A parabola with equation is reflected about the -axis. The parabola is translated horizontally two units to the right to become the graph of , and its reflection is translated horizontally two units to the left to become the graph of . Which of the following describes the graph of ?
a parabola tangent to the -axis
a parabola not tangent to the -axis
a horizontal line
a non-horizontal line
the graph of a cubic function