Mere weeks ago, Juniper Montage was a spiteful girl, a thief, and even—for a short time—a magical menace. However, Starlight Glimmer and the Rainbooms managed to reach her, and extend the hands of forgiveness and friendship. Juniper has been grateful for the second chance ever since, and eager to show that she can be a good friend herself.

While touring Canterlot High School with Twilight Sparkle, she comes across two girls in dire cinematic straits. Juniper knows she can help, so she decides to step in. However, in the midst of her attempt, her past—all of her past—returns to haunt her, and her self-esteem pays the price.

Now Juniper must discover for herself what it truly means to be a friend, while also fighting an angry, fearful voice in the back of her mind that continues to insist that she's not worth anyone's friendship... and keeps getting louder.

A follow-up to 2017's Tales of Canterlot High special.

Part of the Montage Cinematic Universe.

Cover and Closing Art by Gabbslines (dA | tumblr).

Sunset should be happy. She's completely reformed from her old ways, help saved the human world multiple times, and has many friends she considers closer than family. And yet, underneath all the good she now has, some part of her can't help but feel like she hasn't truly earned it. She hides this feeling well, even from herself at times, but when she suspects that one of her new friends is struck with the same feeling, she'll find that she can't ignore the truth that's right in front of her. And maybe she'll find that mutual feelings mean more than she could have ever expected...

An entry for Oroboro's Sunset Shipping contest (at the very last minute... again). I'm proving to be very bad at keeping to any kind of timeline/deadline... But hey, at least it's done! Once again, not planning to win anything with this story, just wanted to add my humble submission to glorious sunwaifu the contest. Just the contest...
Enjoy the story!

P.S. I expect a Juniper character tag to be created quite soon specifically for the sake of this story. I'm waiting Fimfiction... Edit: Mission Accomplished. Heh heh.

Edit: Okay, so I just took a second look at the contest page and I noticed something I completely skipped over when originally reading the contest. Apparently there was an actual prompt we were supposed to follow when writing... Which I totally and accidentally ignored and did not use in the slightest. Whoops. Ah well, way too late to fix it now and to be honest trying to shoe-horn that in there would have been really annoying anyway with all the other stuff I had in mind. So meh, if it disqualifies me from consideration then so be it. I hope you guys enjoy the story anyway.

With several best friends having taken part-time jobs in or around the same mall, lunch break hangouts were inevitable.

Juniper Montage and Twilight Sparkle are no different, and an electronics- and media-filled shopping center is catnip to them both as they reflect on themselves and their future...

...with a 55% chance of playful supervillainry.

Part of the Montage Cinematic Universe.

Caught in the midst of a heated conflict between two armies, Pvt. Juniper Montage fights the most brutal, intense and realistic battle of her life.

Part of the Montage Cinematic Universe.

This story is a sequel to TFW You Find Your Crush's Nudes

Equestria Girls. Pinkie Pie and Twilight are out shopping for a party the next day. The carefree, happy mood evaporates when somebody is rude to Twilight, who is recovering from a medical issue. Twilight returns serve and attempts to tear the woman a new one, but when she's finished, Pinkie Pie is crying. Dismayed, the two leave the store. It's going to take a bit of intervention from a certain stone-faced older sister to let Twilight know that Pinkie isn't upset for the reason she thinks she is...

When the truth comes out, it starts in tears, but it will end in much-needed (and wanted) cuddles.

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Takes place after TFW You See Your Crush's Nudes and offers negligible spoilers, but is a standalone thr3shot. NOT a Twinkie shipfic; SpitDash mention.

Rated T for mature themes, angst, a couple of naughty words, and nonsexual(!) partial nudity. Tagged for mentions of scars.