Steven Universe: The Diamond Legacy

Selene's Song

I tucked Nora in as she cuddled the giant seal I won for her. "Sleep well, my Rose." I kissed her forehead. She was deep asleep, as was her father in the other bed next to hers. It was half past midnight, and all the humans in the house slumbered. The Gems retreated in their temple. I enjoyed the peace and quiet of the house alone. It allowed me to relax and collect my thoughts. Taking the warp pad, I stepped onto the hand, breathing in the fresh air and listening to the soothing rumble of the waves crashing against the shore.

The moon shown in its full brilliance, illuminating the ocean and beach below me. Earth was so beautiful, seeing and living on it among its wonder and living things I truly understood why Pink Diamond sacrificed it all to protect it from Homeworld. Why it meant enough for her to betray Tanzanite. (Every Gem in the Remnant knew to story too well, their leader bore her scar.)

I casted my eyes toward the window where her family slept. Her son who she given her life for and her granddaughter who continued her legacy. What would she have thought of me? Part of me knows she'd be proud of me for protecting her family, perhaps even giving me her blessing to love her granddaughter. Yet another part of me, smaller and sinister, gnawing, hissed in my mind that Rose would hate me for uprooting Nora's life and putting her in danger.

"You need to stop blaming yourself." A voice spoke behind me. I heard the warp pad activate moments before, but didn't turn to look who it was. I didn't acknowledge Garnet until she stood next me, hands on the railing bordering the statue's hand. "Everything that has happened was meant to happen."

"What about things that will happen?" I murmured, gazing out on the beach. "She will be safe, you will protect her and so will we." The fusion responded quietly. "That much I know."

"I just want her to be safe, and happy."

"She will be, because of you." Garnet smiled with her hand on my shoulder. "Your fates are intertwined now. Every path I see for her you're a part of it."

"By no will of her own." I touched my fragmented gem.

"No. Your wrong." The Fusion turned her head to me. "Even before your sacrifice, you and Nora were interconnected, that's because she's chosen you to be part of her life. Nora does not let people into her life easily, but she opened her heart to you the moment you regenerated in the temple. She understood and empathized with your pain. She chose the bond and you accepted, and that bond grew stronger over time until it became love. I know this because I saw it from the very beginning, I watched it sprout like a tree from the ground. So don't ever think this wasn't in Nora's control, or you are a burden to her, because you are not."

I nodded quietly. "Your words are comforting. Thank you Garnet."

"You're welcome." She walked onto the warp pad. "And another thing. I see you and Nora embracing one another enveloped by green angel's wings. I don't understand what this means."

"My guess is as good as yours."

Garnet shrugged her shoulders and warped off.

I decided to follow her lead, silently walking downstairs to stroll along the beach, leaving footprints behind. Nora was right, it felt very nice to have my feet in the sand! My gemstone pulsed from Nora's heartbeat, and I felt a tug nudging me towards the beach house.

"Nora, you have given me all your heart, and I am blessed beyond all reason for you to have chosen me." I sung with only the stars to listen.

Somewhere in a dream
Perhaps another lifetime
I have seen your face
I have held you near
Riding on a beam
The sun became your lifeline
Passing time and space
Now you're standing here

And born of heaven's creations
Your voice gently cries
Saying "I would be so pleased. I would take you by the hand. I would be so pleased, though I don't know where I stand. I will take this chance. May I have this dance? I would be so pleased."

I clutched my gemstone, fingers dipping into the gap where the missing part lay bonded to her chest. Through it I felt her peace, her sweet sleep as if it were my own. It meant everything to me, and now she finally knows.

Now at last it's real
Finally you found me
Knowing all along
You would soon appear

Through the dark I feel
Angels all around me
Whispering their song
There's no need to fear
And after some hesitation
My voice sweetly sighs, saying
"I would be so pleased. To try and love again. I would be so pleased, to love you now and then. Formalities aside. No more love denied. I would be so pleased."

I looked back at the temple with tears beaded in the corner of my eyes. Knowing she was happy was enough to make me smile, she deserved every bit of it, after the hardships she endured.

The hardships that happened because of me.

I can imagine how safe and peaceful her life would have been if she never found my ship in the mountains. Nora almost died because of me, not once but several times. Because of me her life is tethered to mine by the fragment of my gem, and because of me the entire Remnant is out for her blood.

It seemed selfish to love her, after the pain and trauma I've put her through.

Is it what I'm worthy of?
Still I have my doubt.
Could I live my life for love, after life so long without?

There's so many ways to go
It makes it hard to see
I need so much more to know, if it's where I'm meant to be

I touched my gemstone. The missing piece pulled me towards the temple, a great shadow over the beach with dim lights.

Went down to the sea
Looked up to the mountain
Listened to the trees
Waiting for a sign
Thinking I'd be free, I stayed up in the mountains
To the tender breeze, touched this heart of mine

I didn't fight it,  I followed it back, letting it lead me to her. Joyous tears in my eyes, knowing where I ever she was on this planet, I wound find her, and she would always accept me.

This voice sang through the sky, saying
"I would be so pleased. I would take you by the hand. I would be so pleased. You would reach the promise land. You would finally thrive, and I would come alive
I would be so pleased."