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Thorns on Display

For a moment, Gold thought that her hope of missing Rose had come true. She didn’t feel her sword clang against Rose’s shield. But there was still a strange resistance. Gold opened her eyes to see Rose’s face of shock in front of her.

Good thought Gold. I didn’t hurt her. However, that thought was quickly replaced by panic as Rose’s body disappeared, presumably leaving only her gem behind. Gold didn’t know. She couldn’t bear to look. She ran. And ran. She didn’t care where she was going as long as it was away.

It seemed Gold was the only one who couldn’t stand to look at Rose’s gem, however, as Bismuth, Garnet, and Snowflake all stood staring at it in shock before Pearl grabbed it and ran.

While Gold wasn’t the only Pearl running that day, she was the only one who didn’t know where she was headed. Pearl didn’t know why, but she knew that the Armory was the only place for Rose to recover. Maybe because it was the first place that held Bismuth’s gem. Maybe because it was the place that only she and Rose knew of. All she knew was that she had to make it to the warp. Once they got to the Kindergarten she’d have time to think.

“That wasn’t a Rose Quartz.” Garnet muttered. She felt so many conflicting emotions all at once. She felt hatred. Rose had so clearly put up a facade. Confusion. That gem shape- what could’ve it have been? -Except- No. It couldn’t be that. Sadness. Their leader had just been poofed in front of her and she’d done nothing to stop it. She felt too much and too deeply for one gem to handle.

Next thing she knew, she wasn’t one gem, but two. But they were together. And they felt alone. What were they fighting for, now? So they made their way off the battlefield, running hand in hand.

Silver cried out. “Gold!” but by the time she had processed all that had gone on, it was too late. Gold had already sprinted off to be by her thoughts.

Bismuth and Snowflake were frozen in place as the battle continued around them. Shouldn’t this be the end? Or the beginning? How? Why? What had just happened? Even though they had hoped to poof Rose, they just now realized that they never expected to actually do it. And now what? That wasn’t a Rose Quartz gem.

“Where is she?” asked Yellow. “We’ve held this off long enough.”

“But this is her speech,” said Blue. “It’s not like her to just not show up.”

“It isn’t?” asked Yellow?

“Well,” clarified Blue, “Not like her lately.”

“I suppose you’re right,” said Yellow, “but whether this is like her or not isn’t the issue. We can’t go out there without her. This is her colony after all.”

Blue sighed. “I suppose we should send some gems to look for her and stall in the meantime.”

“Won’t that call attention to the fact she’s missing?” asked Yellow.

“No more than her not being here,” responded Blue, sharply.

“Yes,” said Yellow, “and with those new rebels roaming about, the last thing we need is gems wondering why she wasn’t here tonight.”

Blue nodded. “Pearl?”

“Yes, my Diamond?”

“Find Pink and get her here.”

“You too, Pearl,” Yellow said.

“Yes, my Diamond,” they responded in unison.

“I swear, if she doesn’t show up I will shatter her,” Yellow said.

Blue nodded. “I thought she was past this unacceptable behavior. But I suppose White was right, she will never be able to handle responsibility.”

“She wanted this for so long, and yet, the second she gets it it’s ‘There’s too many organics’ ‘We should stop colonization’ ‘I want to stop gem production on Earth.’”

Blue laughed. “You sound just like her.”

Yellow nodded. “Well, our gems are most likely getting impatient. Let us show them that we are here, and we can keep them safe.”

Blue sighed, “Yes, I suppose there is only so long we can wait.”

“You should look on the moon base and I’ll look in her palanquin,” Yellow Pearl said, as soon as they were comfortably far from the diamonds.

“But what if she’s not in either place?” Blue asked.

“There’s not a lot of places she could be hiding,” said Yellow. “This isn’t Homeworld.”

Blue nodded. “So we meet back here?”

“Yes,” said Yellow Pearl. “That way we don’t return to the Diamonds empty-handed, we return together, and neither of us is searching longer than necessary.”

“Alright,” said Blue Pearl. “Let’s just hope she doesn’t throw another tantrum.”

“How could you call anything a Diamond does a tantrum?” Yellow said. “The Diamonds are always graceful, and even if we don’t always fully understand their choices, we must treat them with utter respect.”

“Oh- I didn’t mean-”

“I know you didn’t,” said Yellow, “just watch your tongue. We are the Diamond’s Pearls. We need to set an example.”

“You’re right,” said Blue. “Good luck.”

Yellow nodded and stepped onto the warp. Blue followed.

Yellow pushed aside the pink curtain, hoping to see Pink sitting there, but instead, all she could see were five disorderly rose quartzes. “Hmm,” Yellow hummed judgmentally, “When’s the last time you saw Pink?”

“She’s rarely here nowadays,” offered the Rose with her gem on her cheek. “It’s probably been about a week now?”

“Hmm,” said Yellow Pearl. “Thank you for your time.”

“Is she okay?” Nose Rose asked.

“Of course she is!” insisted Hand Rose. “Nothing could harm Our Diamond!”

“It’s not a crime to be concerned,” said Nose Rose.

“Yellow Diamond simply wanted me to fetch her,” Yellow replied. “There is nothing wrong,” she half-lied.

“Sorry we couldn’t be more help,” said Cheek Rose.

“It is no matter,” said Yellow Pearl. “I will look elsewhere. Good day.”

Once she was outside the palanquin, she let herself grow concerned. Pink not in her palanquin for an entire week? Hopefully she was just attending to important matters in other places. She returned to the spot she’d agreed to meet Blue in, hoping that she had just been on the moon.

When she actually met up with Blue, however, that hope was quashed. “No luck?” Blue asked, similarly Pink-less.

Yellow shook her head. “Those broken quartzes Pink Diamond was keeping in her palanquin said she hasn’t been there for a week.”

“Well, at least that’s more information than I got,” Blue said. “Without authorization from My Diamond, I wouldn’t dream of checking the logs or using the holosphere to look for her.”

“Well,” said Yellow. “We did get authorization to look for her. I suppose that could fall under that…”

“I don’t know,” said Blue, “I don’t think it’s a good idea to touch her stuff.”

“Is it a better idea to wander around the entire colony, letting every gem on this barren planet know something’s up while taking our precious time?” Yellow asked. “I answer to Yellow Diamond, not Pink Diamond. And Yellow Diamond told me to find her. Besides, we haven’t been given orders not to touch it.”

Blue sighed. “I suppose it can’t do much harm to use the holosphere. You’re right, it will allow us to look more places without drawing attention to the fact that something is wrong.”

Yellow nodded. “Let’s check the kindergartens from the holosphere.”

Blue nodded. “While you’re doing that, I’ll check how long it’s been since someone’s logged on through the moon base’s terminal.”

Blue and Yellow exhausted every possible place to search. They tried the Sky Spire, the Sea Spire, the Reefs, the training grounds, and even the stage where she was supposed to be, in case she’d made it while they were searching.

“Nothing,” said Blue. “Unless you can think of somewhere else?”

“We could send a Neptunite to check the Zoo, the garden, and her room?” Yellow asked, “but it looked like the speech was almost over, so I don’t think that she’d get there in time, even if she was there. I’d rather allow the diamond’s superior judgement to determine this.”

“I suppose, then, we should report our lack of findings to our Diamonds,” said Blue. “I can’t imagine they’d be happy.”

“I wouldn’t be either,” said Yellow. “Let’s go now, so we aren’t missing when they’re done with Pink’s speech.”

Blue nodded.

Blue and Yellow Diamond had just finished speaking when Blue and Yellow Pearl approached.

“I see you have failed.” Blue Diamond said. “Where did you look?”

“We looked in her palanquin, the moon base, the Sea Spire, the Sky Spire, the kindergartens, the reefs, and even the training grounds, My Diamond,” said Blue Pearl. “We have searched everywhere she is known to be on this planet.”

“She wouldn’t have gone off-planet, would she?” asked Blue.

“It’s Pink,” said Yellow. “Who can predict her?”

“We can’t send our Pearls off-planet without us,” said Blue. “Should we send some gems to look or shall we go ourselves?”

“Our agates are competent enough to not let this colony fall,” said Yellow. “But all the same, it makes me uneasy to leave this colony unsupervised, especially with these rebels tramping around.”

“I will go. You stay here and make sure nothing happens,” said Blue.

Yellow nodded. “Make sure to check her zoo and the garden.”

“Of course,” said Blue, “it would make no sense for me to go all of the way home if she’s just in her zoo. I do hope she’s alright.”

“If she is, she has a lot to explain,” said Yellow. “What was she thinking? No, she doesn’t think-”

“Please, Yellow,” said Blue, “I’m getting worried about her.”

“She’ll be fine,” said Yellow. She sighed. “But I’ll refrain from being too mad at her until she gets back, I suppose.”

“Thank you, Yellow,” said Blue. “Well, I will leave at once. Come, Pearl.”

“Yes, My Diamond.”

Blue and Pearl travelled to the zoo. They were happily greeted by the agate in charge, but they left quickly after they learned Pink hadn’t been back since she retrieved the two additional Rose Quartzes they allowed her.

