Yellow Diamond stared at the shards that the ruby held in her hands. She was a Homeworld gem. Everything screamed Homeworld to Yellow Diamond. Her proud expression, her new looking insignia. He looked at the other rubies who simply stood in a line. Homeworld gems. Pink Diamond's gems.

Yellow Diamond pressed a hand to his gem, as if he could even begin to formulate a word.

They shattered a gem.

An innocent, panicked gem.

And they shattered it.

His pearl simply stared at it, not even attempting to speak.

"You shattered it..." His gem was beginning to glow, although he didn't see it.

"Yes, My Diamond. Is there something wrong?"

Yellow Diamond walked over to the ruby, his pearl following him.

His pearl took the shards from the ruby, staring at them in shock. It was a citrine.

Yellow Diamond stared at the ruby squad before swallowing the lump in his throat.

"You shattered an innocent gem. A gem who did not know anything." He felt something bubble up inside him.

"How dare you shatter him?! All he did was run away. All he did, was be afraid."

"She never wanted us to do this." He growled, causing the rubies to look at each other anxiously.

"She never wanted gems to be shattered... SHE NEVER WANTED THIS!" Yellow Diamond shrieked, his eyes burning with a yellow and red fire.

He didn't realize what he'd done until he heard the shuffling footsteps of his pearl as he backed up.

He looked down, eyes wide as he backed away. Scarlet shards that glittered with his yellow glow scattered across the ground. Only one gem remained, badly damaged.

"Y-Yellow Diamond?" His pearl asked hesitantly several feet away.

Yellow Diamond looked over.

"G-Get someone in here to clean up this mess... I'm going to my chambers..." Yellow Diamond couldn't tell if he was walking. He was numb.

He was confused.