While Adora was a bit dismayed, she was glad that Pearl reciprocated her feelings, just by acknowledging them. She moved over to Pearl and proceeded to hug her, excited that they saw each other eye-to-eye on this connection. She cried a little when telling Pearl what she felt at that time. ”You are so interesting and fascinating…and I want to get to know you better…I want us to be the best of friends!”

Pearl hugged her back, as she knew that Adora was a kindred soul who would do nothing to hurt her. She was different than Steven or Rose/Pink Diamond in that she was more relatable in a lot of ways. How could she not like Adora? She was a swordfighter, liked strategizing and organizing, and could transform into a warrior that was eight feet tall. She then stopped hugging and proceeded to hold Adora’s hand, with Adora doing the same. They stood together, upright, on the rock overlooking the lake, shouting out for all to hear: ”Pearl and Adora together…we are Peadora united!” Afterwards, they chuckled with other about this and made their way back to Plumeria and fell asleep with the others, who were fast asleep.

After everyone woke up, they were greeted by Pearl and Adora, who seemed unnecessarily cheery to everyone else who did not know they had an intimate heart-to-heart talk the previous night. Everyone readied their things and walked out of the Kingdom of Plumeria, waving goodbye to the hospitable citizens and Perfuma, promising to return. On their way back to Bright Moon, they encountered a few Horde robots, obviously created by Entrapta. None of these robots seemed to have offensive capabilities but rather were outfitted with digging and grabbing implements. The reason for this was not known, but they discreetly followed them through the woods. They could see where these robots were heading. They were moving to the ruins of the Crystal Castle. These robots were after one thing in particular: First One’s tech. Through the clearing, they could see a legion of Horde soldiers commanded by Catra, awaiting the arrival of Horde robots so they could cart away the tech, then use it to crush the Rebellion. They didn’t expect any trouble, although they were sadly mistaken.