On a clear and cloudless night, a young girl starts for home somewhat later than usual. She knows her parents aren't worried. They know she can be trusted. They know what a good girl she is.

The streets are empty, the stores are all closed...

...and someone watches from the shadows as a girl walks home alone at midnight.

Sunset Shimmer has a confession to make.

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My entry into the Dialogue Only Contest.

Cover art borrowed from IDW.

Sunset Shimmer finds a new way to become an alicorn.

What if…  Sunset Shimmer had not just wound up at Canterlot High when she passed through the mirror, but instead had found herself in a world of supervillains and heroes, where costumed characters fought it out in the skies of New York and one young woman with no powers in this world did not have a chance to rise to her destiny.  So she decided to fix that problem, only to find her problems had just begun.

Meet Summer Lewis, a young supervillain created by The Consortium and later freed of their control by the Guardians.  Since then, she has passed in and out of the justice system, most recently released on probation only to find keeping on the right side of the law is far more difficult than it seems.

Much like where she came from originally.

When Twilight's latest invention malfunctions, Pinkie Pie becomes the Clown Princess of Crime and it's time to introduce a little anarky to CHS.

Cover art made by HPBudgecraft.

So what does one do upon finding out that their best friend (and lately a bit more than that) has been hiding something from them? Namely, the fact that, once a month, they transform into the body of a destructive dark angel and spend the night hiding in their room?

Well, if you're Sunset Shimmer, you ask Twilight a magiphysiological question.

An entry into the Dialogue-Only Contest and the Sunset X Villain "Monster-shipping" Contest (2nd place winner!). Pre-read by Dewdrops on the Grass and The Sleepless Beholder.

Featured on 1-4 June 2024! Also featured on Equestria Daily!

In this world, Sunset Shimmer is not the reformed student we know, but the charismatic and feared leader of a rock band called "The Sirens' Curse." Along with her bandmates-alternate and darker versions of Twilight Sparkle, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Applejack, Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy-she dominates the music and social scene at Canterlot High. Her power is not limited to music; through her voice and guile, she manipulates students, teachers and even political figures.

However, beneath this bad-girl facade, Sunset hides a secret: her true identity as a girl in love with Adagio.

In this world, she was altered by a time-altering magic. So the roles change in every sense of the idea.

This story is for the contest of: Sunset x Villain Monster-Shipping Contest.

Twilight Sparkle travels to the underworld in a desperate bid to bring her beloved back from the dead. All she has to do is follow the terms dictated by the underworld goddess.

Simple, right?

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Based on the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. Big thanks to the ever wonderful Carabas for editing and also for writing a few descriptions on account of me being a whiny baby who hates describing places.

Apple Bloom and Scootaloo hold a memorial service, much to Sweetie Belle's chagrin.

Written for the Dialogue Only Contest.