I came up with this a few weeks ago and I wasn't sure if I wanted to put it into action. Since the easy answer to the problems in Homeworld would be get rid of the Great Diamond Authority, I thought, what about Blue? And how will Blue be respected as an activist for the oppressed Homeworld Gems? Simple...just keep reading...
The next morning Blue Diamond met Rhodonite in the room where she was kept.
"You know, Blue, I was thinking, we could sneak outside together. I just need to get the shackle off and we can sneak out. We better get a lay of the land around here, so we know how to do this." Rhodonite said to Blue behind the closed doors of Rhodonite's room.
"How? There are Quartz everywhere, someone'll see us and then I'll get punished by my sisters!" Blue shouted in worry.
"Your sisters punish you? Really? Well, it's still worth the risk, don't you think? I mean, how are we supposed to rebel if we don't know what we are rebelling against? It's always worth a shot." Rhodonite said.
"True, I guess I'll do it." Blue agreed.
"Alright! Be ready in some casual clothes in a few minutes, and we'll bust out of here!" Rhodonite shouted with triumph as she slammed her leg against the wall, causing the shackle to break.
"Now, granted I should've done that way earlier," Rhodonite said to herself as Blue left to change.
The two friends made it out undetected in about 5 minutes, the palace was not just a palace, it also had several laboratories, dancing rooms, kitchens and dining rooms, guest rooms, landing platforms, arsenals, meeting rooms, and it was also the hot spot where all technology on Homeworld was controlled from. It was like a labyrinth, but Blue knew every corner, so she lead Rhodonite out.
Blue had told Rhodonite that the entire planet was one big city, there was no need for farmland or rural areas, oxygen was never cherished, and Gems didn't really need housing. Let's just say, the Gem race drained their home planet of water, plants, polluted the air, killed off almost all the animals, all in the name of progress in technology and science, what Yellow and White called, "the greater good". Rhodonite noticed that all the Gems hustling and bustling through the streets were all on their own mission, they all had specific jobs. Burly Quartz and Jasper lined the streets, holding Gem destabilizers as nonchalantly as a someone would hold a shopping bag. Rhodonite could distinguish Rubies, Fluorites, Peridots, and the occasional Pearl in the huddle of people, along with an amalgam of millions of others. Of course, not all Gems had duplicates, Sodalite, Rhodochrosite and Howlite never had duplicates, they were just themselves and they had a job to do. Sometimes on the streets, a speeder or two would whiz by, and above her, there were certain spots where a long line of Gems were waiting to use a warp pad, different size spaceships flew in single file lines, like flying cars. There were also tracks for bullet trains, which shot by at backbreaking speed. Blue said that only certain Gems could ride the trains, and the rest had to walk or find another way.
"Well, show me around." Rhodonite gestured to the street.
"Uuuuum...I don't really know where to start." Blue shrugged.
"I guess we just start walking around, maybe do some shopping, if you have it," Rhodonite said.
"The shopping is a couple 100 miles from here..." Blue replied.
"Then we can take a bullet train! Come on!" Rhodonite grabbed Blue's arm and pulled her into and through the crowd before reaching an elevated bullet train boarding station. Luckily they were just in time, because a bright red bullet train pulled in, and there were different cars for different Gems. The "individual Gems" were in the first car, and some of the other types of Gems piled into smaller, less nice cars. The first car looked pretty modern, and it wasn't as crowded as Rhodonite had expected, there was plenty of room for Gems to sit and stand.
The bullet train flashed across the tracks at such a speed that Rhodonite was clinging to the dangling handle for dear life, whilst Blue was trying hard not to laugh. She sighed and said, "I remember I was the same way my first time." She said quietly.
The bullet train finally stopped at their destination, much to Rhodonite's relief, and the two got off the train and immediately started walking around. Rhodonite's feet were asleep, so she kind of lolloped around for a few seconds whilst Blue slowed her walking so she could keep up. Rhodonite wasn't sure what Homeworld Gems would shop for since they didn't need to eat or drink or sleep and they could easily just project clothes, but she stood corrected when Blue showed her the marketplace, a bustling area full of stores full of anything, from silk dresses, to furniture, to speeders and spaceships.
"I have some money if you want anything," Blue whispered into Rhodonite's ear.
"It's fine, you don't have to buy anything," Rhodonite replied.
