The next day...
It seemed to be a lazy day as Daniel sat outside with the paper by himself until Winn-Dixie soon came out to keep him some company. Opal gave a small smile as she saw her father smile to Winn-Dixie and soon pet the dog who sat down next to him which was a good sign.
"Memories from Opal's mother?" Cherry asked Patch once he came to see her.
"Do you think you can do that?" Patch replied.
"Um... I'm not sure actually since we don't know anything about her." Cherry shrugged to Patch.
"Well, then, can you at least find out where she is through the dream realm?" Patch asked.
"Hmm... I'm not sure..." Cherry replied.
Patch soon gave her the puppy dog eyes.
"Hey, hey, no Puppy Dog Eyes, okay?" Cherry tried to make him stop. "I invented that trick!" But she was unsuccessful as Patch included the puppy dog whimper.
"You... Son of a..." Cherry muttered.
Patch kept looking at her.
"Ugh..." Cherry soon groaned in defeat as she flopped back in defeat. "I don't know what exactly I can do, but I'll see what Princess Luna can tell me."
"Thanks." Patch smiled.
"You're evil with that trick, you know that, right?" Cherry glared.
"Yeah, yeah." Patch smirked.
Cherry rolled her eyes. "The things I do for you people..."
Patch simply smiled innocently. Cherry rolled her eyes before she took out her magical dream-catcher and soon knocked herself out so that she could visit the Dream Realm even though everyone was awake.
From there, she would go to find Princess Luna. Princess Luna looked around before looking back to Cherry.
"Mind if I visit the memory bank again?" Cherry asked.
"I suppose that would be all right," Princess Luna replied. "But mind if I ask why you wish to visit there again?"
"Um... It's about that Opal kid's mom." Cherry replied.
"And you wish to know of where she is, correct?" Princess Luna guessed.
"Yeah, that way, maybe just maybe, she could have a change of heart in coming back." Cherry said.
"I'm not sure myself, but it doesn't hurt to try..." Princess Luna replied, putting a hoof to her muzzle. "I hope you know what you're doing."
Cherry was soon in the memory bank and she came to the file cabinet to find Opal's mother's file.
"Now her mother's name should be here." Cherry said.
"Do you know her name?" Princess Luna asked.
"Uh...?" Cherry blinked.
"Try Opal DiCamillo." Princess Luna suggested.
Cherry then looked around and found a folder with that name on it which became a success. Once she opened the folder, she began to see bubbles pop out to show of the woman's memories. The woman appeared to look like Opal, only much older, and had hair and eyes like her daughter.
"Now, just have to find out where she is, and get her to come back to her family which is basically her husband and her daughter Opal and with an addition Winn-Dixie." Cherry said.
Princess Luna hid a small smile.
"What?" Cherry asked.
"You care about that dog being with that family." Princess Luna replied.
"...Shup." Cherry turned away with a mutter.
Princess Luna smiled as she knew she was right. Cherry soon took a look at the bubbles to see Opal's mother until one seemed to be a blue blob which was slowly growing.
"What is that?" Cherry asked the Alicorn princess.
"It's memory that's coming out that is happening right now." Princess Luna informed.
"Hmm..." Cherry hummed before touching the growing memory.
The memory grew slowly, but soon popped out to show something that was going on right now, and there appeared to be Opal's mother, crying and looking very upset. Cherry frowned as she could already tell why Opal's mother was crying.
There seemed to be footsteps heard as an older woman was shown. "Dear...? Are you all right...?"
"Oh, Mama..." Opal's mother said to the older woman while sniffling.
"What is it, dear?" The older woman asked, sitting next to her on the bed.
"Oh, Mama, I've made a terrible mistake," Opal's mother told her own mother. "I miss Daniel and India... I shouldn't have left... I should've called you about my problem sooner, and now I have no idea where I can find either of them."
"Seriously?! They're still in the trailer park!" Cherry replied.
"Opal's mother left when she was three," Princess Luna reminded. "They lived somewhere else back then."
"Oh..." Cherry replied as that sounded tragic right now.
