//------------------------------// // Open your Eyes // Story: My Little Universe: Season 7 // by EquestrianKirin //------------------------------// "Come on, work with me. How do you work? …" Two days passed since that involvement with Steven's room, and with time more for herself now, Twilight sparkle went off to some of her own study. It was difficult to say on where the others were, and as she was trying to check the worlds on the specialized map in Everfree forest, she didn't feel like she was getting much of anywhere. It had activated time and time again, but it had been hit with a bit of a snag lately, and had been dormant for quite some time. She placed her hoof onto the map itself, as if hoping it would explain itself, but no luck. She kept trying to ponder, holding up her Portal Key as if it could tell her, but nothing much happened. Her eyes moved back to the map. "If there's a time for you to help, it's now. You came from the Tree of Harmony, I know you did, you had to of appeared for a reason," Twilight said, looking up and down both maps, but not able to find much of anything. The map was still dormant, and had remained that way for a while. She began to pace back and forth. "Come on, Twilight, think. If I can get this map to show us where the others are, we can bring the Crystal Gems back together. Just got to figure out how this works," Twilight reminded herself. She had looked up and down the map for who knows how long, and nothing really gave her much of a clue. Twilight tried to think, and then one idea came to mind. "What if I …" Twilight started to focus the magic in her horn, and with a magic beam, took one shot at the map. The map shimmered a little, but that was about it. No other reaction really came up from the map at all. Twilight groaned, and sat down. At least, not what was expected: the map did do something, but all it did was re-preset that same flower over in Mistmane's village. Twilight felt this wasn't getting much of anywhere, as they already got the flower as it was. … but then, something else started to flash on the map. Flashing red. If anypony knows any color, Twilight knew that could mean bad, and looking over too she saw that there was something else being pointed out on the map. A shovel over Klugetown. And another light moving. "Wait a second … I swore I saw that somewhere before, but where?" Twilight pondered, hoof to chin as she tried to think, as the icon moved off on its way. However, Twilight shook it off. "Oh, what am I saying?! The Crystal Gems are gone, they have to come first. Now, how do I -" before Twilight could finish, the light ended up going by her field of vision again, and shifting from the Equestrian map, to the Earth map. Twilight trotted over to another part of the map, eyes locking onto the shovel in question until it stopped over another area of the world, this time looking like some sort of city. "Empire City? Steven did mention -" Twilight had to slap her own face that time. "Stop it! The others are devastated right now, and without the Crystal Gems, there would be no one to protect Earth! Think, think, think!" Twilight was starting to worry herself silly, pacing a bit faster as she tried to think on where they would end up. But as she tried to wrap her head around this problem, she began to hear someone rushing down from the stairs leading to the cave … or more, tumbling down the stairs. There, sitting dazed and a bit bruised up was Starlight Glimmer, and Trixie. It was a bit of a tumble, but Starlight looked completely freaked out, jumping to her hooves faster than Trixie did. "TWILIGHT, thank Celestia! I-Is she here?! Please tell me she's here!" Starlight pleaded, trying to find out where this "she" even was. "Wait, she who?" Twilight asked. "Pink Diamond!" Starlight replied, troubled as ever. Twilight was only reminded of the predicament off back on Earth, as technically she had been with Pink Diamond for years now. "Pink? Uh, no, not really." "Oh no. SHE'S DISAPPEARED!" Starlight gasped. "WHAT?!" Twilight shrieked. As if all this confusion wasn't bad enough, now Pink Diamond had gone missing too?! What a time for that to even happen. Twilight began to feel her panic, and quickly tried to calm down. "Told you so," Trixie said, before Twilight used her breathing technique to fully calm down (which took a few tries). "Ok, ok, Starlight, where's the last place you've seen her?" Twilight then asked. "Back on Earth, on Mask Island. I thought she came back already. Oh, I looked everywhere, she's nowhere here!" Starlight Glimmer said, biting her hoof nail a bit. A bit soon, but they were responsible for Pink Diamond's care, and if the other Diamonds would find out she was gone, who knew what could happen?! Twilight didn't want to even consider what they would do, giving a nervous gulp. She had to relax her a bit though, first. "Okay, Starlight, breathe. Just relax," Twilight said, starting to show the breathing technique of hers. Starlight began to do the same, and after a little bit calmed down. Trixie sighed in relief. "Finally," said Trixie, "Any more of that panic, and I'd have to drag you back to Canterlot." Twilight looked over towards Trixie with some disapproval, which made Trixie hold back on her comments for a bit as Starlight got back around. "Ok, now where's the last place you've seen her?" "It was during Sunburst's visit, we went to Mask island. I thought she came back because the key portal was still open," Starlight explained. Twilight knew this was just another thing to try and handle, and while the Crystal Gems were important, with nothing to go on she had to get to Pink Diamond first. But the answer to finding her shouldn't be too hard, when she saw the key left on the map. "Okay then, we'll just go back there and see if we can find her," Twilight decided, flying over them and over to the stairs. That was good enough for them. It seemed pretty straightforward enough, and Twilight Sparkle got the portal key to get the door open. Starlight didn't hesitate and rushed on in, Trixie following behind. They both had a good friend in Pink Diamond, and they wanted to at least figure out if she was alright. Or very least not get in trouble with the other Diamonds. Twilight kept it open for them, but took one more look over to the map before she went through herself. Just as she left, two more came down. "You sure this is what the map's doin?" Applejack asked. "It's what happened to me, darling, so I'm pretty sure it's got to do with the map," Rarity replied. All of a sudden, Starlight was off in front of them. Guess the map was giving a call to the farmer pony again. Both she and Rarity trotted over towards the map, and sure enough, there was the marks showing the locations, with the Shovel being a more prominent light amongst the number of others, flashing in tune with her Cutie Mark. "Wait … OH, NOT AGAIN," AJ groaned, seeing where this was hovering over. "What?" "Rarity, I've been in Klugetown already. Nothin but a town full of pick-pockets, swindlers, and smart-allices," Applejack explained, remembering her own experience inside that place. Thinking about it though, AJ did have her Cutie Mark do this before, but she didn't even consider that the map had anything to do with this. Bow now seeing