway. Still, it was better hearing about bad news while enjoying some delicious sones.
"Oh, why come here, instead of the Crystal Gem's base?"
"I managed in intercept a message, they're searching for a Pink Pearl."
Pearls are among one of the cheapest and most disposable Gems, why HomeWorld would want to use resources to find a particular Pearl was above everybody. This isn't a time for a mental debate though, if HomeWorld plans to come here then this Pearl would have to do her best to defend herself.
"Fine, but what are we supposed to do? They might outnumber us, and you failed to inform your teammates."
Rose Quartz then looked across the cave for a moment. She thought about the situation for a moment, taking to account as much possibilities she could think of. Then, she came up with an idea.
"You still know how to create stone blades?"
Such an odd question to ask and that made it pretty obvious that Rose Quartz had a plan, and a plan Pearl didn't mind following. While the roses continued to bloom, and while the bees buzzed, Rose and the Pearl spent the next hour working on their plan. Of course they didn't have any sort of technology for last minute use but they certainly had the environment, and that was good enough.
One major problem was that the entire plan was based on a general assumption, the two Gems had so way to know just how many how many HomeWorld Gems were coming. Three, maybe seven? They had no idea if they prepared for as much Gems as possible, they should be alright.
Surely enough though, by the evening, the two Gems found out just what they were dealing with. By sundown, a hand shaped ship was seen up in the atmosphere, this one was white.
Pearl was right in position, she stood right in the middle of the rose garden, slowing dancing in one spot. She would lift her right leg up to her hands and spin a few times, then her legs will slowly descend back to the ground. Pearl then tiptoed and jumped into the air and landed tiptoed on the right leg while her left leg would be up in the air. She continued the dance, just as she was programed to.
The ship finally landed on the garden yet the Pearl continued the dancing like she didn't notice. Three Amethysts walked out of the ship, each one of them were tall and masculine, possessing long white hair and the white diamond insignia on their uniforms. It seems that White Diamond specifically ordered them to handle this mission.
"Are you Pink Pearl Facet-1F5A Cut-7DS?" One of the Amethyst asked.
She simply nodded and kept the general rhythm.
"As requested by White Diamond herself, we've come to finally pick you up."
She stopped her dancing. After all this time, hundreds of years, it was now that White Diamond decided to go get her. Pink Pearl simply assumed that the Diamonds thought she was corrupted by the Diamond attack but it seems that White somehow figured out she was still sane.
"I'm sorry, but I'm quite comfortable here." She simply responded to the Gems.
They didn't seem to accept her most polite refusal. Within an instant, the two Amethysts from behind summoned two curved swords from their gems while the third one summoned a mace. Pearl gulped, knowing the three of them wouldn't shatter her, but the impact from one of those weapons would certainly be painful.
This was the perfect moment. Pearl clapped her hands twice, loud enough for it to be heard. Suddenly, the roses grew to be three size the Amethysts, each one of the giant flowers wrapped around the warrior Gems then flung back to the ship.
They recovered, surprised by the sudden attack but only to be swung around by other giant roses. It didn't take long for them to use their weapons to cut down the roses though, but by the time that happened, Pink Pearl had disappeared. The three of them nodded mutually and proceeded to walk in three separate directions, just as expected.
The first one headed to the cave, it was the darkest area so she would expect Pearl to hide there. The Amethyst drew out her sword from the gem, she gazed carefully at the general area, taking a couple of steps forward.
Psst.
A whisper tickled the Amethyst's ears. The moment she turned around, there was a smiling Rose Quartz and a close fist rocketing towards her face. Blows were traded within the cave for the first few seconds, then there was a sudden silence.
Poof.
The other two Amethysts headed on both sides of the garden, using the gems as light sources, they searched for Pink Pearl. One of the Amethysts, brought out her mace and smashed a couple of statues she ran into. She's gone through the respective training as any Quartz would, but none of the lessons seemed to have prepared her for what was about to happen.
