The next day, Nite got up early to go sit in a tall tree next to the one Big Mama had gotten him. He then noticed Diamond lugging a sack, sneaking off.

"Diamond?", he shouted, jumping down from his tree.

She tried to run, but Nite caught up to her and stopped her.

"No! Let me go!", she exclaimed, struggling.

"Diamond...Diamond! Honey...calm down! What are you doing?", Nite retorted, setting her on a nearby rock.

"I'm leaving! I'm a freak! There's no place here for someone like me!", she sobbed.

"No! We don't use that word around here! No one here is a freak! You're not a freak! You're perfectly normal!", Nite scolded.

"Pa! Look at me! Look right through me! See the problem! Sure, Alexandrite is normal with her green/red hair, Citrine and his mismatched eyes and split personality, or even Fancy Diamond, she's flipping changing colors every other second! But me? I'm a plain old earth pony, with a fur problem!", she screamed.

"You don't have a fur problem, it's how you were born!", Nite shouted.

"Oh? Well I wish I wasn't born!", she screamed so loud it could be heard for miles.

"That would make your mother very upset.", Nite stated.

"Boohoo for her!", she shouted.

"It would make me very sad.", he said more firmly.

"Look I don't care how you feel! Just let me go!", she screamed, kicking him.

"Go. Go if you want. But I'll still love you with all my heart, more than you can imagine.", Nite sighed, letting her go as a tear came to his eye.

Diamond started to walk away, but she couldn't help looking back. Nite was curled up on the ground, his face, full of tears, "Don't look back...", he sobbed, "Don't look back..."

She couldn't stand it anymore, "Papa! I'm so, so, so, SO sorry! Papa! I love you!", she exclaimed, running back to him as she completely lost it and broke down into tears.

"Oh, Diamond! Promise me you'll never underestimate my love for you, Am I clear?", Nite sobbed.

"Crystal...clear!", she sniffed, rubbing her face in his thick fur, as her heart thumped loudly.

They went back and had breakfast with everyone else, neither of them saying anything about the past dilemma.

At first, Diamond couldn't eat, but Nite put his paw around her and kissed her forehead, and whispering, "You'll always be my Dear Little Diamond."

"I love you, Papa!", she smiled, hugging him tightly.

Marble knew something was up. So that night as they lay in bed, she asked, "What did you two do today? Diamond hasn't called you Papa in a long time."

Nite told her the whole story.

"Oh my, she seemed pretty upset!", Marble said in surprise.

"Yeah but it's nothing to worry about now.", he smiled as they went to sleep.