this, seemed that she had a bit more to do than she thought. Rarity looked over to the red symbol on the map. "Uh, Applejack. Remember when you talked about Rockhoof?" "Yeah, what of -" AJ stopped herself, the idea almost immediately clicking in her head. If the map had Rarity go to get Mistmane's flower, then … "Oh, ponyfeathers." Two teams, two locations, looks like they know what they're doing today. ~~~~~~ "Okay, she should be somewhere around here," Twilight figured. After the portal jump from Equestria to Earth, Twilight, Trixie, and Starlight were off back on Mask Island again, the last place they saw Pink Diamond at. It hadn't been more than a few days since this news came about, so she couldn't have gone off too far. And no sooner after they got to the beach, they soon found her alright. With the days going by, it was a question of how, not if, Pink Diamond heard of the news by now. The trio of ponies got themselves out towards the beach, and soon they took sight of Pink Diamond still checking out the island in her own way, alongside some of the zooman. The zooman may be newer to some of the concepts too, but Pink Diamond still had some things to learn from them, which in this case looked like some fun in the surf they remember from Pinkie Pie. Good time to show up, as Pink Diamond just ended up crashing in the surf, sliding back on shore, but with a smile on her face. "Cannonball!" she shouted while laughing alongside the zoomans. "Guess she hasn't heard the news yet," Twilight thought. But then again, someone would have to do it soon, and if there was someone to do so, it would have to be her friends before someone else does. "Pink, there you are! Boy, we got so worried," Starlight said. "Well, she did, I knew you'd be fine," Trixie said. Pink Diamond looked up to her friends, sitting up and turning around. Seeing them though did remove the smile on her face. "Hey, I'm fine, look at me, fine. Can't I explore around Earth without somepony over my shoulder?" Pink griped, before standing up. "You're welcome," Trixie said, rolling her eyes. "Well, what did you think was going to happen, you've been gone for days! I've looked all over Canterlot and Ponyville for you." "I'm a Diamond, remember? It's gonna take WAY more than a few days to shatter this rock, and you know it," retorted Pink Diamond. That seemed to be her main excuse for everything, but when Twilight heard this off not too far away, she couldn't help but feel the revelation Steven told nag at the back of her mind. Should she say something, or - You all had good intentions. But you know that the truth is always better than a well-meant lie. "No. no, It has to be done," Twilight realized. It was never good for history to make a repeat. She needed a minute to calm down, calm breathing exercise used, before she moved over to Pink, as the "Diamond" dried off her hair a little bit. One issue though: how to go into it? "HEY, Pink. So, you're having fun here, I see." "Heck yeah," Pink Diamond said, changing the subject quick, "You wanna join? I'm trying to figure out how to work these things." Pink then showed them a wooden surfboard, or once was as it looked broken in two. "Eh, no thanks. Look, Pink I-" "Well, fine, you hang out on the sand then. Maybe Jasper could join me. Hey, any of you know where she is?" Well, now or never. "Yeah, about that, uh … I kinda have something important to tell you," Twilight said, rubbing her front hoof much like Fluttershy would normally do. Pink Diamond found this a bit curious, and she gave Twilight her attention. Twilight was walking on egg shells at this point, trying to figure out how to word it correctly so she would believe her, but not get torn up on the news. "Ok, how do I put this? … My friends and I figured out something. Involving you. And … not you? Maybe? It might be a bit to take in but … um …" "UGH, say it already!" Pink demanded, "I got waves to catch!" "Ok, ok! … Pink, you're … not. Pink Diamond. Not really." Twilight couldn't of said it more awkwardly if she tried. "... Huh?" "It's like this. You see … you said you remember yourself in the palanquin on Earth, and then you just "woke up" here. Well there's … more to it: White Diamond was on her way to, well, shatter Pink Diamond. She kinda … maybe created some fake shards. To kinda fake her own death, and White took those shards back with her, and they turned into … you." The silence was a killer. Twilight was so troubled on explaining this to Pink Diamond properly, especially since she had no memory of White's involvement but had apparently, everything else (possibly). The truth was always better, but sweet Luna, it was hard. All Twilight could do was sit there, waiting for what Pink, any by extension Starlight and Trixie, had to say about it. "... You do know I'm right here. Right?" Pink asked, presenting the gemstone she had that, by all rights, should be the exact one in question. "Yeah, you're there, but … you were kind of a copy," Twilight said again, ears folded back, and Twilight recoiling a little bit. Pink Diamond didn't look too convinced unfortunately. "Who told you?" Pink questioned. "I heard it from Steven, who heard it from Pearl, who was there to see it herself," Twilight explained, but this just got Pink Diamond laughing. "HA, like I'm gonna go along with some half-baked story by a Pearl. I was just poofed, that's all, and I am back! Come on, let's catch those waves before the tide goes down!" And Pink Diamond went right off back into the water before Twilight could better explain. This was … unsettling. Twilight, troubled and worried, was turned of her attention when Trixie tapped her in the shoulder. "The heck are you doing? I don't wanna run around looking for her again," Trixie quietly questioned. "I'm sorry, but it's the truth. And the truth's always better than -" "Uh, no offense Twilight," Starlight cut in, "But are you sure that's the true story?" "What do you mean?" "Twilight, this "Pink Diamond's just some copy" thing kinda came out of nowhere. You sure whatever Steven told you is what really happened? Besides, Pearl was under some of White Diamond's influence last we saw her … right?" Starlight explained, as Pink Diamond swam out to find a good wave with some of the zooman. Twilight honestly didn't consider that, but even if so, it didn't change the fact so much of the group high-tailed it because of it. "Yeah, I don't know what you two are talking about, so I'm just gonna go over here," Trixie said, moving away from the situation, moving at least twenty feet away to do … something else. "Well, maybe, maybe not, but this made the Crystal Gems separate. I know Pink Diamond was alive well after the Gem War." "Then, where is she?" "Uh … Steven's mom. Rose and Pink were kinda the same person." "Hmm … ooooohhhh. Ok, I get it. Do they know about this?" "The remaining Gems are trying to find the others, my friends too, and I was trying to see if the Cutie Map would do anything before you and Trixie showed up." "NO, the other Diamonds! Blue, Yellow, they would've known this right?" "I'm honestly not sure. Steven mentioned something about Blue Diamond arriving, so, we'll meet with her and explain when she gets here," Twilight explained. Pink suddenly popped up behind her. "There's