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Now flying in space, Herkimer, Spinel, the Pearls (Volleyball, Yellow Pearl and Blue Pearl), Jasper, Emerald, Lars and the Off Colors, were unsure of what to do now after witnessing the invasion of Homeworld by Silver Diamond and his Corundum Authority. It wasn't until a large single red eye opened up on Herkimer's chest and freaked everyone out. It was of course, Augura-Cogras, who was back in Herkimer's gem.
Lars: Herkimer, what is that?!
HD: Oh, it just Augura, the Eldritch God that hangs out in my gem a lot of the time. What are you doing, Augura?
Augura-Cogras: I came out here to say that I know who we can get to help us with Silver and his Authority. Remember I told you about how I accidentally created two Diamonds, Void and Occult Diamond, by cursing two stars and making them collide into each other, making them explode, thus creating the two Diamonds?
HD: Yeah, I do. Why do you ask?
AC: Well I didn't originally know I created them until some time later, and when I had met them, they already created their Galaxy and their Authority, the Twilight Authority, I became good friends and allies with them. They can help us in dealing with the Corundum Authority, as they have a strong army and strong security. Especially after Homeworld had attacked the Galaxy and tried to colonize it centuries ago, to which they failed spectacularly to do.
HD: Oh, I actually do remember that. That was a massive failure that hurt Homeworld and especially the Diamonds for about 4-5 years.
AC: Yes. Well, I know where the Twilight Authority's Galaxy is, and we can go over there and get their help. But if we go there, we're gonna have to go through a security check so they can make sure for certain we aren't threats.
HD: Alright, that's fine.
Lars: That sounds like a good idea to me.
The Off Colors, Jasper, Emerald, the Pearls, and Spinel agree as well to Augura's plan.
HD: Then it's settled, we're gonna go to the Twilight Authority for help. But before we do that, we should get Black and Gold Diamond and the Stone Resistance to help us as well first.
AC: Oh, of course, almost forgot about. Of course we'll need their help!
HD: Alright, then it's settled. We're gonna retrieve Black, Gold, and the Stone Resistance first, and then we'll receive the Twilight Authority. I can't wait to see the look on Silver's Face.
Lars: Alright Augura, first, what is the Galaxy called, and where is it?
Augura-Cogras: It's known as the Dusk Galaxy. It's 45,000 miles north of here.
Lars: Alright then, let's go Off Colors!
The Off Colors set a course to the Dusk Galaxy, and while Herkimer, Spinel, the Pearls, Jasper, and Emerald settle in for a sort of long voyage. At some point in the voyage, Spinel and the Pearls asked Herkimer about her time in the Original Diamond Authority and especially her time in Black Diamond's Court, as they were curious about her mysterious past.
HD: You really wanna know about my origin?
Spinel: Yeah!
Volleyball: Yes, we do.
HD: *Sighs* Alright... but it will get a bit depressing. Just tellin' ya right now. Okay, I'm gonna tell you about my time in the Original Authority, it's rise and fall, and especially about my time in Black Diamond's Court.
Jasper started listening to Herkimer, and even Emerald did too. She wanted to hear Herkimer's perspective of being in Black's Court.
HD: Well, let's start at the very beginning, when I was first created along with two other Herkimer Diamonds.
Herkimer spoke to the Pearls and Spinel, while Jasper and Emerald also listened.
HD: Just a few years after Black Diamond was created, he was pressured by the gentleman who just invaded Homeworld with his shit ass Authority, to create the perfect Quartz. That's right, for the few of you who don't know, Silver Diamond was originally in the Original Diamond Authority.
Herkimer continued, trying to maintain her composure and not start crying tears of anger and go on an hour long rant about Silver and all the horrible things he's done.
HD: So yes, Silver pressured Black for some ungodly reason to create the perfect Quartz. So Black consulted Gray Diamond, and they decided to make some Herkimer Diamonds. Black created me and one other, and Gray created one. However, when Black and Gray presented us to Silver, he was horrified and disgusted by us. "Ugh, are those... Herkimer Diamonds?!", he asked in a repulsed tone. "Those Quartzes that pretend to be like us?!? You think those things are perfected Quartzes?!", Silver continued.
Herkimer stopped, holding back a rageful scream, as the Pearls and Spinel stood in shock at what they were hearing.
HD: "These are not perfect Quartzes! They're an abomination to the entire Gem race! Shatter them at once, and we'll forget about all of this.", Silver ordered angrily. Black tried to interject, but Silver threatened him and Gray that if they didn't shatter us Herkimer Diamonds immediately, he'd personally have us and them shattered by Paragon and Sakura Diamond themselves, which wasn't true. They would've never shattered us, they would've actually had Silver arrested if they had found out what he told us, but we believed Silver, as Black and Gray were still naive, and especially us Herkimers cause we were just created. However, after Silver left us where we, Black and Gray came up with a plan to have me and the other two Herkimer Diamonds be sent off to one of Gray's Colonies to hide from Silver.
