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Another court meeting. Yellow Pearl stands patiently behind the curtains, awaiting her cue to show the elegant Yellow Diamond. She continues to wait until she feels something tapping her.
“Excuse me?”
It’s Blue Pearl.
“What?” She says rudely
“Oh. I was just wondering is this the court hall?”
“What do you think I’m standing here for?”
Blue Pearl takes a moment before whispering.
“You’re standing here for something…?”
Yellow Pearl almost scoffs but remembers something important.
(Right. She can’t see well.)
“Yes, we’re having a court meeting.”
“Alright, I’ll stand here with you.”
The two stand in silence, awaiting the signal to begin. Yellow Pearl finds herself glancing at Blue Pearl, how odd. It takes another while before Pink Diamond arrives.
“Hello you two.” She says softly, kneeling down to them.
“Greetings, Pink Diamond.” Yellow Pearl says respectfully.
“Hello.” Blue Pearl whispers.
“Here for the meeting?”
“Of course, it’s a special occasion.”
Blue nods.
Pink walks off, leaving the Pearls alone again. It feels like an eternity before Blue and Yellow Diamond arrive.
“Pearl, is everything in order?”
“Yes, my Diamond. Everything is in perfect shape for the meeting.” She says proudly.
“Is that right, Pearl?” Blue says, kneeling to her Pearl.
“Yes.” Blue Pearl replies quietly.
“Wonderful. Let’s start, shall we…?”
They both nod.
First Yellow Pearl walks out, standing proudly as she clears her throat.
“Everyone, please welcome the beautiful elegance known as Yellow Diamond!”
Yellow steps out, walking down to her seat, her pearl trailing behind. Yellow Pearl sits on the edge, watching as Blue Pearl enters.
“Everyone, prepare yourselves emotionally for the beautiful Blue Diamond.”
Blue enters now, picking up her pearl and walking slowly. As she sits down, Blue places her pearl down on the edge, making sure she doesn’t fall.
Pink Diamond’s Pearl enters next.
“Everyone. Please applaud for Pink Diamond!”
Pink enters, waving at all the gems who applaud her. She quickly takes her seat, seeming a bit stressed as her Pearl sits right next to her. White Diamond’s pearl arrives not too long after, swiftly moving to her seat and beginning the meeting with a few words.
Yellow Pearl tries to listen, taking note of everything said. She glances beside her and nearly gasps. She sees Blue Pearl projecting something. Feeling aggravated, Yellow Pearl moves to Blue, wanting to scold her for not focusing.
“What are you doing?” She whispers, leaning down to Blue Pearl.
“Why do you ask?” She whispers back, turning to face Yellow Pearl.
“You’re supposed to be focusing.”
Blue turns back to her projection. Yellow looks and realizes that she’s drawing.
“What are you drawing?” She asks, sitting next to her.
“Myself. Although, I cannot get it to look right.” She says sombrely.
Yellow Pearl thinks about it. She quickly gets an idea and stands up.
“Draw me.”
“What?” Blue Pearl tilts her head.
“Draw me, that should be good enough practice for you.”
Blue nods, turning herself around. Yellow Pearl quickly does a pose, an elegant pose. She holds it for as long as she can, the court meeting leaving her ears.
Blue Pearl draws quietly, sometimes glancing up at the other Pearl before continuing.
Yellow feels…happy. She opens an eye and watches Blue Pearl drawing, feeling an odd sensation as she stares.
“Y…You can still see me, right?” Yellow Pearl checks in, her pose faltering a bit.
“Somewhat, but don’t worry.” The other pearl responds.
“Good….G…Good…”
Blue Pearl continues to draw her, Yellow glancing at her every so often. After another minute, Blue taps Yellow’s leg. The Pearl kneels down and looks at the drawing of herself.
“Oh my…..”
“Sorry, I’m not a goo-“
“It’s amazing! You drew me so elegantly!” Yellow exclaims, not realizing how loud she’s being.
“Pearl!”
Yellow Pearl jumps, quickly turning to face her very agitated diamond.
“Yes….my Diamond?”
“Be quiet.” She says sternly.
“Yes, my Diamond.”
Yellow Diamond turns back to the meeting, muttering angrily to herself.
Blue Pearl looks down at her drawing, smiling a bit.
Yellow groans quietly, looking back at the other pearl.
“We should stop now.”
“Yes….but thank you.”
“For what?” She asks, confused.
“Letting me draw you.” She says calmly, a small smile on her lips.
Yellow flushes, nodding and walking away in embarrassment.
After the court meeting, Yellow Pearl receives a rash scolding from her diamond. As she leaves the room,
Yellow Pearl feels confused and frustrated by her sudden emotions. She felt so odd when Blue Pearl was drawing her, like she was happy.
Happy, how stupid. Her feelings were irrelevant due to her status and nothing would change that. Her thoughts were, rather annoyingly, interrupted by a noise.
Yellow wanders towards the noise, leading her to an empty storage room full of random objects. She looks around before seeing her, Blue Pearl.
“What are you doing in here?” She asks, getting annoyed.
“My diamond was feeling sad so she excused me.”
She replies softly, not facing Yellow.
“Right. And that lets you hide away in a room?”
Blue shrugs, continuing to sit calmly. Yellow gets irritated and climbs up the mountain of objects, sitting next to Blue as she reaches her.
