For Garnet

Garnet. You are the leader now, and you must act like one. Being a leader is not an easy job, but that is why, you and the other gems must act as a team. Since 6000 years ago this team has been your family, the same family that saved you from Yellow Diamond,

The same family that watched your love grow until you became what you are.

Being a leader means, making decisions that you might not like, but if it is for the greater good…. It`s worth a shot.

As a fusion, you must use your strength protect your family, your wisdom to guide them, your courage to put yourself in risk each time the time demands it.

I know you have a lot of questions. And this is my only way to answer them. You know I love everything and everyone on this planet, and I know that you think that you are not ready for the responsibility of the leadership, so that is why you must be patient with your team and yourself.

Perfection doesn`t exist, the mistakes you make and the experiences you acquire during your missions are the factors that are going to make you the great leader you saw on me, and the truth is….. I wasn`t a great leader….. The great gem war was provoked because of my stubbornness; All those gems that where cracked and destroyed made me feel so guilty, and that is why we have been looking for them all these years.

The methods Yellow Diamond used in desperation, where despicable, corrupting allies so they would turn into those… monsters…. Our cause was not only for the Earth to be free and you know it. They were many gems like you two, and making them watch their loved ones weakened their spirits, or that is what home world gems thought would`ve happened. Instead the crystal gems rised against home world for the "antidote"

Beaten, the home world gems refused to cure the corrupted gems.

The crystal gems, desperately, turned to me in search for a cure, and there was the moment I felt the worst. A lot of gems fought and died for the ones they loved, fighting for a cure, and when I was their only hope…. I could do nothing.

The three remaining crystal gems have been a blessing for me, and now that I will be gone, I need you to be strong. You are not the children I found 6000 years ago, and the three of you have grown so much, and I am going to ask you to leave your childish form and become the 3 grown up gems I have known during battle.

I have hopes that when Steven is old enough for our gem to have powers, he will be able to heal these corrupted gems, take them back to the real world and tell them the war is over. But first, you must train him, give him the love he needs, teach him the cause of the crystal gems, protect him; There is going to be powerful foes that will try to harm him, and as he grow older and wiser, he will realize the reason why we did what we did.

Garnet, you will learn to love Steven, and the more you love him, the more strength you will acquire to fight for him.

The team that you have, the experience that you went through, your future missions, your love for one to another, made me realize one thing: Garnet You are not two people, and you are not one person, YOU are an experience, make sure you are a good experience, and I need you to promise me in your heart that you will raise Steven like I raised you, Strong, Kind, Smart, Lovable, and Good.

Promise me in your heart, because I know I will always be in all of your hearts, that you won`t let anything happen to your family and to your planet. Because as long as Steven is like you there will always be hope.

I love you Garnet.

-Rose

I promise.

-Garnet