Twilight Sparkle is the best student at Crystal Prep Academy, and while she’s pretty happy with her situation, her unofficial big sister, Cadance, keeps telling her to try and make friends. It never seems to go well for her, until Cadance convinces her to tutor the new student at Crystal Prep, Sunset Shimmer.

Pre-read by gerandakis

Featured on 9th Aug 2018!

Sex tag for:
Volume 1: references to masturbation, and talking about masturbation.
Volume 2: references to sex, and talking about sex.

Cover vectors:
Sci-Twi by aqua-pony
Sunset Shimmer by punzil504

This story is a sequel to Anon-A-Miss: Another Way

Upon meeting Sunset Shimmer, the newest member of Crystal Prep, by pure luck after school in the hall, Twilight hasn't been able to get her mind off of her. It's finally declared by Dean Cadance that she's in love. Shining Armor and Cadance couldn't be happier, and so could she.

Only problem is, Sunset's taken and she doesn't know it.

The Dazzlings were once high and mighty sirens, able to feed off of the hate of other species to enhance their powers of singing and manipulating others to their will.

But after the Battle of the Bands, the three of them were left powerless, deprived of what made them what they once were, and with no way to reverse it.

Or so it seemed, as one day, Sonata catches a perfect replica of all three of their gems being sold at a nearby pawn shop. Sparing no time, the girls decide to immediately purchase them and slip them around their necks to give them some sense of comfort after their tragic loss.

However, little do they know that these gems have some rather... different powers.

Adagio Dazzle, Aria Blaze, and Sonata Dusk don't know what to expect when they moved to Canterlot; Manehatten was quite a ways away, after all. But they don't mind; a new city means a new beginning, and a new beginning starts with a new school, and what better school to attend than Canterlot High School, a school that values friendship and good behavior above all else. With that kind of reputation, the trio will be up to their necks in new friends and fun memories!

At least, that's the plan. Sure, no plan is perfect, but really, what's the worst that could happen?

Despite the Main 7 tag, human Twilight will not be present in this story. There simply isn't a Main 6 (EqG) tag.

I have fallen in love with the Anon-A-Miss story line, and all the different stories that depict darker, more realistic takes on what may have happened. It is heavily inspired by a lot of different Anon-A-Miss stories that I have read, and I decided to give my own take on the story line, and everything that could have happened should that event be so traumatic as to break Sunset’s spirit.

Gore warnings for self harm.
Teen rating for mention of self harm, and the discussion by characters about self harm and the aftermath of self harm
General warning for not great writing xD

Diamond Tiara is getting a bit of a reputation as a problem solver, ever since she began putting her cutie mark to good use.

In trying to help her new friend Scootaloo from leaving Ponyville forever though, she may well have met her match now.....

Anon-A-Miss occured before Winter Break, and tore down everything Sunset had built up to prove she had changed. She's the main victim of this deadly online secret teller, and everyone believes she's guilty. Including her so called friends.

It takes her to a point of no return, but at last minute before she jumps, she's saved by an unlikely ally... does she even a right to that word anymore?

Celestia has reached the eldest age for an alicorn, and in order to continue lifting the sun for Equestria, she has no choice but to transform herself back into a filly.

She's left herself, and Luna some very detailed notes on what to do next.

*Breaks away from canon events happening in Season Nine. For example, Cozy Glow is still trapped within Tartarus.*

This story is a sequel to Failure of Friendship

Thanks to the events of Anon-A-Miss, Sunset is no longer a Canterlot High School Wondercolt. She still desires to finish her studies, and accepts the assistance of the Sirens in getting enrolled at the other school in Canterlot, Crystal Preparatory Academy. There, she has to deal with all sorts of new drama, from faces both new and familiar, as she struggles to not get wrapped up in the status quo of the Academy.

There's always some air of mystery and uncertainty when the magical map in Twilight's castle activates, but after a long period of dormancy it summons Twilight with a most perplexing image: two cutie marks as usual, but both are hers, and they alternately orbit over Ponyville and float over the edge of the map entirely. To find the answer to what the Map is asking of her, Twilight turns not just to her student, Starlight Glimmer but must also travel to the parallel dimension of Canterlot High to consult with her alternate self and Sunset Shimmer.
The combined brainpower of three magic savants and one scientist should be enough to puzzle out the Map's intentions, but none of them can guess where the path will lead them.