Twilight Sparkle wants to take Sunset's offer of friendship.

But she must refuse, because if she doesn't accomplish a certain task before she surrenders her magic, then there will be an unfolding cascade of catastrophes that will tear apart the world that she lives on.

But Twilight doesn't know everything, and Sunset begins a race against time to prevent a past threat from rising again.

Contains spoilers for Friendship Games.

Twilight Sparkle has faced many things in her long lifetime, but the one thing she always feared facing was the loss of her friends. How do you say goodbye to the ponies who made you what you were, who gave you the lessons and gifts you treasure so dearly? Celestia could see that her student was tired, and longing for what she had so many years ago, so she offered a choice to her most faithful student.

But how do you choose between forever, and one last moment with your friends?

Spoilers for the ending of "Friendship Games".

Facing down a girl twisted by magic and her own ambition sparked Sunset Shimmer to summon the Elements of Harmony. The very same Elements of Harmony that stopped a girl twisted by magic and her own ambition not long ago.

It was harmony that beat her once, and harmony that filled her mind yet again.

Featured 9/29/2015

It's just been a few days since the friendship games, but something drastic has changed. The solar system of Earth isn't what the inhabitants of the planet are used to. Plus there are two teenage, high-school students, who control the most important objects in the sky.

Editor: GaleSinger

It should have solved everything. She defeated Sunset Shimmer. She triumphed over Equestria! She knew all that could be known. It was so right. So why did she feel so wrong? Why was she still the little anomaly that was being burned to nothing, when she had all this knowledge? This power?

Why did she feel like a powerless fool?

Re-edited 10/1/15 to be a bit more in character and small section added.

Yo I just noticed how fitting that Family logo is to the fic...

Edited once quickly.

I wrote this in 2 hours. Totally expect dat quality.

Friendship Games Spoilers ahead

In the wake of the magical fiasco that was the Friendship Games, Sunset Shimmer invites her new friend Twilight over to spend the night, and Twilight comes to find out that the two have more in common than she ever would have expected.

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Cover art changed due to viewer confusion.

Being the Royal Advisor for Celestia and Luna, you've come up with solutions for many of the nation's problems.

Unfortunately you said a naughty word in front of a guard. Seeing as how these ponies are extremely sensitive, you lie your way out of it.

The events that follow could only be described as "completely stupid".

Rated Teen for naughty words being said.

Thanks to Zephyr for editing.

Featured within 1 hour and 30 minutes on Aug 12, 2015. Thank you guys so much!

Good thing I was reading this on the toilet, because this story made me lose my shit. -LeoneHaxor

Sunset Shimmer has finally rebuilt her life at Canterlot High. She has friends, she's in a band, people like her, everything's going great...

And then out of nowhere, she turns back into a small talking unicorn.

Now, with the help of her friends, she has to figure out why she's suddenly a pony in a human world, and whether or not she can become human again...or will have to leave her new life and go back to Equestria.

(Cover art vector sources: Elsia-pony, TheShadowStone)

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Starburst. Guard extraordinaire, determined to make captain of the Royal Guard. Ready to face any foe she could come across in the defense of Equestria.

Any foe, except for a cruel sense of humor.

What if Starlight Glimmer saw through the Mane 6's ruse? After all, she had dealt with such plots before, and she's absolutely confident that she can reach out to the yellow mare that her friends are using for their insidious means.

(Author's note: this is my attempt at a more subtle, realistic kind of mind control/hypnosis. Tell me how it is in the comments! All criticism helps me get better. Also, I intended this as a one-shot, but I set this story to incomplete in case I may want to continue it.)