Grizel waits impatiently on the beach as she spies her older sister among the waves. The mare paces in a tight circle back and forth until her sister was finally on the beach with her. Grizel's eyes look at her sister intensely, pleading, but Daracha shakes her head. Grizel's eyes lose hope as her head hangs. "Nothing?" She asks thinking maybe she just read her signals wrong. "I'm sorry," her sister whispers.

"I think I saw da here the other day!" The sable champagne colt speaks up with a chipper voice. He didn't understand what exactly his mother and his aunt were looking for or why they looked so sad. He only remembers seeing a glimpse of his father in the Forest while he stayed behind with auntie Grizel. Daracha stares at her son with sadness in her eyes. "Sorry I made you leave him." Guilt was heavy in Grizel's heart. The only reason her sister left Osmanthus was to help find their mother. Daracha shakes her head again and steps closer to Grizel. She touches her muzzle to the mare's shoulder gently. "I told you to stop blaming yourself. None of this is your fault. Besides, I want to help find her. We have to save her." Determination fills Daracha's eyes.

Daracha hasn't seen Osmanthus or Amaryllis in some time. Osmanthus announced in the Harbor that he would be leaving to wander the islands as he no longer wanted to be a leader. Daracha decided she would follow him anywhere, and she did for a little, until her sister found her. Once Grizel told her about their mother's capture she vowed to help find her. Daracha said goodbye to Osmanthus and her youngest who wanted to stay behind with him. She journeyed back to the place she grew up where Grizel was still living. Daracha's son Dadga followed her for the new adventure and on the thought that he could protect his mother.

"We could go talk to the mare in the Thicket. She seemed so interested when I mentioned the curved eared stallion that took mom. Or maybe Rilke would help us. Or maybe..." "No!" Daracha shouts to interrupt her sister. "We are not asking your father for help. He was the first to steal mom away." "But," Daracha stomps her hoof. "Just no.".