Sunset Shimmer is faced with something she hadn't cared so much about. Life after High School. With her friends making plans to attend different schools, some far from Canterlot High, and a growing homesickness, Sunset isn't sure where to turn. She decides to return home and restart her life as a pony, but sometimes home isn't what we think it is.
Total Words: 9,086,554
Estimated Reading: 3 weeks
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This story is a sequel to Never Any Doubt
Needing advice on an important project, Twilight, Tempest, and their friends work to reopen the mirror portal, and rescue a former student of Celestia's... Sunset Shimmer.
Note: This story assumes the backstory for Sunset presented in: Sunset -- Part I and Part II.
For more of this AU, see: By the Light of the Moon
And also check out the series, beginning with Not Exactly Friends.
This story is a sequel to Sunset -- Part I
On the other side of the mirror, Sunset unexpectedly discovers a world that offers everything she could have hoped for and more... if only she could see the answer that's standing right in front of her...
An origin story for Sunset Shimmer, as a basis for her episode of the Not Exactly Friends series: Saving Sunset Shimmer
Sunset Shimmer never intended to hurt anyone. She simply had a dream of who she wanted to be. And nothing's more gut-wrenching than realizing real life simply doesn't include your life-long dream...
An origin story for Sunset Shimmer, as a basis for her episode of the Not Exactly Friends series. (Note: I treat the comics backstory as helpful guidance here, rather than canon.)
For more in this timeline, see: Sunset -- Part II
Twilight had planned to visit Sunset Shimmer and her friends over in the other world for a nice, quiet weekend, away from all the worries and problems associated with being a Princess of Equestria. Unfortunately, things rarely go as planned.
After an accident cuts her off from Equestria, Twilight finds herself stuck in the human world until the gateway between the two worlds can be fixed. Which wouldn't normally be a problem...
...If she wasn't still a pony.
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Proofread by Dusty Old Qrow, RQK, Dusty Tomes (Ch. 2), Emtu, and Doctor Candor.
This story is a sequel to Without Your Cutie Mark
The Great and Powerful Trixie has her eye on a place in Twilight's circle of friends at Celestia's School... and then suddenly discovers it may be her only chance to stay at the School...
For more of this AU, see: Saving Sunset Shimmer (Note: You could also optionally take a detour through its backstory prequels: Sunset -- Part I and Part II.)
And check out the series, beginning with Not Exactly Friends.
This story is a sequel to Shelter of the Storm
Starlight Glimmer decides to accompany Sunburst when he goes to start classes at Celestia's School. It's the worst possible day in her entire life... that is, until a chance encounter with a certain plume-maned unicorn...
For more of this AU, see: Never Any Doubt
And also check out the series, beginning with Not Exactly Friends.
This story is a sequel to Not Exactly Friends
On a dark night, in a gathering storm, Tempest waits to walk Twilight back to her room... and is almost certain that something is out there, watching her...
For more of this AU, see: Without Your Cutie Mark
And also check out the series, beginning with Not Exactly Friends.
There's a new filly in Celestia's school, who finds making friends difficult. She's seated next to a filly who could care less about making friends. Neither is exactly friend material... but sometimes you just have to take a risk...
For more of this AU, see:
Series 1:
- Not Exactly Friends
- Shelter of the Storm
- Without Your Cutie Mark
- Never Any Doubt
- Sunset -- Part I and Part II
- Saving Sunset Shimmer
- By the Light of the Moon
- Trixie Luna Moon
- Ring Around the Moon -- Part I and Part II
Series 2:
This story is a sequel to Twilight's Pirate School
Aboard Twilight's airship, The Friendship School, no one ever wants to be sent to Commander Tempest for Detention... at least, that's what they always say...
Takes place in the Friendship School AU, established in Twilight's Pirate School.