The Silver family have been of Earth Pony blood since before the founding of Equestria.
That is the way things are, and the way Silver Shillings planned on keeping it.
But to his utmost outrage, his wife's suppressed genes make themselves known when their daughter is born a unicorn.
Well, that's just too bad, there isn't any room for failure in the Silver Family.

Years pass and having endured a life of constant insult and no mother figure to fall back on, Silver Spoon has finally had enough.
But who will give her a chance after what she's been made to do and be?