With Anon-A-Miss destroying her reputation at school and her friends abandoning her, things couldn't get any worse for Sunset. Until she recieves a surprise visit from Equestria.
Turning the next page in her life, Sunset realizes that in order to move forward, she must go backward. To ensure a bright future, she must face her dark past, no matter how ugly its face. Yet demons thought forgotten are not so easily buried.
Sunset deals with the effects of the Fall Formal while Cheerilee learns how hard being a parent can be. Together, the mother and daughter learn more about each other and deal with more challenges.
Sunset Shimmer has been human for six months. But as the unicorn mind within her struggles to accept her new form, she finds herself in a tough heart-to-heart with her adoptive human sibling, Rarity.
When Sunset Shimmer stumbles upon the sirens after their defeat, she tries to offer them friendship. When Aria accepts, she finds that maybe what the siren really wanted was more than just friendship.
Flash Sentry discovers that Sunset Shimmer lives in his house. To make it stranger, she has become a unicorn. And to make it worse, she reminds him of everything that he has hidden inside himself.
With everyone convinced that Sunset Shimmer is Anon-a-Miss, Sunset finally gives up. She's saved by strangers, a couple of whom have familiar faces. (Authorized remake of The Fall of Harmony/Like the Phoenix)
As she leaves for a diplomatic errand, Celestia is approached by her student, Sunset Shimmer, for a difficult, fateful discussion. Can she bridge the vast gulf that has grown between them?