Looking Back

Starlight Glimmer has been my student for an entire year now. While her path has been bumpy at times, like when she tried to compel her way through her friendship studies... that happened at least twice. She got past that and she has kindled some strong friendships. She has also combined forces with her friends to solve problems she would not have been able overcome on her own.

Friendship has given her the confidence to accept her village's welcome. Through her rekindled friendship with Sunburst, she helped heal the Crystal Heart, and by working with Trixie and her new friends Thorax and Discord, she showed the changelings a new path and saved Equestria. I think she has mastered friendship, as far as anypony can do so. Friendship also needs to be nurtured and that's a lifelong task, one that doesn't require a mentor or a guide. It just requires true friends, which Starlight now has.