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5 figures stood tall within the confines of a long, grandiose pink hallway. The hallway was lined with beautifully decorated pillars, wrapped in carved stone vines and flowers, giving it an almost magical feel.
This hall was a part of a greater and more important building, an Earth base used by the most elite.
Bismuth, along with 4 other quartz soldiers, stood in silence at what lies ahead. Bismuth was a tall and proud gem who was known by the crystal gems to be a great blacksmith for their weapons and armor, and a huge help in the gem war against their enemies from “homeworld”.
Beside Bismuth were 2 Amethysts, a Jasper, and a Blue Quartz, all strong built gems who were designed to fight battles and take a beating.
Behind them was a trail of shiny gemstones lining the hall. These were the stones of poofed gems, who have been taken down by Bismuth’s party as they infiltrated this base, the base of their planet’s evil Tyrant, Pink Diamond.
Everyone knew Pink Diamond. She was the youngest of the Diamonds, who are the highest ranking gems of all time, but some know that she’s also the most twisted and vile, with gems claiming that she plays with and tortures captured crystal gems for her pleasure.
Bismuth stared ahead, gripping tighter on her weapon of choice strapped to her hand, which she forged herself and calls the “breaking point”, a tool designed for the purpose of shattering, or “killing” gems.
“You made sure to poof the Sapphires first, right Blue Quartz?” Bismuth looked back at the tall blue-haired alien lady.
“Yes, they didn’t see a thing coming!” She replied.
Bismuth chuckled, “Oh you and your sense of humor,”
“Anyway, listen up everyone.” she continued.
Bismuth turned towards the other 4 soldiers who stood there, ready to take orders.
“I’m going in there alone. I know it’s dangerous, but I... I have my reasons.” She started.
One of the Amethysts cocked her head.
“Wait wait wait, so you’re going into Pink’s room alone to fight her by yourself?!” She exclaimed.
“I know it sounds crazy, I know, but trust me, I can take on any gem with this baby, even a diamond!” Bismuth raised her arm to show off her dangerous weapon, the breaking point.
“And what do we do? What if you don’t make it?” The Amethyst asked, concerned over Bismuth’s choices.
“You all stand guard, try and bubble as many of those poofed gems as you can, you hear?” She started to reply,
“And don’t worry, I’ll make it back.”
The gems all looked down at the floor as Bismuth loaded her weapon, pulling back a large hinge on the back to ready the huge spike on the front for shattering.
She was going to shatter Pink Diamond and save everyone from Earth. She didn’t care if Rose didn’t approve of this, she didn’t care if she would be shunned or if she would be praised. Everything Pink Diamond has done to torment and ruin the crystal gems is going to end today.
The quartz soldiers all stepped away and began bubbling the other poofed gems one by one, with Bismuth watching. She looked at her weapon as it gleamed in the light of the hallway that they were in.
Bismuth remembered something.
She was standing there in her forge room, with the leader of the crystal gems herself, Rose Quartz.
Rose Quartz was a wonderful and caring gem who believed in freedom and that every gem can be their own person, and for that, she started the rebellion against the Diamond Authority, recruiting more gems and convincing others that they can be who they want in the Crystal Gems. This is how Bismuth joined, she used to be an architect for the diamonds, when one day the rebellious Rose Quartz approached her and taught her everything, that Bismuth can be what she wants, she doesn’t have to take orders from some diamonds and build things for them for thousands or even millions of years.
She remembered standing in her forge, picking up her newest and greatest creation, the “breaking point”, and showing it to Rose, looking for approval. She said that the breaking point had the power to shatter any gem, even the diamonds, and that with this, they were going to win the war.
But to Bismuth’s surprise, Rose declined it, stating that shattering gems isn’t what they do. Bismuth always believed that any ordinary gems could join the crystal gems as their own, but she wouldn’t take that for an answer if it meant not shattering the Diamonds.
She and Rose fought about it before Bismuth decided to stop, and put the weapon away, claiming to “understand” Rose’s point, but in reality she had other plans. She would break into Pink Diamond’s base when she next visited Earth, and shatter her once and for all, it would be the first step in winning the war, and a huge accomplishment in the history of freeing gemkind.
Bismuth snapped out of her thoughts to see the Jasper standing in front of her.
“Aren’t you going to go, Bismuth, or are you too scared?” She joked.
Bismuth grinned at her. “Me? Scared? I think you have the wrong Bismuth!”
She turned back around towards the end of the hall, the destination she was going for.
“Well, looks like it’s time to get down to bismuth.”
Bismuth slowly marched towards the end of the hall, which was decorated with a massive pink gate with intricate designs and a carving of the villainous Pink Diamond on it.
She was anxious about what was to come, but remembered that, despite Rose denying her use of this weapon, she’ll surely change her mind about it when she finds out Pink Diamond has finally been shattered, Rose will be so happy to hear that Earth is free from homeworld’s grasp.
She had planned everything out this far. They took down the proper gem guards when infiltrating this base, so Pink Diamond should be completely oblivious of anything that’s happening from within her room.
