When Spike does not return from gathering flowers near the everfree forest Twilight goes searching for him. When she believes he has ventured into the forest she follows as well. Twilight soons become lost and discovered mysterious ruins that use magic to travel Twilight back through time when she was only a very young fillie. Not more than a month and a half old. When she starts follows around her fillie self she soons realizes the truth about her parents when she does not recognize the parents she sees here.