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At Star Sapphire’s count, it had been about five thousand years since she had been banished to this planet's barren and desolate moon. She had been cast out of her Diamond's court, for failing to follow through upon one of the visions of the future she, like all other Sapphires before, and like all Sapphires after her were gifted with the ability to see into the future.
Yet Star Sapphire was different from other Sapphires. For some reason, she chose only to follow the ones that benefited her more than they benefited anyone else in Blue Diamond’s court. Including Blue Diamond herself, thus the reason her Diamond had cast her out, and banished her to this moon.
Blue Diamond had by way of adding insult to injury, given Star Sapphire a small piece of the planet. A small reminder of the planet that her Diamond had said she would never see converted into the most glorious Gem Colony in Homeworld’s history. A reminder of the planet she had lost. A reminder of the planet that Blue Diamond had said she, Star Sapphire would never set foot on again.
Hundreds of years had passed since she had been cast out of her Diamond's Court, and banished to this moon, and for those hundreds of years all Star Sapphire had done was stare aimlessly either at the piece of the planet that her Diamond had given to insult her, or aimlessly stare at the small blue and green planet that was so close.
“And yet it is so very far away.” She had said to only herself.
She had watched as thousands of Homeworld ships had arrived, and surrounded the planet, and she felt an overwhelming sense of sadness at this sight. The rebellion had been crushed, and Homeworld had won. Homeworld would soon colonize this planet, yet she would not see its beauty. She did not know how long she had cried for, yet when she no longer had any tears left to cry, she saw that the Homeworld ships were now gone.
How could that be? Had she been wrong in believing that Homeworld had won? Or had she lost track of time in her depression, that she had not seen Homeworld colonize her lost planet?
She had to know. She had to know why there were no more Homeworld ships surrounding the planet. She had to know why. She had to know what had happened.
Clapping her hands together, the gem in the center of Star Sapphire’s forehead began to glow. Her eyes now closed, visions swirled past her at blinding speed. Visions she saw clear as crystal.
She saw the Sapphire before her. The Sapphire who had fused with the Ruby. The two were now fused. Fused into a new Gem. A Garnet. This Garnet had been found by the Rebels calling themselves the Crystal Gems. Found by none other than the rebellions leader, Rose Quartz and her mighty Pearl. The rebels accepted this Garnet into the Crystal Gems, and continued their fight against the Gems of Homeworld.
Star Sapphire then saw the long battle stretching out over hundreds if not several thousand years. A long battle between the Crystal and Homeworld Gems. There were casualties on both sides, and then the Diamonds had arrived.
Star Sapphire smiled when she saw this. The Diamonds would end this Rebellion, and finally shatter that troublesome Rose Quartz. Yet that was not the outcome that Star Sapphire saw. The Diamonds had decided to cut their losses. Decided that every Gem on this planet who was an ally of Homeworld, they were all expendable.
Star Sapphire screamed in agony, as her vision of what had happened ended that very moment. Once again she gave way to tears. Not because of her fate, no this time Star Sapphire wept for the thousands of Gems who had sufdered a fate worse than having ones Gem shattered. “Why? Why would my Diamonds do this? Why use that weapon?”
Thousands of more years had passed since then. She had seen through her visions that the planet's native intelligent species had risen to prominence over the Gems. Those Gems being not of her beloved Homeworkd, but Rose Quartz’s Crystal Gems.
She had watched as the humans sent a rather primitive probe into orbit about the planet. Then had watched from afar, as the humans Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin had landed an even more primative looking craft upon the surface of her moon. She had heard Armstrong say the garbled words; ‘One small step for man. One giant leap for mankind.’
“Oh if only they knew who came before them…” She had said forlornly. What she wouldn't give to approach the two humans. Beg them to allow her to return with them to the planet's surface. Yet her visions told her that this was not supposed to happen.
And so she had watched as the humans left the surface of her moon, and returned to their homes on the planet's surface.
She wanted to leave this moon. She wanted more than anything to be back upon that planet's surface once more. And so Star Sapphire once again used the inherent gift all Sapphires had. She saw herself building a divice, that she recognized as a Gem Inhibitor. She saw the Pealr she would soon create emerge from the piece of earth that her Diamond had given to her … no not her Diamond, it was now simply Blue Diamond now.
