Diary of the University Principals

Diary of the University Principals is a fictitious story in the Luna the Miracle Boy series that recounts the events of Finlandia's senior year and Tony's freshman year at Canterlot Presidential University. It serves as the companion piece to The Journal of the Vernadsky Family, whose the main focuses are the Vernadsky Children – Celestia and Luna.
==Summary==
===The Return of Canterlot Presidentials===
Finlandia and Tony's diary entries begin on the day after summer vacation. Finlandia is in her final year at Canterlot Presidential University before changing professions to become civil servants, while Tony is in his first year as a freshman. In the first few weeks, Finlandia reunites with old friends, and the typically shy Tony makes new friends and auditions for the college play.
Because of Finlandia's enthusiasm for extracurricular activities and how positively she speaks of Canterlot Presidentials, her friends suggest that she run for the secretary of the university.
===Finlandia runs for Secretary===
During the campus' elections, Principal Chetverg mentions to the students that this year's elections are particularly important due to the first annual Friendship Games with Seborga High School coming up. The Games are a collaborative effort between Principal Chetverg of Canterlot Presidentials and Principal Keith of Seborga High to unite their campuses, and Tony sees it as an opportunity to reunite with Xavier Firstyazov, his best friend from high school.
Several days later, Finlandia is informed that she has been nominated for secretary, and she eagerly accepts the nomination. With the help of Tony on her campaign team, she runs for secretary against Tevfik Toyotomi – the captain of the CPU football team and one of the CPU's most popular seniors. On the day of the election, Finlandia gives an emotional speech, talking at length about how much she loves the university and cherishes the memories she made and her ideas for bringing the civilians of Canterlot Presidentials and Seborga High together. In the face of Tevfik's underwhelming speech, Finlandia wins the election by a landslide.
After a few days of celebrating Finlandia's victory, Finlandia joins a meeting to discuss the upcoming Friendship Games and meets Principal Keith, Nothing Keith's rather young age in her diary entries. Finlandia also reunites with her old friend from high school – Kolinda Nurvadina, but both she and Keith appear emotionally detached. Following this awkward meeting, Principal Chetverg excuses Keith for simply having a "very intense personality".
===The vandalized Wondercolts===
While in the city getting fabric samples for the Friendship Games team uniforms, Tony crosses paths with Xavier and some of Seborga High friends. But when Tony waves to him, he appears to brush Tony off, lowering his spirits. Nevertheless, the preparation for the Games goes relatively smoothly, and Finlandia accompanies the CPU team members to a friendly meet-and-greet with Principal Keith.
However, when Finlandia and Tony arrive at the campus the next morning, they discover that the Wondercolt statue in front of the campus has been painted bright purple. In addition, the entire front lawn was vandalized with purple and blue streamers (the signature colors of Seborga High School). Principal Chetverg and Finlandia try to mitigate the situation, but the CPU civilians are enraged beyond reason. While Finlandia and Tony spend the afternoon cleaning the statue, Principal Chetverg informs Principal Keith of what happened. But Keith denies any involvement by her students in the incident and even suggests that one of CPU's own civilians committed the act in order to frame Seborga High.
Though Finlandia tries to remain positive, she worries about the impact this incident will have on the upcoming Friendship Games and the relationship between the two campuses.
===A feud between campuses===
Civilian morale of Canterlot Presidentials is very low after the Wondercolt statue's defacing, and Tevfik rallies some of the civilians together in a campaign to retaliate against Seborga High. Principal Chetverg manages to keep the peace with his words of inspiration. Tony calls Xavier to ask about the incident, but Xavier doesn't know anything. He also apologizes for brushing Tony off before, saying he couldn't say hello to a CPU student in front of the Seborga High friends because of their competitiveness.
Sometime later, Principal Chetverg calls an emergency assembly and informs the civilians that someone vandalized Seborga High's campus the previous night and stole their Shadowbolt crystal statue. He says if the culprit doesn't return the statue by the end of the college day, the Friendship Games will be canceled. However, no one comes forward after two whole days, and the Games are officially called off.
Finlandia and Tony start asking around CPU about the Shadowbolt statue but turn up no leads. Principal Chetverg organizes a day for some CPU civilians to go to Seborga High and clean up their vandalized campus as a sign of goodwill. While there, Finlandia makes it clear to the Seborga High kids that this incident was committed by only a small few and doesn't represent the spirit of Canterlot Presidentials as a whole. She also promises to Kolinda that she'll find the missing Shadowbolt statue for them.
Unfortunately, the situation gets even worse when the incident at Seborga High is made public in the state newspaper. The article only prints Seborga High's side of the story and misquotes Finlandia. Word starts to circulate around the country about CPU's ruined image, with some parents considering not enrolling their children there. Finlandia and Tony decide that the best way to salvage Canterlot Presidentials' reputation is to recover the stolen SH Shadowbolt statue.
