some time after this id say, or at the very leasy an incident simmilar to it:
 

 
twilight had run off in a bundle of sniffles and tears, leaving velvet rather disgruntled, and ready to give her daughter a couple more stern words- but with other matters to attend to, particularly entertaining her dinner guests, she simply had to leave it be for now.
 
Once her guests had all left, and she began to bring dinenr plates and glasses into the kitchen, she noticed both her children had been absent for several hours. Assuming they’d left to go cause trouble elsewhere, she’d placed the plate on the counter with a heavy sigh, and went searching through the house.
 
What she found made her pause, if only for a second. Round the corner from the living room, her two foals sat: Twilight with tears in her eyes, while Shining held up her favourite, rather tattered doll (that velvet despised). He moved it about in chipper, jolly movements, like it was dancing, while he put on a silly voice and recalled silly scientific puns to twilight- making the filly giggle in between her sniffles.
 
Watching the scene, Velvet felt a pang of…. something. She’d come to tell them off, for ruining her dinner party, and embarassing her in front of her important guests - but this scene. the friendship between them, and shinings determination to cheer his little sister up…. it was odd. it was familiar… and suddenly, she didnt feel like shouting anymore.
 
Shinings eyes drifted up to her, and his face dropped, moving the doll to behind his back. Twilight’s head swivelled around to look up at her too, eyes wet and beady.
 
Velvet’s gaze softened, and any lingering anger faded.
 
“Come help me clean up, darlings.”
 

 
direct parallel to this but i think thats obvious lmao
 

 
im way too lazy to write proper dialogue/story so this is kinda like a rough draft? idk. maybe ill come back and flesh it out properly but like thats the jist of what im trying to convey. hng idk i hate writing things. also drawing is hard.
 
as a reminder this is an au before i get comments about how velvet would never do this in canon