The next day, Diamond was still sick, and Marble was taking the kids to Ponyville for a party, hosted by Pinkie, who had invited them, so Nite got to take care of her, while the others worked the farm.
"Why isn't he doing anything?", Limestone groaned, when she heard the plan.
"BECAUSE...he needs to be there to take care of Diamond! Wouldn't you want to be there, anyway, if you had a child who was sick?", Cloudy frowned.
Limestone sighed, she could be heartless at times, but never to family, "I guess you're right."
In Diamond's bedroom, Nick had brought her some mud soup with pebbles in it.
"Here, try some of this, it always helps me when I eat too many enchiladas!", Nite smiled, handing her the bowl.
She slurped it down before burping with satisfaction, "Mmmmmmm...thanks Papa, you always take such good care of me. I love you."
"Anything for My Little Diamond.", he smiled, kissing her forehead, and taking her bowl to the kitchen to wash it up.
When he came back, and sat on the foot of her bed, Diamond asked, "Papa, what does love look like?"
Nite smiled, "Well honey, you see your mother doing your laundry, it's because she loves you, your siblings help you clean up, it's cause either they were told to, or because they love you, mostly the latter. Grandma Cloudy tells you stories because she loves you, same thing with everyone else in this family."
"Do you love me?", she asked.
"Oh, honey, I love you all, that's why I try so hard to take care of you. But most of the time, love isn't always about what you see, it's mostly about what you feel, in here.", he smiled, putting his paw on her heart, which was visible through her transparent body.
"Papa, I feel much better!", she exclaimed, jumping out of bed, into Nite's arms, "Can we go do something?"
"Let's go out, then. You're just like your father, a few enchiladas can't keep you down!", Nite grinned, hugging Diamond.
When they got outside, they saw Princess Celestia talking to Igneous and Cloudy, who looked very excited.
She spotted them and smiled, "Granite, I have something to show you!"
They got in a chariot, flew across the countryside, as they flew, Diamond said, "Wow! Look down there, Papa! With all the trees, the rocks, and that babbling brook! And that tree looks like a big house!"
Nite just looked dumbstruck at Celestia, "Whaaa-how?"
Celestia chuckled, "Oh, Granite! I had the mall moved, and I used my magic to restore it to its original beauty, adding a house that you and your family can live in! Here, let me show you."
As soon as the chariot landed, Nite jumped out and started rolling around in the thick, lime green grass, shouting, "I'm home! I'm home!"
"Papa," giggled Diamond, "What are you doing?"
"This is was your old man's home when he was your age!", Nite laughed with joy.
"You used to live here? When you were my age? It's beautiful! Can we move here?", she smiled, rolling in the grass with him.
Celestia giggled, "Come on you two! There's more to see!"
So they went into the house, it was massive! There was many different halls and doors, one hall had all of the rooms for the kids, another one for Nite, Marble, and guests, and one with several bathrooms, a kitchen, a massive dining room, and a living room. The house had 50 closets in all.
"Oh Papa! I love it! Can we stay?", Diamond exclaimed.
"Let's go home and ask your mother, hopefully she says yes!", Nite exclaimed, jumping into the chariot, before Celestia could get in.
Celestia smiled.
"Oh, sorry, I got a little excited.", Nite apologized.
"Quite alright, Granite, let's get you two home!", she smiled, as they took off through the air.
