HELLO EVERYBODY! Nicholas Friar here, bringing you the 29th, and Final Chapter of The Gem of Time! It's been a good run, guys, but I think it's time I finally put this guy to rest. It's kind of crazy that I've been writing this story for almost two years, and that doesn't even count all the previous versions that were never posted. I think the oldest one dates back to sometime during 2015, honestly, which probably puts this concept to almost three years old. And now, I'm finally done with it. Well, at least I will be whenever I finish this chapter. So, I suppose I shouldn't delay this any longer. Without further ado, my guys and gals...READ ON!

Minerva stared in confusion. "Pink? As in, Pink Diamond Pink?!"

Blue Diamond nodded. "There's no mistaking it. That's definitely her gem. Rose Quartz gems didn't look like that."

Lapis looked between the two in shock. "So...Steven is Pink Diamond?"

The large blue monarch stood up, and looked between the two. "We have to go. Yellow needs to see this, now."

The three walked out into the entrance to the mind scape. Yellow Diamond's door stood, tall and proud, reflecting the gem herself. Blue looked at the door, and simply pushed it open. Minerva leaned over to Lapis.

"You know, you'd think it'd be more difficult than that."

Lapis shrugged, and the two followed behind Blue Diamond closely. The room itself reminded Lapis of the Moon Base, with a bunch of computers, and a tall chair in front of them, facing away from them. Blue Diamond stopped behind the chair, but before she could say anything, Yellow Diamond spoke up.

"What do you want."

Blue Diamond frowned. "Yellow. We need to talk."

The large yellow gem turned to face them, and stepped out of her chair. She walked forward, and stopped just short of Blue Diamond. She glanced down towards Lapis and Minerva, and frowned distastefully.

"And what, pray tell, do we have to talk about?"

Blue didn't lose her composure. "Pink is still here."

Yellow Diamond raised her eyebrow, and her frown deepened. "Excuse me?"

The blue monarch turned to Lapis. "Show her the memory."

Lapis frowned a little at the order, but materialized the memory of Steven healing her gem, and showed it to Yellow Diamond.

Yellow frowned. "That is certainly most strange. Rose Quartz gems definitely did not have the ability to heal wounds like that."

Minerva smiled a little, but then frowned at her next words.

"However, I am not fully convinced. This could be a trick, after all. How do we know these memories aren't fake, or some illusion?"

Blue Diamond frowned. "Yellow, I'd recognize that gem pattern anywhere. It may be rotated to only show the top, but there's no mistaking that that gem is Pink's!"

Yellow Diamond looked down at the two. "Show me the gem."

Minerva pulled up her memory as well, and Yellow Diamond looked closely. Once it was over, she closed her eyes.

"After all these years," she mumbled under her breath,"and you were hiding right under our noses the whole time? We're going to have a long talk after this, Pink."

Minerva stepped forward. "As much as this is definitely an interesting development, we have important matters at hand."

Yellow rose an eyebrow. "What?"

The former Bearer of Wisdom continued. "Gannondorf has stolen the triforce of Wisdom, and imprisoned your sister, White Diamond. Right now, The Bearer of Courage is fighting him to keep him at bay. But with two pieces of the Triforce, that may turn out to be impossible for him. That's why we need your help to defeat him."

Yellow Diamond frowned. "Why should we?"

The fact that she didn't outright say no made Minerva feel a little better, and she was about to respond, but Lapis beat her to it.

"And let him destroy and enslave this entire world? Is that really much of a better alternative? Not only will you have willing let Pink's memory and world go, but there's nothing saying that Gannondorf won't destroy you along with it. The only way we can beat this guy is if we combine our strengths!"

Minerva looked over to Lapis in surprise, but shrugged. "I mean, she's definitely right."

Blue Diamond stepped forward. "I'll help you, if only for Pink's sake."

All three of them looked over to Yellow Diamond, who was frowning. She stayed silent, seemingly debating whether or not to join them. Blue narrowed her eyes a little, and Yellow sighed in defeat.

"Fine, but don't expect me to join your little rebel cause after this. It's just because there's too much at risk if I don't."

Minerva grinned, and clapped her hands together.

"Great! Well, we don't want to keep everyone waiting!"

The two quickly exited the mindscape, and popped the bubbles holding the Diamonds hostage.

When Pearl, Amethyst, Steven, and Connie came back from Rose Quartz's Fountain, they saw Ruby standing alone in the temple. Confused, Pearl walked up to her.

"Ruby?"

The short red gem turned around, and had tears in her eyes. Pearl looked surprised.

"What's wrong, where's Sapphire?"

All four them listened in horror as Ruby told them how Sapphire was shattered by Gannondorf, without a hint of remorse or hesitation. They had tears well up, and Steven shook with anger.

"That's going way too far. No one deserves to be shattered like that. It just isn't right. He needs to be stopped. NOW!"

