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| + | Wanting to avoid a fight, Luna learns from Melvin that griffons have a particular weakness to pastries such as éclairs. Melvin also adds that manticores are easily intimidated by the zebras' rhyming, and suggests the sisters do the same with the griffons. Luna offers éclairs made by Star Swirl in a rhyming speech with her Royal Canterlot Voice, which convinces Gregor to recognize Equestria in their treaty and apologize for his rudeness. |
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| Published | June 10, 2014 |
| Author | Amy Keating Rogers |
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My Little Pony: The Journal of the Two Sisters: The Official Chronicles of Princesses Celestia and Luna by Amy Keating Rogers is a novelization of Princess Celestia and Princess Luna's diary shown in the episode Castle Mane-ia. As a bonus, it also contains the Journal of Friendship written by the Mane Six throughout Season 4.[1]
Summary
Coronation of the two sisters
Celestia and Luna's journal entries begin on the day of their coronation as princesses of Equestria. According to Celestia, they were suddenly approached one day by Star Swirl the Bearded and his three representatives—Private Pansy of the Pegasi, Smart Cookie of the Earth ponies, and Clover the Clever of the unicorns—to uphold the newly found harmony between the three pony tribes, believing that having rulers who represent all three tribes would be most fair for every pony. Both sisters are anxious over their new positions, and note the oddness of not yet having their cutie marks at their age, but the ceremony goes on perfectly.
Building the sisters' castle
While touring Equestria in search of a place to build their castle, Celestia and Luna learn of the Everfree Forest from Star Swirl and discover the Tree of Harmony at the bottom of a ravine. Drawn to the tree's magic, the two decide to build their castle nearby. Luna draws up designs for trapdoors, hidden rooms, and secret passageways to make their home more exciting, while Celestia comes up with a library to keep her collection of books.
With the help of the three pony tribes, Celestia and Luna begin building their castle. Weeks into construction, a team of ponies fail to return from a supply run into the Everfree Forest. Luna follows the ponies' hoofprints to a cave where she finds them trapped by a ferocious manticore. She battles the manticore alongside Celestia and Star Swirl until the three are able to bind him with their magic.
When Luna unthinkingly demands the manticore to explain its actions, she is shocked to discover she can actually understand its roars. She learns from the beast, named Melvin, that he attacked the ponies because they destroyed his home to set up their new supply site. After Melvin bursts into tears and Luna explains the situation to the other ponies, everyone apologizes for the misunderstanding and Melvin's home is restored. Melvin repays the ponies by helping them finish the castle, while Luna recruits other creatures from the Everfree Forest to assist.
Pranking Princess Platinum
After the castle is finished, Star Swirl arranges a royal summit with King Bullion and his daughter Princess Platinum of the Unicorn Kingdom. Although the sisters and King Bullion are respectful to one another, Princess Platinum insults the sisters and refuses to accept them as Equestria's rulers. Angered by Platinum's disrespect, Luna uses her Royal Canterlot Voice and Melvin to trick her into sitting on her own booby-trapped throne, which sends her flying outside. Luna quickly realizes she has gone too far and apologizes to Platinum, who also apologizes for her behavior, and the princesses agree to start over as friends. Platinum later helps design the castle tapestries and Equestrian flag, showing her acceptance of the sisters.
Luna continues her pranking spree on Private Pansy, Smart Cookie, and Clover the Clever when they come to visit, until she is finally outsmarted by Chancellor Puddinghead, who uses her own traps against her. Meanwhile, Celestia bonds with Star Swirl over their shared love of reading and learning, and learns of two spells he has been striving to perfect: a cutie mark spell, and a time travel spell that will allow him to travel through space and time with no limitations.
Lands beyond Equestria
Luna learns of a forbidden area of the Everfree Forest from Melvin decides to investigate. She makes her way through the forest to find a grassland inhabited by zebras, who mistake Luna for a manticore and wish to be left in peace. Luna is able to befriend the zebras, learning that they have developed magic barriers around their village to keep out predators. Celestia later finds Luna and scolds her for going off on her own, but is impressed by her discovery of the zebras.
Later, the sisters spend time racing with Commander Hurricane in the sky when they are attacked by a griffon. Hurricane explains that the griffons have had a history of skirmishes with the Pegasi over airspace, but had reached a peace treaty before Equestria was founded. Celestia attempts to negotiate with the griffons' leader, Gregor, but he refuses to listen and declares the treaty to be null and void now that the Pegasi have formed a new land, stating that they will have to fight over their territory once again.
Wanting to avoid a fight, Luna learns from Melvin that griffons have a particular weakness to pastries such as éclairs. Melvin also adds that manticores are easily intimidated by the zebras' rhyming, and suggests the sisters do the same with the griffons. Luna offers éclairs made by Star Swirl in a rhyming speech with her Royal Canterlot Voice, which convinces Gregor to recognize Equestria in their treaty and apologize for his rudeness.
References
- ↑ Rogers, Amy Keating. My Little Pony: The Journal of the Two Sisters: The Official Chronicles of Princesses Celestia and Luna. Amazon. Retrieved on 2014 May 6.
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