"Hey, what's that around your neck?" Blue asked, noticing Rhodonite's necklace with the two wedding rings on it.
"Oh, just a sentimental gift from home. These rings were relics from my past lives. They mean a lot to me." Rhodonite said quietly, rubbing them in between her fingers, lightly smiling, her eyes twinkling with nostalgia.
"That's nice. How about I get you something to remember me by?" Blue asked.
"Okay." Rhodonite shrugged.
"But it has to be a surprise! I'll be right back, I know just what to get! You can shop around, and I'll find ya." Blue said excitedly, running off into the marketplace. Rhodonite decided to wander around the grounds, and it was actually kind of fun. For a while, she was just looking at things from afar, but she decided to get close just this once and try a weird looking instrument that was for sale at a booth full of random luxury items. She picked it up and immediately began playing a song that she saw Steven playing on his ukulele.
Isn't this such a beautiful night,
Whoa, we're underneath a thousand shining stars.
Isn't it nice to find yourself somewhere different,
Whoa, why don't you let yourself just be wherever you are.
Look at this place, look at your faces.
I've never seen you look like this before.
Isn't it nice to find yourself somewhere different,
Whoa, why don't you let yourself just be wherever you are.
Rhodonite's strangeness and her Earth ways almost always drew attention to her, and lots of different Gems stopped and listened to Rhodonite sing and play. Her singing voice was nothing like Steven's, it was deeper, almost distorted, and loud, like a roar, but the instrument kind of clouded over her strange sounding voice with its sweet harmonies.
Look at this place, look at your faces.
They're shining like a thousand shining stars
Isn't it nice to find yourself somewhere different,
Whoa, why don't you let yourself just be wherever you are.
Why don't you let yourself just be somewhere different?
Whoa, why don't you let yourself just be whoever you are.
After the crowd cleared away, and a few bangs on a drum, Blue Diamond showed up with a few small shopping bags in her hands. "Hey, I liked your song," She said, smiling.
"Ay, are you gonna buy something or not?" The shopkeeper asked impatiently.
"Sorry, no. I don't think so." Rhodonite replied.
The shopkeeper slammed her hands on the counter of the booth, she leaned towards Rhodonite and looked pleadingly into her eyes. "Please, please, please! You gotta buy it! I have a boss at home and if I don't sell a certain amount, she'll beat me! I have proof, just look up my back! Please, help a sister out!" The shopkeeper begged.
Rhodonite felt empathy for the shopkeeper, and with a loan from Blue Diamond, she bought the strange instrument. After seeing the shopkeeper and hearing her cry for help, Rhodonite noticed a lot more. She saw another shopkeeper whip her workers for slacking or not selling large amounts of products. The Quartz that lined the street had rocks and other miscellaneous items thrown at them by mischievous and disrespectful Gems. Sometimes, even shopkeepers beat other shopkeepers because of what kind of Gem they were.
Rhodonite and Blue Diamond kept strolling through the city, in awe of all the mistreatment of all classes. From Pearls getting whipped to Quartz and Jasper getting pranked and robbed, it was just a maelstrom of oppression going on, and as far as Blue and Rhodonite knew, the Diamonds already knew about it. Blue noticed Rhodonite's eye twitching and her hands shaking with corruption again, so she put a gentle hand on her shoulder to calm her down. The two kept walking, taking mental note of everything...
"Hey look! It's Blue Diamond!" They heard someone shout.
Suddenly, a large crowd accumulated around the two, and it became a hurricane of angry shouts, enraged about anything from killed friends and family, to the strict class system, to the horrible experiments, and even a few defended Earth and other planets. It quickly rose to violence, a few angry Quartz came up to Blue and began hitting her repeatedly, some even threatened to poof her with gem destabilizers. It was strange, Rhodonite would've thought that the Diamonds had a clenched fist of fear around the citizens so strong that she suspected that they wouldn't even try to touch them. Rhodonite knew it wasn't necessarily Blue's fault that the Homeworld Gems were facing so much oppression, so in a labor of friendship, she dove into the cluster of people and tried to pull Blue out of the mess. She endured many pounding fists, dodged slicing weapons and eventually pulled out a barely conscious and bleeding Blue Diamond.
