The GemWings fanfic

(This is a real CANON GemWings fanfic not The diamonds go to best buy)
== General + Introduction ==
(Link to The Gemwings Project. I highly suggest reading at least the history section in order to understand.)
A uncompleted fanfiction made by Mayuris Cringe Alt Account and the GemWing crew, the protagonists are (as of now) Yellow Diamond, Painite, and Oynx. The Prologue and Epilogue POV's will be Queen White Diamond and Purple Diamond, respectively.
Note by Angel: Im just gonna start going for it, yell (/hj) at me on my MW if you want me to stop. I decided to remove Pure Diamond from the PoV, as four was a lot and she didn't mesh into the early story as well as I thought she would. She'll probably be a major character still, just not a PoV.
Also a note by Angel, here's why each character wants to see White deposed: Yellow Diamond wants the throne for herself to try and make life better since she thinks White is a liar. Onyx wants personal power, be it the throne or a manipulative advisor, anything will do. Painite wants to see all the Diamonds ripped from power. 
== Prologue ==
White Diamond
Society as everyone knew it was coming to an end. All the Diamonds were gathered around a seaweed bed, the room silent and the air stagnant. Nobody dared move a claw, hardly anyone even dared to breathe at this moment. The hybrid who'd helped the GemWings build up their civilization, the gentle and kind soul who showed them democracy and the power of ruling, the very founder who they thought to be immortal -- Was dying. 
Nobody knew why. Theories ran rampant, as simple as an older body giving out or as far-fetched as a magical curse. The only thing for certain was that Karat was deathly ill as he lay before them, choking and gasping for breath like every inhale was a fight for his life. White Diamond flicked her tail, watching as her closest family crowded the deathbed with a whole host of mixed expressions and emotions. On the idea of theories, she had her own that she entertained: Black Diamond, her very own sister, had poisoned Karat to claim his title as ruler. 
Such a shame, then, sister, that it'll be me wearing a crown in his place. Not you, and not anyone else in this family. She smirked. It'll be alllll mine. The thought of the power that came with being queen gave White a sneer on her face, looking down at Black Diamond with nothing but disdain. Unfortunately, her expressions didn't go unnoticed, and this wasn't the proper time to be making such a face as she was. 
"How could you be happy about this?!" Pink Diamond cried, lifting her head. She was nestled close to Karat, with her snout buried in his chest when she wasn't saying anything. Tears welled in her eyes and ran down her cheeks, staining her scales darker as she sobbed. "He's dying! Karat is dying and we can't do anything!"
"Pink . . . don't-don't cry . . . " Karat said, giving her a shaky pat on the head before launching into another coughing fit. "You'll all . . . all be wonderful . . . " he rested his head again and closed his eyes with a smile, though he was still breathing. From the back of the room, Red and Purple Diamond simply watched on, one being too unbothered and the other being too uncaring to truly feel what was going on. White could always tell when others were watching her. 
Yellow Diamond, White's daughter, looked up at her with an accusing expression all of a sudden. "Look, M-" she stopped and sighed. "Look, White, just stop thinking of what will happen after this. If you go around looking so happy about it, Sharkie is going to actually kill you for it. You saw how hard she was crying when Karat had his crew in here."
"Yes, yes, dear daughter," White said condescendingly, before clearing her throat and looking a bit more . . . saddened. Blue Diamond was looking into Karat's closed eyes, mourning in her own silent way, and Pure Diamond was shaking her head a bit and sighing. Karat's breathing seemed to be getting more uneven by the second. 
White knew that she'd have to act fast if she wanted to preserve the crown for herself. "Red, Purple?" She said, looking towards the two in the back, "Could you two leave if you're not going to even pretend to care? It's rather quite rude."
Her son rolled his eyes. "Pardon, but that is coming from the dragon who was smirking seconds ago." White glared down at Red, and he sighed, turning to leave. As he did, he mouthed 'Come on' to someone else in the room. Yellow snorted, but caught the looks she was getting from Black, and followed Red out. Purple also left, just as asked, though it was somehow more graceful than the previous two leaving. Unhinged, deranged, and yet somehow better than my own children. Pah. 
White looked over at the remaining dragons -- Pink, Blue, Pure, and Black. Easy enough to get them to leave for the most part. She'd been saving one line for this moment. After clearing her throat, White Diamond lifted her head.
"I was closest to Karat in his times of good health. I wish to spend some alone time with him before he passes on."
Pure arched her eye. "You're planning something, White. I know it. But who am I to deny you what you wish?" She flicked her tail towards the others as she started to walk out. "Pink, Blue, at least you two come with me. White and Black may sort things out as they wish." Pink Diamond, still sobbing, clung to Pure's side as they walked, and Blue trudged behind them as if her claws were in the mud, still with that glum expression. 
