Diamond AU: Steven Universe

Stuck on Earth II

Pink reunites with the Diamonds.

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Pink was terrified.

The thought of having to see those three wretched Diamonds again sent a shiver down her gem.

Garnet, Amethyst, Pearl, and Pink arrived at their destination; A field in the middle of nowhere. Just as they arrived, the atmosphere began to rumble as White, Yellow and Blue's ships began their descent.

Pink hoped she would never need to see them again, but lo and behold, here they were. Pink felt her chest tighten. Garnet, Amethyst, and Pearl stood next to her with their weapons drawn.

The mecha ship landed, and from it, an opaque bubble appeared. It landed on the ground, and revealed White, Yellow, and Blue. Pink furrowed her eyebrows.

"Pink, it's really you," Blue gasped.

"Cut the shit. How did you find out?" Pink spat.

"That doesn't matter. You're coming home right now," Yellow said. "And don't you DARE speak to us that way!!"

"I'm not going anywhere," Pink said, summoning her shield. "And if I have to fight you, so be it."

"Pink, we don't want to fight you," Blue said. "We just want you to come home."

"Did you not hear me? I'M NOT GOING ANYWHERE!!" Pink shouted.

"Very well, I guess we'll have to do this the hard way," White said. "Yellow, poof the crystal gems."

"What-"

Before anyone could react, Yellow shot her lightning at Garnet, Amethyst, and Pearl, poofing them all instantly.

"NO!!" Pink cried, rushing to grab their gems. Then, a ball of blue energy hit her, knocking her over.

Pink pushed herself back up only to see White pick up the gems of her friends.

"PUT THEM DOWN!!" Pink cried.

"Oh Starlight, you haven't changed," White laughed. "You'll always be the same, and you've proven that over and over. Now I think it's time your friends here got what they deserved." White then crushed the gems in her hand, shattering them.

"No..." Pink gasped.

White bubbled the shattered gems, sending them away. She then looked down at Pink. "Don't make things more difficult than they already are. It's time to come home, Pink."

"You just shattered my friends," Pink stood, tears streaming down her face. "Why would I want to go with you?"

"Your friends?" White laughed. "A fusion, a defective Amethyst, and a Pearl? Pink, you're a diamond. You deserve better."

"I'D RATHER BE DEAD THAN BE A DIAMOND!!" Pink screamed, a shockwave erupting from her. The shockwave was so powerful that it knocked all three Diamonds down and wrecked their ships.

"PINK DIAMOND, HOW DARE YOU ATTACK US," White screamed at her.

Pink didn't even care at this point. She reached into her gem, pulling out a rejuvinator.

Blue's eyes went wide. "Is that..?"

"You wouldn't dare," Yellow warned.

"Don't worry, this rejuvinator won't take your memories. I had it specially made," Pink said. "But when you reform, you will wish they had." She then jumped up. Before any of the Diamonds could react or move out of the way, Pink sliced the rejuvinator through their bodies, poofing them.

Pink landed eligantly on the ground, approaching the gems of her fellow Diamonds. Putting the rejuvinator away, she grabbed another weapon, shooting it at the gems. They shrunk until they were all the same size as Pink.

Putting this other weapon away, she took the three diamonds into her arms. "It's time we talked."

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Pink was in her cloud room, the three Diamonds on the ground. She sat criss crossed, waiting for them to reform. Just then, all three gems began to hover. Their forms emerged in blinding light. Once the light died down, the Diamonds looking nothing but confused.

"Why... why are we small?" Yellow asked.

"Where are we?" Blue asked.

"You're inside the temple," Pink said, drawing the attention of the other Diamonds.

"Pink, what did you do to us?!" Yellow blurted.

"I took away your Diamond powers," Pink said. "Even with what you have left, you can't attack me here, but I can attack you, so it's best you listen to me."

The Diamonds looked at each other, then back at Pink.

"Very well," White said. "It's not like we have a choice anyway."

The three of them sat down, facing Pink.

"Pink, did you really mean what you said?" Blue asked. "About you rather being dead than a Diamond?"

"Yes," Pink said. "Being a diamond has brought me nothing but pain. You three, you treated me terribly. You locked me away for simply trying to have fun. You dismissed everything I said as nonsense. You never took me seriously, and never respected my wishes. If you were me, wouldn't you want to run away too?"

"Pink, we did those things because we want you to better yourself," Yellow said.

"Seriously?" Pink looked at her, baffled. "Constantly treating someone like a defect is not how you make someone better. I felt like I didn't matter on Homeworld. On Earth, I could be who I wanted to be. I could live my life without feeling like I was being scrutinized for every single thing I did. This Planet, it's nothing like homeworld, and that's what I love about it. It grows and changes, and it's not perfect. That's something I admire. I'm not perfect, no one is, and that's ok."

"Pink, do you really think so little of yourself?" White asked.

"...I knew you wouldn't understand," Pink frowned. "You never will." She stood, approaching White. She put her hands on White's shoulders, looking her in the eye. "White, you are the most inconsiderate, close minded, heartless, despicable gem to ever exist. You don't care about me, you never did. If there's even a sliver of good in you, I would be surprised, because you have given me nothing but pain and misery. I know for a fact that Blue and Yellow are terrified of you, but not me. Not anymore. I see you for who you really are." Tears pooled up in Pink's eyes.

"Pink, give it a rest," Yellow said.

"Shut up you miserable clod," Pink spat, her voice filled with pain. Yellow looked genuinely taken aback as Pink turned back to White, who looked like she was about to burst into tears herself. "White, you are nothing but a manipulative, evil, narcissistic psychopath. Even if you apologize now, I won't forgive you, because no apology can amount to the horrors you inflicted on not only me, but my friends, and the empire. Your gem is shoved so far up your ass that you consider yourself to be this 'gift to the universe'. You're not. If anything, you're a curse. If you cared even the slightest about me, you haven't shown it. YOU'RE THE REASON I HATE MYSELF SO MUCH!!"

Tears streamed down Pink's face as she suddenly began to feel dizzy.

"Pink?" White looked at her, concerned.

"I..." Pink choked out before collapsing into White's arms.