Red Diamond (English Version)

RD - 01: The Discovery and The Defect

PROLOGUE: THE DISCOVERY

Steven, Garnet, Pearl, Amethyst and Peridot go to the Diamond's Base on the Moon in search of the Cluster's coordinates. While Peridot searches through the thousands of files in the database, she finds something peculiar.

"My stars, what is this?" Peridot said aloud, drawing the others' curiosity.

"What's wrong, Peridot?" Steven asked.

"You won't believe it, but apparently you weren't the first gems to rebel against the diamonds."

"What??" Pearl shouted.

"Is that serious?!" Amethyst asked.

"Explain better, Peridot." Garnet demanded.

Peridot continues accessing the data in the control panel as she quickly reads the information she finds and summarizes it for the others.

"I found this file 'Red Diamond Case'. The preliminary description of the case indicates that there was, long ago, a fifth diamond, Red Diamond, and that she rebelled against the other diamonds because of... a pearl." The green gem explained.

Everyone looked at Pearl at that moment, who blushed with the sudden attention.

"That's not what we came for, so leave it aside and find the Cluster's location." The fusion commanded.

Peridot grunted and looked crookedly at Garnet but obeyed.

"Do you know anything about this Red Diamond, Garnet?" The boy asked.

"I've heard about her." The fusion replied.

"Oh! I remembered Rose mentioned her once." Pearl said. "She said something about being like Red Diamond. At the time I understood it as something metaphorical." Upon seeing that Steven had not completely understood, she continued. "She would be saying that she was different from the diamonds when comparing herself with one that did not exist. Now I realize that what she said had a more literal meaning."

"I wish I could find out more..." Steven said.

END OF PROLOGUE

CHAPTER 1: THE DEFECT

Later after returning from Pink Diamond's Zoo, Steven was sitting outside the barn looking at the clear, almost cloudless, sky with a pensive countenance.

"Is there a problem, Steven?" Peridot asked as she left the barn and came across the boy in that state.

"I can't stop thinking about that 'Red Diamond Case' you found there on the moon."

"If you want so much to know more, I can help."

"What do you mean?"

"Even though Garnet said to let it go, I made a copy of the files I found concerning Red Diamond. They are saved on the hard drive of the Drill's panel that we used to get to the Cluster."

"And have you seen what is in those files?" Steven asked.

"Not yet." Peridot replied. "I need to build an interactive interface to access the files, maybe ... Steven, I got an idea. Come back tomorrow. I'll have everything ready by then."

The next day Steven returned to the barn accompanied by Amethyst and Pearl. The gems and the boy saw Peridot plugging a cable from the Drill's panel to her tablet and sit on the grass while tapping the device.

"Why are they here?" Peridot asked.

"We also want to know more about this big different diamond." Amethyst explained.