After the zoo, they visited Pink’s garden. The garden had fell into a state of disrepair. Blue nearly gave up upon seeing that alone, but she supposed she might as well talk to Pink’s spinel while she was here. Maybe the spinel would know of somewhere important to Pink that she wouldn’t think of. They used to be quite close, after all, she was made for Pink.

As Blue stepped off the ship, she took a closer look around. She’d have to give Pink a lesson about maintaining old projects and colonies. Even if she no longer used this place, there was no excuse for it to fall into such disrepair. Even the spinel looked worn. Blue curled her lip. Did she really have to talk to that?

She took a pause. This was for Pink. “When did you last see Pink?” she asked. At the very least, she could clear this as a place where Pink wasn’t.

“It’s been eight-hundred-thirty-seven years, four months, two weeks, three days, fourteen hours, sixteen minutes, and eleven seconds!” Spinel said cheerily.

“Pink really should take better care of her gems,” muttered Blue. "Right now," she said, more audibly, "Pink is playing a game of hide-and-seek with me, would you like me to help find her?" It wouldn't hurt to have this spinel helping her find Pink, plus this way she'd remember to scold Pink for the state of the garden once they found her.

"I'm already playing a game with Pink!" Spinel said.

"Oh?" asked Blue. "What kind of game?"

"She told me that it starts by standing still right here," Spinel explained. "Oh no! Am I losing by talking to you? Am I moving my mouth too much?"

"No, no no," said Blue. "The next step in the game is coming with me to find her." She couldn't help smiling at the gem, despite herself. She was undoubtedly charming.

Spinel grinned. "Ok!" Spinel, Blue and Pearl all went back onto the ship to search for Pink on Homeworld.

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Chapter 17: The Battle of Metal Sand Part 2

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Chapter 16: The Battle of Metal Sand: Bismuth and Bloodstone

Bismuth marched towards Rose, her army in tow. She saw Rose standing on a sand dune, her white dress blowing in the wind. Just two days ago, her face was that of a friend’s. Now, she was a rival. The Crystal gems were lined up in formation behind her, but it was clear they were waiting for a symbol.

 Bismuth stopped. “Wait here,” she told the gems surrounding her. “I need to talk to Rose.” She stepped forward until she was halfway between the armies.

Rose’s lips moved, then Garnet’s. Rose nodded and stepped forward, meeting Bismuth in the middle. Her eyes were full of grief. Bismuth felt ashamed for a moment- had she caused Rose to cry? No. It didn’t matter. No matter how magnetic and charismatic, her tears were nothing compared to the hundreds of gems shattered for the continuation of the empire.

 “Bismuth,” Rose pleaded. “You don’t have to do this. We can win the war without resorting to destroying our fellow gems.” She reached out a hand. “Please, come back with me.”

 “I can’t,” said Bismuth. “Every day this war drags on, gems are broken by the diamonds. You really think the diamonds will listen to reason? No. The only way we’ll win the war is if we prove we’re able to beat them at their own game.”

 “Do you hear yourself?” Rose asked. “You’re playing their game. You’re trying to cause fear and destruction. The earth shouldn’t be a wasteland of gem shards. It’s our planet. More than Homeworld ever was. The only way we stand against the diamonds is united.”

 “You’re right,” said Bismuth, “so join me.”

 “You know I can’t,” said Rose. “I can’t- I won’t endorse shattering.”

 “And I can’t endorse holding back and waiting for them to learn sense. We’re fighting a war, we should act like it, not equivocate! We need to hit them, hard. Show the elites who built their kingdom, and who can tear it down.”

 “It appears there is no reconciling,” said Rose. “I can’t approve of what you’re doing, and your conviction in this matter is clear. If you are determined to fight, I cannot think of anything I haven’t already said.”

 Bismuth nodded. “I wish you’d see sense. This fight has always been hard, and has required hard choices. Why can’t you see that if we could just shatter a diamond-”

 “We can’t,” said Rose. “We don’t have the resources. I am not letting my friends die trying!”

 “And so you hide away in cowardice. You want the world, but you’re not willing to make the sacrifices it takes to earn it. How can you have a clean conscience when you are not doing everything in your power to stop the suffering of every gem who still works for the tyrants?” Bismuth demanded.

 Rose looked straight into Bismuth’s soul. “How can you when you shatter those very gems?”

 “Instead you let your own gems get shattered!”

 “Homeworld will only escalate in retaliation,” Rose said. “It’s already begun. They’re developing more and stronger weapons.”

 “So am I!” said Bismuth.

 “You can’t compete with all of Homeworld!”

 “And you can?”

 Rose scowled. She raised her head, drawing herself to her full height. “Let us get this battle over with.”

 Bismuth nodded, and wordlessly walked back to her army. The silence was deafening as she trudged back, each step boring a hole into the ground from the weight of it. Bismuth had been in many battles before but this one felt different. It could just be that she was the commander this time, and she’d never had that level of responsibility before. She felt something else, though. It didn’t matter. Today, the Metallic Gems would establish themselves as a serious threat. Something to take seriously. Her gem was pulsing with energy.

 The atmosphere was that of a spring pulled all the way back. Bismuth’s order to charge released it. A cacophony erupted from the battlefield as gems summoned their weapons and cried out. Bismuth charged forward. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw a dagger come flying towards her. She ducked. It missed. She spotted an opening and poofed a gem with her mallet. She ran forward, avoiding an axe. She turned to face her assailant- Yarhil. Humans couldn’t poof, right? Bismuth remembered fighting alongside Yarhil- it wasn’t long since they’d had a battle on the same side. Bismuth ran off to the left. She couldn’t fight Yarhil without risking killing her.

 If Bismuth could poof Rose, that could prove they could do something even homeworld hadn’t achieved. She dodged out of the way of an incoming boulder. She tried to smash a carnelian, but she dodged. Bismuth looked for the iconic white dress but couldn’t see it before she had to block the carnelian’s counterattack. She managed to grab the carnelian’s arm and throw her across the battlefield.

 Bismuth was about to look for Rose again, but she didn’t need to. A shadow loomed over the battlefield as Pink Zircon, the fusion between Garnet, Pearl, and Rose, towered over the desert. Well, finding Rose was no longer an issue. Now poofing her was the hard part. And not getting knocked over by her dress. Bismuth hadn’t considered this. Did the Metallic gems even have a stable fusion with over two gems?

 A green behemoth rose from behind Bismuth. Emerald, Howlite, and Snowflake had been fighting near each other when Pink Zircon had fused and decided to fuse themselves. They named herself Bloodstone. She charged over to Pink Zircon, but before she could get close, Zircon pulled a spear off her dress and threw it at Bloodstone. She caught it with her top left arm and roared.

 “Good catch, dear,” said Pink Zircon, stepping closer. “Why don’t you try to catch this?” She reared back, letting her dress fall back to reveal her quadrupedal arms. She leaned on the back pair and summoned her gauntlets on the front pair. She swung a punch, but Bloodstone moved quickly to the side, pulling their Morningstar from their nose gem.

 “Oh ho ho!” said Pink Zircon. “A gift? For me?” She jumped into the air. “My apologies, but I must decline. Why don’t I give you a present instead?” She pulled another spear off her dress and threw it.

 Bloodstone growled and leapt after her. “How about no?” she asked. She swung her Morningstar at Zircon’s torso. Zircon pulled out Rose’s shield.

 “Oh, but I insist!” said Zircon, pulling yet another spear off her dress. Only this time, instead of throwing it, she connected it to a gauntlet she formed with the other hand.

 While Zircon was preparing her weapons, Bloodstone tackled her into the ground. She tried to pin down Zircon’s shield arm, but Zircon grabbed her arm with one of her foot-arms and pried it off. Bloodstone swung her Morningstar at Zircon with another of her arms. Zircon rolled out of the way, tugging Bloodstone with her. Both of them took a moment to stand up. They circled each other, scanning each other for weaknesses.

 “Please, dear, I’d prefer not to harm you,” said Zircon. “I haven’t met you before, but our components used to be close: we can-“Bloodstone swung the Morningstar once again.

 “Oh please,” said Zircon, blocking with her shield. “I can see you coming from a mile away.” She smiled mischievously. “Ready for a surprise?”

 Bloodstone looked down at her feet as roots were growing to entrap her. She smiled and stepped out of their grab. “Is that it?” she asked harshly.

 “Of course not,” said Pink Zircon. “That was just to give me enough time to assemble Sardonyx’s hammer. I do hope she won’t mind my borrowing it.” Zircon swung her hammer around, showing off.she

 Bloodstone saw an unguarded spot and hoped it wasn’t a trap. Bloodstone put her full force into hitting it, and by the time Zircon noticed, it was too late.

 “Oh dearie me!” Zircon said, before Rose, Garnet, and Pearl were flung out of sync.

 Bismuth breathed a sigh of relief. She hadn’t been able to keep a real close eye on the battle between titans, she had her own fights to attend to. But it had been both a literal and metaphorical shadow over her head. She grinned. Even this would cause people to revere Rose just a bit less, even if it was only one of her fusions that got destabilized, not her herself. Wait- Rose. Rose was unfused now. She could take her head-on. Show that she was the better gem.