Now it was just White and her biggest rival for the throne, alone in a room with the dying monarch. Black spoke up first. "Now, sister, I'm the older of us two. I know more and I'm more fit to rule than you could ever hope to be." White scoffed, but Black kept going. "Don't say a word. I know you're going to claim what his final words were, but not if I do it first. So, with that, get out of here, White Diamond."
"As if I would!" She said, acting wounded. "I was close to him! I simply want to be alone for a bit so we can share some private matters, Black."
"I'm not leaving you alone with a chance for a power grab like that."
"Neither am I." 
The two sisters put their heads together, growling and glaring.
"WAIT!" 
They both stopped and looked at Karat, actual panic on their faces for once as he shouted. Karat broke into more coughing before he could finally speak again. "This . . . this place I made . . . I want it to live on as I made it," he said, wheezing and almost sounding as if he was choking. "I wanted to . . . to choose the next ruler much later. I thought I'd . . . I'd have more time." White perked her ears, waiting for the sweet words. She was going to hear him say she would rule, not have to fake that he did. Black's argument would be shattered. It would be perfect. 
"But to keep it . . . the way it is . . . " Karat coughed again, "Neither of you can . . . can be queen."
White paused, stunned. Black, though, hissed and raised her claws, ready to slash Karat. "WHAT?!" she roared, furious. "It should be ME! And if not me, then it should at least be HER!"
"Exactly! Who else could possibly be the ruler?!" White demanded, also upset, but not about to attack the founder. 
"Please . . . you two have much . . . much to learn. I was hoping I could . . . teach her more . . . but Yellow Diamond should be the queen. She has to be." The words sounded like they were coming from a strangled voice, like he pushed them out with his dying breaths.
For White, it was too much. How can my measly daughter be more fit to rule than I? Impossible, treasonous, even! Apparently, Black also thought enough was enough, though she dealt with it . . . differently. 
Black lunged forwards and grabbed at Karat's throat, gripping it tightly. White heard that he wasn't making a sound, though was faintly straining against it. "Black-!" White paused, watching the scene, alarmed. "What are you doing?!"
"What I should have done the second this wretched fish arrived on this island," she snarled, digging her claws in and drawing blood. White reached out to stop it, but caught her. This could be useful . . . she thought. If Black aids in his death, she'll never be queen. She'll be a disgrace to the Diamonds. Except for Purple, but that's because she's Black's daughter. 
Either way, White Diamond only watched as Karat's struggles began to get weaker. His flailing grew limber, his breathing hitched and stuttered, and Black crushed his throat in her claws ever tighter. She watched carefully, narrowed eyes focusing on the scene before her. Just one more second, she told herself. Then I'll blow this door open and they'll all see the violence. That Black cannot be queen. 
As Black gave a final snarl, choking out Karat's attempts at speech, White flung open the doors, putting on a newfound horrified look. The Diamonds re-entered on the scene of Black choking their founder while White looked horrified. "Look! Look what she's done!" she cried, huddling against the wall like she was scared. "I tried to stop her! But she's-she's feral!" 
Black instantly stopped and jumped back, fanning her wings and looking at everyone, but Karat's head flopped to the side. "This isn't-I-There's a perfectly reasonable explanation-!"
Pink shrieked and fainted then and there, cutting off all logical reasoning and sealing Black Diamond's fate to never be queen. Most of the Diamonds seemed shocked, dumbfounded by what had happened in such a short time. Pure was intrigued, that much was normal, but Yellow . . . White would never forget the way her daughter looked at her. It was a stare that said 'You Cheated'.
And Yellow was absolutely right. White had cheated to get here.
"We heard his last words. He said that Black was unfit to be queen," White stated. Black tried to say something, but Blue reached out her talon and made a gesture for 'Silence'. White fought down a smile at Black's suffering. "He-He said that I was to be the next queen." Everyone seemed to have numb acceptance, except for Yellow, who was still glaring, and Black who looked like she wanted to kill White. I win, sister. 
Pure looked to the others and gave a deep bow, gesturing for the others to follow. Blue and Pink did next, followed by Red, then Purple, and Black finally bowed after White forced her talon. The last one, though, was Yellow. She was furious, but White knew that her daughter would never know Karat's true last words. She could be the first heir, but nothing more. Because White Diamond never planned on dying like Karat had.
Queen White Diamond. All bow to me.
== Part One - A Diamond in the Rough ==
=== Chapter One ===
[Chapter Overview, will be removed once Chapter is finished: Ten years after White Diamond took control and formed the council (the council will decide your fate). Yellow Diamond is just sorta pacing the halls of the palace, outside her and Red's rooms. She's thinking on what White Diamond claimed to be Karat's last words, and while they sound like Karat, she's not convinced White Diamond has been telling the whole truth. Combine this with the idea that she knows she could rule if White was proven to be a liar...and she knows who to find to help: Topaz.]
