Over 5,500 Years Ago
Gem Homeworld
"BLUE!"
Blue Diamond smiled as she watched her fellow Diamond jump into the pool in the center of her extraction chamber.
The smaller Diamond swam up and perched herself on Blue's knees. "I heard you were attacked by those monsters. Are you okay?"
"Yes, Pink. I am fine." Blue said with a smile as she wiped some wet hair away from Pink's face. "Yellow came to my aid and saved me."
"And your court?"
Blue sighed sadly. "I am afraid my Pearl is the only survivor of the court members I brought to Earth. Those Grimm monsters had somehow managed to attack the Cloud Arena, slipping past all of Yellow's security. If not for Yellow I and my Pearl would have shared the same fate."
"Perhaps we should cancel the colonization then. So many Gems have been destroyed by those monsters already." Pink suggested hopefully.
"Pink, we've had this discussion before. This is what you wanted, remember? We can't just cancel everything." Blue shook her head, noting the disappointed look on Pink's face. "I am not sure cancelling it would be even possible now. Yellow has already called in more battalions from her other colonies which she will be leading when she finishes her inspection of the Nephrite productions. You know she doesn't handle attacks on her fellow Diamonds well."
"But that would cause more death. How can Yellow order them to die like that? It's not even her colony." Pink protested.
"It isn't but it's not just about that anymore. These Grimm are a threat to us because they can harm a Gem with a single scratch." Blue reached out and stroked Pink's hair, smiling a bit as the smaller Diamond leaned into her hand. "Yellow finds the idea of a creature being able to harm Gems, especially Diamonds unacceptable. Not to mention that organics that have been shown to be powerful enough to fight back against these monsters and against Gems when your army tried dismantling their cities. Speaking of, did you know about the Special Zone Project?"
Pink looked confused. "Special Zone?"
"You mean White didn't tell you?" Blue retracted her hand. "It was originally the project for moving organics to the space station to ensure some of the specimens would survive after you wanted to keep some of them. Before I could give my approval White stepped in and took over, saying she had something else in mind. She had the project moved under your palace."
"My palace?" Pink gasped. "Why wasn't I told about this?"
"I thought White would have told you much like I told you about the space station." Blue answered. "I only know because the idea was originally mine but White had it moved and altered. I was sure she would have told you since it concerned your planet."
Pink shook her head. "I haven't heard from White since I was told I was being given a colony."
"That…" Blue sighed. "Sounds like White. Yellow complained a great deal when I told her about White's sudden interest. She doesn't like it that White won't speak of her about her own success with her colonies but takes an interest in yours. I wouldn't speak to her about White or the colony for a little while if I were you, Pink."
"Okay." Pink nodded and sighed. "Did White tell you what she was doing?"
"No, unfortunately." Blue answered, her gaze now solemn. "I haven't had much of a chance to speak with her before I was sent to Earth with Yellow to deal with the Grimm infestation. Those monsters have become a great concern and White wanted me and Yellow there to solve it. Unfortunately we have made little progress and with the loss of my court on Earth. I am sure I will have to answer White soon when she calls us to see the Gem she is creating."
"A new Gem?" Pink was now curious.
"A Gem she has made to combat the Grimm." Blue answered, using her personal comb on her hair. "She's invited us to see it. Behave and she might even let you name it." Blue smiled a bit now. "So as long you come up with a better name than the last one."
Pink pouted. "It was only a joke!"
Blue laughed. "Yes, I know but you know how White is. If it makes you feel better if you come up with a name and White hates it I'll say it was my idea."
"You?" Pink stared at the larger Diamond.
"I've come up with names before, Pink." Blue shrugged. "If White gets mad the worst is her telling me to go to my room."
"Can I visit you?" Pink asked, smiling back now. "You visit me all the time."
Blue nodded. "Just don't tell anyone."
Xxx
"Family is the greatest gift one can ask for but not even that is perfect. When you live family you know everything about them, including their flaws. All it takes is one bad day for you to say the wrong thing and that could lead to the worst possible outcome: a family breaking apart." TOM lectured. "Be careful what you say and do. You never know how good you have something until it is gone."
Xxx
The three Pearls led the Elementals through the eerie white halls, stepping outside to see a gigantic white statue that resembled a head and torso with pentagon shaped 'hair'. It stood on a massive white shaped building.
"Wow!" Ed stopped and looked around with excited awe.
