"This is Peridot reporting on organics experiment, so far I have not been able to locate its position…or my own…or anything," the aggravated green gem recorded. For three days she had been trekking endlessly through the forest, looking for this experiment, praying that she could just take its data and leave. The cluster was easy enough for her to find, it had been exactly where it was supposed to be, but this one… This particular experiment wasn't anywhere to be found, almost like it had gotten up and moved. Peridot was certain she had looked in the correct coordinates; she had scanned everything within a mile of the recorded location and still not a bleep on her radar.

"Of all the things to go missing it was this, Yellow Diamond is going to kill me this, was her biggest concern for this mission and I've somehow managed to lose it in this stupid forest!," Peridot yelled in anger, frustrated tears welled up in the corner of her eyes.

Everything had gone wrong for her; her escort was MIA, her left foot was gone, and now she was going to fail her mission (one that was supposed to be easy) an probably lose her rank. Peridot hobbled over to a tree stump and sat down, throwing stick she had been using to walk into a bush. She refused to look at her foot, or at least where it should have been, all it did was make her angry.

"P-Peridot."

"Gaahhh!," Peridot yelped. She jumped up from the stump and whirled around on her good leg before falling back on her butt.

Standing behind the stump stood an equally surprised looking girl.

"Wh-who are you!," Peridot stuttered, darting her eyes around anxiously.

"A-ah," the girl fidgeted with her hair nervously, "you…your friends..."

"My friends? What are you talking about! Who are you?," Peridot demanded, desperately trying to get herself standing up.

The girls eyes wandered down to Period's unique hands and then missing foot before quickly darting back up, "P-Petra."

"What?," Peridot had now managed to get herself up with the help of a friendly tree.

"M-my name…its Petra," the girl took an apprehensive step back.

"How do you know my name," Peridot demanded.

"Y-you said it t-to your hand…," Petra replied.

"Oh…," a small wave of embarrassment passed over her. Peridot wasn't sure what her next move should be, 'What is she talking about…my friends?' she thought. Peridot shook her head, "I don't know what you talking about by 'friends,' I don't have any on this planet."

Petra looked a bit confused by her reply, was this not the person Steven had mentioned? Maybe it would be better to start off with something else...

"Your f-foot," Petra pointed out, "I can help…"

Peridot stared at the girl suspiciously, what was her game?

"How…?," Peridot questioned.

The girl blinked, not expecting her to be interested in her offer. "O-oh," Petra looked around, "w-wait here." Peridot watched as Petra ran off towards a dense patch of ferns.

Petra rummaged around in the leaves for a while before she found what she was looking for. Picking up a sizeable log she quickly made her way back over to Peridot.

"C-can I see your leg…" Petra asked nervously as she sat down in front of Peridot.

Peridot stared at the girl dubiously, could she really trust her? Still…thinking a about it the girl really didn't look that threatening, she was offering to help her, and on top of that she might be able to get some information for her mission.

Steading herself against the tree, Peridot lifted her left leg up to the girl. The girl set the log down on the ground and gently placed Peridot's leg on top of the log.

"So…Petra…I assume your quite familiar with this area?," Peridot ventured to ask.

Petra nodded, "Mhm." Leaning back Petra took a good look at Peridot's other leg, taking extra care to note the details.

"I have a question then, have you seen any…odd creatures?" Peridot asked.

"Hm…?," Petra looked up with a questioning look on her face.

"Anything that might seem out of place in this ecosystem, something with a gem like this," Peridot pointed to her forehead, "somewhere on its body."

Petra stared at Peridot's gem in fascination, shaking her head slowly. "N-no I don't think so…," she replied, "I'm sorry."

Peridot sighed, "Forget I asked."

Feeling a bit like she had upset her Petra quickly turned her attention back to Peridot's leg. Keeping Peridot's other foot in the corner of her eye, Petra placed her hands on the log.

Slowly the log started to change shape as if it were re-growing rapidly. Small root-like tendrils wrapped their way around Peridot's leg anchoring itself.

Amazed Peridot watched as the log started looking more and more like her old foot.

"Done," Petra smiled shyly.

"H-how," Peridot took her weight off the tree and took a step forward.

"I-is it ok?" Petra asked.

"It's perfect…," Peridot turned to Petra, "how did you do that."

"Oh," Petra looked at her hands, "i'm not exactly sure…I've just always been able to do that…"

Peridot took a step back, actually taking in Petra's appearance. She was short (shorter than her at least) with oddly colorful hair and clothing that covered the majority of her body. The thing that caught her attention the most, however, was the cloth wrapped around her head.

"Hm…," Peridot quickly pulled up her monitor (much to Petra's bewilderment), "don't move."

Petra nodded hesitantly and watched as Peridot held the strange screen in front of her.

Peridot stared at the screen, a very pensive look on her face. A long silence floated between the two until a small 'beep' sounded from Peridot's radar. "Y-you!," Peridot shouted in disbelief, "you're the organics experiment, y-you're the gem I was looking for!"

Petra furrowed her eyebrows, "Wha-

"PERIDOT!"

Petra turned, a little ways back in the trees she could see a group of people running towards them.

"No no no no NO!" Peridot looked around frantically.

"Your friends…" Petra turned back to Peridot, unsure of why she was reacting so negatively.

"There not my friends there my enemies!," Peridot shrieked.

"Oh…" Petra blushed, embarrassed that she had gotten her facts wrong.

Peridot grabbed Petra's arm and pulled her to her feet, "We need to leave, NOW!"

"W-wait, what," Petra stuttered, slightly frightened by Peridot's sudden change in attitude.

"We can talk later you just need to come with me!," Peridot started pulling the girl behind her.

"Petra!"

Petra heard Steven's voice and turned her head, "S-Steven?"

"Don't worry s'more buddy, we'll save you," Steven shouted.

Petra turned back around and tried to pull her arm out of Peridot's grasp. "What are you doing!? We need to leave," Peridot shouted angrily.

Before Petra could refuse Garnet burst through the bushes grabbing her other arm and pulling her out of Peridot's grasp. "Steven, take her!," she shouted.

Both Garnet and Peridot raised their arms. Peridot was quicker on the draw and blasted Garnet away with an explosion of green light sending her hurdling into a nearby tree.

"Petra!," Steven ran up to her an grabbed her hand, "come with me, we need to get you out of here."