Sunset Shimmer has decided: she's done.

A too-close encounter with the magic residing in herself and her companions has convinced her that it's possible to embrace too much, and she's no longer willing to accept the risks—be it for knowledge, heroics... or her friendship with the other girls.

As always, desperate times call for Rainbow Dash.

After watching The Steven Universe Movie on a loop for almost a full day a Human falls asleep and is shocked to wake up as Spinel and oh boy is she not prepared to deal with the Magic of Friendship

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I have never made one of these stories before so I hope it's at least passible.

After pictures from her phone get posted online, that human five confront Sunset with the information. After discovering that she and the others had very different ideas about how to confront her, Rainbow Dash finds herself defending Sunset from the rest of her friends.

Rainbow siding with Sunset didn't change all that much. Sunset was still successfully framed, Sunset still lost most of her friends, Sunset will still go back to being the most hated student at CHS, but she won't have to face any of it alone, and that will make all the difference in the world.

Meta stuff follows.

Let's talk about combinatorics.

There is one way for none of the five to remain on Sunset's side, there are five ways for one of them them to side with Sunset, there are ten ways for two of them to do so, there are ten ways for three of them to do so, there are five ways for four of them to do so, and there is one way for all of them to do so. Out of these thirty two possible configurations, almost every Anon-a-Miss story sticks to the first one.

I did a tally once upon a time and what I found was that 96.9% of possibilities were almost never explored, and 87.5% were never explored at all (no "almost" necessary.) These figures get rather more abysmal if you're looking at who did or didn't side with Sunset from the start. The rare stories that have one or more of the five side with Sunset tend to have the initial confrontation go down pretty much canonically, and then have someone have a change of heart later on.

So, in the interest of stuff, here's a thing where Sunset has someone on her side from the very start. Most of the first chapter was released two months early on my Patreon page, for subscribers only, as you might imagine.

In wake of the second Changeling Takeover, Discord is infuriated with his magic being useless when he truly needed it. To reclaim his pride, Discord does the one thing he never needed before: Train.

Now he shall remind the world just who he really is: The most powerful entity in this world. Possibly any world. And he will start with the Pony of Shadows. But is Equestria ready to see the unknown and untapped limits of Discord's might?

H̵͖̋̂ͅể̶̜ḻ̷̦̤̉̀p̶̫̿̏ ̴̼̺̠̂̃m̷̖̲̪̋̌͗e̸̦͒̆̎,̴̛̙̽͜͜ ̸̗̓ȟ̴̺̩̭̽ȅ̸̐̽ͅl̷̮̅͆͋ͅp̶̜̗̚ ̷̧̤̥͒̔m̶̬͚̘̈́̍̚ë̴̹̺́́,̷͓̋͌ ̸̳͔̉ͅh̷̯̓̀͗e̶̖̾̓͋l̴͔̹̅̑p̸̜̱͒ ̸̲̝͘m̵̽ͅe̵̠͛̀,̴̪̱̳͋͒͝ ̷̧̼͖͆̀͝h̵̠̅̀̌e̷̡̡̿̿̉l̷̞̞̓͂p̶̱̰̉̀ͅ ̴̢̦̏͒͐m̴̰͑͠e̴͇̠̲͌̈́̎!̴̙͓̐̎ͅ ̵̙̞̕͝͝Ǐ̸̬̖̋̓t̸͚̎̏̈́ ̵̱͓͘h̴̨̟̀͒̌û̴̬̈́̕ȑ̵̢t̸͍̅s̴͈̭̄ ̴̯̥͗́s̵͍͐͒͗o̴̙̓ ̸̛̠͊m̷̻͕̀̚u̶̻͋̈͋͜c̵̩̫̜̅h̴̭̎ ̸͖̘̃́I̴͎͕͗̋͌ ̵͈͗

> Data Flow Disrupted_
> Attempting Resyncchronization_

Help me, Help me, Help me, Help me!

> System unable to resynchronize with Data Flow

It Hurts so much! I want to Forget but I can't! Please someone Help me forget!

> Terminating Data_

I Hurt, it's so cold... I'm so tired...
Nothing... there is left, no one left.

> Reformatting Data_
> Memory Alteration Initiated_

No... nothing left to protect... is my duty done...?

No it's not done We must save them, I must bring them back I must PROTECT THEM!

This is an Elsword Displaced story and despite how creepy the description is the story will not really be too bad. Now on that note the dark tag is there for a reason and there will be some adult themes going on. It's not bad enough for a teen rating but there will be some points involving depression and other things along those lines.

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Review by Ghost Mike
Review by undead_wanderer
Chinese Translation by Disharmony Tree
Audio Book Version by StraightToThePointStudio.

It's been thirty years since Princess Twilight's coronation. Equestria, now with an abundance of heroes, has pretty much become as peaceful as its ever been—and with Luster Dawn coming to full grips with the magic of friendship, Twilight can finally relax.

At least, she would if it weren't for Cozy Glow escaping from her prison every other day.

At a speech before the General Assembly of the United Nations, Celestia learns why humans usually wear clothes.

29/05/2020 - Now with a reading! https://youtu.be/0qmgcZGUbio

A man wakes up only to find that, rather than lazing on his couch, hes in an ancient castle in a fictional world. And top it all off, in the body of one of the world's biggest villains.

While he plans how to spend this oddly realistic dream, using what little he knows of the show to tip things in his favor, he will soon find that not everything follows the script he knows.

Will be adding tags if need br, I like the cover art I have at the moment, may change it later.

I do hope you enjoy this little brain worm of a story!

This story is a sequel to A Love So Much Closer

Anon and Chrysalis have been pushed to their limits on the run from the law. They now find themselves in a cave on the outskirts of The Badlands, knowing full well their time may be coming to a close.

Though, with Chrysalis finally understanding the true meaning to giving love to another, perhaps there is hope for them yet?

The truth shall set you free.

Cover art is by an unknown Japanese artist. Full credits to them for the cover art used for this story.

Now edited by my good friend Soaring.

Audio reading by StraightToThePointStudio.

"I've seen enough isekai to know where this is going."

Okay, sure. It's another 'human gets thrown into Equestria as an existing character' story. Still, that doesn't mean 'Chrysalis' has any idea what to do. She doesn't remember everything from her past life, but she is pretty sure she was once a human from Earth.

She wakes up to see Starlight Glimmer, the one who lead the small team to destroy her throne, holding out a hoof. The unicorn is offering a chance for Chrysalis to lead the changelings properly. Logically, she should take that offer. The future of not accepting friendship yields an end written in stone.

But there's always a choice.
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The idea of what would happen if Chrysalis hadn't been so gung-ho on revenge at the end of the Season 6 finale wouldn't leave me alone. In real life, I don't deal in what-ifs. In fiction, I'm a bit more open to the prospect.
Quick warning: There is an attempt at suicide and bodily harm in the first chapter. Just thought I'd point that out so you'd be prepared.