Pearl's eyes fluttered a bit as light shines down upon her, the sound of rushing water and talking, she wearily got up and looked around, she was at Rose's healing fountain, she was tired and could still feel the warm sticky pink liquid on her stomach, she could hardly stand up. When she did fall she fell into Rose's arms, it looked like Rose had returned to normal "wah…? Rose?, how did you…?" she winced a bit as Rose gently laid her down "the fountain, it was…. A bit messy. But no matter, you need to rest for now Pearl" she closed her eyes, when she next opened them she back at the temple and her body was back to normal "it…, worked" she rubbed her head a bit, a pounding pain resonating through her body. She got up and went to her room in the temple, she had to do something to get her mind off of the whole event, maybe organize some of her things. She hopped up onto one of the massive water pillers and looked around for a bit, she sung a small tune and a collection of swords came out of the water. She looked over the collection and started sorting them by age and then by location she found them in. a small smile formed on her face as she organized everything in her room. She sighed and looked out over her room, clean, in order, boring, lonely, bland. She sighed deeply as she hopped down onto the shiny floor and started to walk down the pale white path, humming a tune to herself. She looked over all of the objects she had collected, a few old weapons and armors scavenged from the Strawberry Battlefield, some little trinkets she had been given from Steven, some small pictures from across the eras, she stopped when she reached the picture of the Crystal Gems with a small human expedition to a mountain range, she swore she noticed something new in the picture. She looked closely, when she finally noticed it her eyes widen, she saw it, a humanoid figure with grossly long arms walking past the trees, it's face obscured by the branches, she knew this creature. That was the creature that killed Steven.
The Crystal Gems had gathered to see what Pearl had saw, and they were shaken to the core. "How did this creature go unnoticed? How have he not found it before?" Rose's voice was glazed with unknowing horror "if that really is the thing that killed Steven, how did it get all the way to the Great North without us noticing?" that question staled the air, until Garnet spoke up, "we find this creature, and we find the answers!"
The gems spilt up and searched both the Great North and the massive mountain range, unbeknownst to them though, the whole town of Beach City was under a careful eye. A hidden camera zoomed in on people walking by blissfully unaware of the eyes all around them, the recording devices hidden in every home, the new residents observing every little detail, listening in on conversations. The whole town was unaware of the men who would grab people walking at night, asked them questions and then erased the memories of the night right from their minds.
