Not another Magical Mystery Mess!

“Hello? Where am I? What is this place?”

Twilight found herself in a black void, similar to the space charts she studied. Luckily, it seemed that she could breathe in this area.

“Wait…why am I here? So my reward for completing the spell is to be banished in the space-time continuum? God damn it Celes…”

Celestia and Luna were staring at her. Luna seemed to be trying not to laugh while Celestia, taking a long breath, spoke.

“Congratulations, Twilight. We knew that you could do it.”

“Princess Celestia and Princess Luna... I don't understand. What did I do?”

“You did something today that's never been done before. Something even a great unicorn like Star Swirl the Bearded was not able to do, because he did not understand friendship like you do. The lessons you've learned here in Ponyville have taught you well. You managed to solve the puzzle. You revealed your destiny, Twilight Sparkle.”

“So my destiny was what the spell meant!”

However there were still a lot of things unexplained.

“Still, how did solving the spell lead me to this dimension, to you two?”

“Well, it’s funny you should say that, because that’s what Princess Cada..”

Celestia covered Luna’s mouth with her hoof, but it was too late.

“You. Did. This. Before?”

“Um, Twilight, what Luna meant was, um, that…”

“Are you meaning to tell me that this spell was completed before?”

“Um…er…to be honest..yes.”

Somewhere in space, there was a supernova explosion.

“DO YOU TWO REALIZE THAT YOU PUT EVERYPONY’S LIFE IN DANGER IN ORDER TO DO YOUR SILLY LITTLE PRANK…”

“It’s not a prank it’s a test…”

“FORCING OTHER PONIES TO DO WHAT THEY DON’T WANT TO DO JUST TO TEACH ME A LESSON…”

“There was a failsafe if you couldn’t succeed, you know…”

“ABOUT…”

She slowed down as she realized what they wanted her to feel.

“Friendship…the strongest connection of all.”

Celestia looked and Luna and she nodded.

You have proven that you're ready, Twilight.”

“Ready? Ready for what? Wait…don’t tell me…”

Celestia and Luna stood in front of her, smiled, and started to sing in harmony, while all the memories of all of her adventures surrounded them one by one.

♫You've come such a long, long way♫
♫And we've watched you from that very first day♫
♫To see how you might grow♫
♫To see what you might screw♫
♫To see what you've been through♫
♫And all the ways you've made me proud or mad of you♫
♫It's time now for a new change to come♫
♫You've grown up and your new life has begun♫
♫To go where you will go♫
♫To see what you will see♫
♫To find what you will be♫
♫For it's time for you to fulfill your destiny. ♫

With those words, both princesses fired a pink magical wave, sweeping itself once again around Twilight. She could feel nothing but bliss, as she was teleported back to Ponyville in a great flash of violet light, her own cutie mark on the sphere that landed in front of her friends.

“Twilight? Is that you?”

Twilight heard Applejack’s voice, and tried to stand up. In doing so, she felt an unknown part of her body release itself for the first time, revealing her wings.

“Wha…why do I have…wings!”

“Er…Twilight, why do you have wings?” Applejack echoed while the others just stood there in disbelief.

“Darling…did you become an alicorn? I’ve never seen anything like it before…”

“That’s so cool! I bet you can fly as fast as you can study, I hope!”

“She’s…so majestic…”

“Oh wow, so that’s an alicorn! How toyetic can you get!”

“Pinkie Pie, what does toyetic even mean…”

“Oh I can’t really say it out loud, or else our overlord Hasbro might delete me!”

“What’s a Hasbro?” Everyone looked at Pinkie Pie dumbfounded. She took out a notepad, gasped, then nervously put it back into her tail.

“Nevermind that! If Twilight’s an alicorn, that means she’s a princess!”

“Just like Celestia, Luna, and Cadence? I only look like one…”

“But you really are one.” Celestia and Luna had appeared beside her.