"Let's get out of here," Rhodonite said, picking up Blue bridal style and running to the nearest warp pad to take them back to the main palace. Once they reached the palace, Blue told Rhodonite where her bedroom was, and Rhodonite tucked her into her bed. Afterword, Rhodonite informed a Quartz who happened to have passed by to get a healer to come and help Blue. She then walked back to her room to try and get some rest...
Blue was called into the throne room before the healer could get to her. She limped in to see her two sisters, standing regally, as usual, with looks of disapproval engraved on their faces. Blue stood in front of them, head down, and she just let them shout at her.
"I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU SNEAKED OUTSIDE!" White shouted in horror.
"How could you? You know that isn't allowed!" Yellow screeched.
"At least, she got punished for it, look at her, she can barely stand.." White whispered into Yellow's ear, smiling.
"Is that all you want for me? One ounce of curiosity, one teaspoon of longing for something different than palace life, and you wanted me to get hurt? I could've been shattered in that mob out there and you wouldn't even have cared! You only care about yourselves, people are suffering out there, and you were cruel enough to do horrible things to Rhodonite, along with millions of other innocent Gems, and for what, the "greater good"? I am so done with you two, you should be ashamed!" Blue ranted.
"Says you, defect. You can't go anywhere, the people won't accept you, and you are only ostracizing yourself from us. You're also hanging out with that earthling too much, she's giving you bad ideas." Yellow replied coolly, her voice hard and cold like steel.
"Guards, seize her. Maybe you need a little more punishment..." White smirked as she snapped her fingers, ordering two burly Quartz to grab Blue by her wrists and drag her into her bedroom, where they beat her once more to the point of unconsciousness...
Blue Diamond woke up in agony, blood still dripping from her wounds, and the covers stained with the same dark fluid. She tried to sit up, and every part of her body ached, and she limped her way to the mirror to look at her ripped and torn-up figure. She felt so tired, her eyes drooped as she was on the edge of consciousness. She looked long and hard at herself. Unaccepted by neither the people or the aristocrats and her "family". Blue hated herself, and she wanted to change so bad, she wished that she could break out of these awful stereotypes, that she was cruel, ruthless, like her sisters, but she couldn't...
"I wish people could see and appreciate me... Instead of who they think I am..." Blue closed her eyes and allowed a tear to drift out of each eye before reaching an epiphany.
Blue quickly grabbed a hooded cloak out of her wardrobe and headed over to Laboratory 10, where the chemists worked on Gem genetics to create new Gems. She put on safety glasses and grabbed several test tubes full of different Gem genes. She then reached for two separate empty test tubes and she mixed the genes together into one test tube. She took the other empty test tube and a pocket injector similar to a shot and ran back to her room undetected. Blue slammed the door to her room, and in the shadow of the night, she poured the mixed genes into the injector.
"Here goes nothing..." Blue sighed, her limbs shaking now in fear of the unknown. Her mind racing with the jarring decision, keep living this torture or face the unknown...
Face the unknown. Blue Diamond jabbed the injector into her chest, right next to her Gem. Blue winced in pain, then fell to the ground as it increased. It felt like all her bones were breaking and reforming, her skin searing, her Gem, cracking and shattering, then sticking back together in a new order. Her hair was getting ripped out of her head, she couldn't open her eyes at all, and her insides were getting twisted about in a whirlwind of pain and sickness. On the outside, Blue's body type was changing, her Gem was morphing into a different shape, her hair and skin slowly became a pale white with tints of ice blue. Blue Diamond, choking, barely able to breathe, reached for the empty test tube, and vomited thick, dark blue liquid, her Gem matter.
Blue put the lid on the test tube and hid it, along with the injector. She noticed that her wounds had healed, and she was beginning to get her ability to stand again. She went to go look herself in the mirror, it was a little too dark to get a good idea of her true colors, but she had pale, whitish skin, like the moon, and straight, light blue hair in an A-line short cut. She was still wearing her dark blue silk nightgown, but she decided to change the color of it to ice blue. Her eyes were a silver, ice blue color, and her face structure looked pretty much the same, it was her body structure that changed. She actually had an hourglass shape like her sisters, and she still had all the same muscle she had before. Blue smiled to herself, put up the hood of her cloak, and walked out to go see Rhodonite...
Knock knock, knock...
Rhodonite woke up to the sudden pounding on her door. She sat up groggily, moaning, groaning, stretching and yawning. The knocks resounded again as she was getting out of bed.
