Pearl sat next to Steven on the couch, she put a hand on his shoulder to comfort him. "Now Steven, it could have just fallen out..." Steven looked up to her, tears in his eyes.
Pearl sighed. "We have to go on a mission soon, want to come with us?" She said smiling lightly. "OK..." Steven said getting off the couch. They walked on to the warp pad.
They landed, but not where they wanted to. They appeared in a pine forest. "This, This isn't right." Pearl says looking around. "We shouldn't be..Here...". Steven looks around "Cool! What is this place?" Pearl "It was an, old friend's, sanctuary." Steven looks at her confused. "An old friend? Was your friend another gem!" Pearl bit her lip. "We don't talk about it anymore."
They decided to go for a walk through the forest. The time seemed to be late afternoon, sometime in fall, as a chilly breeze came blowing through. Steven shivered. Pearl felt a sense of dread, walking through this forest which once belonged to her dear friend.
Pearl stopped, putting out an arm to stop Steven. "Something isn't right." She had a point, the forest was silent, that unnatural silent. The silence of hiding, because when you don't want to be seen, you don't want to be heard. Something, made the forest silent, and Pearl didn't want to find out what.
Pearl grabbed Steven by the arm and started running back to the warp pad. "What's wrong?" asked Steven confused. "We are not alone, be prepared to leave without me if you have to."
While running, Steven hit his foot on something hard. He looked down to see his lost friend. He stopped and leaned down the pick up the large gem. A bone chilling roar is heard from behind him. He pockets the gem and turns around to be only a few feet from a large beast, it was like a cross between a wolf, bear, Elephant and, Tiger. Its pelt was a cream white, four large curved tusk protruded from the corners of its mouth.
It charged at Steven. Due to stopping to pick up the gem, Pearl was to far away to help Steven. "STEVEN!" Pearl tried to run, but she wasn't fast enough.
Steven opened his eyes, expecting to see his doom. But instead he was face to face with the beast. The beast was frozen in a block of a material similar to the gem in Steven's pocket. He pulled it out. "Whoa, did you save me? Thanks man." He said patting the gem.
Pearl rushed up to Steven, she turned him around, frantically looking at him. "Are you ok? Did you get hurt?" She then looked up at the frozen creature. "What the?" She gasped. "Steven, let's go, Steven?" She looked around only to find him by one of the trees.
"Hey Pearl! Check this out, the trees are covered in Maple Syrup!" Steven licked the tree. He quickly pulled back and spit on the ground, wiping his tongue on his hands. "Gross! That stuff is disgusting!"
Pearl put her head in her hand. "Oh Steven, what am I going to do with you?" They walked back to the warp pad and went home. Steven jumped on the couch exhausted. "Boy that was one crazy adventure! Right friend?" He said bringing out the gem.
The gem gave off a light and warmth, illuminating the room slightly. Steven smiled "Ok then, see you tomorrow, this time don't run away though." Steven put the gem back in his pocket and drifted off into sleep.