Compared to their reactions to Pinkie Pie, her friends didn’t really have much of a reaction, rather gaping at either Twilight, Celestia, or Luna.

“But…why am I a princess?”

“Because, Twilight Sparkle, since you've come to Ponyville, you've displayed the charity, compassion, devotion, integrity, optimism, and of course, the leadership of a true princess. I will still guide you, but we are all your students as well now.”

“I…didn’t realize that my destiny was to be a princess! What should I study? What challenge will I face? Will being a princess separate me from my frien…”

Luna smiled and shook her head, while Celestia continued.

“We can worry about that later. Well, since you are a princess now, we must hold a celebration to celebrate the coming of our new princess Twilight Sparkle!”

The townspeople cheered, along with her friends as fleets of royal guards started to fly into Ponyville, ready to escort all the ponies towards Canterlot.

“Wait…you two prepared for this?” Twilight remarked as she climbed on a carriage with her friends and the two princesses.

“Why of course, Princess Twilight! Isn’t that what fun is meant to be?”

“Also, both of us had to prepare for a very special gift to you, Twilight.”

“And what is that…” Twilight asked questionably as they arrived at the back of the castles, because Celestia’s tone wasn’t serious, always a dangerous thing.

“You will see. For now, stay behind the doors behind the castles until I announce your name.” Seeing Twilight nod, she smiled and open the doors towards the cheering crowd at the podium while the royal guards flew her friends to the VIP section of the audience.

Settling the crowd down, she cleared her throat and spoke.

“We are gathered here today in celebration of a momentous occasion. My most faithful student, Twilight Sparkle, has done many extraordinary things since she's lived in Ponyville. She even helped reunite me with my sister, Princess Luna. But today, Twilight Sparkle did something extraordinary. She created new magic, proving without a doubt that she is ready to be crowned Equestria's newest princess. Fillies and gentlecolts, may I present for the very first time, Princess Twilight Sparkle!”

As the crowd cheered, Twilight heard a familiar tune as she walked through the doors of the podium. It was so long ago, yet still embrassing.

“Oh…my…god…” She tried not to blush furiously as the choir began.

♫The Princess Twilight cometh♫
♫Behold, behold♫
♫She’s a Pretty Pony Princess♫
♫Who got trolled, got trolled, got trolled♫
♫Behold, behold (Troll lol lol) ♫
♫The Frilly Pinkie Princess♫
♫Behold, behold (Troll lol lol) ♫
♫The Princess is here! ♫
♫The Princess is here! ♫

“Say Something, Princess.”

Celestia was smiling while Luna was laughing in the corner. Twilight really wanted to scream, but she took a deep breath, and managed to smile back. She did play that song in the speaker of the castle when Celestia refused to give her the second edition of Daring Do when she was a filly, so she guessed that they were even now, though her pranks were far from over.

“A little while ago, my teacher and mentor Princess Celestia, who as you can see, is quite a humorous pony, sent me to live in Ponyville. She sent me to study friendship, which is something I didn't really care much about. But now, on a day like today, I can honestly say I wouldn't be standing here if it weren't for the friendships I've made with all of you. Each one of you taught me something about friendship, and for that, I will always be grateful. Today, I consider myself the luckiest pony in Equestria. Thank you, friends. Thank you, everypony!”

The crowd cheered on, and down below she saw her best friends, who were cheering the loudest, including her brother and Princess Cadence.

“Way to go, Princess!”

“I knew you could do it!”

“We love you, Twilight!”

“Best coronation day ever!”

“You’re as fabulous as ever, darling!”

“Twilight! I’m so proud of you!”

“I’ll always be your best sister-in-law!”

"Long live Princess Twilight Sparkle!"

And so, Twilight Sparkle looked on forwards, as she became the fourth alicorn princess of Equestria. She knew now that no matter what happened, everypony in the crowd would support her to the very end, to continue the ongoing quest for friendship. Well…except for one very special non-pony in the library…

“Twilight? Anypony? WHERE IS EVERYONE??”