Hello everyone! Welcome back to the story of Domina. If you haven't read Domina Alba then thats fine but you might be confused by a few things here. Basically thousands of years ago White Diamond in an effort to understand what Pink Diamond took one of the humans from the zoo and eventually fell in love with ended up having a child together that white diamond gives up her physical form for. This is about what happens after this, before the Main fic Domina Alba. Unlike that story, this one is from the perspective of Pink Pearl who has her own things going on. It might also help if you read my fic Uneven Positioning,though all you need to know from that is that after Pink Diamond was shattered White Diamond took her Pearl. So I hope you enjoy, I'm not promising daily updates but I'm sure going to try! The first few chapters have been looked over by fatetinhourglass from the SU fanfic discord and my occasionally present beta reader missConductor. Thanks to them for putting up with my nonsense.
White Diamond's quarters aboard the main flagship had changed much in the years since Vitus had been taken from the zoo. Now, in the last nine months, they had changed again. Pink Pearl paced in the renovated room. Instead of a pristine white, like the rest of the ship, the walls were made a warmer cream - something that Vitus had assured them would be more soothing. Pearl stared at the chair sitting next to a small bassinet, a small cloth animal figurine placed in it. There was a chest full of more clothes, one full of objects that she had watched Vitus make over the last few months that he referred to as 'toys'. She had forgotten how fast humans changed.
Pink Diamond had only superficially been interested in humans. But Pearl still remembered how caught up the Diamond got in watching their all too short lives.
She paced around the room. She had no clue how long this was supposed to take. Everything had already been arranged and rearranged. Pearl had to admit she really hadn't thought this would work. Human and gem biology shouldn't be compatible. And now, White Diamond was giving up her form, and there was going to be this.. hybrid. It completely discounted the madness that was the idea of the supreme ruler of gem kind giving up her form, and for what? To add some flexibility to the authority? Pearl couldn't even fathom why the Diamond would have thought of such a thing.
Vitus appeared in the doorway, as if on cue. There was a redder tinge to his normally brown skin, his black hair was dishevelled, and he was cradling carrying a small white bundle. He smiled at her, but it was tense.
"I was wondering where you were at." He said, stepping into the room. Pearl bowed slightly, more out of habit than anything, protocol had always gotten a little bit hazy when Vitus got involved.
"My-White..." Pearl stared at the bundle and shook her head. "She did not want me there."
"Ah." Vitus said. He gently sat on the chair and stared at the bundle.
"Is that..." Pearl asked
"Domina." Vitus said. "It means ruler. White said that it would be 'acceptable'," he snorted slightly. Pearl moved closer in an attempt to glance over the edge of the cloth. "Here." Vitus said, he stood back up and gently arranged her arms before setting the infant in her arms. Pearl didn't need to breath, though like most gems she did out of habit, now though she held her breath. There was an irony about a Pearl supporting a Diamond, but the thing in her arms was far from the intimidating figure of a diamond. The infant, Domina, was asleep and looked at first glance much like her father. Her skin and hair were dark, but they shimmered with an iridescence that only White Diamond had. Then, of course, there was the gem that took up almost her entire forehead. Pearl gently brushed aside Domina's hair from the gem and the infant's eyes opened. She drew a breath in surprise and watched as the infant blinked and yawned, then waved her arms in the confining cloth.
"Hello Domina, My Diamond."