Steven Universe: The Diamond Legacy

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I stepped off of Turquoise's warp pad and politely knocked on her door. "Nora." The Gem smiled answering the door. "Always a pleasure. Come on in." Turquoise was always an inviting guest, setting a pot of steamed tea and offering me a cup.

"Hello Nora. Good to see you again." An accented voice greeted me. The bearded older man from the village was sitting on the couch next to lady I assumed to be his wife. "Remember me? I'm Simon."

"Oh yeah. I do." I nodded, looking over to his companion. "Hi I'm Nora." "Nice to meet you Nora." She stood up and shook my hand. "I'm Claire, it's nice to meet you too. Turquoise and my husband told me a lot about you."

"That's cool." I said. "Turquoise is going to teach me how to fight with my powers. I'm quarter Gem."

"So I've heard." Simon remarked. "Her father is Steven Universe, the half-Gem man who helped us heal Turquoise, and her grandmother was once the ruler of Turquoise's kind." He explained to Claire.

"Well one of the rulers." I explained. "She actually fought against her sisters during the Rebellion, but nobody ever knew it was her until thousands of years later."

"Really?" Claire said surprised. " That makes you royalty right?"

"I guess." I said confused. Turquoise placed a hand on my shoulder, offering me a seat.

"What brings you guys here?" I asked the humans, wanting to be polite.

" Our children and grandchildren are helping load up hay into the barn." Simon explained. "We were helping them when we decided to take a break. We're not as young as we once were, they should be fine until I'm back."

"You should stay in and let them take care of it." Turquoise remarked. "They're capable of of the task on their own. I'd hate to see you two overworking yourselves." She pointed her staff at the bearded man. "And that means you Simon."

"Oh don't worry about me." Simon laughed. "I'm stronger than I look."

"You say that, then you'll throw out your back." Claire jabbed humorously.

"I'm not that old Ma'am!" Simon laughed.

I thanked Turquoise for the tea and politely asked when she'd be ready to train me.

"Soon." Turquoise said. "I still need to figure out a plan on how to teach you. I've trained many a Quartz in my time, but a human is not as sturdy. Wouldn't wanna end up breaking all your bones in a warm up." She winked. "I promise. When I am ready to teach you, I'll let you know. You can count on that."

"Thanks Turquoise." I drank my tea. "Actually that wasn't only thing I wanted to ask. It's gonna sound weird, but do you have the Indigo Flute?"

Turquoise cocked her head surprised. "I do. It's the standard instrument of my cut that allows me to draw forth the organic creatures like a piper. Why do you ask?"

"My Aunt Garnet told me to ask you if I could borrow it? She saw I'd need it soon, but I don't know why."

"I see." She nodded in understanding. "Her Aunt is a Gem seer who I had the unlucky honor of fighting on the battlefield." Turquoise explained to the humans. " We're on good terms now, but it was a frightening shock seeing a Fusion of two different Gems kinds come at me with a gauntlet."

She pulled the flute from her Gem (Which was extremely weird because it looked like she pulled it out of her eyeball.) and handed it to me. "Here, you can keep it. I don't use it to summon beasts anymore, so use it to whatever purpose Garnet sees a possibility in."

"Thank you Turquoise." I said. I bid her and her company farewell. Returning to the Temple it was only ten in the morning. I answered the knock on the door. "Hi Nora." Skyla greeted. "Buongiorno!" Chalcedony smiled. "We're gonna get some brunch at Della's. Wanna join us?"