nothing to explain!" Pink Diamond insisted. "What do you know anyway, you're just a pony." "What's that got to do with anything?" "YOU know how Gems are created?" Pink asked. Twilight was about to say, but Pink covered her mouth and added "Don't answer that." before walking off. "Where're you going?" Starlight asked. "To get a second opinion from somepony who still has their pebbles in a row," Pink Diamond replied, before marching off to the nearest Warp Pad to do just that. Needless to say, this was going to be a little bit troubling to work with. ~~~~~~ After the Warp Pad, Pink Diamond went on from Mask Island after too long, and off over to the Barn House. With the Crystal Temple no longer in commission, the barn house had become a more commonplace for the Gems to at least hang out, so Pink Diamond got there first. Though, she would've gone their regardless. Twilight, Starlight, and Trixie followed her along over through the Portal Keys, though they were slightly behind, and just find her right at the barn door. In particular, right by Peridot's little box. The others still hadn't come back yet (the majority anyway), so she was still moping, not reacting all that much to Pink Diamond standing right above her. … or the blanket of snow that now covered most of her with the exception of her face. "Peridot? Wake up!" Pink Diamond demanded. "... I'm not sleeping, Pink," Peridot groaned, again too miserable to care … for the first few seconds. "GAH! PINK!" and just like that, Peridot was bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, stumbling out of her box for the first time in days, jumping to her feet moments later. Pink Diamond picked up Peridot as if the girl was a kitty cat, bringing her up to her feet. "Twilight said you've worked on the kindergartens, right?" Pink asked, before dropping her. "Uh … Yes? I am a certified Prime Kindergartener to -" "Yeah, yeah, look do me a favor and tell these three clutterheads that I'm a Diamond, and not just some fool's gold look-alike," Pink Diamond instructed, knowing the three did indeed follow her on back to the barn. Unfortunately, Peridot started to hesitate, knowing well about what she was talking about and on that note, how she heard of it. "Um … You're a diamond, and not just some fool's gold look-alike." "HA! There, see?!" Pink said, now having a reliable source, as Peridot was still trying to get herself together. "She literally just said what you wanted her to say," Trixie pointed out, not very impressed. "EXACTLY!" … And then Pink realized what she meant, as Peridot was suddenly hiding off behind the barn doors. She didn't want any more diamonds upset with her, real or fake. "You do mean that, right? You're not just saying that?" Pink Diamond asked, leaning down to the now freaked out Peridot. "Uh … noooooo?" "No to what?" "Stars, give me strength," Peridot thought, tugging on her collar. "Pink, stop it. Can't you see she's freaking out already?" Twilight remarked. "Yeah, so what? Come on, Peridot, out with it: am I a real Diamond, or not?!" Peridot couldn't take it, and she quickly hid underneath another box. The green Gem couldn't get her mind together, being distraught with everyone else gone AND dealing with someone that could shatter her at any moment. At least before she had her group on her side, but not the case here. "NO!" she shouted from under the box. Pink pulled off the box, finding Peridot huddled up. "No?" "Yes. … No. You're not a Diamond. A-At least far as I know, I-I just heard about it a few days ago, hehehe … don't hurt me," Peridot meekly explained, ending in a bit of an awkward smile cross her face. Pink Diamond was perplexed at first: Peridot thought this was it too? … "... AH, what do you know anyway?" Pink spat, "You're a Peridot, you go all over the place, clearly you don't have time to know for sure!" And feeling frustrated again, Pink Diamond just left them there at the barn. Peridot wasn't sure if she could feel relieved or worried, but no matter the case, they need to keep a good eye on the Pink Gem for a while longer, at least until she could calm down. Hopefully. "What's with everyone?" Pink asked herself as she went, "I know who I am, don't I? I mean, I have all the proof I need right here!" She looked down to her gemstone, which shined in the light. That bit of self-reassurance did bring a smile to Pink Diamond's face, though the others following her didn't feel like this was such a good idea. And things were just about to get worse as the group of Off-Colors were coming along back (Fluorite being the exception). "I predict Pink Diamond will be in a rough mood," said Padparadscha. That statement made Pink Diamond stop altogether. "Excuse me?" Pink questioned. Rhodonite didn't want to get her upset, and cowered behind the Rutile Twins, as Pink Diamond went over to investigate. "Hi, Pink, haven't seen you in a while," left Rutile said. "How're things back in Equestria?" added right Rutile. Pink Diamond though didn't look in that good of a mood hearing this herself. "Peachy. You?" Pink simply said. Well, this could get her mind on something else for - "You don't sound too peachy," Tiger's Eye said, "I mean, guess who wouldn't be after finding out they're a -" "DON'T SAY THAT WORD!" Pink suddenly snapped, going right up to Tiger's Eye. "What word, I didn't even finish yet. I'm just saying it might be hard to find out someone's a fa -" "THAT ONE!" Pink cut in again, hand over the Gem's mouth. "O-Ok, ok, we won't say fake anymore!" Rhodonite pleaded, just to find that she said the word again. Pink Diamond stared daggers at Rhodonite, terrifying her. "Well if you all think that word's so fun to use, then why don't you all use it FAR AWAY FROM HERE?! LIKE ACROSS THE SEA!" Pink bellowed, making them all freak out a little bit. Some of them did go off a good distance while others were left startled and wide-eyed. … and this extended to the ponies off nearby, along with Peridot. "What're you looking at?! The Off-colors and I are just HAVING A CONVERSATION!" Pink snapped. "Oh Celestia, not again," Twilight thought, getting some bit of memory from one other event. In fact, it all felt Deja Vu to her because of said event. "Easy, Pink, easy! We know you're a bit taken aback by this, but that's not a reason to throw your anger at -" "What anger?!" Pink snapped, silencing Starlight Glimmer. "Uh … that. Right there." "WHO SAID ANYTHING ABOUT ANGER?! I DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THAT! I'M NOT UPSET, AND I'M NOT ANGRY! DO I LOOK ANGRY?!" She says as she looked ready to kill somebody, or somepony. "... Is that a trick question, or a rhetorical one?" Tiger's Eye quietly asked. "GAAAHH! GET AWAY FROM ME!" And now her anger boiling over, Pink Diamond took off on her way, ground shaking slightly as she stomped off, grumbling to herself the whole way. Not exactly the best choice of words to say on Tiger's part. "Oh Celestia," sighed Twilight. ……. Left off alone again, Pink Diamond had stormed well off away from the barn, off to who knows where. Sounded like everyone had this strange lie in their heads, one way or another, and at this point she was just looking for some straight response to this amount of confusion. This was just ONE STORY, and for some reason not only