My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic Season 8 Episode 1 - School Daze (Part 1) Episode Title:School Daze (Part 1).Episode Description:Following their adventure to save Equestria from the Storm King (as shown in My Little Pony: The Movie), Twilight Sparkle and her friends return home to discover that the Cutie Map has expanded to cover lands beyond Equestria. Twilight receives approval from the Equestria Education Association (EEA) to open a school to teach the benefits of friendship, with her friends serving as the teachers. She also welcomes five students from all the kingdoms to attend: Gallus, a sarcastic griffon; Yona, a clumsy yak; Smolder, a cocky dragon; Ocellus, a timid changeling; and Silverstream, an excitable hippogriff. The students initially enjoy the school, but grow bored by the EEA's strict teaching guidelines. They decide to skip class and become friends, but accidentally wreak havoc during an evaluation conducted by Chancellor Neighsay, head of the EEA. Convinced that the non-pony students are dangerous, Neighsay immediately shuts the school down.