Red As A Bloody Rose

Home(world)

'How did I get here?' Tamara thought to herself, as Jasper threw a punch towards her face.

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Tamara and the two Universes did their business.... And then once they had to leave....

"Tamara.... I am truly sorry for everything...." Her father said.

Tamara he her back to him. She then turned around, and walked directly towards him. Then came the unexpected part.... She glowed red, and hugged him tightly for a decent minute, the man not fully registering what was happening.

"Bye dad." She said quickly, running over to Greg's van.

They began driving in complete silence. Once they were halfway there, Greg finally said something.

"So.... That was some colorful language back there!" He said, trying to lighten the mood.

"Where did you even learn those words?!" Steven asked.

"I went through a rough 9 years, I was gonna learn eventually." She mumbled, her face turning a light tint of red.

"*gasp* You're blushing!" Steven teased.

"A-am not!" Tamara stuttered, face going even more red.

"Ha! I hereby sentence you to being embarrassed!" He said.

"And I sentence you to being short!" She retorted, the bot huffing in response.

"This is nice and all, but.... Tamara, how do ya feel?" Greg asked.

She thought for a moment before saying "Well.... I hated him for so long. A part of me probably always will. I feel.... Content. It's nice. Who knows, maybe we can learn more about Bloody Rose!"

She smiled brightly, before she glowed red, opening her eyes to see a sight that shocked them. Her pupils.... Were diamond shaped.

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Once they returned to Beach City, Tamara thanked them, before heading to her own home. The plan was to go home and relax after a stressful few days.... Keyword 'was'.

"Bloody Rose!"

She knew that voice from anywhere: Jasper!

"Jasper!" She growled, pulling out her gem weapon. "Go away Jasper, I'll break you again!" She threatened.

"Oh.... On the contrary, this is yours," She said, tossing the communicator that she gave Steven to the ground. "It's busted up, but I managed to do the one thing you won't!" She snarled.

"Oh really, and what's that?!" Tamara snapped back.

"Get you an escort home."

A yellow colored bullet whizzed past her head, a bright yellow gem with pale white skin walking over. The gem was the same height as pearl, and wore a yellow cowboy hat with a square shaped gem on their chest, where their heart would be. The rest of their outfit was also like a cowboy, golden eyes meeting red ones.

"You dodged, fantastic! This makes the game more fun!"

.... Gems could be male?

"Where are my manners? I'm Pyrite, bounty hunter and soldier of Homeworld.... The diamonds are giving me a lot to bring you in, ya know!" He said, tilting his hat.

"Homeworld has a bounty on me?!" She screeched.

He didn't reply, shooting several bullets at her, all of them being a light blue color. They made contact with her, sticking into her like darts, making her immediately feel woozy.

"Just head to sleep, aight Rosy?" He said, the girl struggling to stay conscious.

"Y-you jerk!" She said, her vision starting to go dark.

Jasper then ran up to her, swinging her fist towards her face.

* ???? Later*

".... You've gotta be kidding me." Tamara said.

She could only see black, before hearing the familiar squawking of a pearl.

".... YP?" She questioned, feeling a blindfold being removed from her face.

She locked eyes with Yellow Pearl, the gem saying "You have been asleep for a day or so, my diamond was worried!"

"YP?... We're back on Homeworld?! This is awesome! Wait, where's Auntie-"

Tamara didn't get to finish as a giant yellow aura filled the room, a hand lifting her off the ground.

"Tamara!..." Yellow started saying. A second later, the gem was nuzzling the girl to her cheek, saying "You little clod! I thought you were hurt! White's pissed at you, but I don't really care about what she thinks. My niece is more important!"

Tamara laughed, pushing the diamonds face away from her.

"Auntie Yellow!" She whined.

The diamond lowered her down, smiling lovingly at the girl. The three larger diamonds were all tasked with caring for their gems, and as diamonds go.... Yellow was responsible for Tamara's mother. The two were incredibly close.

"Alright my little thunderbolt, tell me all about your adventures on earth!" Yellow said, clapping her hands together, sitting onto her throne.

Tamara jumped up onto her lap, starting to tell the diamond all about the earth. Once she finished, Yellow Pearl walked over, a conflicted look on her face.

"My diamond.... Tamara said that she has been glowing, right? Are you sure she is alright?" She said.

Tamara nodded, saying "Look, I've even been able to control it!"

She jumped down from Yellow's lap, taking a breath to heat up. Her body glowed red, her eyes opening up to shock both the diamond and the pearl.

"Are you two okay?" She asked.

"Tamara- your eyes-" Yellow stuttered.

Yellow Pearl handed her a mirror, Tamara's eyes widening at the sight of her pupils being diamond shaped.

"DIAMONDS?!" She shrieked.

"Did this happen before?!" Yellow Diamond questioned.

"Of course it has," Tamara responded sarcastically.

"Don't get smart with me. This would technically make your gem a diamond, but that would be impossible unless...." Yellow trailed off.

"Unless what?" Tamara asked.

".... Tamara, there's something I want you to do."

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"I should shatter you where you stand you rude little-" White Diamond started to say.

"Clod. You are a big fat clod. A big fat white haired star shaped clod!" Tamara said in a challenging tone of voice.

"Tamara, White, stop! Yellow has something important to tell us!" Blue Diamond said, pushing them apart.

They all looked over to Yellow, the diamond sighing.

"Alright.... You all remember Bloody Rose gem, right? I think it's high time that we all spoke about Red."

Tamara saw the shock on the others faces, saying "Hold on, I'm confused.... Do you guys mean 'Red' as in Red Diamond?!"

Blue nodded, saying "Her and Yellow were always together, just like White and Pink. She and white always had each others back.... And then the war happened."

She saddened, White continuing with "We lost Red and Pink during that.... Why bring this up now, Yellow?"

Yellow looked at Tamara and said "It was seen that when too stressed or angered, Tamara would glow red.... Then I had a theory. If it works, then we may not have lost Red."

Tamara shrugs, focusing on her gem.

"I'm telling you, I really don't know what ya expect from-"

Her gem glowed, a hologram version of the one and only Red Diamond appearing. She had spiky hair that all went into an upward motion, dark red skin, and she was only a foot smaller than Yellow. She wore a fiery cape on her shoulders, and red high heel boots.

She sighed, saying "Not sure if this will ever be seen, but here it goes.... Hello, Yellow."