Greg felt rushing air whistle past his ears as he and Pearl fell through the sky. The ground was getting closer and closer until Pearl grabbed him by the waist and flipped him up. Branches, leaves, and bits of the trunk hit and scrapped the two as Greg tried his best not get hit.

Finally with a loud thud, the two hit the ground with Greg on his back and Pearl on her torso. Pearl groaned in pain as Greg tried to stop the adrenaline running through him.

The two were panting heavily as Pearl as she lifted her head. The light was low as the two entered the forest with the only source of light being from the hole they created. "Are you ok?" She heard.

Looking behind her, she found Greg trying his best to sit up. "I'm fine. I've taken worse."

'Damn it, that creature knocked us off the cliffside.' She glanced at Greg who was trying to get his footing. Pearl sighed in annoyance as she moved over to Greg. "Are you fine?"

"I'm fine...just scratched like one of my old CDs." He chuckled to lighten the mood. Pearl didn't even show any sign that she liked it. Greg scratched the back of his head nervously. This was a rare occurrence that the two were alone and it didn't help that there was no chance of the Crystal Gems from intervening.

"Nevermind that, we just need to get ourselves out of here." She said. Greg held up his hand for a second, but pushed himself up when Pearl didn't take it. Taking out her spear, Pearl slashed down a couple of large plants. "Come on."

Greg didn't get a chance to say anything as Pearl quickly vanished into the foliage with only the trail of cut down plants leading to her. The former rock star quickly followed after the gem. And for the next few minutes it was nothing, but silence.

Oh what day

What can I say

Through this exciting moment

"May please be silent? I can't afford to listen to your...tune at the moment." Pearl responded.

Greg tried his best not to roll his eyes. "Hey, I'm trying to make time go by faster. If you have a better idea, I'd like to hear it."

"Why I do. It's called, be silent and let me focus on getting out of here!" The gem replied angrily. Greg lifted his hands in surrender and looked the other way. 'This is very infuriating. Calm yourself Pearl, it's not his fault. Just focus.'

What can I do for you

What can I do that no one else can do

Pearl stopped at the similar hum of the tune. She took a deep breath as Greg bumped into her. "Pearl?"

"Greg, I asked you to be silent. Because right now, a song is not going to make the world's natural rotation move any faster or helping me clear a path out of this forest. So, if you'd be so kind to shut up!" She shouted. "Jeez, Pearl. I'm just trying to pass the time. Why are you getting so annoyed with me?"

'Because I don't like you.' "Because we are stranded in the middle of a gem-forsaken forest without any signs of the other gems. And I'm going to be honest, I can't stand being alone with you."

The human shook his head. "Feeling's mutual, but don't you think you could loosen up. You're always wound up tightly. You could relax."

Pearl chuckled at him. "First: Shut it. Second: I can't be wound up tight since I'm just a projection of light. Third: I can't relax once again, we are stranded! We can't just...MOVE!" Greg looked at her confused for a second before feeling the ground tremble.

The trees behind them bursted with a massive bull with a gem on its forehead. It was gray and purple with shard crystals as horns. It bellowed loudly as Pearl summoned two spears. "Greg, stay out of the way."

He didn't object as he quickly moved out of the way and took cover behind a rock. The two in the clearing stood still as each waited for the first move. The bull snorted and charged. Pearl easily dodged the first charge and threw her first spear into its left eye.

It hit its mark and the creature flailed around in agony. The ground began to crack as Pearl tried to hold herself steady. However as soon as she regained her footing, the bull rammed her with full force and sent her crashing into the large tree behind her.

The bull snorted in what was assumed it's victory. However several white shards of energy hit its hide. Pearl was breathing hard as she had two spears. One pointing right at the creature and the other holding it up.

"Pearl!" Greg shouted. "I'm fine! Don't worry about me." She replied hastily. The bull was running at top speed and was homing on Pearl. She tried to move, but her torso was aching with pain and she could only watch as the bull got closer.

A loud crack was heard as Pearl found herself on the ground and the bull's horns lodged into the wooden trunk. "What?" She saw Greg on the floor next to her panting. She didn't waste anytime and threw her spear into its right eye.

The bull wailed in pain before accidently pushing the spears even more inside its skull. Without second, it froze in its place before disappearing in a small poof. The only thing left was a purple gem falling to the ground.

Wasting no time, Pearl hobbled over and wrapped the gem in a blue bubble. And with a tap it disappeared. "Whew, that was close."

She looked at Greg, who was standing up with that silly grin on his face. "I had it under control Greg. There was no need for you to save me." The grin sunk into a frown.

"Are you serious? Pearl, you would've been sandwiched by that bull if I didn't push you out of the way! I had to run at top speed to save you." Greg argued. Pearl looked at the tree and saw Greg still trying to catch his breath.

"No, I would've been fine. When that gem charged me, I was going to…" She stopped and touched her chest and torso. The pain was still evident and she knew that what Greg did was right. She was caught off guard and had no plan to save herself. "Well?"

The gem gritted her teeth as she swallowed whatever was holding her words back. "Fine, I had no plan. The bull was going to crush me and it probably would've if you hadn't...saved me. For that, I thank you."

The frown on his face lifted up to that silly grin and Pearl shook her head. "That's alright Pearl. I try to help in anyway I can."

"Whatever." She replied as she took a step forward and lurched in pain. "Pearl!"

She took in deep breaths as she tried to control the pain. "I'm-I'm fine. That gem did more damage than I thought. Give me a second." The wounds slowly repaired itself as Pearl felt the pain fade.

"There. Now shall we continue?" Pearl asked. Greg nodded and the two continued onto the dangerous forest that was filled with unknown beings residing in. Greg looked up and saw the noon sun wane to be a lovely sunset.