Onyx sat in her chair, awkwardly staring off into space. Literally. Tourmaline then broke the silence. "Hey Onyx, what was life like before you met me?" She asked. Onyx raised an eyebrow. She never really expected a question like this from her. "Why do you ask?"

"Eh, Just to kill some time I guess, and uhhh it's not like I want to know more about you, I-I'm just bored." Tourmaline answered back. Onyx sighed and thought about it. "Well I was different among my copies, They were bright, optimistic, happy at the least. They always thought I was weak…and strange because of how different I was and still am"

"How are you different?" Tourmaline asked as she looked back at her. "Well, the way I act, my personality, and…" Onyx trailed off. "What is it?" Tourmaline asked. Onyx stuck all of her fingers together, They started melting into each other and soon turned into onyx colored blades. Tourmaline nearly fell off her chair. "H-HOW?!"

"I-I really don't know! I remember one day I just stuck my fingers together and this happened!" Onyx replied. "W-Well do you know how to get rid of them?" Tourmaline asked. "Y-Yeah…I just…" Onyx said as she lifted her hands slightly up and the blades on her hands soon disappeared. "Are you sure it's not just shape shifting?" Tourmaline asked. "What's that?" Onyx asked.

"You don't know what shape shifting is?!" Tourmaline asked as she raised her voice. At this point she already got used to the yelling. "No…White Diamond never taught us." She simply answered. "I guess she never taught you because there wasn't much need I guess, C'mon I'll show you." She said as she left her chair. "What about the ship?" "It can fly on its own, Now come on I'm getting antsy."

Onyx shrugged and got up from her chair and followed Tourmaline. "Okay, you see the couch? In order to shapeshift, You have to think of what you really want to be." Onyx listened. "Okay, so I'm thinking of being the couch, Now watch." She said. Onyx stepped back a bit to give her room. Suddenly, Tourmaline looked just like the couch. "I swear if you sit on me, I'll kick you right out of here…" She said coldly. Onyx did have to admit, she did look really funny in this form…

Tourmaline shape shifted back to her normal self. "Okay okay, now you try." She said. Onyx looked at the couch then thought of it. Instead, she ended up shape shifting into the chair. "Uhhhh…this feels weird…" Onyx said. "Hm. Well you're not the couch but this works…" Tourmaline said as she observed Onyx's form as a couch. "To be honest, you look funny as a couch!" Tourmaline exclaimed before laughing. "Heh, I was gonna say the same with you." Onyx answered back. They both laughed together while talking about their couch forms.

Later on, They went back to their chairs and laid against the controls of the ship in boredom. "Hey Tourmaline? How long has it been?" "Only a few hours, and our trip home is scheduled for 6 days…" She lazily answered. "Why didn't we just warp back home?" Onyx asked. "We're normally supposed to ship our way back home for some reason, and we first of all can't all fit in the warp." Tourmaline responded. "Oh…well, Mind if I ask you something?" Onyx asked. The mint green gem chuckled. "Well that's all you've been doing lately so yeah."

"So…I know we serve White Diamond and everything but, I feel like you see something else in her like she's a goddess to you...D-Do you like her…? She peeped out. Tourmaline turned her head to Onyx and blushed furiously. "WH-WHY WOULD YOU ASK THAT YOU IDIOT?!" She asked angrily.

"I-I was just wondering…!" Onyx said as she shielded herself with her arms. "P-Please don't kill me..!" She yelped.

Tourmaline calmed down and sighed. "I'm not…idiot."

Onyx relaxed and fixed herself up. "S-So uhhh…" "UGH, YES I DO." Tourmaline groaned. "Huh?" Onyx shrugged. "I DO LIKE HER OKAY?! BUT IT'S NOT LIKE SHE'LL EVER ACCEPT ME!" Tourmaline shouted as she laid her head down. At first Onyx didn't really understand it but now, She felt kind of sad because she liked Tourmaline.

Tourmaline raised her head back up. "It's fine though, I've been dealing with it since I first met her." She stated. "When you first met her?" The ebony colored guard questioned. "Aw jeez, time for another story I guess…" Tourmaline sighed. "Do you mind if I tell another story?" She asked. Onyx lightly blushed. "Not at all." Onyx answered.

"Make yourself comfy then." Tourmaline said. Onyx sat closer to her. Tourmaline sighed as she remembered what happened to her all those years ago. "There used to be other copies of me, We all lived in a kindergarten back on earth. The thing is, I was a lot weaker and smaller than the other Tourmaline gems there, I didn't know how to even summon my weapon; We never had any conflict with each other though." She said.

Everything was so peaceful until…" She trailed off as she swallowed the memory. "There were some Jasper gems who shattered all my other copies; And of course, I was left alive. The Jasper gems didn't notice me."

"I was alone for days until White Diamond came to check the kindergarten but, She saw me and I guess she felt pity for me so, She took me to the White Court. She asked me what happened and when I told her, It turns out some gems from Yellow Diamond's court snuck onto Earth. She informed Yellow Diamond of this but, She never told me what happened to them. I was just depressed the whole time but White Diamond helped me through everything. She taught me how to fight and helped me learn to summon my weapon. White Diamond was the only one I cared about in my whole life. That's why I think all the other courts were so beneath us; I always thought White Diamond was the best out of all the Diamonds. But, One thing I know is that I'll always be beneath her. I don't care though. If it means getting to be around my Diamond forever than I'll do and take anything in this cruel universe." Tourmaline finished.

Onyx sniffled. She had been crying silently almost halfway through the story. She wiped her eyes with her silky sleeve. "Well…" She said, putting her hand on top of Tourmaline's.

"You'll always be ahead of me."