“The key to being a wise ruler, Maledic, is to show ponies an air of respect and graciousness, and to never turn your nose up at a pony. Even if you wear a crown upon your head, you are no more nor less than your subjects, no matter how cruel and unkind they may be, because at the end of your day, titles aside, you’re both just regular ponies. To be a good ruler, is to be humble and respectable….and to have good posture. Sit up straight, dear.”
 
LOOKIT TEENAGE MALEDIC
 
Although Maledic lives with Fluttershy, she has scheduled meetings and lessons with both her mother and her father, where they train her so that she can fit her future title.  
Unfortunately, because Celestia and Discord have…Somewhat different ideas of what makes a good leader, this can leave Maledic in a bit of confusion of what to do….But I’ll probably go into detail with that some other time.
 
I was gonna give this a bg but I didn’t wanna spend too long on this so I’m leaving it.