Home World never needed kindergartens, so they never needed to invade other planets. Instead they study developing intelligent life forms. Rose Quartz is assigned to Earth with her her small group of gems. Pearl, Garnet and Amethyst. Yet upon returning from Home World for a delegation meeting, Garnet finds herself bringing home more then she wanted.

Au in which Ruby and Sapphire are Garnet's babies. I totally love them as a couple, but this idea has taken hold of my life! One shot stories.

She squirmed a bit as she came to, scrunching her face up and sniffing. She was confused, so so confused about what was going on. She wiggled her arms up and managed to escape them from their cloth prison that held them to her sides, and while the control was somewhat new to her she already knew something wasn't right...

She could recall, if a bit fuzzily, that she use to move her arms with ease. Through a thick gel like fluid filling the space that incased her, but now she couldn't lift them without struggling, not to mention her case was gone...

Sudden venerability made itself clear and she was quick to curl closer to herself. What had happened, where did the case go? Why was she so warm? Not to say the warmth was uncomfortable, but it was vexing.

She tried to lift her arms higher, only to feel a sharp stabbing in them and her sides. She squealed at the sensation, but froze when it the tiny sound exited her throat.

She had never emitted a sound before... it frightened her.

She began whimpering, squiggling around under the cloth covering her body. The whimpering she emitted got louder and slowly a horrible feeling in her gut added to her painful body.

Why wasn't someone coming to get her? Should someone be doing that? There had been someone before the dome was gone.

Long back before, there was a gentle thrumming off the beings life-force so close it sang in her ears, then to be gone after a scary and violent movement that placed her in an easily moveable position. The being had then started talking to her , holding her dome in their hands tenderly and taking care to not shake her.

The being had been there then.

Of course shortly after she became handheld someTHING else had held her, that was rough and mean. She had been petrified when the other had been so cruel to her and her dome. Which had all concluded when the other had drop her dome to the ground and she had known the dome had broken. Soon the kind being returned to her after the other had been removed , never to grasp her dome again. The kind being had been sad and held her constantly, rubbing the dome and singing to her...

Where was the kind being now?

She emitted another cry as she twitched and snivelled under the cloth. Her noise echoed around the empty room until a very LOUD noise came.

VUUUUUUUURRRRRR.

She froze and attempted to stifle her cries but couldn't stop the sobs and hiccups the broke free. A pair of loud footprints made their way closer and she had a harder time stopping her whimpers, scared of who this new being could be.

At first there was nothing and she feared the creature would be the cruel one returning, until two hands, two scarily large hands, came down beside her.

A thumb pad the size of her face wiped her cheek lightly, while the other hand cupped her entire body on one side. All she could do was wail loudly, when the being finally spoke.

"Shhh, Shh, my lovely, your alright..." The thumb pad caressed her cheek once more. "Its ok my sweet, mummy's here..."

She was quick to turn her face to the comfort being provided. It was the kind one! It kept holding her, speaking softly until she settled her weeping, stroking her face and offering protection. When it pulled its thumb away she was quick to protest, but she could only lifted her arms slightly off her side. She whined as loudly as she could, but judging from the strength of the beings voice, she was barely over a regular volume.

The being above her hummed in a worried fashion. Yet quickly cupped her with both hands and lifted her out of the soft bed. The cool air that surrounded her cause her to squeak, and she decided then and there that she hated the cold.

"Shh sweetie, its alright." The being said, shifting her to one hand. As she was gently rolled over she felt her body contact something hard and smooth. Warmth emanated from it, along with the familiar thrum that sang in her ears form so long ago.

The being straightened something before positioning her atop the same cloth she had once slept beneath. As she was settle back down and the other being went to pull her arm up, feeling along the flesh and bone with her finger. The gentle tests were repeated with her other limbs before she grew tired of the pulling and prodding. She huffed as loud as she could, trying to weakly tug her leg back to her curled position. She heard the being chuckle before it relented, allowing her to pull it back.

"Your a determined one, aren't you." The being sighed fondly, stoking her hair with her thumb once more.

She tried to ignore the being's kind gesture after annoying her so, but chose to forgive her after a few moment, deciding she wanted the being to continue. She leaned her head into the strokes, causing the other to chuckle again.

A finger tip wiped at her eyes, causing one of them to open and the feeling was painful, making her chirp out. However the figure over her froze, quick to pull its finger away. "What in the..!?"

VUUUUUUUURRRR

She flinched at the loud noise that echoed the room once more, and she nuzzled into the closest hand before releasing a pitiful cry.

"Shh, no, no, shh, its alright my sweet, your ok..." The being was quick to assure her once more, rubbing her hair as she did so.

"Im sorry Garnet, Im not intruding am I?"

