Princess Twilight Sparkle’s heart swelled with pride as she looked at Starlight Glimmer, former cult-leader and now graduating as her first true student in the magic of friendship.

“Words cannot express how proud of you I am, Starlight,” she told her. “Not only have you mastered all of my lessons on the magic of friendship, but you did it in a quarter of the time it took me.”

Starlight blushed. “Well, I had an amazing teacher. Are you sure I’m ready to graduate from being your student?”

“Trust me Starlight, if brooking peace between Equestria and Centauria; fixing the Harmonic Equilibrium; and solving the Chaos Theorem wasn’t proof enough, the way you banished the Jabbermouth was,” said Twilight. “And now, you are finally ready.”

“Ready for what?” asked Starlight.

Twilight began to sing in a soft, melodious tone. “You’ve come a long ways; and I’ve watched you…”

“NO!”

Popping up out of nowhere as usual, Pinkie Pie gave Twilight a glare that could bore a hole though concrete.

“No way, no how, ain’t gonna happen, forget about it, do not pass, do not collect five hundred bits, just no!” she ranted.

“Pinkie Pie, what do you think you’re doing?” Twilight demanded.

“I’ll tell you what I’m not doing,” Pinkie Pie shot back. “I’m not going to let you turn Starlight into an alicorn and make her a princess!”

“You were going to make me a princess?” Starlight asked Twilight.

Twilight growled in frustration. “Now look at what you did; you spoiled the surprise!”

“No I didn’t because there isn’t going to be a surprise, because you are not going to make Starlight a princess!” Pinkie Pie snapped.

“But she mastered the magic of friendship!” cried Twilight. “And besides, think of the merchandising!”

“Equestria has more than enough princesses,” said Pinkie Pie. “We’ve got you, Celestia, Luna, Cadance, and now Flurry Heart as well, and we all know Sunset Shimmer is going to become one sooner or later. We don’t need any more. Besides, if you make Starlight a princess, the show will go belly up within a month!”

“I’m going to have to side with Pinkie on this one,” said Starlight.

Twilight’s jaw dropped. “You don’t want to be a princess? But think of the authority and privileges you could have!”

Starlight shrugged her shoulders. “Meh, call it my lingering equalist ideals, but the whole princess thing doesn’t really impress me. Besides, it’s not like I need wings for anything; self-levitation spell and all that. Sorry Twilight, but I’m going to have to pass.”

Twilight huffed and crossed her hooves in a manner that would have been considered pouting if it was done by somepony else.

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“And that is the story of how Pinkie Pie saved the universe!” said Cheerilee to her class.

Diamond Tiara stared dumbfounded at her teacher before turning to Scootaloo who was in a similar state. “It is just me, or is life in this town getting more random by the day?” she asked.

Author's Notes:

This was supposed to be a one-shot, but Fimfiction doesn't accept stories that are shorter than a thousand words, so I'm making it a series of one-shots. Also, as I said when I first posted this on my blog, if they make Starlight Glimmer a princess, I am going to lose it.