First I got my wings, and it... wasn’t so bad, great even. For once I could finally look my mentor in the eye, as an equal.
Then I got a castle. It was amazing! A little sad, I’m going to miss the old place, but the new castle was much bigger, far more fitting for a princess of my stature. Plus I have my friends to fill it in. With them around the place will never feel empty.
Then came more: Princess Flurry Heart, the dear, and my very own students, Sunset Shimmer, Starlight Glimmer, and her student, Trixie. Never before has the castle been so full! Filled with the sounds of laughter, cheers, hooves stomping, and just life.
But then—then things changed. Princess Celestia, she— There was no— I had new responsibilities.
Flurry Heart is in school now, whilst Starlight Glimmer and Trixie have moved on to greater things. They’re now studying elsewhere, teaching their own lessons, and spreading the magic of friendship where they go.
Apple Bloom has taken to running the farm. I’m actually quite impressed with how well she’s doing. Sweetie Belle, likewise, has had moderate success with her sister’s boutique. Those lessons from Rarity really paid off. And Scootaloo has already laid plans. She wants to get into the Wonderbolts Academy. Her dream is to fly up there, right next to her hero.
I’m... happy, really, I am.
Just look at me, the Princess of Friendship, surrounded by all of her friends, loyal old Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, and Spike, my little baby dragon.
Spike’s getting too heavy to ride on my back...