Battling Starlight Glimmer, Twilight finds herself in another alternate timeline. Only this time, she finds herself in the Golden Oak Library with the Princess of Friendship: Sunset Shimmer.
In a world where ponies see in grayscale until they meet their soulmates, what do you do when you find out the one you love can suddenly see in colors and you still can't?
For years, Twilight felt that something was off within her. With the emptiness more pronounced than ever, she decides to confide in Celestia. What the princess reveals, however, will test their relationship to its limits.
Facing starvation in an endless winter, the young filly Celestia attempts to raise the sun... and finds a wonder that her cynical mind had never conceived.
Princess Celestia sends Twilight Sparkle a letter, asking the same question she always does. Maybe a visit from Spike will prompt her to give an answer at last.
The past always comes back to haunt the present, there is no escaping the inevitable. For decades, Celestia has kept a secret from her student. A secret she made out of pain, and through pain will be revealed for all to see; for Twilight Sparkle is
An emotionally distant Celestia begins to reconnect with her ponies thanks to a young filly called Twilight Sparkle. (A Celestia adopts Twilight story)
It had seemed like a good idea at the time. The problem was, the last time something seemed like a good idea, it turned Sunset into a raging she-demon. And this idea involved Celestia.