ok?" Rose stared at Greg with such care for him. "Of course, Rose. Now, let's get this over with." The process of birth began, and the two helped each other through the procedure. However, when it was finished, something unexpected happened. "Greg, this is goodbye." "Where will you go, Rose?" "The next stage in life. Take care of our boy, alright...?" "Of course I will Rose." Rose suddenly poofed into her gem form. The gem, for some reason, lost its color and looked dull. "... I will take care of him."
"Heh, so you're my kid, huh?" Greg Universe pondered the small child that was in his hands. He was newly born, so no signs of hair has been applied yet. Though, he took some facial features from his mom and dad, his mother in particular. The boy had a marking on his navel. Something akin to a gem.
"?" Greg touched the boy's stomach, and was amazed about something. 3 Gems hauled over to Greg, very worried and sad. "Greg, what is that?"
The tall Gem touched the boy, and the boy gave out a small laugh. "This... is the child of me and Rose. Do you like him?" Greg raised the boy up.
"Woah, cool! He's so small and squishable!" The smallest one of the bunch pointed at the boy, with amazement. "... He is cute." The fusion looked at the child with curiousity. "Greg, where is Rose?!" The tall one looked very scared, as she was expecting her friend to be there. "I... don't.. know."
On the bed Rose had been on, was her gem. The gem was a Rose Quartz, with the ability to heal others. "...!" The tall one rushed to the bed and picked up the gem. "She's gone... Empty." Greg was puzzled at the term Empty, but the rest of the group was shocked and deeply saddened by this. The fusion looked at Greg with an emotionless gaze. "Greg, do you know what happened?" The fusion stared at Greg until she got her answer. "Er... No." Greg was confused by this, as he was human and he didn't understand most of Gem Biology. Or Gem Culture. Or anything Gem-related to begin with.
"Empty is when a Gem has lost its essence, and is reduced to a normal Gem, like the ones you have on Earth. The fusion had taken the Quartz Gem off of the tall one and stared at it. "W-Will she come back?" Greg was utterly confused, and shivered a bit. "The answer is NO, YOU MORON! SHE'S GONE FOREVER!" The tall one yelled this out before collasping onto the ground from sheer grief. The small one went to comfort her. The entire group went into a depression after that, but multi-tasked on raising the boy. The boy's name.. wasn't Steven however. This is an entirely different world, a familiar place with changes. This is the story of Scott Universe, the boy who lived through chaos and war. . .