Celestia asks for the Mane 6 along with Spike, Phobos, Ben Mare, the CMC and Nyx to meet her in the throne room. When they arrive, they see Golden Heart and after they chats a bit Nyx ask him how he came to Ponyville when her birthday was coming Golden Heart decides to tell them when he got the letter from Celestia and had send a reply (the flashbacks takes place during Curse of the Demon Pony and around Nyx's birthday).