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"Thank you but it's fine, I don't mind walking" he said to his sister, looking up and smiling at her before looking at his father and nodded "yes, I have heard the same and as this street is rather vast I think it is best we just go to the ice cream parlor, it is closer and I don't really want to be walking around this street too much" he said as he looked back to the front "just follow me, I might get a soda at the ice cream parlor anyway, I know I shouldn't be thinking about drinking at a time like this but I have a dry throat" he said as she kept walking towards the parlor.

After several moments he and his family arrived at the ice cream parlor, a really packed ice cream parlor "well, I guess business is good" he said as he walked in and looked around the retro 1950's styled ice cream parlor "I will go see if the owner is around" he said as he made his way to the counter, stopping in front of it and talking to the pegasus behind it "I am actually looking for the owner, is she around?" He asked.

The pegasus nodded "yes, please wait a moment" he said as he walked back to get Lemonade.

Moments later Lemonade walked out and smiled at the one who asked for him "hi, how can I help you?"

"I am Onyx, my family and I are meant to be seeing Eternity but we are new here, we have only heard about this place before from my mother so I am a little lost on how to get to her shop and I was wondering if you could give us instructions please" he said hoping she would know.

"Oh sure, but I can do one better, care to take me to your family?" She asked as Onyx nodded and lead her back to his family "hi guys" she said upon arriving "you want to see Eternity right? Then just go through here" she said as she opened a portal and gestured to them "this will lead you straight into her shop" she said smiling at them.

Onyx smiled at Lemonade and bowed a little "thank you" he said as he walked through.

"Youre welcome" she said watching them.

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"W...where am I?" Sabbath asked tiredly as she woke up, looking around she didn't know the place at all though she did sense powerful magic "hello!?" She called out into the empty white room and receiving no answer, Sabbath started getting up till she fell back down in excruciating pain and winced "ow!" She said as she looked herself over, just on the outside she could see she had two broken legs, some broken ribs a bruised face, notsure about any black eyes or not that was about it for what she could see, was there more? Only time would tell.

Raven walked in moments later and looked her granddaughter over "you know, you need to work on your fighting skills" she said as she pulled the blankets over her granddaughter.

"Grandmother, what are you doing here? What happened to me? I...I can't really remember what happened, it is a blur" she said, falling back onto the bed."

"Sabbath, your father has been worried sick, he is out now trying to find that wayward daughter of yours, long story short, you were beaten up badly by your daughter, her finishing blow was basically casting a large spell against your torso area and making a cut that traveled from the base of your torso up to the top of your chest, it was rather deep and it did damage to your heart a little, all was fixable though. I got to you before you died completely, you are now in Solstice in a privet room, you can decorate it however you want by using that button on the table next to you but right now you need rest, I will be back to see you shortly" she said as she bent down and kissed her granddaughters forehead "I love you" she said as she turned and left the room.

"I...wait...I need more info!"

"Later, rest now, your father will want to talk to you once you wake" she said as she closed the door behind her.

Sabbath sighed and curled up as best she could, trying to remember the event of what happened.

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Onyx stretched as he got used to being his old self again, you would think he hadn't been a pony for the past 10 years the way he was acting but meh, it was just SO good to be back to his old self "thank you Coven."

Coven smiled at him "glad I could help" Coven said as she looked at the others "is that all you need?" She asked smiling at them.

"Nope, thank you for letting us explore Solstice once again" he said as he looked at his family "guess we can now go and stop annoying Coven" he said to his family.

"It is no bother really, onc eagain, glad I could help" she said smiling at them before leaving.

"Right, what to do?" Onyx said as he looked at Eternity "ummm, Aunt Eternity, can you see where mom is?" He asked, curious how she was.

Eternity nodded "sure" she said as she pulled out a mirror and started flicking through different scenes, stopping on one "found her, she is asleep in Solstice's hospital" she stopped abruptly and looked again "shes in hospital!? Shop, lock up!" She called out as the shop locked up for the night "come on, come with me" she said as she mumbled a spell and teleported them straight into the hospital's waiting area. "Nurse" she said to an ogre as it walked by "can you please tell me where Sabbath Stoneheart is?"

The nurse nodded "yes, she is on the second floor, room three" she said as she carried on her way.

"Thank you" Eternity said as she teleported them up a floor "this way" she said as she ran down the hall and entered room 3 "Sabbath?" She said as she ran over and looked her over "oh god, what happened!?" She asked as she sat down beside the bed and cuddled her niece carefully.

"I can't really remember..." she said softly as she nuzzled her aunt.

Onyx followed his aunt and went in after her "...mom?" He said softly, looking over at the bed and decided to stay quite, letting his aunt talk to her for the time being.

Eternity was family, sure, but she decided to let the others see her, she was their mate and mother after all "I will be back soon, I might go see if I can get some information out of someone, back soon" she said as she got up and left the room.

