Red Diamond (English Version)

RD - 04: Acting as a diamond

"Are you okay, Steven?" Pearl asked.

"I'm fine." The boy replied. "Go on."

Pearl went back to reading.

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Even if I didn't have any important task as a diamond, White and Blue insisted that I was present at the trials, counsels and meetings, which would only give me headaches.

However, a specific meeting was the first I could fully understand and even could participate on it.

The subject: the creation of a new diamond.

"We have to try again." Yellow said. "We're not four diamonds ruling."

"Yellow!" Blue said.

"I agree." I said.

It was the first time they heard my voice on that room. A fact so odd and unlikely to happen that the diamonds took a few seconds to note that I was the one speaking, and 'worse', that I agreed with Yellow.

"There isn't the least chance that I can be good enough as a diamond." I said. "If you need four true diamonds, then you have to try again."

"'We', you mean, right?" White corrected me. "You may not be perfect Red, but you're still one of us."

"Homeworld can't provide any more resources for the creation of another diamond." Blue said.

"Homeworld isn't the only planet in the universe." I said.

"Are you suggesting that we create a diamond outside of our home planet?" Blue asked.

"Do you have a better idea?"

I never had problems with Blue Diamond, but at that moment, we were arguing as if I was debating with Yellow. Talking about the little golden one, she loved the scene.

"Which planet do you suggest then?" Blue asked.

Blue was getting angry and I didn't know why.

"I'm not intelligent enough for that." I said.

"Blue, calm yourself." White said. "What do you think Yellow?"

"I had already considered that possibility and I have a few planets in mind" Yellow replied.

"I am in favor of trying one more time, but I want to carefully evaluate every planet." White stated. "Blue?"

"I will only agree with this absurd if you are capable of showing me a planet as good as our own or better!" Blue stood up and left the meeting room followed by her pearl, who ran so she wouldn't be left behind.

"What happened to her?" I asked.

"You said the right things but in the wrong way." Yellow replied then stood up and she also left the room.

Somehow, it seemed to me that she was happy that I had attracted Blue's anger that could very well be directed at her

"I still don't get it." I said to White.

"The four of us were made at this planet. It is our place, our home and the capital of our empire in expansion. Blue tends to see gems that were created in other planets as foreigners, intruders and not being true gems." White explained.

"That doesn't make any sense to me."

"Do not worry so much. If everything goes well she's still going to change her opinion."

"I hope so." I said.

Not much time later, I received many reports on the planets that could be of use to the creation of the new diamond.