Sunset Shimmer thought she had finally succeeded - all her life, she was pushed to be the best, to let no one stand in her way, to claw her way to the top. She thought she finally achieved everything she could ever want - a school under her iron fist and a seemingly perfect plan to prove her worth to Equestria. She thought she was finally happy.

Weeks later, she realizes she has made a grave mistake. She thought she was finally happy, finally able to show the world she wasn't a failure; little did she know how wrong she was.

Now swearing to become a better person and finally achieving in fixing the destruction she caused, she feels she is on the road to recovery...or is she?

When she comes to the rescue of two of the people she's constantly tormented in the past, truths will be revealed, tensions will rise, and emotions will reach their climax. Can these two so-called "friends" of hers help her in her darkest hour, or will Sunset truly fail to discover the Magic of Friendship?

Sometimes, being the ruler of a kingdom, or even one of the main sources of order within that kingdom is a hard, and unforgiving task. There is a time for success, and a time for failure. However, what happens when one little failure leads to the complete collapse of the Equestrian world? That one little thing that shouldn't have happened took it's toll, and everyone had to pay their fee. That is, except for Princess Twilight Sparkle. Thrown, once again, into the human world; the princess is stuck in an unfamiliar place, trying to find the school that she had come to know before. Along the way, she runs across a familiar ex-enemy that has been going through just as many problems in a short amount of time.

What happens when they cross paths and start working together? Just how cruel can this world be outside the protection of familiarity and away from the safe grasp of friends and family?

Travelling together, they both might find out more about each other that even close friends might not have found out yet. Can Twilight find a way to fix her extinguished world, or will she forever be stuck assimilated into this parallel universe?

Ever since you were born, you and your family have always been through so many hardships in life. Whether it would be people being total jerks, things not going your way, or some other mysterious reason why. Because of this, you've never experienced any other emotion other than sadness. Until you move to a town with people who were actually nice to you. That’s when you began to attend the local school called Canterlot High. The students there were really nice and you finally felt relief after all this time. You then began to feel something else when you meet a certain girl. A girl who could possibly make your life even better.

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"I'd like to introduce you to the very first story that I've ever written on this site. I hope you all enjoy it as much as I was while writing it. I know most people start off with only one chapter when they post a story and my original plan was to post the whole story once I’m done, but I felt like posting the first four to see if you guys would like it.”

A retelling of Sunset Shimmer's redemption, starting from the night of the Fall Formal and going through the events immediately following the Friendship Games.

Disclaimer: I own none of this source material. MLP: FIM and Equestria Girls belong to Hasbro, and I will not profit from this fanfic financially in any way.

Sex tag is only for brief discussions of sexuality and issues of modesty. There is no actual sexual content.

Author's notes: I've been working on this story for over a year. I'll admit it contains a lot of elements that appear commonly in other Sunset stories -- this is just my take on it. I'll try to give credit where credit is due -- although nearly every idea in this story occurred to me independently, others have actually published stories using many of them first.

The thrust of the story is to take material written for ages say 10-13 (i.e. the EQG movies/shorts/specials) and age it up to make it more dramatic and meaningful. Probably my favorite thing to write was the conversations that must have taken place, both in the human world and in Equestria, but that aren't depicted in any movie or book.

Full Disclosure: Sunset's friends play their usual crucial roles in her redemption and growth, but this is a Momlestia/Lunauntia story too. And there is no shipping. Romance isn't Sunset's priority as she crawls out of the darkness of her former life. Yet.

I had to add the AU tag after Forgotten Friendship came out. Up until then, this story was fairly canon-compatible. Now, it diverges a bit.

Good-natured warning: Feels. Lots of feels.

It was Christmas when it all started.

Christmas was an amazing time of year, and it seemed that everything would simply pass by.

Until she stumbled onto a detective's doorstep in the middle of the night, with nowhere left to turn.

Join Deadwood the Detective as he walks through case after case, using connections and common sense to help those who no one else will listen to, sometimes even for free.

Justice sometimes really is its own reward.

(This story was sort of inspired by all the Anon-a-Miss stories I'm seeing pop up. As someone who was out of the loop for a while, this gives me the ability to write interesting case stories, and create something that I've always wanted to make - a detective story. The first chapter is more of an alternate ending to Diann's own Anon-a-miss story.)

(This story is a case-by-case story - if you feel you've got an interesting 'case file', don't hesitate to send it to me!)

Takes place during Rainbow Rocks.

After being confronted in a dark corner of CHS by the Dazzlings, I begin to wonder if there is truth to what they said.

Part of the SciTwi Shimmer Chronicles

Warning: triggers of self-harm, suicidal thoughts and swearing.

Now with a review from That one RationalCritic.

Update: now with an audio reading on my YouTube channel.

If you or someone you know or love is considering suicide, please contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255. I know from personal experience that it helps.

During a cool and calm snowy night in the last week of February, Sunset Shimmer meets a heartbroken 4 year old boy lost in the alley neighborhood. It’s up to her to find out what sisterhood means to her and find a way to help the poor little child. A child who was suffering from the loss of his parents and the unappreciated abusive behavior from his aunt who treated him harshly. An aunt who blamed him for the loss of her dear sister. Can Sunset and her friends give the boy the love, care, respect, and kindness he truly deserves and heal his broken heart?

This story also stars Principal Celestia, Vice-Principal Luna, Dean Cadance, the Shadowbolts, Fleur De Lis, The CMCs, The Dazzlings, and Chrysalis.

After being abandoned by her friends during christmas, Sunset Shimmer wanders the cold streets of town, alone, and with nowhere to go. After walking for hours, she eventually gives into the elements around her, only to be saved at the last second by the last ones she ever thought would help her.

Meanwhile, the truth about Anon-A-Miss has come out, and her five friends are desperately trying to find her so they can apologize for what they have done.

After Gallus admits the prank on Heart's Warming Eve. Ocellus wants to know why all of her friends thought that it was her. So Twilight has her speak with a friend that has gone though the very same thing

Special thanks to Matthais Unidostres for helping with the editing

Sunset and Starlight together. What could possibly go wrong?

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Her friends getting jelly. Duh.

Moi 100 follower story! Sorry if it's incomplete! I'll try and finish it soon!