Skyscrapers could be seen with thin white tubes connecting them. Lights of different colors could also be seen travelling through these tubes. There were also white pedestals with red inverted triangles on top. Nearby where three more buildings resembling the building the group stood on, each of them colored different colors.
Yellow, blue and pink.
A giant structure stood between the four buildings, the roof matching the colors of the surrounding buildings and forming into some kind of symbol. The sky above showed it was night with stars vastly different from the ones that could be seen on Earth, telling the visitors they were indeed not on their home planet anymore.
"We are really on another planet!" Ed was extremely giddy now.
Giddy to the point the whole group stopped to stare at him.
"Is this typical human behavior?" The Slime Pearl asked, sounding slightly concerned now.
"Not really." Abby shook her head.
Apparently being kidnapped from his home planet and brought to another planet likely far away from Earth had not crossed Ed's mind.
Speaking of faraway…
"Just exactly how far away is this planet away from Earth?" She asked the Candy Pearl standing next to her.
"Homeworld resides in the Diamond Galaxy. It is approximately sixty five point twenty three million light years away from the planet Earth." Candy Pearl answered, watching as her charge stiffened.
Nigel kept a close eye on Abby, ready to step in if she reacted badly to the news but to her credit Abby only took a deep breath, seemingly calming from any outburst she would have made.
Guess those meditation sessions really helped.
A figure phased through doors of the gigantic statue in front of the group, surprising the three Elementals. It was a Pearl like the other three but different. She wore a black top that resembled a bralette with gray sleeves that function as gloves, a white tulle skirt that leaves the front of her legs exposed, and a pair of black shorts paired with gray stockings and light gray flats. Her most prominent feature is the atypical scarring over her left eye, which is lined with cracks that extend to the chin, hairline, and hair bun of her physical form, completely covering the missing eye.
The sight of the crack over the missing eye caused the Elementals to flinch when they saw it, greatly disturbing them.
She remained utterly still, her arms remaining posed with her arms held upward and she appeared to be floating with a serene smile on her face.
"Is she okay?" Ed asked concerned.
"She is White Diamond's Pearl." Slime Pearl replied simply.
That did not reassure them at all.
If that scar over her missing eye and the fact that Pearls were essentially servants on this world was anything to go by then needless to say they were not excited to be meeting this White Diamond.
"Elementals, White Diamond is expecting you." The Pearl said, her voice robotic compared to the others, before floating back into the statue, phasing into it.
As soon as she was gone the doors slowly opened, releasing a bright light that blinded the group.
"Follow." The Pearl's voice spoke inside.
The three Elementals were hesitant, forcing the Pearls to nudge them into walking through the doors, the light lessening as they stepped inside, allowing them to look around without straining their eyes.
"Hello, little ones." A powerful female voice spoke, sounding happy and yet the three could somehow that the emotion in the voice was fake. "Welcome."
The three Elementals found themselves face to face with White Diamond herself.
Xxx
"Blue. Pink. There you are." A pair of grey eyes with white diamond shaped pupils blinked as the two diamonds the throne room. "I was worried you would be late."
"Sorry to keep you waiting, White." Blue said, hurrying to her throne with Pink behind her. "You wanted to show us a new Gem."
"Yes. A new Gem warrior more powerful than any Ruby, Jasper, Agate or Topaz ever created." White Diamond said proudly.
That was a quite a statement to make, even for White Diamond.
"Allow me to show you." White Diamond snapped her fingers and the lights went out, darkening the throne room aside from the natural light emanating from her.
In front of the Diamonds appeared a spark of light mixed with green and silver that expanded, taking form, sprouting three angel wings from her back as she hovered in the air. This new Gem had pale skin, long dark green hair that fell down to her hips. She wore black and grey body hugging armor with a black and grey cloak that fell to her feet.
"So beautiful." Pink whispered in awe as the new Gem softly landed on the floor.
Her silver eyes opened and stared up at the four Diamonds on their thrones.
She saluted and bowed. "My Diamonds."
"Behold the first of a new line of Gem warriors that will combat creatures like the ones called the Grimm on the planet Earth." White Diamond announced. "I give her the name Seraphinite."
"Angel stone." Pink suddenly spoke up, drawing attention onto her.
Yellow sighed. "Pink…"
"No, Yellow. I think it suits our new Gem." Surprisingly White cut, smiling down at the younger Diamond. "I like the title. Well done, Pink."