Connie looked at Steven in surprise, as she hadn't seen him get this angry before. It was justifiable though, hearing about the shattering of Sapphire. Ruby spoke up.

"How? We definitely can't take him ourselves! He caught White Diamond with ease, and she easily overpowered us!"

A voice spoke from behind them.

"I believe we have a little extra fire power on our side this time."

They all turned around and saw Minerva and Lapis, with Blue and Yellow Diamond hunched over behind them. Yellow grimaced a bit.

"It's much too small in here."

Blue Diamond nodded, and the other gems stepped back in fear. Ruby looked at them in surprise.

"You actually convinced them? How?"

Minerva glanced towards Steven. "That discussion can wait. Right now, we have to focus on Gannondorf."

They regained their composure, and nodded. Steven grinned a little. "Let's get this guy!"

They walked outside, and saw that Link and Gannondorf were still going strong.

Oni sidestepped one of Demise's attacks, and swung his large sword towards his midsection. The Demon King blocked it, and jumped back. The fact that this battle had lasted as long as it had amazed Link, who had never fought someone for this long. However, it was beginning to take it's toll on both sides. While Oni had begun to get tired a while ago, he wasn't losing his energy as fast as Demise was now. That one shot had been a pretty good one, and it took a lot from the demon to continue fighting with a stab to his sword arm. It was far from ending the fight, however. Link felt like his body was about to collapse, and judging from the feral snarl on Demise's face, he felt like he was getting close as well. Oni got distracted, and got a deep cut across his face. He grunted in pain, unable to open one of his eyes. He could feel the warm drip of blood across his face. It was deep. He probably lost the eye. His vision was blurry, and he struggled to block Demise's next attack. He stumbled back, and prepared himself for the next swing.

But it seemingly never came.

He looked up, and saw that the sword had been stopped mid-air by a large green hand. The figure that it belonged to was easily over 100 feet tall, and stood with a dark green cape, and a light green helmet. There were two diamond shaped gems on the chest, and Oni looked at them in surprise. The Diamonds? Since when where they on their side. He didn't look a gift horse in the mouth, however, and regained his composure. He shot forward, and got a good cut in across his torso. The wound sizzled from the magic that his sword was imbued with. Demise let out a screech of pain, and broke free from the hold of the huge Green Diamond. He growled angrily, and trapped them similarly to how he trapped White Diamond.

"GAHH! I DON'T HAVE THE TIME FOR THIS. YOU DIE IMMEDIATELY, ONI!"

Oni simply gripped his sword tighter, and didn't say a word. He shot forward, and despite being tired, it finally seemed that the magic that he was continuously using, as well as his wounds was finally taking its toll on him. He was much slower, and much weaker. Demise was at his limits, which was a perfect time for Oni to turn the fight in his favor. He continued to slash mercilessly, and with a particularly strong right hand slash, Demise stumbled, and fell to his knees. The magic disappated from the Diamonds, and he was breaking heavily. His form flickered.

"I Won't LEt YoU wIN!"

Oni frowned in front of him. He yelled to the others.

"Minerva!"

The Sheikah girl nodded, and put her hands together.

"HYLIA'S WRATH!"

A huge beam of white magic shot out of her hands, and hit Gannondorf/Demise in the back, causing him to yell in pain, and fall forward. The beam dissipated, and Oni/Link shot forward. The DNA helix blades retracted from the Master Sword, and the white eyes of Oni changed to Link's striking blue ones, as he delivered the final blows. With the last blow, he buried the Master Sword hilt deep into Gannon's forhead. He stepped back, and grinned.

"Just Like Old Times."

The aura of Oni disappeared from Link, and he began to shrink. His signature green tunic reappeared, and his gem resurfaced on his chest. The face markings faded away, and his hair changed back to the familiar blonde that it always was. He looked at the paralyzed form of Gannondorf below him, and placed his hand on the head of the Demon King. It glowed golden for a moment, before two large triangles appeared before him, floating gently in the air. The others walked over, and looked in awe at them

Minerva spoke up. "So that's it huh? The triforce."

Link shook his head. "Not quite."

He held his hand up, much to everyone's confusion, and it glowed golden as well.

The third, and final triangle floated from his hand, and joined the other two, the Triforce glowing a brilliant white, and exerting its full power. Link smiled forlornley.

"The completed Triforce, powerful enough to grant any wish."

A voice echoed in his mind.

'You know what needs to be done.'

He gently placed his hand on the Triforce, and closed his eyes.

"O, great goddesses, hear my wish, and make it so..."

The next part he said was in a language that none of them understood. He stopped talking, and the Triforce glowed a brilliant white once more, this time being bright enough to make everyone avert their eyes. Once the light died down, the triforce turned a dark gray.

Steven looked at it in confusion. "What's going on?"