She froze as a new voice filled the room. Tentatively she sniffed the air, but only came up with the warm ,spicy smell of the kind being.

"No its fine, I was just about to get you." The being said to the intruder, removing its hand and causing the stroking to stop, much to her displeasure.

"Oh?" Footprints made their way to her bed side. "Aww, Garnet she's beautiful."

"I was afraid I wouldn't get to see her..." The being said softly, hands returning to stroke her once more. "What with her geode...-" The being stiffened a bit at the memory "C-cracking and all."

There was silence until the intruder came a tad closer. "Garnet, I am so sorry about that. I shouldn't have let any humans in the temple, especially with geodes under incubation."

"Its not your fault Rose." The being... Garnet?... Mummy?... spoke. "No body knew her geode was gone until Greg saw him with it..."

There was a somber feeling in the air, and she didn't like it. She whimpered, catching her mothers attention once more.

"Thats in the past now though..." Garnet said, cupping her with one hand again. "We need to focus on the now... Like why she's so weak..."

A new hand touched her, causing her to shiver under it. A sweet, swirling smell came to her ,causing her to cry out.

She didn't know this being touching her, she didn't know them at all!

Her mother was once more on the ball, settling her and speaking kind, soft words. "Now, now. This is Rose, she won't hurt you, your ok, its ok..."

Rose...eh... -pulled back her hand. "She is weaker than usual. She also much warmer than usual, but she could have just inherited your heat abilities. Not that Im ruling out a fever just yet.."

"I already looked for any abnormalities in her limbs and body. Everything is where it should be." Garnet said.

Rose hummed, thoughtful. "When her geode broke, it could have introduced infection..."

"I-infection..." Garnet muttered horrified. "What will we do if it did?"

"There isn't much we can do, she'll have to poof herself to dispel the infection, but you and I know that the likelihood of one so young returning back to form after a proofing isn't a good one." Rose said softly.

"I-..." Garnet swallowed tightly. "Rose I can't... I can't loose her after all of this..."

"Keep positive for now." Rose said "Thats all we can do for her."

Garnet paused her ministrations, uneasy. She squirmed a bit under her mother's now unmoving hands, but Garnet didn't start up again.

"I was stroking her face, and one of her eyes pulled open." He mother shivered. "They're suppose to be sealed shut, aren't they?"

Rose's hand returned, making her nervous. It reached her face tentatively, before stroking a finger upward.

A bright white light made itself known along with a burning!

She shrieked shrilly and the hand pulled back.

"ROSE! WHAT THE HEL-"

"Garnet."

There was a pause.

"...Im sorry Rose."

"No its fine." Rose said, leaning over her bed once more, making her curl in on herself. "This however is not a good sign. The eyes on a gemling are not fully developed and are supposed to be shut tight , no amount of tugging of pulling should open them before they're ready." Rose sighed slightly. "The infection could have gotten in there. No telling what will happen if it did. Once she poofs herself when the infection become too much, we'll know for sure if any damage done is permanent."

There was a pregnant pause.

She still had her face scrunched up from the pain in her eyes. She was about to wail again before she was scooped up in her mother's hands. Garnet murmured a soft apology to her pressing a kiss to her face. Her mother then just held the baby to her cheek.

"...Everything will be alright Garnet." Rose spoke. "Till we know whats going on though, you should keep her away from her sister."

Garnet sighed, pulling her baby away once more. "I have to go check on her... Pearl is watching her in her room... She might be hungry." Garnet began to tickle the gemling on the stomach. "What about you Ruby? Are you hungry?" She asked with sad, playful tone.

Ruby squirmed against her mother's gem embedded palms, grumbling slightly.

"Ill take that as a no for now, but I'll be back later." Was said before Ruby found herself back in bed. She wiggled weakly until Garnet tucked the cloth over her lightly. "I just need to check on your sister Sapphire, ok."

Ruby snuffled as she tested the strength of her blanket. It was too tight to get her arms loose again. She stilled when her mother stroked her hair one final time before standing away.

"I'll keep you updated if her heath takes a turn Rose." Garnet said. "Thank you for letting me borrow Stevens carrier and bassinet."

"Well he's not exactly using it right now, is he?" Rose chuckled. "Lets take the scenic route to Pearls room so the door doesn't frighten Ruby again."

There was the padding of footprints and their voices grew farther and farther away. Ruby squirmed against her blanket again, scowling when she couldn't loosen the tucked in edges at all. She huffed in annoyance before she settled.

At least she knew she wasn't on her own... She did still miss her comforting, protective dome, but the warm feeling of her mothers hands more than made up for it.

She felt her body grow heavy, and sleep creep up slowly upon her. Ruby squirmed in a more comfortable position before sighing, falling asleep on the first day of her life.