did everyone buy it, but much of the group split because of it. It made no sense, especially to her. "For stars sake, what's with everypony? "HEY, Pink, guess what? You're a fake this whole time!" What a load of rubble!" she ended her statement with a strong kick on a stone, sending it off miles away. It's a wonder how it didn't shatter on the spot. "What changed? Blue said I'm Pink Diamond, Yellow said I'm Pink Diamond, Homeworld said I'm Pink Diamond, so what's this joke about? … Is this a joke?" Pink actually slapped herself back to her senses. "Pink, quit it. This is nothing more than just some half-bit story by some Pearl. Where is that Pearl, anyway? … Wait, no, where're the rest of them? Didn't see them at the barn, none of them went by Mask Island. … Oh clod, they all didn't believe it, did they?" Pink Diamond felt a bit disappointed with the Crystal Gems about this realization. They had been a bit quiet lately, but if this was the reason why, then this "lie" was just too much. There's got to be someone, somewhere, who didn't have this lie hammered in their head. She took a deep breath before rethinking her strategy. "Ok. Ok. Look, there's got to be someone here that can give it to me straight that isn't influenced by -" "Topaz! TOPAZ!! Where're you, you big boulder?" Convenience can be quite a random occurrence, can it? It was a bit of a walk off the beaten path, but after about a minute or two of following the sound, Pink diamond then noticed one other Gem she, admittedly, hadn't seen yet personally. Aquamarine. One would wonder why she hadn't been seeing the others over the last weeks. Then again, one had to wonder why she was even staying around on the planet at all. Well, both of those questions did have a simple answer to it, as Pink Diamond looked around the area, seeing a bit of local metals, engines, and other things. Aquamarine wanted back home, and she and Topaz had been busy working a machine to get there. … with mixed results. "That lazy boulder, what does it take to get proper metals for a ship to get home?" Aquamarine griped, flying back and forth around what one would call a basic ship (maybe). It wasn't easy for two Gems who were never made for building. Still, the exposition did bring Pink Diamond up to speed on what they've been up to since they got back. Like Pink could really care about that. "An Aquamarine? Heck, let's try it," Pink Diamond thought, before starting to go over to her. Aquamarine was busy working with what they had left, using her wand to move the items into place. Pink Diamond wasn't noticed just yet, and she glanced off aside to see there was … well … a picture of a rocket they were working with. No diorama or blueprint, just a picture of one. She may not be familiar too much with this stuff, but she had enough common sense to not base something off just a picture - Trixie told her that a dozen times with a few bad drawings from some school fillies and colts she found before. All Pink Diamond needed to do was give this Gem a good whistle to make herself known. Aquamarine instinctively went into a "diamond insignia" motion with her hands. The metal she was working with dropped too. Seeing the diamond present was both a surprise and a joy. "Oh, it's about time someone would find me. It's a pleasure to see you, my diamond, I do want to apologize for some of the incompetence, but I can assure you -" "Yeah, yeah, I don't care." Well, that was blunt of her. "Oh … well … neither did I," Aquamarine said, tugging on her collar. Pink Diamond went on over to her, Aquamarine landing over by Pink's feet. "Yeah, okay, look can you clear something up for me? What is this?" Pink Diamond asked, getting to the point, and presenting the gemstone on her stomach to Aquamarine. the pixie Gem was a little confused by the question. "That's a Diamond … you know that," Aquamarine said dryly. "And you can confirm that, right?" "The proof is right there. Didn't they tell you?" Aquamarine asked, admittedly a little quizzical of this question. Not a typical move for a standard Homeworld Gem to question any Diamond but 1.) this was a rather silly question for a Gem to ask, as all Gems were usually told up front or knew instinctively, and 2.) Pink Diamond never truly was an "honorary" like the others, so Gems did talk more casually to her over the others. Pink Diamond glanced down to the gemstone again. "That Crystal Gems' Pearl said some story about what happened to the real Pink diamond, and that I'm just some byproduct, or a f-" Pink diamond didn't even want to say the word. "Uh … copy, I guess." Aquamarine took a minute, but ended up laughing at the idea. "What a ridiculous suggestion! You not being Pink Diamond when you're just standing right there, gemstone and all!" "That's what I said! FINALLY, I find someone with some sense," agreed Pink Diamond. Aquamarine felt her ego being stroked by this comment. "Well, there was hardly any doubt. Your fellow Diamond's lucky to have me," Aquamarine boasted, with a proud smile as she was flying again. Pink Diamond could see that in some way - Aquamarines are high in the hierarchy after all, but there was one question though. "Really? Then what're you doing here?" Pride shot down in one question. "I'd … rather not talk about it," Aquamarine said, a slight blush on her face, and not looking to Pink Diamond. "Did she dump you?" "W-What? Of course not, why in the stars would she?!" Aquamarine snapped. A reaction more on impulse and not on thinking, as Aquamarine couldn't even imagine why Blue Diamond would remove her. "O … K. So why are you here?" Pink asked again. Aquamarine checked around first before telling her, as if seeing if there was a crowd around. "I was stuck, ok?" Aquamarine admitted. "The Crystal Gems got me, but they thought it was such a swell idea to come here first before going to Homeworld. I ended up dropped off here." "And you're making a carrot to go home in?" "That is a ship … as embarrassing as the Earth's architecture is." Aquamarine then pointed over to the picture off nearby again, further seeing the inspiration Aquamarine was trying to do. Pink Diamond though didn't care much for that, but still had some smile on her face that SOMEONE finally had some common sense, even if they weren't aware of the full story. "Pink! where're you?!" a voice called. "Well good luck with that," Pink Diamond said, before turning and walking away. ~~~~~~ "So, she still doesn't believe you?" Connie asked. After getting Pink Diamond back with them, they got themselves from Earth back to Equestria, Pink Diamond keeping by the library in Twilight's tower for a bit, as the others ended up coming together. It really was a bit of mixed emotions: on one hand, yeah she had to be told this eventually, but then again the idea that this could either be some trick by White Diamond to throw them for a loop, or for that matter just some lie at all did make some bit of confusion rise up. Was Pearl telling the truth about Pink Diamond, or not? "She's kinda stuck in denial," Twilight sighed, "She spoke to Peridot and the Off-Colors already, but she's still convinced she's the real thing." "So what's wrong with that?" Trixie questioned, finding the whole situation a drag personally. "Well, nothing I guess. If she thinks she's