AN:Welcome back, hope you all are liking it so far, this one will pick up the pace a little.

for those who are interested I can also be found on AO3 under the name Queenautumn.

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Chapter 3

^November 29th 2016^

"Did you finish the math homework that you had to do before we go out?" Amethyst asked as she and pearl walked down the narrow halls of the school, headed to their respective dance classes.

"I did mine, Ame, did you do yours?" Pearl asked with a smug tone looking down slightly at her younger friend.

Amethyst nodded unsure, "I did, I'm just not sure how well I did it..."

"Well after ballet I can help you check it over, or when I come to your house?" Pearl offered as they turned the corner to the dance wing.

"That's cool, Sky's gonna help me, you got plans with Rose, I know. And I wanna hang out without homework before you go see her." Amethyst smiled at Pearl, she and her sister got along for the most part, but more than once Amethyst would get jealous of the time Pearl spent with Rose rather than herself.

Pearl laughed and shook her head as they walking into the locker room and stripped down to change into their dance clothes.

"Alright, so you better be ready when we're done, on time Ame. I don't wanna wait around for an hour like last time! And we'd miss the movie!" Pearl said as she pulled her tutu up and began tying her shoes.

"I know I know, five o',clock sharp I will be waiting at your car." She said before jogging off to her hip hop class.


"One,two,three,one,two,three... good" she smiled as Pearl and Jasper danced. "Excellent just pearl, make sure you're holding onto Jasper's shoulder a bit tighter, I know she's strong but I wouldn't want her to drop you in the middle of the biggest scene" Blanche said as she signaled for a restart of the play through.

They danced the scene three more times before Blanche was satisfied with the performance. Then moved on to the next scene.

Pearl walked off stage breathing heavily and sat down on a nearby bench. She heard sky before she saw her look alike, as the people of the school always said. Sky had been her good friend since they were toddlers, Blanche and her sister Blue raised the girls together like sisters and they sure did look more like sisters than cousins, besides the darker color of Sky's skin, and her dyed hair a light blue, fitting her name.

"You alright?" Sky asked as she stretched out for her upcoming scene.

"Oh yes, just out of breath, you know my mother, always has to be perfect. I mean I understand but..." she signed, "I'm just tired..." Pearl said picking up her phone to check the time. 5:03.

"Fuck I gotta go meet up with amethyst, talk to you later?"

Sky nodded as Pearl ran off, slipping her flats on and her tutu off as she went.

"Bye mom!" Pearl called over her shoulder as the door to the auditorium slammed shut.


"Ha! You're late and I'm not!" Amy laughed as Pearl rushed out, still in her leggings and leotard.

"Whatever let's go you purple blob" Pearl said pointing as Amy's all purple outfit matching her purple hair.


^December 3rd 2016^

The night of the first performance everything ran smoothly, scouts from all sorts of company's watched and applauded everyone and even approached Blanche for a few contact information. Sky and Pearl both getting audition offers from the Empire city Ballet Company.

Saturday's performance went well to, they had just come back from intermission when Pearls solo scene come up next. Pearl rushed onto the stage, leaping around, then settled on the ground and spun into a perfect pliƩ.

Rose sat in the audience with Amethyst, Blanche, Blue and a few other family and friends. They watched in awe as the small dancer moved beautifully. As the music reached its climax pearl leant in to begin her arabesque penche, her left leg lifting and her right holding her weight.

And as perfectly times as mistakes could be, when the music fell into allegro she crumbled to the floor.

Blanche shouted as she watched her daughter in what seemed like slow motion, one moment she was dancing beautifully, and the next she was buckling under her own weight and falling to the ground in a small heap.

Blanche was the quickest to move in the crowd, but Sky got to pearls side faster, having been behind the curtain watching.

She ran to her cousins side and knelt down, pulling the girl to lay on her back, she was conscious, but very obviously not aware of her surroundings.

"Pearl?" Sky asked quietly, the music had been shut off and the curtains closing. "Pearl can you hear me!?" She asked again, untangling the girls legs from beneath her body.

"PEARL!?" Rose called as she and Blanche rushed to her side. "What happened!?" She cried, letting Blanche get to her first.

Blanche stayed silent, tilting pearls face to look her in the eye. She had tearing running from both her eyes but she made no sounds of pain.

"Mo...momma?" Pearl asked quietly, seeming to see her mother.

"I'm here baby, tell me what's wrong" Blanche said. Her hands resting on her child's cheeks.

"M-ma-my le-leg" Pearl forced out, shutting her eyes against the pain.

Blanche trailed her hands down the length of each leg until she felt it, a lump in the inner thigh of Pearls right leg.

"W-hat..." Blanche mumbled, looking to Rose, as the large woman held Pearls hand. "Feel this" she ordered quietly, as to not let Pearl hear them.

Rose felt the spot that her boss pointed to, "Wh-what is that?"

"Is this what that muscle knot felt like all those weeks ago?" Blanche asked, afraid of her own question.

Rose nodded, mute.

"Ok, uhm, Pearl, rose is going to pick you up and I'm going to call an ambulance ok?" Blanche said pulling out her phone.

"N-no! It-its fine... " pearl mumbled pushing herself up, "I've just been... working through it... it'll go away... just,.." she sat up and her head spun as she fell back into roses arms.

"I'm calling 911, carry her out." Blanche ordered, rather than asked. As she dialed the emergency hotline.

"911, what's your emergency?"

"Hi yes my daughter needs an ambulance at the stage door of Beach City Arts school, she fell during her ballet and is in immense pain"

"Of course ma'am I'll send that right over, do you know if anything is broken or bleeding?"

"No i can't see either. It's her leg though" Blanche said as she led Rose outside where Amethyst was waiting, to flag down the paramedics.

"You're gonna be ok p" Amethyst said as she locked eyes with her sister, who looked very worried.


"We performed and exam, nothing's broken and we could find no obvious injuries, we did find that lump you were speaking of and would like to get a biopsy done of it right away. Just to rule out something serious." The Dr said to Blanche then turned to Rose, "you said she's had the lump for several weeks?" Rose nodded mutely.

"Of course go ahead, am i... may I see her?" Blanche asked, "she's not 18 yet.."

"Of course follow me, I'm sorry but family only for now"

Amethyst looked about to protest but Blanche gave her a pointed look and she shut her mouth.

"I'll let you know how she's doing."