The Gem Reaper

The Beginning

Zircons were one of the many soldier gems on Homeworld. They were used to battle and taking a life but one zircon stood out. Zircon, facet 2001, cut 0802 who would soon become know as the Gem Reaper. 

Zircon's facet was the ideal place to grow soldiers, a majority of which were quarts soldier, with zircons unit scattered in the mix. These gems all emerged right on time, while Zircon was a few minutes off. When she emerged she seemed to have the qualifications to remain, but her defection was a mental one, it would become clear in her first battle. Most zircons are made to take life without remorse or care, showing little to no emotion from day to day life. 

On Zircon's first assignment she was meant to neutralize a few rouge rubies that fell out of line, but instead of shattering them she negotiated with them. As she held her scythe to their leader's gem ready to shatter it, she pleaded for their lives.

"Please! Spare us! We swear it won't happen again!" The ruby pleaded, grasping Zircon's scythe that was hovering over her neck. "I'll do anything! Please! It was an honest mistake!" 

"Poofing two well-made Jaspers and their Sapphire was an honest mistake?" Zircon grinned wickedly, showing her slightly pointed teeth. "That sound's like planned attack to me," she lowered her scythe closer to her gem, scratching it slightly causing the ruby's voice to change. 

"It was- I mean! It was stupid! Please, we'll d-"

"SHUT IT!" Zircon commanded having grown bored of her pleads, she then quirked her eyebrow. "You'll do anything you say?" her annoyed expression slowly turned into on of sinister intent. 

The ruby gulped "Yes," She said, slowly changing her mind due to the frightening look on her face. 

"Good..." She raised her scythe away from the gem, leaning on it as the ruby sat up.

"What do yo-?" She horrified as Zircon swiftly lifted the scythe and sung it 360 degrees, poofing the rubies that were held by the blue ribbon on her scythe. The gems fell to the ground all four kicking up a bit of dirt as the hit. The ribbon collected them and placed them on her belt, the leader looked mortified as she saw Zircon slightly adjust her comrades. 

"You now work for me, you dare betray me, or so much as even look at me wrong. I'll shatter you into a million pieces. Got it?" She glared at the ruby who was now on the brink of tears, second guessing her choice.

"Y-yes." She nodded, her voice cracking as she looked at the belt, now decorated with her fallen comrades. 

"Now." She hole hollowed out in the middle of her scythe blade, into the diamond cut that the rubies gem had. "I'll see you on the battlefield." She grinned as she brought up the scythe, smashing it down to the ground, poofing the ruby and creating a slight creator in the planet's crust. She looked down to the gem in the middle of the creator, the ribbon stretching to grab it then place it in Zircon's hand. She held up the gem to the sunlight, watching as it glistened then placed it into the hole in the scythe. She held out it out and admired it, enjoying the splash of red that occupied the vast amount of blue. "Nice... Very nice" She grinned as the scythe disappeared, she threw her hands behind her head and groaned. Looking around at the planet empty landscape, nothing but dust as far as she could see. "Great.." She looked toward the direction of the closet warp pad, a sigh escaped her lips. "This is gonna be boring." she started her long journey back to Homeworld. 

-Time Skip a long while-

"Zircon facet 2001, cut 0802!" Blue Diamond's Agate yelled. 

" What?" she questioned, no emotion in her voice as looked down to her superior from the tree she was on.