Hearing Lily's question, Sparkle shook her head. "Forget it. You don't need to know it. Even if you know, you won't be of much help. Just stay here and do your own thing."0

With that, a white light suffused Sparkle's figure. 0

Lily had seen that before; a white light would always engulf Sparkle just as she was about to teleport away.0

"Wait!" Lily reached out to grab her, but her hands phased through Sparkle's figure.0

"Father has wasted a wish for you, so you ought to repay him by not letting his wish be in vain," Sparkle said, and her figure vanished into thin air.0

Lily stared blankly at the empty bench, looking a bit torn and her thoughts inscrutable. When Lily came back to her senses...0