IMPORTANT NOTE: This story takes place in an alternate universe where Nightmare Moon never existed, so Luna was never banished.

During her four-year sabbatical in the Everfree Forest, Princess Luna unexpectedly becomes pregnant and gives birth to a daughter, a little blue unicorn she names Trixie. Though the princess loves the filly dearly, she worries about what will happen if Celestia discovers that her sister is the mother of an illegitimate foal. Desperate and heartbroken, Luna reluctantly surrenders the foal to an orphanage, swearing that she will one day return for her daughter, and that Luna will always love her—no matter the cost.