===The case of the missing Shadowbolt===
Finlandia and Tony double their efforts in finding out who stole the Shadowbolt, starting with Tevfik, who initially sparked the crusade of revenge against Seborga High. But Tevfik has an alibi for the night the Shadowbolt was stolen, and Tony considers the possibility of the culprit being one of their friends. Being the CPU secretary, Finlandia is distracted from the investigation by presidential affairs, including organizing a fundraiser to buy new books for the presidential library. Planning this event helps Finlandia cheer up a little, and she hopes for everyone to come together and move on after the cancellation of the Friendship Games.
Some time into the investigation, "Detective" Tony overhears a conversation between two girls while in the bathroom. He hears them talking about Tevfik and wanting to impress him with some sort of secret they have, but one girl silences the other before she divulges too much. Tony fails to get a good look at the girls from inside the bathroom stall, but he does get a good look at their shoes. He informs Finlandia of this development, and they attempt to track the girls down.
Meanwhile, Principal Chetverg worries about a recent state's newspaper article that says enrollment applications to Seborga High are on the rise while applications to Canterlot Presidentials are declining. As a consequence of CPU's poor reputation, the library fundraiser is met with underwhelming success and attended only by CPU civilians and families.
===Setting a Shadowbolt trap===
Finlandia and Tony's investigation into the missing Shadowbolt statue finally catches a break when a young freshman comes forward with information. A few days after the Shadowbolt was stolen, the freshman was walking home through the woods and witnessed two girls hiding something in the dirt. The girls discovered him spying on them and threatened him to not say anything. However, the freshman doesn't have the best recollection of what the girls looked like or the exact location of where they were digging. He apologizes for not coming forward sooner, having been intimidated into silence, but after what happened at the fundraiser, he wanted to help improve his first year at Canterlot Presidentials.
Believing the two girls were the same ones Tony overheard in the presidential bathroom, Finlandia, Tony, and a large group of their friends search the woods for the buried statue but are unable to find it. Instead, they decide to give the girls a reason to recover the statue themselves. Tony suggests starting a rumor at the campus that the Shadowbolt statue has a priceless jewel inside it. Once the rumor has spread, they can simply wait for the girls to come back for their "treasure".
===Mystery solved===
After just two days, everyone at Canterlot Presidentials is talking about the Shadowbolt jewel rumor, and during lunch, Finlandia and Tony spot two girls heading into the woods near the campus, wearing the same shoes as the girls Tony eavesdropped on. They follow the girls into the woods and confront them as they're digging up the statue, and they run away. Finlandia and Tony give chase and soon catch them when one girl trips over and the other stops to help her.
Once they are cornered, the girls (named Eugene and Seth, respectively) reveal that they vandalized the Seborga High campus and stole the Shadowbolt statue in an attempt to impress Tevfik. Unfortunately, while carrying the statue away from the campus, they dropped it, and it snapped into two pieces. Unable to return the statue in this condition, they buried it in the woods to cover up their crime.
At Finlandia's insistence, Eugene and Seth confess what they did to Principal Chetverg, and though they are punished with a week's worth of detention and telling the truth to Principal Keith, Chetverg is very kind and understanding toward them. After college day, they deliver the broken Shadowbolt statue back to Seborga High, and Keith explains that the statue was a gift from her students when she became their principal. When Finlandia presents the statue to Keith, it is revealed to be in one piece again; Finlandia had worked together with a science lecturer to repair it. Much to Finlandia and Tony's surprise, Principal Keith seems overjoyed to have the statue returned and restored.
===The first Friendship Games===
With the missing statue incident now closed, Principal Keith agrees to holding the Friendship Games again in one week. Finlandia, Tony, and their friends use this week to finish the team uniforms, reassemble their team of players, practice, and make other preparations. When two of the team's original members are forced to drop out, Tony steps in to take their place.
The following Saturday, the first Friendship Games between Canterlot Presidentials and Seborga High are held. The CP Wondercolts win the first event, the SH Shadowbolts win the second event, and the final event results in a tie. As everyone figures out how to decide the winner, Finlandia gives the trophy to the SH Shadowbolts as a sign of their newly forged friendship, and the SH Shadowbolts graciously accept.
Sometime later, news of Canterlot Presidentials' generosity reaches the newspaper stands, and the university's reputation is restored. In addition, two Seborga High boys are so moved by Canterlot Presidentials' gesture that they come forward and confess to vandalizing the Wondercolt statue. In lieu of punishment, Principal Chetverg tasks the boys with helping to clean the Friendship Games stadium. When asked about next year's Games, Chetverg decides to hold the Games every four years instead to make the occasion special.
===Finlandia's closing word===
In the diary's final pages, Finlandia writes that she is graduating in a few short weeks and writing her graduation speech. As opposed to saying goodbye to everyone and the campus she loves, she plans to say "see you soon" instead. Finally, she expresses the hope of coming back to Canterlot Presidential University someday – maybe even as the definitive secretary with Tony as the definitive principal after Chetverg.
==References==
#Main course
#*https://mlp.fandom.com/wiki/Wondercolts_Forever:_The_Diary_of_Celestia_and_Luna
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