(Part 1: LBS) After the Battle of the Bands, Aria realized that she still wanted to stay with the other two Sirens. If anyone were to ask her, she'd say it was "just cause". But the truth was she stayed for Sonata.

(Part 2: LCS) Aria and Sonata are happy together, finally ready to start their lives with one another. Time to see if their marriage can hold up to their anger, stupidity, and selfish, gold-digging landlord.

Twilight had planned to visit Sunset Shimmer and her friends over in the other world for a nice, quiet weekend, away from all the worries and problems associated with being a Princess of Equestria. Unfortunately, things rarely go as planned.

After an accident cuts her off from Equestria, Twilight finds herself stuck in the human world until the gateway between the two worlds can be fixed. Which wouldn't normally be a problem...

...If she wasn't still a pony.

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Cover art
Proofread by Dusty Old Qrow, RQK, Dusty Tomes (Ch. 2), Emtu, and Doctor Candor.

Sunset Shimmer needs some champagne, and ends up taking in an air-headed housemate and prospectively reform-able Siren. An uncertain friendship is formed as Sunset struggles to educate Sonata on how forming emotional ties with other humans works, and takes the former siren under her care in an attempt to change her for the better as the siren herself wrestles new vices and old hatreds.

Set in the EQG universe, right after Rainbow Rocks, before Friendship Games.

Rated Teen for alcohol use.

(Additional Tag - Sad)

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Isn't it strange how all what was nothing one minute can be all that matters to you the next? Vinyl Scratch goes to the Celebration of Equestrian Music, where music is all that matters. But while she's there, she spots something she didn't expect to see, and now all that matters is making sure her eyes do not leave the sight.
Thank you for reading this and enjoying it (or not), and please tell me what you think of it in the comments. Pull no punches, I want to know how it is.
Cloudy Skies, Yayflutters, and Mysteriousstranger are all great writers who I would like to thank for inspiration. Thetwentiest would normally be on this list, but since he writes so rarely I literally thought he had died, his position has been sold to both ShotgunNeko and Appledashfan132 until further notice.
If you enjoyed this and want to read more, take a look at "The Days to Remember" by Appledashfan132, as it was co-written by me.

Small choices. Big choices. They all have the potential to completely change your life, for better or worse, whether you want it or not.
Octavia made one such choice when she decided to leave for Manehatten and start making her name there, rather than relying on Canterlot's posh society's respect for a wealthy, influential family name.

This story is a sequel to Mutual Interests

After finally coming to accept others into her life, Sunset's outlook takes a turn for the better. It's not perfect, though. Now she has a whole new set of problems: Others still walk on eggshells when she's around, the teachers still eye her with caution every chance they get, and she still has to get used to the intricate nuances of friendship. But with her friends by her side, and even the occasional help from unlikely sources, can Sunset help her fellow students see the new her? Or will the consequences of her past consume her future?

And who is this new teacher and why does he seem so interested in her?

Thankfully still edited by Ersmiller
And now Proofread by The Fan Without a Face
Images by Uotapo

A new student came to Canterlot and is Name is, Lightning Bolt. At first he thought he would have nothing in that school, but now he have friends that care for him and lightning don't know he is the most popular guy in school and the most caring. now he will solve problems from students that need his help and maybe find love. but he doesn't know that every girl in school may have a crush on the poor guy.

Sunset Shimmer hasn't been to Equestria in a long time. Okay, she was there only a few months ago, but it was only for a moment, and she'd rather forget about that. One day, her friends manage to convince her to finally return, at least for the summer. After all, she could easily stay at Princess Twilight's. What Sunset soon discovers, however, is that there's a lot in Equestria that she doesn't know about, and when her feelings for her host come to surface, she finds this vacation might be more complicated than she expected.

Proofread by Deli73, JTHailstorm, and @PonyGirl1985 on Twitter.

Not actually related to National Lampoon's Vacation.

With the upcoming Friendship Games, Sunset Shimmer has been understandably distracted. That is until she spots Aria pass her by in the street. Curious to know what happened to her and the other sirens after the Battle of the Bands, Sunset follows Aria to an unusual destination, and has an equally strange conversation.

When Twilight Sparkle was just a kid, her best friend was a girl named Sunset Shimmer. Though their friendship had a bit of a rocky start, they quickly became inseparable, no matter how much everyone thought of them as ‘weird’. They were there for each other.

Were.

Years after the tragic accident that tore them apart, Twilight is determined to move on from her loss, and she sets off on an independent research project to investigate the strange happenings at Canterlot High. Little does she know that she will soon come face to face with what appears to be a literal ghost from her past.

Coverart by Kare-Valgon. Chapter illustrations by Zorbitas.

Edited and Pre-read by Dubs Rewatcher, r5h, and Kalan.

Takes place after Rainbow Rocks, but was written before Friendship Games and does not take it into account.

Chinese translation

Print copies now available.