Bismuth marched on towards the gate and wound up a great punch, bashing the gate wide open, revealing an open room with a chair right in the center.
Sitting atop the chair with holographic computers all around them, is the great and evil Pink Diamond, tyrant of Planet Earth.
Pink Diamond looks at Bismuth in shock, seeing the breaking point strapped to her arm, loaded and ready for Pink’s demise.
Bismuth raises her arm then clenches her fist to her chest. “Pink Diamond!” She exclaimed.
“I am Bismuth of the Crystal Gems! I am here with my finest and most powerful weapon yet to put an end to this war, and to put an end to you!” She shouted.
She clenched her teeth as she continued. “The things you’ve done to the crystal gems, no, gemkind as a whole, is unforgivable! You have no place in this universe other than in pieces, Pink!”
Pink stared at Bismuth.
“Y-You! You’re making a grave mistake, Bismuth!” She exclaimed.
Bismuth looked Pink Diamond in the eyes to see something almost strangely familiar, but shook it off. She never knew this evil gem personally, and will never know her after she’s been shattered.
Bismuth clenched her fists tighter. “By the name of Rose Quartz, I will shatter you, Pink Diamond!” She exclaimed before reading a battle stance and dashing towards Pink Diamond.
Pink got up from her chair and pulled out a pink destabilizer, a weapon used by gems to disrupt another gem’s form, effectively poofing them.
“Bismuth, yield now!” Pink uttered.
Bismuth laughed. “You think I’ll go this far just to listen to one petty command from a diamond?!”
She then charged towards Pink Diamond to use the breaking point, but Pink dodged just in time, having Bismuth fly into the chair and use it on there, completely exploding the chair into several pieces.
Pink looked at the debris, realizing how strong the weapon actually is, and that she’s in danger if she doesn’t play this right.
Pink Diamond sighed before going after Bismuth and swinging the destabilizer at her, only missing by an inch. Bismuth recovered from the dodge, and looked up to see a hanging light source. She shapeshifted her free hand into a blade and jumped up onto the wall, gripping onto it with her blade hand, and avoiding Pink Diamond’s attacks from below.
She climbed until she could reach the light source and knocked it off of it’s hinge, grabbing the heavy device and lobbing it at Pink Diamond, knocking her to the ground, and Bismuth falling down after.
“Wow, you diamonds can really take a beating, any normal gem would have poofed from that!” Bismuth remarked, loading her weapon back up, ready to use again.
The battle continued on as the other quartz soldiers returned from working to see the epic battle unfold, Bismuth was actually battling Pink Diamond right before them!
“Yeah! Go Bismuth!” The Jasper cheered on.
“We’ll put her shards in the trophy room!” An Amethyst shouted.
Pink Diamond was annoyed by this and threw a large piece of debris at the gate, slamming it shut and jamming it.
She sighed and turned towards Bismuth. “STOP!” She screamed.
Bismuth held place for a moment.
“Bismuth, this has to stop. I have to show you something.” She started.
Bismuth clenched her teeth. “Show me what? Another party trick? Another trap you set for the crystal gems to fall into and get shattered?!” She angrily roared.
“No! Just...” Pink stopped, and closed her eyes.
Her entire body began to glow a bright color.
Bismuth widened her eyes. “Shit! She’s trying something isn’t she?!”
Just then, Bismuth took that opportunity to dash towards Pink Diamond and with a swift and powerful blow, she drive the breaking point right into Pink’s gem, unloading the force behind it.
It was at that moment that the gem began to crack, blinding pink light gleaming from within, when Pink Diamond’s form stopped glowing and revealed what she was doing.
Bismuth stared in awe and confusion.
Before her was Rose Quartz, the very leader of the rebellion, who now had a cracked gem and a form that is growing ever more corrupt.
“Bismuth...” She uttered.
Bismuth stared, speechless, confused, and scared. She was sure this was one final trick by Pink Diamond to throw her off and gain an advantage in the battle... But Pink Diamond changing into Rose Quartz... It was scarily accurate.
“Bismuth... why...?” Rose uttered as her gem cracked more and she fell to the ground, her body glitching in ways that shouldn’t be possible.
Bismuth still stared, unsure of what to make of the situation, assuring herself that this is nothing more than a dirty diamond trick.
Rose let out one last sentence in an indecipherable glitchy voice before her gem lit up in a pink glow and exploded into shards.
Bismuth stared for a few moments as the dust and energy of the freshly shattered diamond float upward, escaping the shards and floating through the air.
Just then, some banging was heard at the gate, and it busted open, Bismuth looking over at it to see her quartz soldier friends staring back.
“You... You did it!” One of them exclaimed.
Bismuth didn’t smile or anything, still confused about everything, but closed her eyes to reassess the situation.
She shrugged it off and smiled at her friends.
“I shattered Pink Diamond!” Bismuth exclaimed, picking up the gem shards.
Bismuth thought to herself. It wouldn’t hurt to go back to the base now and check up on good ol’ Rose Quartz, she could also share the news.
##
Later, at the home base, where the main crystal gems stay at.