 She charged through the mass of colliding gems, careful not to get destabilized herself. At least if her gem ended up on the battlefield, most people would think it was another Bismuth. That was a blessing Rose didn’t have.

 Bismuth hoped Pearl had been poofed while Bismuth tried to reach them. Pearl was so bold, such an amazing swordswoman. And they used to be good friends. Bismuth would hate to hurt her. But with how close she stuck to Rose; Bismuth would likely have to get Pearl out of the way to- wait! There! Bismuth saw a flash of white and pink. Was it Rose?

 As Bismuth got closer, she could see without a doubt that it was. Garnet, Pearl, and Rose were all fighting in close quarters with one another. Did Bismuth finally have her opportunity? As Rose turned to her, she realized the real fight had just begun.

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Chapter 15: Quenching the Blade

Gold and Peridot finally stopped inspecting the breaking point. “Well, the tech is rudimentary at best, but it’s definitely workable,” Peridot concluded. “The concept is a stroke of genius, though. And you did this all by yourself, now that you have Gold and myself, this should be a breeze!”

“I would be glad to contribute, as well,” said Silver. “I may not know much about science., but I am happy to contribute to the cause.”

“First, now that we have the rest of the planning team back,” said Snowflake. “We were talking about whether we should keep Bismuth a secret for now and have Silver be a spy or if we should be proud and have Bismuth and Silver be fully operational.”

“What do all of you think?” said Peridot. “You seem like you must have been talking for a while.”

“Not really,” said Silver.

“We were analyzing the Breaking Point for a bit,” said Gold.

“But Silver had to tell us the full story of how she got Bismuth from the Crystal Gems.” said Snowflake. “That took a while.”

“Ah, that makes sense,” Gold said. “Still, what were your opinions on the matter?”

“The three of us unanimously decided that having Bismuth be our leader publicly as well as privately would be the best options,” said Snowflake. “But since it was an important discussion we thought we should include you.”

“Hmm I must admit that I think opposite you,” said Peridot. “However, it’s only a slight feeling. I think that Silver and Bismuth’s opinions alone outweigh mine. They are the ones who’d be forced to conceal themselves. I’m just concerned about our lack of information on the Crystal Gems’ activity.”

Silver nodded. “I wish I could ease your concern. However, I must instead worsen it. I do not think I could help much. I know very little about the Crystal Gems’ plans as of now, and it wouldn’t change upon my going back.”

Gold nodded. “I have similar opinions to Peridot. I think that we could gain valuable information from having someone on the inside. But I also think that sacrificing Bismuth as a leader isn’t worth it. We can recruit someone else for that purpose.”

Bismuth smiled. “In all this time, you’ve never asked me if I want to lead.”

“Oh!” said Snowflake, “do you? If not, I can always continue to-”

Bismuth laughed, cutting her off. “Don’t worry, I will. It was just funny. I can see the dedication everyone’s put in, and I’m about ready to show Rose that she’s not the only one who can lead a rebellion. She needs to learn a thing or two about what it takes to win herself a war.”

“How do you feel about her?” Silver asked. “After everything, I mean. Your confrontation sounded intense.”

“It was,” said Bismuth. “I might’ve been a little too intense at the time, but still. She wasn’t listening. Attacking Homeworld head on is the only way to win the war. We can’t continue like this. Homeworld will keep pumping out more and more quartzes, and unless we get rid of ‘em, they’re just going to shatter everyone we care about! If going against Rose is the only way to stand against Homeworld, then that’s what we need to do.”

“Homeworld doesn’t tend to view us as important enough to go on the offence, but I bet the crystal gems will,” said Silver. “It’s counter-intuitive, but I think it may be best to try to go after the Crystal Gems first, unifying us once again, then hitting Homeworld with our new numbers.”

“Wouldn’t attacking the Crystal Gems only divide us even further?” asked Gold.

“We’ve already committed to dividing the rebellion,” said Peridot. “I agree with Silver. Let’s get the competition out of the way.”

“We’re both working for the same goal-” Gold tried.

“No we’re not,” interrupted Bismuth. “They want Homeworld to just give up and leave us be, we want the freedom of all gems. And we’re willing to do whatever it takes to win. They’ll stop halfway.”

“I suppose,” said Gold. “But still, what will attacking them accomplish?”

“I suspect many Crystal Gems who agree with us are staying back out of blind support of Rose,” said Silver, “She’s very charismatic. If we can show them she’s not infallible-”

“-Having Bismuth on our side and free will help immensely. No offence, Snowflake, but you're not exactly the symbol of freedom Rose is.”

“None taken,” said Snowflake. “I’m more than happy to have a replacement.. I may not even have a spot at these meetings once Bis gets herself properly oriented.”

“You’re the best strategist we have!” said Peridot.

“That says more about the quality of our current army than it does me,” said Snowflake. “Besides, Silver here seems to have quite a head on those shoulders.”

“I think we need to try to convince Rose again. I need to. I just- I want to talk to her again,” said Bismuth. “Make sure our damages really are irreparable. If we can patch things up and be a part of the Crystal Gems while still taking a real stand against the elites, that’s the best option. But she won’t let that happen if our last interaction is anything to go by.”

“Yeah, this battle will be hard,” said Snowflake. “These are gems we’ve fought alongside for years. But we have to show them what it means to stand up for what we believe in.”

“I’ll be here, figuring this out,” Peridot said, gesturing to the breaking point. “I don’t think I’ll be much of an asset in battle. We’re not going to be shattering crystal gems, right?”

Bismuth nodded. “Of course. They’re not a part of the system anymore. Besides being our friends, there’s simply no good reason to shatter them, strategically.” 

“If Peridot’s staying here, so should Ashalmalmite and Tiger’s Eye as guards,” said Silver. “It hurts to leave so many of our capable gems behind for our first big battle, but it’s not a good habit to leave our base unattended.”

“And what’s the worst they’ll do, shatter us?” Snowflake joked.

 Gold chuckled. “So the plan is, try to reason with Rose, if she doesn’t listen, fight, and try to lower her legitimacy?”

Bismuth nodded. “That’s the plan so far.”

“How are we going to get Rose to come out for us?” asked Gold.

“Rose is at the front lines at every battle. If we cause enough of a ruckus, she’ll come running.”  Bismuth said. “From there I just need to talk to her.”

“Are eight gems really enough to cause that much of a ruckus?” asked Silver. “Unless they’ve exponentially increased security at the Reef, I think we could get quite a few of our sisters out of there.”

“The problem is getting them ready to fight,” said Gold. “We certainly weren’t when Rainbow carried us out.”

“Right, so recruit, train, fight, talk, fight,?” Snowflake asked.

Peridot nodded. “I suppose so. How long have we been in here now? “

“I don’t know,” Gold admitted. “We spent a while analyzing that weapon, then even longer talking-”

Bismuth opened the door to the forge. “Looks like it’s sunrise already. We can plan our first recruitment mission later. For now, let’s just take a break.”

Snowflake, Silver, Gold, and Peridot all nodded. As they wearily trudged out of the forge, Apatite, Ruby, Emerald, Tiger’s Eye, and a plethora of familiar gems, greeted them. Apatite grinned. “You were taking too long, so we got bored, so we invited some old friends to join the fun.”

“Turns out a good leader makes all the difference,” said Tiger.

“Hey!” Snowflake exclaimed jokingly.

“Are you- all Metallic Gems?” Bismuth asked.

Crazy Lace nodded. “While it was just Snowflake leading in your memory, I wasn’t sure. But now? Hell yeah, I’m a Metallic Gem to my core.”

Bismuth grinned and ran towards her. The familiar gems crowded together for a hug with their long-missed friend, while the new ones stood back, unsure of what to make of the situation.

“By the way, Silver, Rose figured out what you did somehow and apparently you’re on as bad of a side as she’s got; I guess someone can tell gems apart further than just the type? Anyway- if having you spy on them and keeping Bismuth under the table was an option at some point, it isn’t now,” said Emerald. “Anyway, that’s how we managed to convince everyone to come with. They figure if you were able to pull that off, we actually stand a chance."

Silver stuck her hand out to introduce herself to one of the newly-formed quartzes. It was anyone’s guess why the kindergarten was so under-guarded. She hoped the Crystal Gems were distracting them with a battle, and not that it was some trap. She supposed it was too late to worry about that now. “Hello, I’m Silver.”

“Citrine,” she said. “I’m very glad to meet you.”

“It’s a pleasure to meet you as well,” said Silver.

“Who thinks they can go into battle?” asked Bismuth. “Uh, stand over to the left. Those of you who aren’t ready yet, go to my right.”

Gold started to go over to the right, but Silver pulled her to the left. “Come on, I know you can fight,” said Silver. “I trained with you like, two months ago. I’m not giving up the opportunity to see how you’ve improved.”

“I’m just- I’m not sure if I’m ready,” Gold protested. “I mean, I wasn’t made for fighting, like them.”

“That’s why it’s so exciting!” said Silver. “Getting to do something beyond intent! Showing the world we can be more!”

