...Out...get out...

Out of...where?

Out of...the dark...

Dark...cold...constricting...suffocating...

Out...get out...

GET OUT!

I burst through the darkness, now in...some other place that was not dark. Behind me was a large thing with a pointy bit on the bottom. What is that thing?

(???)"Um, they're a lot...smaller than I first expected."

I looked up to the source of the strange sound, and was taken aback by what it was. It was very tall, and looked a bit scary. It also had a strange, shiny thing on its chest.

(???)"Did they form wrong?"

There was another strange sound. This one was not as big, but still big. I felt more at ease by the other's appearance. It had a different shaped shiny thing on its chest.

(???)"They're perfectly fine."

The third and final thing was the largest of all. It was very, very bright. The two long things keeping it up didn't end like the scary one. The very end had shiny dark things, as well as the smaller ones on the long things on the sides. A larger shiny thing was above its...sound maker.

(???)"But, what will the others say when they see a small Diamond?"

Diamond? What is that? Is that what I am? Is that what they are? What do I look like? Under me, it's dark, and cold, and there's smaller bits around me, did I come up from here? Did that thing behind me put me there?

(???)"Small or tall, a Diamond is still a Diamond. Do you have a problem with that, Yellow?"

(Yellow)"N-No, White. It's perfectly fine."

The scary one is "Yellow", and the tallest one is "White". So what is the other one called? Doing what they did, I moved the thing on...whatever you call it, and made my own sound. It didn't sound like theirs, but I don't know how to describe it.

(Me)"H-H...Hoo...ah...yo?"

Strange, why isn't the sounds I make sound like the ones I'm making right now, in my...whatever it is?

(Blue)"Oh, are you talking to me? You can call me Blue."

(Me)"Bah-oo?"

(Blue)"Haha...no, it's Blue. B-L-U-E."

(Me)"B...L...U...E? Bl-ue, Blue? Blue!"

(Blue)"Yes, like that!"

"Blue" picked me up with the thing on its side, and I poked it to ask what it was.

(Blue)"This? This is a hand."

(Me)"Ha-nd? Hand. Hand?"

I pointed at my own "hand", to see if I got it right. Mine was different, not just in size, but it was dark. Not as dark as what I saw before, but kinda similar.

(Blue)"That's right, now you're beginning to understand!"

(Yellow)"Looks like we'll have to teach them, they don't seem to know anything. That's odd, though. None of us ever acted like this."

(White)"Well I'm sure it won't be too bothersome."

(Me)"Tha...White. Otha...Yeh-low. Yo...Blue. Wha...me?"

(White)"We'll call you...Black Diamond."

(Black)"Black Di-a-mond? Black...Diamond. Black Diamond...I...like it. What...do...we do?"

I was learning to make sounds like them as I keep hearing them.

(Blue)"That's simple. We go out into space, and find planets to create new Gems."

(Black)"Gems? Is...what we are? Are we...Gems?"

(Yellow)"We are Diamonds, the leaders of the Gems. White Diamond is the leader of us."

(Black)"I...think I know now...what...are those?"

I pointed to three large things that reassembled Yellow, White, and Blue in a way.

(Blue)"Those? They're the ships we came here on. You'll get your own soon."

My own? What will it look like? A giant hand, a top thing, or whatever it is keeping me up?

(White)"Well, we've got a lot to do now. Blue, take black to Homeworld, and explain what them means to be a Diamond."

Blue complied, and the three made their way to their respective "ships" whatever that means.

The inside of Blue's was the same color as her, and weird sounds came from somewhere. They didn't sound like what the Diamonds made.

The place began to shake, and through a clear part, I could see something...shrinking? Were we there? Is it leaving us, or are we leaving it? And...there are some lines going past.

(Blue)"Isn't it beautiful? We're traveling so fast, that the stars seem to run right past us."

(Black)"Stars? What are...stars?"

(Blue)"They are balls of burning gas, kept in one place by gravity."

Gas? Gravity? What are these things?

(Blue)"We will arrive at Homeworld in a few hours, so in the meantime, I shall tell you about what to expect in your life from now on."

Blue brought us to a more open room, with a large thing in the back, and a smaller person next to it. They were about as big as me, but had something covering their...I think I know what it's called now. A...face. Yes, they had something covering their face, and a short, pointy bit sticking out.

(Black)"Who is that?"

(Blue)"This is my Pearl."

(Black)"Pearl?"

(Blue)"Yes. Diamonds like us or Gems deserving have a Pearl as a personal servant."

(Black)"So...I will have my own?"

(Blue)"Yes."

(Black)"So...what is it that I'll have to do? To be like you, Yellow, and White?"

(Blue)"Oh right. As a Diamond, your responsibilities will be to create colonies on different planets, which will create more Gems."

(Black)"The place we left. Was that a colony?"

(Blue)"Not anymore. You see, creating a Diamond takes the energy of an entire planet, so that one is no longer usable."

(Black)"But, there are more of these 'planets' to make new ones?"

(Blue)"Precisely, you're learning fast!"

I felt something from hearing Blue's sounds, is it...happy?

(Blue)"Now, when we get to Homeworld, the Gems there will most likely salute and call you 'My Diamond'."

Pearl demonstrated by forming the shiny thing Blue has with her hands.

(Black)"What do I do after that?"

(Blue)"You don't really have to do anything. Now on to the rules."

(Black)"Rules?"

(Blue)"Yes, there's many things in which a Gem isn't allowed to do. There's but two rules they must follow. One: They mustn't go against us, and Two: They must never cross-fuse."

(Black)"What does that mean?"

(Blue)"You see, two or more Gems of the same type can combine their bodies, becoming a bigger and stronger version of themselves, but it is strictly forbidden for two Gems of different types to fuse. In fact, if a group of Gems were caught, they would be shattered on the spot."

(Black)"Shatter?"

(Blue)"Yes, it means...to die."

(Black)"What's 'die'?"

(Blue)"It means that your gemstone, the thing that gives you and me physical form, would be in pieces, and you'd cease to exist."

This was interesting, I wonder...if I needed to,

Would I need to shatter a Gem?