Dear Princess Celestia,

by Shakespearicles


Friendship Problem

Dear Princess Celestia,

When I was younger, I used to believe that you had all the answers. That you were somehow an all-knowing being. It took a lot for me to lose that impression of you. For a long time, a part of me deep down still believed that you still knew everything, but you had your reasons for withholding the answers, as a part of a lesson for me to learn or something. But I realized that you didn't know everything eventually.

So I write to you now with a friendship problem, not seeking an answer, but rather a sympathetic ear. Because even as the Princess of Friendship, I do not have all the answers to every friendship problem. And my little ponies find that just as hard to believe as I did.

Two of my students were the best of friends with each other. The two mares were as inseparable as sisters. And then along came a stallion that-

Actually, the details aren't important. But there was all the usual friendship problems balled up together. Misunderstanding, a breakdown in communication, and a fight leading to hurtful words being said, and grudges being held against each other. I've tried to council them, and it all just seems so petty looking at it from the outside in. But to both of them, it was a world-ending conflict. And I doesn't matter what I try to tell them, neither of them want to reconcile.

I want to be optimistic and say that time will heal all wounds. But unfortunately I know that some feuds can last a lifetime. I remember Applejack telling me about the one between her grandmother and her maternal grandfather. They eventually reconciled before the end. But Rainbow Dash still regrets that she never managed to patch things up with Lightning Dust before her fatal stunt incident.

I guess I'm still trying to deal with the idea that not everything can be fixed. And even as tall as I am now, that thought makes me feel so small. In my brain, I know it's not my failure. But in my heart, it feels like it. How did you ever get past that feeling?

Did you ever get past it?

- HRH

- Princess Twilight Sparkle