Gold couldn’t help but smile at Silver’s sudden burst of enthusiasm. “Okay, but if I get shattered, it’s your fault.”

Silver laughed. “Alright. We’re going to show the world what a pair of Pearls can do!”

Bismuth looked over her field of soldiers, almost all of whom were on the left. “Well, it looks like we have a battle to fight!” she exclaimed. “Listen- we’re not going to be shattering anyone today. The goal of today is to start knocking Rose off that pedestal of hers. We’re going to show the world that we are here, we can survive, and we’re ready to fight for what should be ours. Now, for every quartz, pearl, ruby, every working gem, any gem who’s been made to feel wrong for existing, let us show them that if you want something right, you have to be willing to go all the way!”

“‘Oh I can’t promise inspiring speeches,’” Snowflake mocked. “I may be biased, but that sounds better than anything Rose could give.” A cheer erupted from the crowd. “Which base are we heading for?”

“Silver, do you think you could get us to the base they were keeping me?” Bismuth asked.

“Of course,” said Silver. “It’s not very strategically relevant, but that’s not a big deal if our main goal is to cause a stir.”

Bismuth grinned. “I think we can make that happen.”

Silver, Bismuth, and the entire army warped to the new desert base. Normally, they might try something more discreet, but if they were going for a battle, the Crystal Gems would have to have enough time to get Rose. At last, everyone was gathered at the other end of the warp. “Remember everyone, We stand together, and nobody fights until Rose and I talk, or someone attacks you. We already come off aggressive enough. We don’t need to add to that.” She took a breath. “Ready everyone?” She nodded her head and walked straight forward into the blistering desert. Her army followed. They were sure the Crystal Gems would be ready for them. They were counting on it.

The Crystal Gems had, of course, seen the warp repeatedly going off, and readyed their troops. They were standing in formation, with Rose at the front, Pearl to her right, Garnet to her left. The waiting was unbearable, but not nearly as bad as the upcoming battle.

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Chapter 14: Breaking Point

te“Snowflake?” Bismuth exclaimed. She hugged back. “I am grateful to see you, but I do have to admit, I don’t have any clue what’s going on here!”

Snowflake stood back and grinned. “Welcome to the metallic gems! Everyone else should be around here somewhere but, you already know Emerald, of course, but this is Silver Pearl, she was recruited after you…”

“How long was I out?” Bismuth asked.

“Two months,” said Snowflake.

“What have I missed?” Bismuth asked.

Snowflake sighed. “A lot. A lot of us agreed with you and split off from the crystal gems to stop Homeworld at any cost. We're the Metallic Gems!"

"Whoa, this is a lot," said Bismuth. "Maybe take it a little slower?"

Snowflake, Emerald, and Silver Pearl took turns describing what had occurred since Bismuth had been bubbled.

Bismuth looked troubled. "But if we're split up, won't it be easier for homeworld to take each group at a time? Especially if we start fighting each other."

"Wait, weren't you the one who tried to shatter Rose? At least that's what she said," Obsidian clarified.

"Yeah," said Bismuth. "It's still an issue though. I just wish she'd listen to us."

"Then let's make her listen," said Emerald. "Think about how much easier this'd all be if we could really send the Elites a message."

Bismuth grinned. "It'll all be worth it. We'll not only win the Earth, but overturn the whole system! We can't do that by blindly following Rose!"

"I knew you'd be on board!" said Snowflake.

"So this is all surrounding my forge?" Bismuth asked.

Snowflake nodded. "We could really use that thing you showed Rose. Peridot's made some progress, but she gets… sidetracked easily."

"Which Peridot?" Bismuth asked.

"Of course! I should introduce you to everyone," Snowflake said.

Bismuth smiled. "Sorry for ignoring you, Silver Pearl, was it? I hope you can understand it's a lot to take in." She reached her hand out to shake Silver's.

Silver took it and smiled. "I am honored to meet you."

"No need to be so formal!" Bismuth said. "You're making me feel all stiff."

"Sorry," said Silver, "that's just how I talk."

"Ok," said Bismuth. "If that's how you are, that's how you are. Not gonna try and make you into anything else."

"Thank you," said Silver.

"Where's my hug?" Emerald asked. "It's been forever!"

"You gotta remember," Bismuth said. "I saw you yesterday." She grinned.

"Huh?" Emerald asked. "Oh yeah, I remember waving to you in the hall the day before you were bubbled. That feels so long ago, now."

Bismuth pulled her into a hug. "I'm excited to fight by your side."

Emerald hugged back. She pulled back and smiled. "Let's go meet the others!"

"Or rather- see who's here, I think the only gem you haven't met- other than Silver Pearl here, is Gold Pearl," Snowflake clarified.

"A pair of pearls?" Bismuth asked. "We don't get many pearls, how come two decided to join after I left?" She laughed. "Had I been scaring 'em all away?"

Silver shook her head. "We were freed from the Reef by Rainbow Quartz and Yarhil shortly after we were made. Which was right after you were bubbled, but before the Metallic Gems formed. I wish I could say I was among that first few."

“If you were among us then, we’d still be trying to figure out how to get Bismuth out of that bubble!” Snowflake exclaimed. “It’s good fortune you took a little time to come round!”

“I’m going to have to hear that story, by the way,” Bismuth said. “Oh, and thanks.”

Silver Pearl smiled. “I’d do it again, gladly.”

"Who's here?" Bismuth asked, turning to Snowflake.

Snowflake smiled. "Why don't I show you?" She led them across the hall to Peridot's lab. Gold was holding something while Peridot poured liquids together. She looked like she was focusing pretty hard.

"Peridot?" Snowflake asked.

"Gimmie a minute," Peridot said.

Gold looked inquisitively. "Are you the Bismuth?"

Peridot scoffed. "I'm sure she's just a new recruit who happens to be a Bismuth." She looked up. "See-" she dropped the vial. "Bismuth!" She grinned.

"You were recruited a couple hundred years after me," Bismuth laughed.

"How? I thought it'd be forever until I saw you again!" Peridot said.

"You can thank Silver Pearl," Bismuth said. "She's the one who unbubbled me."

"Technically, I unbubbled you," Snowflake said. "Silver just smuggled you out of the heart of the Crystal Gems."

Bismuth laughed. "Ah, so Silver just did all the hard work and you did the last step?"

Snowflake grinned. "You know it!"

Peridot traded her safety goggles for a regular visor. She didn't technically need them, but it made it easier to focus when she had a slightly different appearance. "You have to show me how your thing works! I've been trying non-stop to figure out how to recreate something I've never seen, but now? Now we're in Bismuth."

"That's my line!" Bismuth protested.

Gold chuckled. "Ah yes, trying non-stop to create a weapon, hence the various things here that have nothing to do with weapon creation."

"You don't know!" said Peridot. "They could be extremely relevant! Besides, if I was only doing what was most useful to the system, then I'd be just as good working for Homeworld."

"At least you wouldn't be benefiting the Elites," said Bismuth.

Emerald nodded. "Anything's better than working for us."

Bismuth grinned. "I'll show you my prototype after I meet everyone, alright?"

Peridot nodded. "I'll get some space cleared!"

"I don't think I've actually introduced myself," said Gold. "I'm Gold Pearl."

"Nice to meet you, Gold," said Bismuth, lightly tapping her on the arm. "Welcome to the club."

"Ready to go see Howlite and Ashalmalmite?" Snowflake asked.

"They're here?" asked Bismuth. "I still can't believe it's been so long since they've seen me."

“They’ve missed you,” said Snowflake. “I think they’re working on a few touch-ups on the walls.”

“Lead the way,” Bismuth said.

Snowflake led Bismuth, Emerald, and Silver to where Howlite and Ashalmalmite were building up the walls. Upon seeing Bismuth, Ashalmalmite stopped and stared at Bismuth. Her hand was still shapeshifted into a chisel.

“Ashalmalmite, what are you stopping-” Howlite stopped mid-sentence and broke into a grin. “Welcome home!”

Bismuth smiled awkwardly. “Thanks, guys. It feels weird. I saw you two just last week, and so much has changed.”

“We can finally get into the forge!” Ashalmalmite exclaimed. “Sorry, I’m happy to see you again too, obviously.”

Bismuth laughed. “Ah, you’ve got your priorities set, I see.”

Ashalmalmite laughed. “Hey, we’re working for the freedom of all gemkind, what could be more important than that?”

“And here I thought you were fighting because you cared about me.” Bismuth joked.

“You wish,” Ashalmalmite retorted.

“Well, I just wanted to stop in and make sure everything was all right,” Bismuth said. “I think we should visit-” she paused. “Who else is there, Snow?”

 “Come find out,” Snowflake replied. Bismuth “Not even a tiny hint?”

“Not a peep,” she said.

They quickly arrived at the training center, where Tiger’s Eye was training Apatite, Bixbite, and Ruby. She was so focused on training that she didn’t hear the small procession following Snowflake.

Bismuth was ecstatic to see Tiger’s Eye. She was beginning to think all of her close friends, except for Snowflake, would still be in the crystal gems. Tiger’s Eye, however, was still in training mode, and seeing a large, grey figure hurtling to her, she instinctively flailed her arm out to stop Bismuth, knocking her to the ground.

