Pearl arrived at the Lion Colony, after flying as fast as he could for nearly half an hour.
Senior Yao, the black jaguar next to him, breathed loudly as he had been forced to give more than everything he could to help Pearl come all the way here as fast as they could.
After Alex's arrival in Brightfalls City, he had called him and Pearl out as they had another task.
They had to get the aid of the beasts in the Beast Paradise to fight on their side.
Given Pearl's newfound identity and his previous connection to this place, it was deemed that he was the best choice to come here and persuade these beasts to fight on his behalf, to avenge his father and mother.
Pearl wasn't sure if he would have instead gone with Alex to the secret realm where his father had died. He wasn't sure if he wanted to see that or not.