The Triforce began to break apart, its dust flying away on the wind. Link watched with a fond smile, and watched as the last of it disappeared forever. Soon after, Gannondorf's body began to disappated as well, the Master Sword leaving along with it. However, once it was gone, dust began to gather together, and slowly, the form of Sapphire was built. Ruby looked on with teary eyes. The short blue gem stumbled forward, and placed a hand to her head.

"Ugh, what happened?"

Ruby ran forward, and tackled her in a hug, wiping her teary face into Sapphire's shoulder. The short blue gem looked in surprise, but returned the hug anyway.

"Ruby?"

Ruby sniffled happily. "I thought you were gone forever!"

Sapphire seemed taken aback. She smiled softly though, and hugged the red gem a little tighter. "Well, I'll never leave again then."

The two glowed bright white, and fused into Garnet once again, who grinned, and hugged Link.

"Thank you." She gently whispered into his ear.

He smiled, and nodded. Suddenly, he clutched his chest in pain, and stumbled forward. Lapis came to him, and held him forward in concern.

"Link?"

He pulled his hand away, and showed the green gem of Jade sitting in his palm. He grinned lightly, and suddenly the gem began to glow. It took form, and Jade fell to the ground in surprise. She put her hands gently in the sand, and tears welled up in her eyes.

"Finally. I'm finally back!"

Link grinned at her, and she grinned back. Lapis looked at him worriedly.

"Are you okay?"

The green clad hero looked at her. "Yeah, I'll live. But there is something that I needed to tell you."

The blue gem looked at him curiously. "What is it?"

He suddenly grabbed her, and planted his lips on hers. She looked surprised, and definitely confused, before melting into it, and placing her arms around his neck. The two pulled away, both blushing like mad. Garnet wolf whisteled, and Link grinned like a fool.

"I'm deeply and madly in love with you."

She blushed even deeper. "O-oh w-wow."

Amethyst barked out a laugh. "She's speechless! Greenie must be a pretty good kisser then!"

Link wrapped his arm around her, and looked at them all. "Today marks the dawn of a new day in this world. A day where we can come together as friends, where previously we came together as enemies."

The Diamonds shared a look, and Link looked over to Lapis.

"Maybe even something more."

They all cheered, and Link hugged Lapis a little closer to him. Steven hugged Connie, both of them blushing when they realized, and everyone else celebrated in similar fashions. Link looked around, and then whispered to Lapis.

"You know, we're missing Peridot."

Lapis looked around. "Huh, you're right."

They shared a look, and Lapis shrugged.

"Eh, we'll tell her later."

Link chuckled, and smiled softly at the blue gem. She blushed softly, and kind of spoke up.

"Uh, h-hey. Can y-you d-do that th-thing again? Y-you know, wh-wher-"

Link rose an eyebrow. "You want me to kiss you again?"

Lapis nodded. "Yeah, that."

The green clad hero grinned, and nodded. "Of course I can."

He brought their lips together again, this time a lot more prepared. Minerva grinned, and turned to Garnet.

"Young love, am I right?"

Garnet nodded. "Definitetly."

She then realized she was talking to a 16 year old girl say that about two beings that were thousands of years old, probably even older than her. She shrugged though.

Steven looked at White, Yellow, and Blue Diamond in surprise.

"So. I'm Pink Diamond?"

They nodded, and Pearl came over as well.

"They're right. You're mother had me swear a silence vow, saying that I'd never say anything about it, so she could live her life as Rose Quartz."

Steven ran a hand through his hair. "Well, that certainly changes a lot."

White Diamond nodded. "We'll have to get you to Homeworld right away. There are about 5,000 years worth of paper work you need to catch up on."

Steven blanched. "Yeah, we'll have to see about that."

Link looked over to Minerva. "So, what are you going to do now?"

Minerva looked at him. "I think I'm gonna go home for a while. In a couple years, I might come back. I think I wanna see what this world's got going on, you know? I saw this wild thing about a place called Gravity Falls, in Oregon, that I definitely want to check out. What about you?"

Link glanced over to Lapis, who was now talking to Amethyst.

"You know, I think I might stick around for a while. They might need a little help cleaning things up."

Minerva chuckled, and looked at the destroyed beach front.

"Yeah, probably."

The water calmly lapped against the shore, and the sun shined warmly on them all. It was a far cry from the battle that had been taking place a few hours ago. Link sighed softly.

They had finally achieved peace.

AAAAAAAAAND THAT'S A WRAP FOLKS! That's right guys, that's it. I really liked how it wrapped up. Maybe a little rushed, but other than that, I enjoyed writing it. I've got to say though, it's been a good time guys. I really do think that we've had some good times here. So, as my final words to all of you, I have to say, I hope you enjoyed the story. Hopefully enough to leave a favorite, and tell me what you thought in the reviews. Stay frosty, my friends, and for the final time...

See You On The Flip-Side~Nicholas Friar