White Diamond had let go of Rhodonite`s hand, and for some reason, Rhodonite didn't turn tail and run. She wanted to, but she was afraid that the psycho who seized her hand and dragged her through the hallways was going to kill her if she did. The halls looked kind of boring, the floors were an ivory color and it felt was she was walking on a smooth, glassy surface. The walls were also white with green piping snaking its way through the long halls. Rhodonite was getting really sick of the dress she was wearing, and she wanted to know what Homeworld did to her Gem to stop it from projecting clothes, so she walked up beside White Diamond and asked.
"What did you do to my Gem anyway?" Rhodonite asked.
"What do you mean?" White Diamond played dumb with her sultry, innocent-sounding voice that was still cold and hard.
"I woke up naked this morning and couldn't project my clothes. Then your invasive Pearls waltz in and fawn over me. I haven't even been here a whole day and you have already toyed with me." Rhodonite said, raising her voice in an angry tone.
"Calm down, we just didn't want someone walking around with stars projected on their clothes, very threatening, and even offensive to some. From now on, you will wear our clothes." White Diamond replied.
"What if I decide not to?" Rhodonite asked, cocking an eyebrow.
"We`ll get to that later, for now, I thought maybe we could stroll through my gardens and chat, knowing you`ll be staying with us for a while." White Diamond smiled.
Rhodonite stayed quiet, she was too busy looking for possible escape routes. The two Gems stopped at a pair of white double doors, which slid open automatically and Rhodonite stepped into what looked to be a real jungle in among a concrete jungle. It was a very large pavilion, and she noticed that the whole thing was sealed by a bubble that kept out outside noise and elements. The ground was actually dirt, and the pavilion was full of lush, green plants, vibrantly colored flowers, and delicious looking berry and fruit trees. The place was teeming with life, there were birds cawing, animals chattering and roaring and grunting to each other, even a small river with a large scale waterfall ran through.
"Allow me to show you around." White Diamond said as she seized Rhodonite`s hand and began to walk her through a winding trail through the lush forest. Many of these animals and plants weren't from Earth, they looked a lot weirder, more interesting and beautiful than Earth animals in some cases.
"Where did you get these?" Rhodonite asked in awe.
"I happen to have salvaged some of the native beasts of planets that are no longer present. These animals come from all over the universe, and when their home is threatened, I, or my sister Blue, find it in our hearts to take a few animals in. I created this pavilion for myself and the animals originally, but I rarely come in here anymore. I was young and naive to the things we must take for the greater good, so now only my sister dwells here, doing what the Pearls should be doing." White Diamond explained.
"We have..differing ideas on what the greater good is..." Rhodonite said quietly.
"I know we do, and I want that to change. Almost everything has a little bit of philosophy tied into it, and I see that. I have it all figured out, the greater good is what is better for the people, correct? We have to pursue that good, no matter how much hurt it causes, because in the end we will come out stronger." White Diamond replied.
"Unless you are wrong, then it makes the people weaker," Rhodonite added.
"Smart child, but there is no wrong, wrong is an opinion, just like philosophy. I have learned that right and wrong don't exist, that those words fade with philosophy and rot with your Gem. You don't like it now, but all this hurt will make all gemkind improve, we are the conveyors of the future, and by the time my sisters and I are done, we could wipe your Earth armies out with stronger, smarter bodies and weapons." White Diamond said.
"Who said I wanted war?" Rhodonite asked.
The two Gems were coming upon a clearing in the forest, the sun radiated on White`s skin and clothing to make her look like an angel and Rhodonite look like a psycho under restraint, especially with her eye twitching with corruption. Two large four-legged sauropods were butting heads and wrestling with each other in the clearing, grunting, growling, and stomping. The sauropods looked like Pachyrhinosauruses, with massive plates on their head and thick noses.
"I know people, if they don't agree with something, they fight for it. It's only a matter of time before we have a second Great Gem War. I used to hate war, it depressed me, it hurt me and shattered my friends. Until I realized that death and war are necessary, if we don't have war, then how will our opinionated minds know what is right? How will we know who is the dominant one? Without a dominant side to strive for, how does anyone have any direction to follow or philosophies to stand on in this game called life?" White Diamond explained. "Fighting is nature, the stronger ones survive, and weaker ones dread and wish for peace, and they die. It's how the species pushes forward and gets stronger, by getting rid of the weaker variables."
At that moment, one of the beasts that were fighting threw the opposing one, causing it to fall to the ground and not be able to get up. Rhodonite could see the fear in its eyes as it whimpered and grunted in pain. The winning beast stood proudly over it, and instead of granting it mercy and life, it ended it by stepping on and cracking its skull. The sauropod roared in triumph, then stomped off into the trees.
