IMPORTANT AUTHOR'S NOTE- Hi everyone. I just wanted you all to know that I have rewritten the first five chapter of my story. I went back and fixed grammar mistakes and took a few small parts out to make the story flow better. I hope you all enjoy my slight changes and if you're new to this story I hope you enjoy it. :)

Preface- 7 months before Steven was born

POV: Rose

It's official. Greg and I are having a baby. I have never been more excited or terrified in my entire life. Carrying such a precious human being inside me. I am so happy I knew I could die happily which is a good thing because I know the start of our baby's will be the end of mine. I am willingly giving up my life. What terrifies me, is leaving everyone else. Especially after how horribly everyone took the news.

My three closest friends gathered around myself and Greg, who was beaming because I had yet to tell him of the sacrifice that was going to have to be made. After the announcement was made all of their faces, aside from my husband's, fell. They knew that once a gem gave up their physical form they were gone forever.

Pearl stared at me, tears streaming down her face. I reached out to comfort her but she back away from my touch. Her watery eyes landed on Greg, in an instant her sorrow and disbelief turned into pure rage. Pearl let out an ear splitting scream and ran right at Greg, with every intention of hurting him. I stepped in front of Greg to make sure that didn't happen. Garnet thankfully grabbed her and held her against her body, Pearl was still thrashing around like a mad man but at least she was unable to reach my husband. Amethyst stood close to Greg, watching the whole scene with wide eyes.

"Do you have any idea what you've done?!" Pearl screamed.

"What are you talking about?! What did I do?! She told you we're having a baby! What's so wrong about that?!" He yelled. Stepping in front of me, he put a protective hand over my stomach and glared at Pearl.

"For that baby to live, Rose has to die!" Pearl wailed. Her words must have cut through Greg because his hand started to shake.

"What is she talking about Rose?" He asked, looking up at me. Fear showing in his eyes.

"Greg…what Pearl said is true." I whispered. Greg's hand fell from my stomach and his face lost all color. "For our baby to live I have to give up my life. I'm so sorry Greg. I wanted to you but I didn't want you to give up on your dream of having a family."

"But you are my family! You're my whole world! Damn it! How could you not tell me something like that?!" He yelled, tears were swimming his eyes. Before I could try to comfort him, he ran out of the temple.

"Rose." Garnet finally spoke. "You should have told him."

Looking over at her I saw that Pearl was now a crying heap on the floor. Amethyst was staring at Pearl with wide eyes. Garnet was the only one who was able to look at me and it made me feel so small and pathetic that I had to leave.

That's how I find myself now sitting on the beach, watching the sun do down and listening to the waves hitting the sand. Gently rubbing my stomach, I found myself smiling and humming softly.

"I don't care what anyone says. I will never give you up." I whispered. "And your daddy doesn't know it yet but his heart will heal and find love again. Everyone deserves a second chance at love."

Closing my eyes, I let my mind wonder when an idea hit me.

"Maybe I can help him. I just need a little bit of help from a lovers' stone." I thought out loud.

Summoning the bubbled Lovers' stone I saw that it was still the same from the last time I saw it about three hundred years ago. The stone was a clear diamond with one side of it completely smooth while the other was jagged. It looked like half of a broken heart.

Popping the bubble, I held the stone in my hand. According to the human legend, the lovers' stone was said to lead to someone's true love as long as one holding it had pure intentions. Which means that it will hopefully help me find Greg's second chance at love after I'm gone. Grasping it tightly in my hands, I closed my eyes and cleared my mind and soul.

"Please help me find her." I whispered. Nothing happened, not that I'm not surprised it was a long shot. I could not stop the disappointment I felt. Grasping it even tighter in my hands and once again asking for its help, I figured nothing would happen when suddenly a light enveloped me and I was being taken somewhere.

Upon opening my eyes I saw that I was hidden in a thicket of trees. Before I could register anything else I heard a girl laughing. Following the sound, I found myself looking out into someone's back yard, a young girl of about ten human years was playing on a tire swing.

She had beautiful long, brown hair down to her waist that came down in waves. Her bright blue eyes stood out because of her tan skin. This girl was going to a looker as she grew up. I also knew that she was going to be the one to fix Greg's heart ache in the future.

"Dawn!" An older man called from the back porch. It was clearly the girl's father, she looked just like him.

"Yes daddy! Coming!" Dawn called back. Her voice had a slight southern twang. Just looking at her I knew she had a good heart. There was no doubt about it, she was the one that was going to heal Greg, I just knew it. I watched as she and her father headed inside and as quickly as possible I put the stone in the tire swing and ran back. Not soon after Dawn came back out and headed straight to the swing.

"What's this?" She asked. I watched as she picked up the rock in her hand and looked around. Shrugged her shoulders, Dawn put the rock in her pocket and went back to playing. For a brief moment it glowed an orange color in her pocket and then faded out. Smiling, I bubbled myself and teleported back to the temple. No one was there this time around, which I was thankful for because I was not ready to face any of them yet.

For a few moments I just thought about my little family. Garnet, who is made up of nothing but the pure love of Ruby and Sapphire. Little Amethyst who wanted nothing more than to understand love in its entirety. Pearl, the most loyal friend I have ever had and my husband who has my heart in his hands. I smiled to myself while rubbing my stomach. I know that even after I'm gone that they will all love this baby and raise him right. And Greg will get to have a happy ending even if I'm not in it.

Hello to everyone who took the time to read the first chapter to my new story. This story does focus around Greg and my own OC Dawn but there will be plenty of action and angst and so much other stuff! Hope to see you next chapter :)