Tiger’s Eye looked down. “Oh my stars! Bismuth! I’m so glad you’re safe! No thanks to me.” She held out her hand to help Bismuth up.

Bismuth took it. “Thanks,” she said, pulling Tiger’s Eye into a hug. “I was hoping I’d see you around.”

“What is this, emotional honesty?” Tiger’s Eye asked. “Can’t we just pretend we hate each other?” She smiled and pulled back. “I missed looking at your ugly face. Makes me feel good about myself.”

“I could say the same to you, but I had the misfortune of looking at yours yesterday,” said Bismuth. She turned to the other three gems in the room. “Bixbite, Apatite, and Ruby, right? I think I’ve seen you around before, but we haven’t worked together on much.”

“It’s an honor to meet you,” Apatite said.

Ruby smiled. “I can’t wait to see where you lead us.”

“I’ll make you proud!” said Bixbite.

“So, what do you want us to do, Bismuth?” Snowflake asked. She said ‘Bismuth’ like the Crystal Gems would sometimes say ‘Rose,’ with respect bordering on reverence. “You’ve met your troops, few as we may be, and we are at your command.”

“Yeesh,” Bismuth said. “No need to be so formal. Uh, who would you consider our best strategists?”

“Myself, Gold, and Peridot have done most of the planning up to this point,” Snowflake said. “But if Silver managed to bust you out, she must not be shabby in that department either. And of course, I’ve already worked with you enough to know you’ll be invaluable in the planning room.”

Bismuth grinned. “Alright then. If I’m gonna be a leader, I’m going to be the best leader I can be. Emerald, do you think you could gain from training with Tiger?”

“Always,” said Emerald. “A little extra training never hurt anyone.”

“Alright, so you stay here, and Silver, Gold, Peridot, Snow, and I will strategize, ok?”

“Sounds like a plan to me,” Emerald said. She unfused into her component gems, Anatase and Opalite. While Emerald was an incredible warrior in her own right, Anatase and Opalite found that they were often more effective by “dividing and conquering.” Plus, they often needed to masquerade as themselves to sneak themselves into spaces for elites.

Silver, Snow, and Bismuth quickly asked Peridot and Gold to join them in the Forge. It was the perfect meeting location. Plenty of space, private, and, most importantly, it held the breaking point. The weapon that started it all.

Peridot knew this was a formal meeting with their new leader, but she couldn’t contain her excitement any more. “Is it here?” she asked.

“What?” Bismuth asked, smirking. She led everyone into the lower levels.

“What do you mean, ‘what?’” Peridot asked. “The thing,” she stuttered “the, the, the Weapon! You know, the one I’ve been trying to replicate for two months?”

“Oh, that weapon,” Bismuth said. “I think I know what you’re saying.” She walked to a container and revealed the Breaking Point. It was a cruel thing. It strapped to the wielder’s wrist, with an activation mechanism on the back, and a sharp, precise drill on the front. Even without seeing it in use, everyone present could tell it had immense power. Enough to knock a diamond off her feet.

“Whoa,” Peridot was breathless. “Could I… hold it?”

Bismuth handed it over. “It’s just a prototype.”

“I can see that,” Peridot said critically. “The binding is almost falling apart here. And this bit could clearly be improved on. Gold! What do you think?”

Gold was also looking at the Breaking Point, and began to make similar observations. “The metalworking is a stroke of genius, but the mechanism could use some,” she paused. “A lot of optimization.”

“We might as well leave them to it,” said Snow to Bismuth and Silver. “Unless you can understand what they’re going on about?”

Sliver shook her head. “I think they’re working on how to improve it, but the specifics are lost on me.”

“Mind telling us how you pulled this off?” Snowflake asked, looking at Bismuth.

“What?” Silver asked “Oh! That. Well, it wasn’t that hard at all, really. I simply-”

There, in the embers of the heart of the forge, rebellion grew. Perhaps by only two members, but by a lot of spirit. Silver continued telling the story of how she’d managed to smuggle Bismuth out, Gold and Peridot analyzed the Breaking Point. Perhaps the biggest change with Bismuth’s arrival, however, were the growing seeds of resentment towards the Crystal Gems for imprisoning Bismuth, banning the Breaking Point, and exiling all gems who follow them. Perhaps some part of them had wondered if Bismuth really had been unreasonable. If she had changed right before Rose had bubbled her. But now, seeing Bismuth the same as ever before them, they felt the winds blowing their way.

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Chapter 13

Two months had passed since the metallic gems had formed. The Metallic gems’ base was complete. Howlite was proud of the design. It had everything anyone could possibly want, including room to expand and more space than the metallic gems, who now had 11 members, could possibly use.

 Peridot had come up with a weapon that was capable of shattering gems, though not as effectively as she’d hoped. In total, the metallic gems had managed to shatter about fifteen gems, despite Homeworld focusing more heavily on armor. However, several of those had been by poofing a gem, then manually crushing it, which was rather slow and difficult to do mid-combat.

None of those gems had been shattered by Gold Pearl. She was the smallest metallic gem, not counting Emerald’s components, so most of the other gems were used to using their sheer size in strength in battle, and didn’t really know how to train her. She was thankful. She’d managed to send blueprints of the base to the crystal gems, as well as schematics to Peridot’s weapon.

The crystal gems had finished their new desert base, though Desert Glass wanted to add on a few extra rooms. Garnet had pointed out that would make the base more easily spottable, which was not what they wanted. Desert had reluctantly agreed.

Two crystal gems had been shattered or captured, but they were both by Homeworld, so that wasn’t too out of the ordinary. If the metallic gems started attacking the crystal gems, it would be a lot worse.

Rose had started letting certain gems have time with Bismuth’s bubble. It moved after each visit, so that there was no easy way to overwhelm the guards. She worried sometimes that it was too much of a risk, but seeing the look on the gems’ faces after they visited made her sure she’d made the right decision.

Silver Pearl was training under Pearl, and doing quite well. She was still rather timid, but Rose saw her potential and hoped to fight alongside her one day.

The diamonds were making slow progress on healing shattered gems. They had unbubbled two more Rose Quartzes, and told Blue about the project. Pink wondered if the other diamonds had healing properties similar to hers, but the only way to ask would be to admit she had healing powers, which would make unbubbling the Roses unnecessary.

The Roses were getting along wonderfully. Pink made sure to only visit the palanquin when she absolutely had to so they had time to relax without her looming over their shoulders. Pink hoped she could ask to unbubble some more soon, but she was afraid that if she couldn’t produce more results with more Roses, the other diamonds wouldn’t see any use.

Homeworld had also started producing more and more armor. Typically, it was a point of pride to never cover up one’s gem, but the fear of Peridot’s weapon was stronger than that pride. The crystal gems had also started stealing more armor, as they didn’t have Bismuth anymore, so they couldn’t make any. And they needed more because of the threat of the metallic gems.

In addition, Homeworld had recognized a difference between the crystal gems and the metallic gems, as they developed a difference in combat and strategy, it quickly became important to know which one they were fighting against. For example, a gem could deflect most crystal gem weapons by blocking them with their gem, but doing that with a metallic gem would lead quickly to getting shattered.

It was a day like most any other at the crystal gems’ main base. Silver Pearl had just gotten free after training with Pearl. She smiled. They didn’t know how different today would be. She just had to find Rose.

She rounded a corner and bumped right into Rose. Perfect.

“I’m so sorry,” Rose said. “I didn’t see you there.”

“Could I,” said Silver. She looked down at the floor and to the left. “No, it’s silly.”

“What is it?” Rose asked.

Silver looked up at Rose. “Well, if you insist, I know I didn’t know her, but I wanted to see Bismuth’s bubble. There’s been such a fuss made about her and I thought seeing her might demystify her to some extent.”

Rose smiled. “I understand. I have some time to spare, I can accompany you to the bubble.”

Silver nodded. “Really? That’s so kind of you, I know it’s silly.”

Rose smiled. “Not at all. I understand wishing to understand something- someone better, even if you don’t particularly like them.”

“Well,” said Silver, “lead the way.”

Rose warped them to the desert base, and motioned a pair of guards to accompany her. She swept past three more hallways before opening a door and revealing the bubble. “This is it,” she said sadly.

Silver Pearl stepped towards it. “Could I have a moment alone? I know, I didn’t know her, but-”

“I understand,” said Rose. “We’ll be right outside.”

Rose closed the door, leaving Silver alone with the bubble. She smiled. This was her moment. She just hoped she didn’t end up in a bubble next to Bismuth. She gently pulled the bubble down. She cupped it in her hands for a moment and looked at it softly. Then, she put it in her gem. She took an identical Bismuth gem out of her gem. The only problem is that her bubble was grey, not pink. Thankfully, she had already thought of this little problem. Now, for the moment of truth. She took a shaky breath.

“Oh no!” she exclaimed audibly, and fumbled with the other Bismuth’s bubble. “No, no, no!”

The guards barged in the room, as she expected. “What’s the matter?” one of them asked.