Pink Diamond, why not let her?" Starlight admitted, shrugging. Out of everyone present, Starlight and Trixie had the most doubt on the situation. "Because she'll run away if we don't tell her first. Again," Sapphire replied, including Pink's little run-away to check out Earth (if that really counted), but it only made sense in it's own way. "And how do you know that?" Trixie asked. "We've … had some experience on that," Steven replied, rubbing the back of his head. Such important information like this shouldn't be told through the wrong sources, and they had a bit of run of luck on that as it is: especially with the first "Rose Quartz killing Pink Diamond" revelation from White Diamond. Steven felt devastated on that news first time around, and he didn't want the same feeling to befall onto this Pink Diamond if they could help it. "But you already told her up front, and she still won't listen. You got any other ideas?" Tiger's Eye said. Options were limited, but they do have one piece of pure evidence that Steven brought with him from the Carwash. It's what showed Sapphire the truth, and no doubt it would be enough to show Pink Diamond. "I think we got something to show to her. Just give me a second," Steven said, getting up. With tape in hand, he and Sapphire went off towards the next main room, within the library of the tower. For the moment, as probably expected, Pink Diamond herself was going through some of the books. While normally she'd be bored out of her mind doing this, but she was actually having a smile on her face looking at one of the books concerning half-dragon breeds. This was being joined by Spike, who had nothing else to do. Pink Diamond didn't notice them coming in until after a short bit. "How come you never knew about these things? Twilight kept telling me you're a Dragon." "Not all Dragons know eachother," Spike replied. "Uh. Hey, Pink," Steven said nervously, "See you're liking the book, hehe." "Eh, I've already read through it," Pink Diamond said, showing Steven the book in particular. Steven saw a few notable names inside it, the title reading "Zhulongs, Zilants, and other Half-Dragon Creatures". But then, the quick-catching Pink Diamond noticed Steven's tape. "What's that?" "Eh, hey Pink Diamond. So uh we got a little something to show you," Twilight said, trying not to make off any - "If this is another brain-washing attempt, I already got confirmation thank you very much!" Nevermind. "Confirmation?" Starlight asked. "I found an Aquamarine working on a ship-looking carrot, and she said straight out that I am indeed Pink Diamond! Eat your rock out!" … Do they really need to comment about that? Tiger's Eye nearby was keeping her mouth shut (A.K.A. Rhodonite covering her mouth). They couldn't beat around the bush, and Sapphire knew it. "Just watch this." ……. So, with some workings of both magic and tech, they got a TV in the tower, and got the same tape playing through for the others to watch. Sapphire could feel like she was watching herself as the tape was playing, because Pink Diamond too was little impressed with what the tape had to offer at first. So much talk about Seagulls, and this "Mr. Universe" fella didn't really do much for her, and she just flat out ignored it and focused on some of the half-dragon breeds instead. The Off-Colors took time to check this little video themselves, seeing what the full story was all about. sure, they believe it, but they never knew a video existed about the situation. but, as before, then came the second part of the video: with including the revelation, AND the explanation the real Pink Diamond had for her friends. Pink Diamond, ever so slowly, started to pick up and take notice of what the talk was. Every word, every tone, every bit of it sounded as genuine as it can be, though Pink Diamond was looking more curious about this part than shocked or appalled. Emotional, maybe, but the proof here looked too strong to ignore. By the time the tape ended, there were some mixed baggage: Rhodonite was baling from the heart-felt words and sad goodbye, her being comforted by the Rutile Twins. But the true wait was on Pink Diamond herself, who wasn't sure what to say about this. Did she believe this footage, or was she still in stage one/two of this concept? "Sooo … thoughts?" Trixie asked, trying to get something out of her. They were expecting a little bit of things: yelling, some more denial, plenty of tears perhaps, but Pink Diamond began to throw them for a loop. She began looking through the book again. "Hmm, let's see, where is it, where is it …" "Uh, Pink?" Steven asked, but Pink Diamond didn't listen to them, apparently busy looking through the same book until she finally found a particular creature from within said book, but the others couldn't see what it was exactly. "She's not even listening! PINK!" Tiger's Eye yelled, frustrated a little bit. Eventually, after reading a little bit, she closed the book with a quick motion of her hand. "Okay then, I'm gonna go walk for a bit, see you all later." And with that, Pink bolted off fast, too fast for much of them to even catch her, or stop her. One of her bag of tricks none of them could really catch on to. It took them a bit to realize she was completely gone. "... Well, we got off easier than I expected," said Trixie. ~~~~~~ Pink Diamond did not stop her crazily-fast run from Canterlot, her speed as fast as the fastest train, and making good distance as she went. She kept the book well in hand, a firm grip as she went, for she needed the book for some referencing. She wasn't just out on a run, or "walk" as she said to the others. She ran at such a speed to almost give Fulgurite a run for her money, or Sapphire or Rainbow for that matter, and she kept this up for hours on end as she was wasting no time in getting to the next location. Speaking of, by the time Pink Diamond finally stopped herself to get her bearings, the world around her looked less like Ponyville or Canterlot, and a bit more familiar to Neippon. One could tell that from the types of trees growing there, and once she noted this, Pink Diamond went on back to the book again, her thumb keeping on the same page she was looking to for reference. She had to lay down what animals were in Equus somehow. And what was the creature she was looking for? "Ok. Ok. Draconian. … Well, if anyone's going to clear up this craziness, it would be something that … *gulp* eats gemstones for breakfasts. Ok, don't freak out, you're a Diamond … I hope." Yep, she was going there. Not a full-fledged Dragon, she had to be off her stars to try and meet one of those things, but it still was a risk to find a Draconian, especially considering it was a Draconian who nearly wiped out the entirety of the Diamond Authority in one day! And according to the information she had, and the one she saw, the one they fought was a runt! Who's to say how dangerous a fully-grown one would be. All the same, she continued on ahead, slower this time, to try and find out where a Draconian local would be. Given how it was the very start of winter here, much of the forest had some slight frost on it, footprints being left behind Pink Diamond as she looked around the place for any signs. "Hello?! Any Draconian in the premise?! Preferably