Sunset Shimmer is homeless and living in an old abandoned warehouse with no power and a leaky roof with almost nothing to her name, not even her favorite jacket after it was destroyed during the Fall Formal. With the school closed down for the holiday and her so called friends too caught up in their own holiday plans they don't realize Sunset not only doesn't have any...but she has no place to get food with the school closed.

Going to a close by community center Christmas Eve to get a hot meal they were giving the homeless and those down on their luck, Sunset runs into the family of the last person she expected to see there...

Christmas is a time of year where everyone deserves a chance to be happy—Sunset Shimmer knows this well. So when she sees a falling out between the three former sirens, she can't help but want to do something to help brighten their holiday. And with the help of her friends, she just might succeed.

The third story in The Twelve Days of Ficmas. You can read the second one here, and you can read the fourth one here. Happy holidays!

Sunset Shimmer isn't sure she's got much to be merry about this holiday season.

A few weeks ago, she thought she'd turned her life around. Now she's not sure she's accomplished anything at all. Not since the incident... Scandal, really.

When the rumors had begun to leak, everyone was so certain it was her spreading them. That she'd returned to her old ways, that her reformation was nothing but a charade. Even those she'd called friends were so quick to assume the worst, and to disown her. And even after the true culprits confessed, the damage had been done.

So now it was Sunset's turn to lose faith. Because if those she called friends were so ready to distrust her... Had she ever really had their trust or friendship at all?

Set after the Equestria Girls Holiday Special.

Sunset Shimmer just wanted a coffee. Honestly, that was it. Finding Adagio there? Not in the plans. Being invited to sit? Improbable. Becoming friends? You had to be kidding.

Getting asked to do it again?

Okay, now fate was just screwing with her.

[set post EG, RR, and the comic. All those happened junior year, and this is senior year.]

We all know that Twilight Sparkle went back to her own world after she defeated Sunset Shimmer. They know it too. So why is it that on their senior trip they see a girl that looks exactly like her?!

Sonata realizes that she may have a crush on Sunset. Not exactly knowing how to deal with her new found feelings, she asks Adagio and Aria for help, which probably wasn't the best idea.

Sonata Dusk has finally acclimated to life after being freed from the Siren Pendant. It seems like she has everything: a nice group of friends, a steady job, a simpler wardrobe, and even gotten away from Adagio Dazzle and Aria Blaze. However, there's one thing that's still missing from her life – someone to call her own.
Little does she know how soon her wish will come true.

Non-Mature featured on 1/26/15!

Thanks to these people for helping me out:
IrresponsibleCupid for the cover pic edit!
Don't Look At My Name Bro for story editing!
My friend Pea on Skype and Hivemind for looking over the story and making sure it's cool to pass on to the editor!
ThatOneWriter and Imagine for being idea bouncers!

When Sonata ends up getting a message from a wrong number on her phone, she decides this to be an opportunity to make friends.

Entry for the Everfree Northwest Pre-Con Contest, where the prompt revolves around making friends.

When Sunset Shimmer decided to keep tabs on Sonata, she didn't think she'd get to actually sit down with her and help her.

Written for the 2014 October writeoff, "Just Over The Horizon".

Cover image by sebisscout1997

Sunset Shimmer has fallen from grace. After her humiliation at the Fall Formal, she now faces a long road to redemption.

But it's not easy, most of the others refuse to accept her, and new enemies threaten to drag her back into darkness. Can she find her way to the light?

EDIT: Well how about that. Hit the featured box as of January 4th, 2018
EDIT 2: Will wonders never cease? Featured box AGAIN as a February 16th. I'm sensing a theme here.