School of Friendship: Difference between revisions

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▲==History==

▲===Conception and establishment===

▲{{FIM|Twilight Sparkle}} first conceived of the school as a place to teach friendship after the defeat of the [[Storm King]]. On one occasion she attempted to bring up the subject to the rest of the [[Mane Six]] while they were visiting [[Tempest Shadow]] in [[Canterlot]], but was interrupted by a message from [[Princess Skystar]].<ref>''[[Beyond Equestria: Fluttershy Balances the Scales]]''</ref> However, after seeing how the [[Cutie Map]] had expanded following the [[Sacking of Canterlot]], Twilight finally shared her dream with her friends and [[Starlight Glimmer]], who were all employed at the institution once it had been built. The school was established next to the [[Castle of Friendship]] in [[Ponyville]].

▲With the aid of {{FIM|Princess Celestia}}, Twilight reached out to leaders in the [[Changeling Kingdom]], [[Dragon Lands]], [[Griffonstone]], [[Mount Aris]], and [[Yakyakistan]]. As a result, a non-pony from each land-[[Ocellus]] the [[Changeling]], [[Smokder]] the {{FIM|Dragon}}, [[Gallus]] the [[Griffon]], [[Silverstream (Hippogriff)|Silverstream]] the [[Hippogriff]], and [[Yona]] the [[Yak]]-was brought to the school to be enrolled as part of the first class. The school was also attended by numerous pony students, including [[Sandbar]], who soon befriended the five foreign visitors. However, the school suffered in the beginning from Twilight’s insistence on adhering to the strict educational guidelines of the [[Equestrian Educational Association]], or EEA.

▲Despite the efforts of the faculty to persuade her otherwise, Twilight remained determined to conform to the EEA rules so the school would be accredited by them. However, the [[Young Six]] eventually had their fill of this, and ditched class on [[Friends and Family Day]]. This led to disaster, as their bonding time led to the school being damaged while [[Chancellor Neighsay]] of the EEA and the various non-pony leaders were present. Neighsay, [[Racism in My Little Pony|appalled]] that non-pony students had been allowed to enroll, angered the leaders and shut down the school.

▲Twilight was initially heartbroken over these developments, until her friends helped her see where she had misstepped. The School of Friendship was a new kind of school, and thus couldn’t be run using the EEA rules for other schools. As such, she decided to reopen it, and sent her friends to petition the non-pony leaders to allow their students to return. However, this led to a startling revelation: the students had all disappeared without a trace.<ref>{{CAR|FIM|School Daze}}</ref>