"Role call!" I yelled over the vast army of soldiers. "I have a special assignment, and if one of you seems to be absent, you'll be useless."

"Yes, my Diamond!" They said in unison.

"So please make everyone is here." I stated.

"Yes, my Diamond!" They said once more.

"So let us begin role call."

"Yes, my Diamo--"

"Stop saying it after every sentence I say." I said angrily.

"Yes, my Dia--" One soldier said before she stopped herself.

I sighed. "Amethyst soldier A." I called.

"Here to serve." She said.

"Amethyst soldier B." I called again, this time with the annoyance of having to call all fifty gems in this army.

"Here to serve." The second one said.

"Jasper soldier C." I said. No reply. "Jasper soldier C." I said again, but still no reply was heard. I looked up, and saw that more than have of the army was sweating, some even looking sad.

"What is the problem?" I asked, eyeing each soldier with enough intimidation to make them talk.

"U-um, my Diamond." One of them spoke up. "Do you not remember? Soldier C was... shattered."

"Shattered? How? And why would I remember one of you useless Quartzes being shattered?" I asked, anger resonating in my voice.

"But, ma'am, it was when the assassin came in and tried to..." She stopped herself.

I leaned down so my face met her puny, saddened face. "You mean to tell me that one of my soldiers was not only shattered by another, but also killed while the assassin was trying to shatter me?!"

"Y-yes. I'm sorry. We had arrived too late when it happened." She replied.

"You- you-" I started, but then a firey pain was felt in my gem, and I clutched my chest. I kneeled down slightly, and held onto a column for support. "Agh!" I groaned. This injury was starting to get unbearable. I was in so much pain that I blocked out everything, even the cries of "What's wrong?" from my army. Suddenly, I heard footsteps rush towards me.

"Yellow Diamond, are you alright?" A voice asked. I turned around to see who it was.

Pink Diamond was knelt down, with her hand on my shoulder. Her face showed no concern, but I'm sure she worried for me.

"I think you should rest." She said, helping me back up.

"Ugh. No need, I feel perfectly fine." I said, standing up straight. "I just need to finish this role call."

"Let me deal with this, Yellow Diamond." She said.

Silently agreeing, I walked myself back to the citadel, and sat down, trying to ease the pain in my chest.

A while later, Pink Diamond came back, immediately walking towards me.

"Does it still hurt?" She asked.

"The pain hasn't subsided yet, and I can still feel it, but there's nothing I can do about it." I said, my anger increasing.

First the news about the Jasper soldier, and now my injury was acting up. I was in no mood to go through this, nor could I take the pain.

"What did you do?" I asked.

"I took care of the soldiers and finished the role call. I can give them the orders that you wish, if you would like." She said, her eyebrows furrowing with worry.

"Even though I would like to do it myself, I'll let you assist. Please alert the soldiers that I would like them to search for a remedy for my wound, whether it be to numb the pain, or fix the gem altogether."

Pink nodded. "Of course." She left to go tend to the army.

As soon as she left, I went back upstairs, ran into my study, and sat at my desk. I slammed my hand against the desk, using the other hand to muffle my moans of pain. Goodness, it hurt so much. I tried to stay impossibly still, so I would not have to endure the burning in my chest.

A few minutes later, she came back. Upon hearing her footsteps nearing my study, I stopped what I was doing and pretended to work. I didn't want her to think that I was wallowing in my agony.

"I suggest that you lie down," she said as soon as she walked in. "You shouldn't pressure yourself with work."

I sighed as the feeling of being treated like a child washed over me. I decided to assure my dominance.

"No worries. I can work just fine." I said. Obviously, I was lying through my teeth, but I prayed that she wouldn't notice.

"Alright. Well then I hope you don't mind if we do something other than work."

I was baffled. Something other than work?

"And what would that be?" I asked.

"Well, it is nearing the afternoon, and there's an area I would like to visit before the sun sets. I was hoping you would come with me." She said, a pink smile appearing on her face.

I pondered for a moment. This could be relaxing for me. Maybe it could keep my mind off of the pain. Plus, I needed to be destressed anyway.

"That sounds fine." I stated. Pink walked towards the doorway.

"Then follow me."

We walked out of the citadel and made our way towards the palanquin. Hers was a color of bright pink which seemed to shine with every beam of sunlight that hit it. Others would say it was beautiful, but it downright burned my retinas.

We both took a seat inside and it took off. Neither of us said a word throughout the entire ride. It was very peculiar, seeing as my last trip with Blue was more talkative. We usually had more conversation than Pink and White Diamond combined. I wonder why that is. And she has a certain voice when she talks to me and only me, I think that is also strange. Wait, why am I thinking about Blue right now? Argh, let me just get back to the story.

After a while, the palanquin stopped, and we both stepped out. My eyes were once again burned by an intense amount of bright sunlight. I covered my eyes.

"Goodness, Pink, I cannot see a thing! Why did you take me here?" I asked, my arm still trying to block the light.

"You'll see." She simply said, and as if on cue, the sun began to set slowly.

I looked up at the sun, and witnessed a great sight. The sun began to descend, with purple darkness taking way. An orangey glow quickly flashed to a violet shade. We both stared in awe. A color that resembled dew soaked lavender began to fill the sky, and as if it couldn't get more beautiful, the moon ascended, bringing forth a bright white light that seemed to shine on only the both of us. At the same time, the stars seemed to awaken, finally shining nearly as bright as the moon. I never had this magnificent view anywhere else. The sunset was too far from the city, so I could never see anything. But this was truly wonderful.

Pink looked down and wiped a few tears from her eyes. "Magnificent, isn't it?"

"Yes, it is." I said, yet not tearing up.

"And how is your pain?" She asked again.

My eyes shot open. I completely forgot about my injury. How could something be so breathtaking, that you can't even remember your own status? I smirked a little.

"It's not as bad, now that I have seen this. Thank you for taking me here." I said.

"Your very welcome, Yellow Diamond." She replied.

"Yellow." I stated. "You can call me Yellow, if you'd like.

"Oh, alright... Yellow." She said before giggling.

We went back to the citadel soon after, and I went back up to my study. But before I made it, Pink asked me.

"Did you really enjoy it?"

I smiled.

"Yes, I did."

And this time, I wasn't lying.