 The first battle comes to a halt, however, when Clara slips on a cannonball and falls backward into the clock, losing consciousness for the rest of the night.The next morning, she awakens in her bed with a headache and tries to tell her mother about the battle, only to be told to rest.Drosselmeier visits with the repaired yet now lifeless Nutcracker, giving only vague answers to Clara's questions about the previous night.