And so Star Sapphire set to work in creating her inhibitor. She used parts of the landing craft that the humans had left upon the surface of her moon, having seen that they would never come back for it, and so would not miss what parts she needed for her device. Though several times she had to stay hidden, as more and more humans left identicle crafts during the time Star Sapphire was constructing her inhibitor.
It would work. She knew it would work once her inhibitor was finally completed, though she knew not nor cared how much time had passed since she began the construction of her device. All she cared about was leaving this moon. Leaving with her Pearl, and never again returning to this barren moon. Now all she had to do was wait until her Pearl emerged from the earth Blue Diamond had given her once she activated the inhibitor.
Star Sapphire had recently taken to sitting in the humans landing craft. She had taken care while visiting this place both to gather parts for her inhibitor, and to wait for it to produce her Pearl, not to disturb the humans footprints, as she felt it would be disrespectful to their accomplishments. However small they seemed to her, they must have been rather large to them.
And then finally after so long. After five thousand years, after many years of tears, after years of building her inhibitor, she saw the Pearl from her vision of the future emerge from the earth given to her by Blue Diamond.
Like all Pearls, hers was as tall as the humans she had seen arrive upon the surface of her moon. The Pearl’s hair was as dark as the void of space, flecked with small white spots not unlike the star's in the vast dark sky. Her eyes had no irises though, possibly due to the lack of minerals in the small patch of earth she was made in. Yet Star Sapphire did not find fault with this, as for the first time since being banished to this desolate moon, she was no longer alone. She could now leave. Leave this moon with her Pearl, her own beautiful Pearl.
“How may I assist you my Sapphire?” The Pearl asked.
“My Sapphire?” Star Sapphire was shocked to be addressed in such a way, that was more along the lines of how one would address a Diamond.
“Of course.” Pearl replied. “You created me, therefore you are my Sapphire.”
Star Sapphire was unable to both stop the joyous smile that spread across her face, and the tears that leaked from her eyes. Able to see the future or not, the combination of having a companion after so long, and being addressed in such a high and respected manner was overwhelming in the most wonderful of ways.
“My Sapphire? Why are you crying? Is something wrong?” Pearl sounded worried, as she wipped the tears away from Star Sapphire’s eyes.
“No Pearl.” She replied. “I am just so happy to see you.”
She threw her arms about her Pearl, and a bright warm light enveloped the two Gems, and when the light faded, both Gems were gone. Replaced instead, by one Gem. One stunningly beautiful Gem, as tall as the newly created Pearl. This Gem’s hair was as long as Star Sapphire’s, yet retained the same beautiful starscape pattern as the new Pearl’s. Her skin was as pale as the surface of the moon, her eyes as bright as Pearl’s were, yet had a set of deep blue irises like Star Sapphire’s. Star Sapphire’s gemstone sat in the center of this new Gems chest, while Pearls stone rested upon the center of this Gem’s forehead.
The newly created Gem looked shocked at what it's two counterparts had done. The Sapphire and Pearl that composed this new Gem had just fused for the first time. Yet this new feeling Star Sapphire and Pearl felt as this new Gem, the Gem they had decided to call Moonstone, it felt … It felt wonderful.
“It's time to go.” Moonstone said. Her voice as beautiful as her appearance. Taking several elegant strides, Moonstone leapt up and cleared the surface of the baren moon. She floated through space, a feeling of great elation coming from the part of Moonstone that was Star Sapphire.
Placing her hands to her sides, great gusts of wind propelled the fused Gem towards the Earth. It was not long before Moonstone was caught in the Earths gravitational pull. Moonstone placed her hands in front of her, and the wind she had used to propell herself forward from the moon, shielded her from the heat of re-entering the planet's atmosphere. Neither Gem that composed Moonstone feared this, as they knew just how strong this new Gem was, and soon Moonstone’s feet touched the surface of the planet that Star Sapphire had been banished from so many thousands of years ago.