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Stargazer had really devoted himself to slamming his head into the pink impostor, and just like Meadowsweet, it took him a couple more slams before he realized she was no longer moving. Oh... He stopped and drew back, eyes wide, looking her up and down in shock. Was this... was that normal?

"Hey, this isn't funny!!" he said loudly, rearing up on his little legs to try to catch a better view of what she was doing. "You're not fooling us!"

And then moments went by, and she still hadn't moved or responded, and he dropped to all fours and looked back at his siblings. "Uhm..." he moved to stand beside them, peering at the impostor sheepishly. "What do we do now?"

"Uh..oooh." Cedar said, concern in her child voice as she frowned up at the frozen doe. She wobbled, why was she so so SO tired all a sudden?? After headbutting the imposter mommy she had felt all her rage drain away immediately. "I dunno? I felt sparkly? I just wanted her to STOP." She said, then yawned hugely. Blinking, she looked at her brothers, but she was really feeling so sleepy. Trying to figure out the game the imposter was playing felt too confusing.

"Yeaahhh," She said while yawning again, "She broken." Too tired to worry about this new development, Cedar looked at the soft grass and then flopped down into the cushy softness, and almost immediately fell asleep!

Stargazer was at a complete loss. He didn't know what to do, or who to look after, or what even was really going on. Cedar keeled over and promptly fell asleep and Meadowsweet began to cry, and Hollyhock hadn't done either of those things yet, but he could be next. Who knew?

Stargazer gulped and plucked up what little courage he had left. He walked on over to the pink adult and gently booped her with his little nose. "Uhm, excuse me," he said reluctantly. "We don't want to play this game anymore..."

It had been a very strange few minutes for Rosaline. She hadn't been able to move of muscle or bat an eye, but she'd been able to see and hear everything. She was still utterly baffled at what had happened to her. Did she have some sort of illness? So rare disease that caused her to lock up like that? Did she need to go on a trip to the healers? Surely that tiny foal couldn't have done this to her - a noulicorn had no magic until it went to Grandfather Tree. Plus she'd never heard of magic that just froze you anyhow.

After what felt like an eternity, her body finally let her move. She blinked repeatedly, her eyes felt so dry ... Her knees trembled a little bit, but she quickly stretched them out. The smile stayed on her face, as best it could. "Oh, don't worry foals! I'm not broken! And I think Cinder just needed a nap. Maybe it's nap time for everyone? Seems like a good time, right?" Rosaline really, really hoped it was nap time. She needed a moment to figure out what on Vykeli had happened.

Meadowsweet was so relieved that the lady was unfrozen he almost forgot that they were supposed to be mad at her. He was just glad they hadn't broken her and that Momma wouldn't have to be mad at them for that.

He sniffled, staring up at her with wide, wet eyes. "I'm sorry we almost broke you," he sad with a wobbly voice. "We didn't mean to. And sorry, Cedar," he added dutifully. They kind of had meant to break her, but she didn't need to know that. They'd only intended to break her a little, not completely freeze her. He considered the idea of a nap, and honestly? That sounded kind of nice. They'd spent a lot of time running and fighting and crying and now his little head was sleepy and his eyes were heavy.

"If we go to sleep with Momma be back when we wake up? I miss her."

Hollyhock let out a few more wails for good measure. It was important to let others know how you were feeling, after all. And at the moment Hollyhock was feeling not great. The frozen pink impostor, Cinder falling asleep, their Momma being gone, their mad dash, it had all taken a toll on him. He stopped wailing to let out a long yawn. Right about then, the pink impostor unfroze. He looked at her through narrowed eyes. While it was true she hadn't hurt them, he was not pretty sure she was trying to trick them. Unless they were actually powerful enough to have frozen her like that ... I mean, there were four of them and they were awfully good at doing things. He tilted his head, considering.

"Maybe it could be nap time. But we need a nice treat before nap time. Momma always gives up a treat." He stood, head held high and defiant. Momma most certainly did not always give them a treat before nap time, but how would the pink impostor know that? She couldn't. He nodded along to his sibling's questions. They made good points too. He really wanted Momma to be back. "Will you promise Momma's gonna come back? That YOU didn't make her go away?" That was a new angle, that Hollyhock hadn't really considered.

Meadowsweet looked momentarily distraught. Multiple sleeps? That was too many sleeps before he got to see Momma. But all the other things this lady said were kind of nice. Snacks and stories and a nice meadow for naps? He could be okay with that.

He took a slow and hesitant step to follow her, looking back at his siblings. "Naps and snacks are okay, right guys?" He wasn't sure if he was asking or telling, really. He didn't want to turn against his siblings because of this lady.