My love.. My diamond

chapter 2

Charoite took her first steps off the warp pad for the first time in thousands of years, opening her eyes the moment her foot hit the ground. Homeworld looked much livelier than she had ever remembered.

There were gems just wandering, enjoying their life. They weren’t working! And there were gems other than rubies, sapphires, or pearls entering the palace. Not to mention there was plant life everywhere! The smell wasn’t there maybe, but they were there! Tall trees with blue-green leaves and brown trunks, the palace had foliage draped around every layer and level. It was marvelous.

Charoite’s excitement got the best of her, her body moving faster than her mind. Her feet swept her away, farther into the new city, or at least it felt new. Laughs of joyful disbelief coming from her lips as she did, it was beautiful.

Her feet pounded against the steps of the palace stairs, her body leaping forward as she jumped up, shooting herself up with her ‘floaty ability’ as Steven calls it.

She came to halt at the palace doors, staring up at it woefully. It was a lot emptier than she remembered. Then she saw a pearl from the corner of her eye, blue’s pearl.

“Excuse me!” she called out, rushing over to the pearl, “I’m Charoite facet-4F6G, cut-9XG. I would like to talk to someone about being reassigned? I know it’s an odd request, since everyone is free and all. But I was tasked originally with protecting pink diamond, and as such, I have experience protecting high class gems.”

The short Pearl seemed to nervously nod, perhaps it was the uncomfortable height difference between the two gems, “Yes ma’am, so you would like a consultation with her radiance, yellow diamond?”

“Yes! Oh yes that would be wonderful!” Charoite beamed, kneeling down next to the pearl. “Please?”

The pearl got out her tablet, ringing up one of the other pearls in the palace, yellow’s pearl. The two of them conversed- or really, yellow’s bragged constantly about her diamond while blue’s just listened to  get the consultation set up for the Charoite.

Soon enough, the pearl that engaged the conversation found her way out of it, making up some form of an excuse as to why she had to leave before hanging up and looking at Charoite.

“Your consultation is set for a few minutes from now, if you would prefer to be escorted to Yellow diamond’s quarters, you may take a ruby with you.” She stated, before walking off, likely to go tend to blue. Why she was there without her diamond Charoite couldn’t understand, but maybe it was a new thing. After all, gems had free will all over the galaxy now.

Charoite just shrugged it off and began her walk to Yellow Diamond’s quaters, her head racing as she thought about what she wanted to say. “Your radiance- no, that's too formal. Your elegancy.. that's even worse..” she grumbled as she saw the steps below her slowly starting to change in hue to yellow.

She sucked a breath in and slowly walked into the yellow diamond quarters, stopping in front of her giant desk. Clearing her throat quietly, “My diamond. May I have a moment of your time?”

“You may, Charoite.” The diamond spoke, looking down. “Tell me, what is it you want to do with your existence for now?”