Chapter: 5 A New Dawn

It had been nearly a week since the altercation with Obsidian and Granite and peace had once again returned to Beach City. Over the week, Steven was going about with Granite, showing her many of his favorite places and teaching her about the planet. Granite had adjusted very well considering all that had happened and her mood began to brighten. But a part of her was still upset due to Obsidian, who has yet to reform. That still hadn't stopped her though, she still pushed through and had many fun experiences with Steven and enjoyed every minute with him. It was all thanks to his kind and caring nature that she was able to trust him and feel some form of comfort around him, similar to how she felt around Obsidian. It was now a new day, just like the previous day's, Granite was ready for even more enthralling experiences.

" Good morning Steven." she greeted as looked over steven in his bed. Granite had taken a liking to watching him sleep, mainly due to the idea that she didn't require sleep.

" Morning Granite." replied Steven as he got out of bed and walked down the steps with Granite following behind. " Wait here while I get ready." said Steven as he walked back into the bathroom. Not wanting to upset Steven, Granite walked over to the couch and sat patiently. She looked around the empty house, finding slight enjoyment in this little dwelling. Looking down to the table in front of her, she looked at the pillow that has an Obsidian stone resting on it. She was concerned at first, but she quickly reassured herself on Obsidian reforming. It took roughly the same time for him to reform as he did last time.

Just as Granite was getting lost in thought, Steven had entered the room and sat down next to her, giving her a big smile. She gave just as big smile back, Sheh couldn't explain it but this human was just the sweetest. " So Granite, what do you want to do today?" asked Steven. Granite then paused for a moment thinking of something they could do together, then she remembered something she wanted to ask Steven.

" Um Steven, I've noticed that you and the other gems have a star emblem on your clothes, why is that?" she asked, looking back at Steven.

" Oh well, most of my shirts were from when my dad was in his one man band, but i don't know about the others though" he replied, starting to wonder that same thing.

Looking down at her dress that she had one since she arrived, it was still a bit tore and tattered for the most part. Then an idea came to her, " Hey Steven i just thought of something, i need you to close your eyes for a moment and no peeking." she said as she stood up, clearly excited by her idea. Steven agreed and closed his eyes type, wondering what she had planned. When she confirmed that he couldn't see, she went to work. Her body began to glow and was enveloped in a bright light and the clothes around her body had begun to change.

"Ok Steven, you can open your eyes now." she said as she tried her best to hold in all her excitement. When Steven opened his eyes and was amazed at what he saw. Granites once ruined dress was replaced with a black sundress that hung went to her knees and was covered in little white stars and one large star on the chest of her dress, the back of the dress open backed as well, exposing her gem on her left shoulder blade

" Wow Granite, you look amazing!" Steven said with exuberant amounts of excitement in his voice. Seeing Steven so happy gave Granite a feeling of pride in making her new friend so happy. " You know what this means Granite, you're officially a Crystal Gems now." he added as she leapt at her, giving her a tight hug. This had made Granite even happier, not only did she make her first true friend, but she was accepted into his group of friends as well.

Just as they were caught up in their circle of joy, Obsidian's gem had began to glow. Both were taken back by the sudden and were curious as to what changes would come of Obsidian, if any. But when he was finished, he looked the same as he did when he was poofed. He then looked at the pair and then around Steven's house.

" Where am I ... what is going on?" he asked in a confused and a annoyed tone.

" Well you're in my house, and you've been inside your gem for more than a week." Steven answered, trying not to aggravate this gems once more. " Also I've been showing Granite around and teaching her as much as I can about the Earth to help her get more acquainted with her new home." he added.

"What do you mean new home and Granite why have you changed?" Obsidian asked, with the same tone of voice.

Before Steven could answer, Granite had spoken " Obsidian, we can't go back to Homeworld and our ship was destroyed. These gems are offering us refuge and are allowing us to join them."

"Granite, we don't know what they could do to us and if we were to be found by Homeworld, we would be putting them in extreme danger." he answered back.

" But you're one of the strongest gems in creation, you could protect us if Homeworld were to attack us, You alone could stop one thousand quartz soldiers alone yet you're afraid of them now." Granite retorted. Obsidian was taken back a bit by Granites tone.

"I've learned things about this and about life in one week with Steven then I ever had while serving under The Diamonds." she said " Please Obsidian give Earth a chance, give Steven a chance, give the Crystal Gems a chance." Granite added as she gave Obsidian a slight puppy dog look. Obsidian looked at Granite, then to Steven who had the same look. There was a moment of silence, Obsidian was lost in thought, Granite was right, they had nowhere to go and nowhere to turn. He knew that he could protect them and more, but he still was weary on the idea, he was afraid that those around him would treat him the same as Homeworld because of what he had done. Everyone besides Granite, would treat him as just a mindless monster.

But their was a voice in is mind that told him to take the chance; take the leap of faith and see what this new route had to offer.

Obsidian looked to the pair once more and let out a long sigh.

" Alright then, I'll give it a chance then and who knows maybe I'll join your team by the end of this." he answered. Not even a second after Obsidian had said those words he was attacked by Granite and Steven with a rush of embraces.

"Thank you Obsidian." said Granite with a sweet smile. Obsidian gave a simple nod in response.

" This is great, we're going to have two have another Crystal Gem added to the team." exclaimed Steven.

I don't know what has come over me, but I'm just incredibly inspired right now. It appears that the creative block has been broken and everything is flowing out at this point. So same message as before, leave me some feed back, I would love to hear your ideas and thoughts. Stay tuned for the next chapter, Chapter 6: A Song To The Heart.