The other two Herkimers agreed to it. I, however did not want to do it, and instead used my enhanced shape-shifting abilities to become a Red Quartz, Black and Gray were a bit hesitant at first, but allowed me to stay and be a member of Black's Court. So the two other Herkimer Diamonds went off to Gray's Colony and I became a soldier in Black Diamond's Army, and his personal guard, and that's what I stayed as for the thousands of years I was working for the Original Diamond Authority. However even disguised as another Gem, and him not knowing I was one of the three Herkimers he had seen all those years ago, Silver Diamond still didn't like me because I was almost, if not as strong as a Diamond, and I didn't like, and of course still don't like how he handles things. As a matter of fact, Silver tried to have me and Black shattered by many different means, but I'll tell you about those times later on, right now I'll tell you all about my humble beginnings!
Alright so, after I had become Red Quartz and the other two Herkimer Diamonds left for one of Gray's Colonies, Black showed me around the planet Provinciae, the home of the Original Diamond Authority and all of their Gems.
*Flashback*
Black Diamond: This is the Capital City of Provinciae. We don't really have a name for it. We just call it Capital City, *points to his Palace* and this is my Palace, and right next to mine is Gold Diamond's Palace and Gray Diamond's Palace and as you can see, our Ships are on top of our Palaces.
Past HD as Red Quartz: *Sees White Diamond's head and torso ship* Hey Black... who's Ship is that?
BD: Oh, that's White Diamond's Ship. She doesn't come out of her Palace that often, only for certain events, such as balls and parties, and holidays, and other special occasions, or when she's going to one of her Colonies or soon to be Colonies. But usually, if she isn't in her Palace, she's up there in her Ship, doing who knows what. She just does her Diamond duties and doesn't really talk to anyone besides her Pearl and the Gems of her Court.
Past HD as RQ: What is she like?
BD: Well... she usually expects her Gems to be 100% perfect and will usually bubble them if they're not. She's quite the perfectionist, though not at the same level as Silver Diamond is. Even White doesn't like him.
Past HD as RQ: Really?
BD: Yeah...
Past HD as RQ: Oh... oh fuck... what kind of Diamond is Silver?
BD: I don't know Herkimer... but.... try to stay in his good graces when he's around. He can be quite scary when you make him mad, believe me.
Past HD as RQ: I... I-I understand Black Diamond. I understand.
*Going back to the present day in the Sun Incinerator*
HD: Over my first few weeks to months of existence, I was not only a soldier in Black Diamond's Army and his personal guard, but also one of the Gems next to him that would oversee the creation of other Red Quartzes, along with Blood Quartzes for the entire Authority. It was hard work, especially considering there were only six of us, me, Black, Shadow Cubic Zirconia, Paragon's Pearl, Sakura's Pearl, and Silver Sapphire. Shadow was in Paragon's Court, and Silver Sapphire was in Platinum's Court. We oversaw the creation of Red and Blood Quartzes for about eight years, until Paragon, Sakura and Platinum finally decided that they themselves along with 20 Cubic Zirconias, including Shadow, would oversee the creation of the Quartzes, which was a relief to all of us, as that five Gems overseeing the creation of hundreds to thousands of Quartzes was not very easy, and in the long run, not at all efficient.
During my entire time up until Silver's attack on us, I would always see his Pearl. His Pearl, all though uptight and strict, and sometimes a bit of a bitch, was nothing like Silver himself, honestly it seemed like she was almost the exact opposite. And that would become more obvious when she rebelled against Silver and joined the Stone Resistance, it was obvious in the beginning that she loved and respected Silver, and that she would always look for his validation, but as time went on, she realized what kind of Diamond he was, and also realized she would never be his favorite Gem in his Court, she knew she couldn't stay under his control, but she didn't know how to get out without Silver most likely shattering her. It wasn't until Silver's coup and then his attack, that she gained enough courage to finally rebel against them, and left with Sakura, Gold and Brown Diamond, along with other Gems to create the Stone Resistance.
So during the time when I was created, Black Diamond already had about 25 Colonies under him, and for the next few years, it grew to hundreds of Colonies. Of course, some planets that became his Colonies didn't always stay Colonies, case in point, when he colonized Earth some years after my creation, his mission was to colonize the entire Milky Way Galaxy. I spent many of my years on Earth as myself, as Herkimer Diamond, for the most part without the fear of Silver seeing me, it was great, I got to see all the life on the planet thriving and while Black was going through the Galaxy looking for new worlds to become Colonies, he would leave me in charge of Earth. I'll tell you guys some of the stories I have of my time on Earth.