A thousand years after their deaths, Twilight is spend the night remembering the deaths of her friends, their funerals, and the legacies they left behind. During this night of remembrance, something knocks on the castle door. Twilight finds her royal guards unconscious and sees a strange bat pegasus. When trying to approach the odd visitor, the Princess knocks into an odd basket with an odd green egg inside. What could the bat pony have possibly meant, leaving this egg on Twilight's castle doorstep? And why would the pegasus think that Twilight could be trusted with raising a strange hatchling?

Contains non-indented paragraphs, depressed Twilight, and Fluttercord. Also a changeling newborn OC. If you don't like, don't read!