"The loneliest people are the kindest. The saddest people smile the brightest. The most damaged people are the wisest. All because they don't wish to see anyone else suffer the way they did." --Unknown

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Everything centers around the Great Diamond Authority, the matriarchs of the Gem race, who are the most brilliant, powerful, and perfect beings to ever be made. The Gem race was made to serve them, to protect them, and assist them, following everything that would be expected of them, else they wish to be shattered.

But behind closed doors, the four Diamonds are different. They are not as perfect as the Gem race claims them to be, nor are they as stable as they themselves try to believe.

But I knew.

I was not perfect. I was not the Diamond they wanted me to be. And I was not the Diamond that would succeed.

I was brought into a reality where your every move was watched, where betrayal, sorrow, and deceit followed you, and where you couldn't trust anyone, not even yourself.

And I knew that would destroy me and the ones I know love me. But I know they will never understand, for we are Diamonds, and we are not supposed to care for life or look for love in the wrong places.

I did exactly that, and now I have to pay the consequences, even if it means my eventual downfall.

I am Pink Diamond.

And this is my story.

~~~Genre~~~

Action, Adventure, Science-fantasy, Drama, Angst, Romance, Tragedy

~~~Ratings~~~

Rated T in the beginning, but will shift to rated M for future violence, language, sexual themes, nudity, acts of self-harm, suicidal thoughts/ideation, and realistic depictions of abuse and depression.

~~~Preview~~~

"It's ironic isn't it?" I said weakly.

"Eh?"

"I'm supposed to be a Diamond, the most powerful being in the universe, and yet...and yet I can't even save one life!" Tears flowing down my face in furious waves, I snapped my head up, unaware that my powers were going out of control. "What's the point of me being a Diamond if I can't even 'save' anything?!"

I buried my face in my hands, feeling my powers expand outwards, and I faintly heard Pearl collapse to her knees at the sudden wave of sorrow.

How weak I was. How worthless I am.

I can't even save those poor organic lifeforms, and now I've hurt my own Pearl.

I deserve this pain. Every last drop of it for being too weak, for being a Diamond.

I am not a good being, not like other Gems wish for me to be. I will never live up to their expectations.

I'm not a good being. I do not deserve their praise. I deserve nothing.