Now that everyone knows about the Mirror Portal and the R63 genderchange ray, no one has to be without a soulmate, someone who understands them completely?

Except for Wallflower. Girl just can't catch a break.

Spoiler (Also a Content Warning, I Guess):
Wallflower DOESN'T die in this story.

Art credits:
Source art by
https://derpibooru.org/profiles/Gmaplay
https://www.deviantart.com/gmaplay

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Spike the dog is dying. Sunset takes a desperate gamble to save him.

Flaws in the story are the fault of the author, not the fault of the prereaders: Cloud Ring, Anna-Flora, ninjadeadbeard

^{This story might be an entry in the "A Thousand Words Contest," but who really knows at this point? An author's entries are limited to a total of five, one story for each of the contest categories, and I've now written more than five eligible stories during the contest period.}

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What if anypony could become an alicorn...whether they really wanted to or not?

What if they couldn't make the changes stop?

This story features Sunset Shimmer x Starlight Glimmer (shipping contest!), but not in the usual way.

Art credit: a cropped, smaller version of an image by spellboundcanvas, used by permission.

^{Thanks for suggesting Caneighdian placenames when they didn't know why I was asking should go to...oh, a lot of people, but I guess I don't even get to name some of them.}

On a Flora Da beach, a dangerous storm approaches.

Meanwhile, Applejack makes a VERY friendly bet with her marefriend Rainbow Dash, staking a bridle-and-reins set.

This might be an entrant in FoME's Imposing Sovereigns IV contest, maybe? (I suppose for a relevant virtue from the list, I could mark either Courage or Unorthodoxy...since 'Harmony' really ISN'T quite the right choice here. You'll find this in the Unorthodoxy contest folder.)

When Celestia learns Twilight's secret, the purple pony loses her crown.

(Art source: knowyourmeme credits the twitter user @falliay.)

(Also, I thank FoME for helping to answer an MLP lore question.)

Rainbow Dash makes a bet, without understanding the dangers.

Raven Inkwell discovers evidence of a secret, deadly crime.

Both confront their sovereign, Princess Twilight Sparkle.

...

With thanks to Secret Artichoke for some prereading/feedback.

One night, the Tree of Harmony disguises itself as an alicorn to appear in the basement of Celestia's School for Gifted Unicorns.

A few days later, Sunset Shimmer and Princess Celestia heatedly discuss a night of passion only one of them knows anything about.

In the MLP:FiM episode "What Lies Beneath," the Tree of Harmony took the form of Twilight Sparkle, trapped the Student Six in caverns beneath the School of Friendship, and put its captives through weird ordeals to test them, threatening to hold them prisoner for longer (maybe forever?) if they failed.

In what world does that NOT make the Tree at least a part-time villain?

(This story might be an entry in a "Sunset x Former Relationships" contest.)