Sunset lurched forward, a steaming teapot held aloft behind her. Her eyes were spiderwebbed with vivid scarlet and the corners of her mouth were crusted over with partially dried drool. She walked as though she was still a foal learning how legs worked. A crazed gleam could be seen in her bloodshot eyes; her twitching lips alternated between a snarl, a smile, and a scowl. If there was ever a word to describe Sunset at this moment, that word was lunacy.

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Sunset Shimmer found herself in an unknown place that was not where she needed to be. The train had stopped here and was now being prepared to retreat back to Tall Tale in reverse. Annoyed, angry, and fed up with everything that life had done to her, Sunset turned her ire upon the station manager, the sole, lone pony that worked at this pathetic stop that wasn’t even a real train station.

“I need to be in Sleepy Creek,” she said, almost shouting.

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TNot-Yet-Princess Twilight Sparkle and the Tale of the Dark Empress of Teatime

• MLP: FiM
• Dark
• Adventure
• Drama

Twilight Sparkle, Princess Celestia's precocious student, wants to know why it can't be teatime all the time.

• Twilight
• Spike
• Celestia
• Nightmare Moon
• Sunset Shimmer

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Go have a read. Or don't, if good, wholesome rated E stories of evil empresses aren't your cup of tea. That's up to you. My job to write them, and occasionally announce them. I feel pretty good about this one. It'll be weird. Have fun.