"I'm coming, I'm coming!" Rhodonite shouted irritably. "Well, at least, someone had the common decency to knock for once..." She muttered as she approached the door. The lights were off in her room, and Rhodonite was too lazy to turn them on, so she could barely see what she was doing. After feeling around the door for the knob for a few seconds, she finally opened the door to reveal a shadowy figure in a black hooded cape standing in front of her, head down.
"May I come in?" The figure asked, its voice raspy and quiet.
"Yeah no," Rhodonite said as she began to shut the door on the stranger. The figure caught the door and pushed it back open. "Look, what do you want? It's the middle of the night." Rhodonite asked in annoyance.
"It's me, Rhodonite." The figure said in its raspy voice, except the voice was starting to take shape now...smooth as honey, but lower than she expected out of someone so feminine-looking.
"I don't know who you are, but apparently you know me. I'll let you in, but any funny business and I'll attack you." Rhodonite replied, reluctantly opening the door and letting the figure in before shutting it. It was still dark in there, so Rhodonite walked over to a lamp on the side of the room and turned it on. "Come over here." She beckoned.
The figure walked over to Rhodonite and the two stood under the lamplight.
"Take off that hood of yours, we're not outside," Rhodonite said.
The figure took off her hood to reveal a face that Rhodonite was totally unfamiliar with. It featured beautiful opalescent skin, short, straight ice blue and white hair, plump lips, silver eyes and she had an insecure kind of smile like she was hiding something.
"Yeah, I don't know you at all," Rhodonite said, thinking out loud.
"I wasn't expecting you to, but you will right now." The opalescent Gem said.
Rhodonite cocked an eyebrow in suspicion.
The Gem pulled out a test tube full of dark blue liquid and shook it in a taunting kind of way. "It's me, Blue!" She smiled.
"I have a hard time believing that...what happened? What did you do? I mean, you look completely different, and all your wounds are gone... and your voice sounds different...how?" Rhodonite was confused by it all.
"Look, I learned today that the people of Homeworld won't listen to me, won't listen to us, if I am Blue Diamond. Everyone hates all Diamonds, so I went into one of our labs and mixed a concoction of different Gem genes. I injected the genes into my Gem, changing my genetic makeup to make a new me. I can help you now, and my sisters will never know because I can change back into my old self with just another injection." Blue said excitedly.
"So you'll be living a double life? That is dangerous for both of us, and you don't know how your Gem will react to all these chemicals and changes. I guess we'll just have to try it. What do I call you when you're like this?" Rhodonite asked.
"Moonstone, I'm Moonstone." Blue smiled, she was already enjoying her new form.
"There are no other Gems like us... we're both mutations. That means, that your sisters can't restrain us into the class system. We're outliers, we don't fit into the system, so your sisters can't stop us or restrain us, we can break the system just by not being in the system!" Rhodonite was getting excited too, she had even raised her voice too.
Moonstone held her finger up to Rhodonite's mouth, shushing her. "Keep quiet, even walls have ears. Until we really get into this whole thing, Moonstone doesn't exist."
"Oh yeah, I get it," Rhodonite whispered, smiling.
"I gotta get back, I'll keep talking to you in the morning, but not as me," Moonstone said, looking back at the door.
"I have to ask, which one is you? Like, who do you feel you are?" Rhodonite asked.
Moonstone stopped and stared at the ceiling, thinking. "I'll have to get back to you. I think I need a little more experience as both Blue and Moonstone before deciding."
"Oh, I see. Good night...Moonstone." Rhodonite grinned.
"Good night, Rhodonite." Moonstone smiled back, put her hood up and walked towards the door. She opened it, and right before closing it, Rhodonite called for her,
"Hey Moonstone,"
"Yeah?" She asked, only her head peeking in the door.
"You look beautiful," Rhodonite said quietly, winking.
Moonstone smiled bigger and shut the door behind her.
Mwahahaha plot twist
Btw I was informed that my writing improved? Wow, noice...I'm not sure when that happened, but I wrote this a while ago and saved it...so this may be a pre-writer/werewolf-transformation piece hehe
(What am I doing with my life)
Now before I get roasted a bunch of times hear me out...this was completely planned and I'm absolutely going away from canon on this one. I'm trying my best to stick, but this is one of those times when I just can't. I'm also getting sick of comments about Blue's character...so why not put a new name to that character?
What does everyone think of Moonstone and Blue Diamond's choice?