Onyx slightly shrugged from Tourmaline's intensity. Onyx had never gotten yelled at before. She was always obedient to her duties as an Onyx guard and followed every order Pearl, White Diamond, and even the other Onyxes gave her. This was a first. "So White Diamond sent you here?" Tourmaline asked. Onyx got up. "Yes my gem, and if I may ask,"

"Hm?" Tourmaline raised an eyebrow. "White Diamond seemed flustered earlier, did something occur between you two?" Onyx asked.

Tourmaline sighed and slowly went back to her room, motioning Onyx to follow. She fixed the flowy skirt of her silk dress and followed. Her room looked nice, it looked like any other room an aristocrat would have. Tourmaline leaned against the wall and fell to the floor.

Without knowing what to do or say, Onyx just sat next to her, slowly growing worried.

"Is there something wrong?" she asked, looking at her worringly. Tourmaline put her head in her knees. Onyx started to feel bad. She'd never seen a gem this sad besides herself. She laid her hand on Tourmaline's shoulder. "A-Are you oka- "I-IT'S NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS I-IDIOT!" She napped, cutting Onyx off. Onyx jumped back, still not used to the yelling. This confused Tourmaline. 'Is she always this timid?' she thought. How is she supposed to be protected by such a fragile gem? How did she even count as a guard? She gave Onyx a confused look.

This is gonna take a while…

"I-I'm sorry my gem!" Onyx frantically said as she immediately knelt down for her. Tourmaline was still confused as to White Diamond's decision of sending this guard to her. She sighed. "I-It's fine…" She replied. "Ugh look, I'll tell you what happened between us if you quit kneeling like that, I know I'm regal, but I'm not a Diamond." She told Onyx. They both got up and sat themselves on Tourmaline's magenta couch. "So what happened…?" Onyx asked. At this point, she was almost getting tired of asking what happened, not that she didn't care but she wanted an answer.

Tourmaline groaned. "Ugh, fiiiiinneee…I'll tell ya,"

"Before you came, I was fine until White Diamond just assumed that I needed a guard, I kept telling her that I'm fine on my own but she kept on insisting, And I knew she wouldn't stop until I finally let her get a guard for me," She finally answered. "Well, she's probably just worried…" Onyx told her. Tourmaline sighed again. "I know I know, that's what Pearl kept telling me and I appreciate what White Diamond did for me, but really though I can handle myself!" She exclaimed. "But it's not like I have a choice now, since you're here now." Tourmaline included. Onyx didn't really know how to feel about her last comment, Is it a problem that she's here? It's not like she asked to be guard. But, she's on the same boat with Tourmaline.

There's nothing they can do now…

But, Onyx still wants and is determined to keep her word of protecting the gem she was given to protect. Tourmaline decided to break the now awkward silence. "Anyways, what can you do?" she asked. "Huh?" Onyx flinched. "Uhh are you an airhead? What can you do?"

"Uhh…what do you mean by that?" Onyx asked, not wanting to sound stupid. "I MEAN like is there anything that gem of yours holds that you can fight with?" Tourmaline asked her, getting annoyed. "Huh? Yeah…" Onyx responded. "Then show me." She said, monotonically. "Okay but uhh…stand back…"

"Like I said, I CAN HANDLE MYSELF." Tourmaline said. Onyx stood up, and pulled out her sword. The blade was long, black and sharp, with a white handle that had a black diamond pommel at the bottom. The intensity of her sword coming out caused it to seem like there in some sort of windy atmosphere , not dangerously windy or anything but like a not so light breeze. She set her sword down and the wind calmed down. Tourmaline seemed completely unphased by this, but one thing that surprised her was how Onyx handled it so easily. "Uhh…you know how to fight with it right?" She asked.

"Well before, I didn't know how but White Diamond taught us how…" Onyx said sheepishly. "Huh…that's funny," "What is?" Onyx asked. "White Diamond taught me how to fight as well, Are you aware of the gem war that happened five thousand years ago?" She asked her. Onyx looked down. "No my gem, The other Onyxes and I were made recently, we're not aware of what happened during the war," Tourmaline raised an eyebrow. "Ugh, Do I need to tell you?"

"Uhhh…sure…" She simply answered. "Ugh, okay then, so exactly over five thousand years ago, There was a war that happened; The Rebellion, It was a time when a gem named Rose Quartz decided to rebel against us, It had also happened when Pink Diamond had miraculously left. No one knows what happened to Pink Diamond…Anyways, Rose Quartz had formed an alliance; The Crystal Gems. So the rest of us here on Homeworld decided to fight against them, White Diamond had arranged all our weaponry and taught the helpless gems how to fight, Blue Diamond planned out our battle, And Yellow Diamond had lead us to the fight,"

She sighed.

"I fought alongside White Diamond, and I remember she told me, 'Tourmaline, go back to Blue and Yellow Diamond, I'll handle this on my own…' I was so worried, even though The Diamonds are indestructible, I almost felt as if she wouldn't make it," Tourmaline shivered.

"What happened then?" Onyx asked.

"I was stubborn, but I eventually went back to Blue and White Diamond, but…" Tourmaline sighed. "We lost...those traitors won…I was grateful that White Diamond made it back though," Tourmaline finished. Onyx looked down. She must've known the pain of gems having to be sacrificed to war, and just to realize it all failed. Tourmaline shook her head. "Enough about that, It's all in the past." She said, just then Pearl came in.

Tourmaline and Onyx both stood up. "Yes Pearl?" Tourmaline asked. "White Diamond and Charoite wish to speak with both of you," Pearl said. "Okay, tell them we'll be there,"

"Will do." Pearl said as she left. "Why do they need us? And who's Charoite?" Onyx asked. "You'll meet Charoite later, but now I think we have some business to attend to, Come." Tourmaline said as she left along with Onyx.