Bismuth is sitting alone at a table, staring at the shards of Pink Diamond, when Pearl walks into the room. She quickly sweeps the shards off the table and into her hand and smiles at Pearl.
“Hey Pearl! How’s it been?” She asked.
“Oh you know, I’m just walking around... Have you seen Rose?” She asked.
Bismuth stopped smiling and stared at Pearl for a moment. “...No... Do you know where she was last?” Bismuth asked.
“Well she said she was going to uh... Go to the battlefield to collect some more... Weapons!” She told Bismuth.
Bismuth stood up. “Well let’s go there!” She exclaimed, only to be interrupted by Pearl.
“Oh, no I think she’d rather spend her time alone, haha!” She awkwardly said.
Bismuth raised her eyebrows and then shrugged, when suddenly a gem shard fell out of her hand.
Pearl looked at it and picked it up. “What’s this?” She asked, concerned as to what it could be.
“I was out walking and... Found a pile of gem shards. I don’t know who it belonged to.” Bismuth lied, realizing she wasn’t quite ready to announce her battle against Pink Diamond until Rose knew first.
“Oh poor gem... We need to give her a proper burial!” Pearl insisted.
“Uh, yeah, I’ll do that, y’know since I found them.” Bismuth muttered.
Bismuth knew Pearl and Rose were very close, and that made her nervous about all of this, but she tried to convince herself that Pink Diamond was just pulling off a trick to hinder her, she isn’t actually Rose Quartz. Besides, a diamond of all gems could never say such nice and inspiring things as Rose anyway.
“Oh well if you insist. Just be respectful, okay? Even if they’re a homeworld gem, they were just doing what their diamond told them!” Pearl reminded Bismuth.
“Yeah.” She replied, sitting back down at the table as Pearl walked away into another room.
She has a cold feeling. Some kind of feeling like something’s not right.
Of course she was excited to announce her victory over Pink, and how a Bismuth beat the odds and shattered a diamond... But something still felt off.
Bismuth was almost kind of afraid that she made a mistake, when really she should be thinking of how many good things will come now that Pink is gone.
She decided to get up from the table and start walking. She is going to go to the warp room and enter the battlefield. She is going to find Rose Quartz, show her the shards, prove to her that the breaking point was the answer, and everything will be great.
Bismuth walked through the various halls of their home base until she reached the warp room, a small room with a warp pad right in the center. She stepped forward onto the warp pad and closed her eyes, letting the warp pad’s energy beam her into a different location.
She wound up in the battle field, a large and open field with fallen weapons of fallen soldiers and shattered gem shards everywhere.
It’s a place a lot of battles took place during the gem war, and a lot more would have taken place if Bismuth hadn’t ended it all.
“Rose?” Bismuth shouted as she stepped off the warp pad. “Rose, where are you?”
Just then, a different gem approached Bismuth. It was a Ruby.
“Hey Ruby, have you seen Rose anywhere?” Bismuth asked.
“Nah, I ain’t seen her at all today! Not that I left this place at all though...” Ruby replied with her unique accent.
“So... She wasn’t in this battlefield at all?” Bismuth asked, confused.
“That’s right pardner, I’d know it, I’ve been here for 2 weeks straight watchin’ over these grounds, lookin’ for bad guys.” The Ruby proudly remarked.
Bismuth looked down at the ground. Would Pearl lie to her about Rose?
“Thanks Ruby.” Bismuth muttered before warping back to the base to see Pearl standing there.
“Bismuth! Uh, hi!” She awkwardly grinned.
“Pearl, where is Rose? You don’t have to hide where she is, Pearl, we’re all a team here.” She insisted.
Pearl looked down nervously. “I- She wants some time alone.” Pearl admitted.
Just then, some laughing was heard down the hall, when a familiar group of quartz soldiers arrived. It was the Jasper, 2 Amethysts, and Blue Quartz that Bismuth took with her on their mission!
“Hah! This will totally go down in history!” One Amethyst replied to another.
Pearl looked at them and cocked her head. “What will go down in history?” She asked.
The Jasper laughed. “Bismuth’s gonna announce it later, but she actually shattered Pink Diamond!”
Pearl stood there.
“WHAT?!” She shouted, holding up that pink gem shard she picked up from the floor earlier.
“I know! It’s a friggin’ miracle! Bismuth is so damn cool!” An Amethyst exclaimed.
Pearl looked at Bismuth with a worried look, Bismuth squinting at Pearl’s reaction. “D-did you...?” She asked in a frail voice.
“Yeah?” Bismuth confirmed. “What’s wrong Pea-” Suddenly, Pearl sprinted out of the room, leaving the quartz soldiers and Bismuth alone.
“Uh... What’s up with her?” The Blue Quartz asked.
“Probably tears of joy, haha.” The Jasper remarked.
Bismuth got that cold feeling again. She felt like something was wrong. Everything was adding up in a way that didn’t look good.
First, Pink Diamond shifting into a perfect replica of Rose, then Rose suddenly not being anywhere in sight, and now Pearl is clearly distressed... It can’t be true.
Was Rose Quartz actually Pink Diamond this whole time?