After patting Trixie Anon learns that she likes the attention and he gives her scritches. Anon fails to realize that Trixie thinks scritches are special, so when he gives Twilight scritches she gets very upset.
Having worked as a guidance counselor for several long years, Trixie decides to have a chat with Starlight about how much things have changed, and how she'll never become the world famous magician she wanted to be.
After Trixie is humiliated by Twilight, she uses a teleportation spell, hoping to get away from Ponyville. And her spell works, well, more than she expected.
It has been several days since Trixie went to the moon to keep company to Nightmare Moon, but when a lavender alicorn arrives, the mare is nothing more than confused as to why a filly is on the moon with a villain.
When Starlight invites Trixie to spend the holidays with her and her father, the two of them come to learn an important lesson about what it means to be family.
Shining Armor has become an alicorn for some reason, and with no explanation available ponies assume ascendancy is sexually transmitted. Much to Twilight's irritation.