ones that aren't hungry?!" Pink Diamond called, her volume good and loud for a royal-Canterlot vocal cord. The only main response she got from that kind of voice was that of scared animals. This was getting annoying: how was she supposed to get a firm answer if there was no one to talk to? She went and checked her book again. "Hmm, it does say they're a older race … maybe they're extinct, or something? DANG IT, I ran out here and ditch everyone for nothing! Least give me something for my selfish behavior!" Pink groaned. *crack* And she got it. The voice she bellowed out was NOT ignored completely, as a figure did indeed come to her call. Some cracks from a few branches signaled Pink Diamond the oncoming force, seeing a creature taller than her, larger than her, scarier than her. Pink Diamond felt a shiver run through her, and quickly checked her book. "YEP, you're a Draconian." "And I'm not an idiot either. You think it's funny you just waltz in here and wake up half the country?" said PORATH. Yep, not Kyra, but the one that said Draconian forced off of his throne years ago, and STILL off on his own. And Porath's behavior hadn't improved in the slightest. More bitterness was probably the best out of it. "... Yes. But can I ask you something?" Pink asked. She couldn't help but back up though as Porath moved in on her, growling and showing his bared teeth. True memory or fake, she didn't remember Kyra looking so big and intimidating already. "Make it quick. Winter's coming, and I'm in no mood to mess with some runt of a -" then Porath stopped himself when he actually noticed the Gemstone on her navel. He remembered gems like this - they were the ones that messed with him to begin with. And ultimately, the ones that helped him out of Darastrix regardless of his input. "Gem. Well, I've been wanting a snack before settling down," Porath noted, licking his muzzle before moving a little too close for comfort. Pink jumped back. "NONONONONO, No eating, Identify please, thank you!" "Identify?" Porath questioned. "I'm … in a bit of a rough place. Everypony and their alicorn's been telling me -" "Don't care," Porath butted in. Pink felt shot down. Sure the others back home didn't treat her as a diamond, but at least the Tindalos let her finish a sentence! "... O.K. … Can you just tell me what this is so I can go home?" Pink finished, getting to the point as she presented the gemstone. Porath personally didn't care for the morsel of a Gem, as any gemstone would be tasty to a gem-eater like a Dragon, or Draconian, or whichever. "I don't know much about Gems like you, but come on don't you know your own Gem type? Smoky knew who she was the second she popped up," Porath groaned, not enjoying the company all too much. Pink had no clue who, or what this "Smoky" was, but Pink just wanted an answer. "Mine's a bit muffled, so make with the answer darling, please," Pink said, getting annoyed with it. The ponies would scold her for this, but Porath was a LOT more brutal, and immediately whipped her off her feet with his tail, sending her into the nearest tree. "Watch that mouth, darling, or you won't live longer," Porath warned, immediately in Pink Diamond's face. she would threaten the diamond Authority, but once again, if a runt like Kyra could beat them to a pulp, what kind of damage could the fully-grown Porath do? Pink diamond was frozen. "Uh o-ok, ok, let's not be too hasty!" "Speak for yourself. I already had enough problems thanks to you Gems, I'm not dealing with more unless it's for a meal," Porath said, stomping dangerously close to her head. "Just this one question? Just answer that, and I'm outta here!" "... One answer," Porath repeated. Pink Diamond nodded, and surprisingly, Porath did nod his head. Guess he wanted to check it out himself, now that he had control over the situation. He lowered his head to see the gemstone, seeing his reflection in it, he looked it over carefully, sniffing a few times, and he even gave it a lick (much to her discomfort). "... Hmm. Looks like a diamond. Smells like a diamond …" Pink thought she was getting somewhere, but then Porath gave it one more hearty lick, making sure the taste was prominent in his mouth. Anything can smell and look like something else, but one can't hide what they tasted like. And Porath gave a look of mixed disgust. "YUCK! Quartz! not even ripe, just cobbled together like some rotten cocktail. Whatever you were made of, it's not even a full Gem!" Pink felt … struck down. Even harder than ever before. "I … I-It … It can't be. I am Pink Diamond." "Shut up, already, you want an answer I gave you one, NOW GET LOST!" Then he jumped her! Pink moved quick to avoid the first bite, but Porath was by no means finished. The retaliation didn't last for too long, for despite Pink's speed, it fell to a three strike rule: first bite didn't land, so Porath went for a tail whip which missed, and only when he spun around did his front hoof whack Pink off her feet, and onto the ground. Porath got his front hooves onto her back to keep her down, and while she did push off the ground, a crawling stance was the best she did before trying to bolt for it like some scared animal, Porath in hot pursuit. The thundering hooves behind Pink Diamond only made her run off faster, leaving Porath off in the dust. But he still held the one thing Pink Diamond couldn't bring back with her. Her identity as a Diamond. Now shattered. This time for good. ~~~~~~ As the winter season had officially began off back on Earth, Equestria was just minutes away from beginning it's own official snowfall onto Ponyville. The Pegasus were moving the snow clouds off into place, each one full of snowflakes, and ready to bring the winter season down onto the world below, much like every other year before this. Though, in recent years, there was one other tradition that had been going on outside of simple "running of the leaves", or cloud gathering. No, there was something else that had to be handled first for one Pegasus, as she walked alongside her now very tired pet, as he gave a long yawn. It was such signs, she knew now, that it was time for him to go off to bed. "Come on, Tank, don't fall asleep yet, at least hold on until we get there," Rainbow Dash said to her pet tortoise. Tank nodded slowly, but the tired tortoise grew just tired enough where the cold snow began to look inviting to the reptile. Rainbow Dash picked up her pet, and allowed him to lay on her back, which the tortoise happily obliged to. Rainbow knew what they were heading for, but she and Tank both knew it wouldn't do him good to sleep out in the open. There was an opened spot off along the edge of Sweet Apple Acres that was just the right spot, where she had been doing this little tradition of hers for a few years now. Typically it would be open for her, but this year, Rainbow Dash quickly found that someone was already there after her mad dash back from Neippon. And she looked devastated. The news from Porath was the final nail in the coffin for her. Everyone else could easily be influenced, sure, but Porath had no such relationship to even listen to them, let along believe them. So if Porath said she was not a Diamond … well, what more is there to say? She wasn't gonna re-check with him again after