Unable to sleep lately, Sunset is advised by her friends to go see the school counselor. Reluctant at first, Sunset gives in, and soon realizes a lot of things about herself, her friends, and her past.

Sunset's favorite jacket is looking pretty beaten up after that whole rainbow laser explosion, and she doesn't know the first thing about fixing leather. Obviously she knows someone who could help her, someone who's already agreed to be her friend. But after everything she's done, she doesn't really think she's in a position to be asking favors. She hasn't earned anyone's friendship yet, and she certainly doesn't deserve anyone's help. Still, she's got no other options. So she'll just have to swallow her pride and beg Rarity to take some pity on her.
Rarity certainly has her work cut out explaining to her how friendship works.

Set after Equestria Girls, but before Rainbow Rocks. No shipping. Just awkward, self-loathing Sunset and generous, understanding Rarity.

Feel free to consider this part of the Pony POV Series

Sunset Shimmer gets some therapy after the events of the Make Your Own Magic The Starswirl Do Over book. She was caught in a timeloop, a REAL timeloop, unlike Princess Twilight, and it was a lot, lot, LOT MORE than than just say six or seven. She isn't going to get over that in one afternoon.

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/MakeYourOwnMagicTheStarswirlDoOver

https://mlp.fandom.com/wiki/Chapter_books#Make_Your_Own_Magic:_Starswirl_Do-Over

"Also keep in mind, I'm going off TV Tropes on this."

MLP:FIM Copyright Hasbro

Vector by Sugar-Loop.

https://www.deviantart.com/sugar-loop/art/Bashful-Sunset-Shimmer-Vector-683185279

While relaxing after a performance, the Rainbooms discover Sunset has scars that she definitely didn't have before the Fall Formal.

As of 9/14/2015, this story has a dramatic reading by Goombasa. Give it a listen!

7/7/2016: Now with cover art designed by the very generous Novel-Idea! Thank you so much!

7/23/2016: This story has a reading by Gabriel C Media. Give it a listen!

This story is a sequel to The Snap

Warning: Mild spoilers for Avengers: Endgame.

After the Avengers' desperate effort to gather the Infinity Stones, Bruce Banner snaps his fingers. Across the multiverse, his efforts to restore the damage done by Thanos reverberate, restoring everyone lost to the dust. Sunset Shimmer and her friends once again feel the power of the Infinity Stones, only this time, as a force for good.

"If you ever need anything, come see me, okay?"

When Fluttershy said those words, Sunset had not really believed her. Just last week, Sunset had been a tyrant, a bully. Surely the girl was just being nice. They weren't really friends.

But as her emotions rage inside, Sunset begins to wonder if, perhaps, those words meant something. Perhaps she really could go to Fluttershy for something. Something only a friend can provide...

Now with a reading by Fire Rain

Another reading by Pony&Wolf Productions

Chinese translation by studyb (学习b) is available on fimtale

This story was Featured on April 24, 2019

This story was featured on Equestria Daily as part of a best fanfics round-up for Sunset Day 2020.

Sunset’s friends were worried that something might have happened to Sunset when she suddenly became distant following the encounter of a woman who wanted to thank the fiery haired girl for returning her daughter to her.

Seeing the memories of a girl who was separated by her mother, long suppressed memories broke the dam as the pain flooded back in.

What did happen to the "other" Sunset Shimmer? The human one? The one who isn't a pony? Where is she?

Sunset is pretty sure she knows the answer.

Featured, 2^nd March 2019! Thank you!

Featured on Equestria Daily, 1^st May 2020
_{One of Equestria Daily's 30 Best Fanfics to Read for Sunset Day, September 2020}

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Sunset Shimmer wears a leather jacket, walks with confidence, and used to be the school bully. So it's only obvious that she could probably kick anybody's ass.

Tonight, she's having her friends over and they're going to find out just how true that statement really is.

Edited by: Autumn Bramble

Apparently someone made a Spanish translation of this fic, so that's pretty rad.

Sunset reflects on a rather dark time in her life after she finds her old leather jacket cleaning out her closet.

Written for Sunset's birthday, or more specifically, today, the day Equestria Girls first came out five years ago.