Author's note: I have been obsessed with the song Pure Feeling by Florence and the Machine lately, as well as having been obsessed with Steven Universe for a while now. The song just reminded me of Rose and so I thought up this lil thing right here. If you haven't listened to the song I'd highly recommend it cause it's beautiful. So yeah, enjoy!

Disclaimer: I do not own Steven Universe or any of its characters. I also do not own the song Pure Feeling, which belongs to Florence and the Machine (allusions to the lyrics/very reflective of lyrics)

We had to leave. Neither of us could take much more. The world had grown too bright and we couldn't bear it. The glaring illusion of everything we'd been taught began to crumble. So we left.

The four of us – Pearl, Ruby, Sapphire, and I – floated amongst the space rocks and stardust for many years. We searched for a planet untouched by the Homeworld Gems, but found none.

And then there it was. Suddenly and fast appearing, like a beacon to our tired eyes, a cold planet in the distance. Inhabited by strange creatures, yes, but harmless creatures they were. There were no gems, and there was no wrong caused by our kind. We kept hidden and secluded.

For years we remained secret. Out of boredom I began to watch the planet from afar. I watched the gem-like creatures interact with each other and their world around them. But the more I watched them, the stranger I felt. It was a feeling I'd never felt, but it was so pure. I was a magical being, and to them I was invisible. But the feeling that grew made me want to show myself to them. The feeling exhilarated and scared me all at the same time. I moved closer to them, watched them more carefully. And what I saw amazed me. I saw each one of their souls.

So many lives, so many pairs of eyes.

That's when I fell in love. Truly, with each one I saw. They made me want to outstretch my arms, whether to comfort them or to give comfort to myself. These tiny creatures took away the pain I felt at the remembrance of Homeworld. I was the only one at this point who took up such fascination; I snuck around through the dark just to watch them even for a few small moments. I watched them as they lived, and when they died I felt myself filling the spaces where they used to be.

I revealed myself then, much to the apprehension of my fellow gems. But I couldn't stand to be a body in the night any longer. The feeling had grown so strong that it pained me to keep myself hidden. And the creatures – the humans, as they called themselves – welcomed me. I felt like I had found myself. I was merely Rose Quartz before, but after that I was Rose Quartz friend of humans, protector of humans. The other gems soon joined me in my love for the humans and their green planet, though I suppose no one fell as hard as I did. But when the Homeworld Gems found us, we felt able to fight, for there was something so incredibly worth fighting for. The strangers carried us through the war, kept us fighting even when hope seemed lost.

And when we defeated them, that feeling – that beautiful pure feeling – was the only thing I could feel, and it was incredible.

And even when I was gone I knew that they in turn fill the emptiness left by me. They'd move among the spaces I had once occupied. For them it would never be over, and that was something worth living for.

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