Chapter 3:so many questions

Sixteen years later

Katherine could be said to be a carbon copy of White diamond, aside from her curly blonde hair which had gotten lighter in recent years. She enjoyed many of the same things as White as well, aside from being isolated, that was the one thing she couldn't stand. She always dressed properly and formally never once wearing anything scandalous.

Erica looked nothing like Yellow diamond aside from her piercing golden eyes. She had messy long brown hair which was always in a tangled braid, piercing all along the side of her ears, a nose ring and a belly button ring, most of which she had peirced herself. She dressed similar to her grandfather in his rock and roll days, being the only granddaughter with a love for his music.

And Laura, she was so much like Steven, but far quieter and shyer than her father. She looked and dressed like Blue diamond without even trying. She loved spending time with her mother and even considered a similar career path as Connie.

But as they grew so did their powers, but as their powers grew so did their questions.

Why don't we look like mom?

How come our gems are different from yours daddy?

Why are our eyes weird?

The questions continued to mount up like that on and on until finally Steven broke and had a pink moment. "Because you're diamonds!"

The three girls blinked and stared at their father with various emotions.

Kathrine trembled and softly asked. "You mean those gem matriarchs that gave themselves up at the beginning of era 3...?" She didn't quite know how to take the news and it definitely wasn't what she was expecting but she only wanted to know why they were so different from Connie not whatever Steven had just shared.

Steven panted and tried to calm down but that was increasingly difficult considering that he had just shared a secret which never should have been kept.

Laura tried not to cry but it was increasingly difficult considering that the person she was so close to and called mom for so many years wasn't actually her mother. "...that's not funny daddy...mom is our real mom isn't she...? Isn't she Erica?"

Erica growled and shook with anger. "I knew it! I knew she wasn't! Who were they?! Tell me who my mother was!"

"What does it matter Erica?! You've always been frustrated with mom so why do you care? If they were diamonds like pink then that means that they don't exist anymore!" Katherine snapped her own temper blooming in response to her sister's.

So imagine what a sight Connie came home to.

Erica screaming at Katherine and Steven who each screamed back. Steven being pink and larg. Laura bawling at the kitchen table then running and hugging Connie.

"It's not true is it? That you aren't really our mother?" Laura shook and held tight looking up into Connie's eyes with big watery blue eyes.

"You told them?!" Connie asked aghast.

The group of fighting family turned and looked at her and Erica saw red. She didn't do anything but the way her Aurora flared and how she stomped up to her room was a good indicator of how furious she was.

"I snapped ok? They kept asking and asking and I didn't know what else to say! I told them we shouldn't have kept this a secret! But nobody ever listens to Steven! Nobody! Ever!" Steven ranted running his hands through his hair.

Erica paced in her room, running her hands through her hair and trying to wrap her head around the information given to her.

Connie wasn't her mother.

She knew that since forever but to actually be right? That's not something you know how to respond to.

Her phone rang and Erica jumped scrambling for it and answering. "What's up, Trudy?"

"It's Mr. Universe. We were at a gig and he just fell over. How soon can you be to Sin city? "

"I'll be there in half an hour." Was all Erica said before rushing out of her room, glaring at her family before warping off to the closest point.

"Oh well that's just great!" Steven said sarcastically, gesturing to the warp.

Connie was about to have a rebuttal but her phone rang and she answered it. "Hello?"

"Hi Connie. I tried reaching Steven but his phone must be off or something." Sadie said, Connie having put her on speakerphone.

"No it was one of Erica's tantrums." Connie sighed.

"Ah. Well you need to get to Sin City as soon as you guys can."

"Why?" Steven asked skeptically.

"It was Greg. We were in the middle of setting things up for tonight and he just passed out. The doctors think it could be a heart attack or stroke. We won't know until the blood results are done." Sadie explained, sounding shaken.

"We'll be there soon. Thanks Sadie." Connie said. Grabbing her car keys both of her remaining daughters followed, while Steven stayed frozen in the kitchen.

"Granddad will be alright...right?" Laura softly asked as they solemnly got in the car.

Connie could only respond with I don't know because she didn't. Greg was starting to push his seventies and they begged him to stop touring but it was his passion and there was nothing they could do about it.

Erica ran from the warp pad and into the City, trying to find the hospital that Trudy had given her directions to.

She had to see him before he got worse because he was the only one she trusted and knew to make sense of it.

Time skip. Check.

Dramatic teenage girl outbursts. Check.

Elderly issues. Check.

Cliffhanger. Check.

Reviews... hmm nothing yet.

So will Greg pull through?

And what will Steven's daughters do with this information now that they have it?

I am sorry for the huge time skip and I might go back later and adjust it but not right now because I have an amazing idea for this.

Review please