"May be we should make camp, it is getting late," said Connie as the sun started to set. They been walking for... how long now? In this forest it seemed like forever and everything looked the same.

"Good idea," said Mabel. She usually wasn't afraid of the dark, but there was still a lingering thought that Bill could be in these woods and she didn't want her new friends be in danger. Of course she was afraid that Bill could of gotten to him first, but she was confident that he could handle him.

A loud growl of Gregs stomach brought up the next question. "You wouldn't happen to have any food in that backpack would you?"

"I do have some food, I actually brought enough for all three of us," said Connie taking off her backpack and took out some pb&j sandwiches, carrots, a baggie of fresh fruit and water. Then passing it around to the other two "It was originally for Steve, his dad and I just in case he forgot to pack lunch, but when I got there I found out they already packed their own."

"Well, I'm glad you were thinking ahead otherwise we would be starving," said Greg as he immediately started eating.

"Greg not so fast! We should save half of these sandwiches for tomorrow and try to not drink too much water. We don't know how long we are going to be lost so we should save as much food as we can," explained Connie.

"Aw... but I'm really hungry," said Greg.

"She does have a point Greg," agreed Mabel. "We should try to save some of our food for tomorrow."

"But what about the day after that? Or lunch or dinner tomorrow?!" asked Greg.

"Well, I do have granola bars for breakfast," said Connie. "But after that we should probably forage for food."

"Or hunt our food like our ancestors!" said Mabel.

"Yeah, I mean I did read how to hunt for food before I came here," said Connie. "We could try it once we run out, but for now lets' eat." They then started eating and saved half their meal for tomorrow. Connie started again looking through her backpack. Her parents had also packed a small tent for her just in case she became lost, because if she ever became lost they said to stay where she was. She also had a blanket. It was big enough for two, but Greg wasn't that big though. So she was sure it could cover all of them.

"Man Connie you pack a lot of stuff in one tiny bag," commented Mabel.

"My parents mainly packed this bag, they are all about safety," said Connie she stopped getting stuff out when she felt something familiar. Her cell phone! A wide grin was on her face as she pulled it out. "I completely forgot I had this! I can call Steven now!"

"That's great!" said Mabel as she came over with Greg to watch as she dialed Steven's number and tried to call him.

Connie's smile quickly left as there was no signal here and put down the phone. "No signal."

"Aw that's too bad," said Greg "But you tried!"

"Yeah, we will find him, but for now lets get that tent up," said Mabel as they then started to put the tent up, or she should say her and Connie. Greg somewhat played with the equipment and handed them the stuff they needed.

After they were done Connie got Stevens mom sword, it was beautiful with its rose design and sharp blade. The sharp blade was defiantly needed as she spotted a small young tree she could cut down. She grabbed the sword with both hands and swung. The sword cut through the tree like butter and it fell down. "Whoa..." she said as she started sawing off the skinny trunk for firewood.

Connie jumped a little as Mabel was suddenly right next to her. "So where did Steven's mom get that sword?"

"Uh, she just made it appear," said Connie.

"How? Is she magic?" asked Mabel.

"Yeah, sort of. She is a alien with special powers, but I never really got how the Crystal Gems summoned their weapons," explained Connie as she picked up the wood with Mabels help.

"That's so cool! So Steven is a alien too?" asked Mabel going back to where the tent with Connie.

"Who is a alien?" asked Greg as he heard a part of their conversation while coming back to the tent.

"Steven is," said Mabel starting to work on making the fire. It was the at least she could do since Connie had almost everything they needed.

"No, no he is only half alien, he is part alien part human," explained Connie.

"Oh," said Mabel and Greg simultaneously.

"Yeah, her name was Rose Quarts and she was very powerful too from what Steven tells me, but she died when Steven was born..." Connie then lifted up Rose's sword. "This was one of the weapons she had. "She also has a shield, but Steven can summon that."

"Wow! Steven sounds so cool," said Mabel.

"Yeah, he is way cooler than me," said Connie with a little sigh.

"I-" said Mabel until she was interrupted by Greg.

"Shoo! Shoo! Get out of there!"

Connie and Mabel turned to see Greg trying to get a large centipede out of Connie's backpack. Connie immediately recognized the bug as a gem monster and ran over to him lifting the sword. "Greg get back!"

Greg did what he was told as Connie sliced through the small monster which then poofed, but the strange thing was it had no gem. "Are you alright?" asked Connie.

"Yeah, but look here! the sandwiches grew back!" said Greg holding up one of their sandwich bags and it had both slices.

"What? How can that be?" asked Mabel.

"I don't know but look!" said Greg as he took that sandwich out of the bag then placed the bag back into the backpack. They watched as the bag glowed pink and another sandwich appeared.

"Whoa... I didn't know your backpack is magical!" said Mabel.

"It isn't! It's a normal, plain old backpack!" said Connie.

"Well, now we don't have to worry about starving!" said Greg happily as he the sandwich he took out.

"Yeah, but I still don't know how can that be..." said Connie concernly.

"Hey, I'm not questioning it! But I am questioning that monster, do you think there are more out there?" asked Mabel.

"I guess so, it looked like one of the monsters that is found in Stevens town, but I'm more worry about the bigger monsters than that small one," said Connie, but she did have Rose's sword so they would at least have protection, but now she was even more worried about Steven. He may have his shield, but a shield without a sword is useless in a monster battle.