*POSSIBLE RAINBOW ROCKS/FRIENDSHIP GAMES SPOILERS*

In an alternate take on the ending of Equestria Girls: Rainbow Rocks, Sunset Shimmer gains a pair of wings, she and Twilight realizing she's become an alicorn. But more has happened now. Because of Sunset Shimmer's ascension, magic, once thought non-existent in that world, starts to awaken as more and more gain the ability to use magic. And meanwhile, a shadowy force that once was the servant of a blank-faced nightmare begins to revive...

Takes place in the Waking Nightmares universe, starting two years before it and then with a couple of timeskips to get to the beginning of the Waking Nightmares timeline.

It's hard to forgive yourself of past mistakes when you feel like the people you've wronged may still be harboring ill-will toward you. Sunset Shimmer desperately wants to move on with her life, to accept her new friends truly do love her for who she is, but she can't stop thinking about her past. So what do you do when you want to begin a road to healing? You go back to the beginning and find out where it all went wrong, then rebuild the bridges you've burned to bring you to a better future.

A single word appeared in Sunset Shimmers journal. Help. A simple word with a complicated meaning. She knew Princess Twilight was in trouble. The only way to find out what happened, the one thing she avoided for so many moons, can only be her return to Equestria.

After much convincing from Twilight, Sunset Shimmer decides returning to Equestria for a day wouldn't be such a bad idea. After all, a quiet afternoon with one of her closest friends wouldn't be much of a problem... right?

Well, possibly so, if Sunset didn't return as an alicorn. Now, Twilight has more questions than answers, and is determined to figure out everything and not let Sunset leave until she's finished.

Now, as Princess Celestia thinks Sunset's a princess and Twilight seems to be continuously persuading her to get her to stay, Sunset can't help but wonder: will she ever make it back home?

This story is a sequel to Mirror Equestria

“I can’t believe it… I’m back.” Twilight tilted her head.
“Back? Back where?” Sunset looked to her solemnly.
“Back home. In Equestria.”

Be sure to check out the prequel Mirror Equestria if you haven't read it yet, or else this story won't make any sense!

Note: This story is basically full of self-indulgent Headcanons for Sunset, since she's my favourite character and I just can't help but spoil her

[An AU where Sunset Shimmer never went through the mirror. The mirror portal didn't exist, and neither did the humans.]

When Sunset woke up to find herself in some part of Equestria she's never been before, she had originally planned to drive all the ponies apart in this place and gain more power to show Celestia that she's strong enough to be an Alicorn. But she didn't need to; all the ponies were already fighting with one another.

EDIT: Sequel is up now!

In the human world,"A Crystal Prep’ student by the name of Moondancer found some notes of Twilight Sparkle’s research on Magic before her transfer to Canterlot High-School, and decide to complete them by resuming them as her own, repeating Sci-Twi’s mistakes.

Sunset Shimmer wake up with memories stopping in the middle of the fight, back in Equestria, unsure of what transpired. And if that wasn’t enough, she’s now an Alicorn, and back before Twilight moved to Ponyville.

(Story title might change in the future.)

Twilight Sparkle's coronation as the sole ruler of Equestria is right around the corner. To not disappoint her, Sunset Shimmer decides to come back to Equestria for the first time since her theft of the Princess's crown to attend.

Said Princess's student, Starlight, is there to greet her, but the two of them are surprised to find that Sunset is a princess herself - or at least an alicorn, and her arrival may have unintended consequences for a trio of recently imprisoned villains.