"She should be getting some sleep right about now to try and sleep her sadness away." Princess Luna said.
"Should I visit her dream then?" Cherry asked.
"Yes." Princess Luna nodded.
"All right..." Cherry replied.
Opal's mother cried her eyes out and her elderly mother soon left her some tea as she decided to go to sleep and Cherry then took that time to visit her dream, and where she soon saw what Opal's mother was dreaming of. Opal's mother appeared to be coming through a door and she heard a lot of people yelling and mocking her for being a preacher's wife, and she came to her husband who looked angry with her.
"No one wants to see you," Daniel glared to his wife. "You broke my heart. Our daughter doesn't wanna see you neither!"
Cherry knew this nightmare was out of guilt for leaving Daniel and Opal. Opal's mother held her face as this was a terrible nightmare.
Daniel soon walked away without looking back to her. "I loved you... I gave you my heart, and you just stomped on it!"
"Okay, that's it!" Cherry's voice boomed, causing Daniel to vanish along with the rest of the nightmare figures.
Opal's mother looked a bit more scared because Cherry sounded a bit dark and scary, almost like Darth Vader.
"Don't worry, you don't have to be scared." Cherry told her.
"Who... Who are you...?" Opal's mother asked.
"Let's just say I'm a friend of your daughter's." Cherry replied.
"Y-You know India?" Opal's mother asked.
"Yeah, only she's known as Opal by her friends." Cherry said.
"I guess it stuck..." Opal's mother replied. "You see, Opal is actually my name, which is why it's India's middle name. I guess Danny thought that she looked so much like me that it slipped out a couple of times."
"That's a good point," Cherry admitted. "Anyway, you need to get back to, uh, Danny and India."
"But... I don't know where they are..." Opal's mother replied. "I've been gone for seven years... I doubt they're even still home."
"Try Naomi, Florida..." Cherry replied.
"I... I might not have the time..." Opal's mother said. "I've moved back in with my mother so she can help me with my drinking problem."
"Then what about your daughter? Do you want her to go the rest of her life not knowing what it's like to be loved by her own mother?!" Cherry asked firmly.
Opal's mother whimpered, a bit scared and sad.
"Can you imagine how painful it would be to not know about your own parents?" Cherry replied. "A girl Opal's age NEEDS her mother!"
"I-I... I suppose so, but..." Opal's mother shivered.
"BUT WHAT?" Cherry asked.
"I'm scared." Opal's mother replied.
"Scared of what?" Cherry asked.
"How can I go back after what I did?" Opal's mother frowned. "No one's going to want to see me anyway... How will I even know where to find Danny and our daughter?"
"As cheesy as this sounds... Nothing is impossible if you follow your heart." Cherry advised before she seemed to make herself gag from saying that.
"Follow my heart." Opal's mother smiled.
"Look inside your heart... To find the answer..." Cherry advised, trying to sound wise and helpful like Zeus or Princess Celestia.
Opal's mother soon decided to do just that.
When the blonde woman woke up, she looked around and suddenly felt motivated. She wasn't sure where to go just yet, but she decided that she was going to come back into her daughter and husband's lives once she would recover from her problem which she brought on by herself, and where with her mother's help her problem would be solved soon.
Cherry soon came back into the Dream Realm.
"Did you talk with her?" Princess Luna asked.
"I tried to..." Cherry replied. "I hope I was somewhat helpful. People always come to me for advice."
"I'm sure you were helpful." Princess Luna smiled.
"I really tried," Cherry replied. "...And Patch made me do it."
"I'm sure you really wanted to, regardless of Patch's convincing." Princess Luna coaxed.
"I guess." Cherry shrugged.
"Oh, Cherry, you are always the funny one when it comes to sharing your emotions," Princess Luna said. "You remind me of a younger me."
"So, um, do you think Opal's mother will come back?" Cherry asked.
"I'm sure with your convincing, she'll come back when you least expect it." Princess Luna advised.
"Yeah, I suppose you're right." Cherry said.
"I'm always right." Princess Luna hid a small smirk.
Cherry rolled her eyes slightly before smirking back as she went back to the waking world.