Pink gaped, blushing a bit now from White's rare praise. "Thank you, White. And it was all my idea. I made it up all on my own!"
Yellow sighed while Blue laughed.
"Now Pink, I want you to show Seraphinite the new planet you are colonizing and the Grimm monsters she will be fighting." White continued. "I trust you to make sure she knows everything she needs to know."
"Really?" Pink asked, surprised by such a request.
"I and the other Diamonds will be too busy, between reinforcing for the losses Blue and Yellow suffered already and keeping order on our other colonies. Thus the responsibility of educating Seraphinite falls on you." White stated. "I am trusting you a great deal this time. Don't let us down."
Pink made a small gulp but nodded. "I won't, White."
"I know you won't."
Xxx
White Diamond was literally the most imposing and perhaps most radiant woman the three Elementals had ever seen, if she was even considered a woman.
She was more like a titan, like the ones read about in ancient history considering how she towered over them. She had spiky hair resembling the hair style of the giant statue she resided in, shaped like a pentagram or even more like a star and pure white skin from which a white light emitted. She wore a white floor length dress with grey designs and matching high heel sandals on her feet. She also wore a black cape with what looked like white jewelry embedded in it that resembled stars, making it as if her cape literally held stars inside it.
The only way to tell if she had a face was her black lips that showed she was smiling and black eyelashes around her grey eyes with white diamond pupils in them. She stood still, arms posed and held upwards much like her Pearl, her smile just as empty.
It was all too clear this White Diamond was an alien empress from the way she presented herself and from how the Pearls respectively saluted her.
"Alien queen!" Ed said, quickly bowing. "We come in peace!"
Nigel and Abby both flinched, wondering if Ed had any sense of self-preservation at all but to their relief White Diamond simply laughed in amusement. "Rise, Slime."
Ed stood straight up. "Okay."
"I suppose you are wondering why you are here." White Diamond said.
"Um, yes. We actually do want to know." Nigel spoke up, being as polite as possible.
White Diamond's eyes flashed and the crystals on Nigel's tunic, Abby's forehead and Ed's belt started glowing, followed by their eyes, reflecting White Diamond's visage.
"Long ago, this planet was formed much like any other planet but it held something beautiful. A consciousness that at first did not know what it was but eventually it learned to feed on the energy of the planet around it until finally it emerged from its cradle, taking its first steps into the world it had been given. This new being was alone but learned how to create more of it self, from the colors that were part of it. First there was only white, and then came Yellow and then Blue."
In their minds, the Elementals watched as an outline resembling White emerged from the surface of the planet and then created two new diamonds: Yellow and Blue.
"For a time there was only the three of us as we wandered across the world, learning who we are and what we could do, the powers we possessed. Finally we learned how to build, how to create more of us and from us a great civilization was born. We imposed order and perfection on the lower Gems, giving them purpose and structure. We became the Diamond Authority, flawless and invincible, the absolute pinnacle of perfection."
A fourth Diamond then appeared: Pink.
"Then a fourth Diamond was made, completing our authority. We eventually began exploring the universe, expanding our perfection. We found other life but they were inferior compared to us. We found more worlds to expand our race and our greatness. The one day we found a planet in a large galaxy, a gift for the youngest of us: Pink."
A shining blue planet: Earth.
"That was when the brightness of us began to fade. On this world, appeared a force that could harm our precious Gems, destroy their forms, shatter and even corrupt them."
A horde of black beasts with red eyes: the Grimm.
"Our precious Gems, taken by surprise and destroyed so easily. Swept away in the wind. We fought against them but then we were betrayed."
The image of Pink fizzled and cracked, vanishing into the darkness.
"Many lower Gems betrayed us, fought against us and the Grimm along with the organics who wielded strange powers. Shock, anger, outrage and interest. I remember these feelings from that time as more beings arose to challenge us across the universe. Our greatness, our dignity, our pride, the loyalty of our people shattered.
We fought the abominations, discovering the organics of this world manifesting a power similar to us. They fought the abominations as well, succeeding where we had failed and then they fought against us."
Four beings: ice, candy, slime and fire facing white, yellow, blue and pink.
"Wielding the power of cold, heat and substance against all forms of the light. They were our opposite, organics that could counter us. Creation of organic life instead of Gem and yet when they died, their powers appeared in new organics. They were a duality."
As previous Elemental vanished new ones appeared, fighting against the Diamonds and their armies.
