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2026-06-18
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2026-07-30
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The Historian

Summary:

Right as she was about to walk out the door, a low hum started. Gem turned back towards The Book, now glowing purple, on its lectern. She watched as it opened, pages flipping wildly, coming to rest on a pair of pages covered in text that glowed the same vibrant purple as The Book had. Gem walked towards the lectern in a daze, feeling drawn in by an inexplicable force. Soon she could make out what the brightest text said.
“∴ᒷꖎᓵ𝙹ᒲᒷ ⍑╎ᓭℸ ̣ 𝙹∷╎ᔑ”
(welcome historian)
Wait… was that Galactic? That was the language the Watchers spoke! How was she reading it?! Gem needed to get out of here, ASAP. Unfortunately for her, her body seemed to have other plans, and those plans did not seem to include escaping. Without her command, her hand reached out and touched the page.

Gem goes in search of answers for why the Watchers started their twisted games. She finds more than she expected when she stumbles on a book claiming that she’s something called ‘the Historian.’ Gem suddenly finds herself pulled into a crazy story filled with different versions of her friends. Soon she can’t tell what's real and what's just the book, leaving her terrified of everyone. Can she become the Historian without losing herself to The Book?

Notes:

Prepare for multiverse madness!
(Gem is about to find out just what the Watchers really are)

(See the end of the work for more notes.)

Chapter 1: a quick explanation

Notes:

In which I explain a bit about this fic

(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

Chapter Text

Hey all! Welcome to ‘The Historian,’ a fun fic that traverses several server fandoms, along with a few different headcanons of mine and possibly some AUs. I’m so excited to share all of this with you!

Before I turn you loose to enjoy the fic, I want to point out that all of the ‘ships’ in this fic are platonic unless blatantly obvious otherwise. These silly guys are just friends, that’s how I’m writing them, that’s how they’re intended. Mind you, there may be a romantic pairing in here at some point ( i.e. Pearl and Scott, Joel and Lizzie) but for the most part I want to focus on platonic friendships and a ‘found family’ dynamic.
Not all of my fics are gonna be sans-romance, but this one is definitely staying away from most of that realm (sorry if that’s why you’re here). I 100% will try my absolute best to respect boundaries, and if I mess up, let me know in a kind way. (Btw, all ships are of the characters, not the content creators!)

Just so we’re on the same page, here’s a list of ships currently included, along with what they are.
Gem and Pearl (Best friends)
Gem and Xisuma (Gem struggles a bit with his authority, but they’re still friends)

Rusty and Jaw (Close friends who walked through absolute heck together)

As for the tags on here, I’m still very new to this. I’ll add new tabs as I go and try to keep it up to date. If you have any suggestions for tags, let me know!

Anyways, now that I’ve got all that out of the way, please enjoy ‘The Historian.’

Notes:

Maybe this was a little tricksy, but that's how I am. Welcome to my first fic on here. I'm sure you'll start to figure things out about me before long.