Why does this seem like Celestia making a backup team of Elements.
While it’s highly likely, and while that has been her plan all along, Celestia can’t count on her prized pupil and her ragtag circle of friends crashing the Gala. So she slips an additional pony with five extra tickets into the most dysfunctional bunch of mares she can find (two of whom she knows from her School of Gifted Unicorns, including the leader) as backup. What could possibly go right?
While it’s highly likely, and while that has been her plan all along, Celestia can’t count on her prized pupil and her ragtag circle of friends crashing the Gala. So she slips an additional pony with five extra tickets into the most dysfunctional bunch of mares she can find (two of whom she knows from her School of Gifted Unicorns, including the leader) as backup. What could possibly go right?