"The sooner you accept it, the better." White Diamond turned to Rhodonite.
White Diamond`s words genuinely creeped Rhodonite out, and after White Diamond left Rhodonite to go deal with something else, she wandered the gardens and let her mind drift as she observed the beautiful flora and fauna. Rhodonite didn't like White Diamond`s opinions, she usually listens and respects everyone's opinions, but something about White Diamond`s just felt...wrong. Rhodonite`s entire outlook on life was completely scrambled, I mean, who questions key things like right and wrong? What was right and wrong was always Rhodonite`s base to stand on, and all this questioning was driving her mind to the brink of madness... So she decided to forget about White Diamond for now and admire the pavilion.
ROAR! A giant wolf suddenly leaped out of the bushes as Rhodonite was walking down the forest trail and tackled her. Rhodonite let out a startled scream as the wolf pinned her down. Rhodonite kept her head and summoned her tomahawk, not wanting to hurt the animal, she held its gnashing teeth away from her neck by pushing the beast back with the handle of her tomahawk. The wolf was a reddish color with streaks of white and pink in its fur. It was about the size of a horse, with long bushy hair, especially along the neck and upper back. Its claws were long and they were pressing into Rhodonite`s skin deeper and deeper as she struggled to hold back the animal with her tomahawk.
Abruptly, another giant wolf of the same species leaped out of nowhere and knocked the red wolf off of Rhodonite, giving her a chance to get up. The wolf who helped her had light blue fur with streaks of dark blue and white. Unlike the red wolf, Rhodonite could see a dark blue Gem on its heaving chest. The wolf morphed back to a girl Rhodonite immediately recognized as Blue Diamond, except her hair was down and bushy, and she was wearing navy blue tight shorts and what looked to be an ice blue tank top. The wolf growled and then stopped as it realized that it was Blue Diamond. She rose up and stroked the wolf`s snout until it calmed down.
"It`s okay, she`s a friend, calm down." Blue Diamond whispered.
Rhodonite dusted herself off. "I was not expecting that."
"No one does. I wasn't expecting you either, most Gems don't like the gardens, too dirty and primitive." Blue Diamond kept stroking the wolf.
"Well, I`m from Earth, so I`m used to it." Rhodonite chuckled.
Blue Diamond and Rhodonite giggled nervously and stared for a few seconds before Rhodonite said "Thanks for saving me."
"Well, I wouldn't want you to get hurt." Blue Diamond lightly smiled. "Let me guess, White was a little...intense?"
"How did you know?" Rhodonite asked.
"Oh! Imagine living with her! She spent years meditating, going in and out of her Gem, she rarely talked to me, but yet I was never able to go outside and make some real friends. All studies, and once we got into office, Yellow started bringing people in and I befriended them, only to have them dead or shipped off to Earth two days later." Blue Diamond explained. "White used to be a lot nicer, she had the heart to save all these animals, but she changed really quick and became close friends with Yellow, leaving me with the animals. It doesn't help that I am a defected diamond, I just want to be accepted you know?"
"I can understand that." Rhodonite sighed.
"Let`s go to the river and talk." Blue Diamond sent the wolf off back into the woods and beckoned Rhodonite to follow her away from the path. Rhodonite stumbled through the forest, tripping on roots and leaves, whilst Blue Diamond walked as though she knew the jungle like the back of her hand. They finally reached the river, and Blue Diamond sat on the bank, Rhodonite sat beside her.
"You're the forced fusion, right?" Blue Diamond asked.
"Yes," Rhodonite replied.
"I wasn't sure about that idea, I thought it was cruel and disrespectful, bringing back the dead and agonizing them, no offense, you seem fine." Blue Diamond said.
"I`m not fine. At least, not inside. I wanted to be shattered again for a long time, and I`ve faced corruption and my own past, I've faced nonacceptance. That's too many things I've had to ordeal, and I don't want anyone to go through what I did." Rhodonite replied, staring deep into the flowing teal water.
"I wouldn't want that to happen to anyone either." Blue Diamond said quietly.
"For the record, I think you are better than your sisters." Rhodonite smiled.
"Really? But I`m defective, worthless, too weak to be a leader." Blue Diamond frowned in self-doubt.
"Hey, I am too. I was too soft to even take on a corrupted Gem!" Rhodonite replied.
"Same here! No matter how hard I try, I just can't bring myself to hurt anything!" Blue Diamond shouted.
"And that is totally okay." Rhodonite grinned.
Blue Diamond beamed back. "I guess we'll be defective together."
She's a Homeworld Beauty... and? A Homeworld Psycho?
Here I am with my Fall Out Boy reference...
I also thought that Rhodonite and Blue would be good friendssss because they find solace in being good in a horrible world.
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