Meanwhile, with the girls...
"I'm so proud of you for helping Opal with us at the pet shop, Darla." Amber smiled.
"Hey, I have good moments." Darla smirked playfully.
"That's true." Amber smirked back playfully.
"So, we going back then?" Annabelle asked.
"In a bit, yeah," Darla replied. "I'm just thinking about the Sailor Scouts again."
"They probably miss you." Amber said.
"I miss them too..." Darla nodded. "Especially Mina. She was like a big sister to me."
"Mina... That's Sailor V, right?" Annabelle asked.
"Yep, that's her," Darla replied. "Serena was like a big sister too, but Mina and I got along very strongly and we had just met during our first adventure together."
"Oh, that's cute." Annabelle smiled.
"Yeah..." Darla replied. "I'm not sure if you guys could come with me though... That would be interesting."
"I'd like to meet them," Amber smiled to her best friend. "You make them sound so wonderful."
"They sure are." Darla smiled back.
Eventually, they went to the pet store. Annabelle stared at the fish in the tank as they made her think of Cosmo and Wanda which made her grow to miss seeing Timmy Turner as she had feelings about him she had unlike any other boy she had ever met even though he had a crush on the girl known as Trixie Tang.
"Hello, Bunny~" Amber cooed as she picked up a baby bunny with Opal and Otis.
The bunny simply wiggled its nose. Amber giggled and smiled as she nuzzled her nose against the bunny's.
"He shouldn't be away from his mom too long when they're this small." Otis advised.
"Right." Darla said.
Amber soon put the bunny back with its mother. The bunny looked happy to be back with its mother.
Later on, they decided to see Gloria.
"Planting..." Darla smiled. "My brother's girlfriend would love this."
"She sounds lovely already." Gloria smiled back to that.
"She's amazing when it comes to plants." Dalra smiled back.
"What're we planting exactly?" Annabelle asked.
"We're helping the tree." Gloria said.
"What kind of tree?" Opal asked.
"The 'Wait-and-See' Tree." Gloria smiled.
"The 'Wait-and-See' Tree?" Amber asked out of confusion.
"It means you got to wait 'til it grows up before you can see what it is." Gloria smiled.
The girls looked to her as they patted the soil to make it tight enough for the tree to grow.
"That should do it." Darla smiled.
"Thank you for your help, dears." Gloria beamed.
"You're welcome, ma'am." The girls replied as they were more than happy to had done it.
Gloria left briefly.
"Do you think she might really be a witch?" Annabelle asked Darla since they were apart of the Magical Kingdom.
"Well, even if she is, she sure is nice," Darla replied. "I guess she can't be worse than Queen Beryl."
"That's true." Amber said.
"Or Claudia." Annabelle then added.
Some time passed as the girls all hung out and Cherry and Atticus decided to play cards as they had a big adventure this summer.
"So, know when Opal's mother is going to finally come back?" Atticus asked.
"I don't know officially," Cherry replied. "Princess Luna says it'll be a pleasant surprise for everyone."
"Well, maybe she can come the night before we go back home?" Atticus suggested. "That sounds like it'd be a great happy ending."
"What is this, a family movie?" Cherry teased him.
"I'm just saying." Atticus shrugged.
"How long are we staying here anyway?" Cherry asked. "It's hotter than back home here for the summer."
"I'm sure we'll get going soon, just be patient..." Atticus told her.
"I guess..." Cherry rolled her eyes.
"Besides patience is a virtue." Atticus said.
"Like you losing?" Cherry asked as she soon won the card game.
"Dang it, how are you so good at this?" Atticus asked.
"I'm awesome." Cherry replied.
"Yeah, yeah." Atticus rolled his eyes.
Cherry hid a small smirk as she rubbed her fingertips together.
"One more game." Atticus smirked.
"Poor loser." Cherry replied.
"One more game." Atticus told her.
"Fine... It's your funeral." Cherry replied as she took the deck of cards and shuffled them.
"Deal me in." Atticus replied.
Cherry then did as he said as they continued to play while the girls wandered around town with Opal.