Once again Zoe has made a wish that has altered the past. Without speaking, the rock seems to inform her that her wish made it so that her mom has always been a goth for a long time, this caused her to make quite a few different decisions in her life. After she gave birth to Zoe, she divorced Zoe's father. Zoe's mother didn't have a chance to get pregnant again. The potential baby didn't 'go' anywhere since there was never a fetus to begin with. "You don't really have a good grasp of temporal mechanics, do you?" The rock mentally quipped at her before falling silent in her hand.
"Goddess, what a weird rock." Zoe muttered.
"What was that, Zoe?"
"Nothing Mom-- I mean Joan. I'm going out."
Zoe strode across the living room and snatched her jacket off the coat rack.
"Whatever, just try to get to school tomorrow."
Zoe jumped off the porch and out into the driveway, she threw open the door to her VW Golf. As she was pulling out she noticed a new change. It was one of her nieghbors, Karen, an older girl who lived in Zoe's neighborhood. She used to dress pretty drab, but tonight she was looking good in a black flowing dress and her hair in flowing black curls. But there was no time to talk to her. Zoe had to get across town to share the rock with her best friend Julian.