"The powers to match a Diamond but young. Mortality, yet eternal. We could not understand ever after when we became three. With loss of one world and the loss of our armies a new tactic had to be considered."
The symbol of the Elementals appeared next to the symbol of the Diamonds that changed, only showing the white, yellow and blue triangles. A second yellow triangle with a top hat and bowtie and a single eye appeared next to the Diamond symbol.
"Intrigued by the power of these organics I watched, learned and decided a new tactic was to be approached. With our eyes opened to the greater universe an agreement was forged"
A dragon symbol appeared next to the yellow triangle.
"The future held different possibilities: many battles being waged across worlds and with one final battle deciding the fate of all worlds."
White Diamond's eyes returned to normal and the gems on the Elementals ceased glowing. The three fell on their knees, panting slightly.
"As you can see, the Elementals represent a great interest to Homeworld. You are to be Homeworld's first organic allies and guests. You will learn more about your powers and use them to help us create new more powerful Gems." White Diamond announced. "If it is a success we will begin working on ensuring your organic bodies are modified to not wither and die. As of now you share the same rank as my Pearl, behave accordingly and no harm shall come to you. Work together and a new era will come to Homeworld."
"And…The people who came with us?" Nigel asked, managing to stand up.
"Oh, they are in the Special Zone." White Diamond replied simply. "I am sure you will be able to see them. The Pearls can assist you. Welcome home."
With that said a white bubble engulfed each Elemental and their Pearl, phasing down through the ground and returning them to their rooms.
Xxx
"HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE?!"
Yellow Diamond could not believe what she was seeing.
Four organics, each of them radiating with power as they fought against her soldiers that had been sent to raid more organics for Pink's Zoo. One froze multiple Gems with a snap of their fingers, another turned the very ground they stood into slime that caused many Gems to sink into it and become completely helpless while another blasted Gem soldiers and their drops ship left and right with blasts of fire while another was able to morph their body and use it as a weapon or conjure weapons that poofed many Gems.
"I will not be humiliated by organics!" Yellow Diamond raged, stepping forward as her form pulsed with deadly lightning.
She fully expected a single blast to wipe them out but to her shock it was frozen in midair by the ice organic. The slime organic expanded in size, morphing into a giant made entirely of slime that matched Yellow Diamond's height and delivered a punch right to her face. The Diamond stepped back, shocked by the audacity of an organic that struck her in the face. Letting out a rage of frustration she fought back, engaging the slime organic in all out brawl.
Yellow Diamond's electricity was seemingly absorbed into the slime, leaving her to rely on her strength and skills which she had plenty of. Only the slime organic was not alone. A titan of ice formed along with a beast of fire appeared, attacking the Diamond and blasting her back. The other organic, becoming a giant pink formless substance reached out and grabbed Yellow Diamond, wrapping around her and pinning her down.
Yellow Diamond was unable to believe it.
These organics had powers able to subdue a Diamond!
Her power flared around her as she struggled to break free, but Slime grabbed her, melting around her to better hold her down.
Ice and Fire came up and picked Yellow Diamond up and together they threw her into the air, Candy and Slime releasing her as Fire and Ice released a combo blast that sent the Diamond flying across the planet, landing on the far edge.
That was the first day a Diamond was defeated.
But it would not be the last.
Over the next thousand years, Elemental and Diamond would clash in battle as the war for planet waged on.
Fire and Yellow would clash the most.
Ice and Blue would meet periodically, some ending in talks and others in battle.
Candy would meet Pink in secret, both learning about the different worlds but would be separated by the war.
Slime would disrupt Gem attempts to build their cities.
Rose Quartz would see the Elementals as valuable allies and protected the new incarnations when they appeared.
And White would look on with interest, seeing potential in these Elementals and their abilities to change the world around them.
These beings held within them a great power that rivaled and possibly surpassed even a Diamond.
She initially thought that power should be destroyed before it became a threat to the Diamond Authority and the Empire. And yet she wondered if it was possible for that power to be used by Gems or better yet be accessed by Diamonds.
So she waited and plotted.
Waited for the war to end the rebels to achieve their so-called victory.
Waited as the centuries went, allowing the Cluster time to absorb energy from the planet's core.
Waited until the time was right when all Elementals were ready to be brought to Homeworld.
She would see if it was possible if this power could be used to create new Gems.
Or even create a new Diamond.
Xxx
"A brave new era of perfection." White Diamond smiled once the Elementals were removed from her ship. "I wonder what Pink would think of it."