“Also, how come you were drawing during a court meeting?” She asks, very curious.
“My diamond allows me to draw during meetings.” She says, almost whispering.
“That must be nice…” Yellow whispers, rather out of nowhere.
Blue finally turns to face her.
“Really?”
“What? Really what?” Yellow waves her hands, surprised she even said that.
“Maybe if you asked your diamond, maybe we cou-“
A finger on Blue’s mouth stops her.
“No, that will not happen. My feelings are completely irrelevant compared to that of Yellow Diamond.” She states, her tone stern as her diamond.
Blue takes Yellow’s finger off of her mouth, holding it with her soft hand.
“My diamond allows me. Why not yours?” She asks, moving slightly closer to her.
Yellow backs up, whipping her finger away in…something.
“Right. You do realize that we Pearl’s are both nothing but servants?”
“Of course.”
“Then why would I ever-“
Blue hushes her, placing a finger on her mouth this time. A group of gems walk past the room, talking loudly. They seem to stop in front of the door while boasting about their accomplishments on Homeworld.
“Yeah, I helped with making it!”
“Lucky, I was on garbage duty.”
“Hah! Garbage man!”
“Hey, shut up!”
One of the gems speaks up, gruffly interrupting them.
“Shut it the both of you. You quartzes have no manners, get back to work.” The voice says angrily.
“And what if we don’t have t-“
“Oh be quiet and get to completing the kindergarten on that planet!” The gem yells, emphasizing their anger with a slam against the wall.
The slam causes the room to shake. Blue Pearl stumbles around.
“Hey! Be carefu-“ Yellow exclaims, reaching out for the pearl.
Her hand grabs the pearl’s wrist, pulling her against herself. Yellow ignores the compromising position and makes sure they both don’t fall.
The shaking finally stops and the quartzes leave. Yellow and Blue take a moment, taking in the situation. Blue moves off of Yellow and says quietly;
“Thank you, for not letting me fall.”
“Yes, it’d be embarrassing after all.” She tries to play it off, waving her hand.
Blue nods, climbing down. Yellow quickly follows, descending the tower of objects. As the pearl’s touch the ground, an awkward air fills the room.
They both stand completely still and wait for one to break the silence.
A soft hum catches Yellow’s attention. She glances at Blue and sees that she’s humming a tune.
“What’s that, hmm?” She asks calmly.
“A song my diamond told me to memorize.”
“Yeah? That’s sounds nice.”
Blue nods.
Another moment of silence.
“Want to practice with me?”
Yellow nearly recoils.
“Uh….y…yes. It’d be very nice to present it to our diamonds, right?”
“Yes, I’m sure.”
They move to opposite sides of the room, taking a moment before Blue starts to singing.
‘Oh, the world is cold.’
Yellow recognizes it immediately.
‘But everyone else is too.’
Blue starts to move closer, dancing a bit. She gestures that Yellow joins her.
‘The wramth of you is what keeps me alive.’
‘And nothing will feel the same” They say in unison.
Yellow suddenly takes Blue’s hand, lacing their fingers together. Instead of back away, Blue moves closer, moving them both into a traditional dancing pose. They dance and continue to sing.
‘Through dawn and day.’
‘Through year by year’
They spin.
‘We’ll dance until we freeze.’
‘But that’ll never happen when I’m with you.’
‘So I’ll dance forever more.’
Yellow spins Blue carefully. She takes a bold risk and pulls her under her, holding the other pearl by her waist.
‘I’ll dance if I can stay with….you~’
The song ends.
The two stare for a moment before laughing. They laugh and laugh. Yellow wants more of that boldness and holds Blue up, spinning her around as they laugh. Their gems start to light up and before they even know it.
…
(Huh….? What just…..?)
She stands up, observing the room. She’s still in it.
The gem feels herself, she has four arms now, two gems on her chest and feels much taller.
“Oh my….” The gem says quietly at first.
She searches desperately for a mirror and when she does, she has to move closer just to see herself. And boy, when she does, she practically screams internally.
“Did we….?”
She feels her face, is it Blue’s or Yellow’s? She can’t tell. She feels the gems on her chest, the same as the pearls.
“How did they….? Why did they….?” She asks, dumbfounded.
She takes another semi blurry look at herself, feeling the new body.
“Wha…how did?! Oh my stars! What have we- we? What have they done?!”
The gem starts to hyperventilate, panic rising.
“I need to….unfuse immediately!!”
She quickly disappears as she appeared. Yellow and Blue rub their heads as they land on the floor.
The pearls stare at each other, now in
a completely different way than they ever had.
“Did we…?” Blue starts to ask.
“We….We fused! How is that even…?” Yellow shoots up, stammering in confusion.
“We fused…..how odd….” Blue says surprisingly in a calm tone.
“How can you be so calm?! We fused!! That’s unheard of, especially from two pearls!!” She yells, grabbing at her hair.
“Can we do it again?”
Yellow just stares. She’s going to freak out.
“Are you insane?! We both need to be replaced immediately!! I just ca- Mmph!”
Blue places a hand over Yellow’s frantic mouth, laughing a bit.
“Maybe another time…” She whispers, a soft smile painted on her lips.
Yellow doesn’t answer, too dumbstruck and flustered to anyway. Blue quietly leaves the room, giggling a bit. Yellow leaves after a minute or two.
Hopefully they can again, she wants to be with Blue like that.