Author's Note: Well, it looks like I'm publishing another short chapter tonight. But I can assure you that I'll have Chapter 3 up when I get to it! Ciao!

-Voltalia

Pearl came out into the throne room where she was greeted by the face of her trusted Chancellor as well as the visitor.

Chancellor Lapis Lazuli had grayish-pink skin that almost looked perpetually oily, and seemed rather jarring against her poofy, blue topknot bun that was streaked with gold and white throughout. Her outfit was very militaristic, just like Zoisite's before her, only paletted with blues instead of whites.

As for Larimar, she had Caribbean blue skin with her hair and eyes being a few shades darker. She had on a loose white dress with a short skirt and no sleeves, as well as Roman sandals and a gilded crown of laurels.

"You called for me?" Pearl asked Larimar.

"Yes." the ditzy light blue Gem answered. "My mother Pearl the Elder has wanted you dead ever since you and Garnet took power, your Highness." She shrank a bit out of fear.

"Can you explain why this is?"

"No. I have no idea why she'd want to kill you. But I've been dead to her for a long time, whatever that means."

"And just how did you find out about this?"

"Uh... I think my father Blue Topaz told me."

"Is that all?" All of a sudden, the white Gem Queen paused for a brief second and thought. "Wait a moment..."

"Wait for what?"

"It sounds like you and I have the same parents... Come to think of it, you look quite a bit like me."

"So?"

Pearl turned her head to focus on Lapis. "Chancellor, get the physician here now. Tell her I want a DNA test performed this instant."

Lapis saluted her Queen and ran off to fetch the physician.

A little while later...

"Well..." began the physician, who happened to be a Prehnite Gem given her light green coloring. "I couldn't believe it myself at first, but the results say that you two are in fact sisters."

"What?!" Pearl asked outrageously.

Larimar simply made an O-face and turned towards her newfound sister. "Can you believe this?" she mouthed happily.

Pearl replied, "I don't know. I mean, our mother wants me dead. Our own mother wants to kill me for being the Queen." There was even less color in her face than usual, if that was even possible.

Garnet came out and comforted her co-Queen. "We'll figure something out, I'm sure." she assured her.