Though I will write chapter three of Mysterious Ways to introduce you to concepts that the Sunset Shimmer story is related to (if you want to be technically accurate Mysterious Ways is Book 3 though it runs on its own without needing to reference other things just builds off characterization of the other stuff)

Think of this and the Applejack story happening on the Fall Formal shown in EQG without pony twilight and magic actually existing without pony magic.

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