Five Years Later, Canterlot Castle

Celestia sighed from exhaustion while her advisors left. She's said it before and will say it again, court was the worst part of her job. She looked out one of the massive windows as her sun hung low in the fading afternoon sky. She glanced over and saw her financial advisor stopped at the door, talking with someone Celestia couldn't see. After a moment of chatter, her advisor gave her a small smile and left, Midnight walking in with a small bundle of cloth in his arms. "Hey mom." Midnight said with a warm smile as he approached Celestia.

"Midnight! It's so nice to see you. What brings you here to see dear ol' mom?" Celestia asked, eyeing the bundle in his arms.

Midnight shrugged, “Oh, nothing special. I just thought that I would introduce you to your granddaughter." Midnight cleared some of the blankets to reveal the deep blue fringes of hair and horn on his child's head. Celestia took a sharp gasp and took her with gentle hands as Midnight handed her to Celestia. She yawned in her sleep and opened her half-lidded eye's only long enough to shift in her sleep, her eyes a milky red. Her wing tips poked out from her sides when she stretched.

"Midnight... she's beautiful." Celestia said as she softly rocked her back and forth to let the child sleep.

"Her name is Dawnbreaker." Midnight said, a proud smile crossing his face.

"Thank you." Celestia said, looking up to Midnight.

Midnight looked at her confused, “Thank you for what?"

Celestia gave a small smile. "For letting me see her." Celestia said.

Midnight smiled, “Of course mom. And... there is another reason I came to see you."

Now Celestia gave her son a confused look. "What is that?" Celestia asked.

"I forgive you." Midnight said after a long pause.

Celestia took a moment to process what he said, before realization dawned on her. "You... forgive me?" Celestia asked, a single happy tear rolling down her face.

"Yes. When we had Dawnbreaker two months back, it got me to thinking about my childhood. How I didn't want her to have to go through that. Then I got to thinking about why you did what you did. I looked at it from your point of view; bastard child, no father, on a drunken night... it would have ruined you. And it tore you apart to do what you did. So... I forgive you."

Celestia handed Dawnbreaker back to Midnight and hugged him softly around the sleeping alicorn. "Thank you. I love you Midnight." Celestia said between more tears.

"I love you to mom." Midnight responded.

After a moment spent in a true embrace, Celestia pulled back, “Where’s Vinyl?" Celestia asked.

"She's at home. She had a gig to get ready for in half an hour or so." Midnight responded.

"Ah. Next time, make sure to bring her as well. I enjoy seeing my daughter-in-law." Celestia said with a smile.

"How about a grandson? I always wanted to have a son." Midnight said as he made his way for the exit.

Celestia smiled. 'I would like that... son.' She thought.

Sun-Scratch Residence

"I'm home." Midnight called out as he entered the door.

"Hey Nighty. Feeling better?" Vinyl asked from another room, upstairs. "

Much. Mom fell in love with her granddaughter soon as she saw her." Midnight said, walking upstairs.

"Mmm. I'm glad to hear it." Vinyl said from what Midnight could now tell was the bedroom.

Midnight placed Dawnbreaker down in her crib softly in her room before entering the bedroom. "Y'know, I told her that she might get a grandson in the future." Midnight said, hugging Vinyl from behind.

"Hmm. Maybe sooner than she thinks..." Vinyl said, turning around and giving Midnight a passionate kiss.

"Mmm. Maybe." Midnight said as he guided Vinyl to their bed.

Vinyl brushed her fingers over Midnight's left wrist, the scars now absent.