From the shadows of the trees, Pink Pearl sprung unto action and right at the Amethyst. Pink Pearl didn't use the weapon from her gem, instead, she held two blades carved from stone and struck them at the Quartz. The Amethyst was tougher then the Pearl thought, while the blades did slice at her skin just a little, the Warrior Gem didn't poof from it. Instead, she swung her mace right at the Pearl.
Pink Pearl ducked a couple of times, she was much smaller and agile then the bulky Quark but she was desperately under powered. The Amethyst continued to swing the mace at her, being careful not to damage her gem of course. Eventually, Pink Pearl proceeded to slip away from the fight, she ducked a couple of times then jumped up to a statue. From that, she jumped away, proceeding to run right back to the ship.
"Come back here! You're making this more difficult then it needs to be!" Amethyst shouted.
Pearl kept running, she needed to get a good distance away from her. She jumped over a pile of leaves then turned around just to see Amethyst spin-balling towards her. Pearl kept still, the moment Amethyst rolled over the leaves, she fell down into the pit full of blades. A classic and somewhat cliche trap but effect nevertheless.
Poof.
"One more Amethyst to go." Pink Pearl said to herself.
Rose Quartz descended right beside Pink Pearl and looked around just at the mess made, it would take months to regrow all of the damaged flowers.
"Don't worry, I'll help you replant." Rose reassured her/
The two Gems looked forward to see the finial Amethyst; this one was right beside the ship, attempting to open it. Assuming that she was trying to escape, Rose Quartz ordered some roses to grow tall again, then throw the Amethyst just back a couple of meters.
Things didn't go as bad as Pink Pearl expected, the two Amethyst were poofed, leaving this final Gem and her ship.
Just when Rose Quartz was about to take down the final Amethyst, the ship had one finally Gem to join the fight. This one definitely had a feminine shape but the unique thing was the complete armor. Colored black, the Armor looked metallic, covering every inch of her body, hiding both the gem and her face. There was a white diamond insignia on the left sleeve of the armor.
"What kind of Gem is that?" Pink Pearl asked out loud.
This Gem didn't seem too used to the armor though, not that it was tight, but the new layer of clothes oddly limited her movement to be stiff. The helmet appeared to be the most unique feature though, it's pointy design resembled the one Yellow Diamond would have. This one extended down to her face and the visor that covered her eyes was made of glass.
Using the panel on her arm, this Gem aimed the ship's finger to fire right at Rose Quartz, despite the fact that the last Amethyst was in the way. After a couple of seconds, the ship shot its energy blast, burning the area in the process but Rose's shield kept everyone safe. Using the cover of the smoke, Rose leapt right at the Gem, shields front and her fist fight behind.
The Gem avoided the first punch, but she was hit with Rose's shield. She bent her knees just a punched back right at the shield itself. The force of the impact pushed both of them back a couple of inches, the Gem's own posture kept her balance but Rose took a little longer to regain her own.
This time, it was the Gem's turn. Using the opportunity of Rose's imbalance, she punched right at her but the shield blocked the impact. Rose responded with a direct punch to the helmet, pushing the Gem right back against the ship. Rose held her stance and punched again, but this Gem managed to grab unto her arm, slightly overpowering her.
Being this close up was what she wanted. This Gem released a stream of flames from her hands. At normal distances the fire should had been tolerable but with the Gem's hand only a few centimeters from Rose, the heat was enough to completely knock her out.
"Pink Pearl, please cooperate or the Quartz is shattered." The Gem said, the helmet made her voice much deeper then it actually was.
By now, the two poofed Amethyst had rejoined the third one and they both waited for the Pearl's response. Taking into consideration three Amethysts, a mysterious Gem and the famous Rose Quartz defeated, Pink Pearl didn't have much decisions to make. She hated making decisions like this.
"I will cooperate." Pearl said.
With that, the Amethysts took the Pearl into the ship along with the Gem, leaving the unconscious Rose Quartz in the garden. But at least the flowers would grow back.