Silver Pearl turned around. She hoped she was blushing, a light bronze. She sheepishly held the bubble up to them. “I accidentally squeezed the bubble a little too hard, and, well, I had to rebubble her. I hope that’s alright, I didn’t mean to!”

“Of course,” said Rose, “we’d never fault you for an accident. Well, other than the fact that your time will be cut short.”

“That’s alright,” said Silver. “I think I got a feel for her.” She smiled. “Thank you for letting me visit her.”

Rose smiled. “I hope you have some peace with what I had to do.”

“I had to bubble her too,” Silver joked. “But I’m sure it was a lot more tense when you did it.”

“You sounded pretty concerned,” said Rose.

“I was afraid if I let her out, I’d be considered a traitor,” Silver admitted. She smiled timidly. “The crystal gems gave me everything, I couldn’t imagine betraying them.”

“I’m almost surprised more crystal gems haven’t converted,” Rose admitted. “I think we all want this war to be over as soon as possible.”

“Snowflake can’t hold a candle to you, Rose,” Silver said. “You make us all believe in ourselves, and believe in you.”

“Thank you,” said Rose. “but I really do fear something will happen any day now. Isn’t that silly?”

“Something like what?” Silver Pearl questioned.

“I don’t know, that the metallic gems will shatter one of us, or plan an attack to unbubble Bismuth, or that Homeworld will somehow come out with an even worse weapon than what they’ve been using now. Everything’s been moving so fast, and yet, it feels like this is just the calm before the storm,” said Rose.

“That is silly!” Silver exclaimed. “I think you worry too much. Bismuth will stay in her bubble, and the metallic gems care too much about destroying Homeworld to worry too much about us.”

“You really think so?” Rose asked.

“Of course,” Sliver lied.

Rose sighed. “Thank you, Silver, you have no idea how much it means to hear that.”

Silver smiled. “I’m so glad I’m able to reassure you.”

“Ah, it looks like we’re at the warp,” said Rose.

Silver nodded. “Do you want to activate it, or shall I?”

Rose smiled. “Go ahead.”

Silver activated the warp, sending them back to the main base. She stepped off the warp pad. “I’m sure you’re very busy, thank you for letting me take the time to do that.”

“Your fast thinking on rebubbling Bismuth was very impressive,” said Rose. “But, I do need to talk to Cherry about relocating the bubble now.”

“Of course,” said Silver. “I won’t keep you.”

Rose waved and left. Silver walked a ways away until she was out of Rose’s eyesight. In fact, she waited until she was out of anyone’s eyesight. She pictured the information she’d gathered about the metallic gems’ base, including the location. She hoped she knew it well enough to warp there.

She walked back to the warp in broad daylight, smiling and waving at the gems she passed in the hallways. If anything, she probably looked more confident than normal. But that was a ruse. Her doubts and fears were starting to spiral inside her. But all of that was mixed with the excitement that she could make a change for the better, to help the world be a better place.

She stepped onto the warp pad and warped to the forge. She smiled as she smelled smoke and saw the grey, mountainous path, just as it had been described to her. She walked down it, ready to meet Snowflake, and show her who she’d brought with her. She grinned at the thought of who was hidden in her gem. She’d gotten so far, she began to believe she’d actually made it.

She saw a large, blocky black base. It was so tall and intimidating. She didn’t even see an entrance, but she did see a bright green gem approaching. She ran to catch up with her. “Hi!” she said, breathlessly. “I want to join the metallic gems.”

The green gem smiled at her. “Well hello, I’m Emerald.”

“Silver Pearl,” Silver said.

“It’s an honor to meet you, Silver Pearl. I’m assuming you’ll want to meet Snowflake?” Emerald asked.

Silver nodded. “I’m very excited.”

“Let me open this up,” Emerald said. Her gems began to glow and the solid cube opened to reveal a large door.”

“Thank you,” Silver said, timidly. “How will I get in, though, once I’m a member?”

“Peridot can add you to the system easily enough,” said Emerald. “Come on, I’ll introduce you to Snowflake.”

The inside of the base was much more impressive than the outside. Tall ceilings and dim lighting made the place feel like a labyrinth. Not to mention the amount of turns Emerald was taking seemed to be more than she’d ever remembered having to take in a crystal gem base.

As Emerald and Pearl walked in silence, Pearl wondered about how quiet it was. Walking along even a short hallway in a crystal gem base, she’d run across six or seven gems, at least. Here felt deathly still, her footsteps echoing down the barren corridors.

At last, Emerald and Silver stopped in front of a door. Emerald knocked. “Come in,” said Snowflake.

“New recruit!” said Emerald excitedly.

“Oh?” asked Snowflake. “And what do you bring to the table?”

“I’ve been training intensely in fencing and archery,” said Silver. “I’m still in very good standing with the crystal gems, I’m a very good ear, and-” She smiled. “-I’ve got something else to bring.”

Snowflake’s eyebrows furrowed. “What?”

Silver grinned. She hated to admit it, but she was very proud of herself. She pulled the Rose Quartz bubble containing Bismuth out of her gem.

Snowflake and Emerald’s eyes widened. “Oh my stars,” Snowflake whispered, “Is this?”

Silver nodded.

“May I?” Snowflake asked, to no one in particular. She looked at the bubble, and then she gently, respectfully, popped it. Bismuth’s gem fell into her hands before starting to rise into the air and glow a brilliant white. A gem with rainbow hair, grey skin, and a blacksmith’s apron reformed in front of them.

Bismuth fell on the ground and raised her fists, ready to fight. Snowflake tackled her in a hug. “Bismuth! I’ve missed you!”

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Chapter 12

“So, you think we should send Gold Pearl as a spy?” Cherry asked. “Hmm, I wouldn’t say it’s a bad idea, perse, but I don’t understand why we can’t send someone more experienced.”

“I am willing to go,” Desert Glass said.

“Are you willing to shatter gems, if need be?” Pearl asked. “They’ll probably insist on it, especially because you can fight. She’s a lot bolder than you and will most likely fit in better, but she’s also inexperienced in combat and will probably have to spend some time training before they’d make her shatter.”

Desert Glass nodded. “I can understand now.”

“Garnet?” Rose asked.

“I can see this going very poorly,” said Garnet. “But it could also go very well. I’m sorry I’m not much help at the moment. Everything is so uncertain. But I do think it’s a good idea.”

“To send someone or to send Gold, specifically?” Cherry asked.

“Someone,” Garnet asked. “But Gold does seem to be a good option. Cherry, do you know of any other gems who’d be a good fit?”

“Hmm,” said Cherry. “I’d normally recommend Crazy Lace or Biggs for a mission like this, but they were both very close with Bismuth, so I’m already keeping an eye on them. Scapolite could be a good choice?” 

Garnet shook her head. “You’re right. Crazy Lace and Biggs were too close to Bismuth for reliability’s sake. I don’t see Scapolite doing as well in the role as Gold Pearl. She can be backup if Gold Pearl refuses, which I wouldn’t blame her for.” 

Cherry nodded. “That sounds alright.”

“I hope Silver Pearl won’t feel too left out,” Pearl said. “I just feel like she’s too timid to do well among the metallic gems.”

“She should be fine,” said Rose. “She’ll be an incredible fighter and an amazing crystal gem.”

Garnet nodded. “I don’t see her being too upset at the decision. She might be disappointed, but I think we can make her come around.”

Pearl smiled. “I’m excited to get a chance to train her one-on-one. That is, if it’s alright with you?” she asked Cherry.

Cherry nodded. “She reminds me of how you describe yourself when you first joined the crystal gems. I think you’d know better than anyone else how to get her out of her shell.”

Pearl nodded. “Thank you. Rose?”

Rose nodded. “I think I can spare you for that long. As long as you’re not training all day everyday, of course.”

“No,” said Pearl. “I wouldn’t try. It’s important for her to get well-rounded training.”

“Oh!” said Rose. “Desert, could you start to think about somewhere to build another base? I think we should figure out somewhere the metallic gems don’t know about.”

Desert Glass nodded. “In order for me to assist with building it, it’ll have to be in the desert.”

“That’s alright,” said Rose. “It should blend in.”

Desert nodded. “Sounds like a plan.”

“Is there anything else we need to do?” asked Cherry.

Rose shook her head. “We’re offering the position of spy to Gold Pearl, Desert Glass is working on making a base the metallic gems shouldn’t know about, and we’re working on a more defensive strategy while we see what the metallic gems do,” she said. “Anyone have any objections or anything else they’d like to add?”

“No,” said Cherry “That sounds perfect.”

“Wait,” said Pearl, “I need to inform Silver that I’ll be training her.”

“Right,” Rose nodded. “Anything else?”

Everyone present shook their heads.

“Be aware everyone. Let us know if someone doesn’t show up when they’re assigned someplace, remember they know where we are and they may try to find Bismuth,” Pearl said.

Garnet smiled. “Let’s work for a better future together.”

Rose smiled. “I’m always ready for that. Let’s make the future a better place for all gems.”

“Maybe not for the diamonds,” Cherry joked. “It’ll be a real blow for them to be taken down from their high horses.”

