“My coronation was a disaster.”

After nine seasons of learning about the Magic of Friendship and protecting Equestria from powerful villains, it was quite clear that Twilight Sparkle would become the kingdom’s new ruler. Ridiculous as it sounds, her coronation was a disaster. Because she thought her best friends didn’t seem to care that she was moving back to Canterlot and wouldn’t see them again for a long time, she told them about her true feelings over all this. But they reassured her that she would indeed miss her. Unfortunately, this resulted in them getting behind on their preparations and almost missing the train to Canterlot. And even though Twilight made it just in time for her coronation, the ceremony still hit a series of snags: Big McIntosh mixed up food deliveries to Canterlot Castle, so the coronation guests were served applesauce instead of apple cider; Fluttershy forgot to bring snacks for her performing animal friends, while Rarity neglected to put the star spiders, which were weaving Twilight’s dress, away, and so Fluttershy’s animal friends fight with Rarity’s star spiders; and the Wonderbolts left from Wonderbolt Academy without Rainbow Dash, while Pinkie neglected to supervise Gummy and the fireworks display, and the fireworks disrupted the Wonderbolts’ aerial routine.

Despite the disastrous ceremony, the Mane Six shared a good laugh. If there was one thing perfectionist Twilight learned you can’t control everything and there are times when things don’t go according to plan, but it didn’t matter as long as your with good friends. Twilight then decided to establish a Council of Friendship so she can maintain her relationships with her friends by convening once every moon, and in the distant future, they still do. From being a Unicorn student who came to Ponyville to learn how wonderful friendship is, to becoming an Alicorn and the Princess of Friendship, to becoming the ruler of Equestria, Twilight had quite the journey of self-discovery.

Traced from My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic Season 9 Episode 26, “The Last Problem.”