[s5e12] Amending Fences -

Below is a brief synopsis and key highlights for the episode:

: Twilight struggles with the guilt of being a "bad friend" before she understood friendship, focusing on making amends with her old Canterlot study group: Minuette, Twinkleshine, Lemon Hearts, and Moondancer.

: Twilight visits Canterlot and finds that most of her old friends (Minuette, Lemon Hearts, and Twinkleshine) are happy to see her and harbor no ill will. [S5E12] Amending Fences

: Moondancer, however, has become a complete shut-in, resentful of the day Twilight skipped her get-together.

: The long-term consequences of neglect, the difficulty of earned forgiveness, and the idea that it is never too late to say you're sorry. Plot Summary Below is a brief synopsis and key highlights

" Amending Fences " is the 12th episode of the 5th season of , which originally aired on July 4, 2015.

The episode follows Twilight Sparkle as she realizes that her transition from a scholarly recluse in Canterlot to the Princess of Friendship in Ponyville left her old friends behind in a hurtful way. Specifically, she returns to Canterlot to apologize for missing Moondancer's party years prior, discovering that her neglect caused Moondancer to socially withdraw entirely. : The long-term consequences of neglect, the difficulty

: While talking with Spike, Twilight remembers her old friends in Canterlot and feels terrible about how she treated them.