Just a Myth
Steven explained to Pearl about the dream he had. When he was done it was time for Pearl to talk.
"Steven, Black Diamond… is a myth. She was never real," Pearl explained.
"How are you so sure?"
"Steven, a Diamond is a supreme gem on Homeworld. They are valued and guarded. If there was another Diamond we would have known about it a long time ago," Pearl explained.
"But my dream…"
"Steven your own mother looked for her, but had to give up," Pearl explained.
"But in my dream it said she and White were the first Diamonds," Steven explained, then a question came to mind. He wondered why he never thought of that question, "Pearl?"
"What is it?"
"Gems have to be made right?"
"Yes?"
"Well, who made White Diamond? Who made the first gems?"
"I guess you can say no one created them, Steven," Pearl said. Steven looked confuse, "Let me explain. It was documented like this, the first gems emerged on their own, White Diamond was among them. After centuries of research she discovered that their gems, were originally from a meteor."
"Like what killed the dinosaurs?"
"Yes, but when it entered Homeworlds atmosphere it broke apart, and scattered, and the pieces landed in different environments, this meteor when through different forms of space radiation, combined with the unique resources of their environments, formed the first gem generation," Pearl explained.
"Well, can't we ask one of the first gems about this?"
Pearl shook her head, "Steven it was a long time ago. Circumstances had led to those gems being shattered, only White Diamond survived."
Steven absorbed the information, then thought back to Black Diamond's mural. How she had no planets, no colonies, "What if she was shattered with the other gems, or just disappeared."
"Steven, I told you Diamonds were highly guarded."
"You also said they were the first gem generation," Steven reminded, "Do you think they were all born believing that Diamonds were important?"
Pearl looked at him with a blank expression, "Um…" Pearl stood up and began to mutter to herself as she thought. Did they? Of course, modern gem creation instilled knowledge into the gems to know their roles, but the first gem generation wasn't intended, it was an accident… a twist of nature. They had no way to know what they were or what they were supposed to do, because no one told them to? So, what did the first gem generation see the Diamonds as?
"Steven what makes you think she would have been shattered?"
"I don't want her to be shattered," Steven said, he never wanted any gem to get hurt, "But in my dream, her mural didn't have any colonies, so if she was real, something happened before gems started to take over other planets."
Pearl thought, Steven did have a point. Besides, it wouldn't had been the first time the Diamonds tried to cover up another Diamond's death. It wasn't like they forbade the mention of Pink Diamond, but it seemed they did try to… censor it to a degree.
Before the conversation could continue, Blue Diamond entered the room, "Pink."
"Blue," Steven said, he still wasn't used to talking to her so casually, "Pearl said you talked to White. A-are you okay?"
"I'm alright," Blue got on her knees, so she could pick up Steven. She looked concerned, "Did White hurt you?"
"No, she didn't seem angry," Steven said, "But when I tried to talk to her, she wouldn't even let me get a word out."
"I told you White was difficult," Blue explained, "I understand you want to help your gems, but it looks like it will take a few centuries to convince her."
"Centuries?" Steven wasn't positive he had centuries, but he was positive he didn't want to wait that long.
"I know it's a long time, but it the only way," Blue said.
Then Steven thought back to his dream, "We need four Diamonds to heal the gems, right?"
"I think so," Blue said.
"Well… I had a dream that…"
"Dream?" Blue asked confused.
"Right, you don't need to sleep," Steven said.
"Sleep, that's something humans need," Blue thought out loud, "Holy Blue Agate told me that one time when I visited your zoo."
"Yeah, gems can sleep too," Steven explained, "And dreams are things that happen in your minds. For humans it's joys, fears, or just mixed up movies."
"I'm aware of your… fascination of human's Pink, but I don't really see how they're useful," Blue said.
"Well, sometimes when I dream, I can look into someone else's thoughts, their minds, I even think I have dreams of the past," Steven explained.
"Oh, that's good," Blue smiled, "We'll be able to recover your memories then."
"That's not why I'm telling you this," Steven said, dodging the fact he wasn't his mother, "In my dream, I think… I saw another Diamond… Black Diamond."
"Black Diamond?" Blue asked.
"Blue, please," Steven began desperately, "I think she vanished before gems started to colonize other planets. If you've ever heard of her or seen her I need you to tell me."
"I told you this before, as well as Yellow and White, there was never a Black Diamond in our authority."
"Are you telling the truth or are you hiding it like you hid mom's shattering?"
Blue sighed, "Pink, I've never seen a Black Diamond. I promise you that isn't a lie, and Yellow wouldn't lie to you or me."
"What about White?"
Blue's gaze looked down, then out the window. Blue was silent for a moment, "… You said when you slept, you could enter another's mind?"
"Yes," Steven confirmed.
"Is that how you showed us your aura on Earth?" Blue asked.
"Yes," Steven answered.
Blue looked away for a second. A train of thought clearly going through her mind, "Do you think you could enter White's mind?"
"Maybe, but I've never done it willingly before," Steven explained.
Blue set him down, "Try, I'm going to go talk to Yellow when she's done talking to White."
"Can you let my friends in here? They calm me down."
"Alright," Blue nodded, a few minutes after she left, the rest of the crystal gems, along with Connie entered the room. Pulling Steven into a group hug.
