Twilight Sparkle, the six years old filly, the protégé of Celestia, pranced around her teacher happily. The sound of her laughter echoed through Celestia's head. It was still the same laughter she made when she was born. Twilight stopped bouncing immediately, stopping her round track and staring straightly at Celestia.

What Celestia sees is the eyes of herself. Her daughter's got her eyes.

"Princess? Do you think my mom is proud of me?" She asks. Today she perfected a really hard test, and she did it in 59 seconds flat. So much for reviewing in 48 hours. Celestia bit her lip, as it trembled. She tried not to cry, and only one reminder came to her mind: 'The past comes to haunt the present'

Celestia cursed the day she left the baby basket right before Velvet and Nightlight's doorstep. It breaks her heart more for not getting called 'mom' by her daughter... Just darn it! Twilight looked up to her, not as a mother, but a Princess! A royal princess, who if she gets offended, it's one way ticket to the moon! Every single moment of motherhood scenes of Celestia's imagination...

All of them have a red 'X' on them.

Flashback...

"Remember Celestia, once we get back into Equestria, that child of yours, the Key To Harmony... She'll have her end! I'll end her! Ha! Don't forget what I say to you!" Tirek approaches Celestia and Luna. "Never Tirek! You'll never harm my foal!" Celestia shouted back. "And so the kitten has claws, huh?" King Sombra growled.

"What's your little defense, Celestia?" Tirek asks, glancing at Celestia's pregnant stomach. Celestia felt a small life growing within her, and she smiled. "And who are you to know what's up to my sleeve?" She smirked. "Hmmph! Just once that little child of yours found out that her father was the alternate me in the mirrorworld... Let's see if that furball will stick to your sides" Sombra sneered.

Tears flowed through Celestia's amethyst eyes. "She wouldn't... Because she'll never will" She whispered, her plan imaging through her mind. Tirek left with Sombra in tow.

After 9 months, Celestia gave birth to a small little filly. She inherit the least of her mother. Her lavender coat from her grandmother, her eyes from her mother, her dark blue and purple mane from her grandfather...and a pink streak, the rememberance of a broken rule. "Oh sister, thee is so divine! And thou looks adorable in her slumber" Luna admired. "And I'm afraid I have to miss her" Celestia sniffed.

"I don't know if we'll ever meet again, it sounds like impossible!" Celestia doubted, tears already flooding her face. Yes, the Regal Princess Celestia has her mask crumbled. "Velvet and Nightlight will take good care of her... And sister? I ordered them to make her have the potential of becoming your apprentice" Luna grinned.

"L-luna? You don't mean...she..oh my" Celestia cried tears of joy as she nuzzled her sister. "Oh Luna! Thank you, so much! I owe everything to you!" Celestia cheered tearfully. "No big deal, Tia. And, please, tell her all about me" Luna then bpwed down in sadness, as she knew what crisis will happen to her, thousands of years in the moon, thousands of years... Alone

Celestia remembered their peeks to the future through time, not only one pony Celestia will lose, the correct number is two. "Of course, Lulu"

End of Flashback

"Yes Twilight. She will be so proud of you. And you don't have to ask that"

An answer.