Ten Years Later - Yellow Diamond 
Stress-painting was something that everyone in the Diamond family had come to expect from the next in line to the throne. Yellow Diamond was the daughter of the GemWings' oh-so-glorious leader, Queen White Diamond. This meant that while in Yellow's ideal life, she could be left alone to paint her worries away in peace with the best dragon she ever met tucked under her wing beside her, she was often instead being told what to do and being prepared for leadership. 
It wasn't that Yellow Diamond didn't want to be queen. She did like the idea of being the one who got to decide what was right and what was wrong, and she felt sure enough of herself that she could lead the tribe to peace and happiness. It would also come with the added benefit that she could be with whoever she wanted to be, regardless of what her mother wanted for her. Yellow just didn't want to give up the nice life she had pictured in her head, because being queen of an entire tribe would surely mean she'd have to abandon that hope forever.
She sighed and tilted her head up, looking at what she'd been doing for the past hour or so-painting on the side of Topaz's News Empire. Again. The building was so crowded with things she'd painted that in some places, they even overlapped a little. At least she didn't have to hover in place while she painted, a task she normally loved made much harder by simply having to stay aloft. Some day, she'd convince Topaz to install some platforms or something for her to paint easier. Oh well. This will have to do for now, Yellow thought as she gently placed her brush back into the pot of water she'd brought with her. 
From inside the heavily-painted building, a familiar brown and white dragon stepped outside, looking around a bit before locking eyes with Yellow Diamond. It felt like the whole world had gotten just a little brighter when Yellow saw Topaz. She was always kind and warm, excited about her job, and had so many beautiful grand plans for the future of both of them. Yellow always enjoyed her company, and Topaz did too. 
Yellow calmly set down her paints before quickly walking over towards the entrance and hugging Topaz, the two twining their tails in a moment of blissful peace. "Good morning, gorgeous," Topaz said, rubbing her eyes a bit. 
"Right back at'cha," Yellow said with a small laugh. She reached up and gently started to pick at the newspaper Topaz had wrapped around her own horns, but she shook her head. 
"Come on, Yellow, I'm making a statement with these! Everyone will be wearing them someday."
Yellow Diamond just smiled and gave Topaz a pat on the head. "Coming out to tend to the flowers?"
She gave a half smile and nodded. "That, and to see if you were here. You're quite the loud painter, you know," Topaz added, giving Yellow a little boop on the end of her snout. Yellow laughed, gently batting at her with a wing. 
"It can't be that loud, can it?" she asked. "I guess I'm just loud in general."
"Wouldn't have you any other way, my golden flower." Topaz gently nudged her snout against Yellow's, and she felt like the world was melting into nothing but a sweet story of the two of them. No overbearing mother on her tail. No arranged marriages. Just the ability to be herself, the painter she was at heart.
A dove smacked into the side of Yellow's head, ruining the moment. Looking down at it, she groaned. "Speaking of overbearing mothers," she said, her voice unusually tight and clipped. Topaz sighed, sliding away from Yellow. 
"Still doesn't approve?"
"She'd rather eat her own tail than accept the fact I love you." Yellow pulled a parchment from the dove's talons, gently petting the bird and righting it before it flew away again. "Let's see what we have here . . . "
Immediate Summon From Her Majesty For Yellow Diamond
Come to the GemWing palace at once. There is much to discuss, young lady. 
-Queen White Diamond
At least it was short. Short, but far from sweet. Topaz strained her neck to peer over at the message, and Yellow turned it so she could see. "Just a summon. Guess I'll be seeing you later tonight, Topaz."
"Yeah." Topaz bit her lip. She almost looked like she was about to cry, and it broke Yellow's heart every time she saw that look. 
=== Chapter Two ===
[Chapter Overview, will be removed once Chapter is finished: Cut to Onyx, sitting in the shadows of the palace, probably doing fancy hand tricks with a poisoned knife or sharpening a regular one. She's thinking about her glorious quest for personal power, and wondering which Diamond could be the best to persuade. Instantly, White, Black, and Purple are off the table for reasons. She also quickly eliminates Pure as an option. She believes Blue and Pink don't have the right strings to pull to get her into power, which just leaves Yellow and Red. She notices Yellow passing by and is like 'that was easy'. She dons her hood and begins secretly following.]
=== Chapter Three ===
[Chapter Overview, will be removed once Chapter is finished: We see Painite, in her house, plotting against the Diamonds and probably ripping papers of them all to shreds, starting with the highest power and working down to the lowest (Going White, Yellow, Red, Blue, Pink, Black, Pure, Purple). She's so intent on it that she grabs something sharp and tries to stab one of the papers, though messes up and ends up just hurting herself. She thinks about needing a better assassin...and Onyx leaps to mind.]
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