nearly getting eaten, that's for sure. "Hey, Pink, what's up?" Rainbow asked, trotting over to her to get her attention. Pink Diamond did not look happy to see her at all. "Pink? Pink who?" Pink Diamond asked miserably, and then did Rainbow Dash see the stains from Pink Diamond's tears on her face. Rainbow Dash looked over to Tank, before walking over to her. "Uh, Pink "you". … eh, you mind moving over? Just a little bit?" Pink Diamond, who normally would try to assert herself, simply groaned and scooted over, leaving the ground by the tree open for Tank. Rainbow Dash scooped away some of the smaller frost from the ground, and placed Tank down beside it. "Here you go, Tank. Have a good sleep," Rainbow Dash said. Tank gently nudged Rainbow and smiled, before slowly going over to the tree. As Pink watched, Tank took one more look over to Rainbow Dash with a soft smile, and he then proceeded to dig into the ground in his usual slow way. Odd. Tank eventually got himself comfy inside his little hole, and buried himself gently for the long winter months ahead. Rainbow Dash sighed, and smiled to her companion, saying silent goodbyes for yet another year. "... Um … what's he doing?" Pink asked, having just enough curiosity to ask the question. "Hibernating," Rainbow Dash replied, sitting down by Pink Diamond, and her sleeping tortoise. Rainbow could probably guess what was Pink's trouble, but she didn't want to bring it up. "Oh … ok." "So … um. You don't mind if I read a story, do you?" Rainbow asked, showing one of her newer Daring Do books. "Why not? Not like I haven't read every book in Equestria already … three times. Or was it four? … Oh, who cares." Not the best, or most enthusiastic answer, but Rainbow Dash took it anyway, and turned the book to the right page. Pink Diamond glanced to the title of the book, though, in some odd way, Pink Diamond wanted to … well vent. Talk. SOMETHING. Rainbow Dash was busy with her book, so it was gonna be a bit difficult to do. *uuugh* "Daring Do found herself inches from her doom, just one cut of the rope away from landing into the jaws of the dreaded Cipactil!" *UUUGH.* "... Ok. *ahem* But Daring Do was never a pony to give up. Thinking fast, she got her hooves swinging, each attempt making the rope weaker and weaker by the -" *UUUUGH!* "Geesh, if you hate the book, you can just leave," Rainbow said. Direct approach activated. "COME ON!" Pink bellowed, making Rainbow jump out of her skin, "WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?! LOOK AT ME! I'M MISURABLE!" Pink struggled to keep herself together and not just cry her eyes out right in front of her. Despite her attempts, her eyes still had some form of tear coming down from her face, which was easy to catch. Rainbow groaned. "Ok, I get it, I just didn't want to bring it up again," Rainbow replied, putting the book aside for the moment. "How am I gonna explain this to the other diamonds? "Hey mom! Mom! Guess what? I'm just a cobbled-up quartz, I'm no Diamond at all!" A-And if I tell them that, they'll be horrified … w-what if they don't like me anymore? what if they kick me out for not being a diamond, WHAT IF I HAVE TO WORK IN THE DIRT WITH THE OTHER QUARTZES? … MY LIFE IS RUINED!" The last fear-filled statement was said as she shook Rainbow Dash, finally crying her eyes out. She saw how quartzes do things, and she didn't feel up for any of it at all! After getting her senses back together, she pulled herself out of Pink's grip. "Okay, slow down, you don't know that!" "But how do I know it won't happen?!" "Uh … ok, you got me there," Rainbow admitted, rubbing the back of her head. Pink Diamond soon laid on the cold ground under her. "Pink, look. OK, so you're not exactly the Pink Diamond everybody's talking about, but it's not the end of the world." "Yes it is!" Pink cried. A wonder how Rainbow didn't get soaked in her tears yet. Rainbow Dash would be lying if she said she didn't expect this, but she'd be lying if she said she didn't want Twilight, Sapphire, or Starlight to explain - some people better at this. Rainbow took a moment to try and think, and came to a quick solution. "Pink come on, lighten up. There's no rule that say's you can't be an honorary Diamond." "IT DOESN'T WORK THAT WAY! Gems are made for a specific purpose to Homeworld, and if we can't fit that bill, we're kicked out - I'm kicked out! I'll be nothing but shards when they're through with me, finding out that I'm just some lie." This part bugged Rainbow a bit, giving a bit of a cringe. It was some time since she was reminded how Gems really operated. "Eh … Pink. I'm gonna tell you something I hadn't exactly told the others about. … I never really liked this "system" you Gems do. It's all … wrong." "Boy, is that a shocker," Pink grumbled, unenthused, "It's almost like the Crystal Gems never made that clear before." "I'm not finished," Rainbow bluntly stated. "... White Diamond was right about some things." "What sort of things?" Pink asked. "She mentioned something about getting more from one Gem, making hybrids so they can do more jobs for half of production. And that there's so much trouble with the old method, and she started these hybrids for "a better Era 3". So why can't you just take what Gems come out and have them do different things? Just have the Gems themselves decide what they wanna do, or at least give them more jobs, and DONE!" … Oh stars, that summed up SO MANY PROBLEMS in just one question. It was enough to make her blush a storm. "Don't know how you can say that - don't you have your Cutie Mark dictating what you do?" Pink asked, pointing to the Cutie Mark on Rainbow Dash's flank. Being a pony herself, she can see why she would think that. Rainbow just brushed it off with a wave of her hoof. "Heh. MY Cutie Mark is from my awesome talent of performing the Sonic Rainboom - Equestria's most epic flight move ever. And not just me - Peridot's Cutie Mark is from her metal-bending thing that no other Peridot could do." "So. Is a Cutie Mark for a destiny or a feat? Or what?" "Yeah, honestly, I have no idea," Rainbow admitted. It can be very hard sometimes to fully understand such marks on their flanks, even more so now with them appearing on Gems too. But this did prove that Pink had the wrong idea about Cutie Marks. "Eh, point is that, just because you're made for something doesn't mean you have to do that. You can do other things, and if they don't work, just try and find something that fits." "Wait, wait, wait. … So, you can try something. And, you can just try something else whenever you want. … You can just do that?" Rainbow Dash had to raise her eyebrow on that question. "Uh, yeah, duh. Weren't you seeing everyone in Ponyville? Gardening, stacking books, moving the clouds, we do A TON of things!" "But that's you, a PONY. I'm a Gem, and d-" Pink Diamond stopped herself from speaking, remembering what Porath said, and what everyone else had been saying. She was NOT a diamond. "... I was a Diamond." "It'll be alright, you can work through this," Rainbow reassured. "How do you know?" Rainbow got quiet for a moment on that question, before she looked over to her now sleeping tortoise Tank. "Well … you weren't the only one not willing to accept some things." ---(Start Flashback)--- It was