Sabbath turned around gently and moved over a little and started to cry against her mate, mostly due to the fact the pain killers were starting to wear off and so the pain was starting to come back ten fold and the fact all she remembered was saying goodbye to her mate and children and knowing she may never see them again "i..i'm sorry" she whispered as she just clung to him as best as she could.

Onyx looked at his sisters and gestured towards the door "come, lets leave them for a little bit, maybe we should go find something to eat or something, bring something back for mom and dad" he suggested, whispering to his sisters, thinking it might be best to let his parents be for a few minutes.

Onyx shut the door behind him and his sisters and sat down and sighed "I am lost in this world, I wouldn't know where to go if you paid me, I wonder if this place has a cafeteria, at least then we might be able to order something normal" he said looking at his sisters, not wanting to start with the questions as to what had happened, at least not at the moment anyway.

Sabbath sniffed and smiled somberly at him "thank you" she said as she took a deep breath and let it out, ignoring the fact that even breathing, especially deep breathing, hurt greatly "what..." she started as she looked to the door, having heard the door close moments before "...what am I meant to tell the children? I know they are old enough to know what happened and yet I just can't help but feel like I shouldn't tell them or at least sugar coat it and even then that would be wrong to do such a thing" she said with a sigh as she nuzzled her mate a little "I am such a terrible mother..." she said with a sigh, how could she have gone so wrong in bringing up her daughter?

Sabbath listened to her mate and smiled softly to herself before looking up at him "you are right, we can only influence but look at how much thats worked on Tempest" Sabbath sighed as she nuzzled her mate a little "and sugar coating it will be best though given two already might suspect something maybe we should just tell them the full version, gory details and all, at least it would be fair on them all and besides, if one doesn't know and goes bothering the other two we may end up having an argument or something if they don't want to tell the other." She said with a sigh "it will be hard but maybe it is for the best, saves arguments and what not in future though I am scared, I don't want to upset the children, at least not with news like this, I know whatever way we tell them, sugar coated or not, it might cause a rift between the children, I know what Tempest did was wrong and I can't really tell the others what to do or think now that they are adults but still, I don't want them to hate Tempest I don't want this family to split" she said as she just rested against her mate.

Raven was on her way back as she noticed her other grandchildren "my darlings, how are you?" She asked smiling at them.

"We are fine, for the most part" Onyx spoke up, it was he who had to deal with their grandmother on a daily basis, the least he could do is not let his sisters deal with her, he didn't trust her at the best of times so no, he wouldn't let his sisters deal with her "anyway, excuse us Grandmother, we best be going, we decided food might be best" he said as he looked at his sisters "come, Moon, Mil, we best be going" he said as he started to leave.

"Alright then, I will be visiting your mother if you need anything and, may I suggest Red's place? They will even deliver it for you, just tell them you are friends of Lemonades, they will do the rest" she said as she opened the door and walked into their mothers room, shutting it behind her.

"I apologize for not letting you speak to her but I don't trust her at all, I thought it easier to just get the greetings out of the way quickly and we can be on our own way, I know she is family but I just don't like how she does things as a family member or a herd leader but hey, we are stuck with her as a grandmother" he said with a sigh "anyway, I guess we will try this Red place for food" he said as he looked around, wondering if there was a phone he could use somewhere.

Sabbath was about to reply when she looked over at the door "grandmother, what is it that you want?" She asked curiously.

"Just to come and give you this" she said as she made a piece of paper that was folded in half appear "I thought you would like to see what exactly was wrong with you" she said as she walked back and sat down.

Sabbath took the piece of paper and shook her head "maybe later" she said as she opened up the drawer and placed it inside it "right now I don't really feel like looking at it, thank you but maybe later" she said as she looked at Raven and sighed "any word on Daddy yet?"

"Yes, he has not found Tempest however he is making his way here now, not sure how long he will be but he will be here soon."

"Alright, thank you" she said as she nuzzled her mate a little, not liking how this was turning out, her father was going to be furious with her.

"Ooo thanks for pointing that out" he said as he walked over and looked through the parchment at the side and noticed the number for information was there and dialed it, asking for Lemonades ice cream parlor number, it was the first number that came to mind and if anyone knew Red's number it would be her and after a few moments he was finally put through and was glad she answered, he spoke to her for a few moments before he hung up and turned around and looked at his sisters. "Lemonade said she would handle the food, Red is her live-in chef so she would deal with it all, she said something about roast dinners for us all with a nice dessert with soda and orange juice just so we have a choice of what to drink, she also said she would make sure she would send some over for Raven and grandfather, all we have to do is wait, someone will actually delivery it, usually they just use magic but he thought it would be best to deliver it this time" he said as he sat down and sighed "so what are we going to do now?" He asked, he knew they should go back to the room but right now he didn't really want to, maybe he would just wait for lunch.