Life (Lapidot Medieval AU) unedited version. Canceled due to rewrite.

Hunted

"Pearl!" Amethyst whined, in the form of a cougar. "How much longer until we can go back?" Pearl rubbed her forehead before she said, "The sorceress and princess can't have gone far. We should be able to capture them relatively soon!"

Amethyst let out a small "merp" before running forwards to scout ahead. "Gah! She's too much!" Pearl exclaimed to Garnet who wasn't paying attention and only just said, "What?" Pearl only starred at her before they heard loud barking. They looked to where it seemed to be coming from and saw Amethyst, still in her cougar form, running towards them while shouting, "SHIT SHIT SHIT SHIT SHIT!" as she was being chased by a pack of wolves.

Pearl only raised her right hand, surrounding it in a baby blue hue before chanting, "Raeh dna deeh ym eciov rof won I lortnoc uoy lla." A wave of the hue exploded out towards the wolves and they immediately stopped walking, their eyes glowing baby blue. Pearl made the alpha come forwards before reaching into her satchel and grabbed a dirty blue fabric that had been ripped off. "Dnif eht tnecs fo ohw siht sgnoleb ot dna kcatta meht," Pearl finished, allowing the albino alpha to sniff the fabric. After it sniffed the cloth, the alpha thrusted its nose into the sky before he and his pack ran in the direction they came from.

"Now what?" Amethyst asked, lying on the ground, exhausted. "Now we follow them and collect our prize," Pearl answered before having her horse go forwards.

An hour had passed while the three followed the wolves, eventually leading to a cave. Pearl got off her horse before walking into the cave, pulling her spear out. Realizing that it was dark, she clenched her fist before opening it, revealing a ball of light. She then made it float to the middle of the cave so that they could see.

"They were definitely here," Garnet said as she examined what appeared to be scorch marks on the rocks. "There's also blood here," Amethyst called out, kneeling before a dried spot of black blood. After a moment of thinking, Pearl took out a rag and rubbed the dried blood before walking outside to the wolves, still under her control. "Wollof eht s'doolb tnecs," she said, her eyes glowing a baby blue.

The alpha sniffed it once again before pulling away, eyes squinting as its baby blue eyes dimmed a bit. It sniffed the air again before running off, his pack following him as the trio trailed them.

...

Peridot was small enough to lie on the monster's back without disturbing Lapis, who was also lying on its back, asleep. She was jotting the events that occurred recently, her eyes getting very heavy as she continued to write. When she stopped writing, her stomach growled. Peridot searched her satchel and pulled out what remained of the cheese. She looked at Lapis in disbelief before taking a bite from the cheese before putting it away.

Peridot rubbed her eyes in hopes of feeling less tired before she saw that they were heading into another cave. She looked down at the beast and saw that it was slightly limping from the wounds the wolves caused.

As soon as the monster lid down in the cave, Peridot got off its back and went to examine its injuries. She gagged at the smell of its black blood and how chunks seemed to be missing. When she raised her arms, preparing to heal the monster's wounds, a small rumble came from the monster. Peridot flinched before looking at the monster who was taring at her.

"Please understand me," she whispered to herself before she continued. "Look, I'm trying to heal you so that we can get to your destination faster. If you don't let me heal you, this ride your taking us on will be a whole lot slower, especially if your injuries get worse."

The monster lifted its head and stared at her for another minute before it nodded its head and placed it on the ground. Peridot gave it a nod in return before she raised her arms again, her eyes softly glowing a light green as she said, "Morf enob ot hself, yeht laeh sevlesmeht, gniworger flesti ot sti lanigiro etats erofeb gnieb derujni."