a few years ago, same year when I first met the Crystal Gems, but just before flying off to Homeworld. Tank began to feel a little funny, so I had him checked in with my friends, and they kept telling me he was about to Hibernate, but no way did I want that to happen. I tried to get winter to stop, but that didn't work. I just felt … awful. *Yaawwwn* Another yawn from Tank as he laid in bed. It was a bit of a rough time for Rainbow Dash, who was in some pajamas, and laying down beside her tiring pet. Each second ticking by was a second closer to his hibernation. Not too many things would break down Rainbow Dash, but this was just up enough to leave the mare in a bit of a slump, her hoof gently petting Tank's shell. Tank may be calm about things, but Rainbow was feeling horrible. It did take some time for her friends to come around to see her: Twilight, Applejack, Fluttershy, Rarity, Steven, Pearl, Garnet, Amethyst, and Pinkie Pie (who walked through the cloud walls rather than the door). "How're you feeling?" asked Steven. "Whatever," Rainbow groaned, not fazed by the fact many of them were even there. "Poor thing. What're we gonna do?" Rarity asked. "I-I'm not sure," Twilight admitted. Some of them tried to go in and bring Rainbow around by this point, starting with Steven. "Everything's gonna be okay, Rainbow. You haven't been acting like yourself," Steven said. "Oh, how can I put this … you lost your sparkle, Rainbow Dash," added in Rarity. "Didn't you hear me? I said "whatever". I'm fine," Rainbow made clear, before laying back in bed. Tank gave another yawn nearby, reminding the rainbow mare the inevitable. "What's the big deal, he's just going to sleep for a while," Amethyst quietly remarked, before being nudged by Pearl. It was not a time for tactless remarks. "Amethyst, she almost wrecked the cloud factory over this situation, I think this is more important to her," Pearl quietly made clear, just for them both to be silenced when Garnet snapped her fingers. Again, not a good time for tactless remarks. Garnet and Fluttershy looked to eachother, and with Garnet's nod, Fluttershy went up to plate. Guess they had a talk before confronting Rainbow. "Rainbow Dash. Your winter is going to be … petless!" Fluttershy announced. Not too forceful, but not too humble, with just enough assertiveness to make it through to Rainbow. It broke her: next thing they knew, the room was filled with screams and wails of Rainbow Dash's crying. The simple fact that her winter will NOT be with her pet was a tear-jerker for her enough as it is. "What was that for?" Twilight asked. "She's never going to get pass this, less she let's it all out," Fluttershy replied, as Rainbow Dash fell back on the bed, crying a storm of tears. But this was a double-edged sword: they were there to cheer her up, not to make her cry. Pearl sat down by her. "I-It'll be okay, Rainbow. You'll be off on Homeworld, and Tank will be … underground. A-And when you come back in the next few months, it'll be like nothing even happened." "MONTHS?!" Rainbow gasped. Were they going to be gone THAT long? Was HE going to be gone that long?! That just made Rainbow cry even more. Garnet gave a silent gesture for Rainbow to come over, and the Pegasus threw herself at the fusion, hugging her tightly as tears came down hard. "I DON'T WANT HIM TO GO!!!" Rainbow wailed. What was she to do, knowing her pet would be trapped underground with no one to take care of him? "There there," Garnet said. THEN came Amethyst over to Fluttershy. "Good job, Fluttershy. How do we get her to stop?" Amethyst asked. "There can't be too much left in there," Fluttershy replied. Rainbow Dash's crying kept up for at least a solid thirty seconds, before she slowly started to calm down from it. "Feeling better?" Garnet asked. "*sniff* uhuh …" AND she cried loud again. The Pegasus threw herself back on the bed beside Tank, who stayed silent besides his crying master. Seeing such a strong, confident mare crumble so much was a tear at one's heartstrings. In fact … "Oh, I-I can't bear to see her cry like this," Rarity wept. "It's so … heart-wrenching!" Pinkie added. Suddenly, Pinkie, Rarity, and later joined by Fluttershy, Pearl, and Steven too were crying with Rainbow. Twilight, Applejack, Garnet, and Amethyst stayed aside to let them do so, though it still was a bit sad to watch for them. Applejack tipped her hat over her eyes in misery. "You too?" Amethyst asked, admittedly annoyed. "Nope, I'm good," AJ replied. Well, there's nothing more for it, and Garnet went over to her. Tears stained her face as she looked up to her, the fusion Gem placing her hand on the Pegasus. "Everything will be okay, Rainbow, I promise. once you return, you'll be here just in time to see Tank come back, and you two will be together again. I guarantee it," Garnet promised. ……. "I-It's alright. … It's alright," Rainbow finally said, tears still down her face. The whole group moved away to give her some space, giving the Pegasus time to better reconcile with herself. She pulled herself off of the bed, rubbing some tears from her eyes, just to be met with the same question. "Rainbow Dash? Are you okay?" Twilight asked once more. "Yeah. I'm feeling better. Really, I do," Rainbow replied, smiling a little bit as she looked to her friends. "Thanks everypony. I don't know what I'd do without you. … Or. Him." Rainbow looked back over to Tank. He and Rainbow met face to face, the tortoise gently placing his front foot on Rainbow's front hoof, both nudging heads. "Oh Tank. I'm sure gonna miss you …" ---(end flashback)--- Rainbow brushed off a tear from her face, getting back on the main subject to Pink Diamond. "A-Anyway, my main point is that Gems can do all sorts of things too. Some things may not be how you like it, but that's okay - it can be done, and you just have to figure out what you can do," Rainbow said. Pink Diamond was expecting such wise words to come from, once again, Twilight, Starlight, or Sapphire, and not from the rainbow-colored mare. But as she thought about this … "Wait … so what you're telling me is that, as long as I know how, I can be a Diamond without being a Diamond?" "Probably," Rainbow shrugged. It was kinda hard to say with her current mindset, but with the thought established, Pink Diamond began to feel less troubled about the identity crisis. She may not be a diamond by cut, but that didn't mean she can't try to become one. The least she could do was try and establish herself before deciding if she shouldn't do this or not. Pink got up. "You're right: I'm doing it. Diamond or not, that's what I'm gonna do! … Soon as I figure out how to get back." "I wouldn't worry about that: Blue Diamond's been meaning to come by soon. You can hitch a ride then," Rainbow suggested. "Perfect! See ya later," Pink Diamond said. She'll need to figure out where Blue Diamond would come back, and if she was gonna get this Diamond leadership started, she might as well start from the beginning and work from there. Pink Diamond walked off on her way, and Rainbow Dash went on back to reading her book to her dear Tank. ……. "Finally, she's calmed down," sighed Starlight, her and her friends further away, observing the situation. "I hope the others are doing as good," agreed Steven.