Rose laughed. She knew she’d be happier if they won the war, but she agreed that the other diamonds might not be so thrilled. She hoped that her laugh didn’t come off too uncertain or nervous. Oh goodness, she should say something, shouldn’t she. “It’ll be a real shock for them when we win.”

“Hear, hear,” said Garnet. “Frankly, even some of the elite gems may be better off than they were before.” She looked at the palm of her left hand and smiled. “I know I am.”

“I hope we can help many more gems like you find happiness,” said Desert. “I think that most of them don’t realize how lucky we have it.”

“Homeworld propaganda,” Rose sighed. “I’ve been fighting against it for years, but they always paint us as desolate, defective gems with nowhere else to go.”

“I wouldn’t want anywhere else to go,” said Cherry. “The opportunity to choose my own purpose is something I’d never give up.”

“Maybe we should start more aggressive recruitment instead of battles?” Rose suggested. “If we’re going to lose gems to the metallic gems, we need some new recruits as well.”

“I don’t think we should focus on that for the moment,” said Garnet. “Let’s see about the things we’ve already discussed, then see if that still looks like a good idea.”

“Good idea, Garnet. I don’t want to get ahead of myself,” said Rose.

Garnet nodded. “I think we should get to work. Nearly all of us have something to do. Rose, You’ll tell Gold about her new assignment?”

Rose nodded. “Of course. I do hope she accepts.”

“If she doesn’t, tell me,” said Cherry. “I’ll ask Scapolite.”

“Thank you, Cherry,” Rose said.

“No problem at all,” said Cherry.

Rose nodded. “Well, let’s all get started.”

The gems dispersed to do their various tasks. Rose was grateful that Gold Pearl and Silver Pearl were separate at the moment, even though it’d mean she and Pearl would have to separate. It would be so much easier to tell Gold without worrying about Silver feeling she’s fallen behind.

Rose said goodbye to Pearl and went to find Gold Pearl. She hoped that it wouldn’t be too hard, thankfully she was fully recharged and didn’t need to worry about the amount of time she could spend as Rose.

She found Gold Pearl talking with Yarhil. “Do you mind if I have a moment with Gold?” Rose asked.

“No,” answered Yarhil. “Go right ahead.” She smiled. “Bye, Gold!”

Gold waved. “Goodbye!” She turned to Rose. “What did you want to talk to me about?”

“Would you be willing to spy on the metallic gems?” Rose asked. “I know you haven’t been here for that long, but your spirit is bold, and I don’t think they’d suspect you.”

“Really?” said Gold, “but when I was training, I fell flat on my face. I can’t fight.”

“You can’t fight yet,” Rose replied instinctively. “But you shouldn’t have to. In fact, being unexperienced in combat will make the metallic gems less likely to expect you to shatter.”

“What if they want me to?” asked Gold. “What then?”

Rose looked at Gold, and the sadness in her eyes stood out more than ever. “They’d probably end up shattering those gems anyway. If you must shatter to keep your part in the group, the information you’ll supply will be important enough to make it worth it.”

“To make it worth shattering?” Gold questioned.

“If Homeworld wins, we’ll all be shattered,” said Rose. “And you can conveniently fail, so you’ll never have to shatter anyone.”

“That will-” Gold started.

“Make it more likely you’re caught, yes,” finished Rose. “But it’s what I would do in your situation. I couldn’t bring myself to shatter anyone, for any reason.”

Gold nodded. “You’re right. I can risk the extra chance of getting discovered if it means keeping everyone else safe.”

“Good!” said Rose. “So are you willing to do it?”

“If you really think I’m best,” said Rose.

“You are so unique. I think that you can learn a lot under the metallic gems, even if you have to sort through what’s right. When I watched you fight, I saw a spirit in you that was determined to do the right thing. You are the perfect choice,” said Rose. “Even your reluctance proves that.”

Gold smiled. “If you’re sure, I trust you.”

Rose shined.”Excellent! We’ve never really had espionage before, so we don’t have anyone to train you, so you can get started right away! The metallic gems are located at- oh wait, you’ve never been to Bismuth’s forge. I’ll warp you there and show you where to leave intelligence.”

Gold and Rose walked to the warp. Rose warped them to the warp outside Bismuth’s forge. She lead Gold Pearl to a rock a little ways away from the warp. “Place anything you learn here. Hopefully, the metallic gems won’t expand this far.”

Gold Pearl nodded. “Ok, now where is the base?”

Rose shapeshifted into her smaller quartz form. “Let me show you.”

They walked back to the warp, then followed the path as far as Rose felt safe. “Can you go on alone?” she asked.

Gold nodded.

“Goodbye, then,” Rose said. “Best of luck.” She shapeshifted back into her normal Rose Quartz form and walked back to the warp.

Gold took a shaky breath and walked forward. She could do this. Rose believed in her. She believed in herself. She just had to act like a rebel. She already was a rebel. This would be easy. She squared her shoulders and smiled, excited to be given this much responsibility.

She walked down the path until she saw some gems. She assumed they must be metallic gems. She ran forward, there was no turning back now. She waved.

“Hey there,” said Snowflake as she approached. “You ready to be a metallic gem?”

Gold nodded. “Yes! I think that you are all truly doing the right thing and I want to join. I’ve only been a crystal gem for a couple of days, though, so I don’t really know how to fight.”

“That’s ok,” said Snowflake, beaming. “We can show you the ropes! Right now there’s only six of us, including you, but we’re going to grow soon! Can you build?”

Gold Pearl shook her head. “I can try, but I really don’t know that much more than what homeworld taught me.”

“And as you’re a Pearl...” Snowflake said consideringly.

“I’m more than willing to do whatever I can though,” said Gold quickly. “I want to show Homeworld I’m more than they ever thought I could be.”

Snowflake clapped her back. “Welcome aboard! Hey Tiger, Howlite, come meet the new recruit!”

Howlite and Tiger’s Eye, who were working on the base, stopped their work and came over to say hi. “Oh hey! New recruit?” Howlite asked. 

Pearl nodded. “I thought you said there were two more?”

“Peridot and Emerald are off scavenging for tech,” Snowflake explained. “You’ll meet them soon enough.”

“Well, I guess I should introduce myself. My name is Gold Pearl, and I’m ready to show Homeworld that they can’t push us around anymore! That we can fight back!”

“That’s the spirit!” Snowflake said. “You’ll fit right in.”

“Wait, you’ve never met Bismuth, have you?” asked Tiger.

“No,” said Gold. “I know she’s the reason you broke off, but I frankly don’t know much more about her.”

“Oh man,” said Tiger. “She is incredible. I hope you’ll be able to meet her someday, but in the meantime I can tell you what she was like when I knew her.”

Gold smiled. “Yes! I’d love to learn more about her! She seems really interesting!”

“Whoa, whoa, whoa, if we start telling stories about Bismuth, we’ll be here all day,” said Howlite. “Let’s get back to building. Pearl, do what you can, and we’ll see if we can talk as we work.”

“Sounds good,” said Gold. She picked up a tool, hoping she knew what it did. “Let’s get to work.”

The metallic gems and Gold discussed their bubbled leader while they worked on constructing a truly impressive base. They laughed and joked, and Gold felt oddly at home, despite what she was here to do.

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Oh my goodness that's so sweet, thank you so much! I'm pretty confident with my Rose and Pearl because I've thought about them a lot, but I feel like after Nano is over I really need to work on developing Garnet's voice a little stronger so she's an actual character and not just a dispenser of future vison. I really appreciate it though, it means a lot to hear people are enjoying my story, thank you so much!

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Chapter 11

The ship docked outside of the zoo. A pink bubble surrounded Pearl and Pink, which wooshed them down to the zoo’s landing dock for smaller ships. A pair of Jaspers was guarding the door to the zoo. Before Pink’s bubble arrived, they had been laughing with each other, but now they stood straight upright. They both diamond saluted.

“Welcome, My Diamond,” they said in unison.

Pink pushed down the urge to thank them and strode past them as if they didn’t exist. She headed to the room where the Rose Quartzes were held. Fire Agate came rushing up to Pink Diamond. “What are you here for today, My Diamond?” she asked.

“I’m here for the Rose Quartzes,” Pink said. “Yellow and I thought they may be of some use yet.”

“Ah, of course, my Diamond,” said Fire Agate. “Do you need any assistance from me?”

“No,” said Pink. “You are dismissed.”

“Yes, my Diamond,” Fire diamond saluted once again and stood still while Pink strode forward. Pink went to the Rose Quartz room and pulled down three bubbles. “Do you think these will be alright?” she asked Pearl.

Pearl glanced at the Jaspers guarding the door pointedly. “Of course my Diamond. Your choice is excellent, as always.”

Pink mentally scolded herself for letting her guard down. She gave the bubbles to Pearl, who put them in her gem. Pink left the human zoo and went back to her ship. Once they were back on the ship and heading to Earth, Pink sighed. “Sorry, Pearl.”

“It’s ok,” Pearl said. “I understand what we need to do to keep the crystal gems going.”

“I wish I didn’t have to treat anyone like that,” Pink said. “But I’ll get in trouble if I ‘interact with those below my station.’” She sighed. “Now I can’t wait to get back to the palanquin.”

Pearl nodded. “I’m excited to meet them.”

“I wish I could show them my real self and not my diamond self.”

“Last we knew they were loyal to Homeworld,” Pearl said sadly. “They’d probably tell Yellow and Blue.”

“I know,” said Pink, “But I still wish there was some way to be closer to them. I feel like it would somehow make up for everything they’ve been through. I know that’s absurd, but some part of me still wishes-”

“I know,” said Pearl. “You wish you could be kinder to them than they’ll expect, but it would put everyone involved in danger. Is it not kinder to keep them safe, even if they’re slightly inconvenienced by your presence?”

“I suppose,” said Pink. “I just wish I could do more.”

“You’re doing so much already!” said Pearl.

Pink sighed. “I suppose. How close are we?”

“Almost there, my Diamond.”

Pink smiled hesitantly. “I hope they’ll be happy.”

“I’m sure they will be, my Diamond.”

Pink saw the Earth come into view. The ship landed on the ground and docked. Pearl and Pink disembarked.

Pink smiled and ran over to the warp. As soon as Pearl stepped onto it, Pink activated it. She made sure to stand straight and tall as she headed back to her palanquin.

Pink looked behind her to make sure the curtain was closed, then she knelt on the ground. “Pearl?”

“Yes, my Diamond.” Pearl pulled the bubbles out of her head.

Pink reached a finger out and popped all three of them sequentially. 

“You should probably stand up, my Diamond,” Pearl suggested. “It’s proper.”

“Thank you, Pearl,” said Pink, and stood as the Roses reformed.

The Roses looked around in shock until their eyes settled on Pink. They all diamond saluted.

Pink straightened up. “You have been unbubbled due to recent developments in the war. From now on, you answer to me, and you do not leave this palanquin. Yellow Diamond and myself have deemed you of possible use. However, you are in the same batch as the rebel leader, and are therefore considered defective. Therefore, any misstep will be considered a grave offense and will be punished accordingly.”

“Yes, my Diamond,” they all chanted in unison.

“Good,” Pink said. She felt horrible. They all looked so scared. Her brow furrowed in concern.

“Is something wrong, my Diamond?” the Rose with her gem on her cheek, asked.

Pink shook her head. “No, I am just concerned. It is nothing for you to worry about.”

“What do you need us to do, my Diamond?” another one asked. She had her gem on her hip.

“Nothing, at the moment,” Pink said. “Yellow Diamond and I want to see if you have healing powers like the rebel Rose Quartz. They could prove useful.” Pink looked at the Roses with concern. There was no way they could relax at all with her around. But she didn’t want to leave them alone again. She had an idea. “I have something I must tend to by myself. Pearl, stay here.”

Pearl looked surprised for a moment, then realization dawned on her face. “Yes, my Diamond.” She diamond saluted.

Pink left the palanquin and went to the moon base to observe the metallic gems.

When Pink left, Pearl relaxed. She smiled. “Welcome back.”

The third Rose, with her gem on the back of her hand looked mildly surprised. “If we’re considered ‘defective’ and ‘dangerous,’ why would Pink Diamond leave us alone with her Pearl?”

“My Diamond knows that you know you’ll be shattered if you even try to attack me,” said Pearl. She hated having to play the part as much as Pink, but she had to make this believable. “Plus, I can always be replaced.”

“Are you going to tell her if we, you know, relax a little?” Cheek Rose asked.

“No,” answered Pearl. “In my experience, she won’t ask, and I know better than to speak out of turn.”

“So, how long has it been since we’ve been bubbled?” asked Hip Rose.

“Approximately five hundred and forty-eight years,” said Pearl.

“So we’re always going to be treated like rebels just because someone else in our batch decided to go rogue?” Hip Rose asked the other Roses angrily.

“We have to understand that the Diamonds’ decisions are far more important than our individual happiness,” Hand Rose said. “They have good reason to believe our cut is defective. We should be grateful we aren’t shards.”

“I suppose,” said Cheek Rose. “It still feels like we’re being held captive, doing jobs we’d be glad to do anyway.”

Hip Rose rolled her eyes. “I’d be willing to shatter that rebel Rose, just for ruining all of our good names.”

“I’d be glad to do it if I was ordered to,” said Hand Rose, “But I’d rather let Pink Diamond have the honor. She’s had to go through so much because of this rebel Rose Quartz.”

“Pink Diamond shouldn’t have to get her hands dirty like that!” Cheek Rose exclaimed. “She’s a Diamond, she’s too graceful for that.”

Hip Rose nodded. “I suppose, but if I were her, I’d do it, protocol or no protocol.”

“That’s why she’s a Diamond and you’re not,” said Hand Rose. “The diamonds have a grace and dignity that we could never imagine.”

Pearl smiled. She thought of the amount of times she’d seen Rose fall flat on her face. Rose was clumsy and sweet and didn’t care what anyone else thought of her. Pearl suddenly realized why no one suspected Pink of being Rose. Everyone thought so highly of the diamonds that thinking of someone so carefree, so kind, so accepting, someone doing everything completely antithetical to what the diamonds were supposed to do, as a Diamond was completely outlandish.

She supposed Pink could be graceful, but it always seemed more of an accident than anything else. When she was trying to be graceful, she always ended up messing something up. It was nice. It seemed like Pearl knew her better than anyone else. Pearl started to wonder when Pink would come back. The quartzes had a chance to get to know each other. It didn’t seem like they were too upset, considering everything that had happened to them. Trying to convert them to the Crystal Gems seemed like an impossible task, however. They had too much bitterness at Rose for their situation, not that Pearl could blame them.

Pearl realized that she hadn’t been listening to the Roses for the past few minutes. She tried to zone back into their conversation.

“So I guess we’ll have to get to know each other well,” said Cheek Rose. “We can’t go anywhere else, and it seems like Pink Diamond will be in and out.”

“Not that we could be close with her,” Hand Rose added. “We’d never be able to offer anything valuable to her.”

“Of course,” said Cheek Rose, “but we could watch her. I’m sure watching her in motion is absolutely incredible.”

“We probably wouldn’t understand half of what she does,” said Hand Rose.

“And if we did, we might be accused of spying for the Crystal Gems,” said Hip Rose.

“Pink Diamond would never wrongly accuse us!” said Hand Rose.

“I mean, the Diamonds did order us all bubbled for being in the same batch as the rebel leader,” said Cheek Rose. “Not that I’m doubting the diamonds,” she added quickly. She sighed. “What if we are defective?”

Hip Rose smiled. “Then we’re defective together.”

“And we can still do our very best to serve the Diamonds,” said Hand Rose. “It doesn’t matter if we’re defective if we keep ourselves accountable.”

“Besides, it’s not like we could do any real damage,” said Hip Rose. “She’s easily replaceable,” she said, gesturing at Pearl. “And if you really think that three quartzes could scratch a Diamond, I think you’re terribly mistaken.”

Cheek Rose smiled.

Pink Diamond pulled back the curtain to her Palanquin. The Roses immediately straightened up and saluted.

“Pearl,” Pink said. “Follow me.”

“Yes, my Diamond.” Pearl followed behind Pink to the warp.

Pink and Pearl warped back near a crystal gem base. Pink shifted into Rose.

“Do you want to talk about the Roses or get Garnet, Cherry, and Desert Glass to discuss the metallic gems?” Rose asked.

“I think we should talk about the Roses first,” Pearl said.

Rose nodded. “Let’s find a private room. I’m very curious as to what they had to say.” she started running to the crystal gems’ base.

Pearl followed Rose. They arrived at the crystal gem base and walked to a private room.

Pearl sighed. “Please don’t leave me alone with them again.”

“Oh no!” Rose exclaimed. “Was it that bad?”

Pearl nodded. “I think we tend to forget how Pearls are treated by Homeworld gems. I was an object, a piece of furniture.”

“Oh, I’m sorry,” Rose said. “I keep thinking that every gem would be a crystal gem if they had a chance. I completely forget that they’d act like you weren’t even there.”

“It’s ok,” Pearl said. “I learned a lot about them.”

“Are you sure?” Rose asked. “You seem upset.”

“No, I was completely on board with the idea when you said it,” Pearl reminded her. “I can tell you what they talked about. They were mostly mad at you, Rose, and talked about how you should be shattered and how unfair it was they were bubbled for so long.”

“That’s fair,” said Rose. “I mean, imagine if they knew I wasn’t even a Rose Quartz. That they were bubbled for nothing.”

“They seemed pretty loyal to Pink Diamond,” said Pearl. “I think they’d be very conflicted.”

“So am I,” said Rose, “so I don’t blame them at all. Did they say anything else?”

“Not really. They seem to be getting along pretty well. I think that they’ll be happy, at least for a while.”

“That’s good,” said Rose. “Shall we go talk to Garnet, Cherry, and Desert Glass?”

Pearl nodded. “Yes. I’ll tell you if I think of anything else.”

Rose smiled and strode out of the room. Pearl followed behind. They found Garnet, Cherry, and Desert, and asked them to meet in a planning room that night.

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